Welcome to this week's Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 400 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.

Rockman, the twenty year old series is still going strong with its ninth installment about to be released on Nintendo Wii Ware. To realize the full potential of the game, instead of distracting players with fancy graphics and special effects, the game is produced in retro style.

However, this does not mean that the composers could not play around with the music of the game. Rockman 9 The Arrange Album added flavor and polish to the themes such that they display both a refreshing feel while retaining the familiar nostalgic sentiment.

Written by Sakurai Motoi, the composer who has written music for the "Tales of" and "Valkyrie Profile" series, Infinite Undiscovery the Original Soundtrack contains the signiture traits of the composer, i.e. the grandness of the orchestrated pieces, gentle music that brings a feel of piece and darker melodies that evoke a sense of foreboding.

Aside from game soundtracks, the young R&B queen, Koda Kumi in the Japanese music industry released her newest single Taboo [Limited & Standard Editions]. After the successes of her last mellow love ballad Moon, she is back to her genre, strong beat dance tunes that has a compulsive force over its listeners.

Here's a summary of all new releases that were published between Saturday, October 4th and Friday, October 10th. If some specific item that you are looking for is missing, please don't hesitate to contact our customer service with your request.


J-Pop Music releases (107)
ENKA Music releases (51)
Anime Soundtracks & Drama CDs (14)
Video Game Soundtracks (6)
Hong Kong Version Music releases (2)
Blu-ray Disc Movies (28)
Anime & Animation (17)
Hong Kong Version Movie releases (14)
Japanese Movies (21)
Non-Japanese Movies / Japanese Version (132)
J-Pop DVD releases (7)
Idol DVD (4)

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