J-MELO (2005)
J-MELO is a weekly Japanese music television program broadcast by NHK. It is recorded entirely in the English language. It began broadcasting on October 7, 2005. The program is available on NHK's World Service television station, Radio Japan, Digital Educational TV and on its Domestic General Channel.
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Episode 1 - Club J-MELO: JAM Project
Release Date: 2013-01-061. "VICTORY"; 2. "Vanguard"; 3. "Rescue Fire"; 4. "SKILL".
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Episode 2 - J-MELO Party in Akihabara
Release Date: 2013-01-13Guests: D-YAMA, DJ WILDPARTY, DJ Niche, Anime Oen Project; Exclusive Comments: Nana Mizuki, Haruka Shimazaki (AKB48); Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Kylee; 1. "Eien Pressure" (Eternal Pressure) / AKB48; 2. "Lovely Fruit" / Nana Mizuki.
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Episode 3 - J-MELO New Song Project Special
Release Date: 2013-01-201. "Koyoi Tsuki No Shita De featuring Hiromitsu Agatsuma" / MAY'S; 2. "Only Star" / The Rough-T; 3. "Mr. Miyagi" / Zeebra; 4. "The Lifelines" / The Lifelines; 5. "The Apprentice" / MONKEY MAJIK.
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Episode 4 - J-MELO Girls' Party
Release Date: 2013-01-27Guests: Milky Bunny, AMIAYA, Yun*chi, Minosuke Nishikawa; Artists: Kana Nishino, kyarypamyupamyu, Leo Ieiri, Momoiro Clover Z, SCANDAL, sphere; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Nihon Buyo; Team J-MELO: Mizuki Fukumura, Haruka Kudo and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume。); 1. "Ne Kamatte?" (Hey, Talk to Me!) / Milky Bunny; 2. "PLAY THAT MUSIC" / AMIAYA; 3. "Reverb*" / Yun*chi; 4. "Help me!!" / Morning Musume。.
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Episode 5 - Club J-MELO: May J.
Release Date: 2013-02-03Guests: Daniel Powter, MAY'S, RYO the SKYWALKER; Exclusive message: Toshinobu Kubota; 1. "Sing for you" / May J. × MAY'S; 2. "Ano Hi Ga Aru Kara feat. RYO the SKYWALKER" (Because We Have That Day) / May J.; 3. "Back To Your Heart feat. Daniel Powter" / May J.; 4. "Kimi No Tonari Ni" (By Your Side) / May J.
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Episode 6 - Featured Releases Special
Release Date: 2013-02-10J-Music Creators: Shinichi Osawa; Exclusive Comments: GLAY, TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; Team J-MELO: ☆Taku Takahashi, Kylee; Artists: TOMOYASU HOTEI, ONE OK ROCK, Fujifabric, SCREW, THE BAWDIES, Sawao Yamanaka, KAZUYA YOSHII, OKAMOTO’S, Dempagumi.inc, Yuki Kashiwagi, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, °C-ute, SKE48, LinQ, Namie Amuro, MINMI, Nami Tamaki, WAKADANNA, MEG; 1. "Unmeiron" (Fatalism) / GLAY; 2. "Yakusoku" (Promise) / TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; 3. "SINGAPORE MADNESS" / Shinichi Osawa and Paul Chambers; 4. "Daisuki Na No Ni" (Even Though I Love You) / Kylee.
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Episode 7 - The 6th J-MELO Awards
Release Date: 2013-02-17Exclusive comments: Minami Takahashi and Mayu Watanabe (AKB48), HIMEKYUN FRUIT CAN, the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Takamasa Sakurai, Sayumi Michishige, Haruna Iikubo and Mizuki Fukumura, (Morning Musume。); Artists: GACKT, SCANDAL, Hey! Say! JUMP, KAT-TUN, AKB48, Alice Nine, L'Arc-en-Ciel, ARASHI; 1. "So long!" / AKB48.
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Episode 8 - The 6th J-MELO Awards Live Special
Release Date: 2013-02-24Guests: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "DERANGEMENT"; 2. "VORTEX"; 3. "Kage Fumi" (Shadow Tag); 4. "REQUIRED MALFUNCTION"; 5. "Filth in the beauty".
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Episode 9 - Club J-MELO: Kazumi Watanabe and Marty Friedman
Release Date: 2013-03-031. "Ai San San" (Love Brilliant); 2. "Mothra No Uta" (Mothra's Song); 3. "Mo'Bop".
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Episode 10 - Hearts for Japan 2013
Release Date: 2013-03-10Guests: MONKEY MAJIK; Exclusive Comments: Takashi Yamaguchi (Sambomaster), Yuzo Kayama,Zeebra, Takanori Nishikawa, MUCC, Hikamidaiko; Japan Dance Music Adventure: TOHOKU GOLDEN ANGELS (TOHOKU RAKUTEN GOLDEN EAGLES cheerleaders); Team J-MELO: Mizuki Fukumura and Ayumi Ishida, (Morning Musume。); 1. "Anata No Koto Shika Kangaerarenai" (I Can't Think of Anything But You) / Sambomaster; 2. "The Apprentice" / MONKEY MAJIK.
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Episode 11 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-04-07Guests: FLOW; Exclusive Comments: Sakanaction, Shou (Alice Nine); Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; Japan Star Search; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector,Joe Inoue; Artists: Arashi, EXILE, FPM, HKT48, Keisuke Kuwata, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Momoiro Clover Z, S/mileage, SID, the telephones; 1. "HERO -Kibo No Uta-" (Song of Hope) / FLOW; 2. "Yoru No Odoriko" (Nighttime Dancing Girl) / Sakanaction; 3. "LOVER" / m-flo.
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Episode 12 - J-MELO in Hawaii Part 1
Release Date: 2013-04-14Kawaii Kon 2013; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Hula; Exclusive Comments: Berryz Kobo, IRUMA RIOKA; Japan Festival 2013 in Myanmar; Team J-MELO: Sayumi Michishige (Leader of Morning Musume。); Artists: BEGIN, Dai Hirai, JERO, L'Arc-en-Ciel, NEMU, Sheena Ringo, T.M.Revolution, UVERworld; 1. "Ki・Su・U・Ma・I -KISS YOUR MIND-" / Kis-My-Ft2; 2. "Asian Celebration" / Berryz Kobo.
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Episode 13 - J-MELO in Hawaii Part 2
Release Date: 2013-04-21Guests: Jake Shimabukuro, Charan-Po-Rantan; South by Southwest; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Artists: Kao=S, Chihiro Yamazaki + ROUTE14band, Jake stone garage, JOSY, PIRATES CANOE; 1. "Island Fever Blues" / Jake Shimabukuro; 2. "Hula Girl" / Jake Shimabukuro; 3. "Akaka Falls" / Jake Shimabukuro.
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Episode 14 - Rising Star Special
Release Date: 2013-04-28Guests: Kameleo, LinQ, SHISHIDO KAVKA; Maiko's Minyo Trail: Tubalama and Asadoya Yunta (Okinawa); Team J-MELO: Maiko Katagiri (MAY'S); 1. "Kiken Na Futari" (Dangerous Couple) / SHISHIDO KAVKA; 2. "Chime Ga Owareba" (When the Bell Stops) / LinQ; 3. "Kimi To Now" (With You Now) / Kameleo.
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Episode 15 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-05-05Guests: NICO Touches the Walls; Exclusive Comments: VAMPS; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; We Love Japan: Kawaii Photos!; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Joe Inoue; Mizuki Fukumura, Ayumi Ishida, Masaki Sato, and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume。); Artists: Dempagumi. inc, E-girls, EXILE ATSUSHI & Nobuyuki Tsuji, KANJANI∞, Kazuyoshi Saito, KINOCO HOTEL, Miloyah Kato × Shota Shimizu, NAOTO INTIRAYMI, Sumire Uesaka, Tomomi Kasai, Yun*chi; 1. "SEX BLOOD ROCK N' ROLL" / VAMPS 2. "Brainstorming" / Morning Musume。; 3. "Natsu No Dai Sankakkei" (Summer Triangle) / NICO Touches the Walls.
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Episode 16 - J-MELO Rocks: End Of The World
Release Date: 2013-05-121. "Holy Forest"; 2. "Love the warz"; 3. "Sleeping Beauty"; 4. "RPG".
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Episode 17 - J-MELO Rocks: SCANDAL
Release Date: 2013-05-191. "Satisfaction"; 2. "Taiyo Scandalous" (Scandalous Sun); 3. "Doll"; 4. "Awanai Tsumori No, Genki De Ne" (I Don't Plan on Seeing You Again; Take Care, OK?); 5. "LOVE SURVIVE".
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Episode 18 - J-MELO Rocks: Alice Nine
Release Date: 2013-05-261. "RAINBOWS"; 2. "Daybreak"; 3. "Affection"; 4. "Heart of Gold"; 5. "the beautiful name".
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Episode 19 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-06-02Guest: HYADAIN; Exclusive Comments: Dempagumi.inc, HIMEKYUN FRUIT CAN, Alice Nine; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Artists: AKB48, Dragon Ash, Erina Mano, Haruna Luna, Ikimonogakari, KAT-TUN, Momoiro Clover Z, Motohiro Hata, SHEENA RINGO, Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku, T.M.Revolution × Nana Mizuki, Toshinobu Kubota; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, ☆Taku Takahashi, Takamasa Sakurai; 1. "Nanairo" (Seven Colors) / Ryuichi Kawamura; 2. "Samba De Toriko!!!" / HYADAIN; 3. "Buzzword" / HIMEKYUN FRUIT CAN.
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Episode 20 - J-MELO in Turkey Part 1 + J-MELO in Berlin
Release Date: 2013-06-16Exclusive Comments: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Perfume; Artists: AN CAFE, Chiemi Eri, DIR EN GREY, girugamesh, KAT-TUN, LM.C, LUNA SEA, Momoiro Clover Z, MUCC, SCREW, Sheena Ringo, the GazettE; 1. "Invader Invader" / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; 2. "Usukudar'a Gideriken" / Sizzle Ohtaka; 3. "Magic of Love" / Perfume.
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Episode 21 - J-MELO in Turkey Part 2
Release Date: 2013-06-23Exclusive Comments: SCANDAL; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Belly dance; Team J-MELO: Kazumi Watanabe; Kylee; Erina Ikuta and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume。); 1. "Awanai Tsumori No, Genki De Ne" (I Don't Plan on Seeing You Again; Take Care, OK?) / SCANDAL; 2. "Kyo Kara Ashita E" (From Today to Tomorrow) / Mozart Academy.
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Episode 22 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-06-30Guest: LEO IMAI; Exclusive Comments: MONKEY MAJIK, Yun*chi; Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; J-MELO Singer Search; Japan Star Search; Artists: Akai Koen, ARASHI, Ayano Uema, BABYMETAL, BENI, Hey! Say! JUMP, Kana Nishino, KEMURI, Mai Kuraki, NMB48, Perfume, RYO the SKYWALKER, TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA, VAMPS; 1. "Sayonara Crawl" (Goodbye Crawl) / AKB48; 2. "Omen Man" / LEO IMAI; 3. "story" / MONKEY MAJIK.
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Episode 23 - J-MELO in Singapore
Release Date: 2013-07-07Guests: SID, flumpool, Valerie; Exclusive Comment: May'n; Music Matters 2013; J-MELO Fan Meeting in Singapore; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Artists: AKB48, BABYMETAL, EXILE, FLOW, Kalafina, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, LM.C, MAN WITH A MISSION, Ichiro Mizuki, Morning Musume。, MUCC, Kazumasa Oda, ONE OK ROCK, Perfume, SCANDAL, Sea*A, TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; 1. "Run Real Run" / May'n'; 2. "Endless Game" / ARASHI.
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Episode 24 - Music Discovery Special
Release Date: 2013-07-14Guest: Eir Aoi; Collaboration with Nippon Broadcasting System's "Mu-comi Plus" radio show (with DJs Hisanori Yoshida and Azusa Tadokoro); Exclusive comment: T.M. Revolution; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Ainu traditional dance; Maiko's Minyo Trail: Kokiriko Bushi (Toyama); Team J-MELO: MAY'S; Masaki Sato and Kanon Suzuki (Morning Musume。); Joe Inoue; Yoshitaka Mouri; 1. "Preserved Roses" / T.M.Revolution × Nana Mizuki; 2. "Cobalt Sky" / Eir Aoi.
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Episode 25 - Club J-MELO: Hiromitsu Agatsuma
Release Date: 2013-07-21Guests: Ryota Komatsu, MAY'S, Toyoaki Fukushi; 1. "Wonder" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma; 2. "Tsugaru Yosare Bushi" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Toyoaki Fukushi, and Akimi Fukushi; 3. "TMW~Tsugaru Meets Waltz" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma and Ryota Komatsu; 4. "Koyoi Tsuki No Shita De feat. Hiromitsu Agatsuma" (Under The Moon Tonight) / Hiromitsu Agatsuma and MAY'S; 5. "Tsugaru Jongara Bushi" / Hiromitsu Agatsuma.
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Episode 26 - J-MELO Girls' Summer Party
Release Date: 2013-08-25Guests: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, LoVendoЯ, Yun*chi, TEMPURA KIDZ; J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2013 (San Francisco, USA); NHK WONDERLAND (Akihabara, Tokyo); Otodama (Zushi, Kanagawa); Japan Dance Music Adventure: Awa odori (Tokushima); Team J-MELO: Kylee; Haruna Iikubo & Sakura Oda (Morning Musume。); 1. "Happy Natsuyasumi" (Happy Summer Vacation) / TEMPURA KIDZ; 2. "Waon* with IroKokoro Project" / Yun*chi.
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Episode 27 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-09-01Guest: miwa; Exclusive comments: Kana Nishino; AZU; Rino Sashihara (HKT48); Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; Artists: Acid Black Cherry, Flower, The Gospellers, Kameleo, KREVA, LUNA SEA, Mika Nakashima, SCANDAL, Southern All Stars, V6, Zeebra; 1. "Faraway" / miwa; 2. "Namida Iro" (The Color of Tears) / Kana Nishino; 3. "Circles of Life" / AZU; 4. "Koisuru Fortune Cookie" (The Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie) / AKB48.
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Episode 28 - J-MELO in Manila
Release Date: 2013-09-08J-MELO Fan Meeting in Manila; Exclusive comments: the GazettE; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; Mizuki Fukumura and Sakura Oda (Morning Musume。); Artists: UVERworld, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, NICO Touches the Walls, NEWS, Hey! Say! JUMP; 1. "FADELESS" / the GazettE; 2. "Wagamama Kinomama Ai No Joke" (Selfish. Capricious. A Joke of Love.) / Morning Musume。; 3. "PIKO PIKO ROCK" / TENGUBOY.
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Episode 29 - J-MELO in Paris
Release Date: 2013-09-15Japan Expo (Paris, France); Exclusive comments: NIGHTMARE, ONE OK ROCK, ℃-ute; Team J-MELO: Kylee, Takamasa Sakurai; Artists: angela, Dempagumi.inc, THE HEANA CAT, Kao=s, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, May'n, URBANGARDE; 1. "the WORLD" / NIGHTMARE; 2. "Deeper Deeper" / ONE OK ROCK.
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Episode 30 - J-MELO in London
Release Date: 2013-09-22HYPER JAPAN 2013 (London, UK): Yun*chi; Guest: ANNE (singer and Japan fan); Exclusive comments: Alice Nine, Momoiro Clover Z; Team J-MELO: Kylee; Artists: ayumi hamasaki, Base Ball Bear, the GazettE, KODA KUMI, Morning Musume。; 1. "shooting star" / Alice Nine; 2. "Neo STARGATE" / Momoiro Clover Z; 3. "Waon* with IroKokoro Project" / Yun*chi.
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Episode 31 - J-Music Creators Special
Release Date: 2013-09-29Guests: Daishin Kashimoto (violinist), Kenji Sakai (composer); Exclusive comment: Tsunku♂; Japan Dance Music Adventure: Kiso Odori (Nagano); Joe Inoue's Japanese Lesson; Team J-MELO: Maiko Katagiri (MAY'S), Joe Inoue, Ai Takahashi (former leader of Morning Musume。), Haruna Iikubo and Mizuki Fukumura (Morning Musume。); 1. Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23, 3rd Movement (Allegro Molto), Composer: Ludwin van Beethoven, Violin: Daishin Kashimoto, Piano: Konstantin Lifschitz; 2. "Whiteout" / NHK Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Tatsuya Shimono, Composer: Kenji Sakai.
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Episode 32 - J-MELO Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-10-06Guests: VAMPS in conversation with Shou (Alice Nine); Exclusive comments: NMB48, TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector; 1. "DEVIL SIDE" / VAMPS; 2. "Kamonegix" / NMB48; 3. "Get The Star" / TOKYO GIRLS' STYLE.
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Episode 33 - Club J-MELO: Ryota Komatsu
Release Date: 2013-10-131. "Kubi No Sa De" (Por una cabeza); 2. "Buenos Aires No Fuyu" (Invierno Porteño); 3. Medley: "Gusukobudori No Denki" (The Life of Gusko Budori) and "Kaze No Uta" (Song of the Wind); 4. "Fuga To Shinpi" (Fuga y Misterio); 5. "Allegro Tangabile".
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Episode 34 - Club J-MELO: Cover Song Special
Release Date: 2013-10-201. "Boku Ga Ichiban Hoshikatta Mono" (The Thing I Wanted Most) / JAY'ED; 2. "Hanamizuki" (Dogwood) / May J.; 3. Medley: "Ue Wo Muite Aruko" (Sukiyaki) and "Tsubasa" (Wings) / Kazumi Watanabe Special Band; 4. "Ame No Furanai Hoshi Dewa Aisenaidaro?" (We Surely Couldn't Love On A Planet with No Rain) / Kousuke Atari and Ai Takahashi.
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Episode 35 - J-MELO400 Selection
Release Date: 2013-10-27Special interview: YOSHIKI; Exclusive comments: BENI, Momoiro Clover Z, Perfume, SCANDAL, SHOU (Alice Nine), T.M.Revolution, Yuko Oshima and Haruna Kojima (AKB48), VAMPS, Zeebra; Artists: THE BEATNIKS, BEGIN, BONNIE PINK, THE BOOM, BOWWOW, BUCK-TICK, coba, ℃-ute, End Of The World, the GazettE, girugamesh, Hikami Daiko, Hiromi Uehara, JAM Project, Kaori Muraji and Soichi Muraji, Kiyoharu, KODOMO BAND, Mai Takematsu, MONKEY MAJIK, SHEENA & THE ROKKETS, Shonen Knife, ☆Taku Takahashi and FPM, Terumasa Hino, Yosuke Yamashita, X JAPAN; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Morning Musume。.
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Episode 36 - J-MELO400 Morning Musume。 Live Special
Release Date: 2013-11-031. "Ai No Gundan" (Army of Love); 2. "What is LOVE?"; 3. "One Two Three"; 4. "Brainstorming"; 5. "Wagamama Kinomama Ai No Joke" (Selfish. Capricious. A Joke of Love.).
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Episode 37 - J-MELO400 World Connections
Release Date: 2013-11-10Guests: the GazettE; Exclusive comments: ℃-ute; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue; 1. "Waon* with IroKokoro Project" / Yun*chi; 2. "INSIDE BEAST" / the GazettE.
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Episode 38 - Viewer Special
Release Date: 2013-12-01Guest: Tsunku♂; Exclusive comments: Jurina Matsui, Emika Kamieda, and Rina Hirata (AKB48); Perfume; Kyary Pamyu Pamyu; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, ☆Taku Takahashi; 1. "What is LOVE?" / Morning Musume。; 2. "Suzukake No Ki No Michi De 'Kimi No Hohoemi Wo Yume Ni Miru' To Itteshimattara Bokutachi No Kankei Wa Do Kawatteshimaunoka Bokunarini Nannichika Kangaeta Uedeno Yaya Kihazukashii Ketsuron No Yona Mono" (Something like the slightly embarrassing conclusion I reached after spending several days thinking in my own way about how our relationship would end up changing if, on a road with plane trees, I said: 'I see your smile in my dreams') / AKB48; 3. "1mm" / Perfume; 4. "Mottai Night Land" / Kyary Pamyu Pamyu.
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Episode 39 - Music Discovery Special
Release Date: 2013-12-08Guests: Kaname Kawabata, moumoon, Hironobu Kageyama; Exclusive comments: SKE48, girugamesh; Tokyo International Music Market; Japan Pop Culture Carnival 2013 in Matsudo; Team J-MELO: Joe Inoue, Takamasa Sakurai; Artists: Acid Black Cherry, androp, Base Ball Bear, THE BAWDIES, Buffalo Daughter, Cream, Dempagumi.inc, Dragon Ash, FRUITY, GLAY, JAM METAL Project with SU-METAL, Kamen Joshi, Minami Kizuki x JOYZ, Kanako Ito, KUROYUME, LUNA SEA, THE MAN, Yui Matsushita, Takahiro Mizushima, Little Glee Monster, LoVendoЯ, OKAMOTO'S, THE POSSIBOOOOO, sunmyu, So'Fly, SPYAIR, UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Up Up Girls (Kakko kari), UPLIFT SPICE, URBANGARDE x Sumire Uesaka, Yuko Suzuka with Wagakki Band, Mayu Wakisaka; 1. "Love is Everywhere" / moumoon; 2. "STARSHIP" / Kaname Kawabata; 3. "Sansei Kawaii!" (Thumbs-up Kawaii!) / SKE48.
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Episode 40 - The Very Best of J-MELO 2013
Release Date: 2013-12-15Artists: Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Alice Nine, Kousuke Atari and Ai Takahashi, Berryz Kobo, End Of The World, FLOW, JAM Project, JAY'ED, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Ryota Komatsu, miwa, MONKEY MAJIK, NICO Touches the Walls, SCANDAL, SID, Tsunku♂, Kazumi Watanabe x Marty Friedman, Tatsuro Yamashita, Yun*chi; Team J-MELO: Dave Spector, Joe Inoue, Sayumi Michishige (leader of Morning Musume。); 1. "Filth in the Beauty" / the GazettE; 2. "What is LOVE?" / Morning Musume。.