Revered J-pop singer Amuro Namie has announced that – after 25 years of being in the industry – it is time to retire, a shocking revelation for many as Namie has been considered a legend, with the accomplished woman being given such labels as “Queen of J-Pop” and the “Japanese Madonna”.
Namie delivered the saddening news by way of her website, stating that she will retire in September of next year and vowing to make her final year one filled with wonderful memories:
“I could not have gone 25 years without your support, for which I am eternally grateful. I plan to make the last year of my music career meaningful by focusing my full attention on creating a final album and performing at concerts.”
Some of Namie’s biggest hits hail from the 90’s, such as “Can You Celebrate?” which sold more than 2 million copies and her first album, “Sweet 19 Blues”, which sold 3 million.
Popular actress Kinoshita Yukina was supposedly greatly devastated by Namie’s announcement as she posted a video on her instagram doing nothing but crying in true attention-whore fashion; many were quick to berate her for using Namie’s retirement as an excuse to gain views and followers.
Sad times. Definitely one of my favorites, and also was one of the first Japanese artists I listened to growing up as a kid, becoming a gateway into a new world of music from across the pond I can’t imagine living without. Hard to believe she is already 40 years old with a son in high school. She sure deserves a well earned retirement after a long glorious career.
she was perfect, amazing voice, and OF COURSE no one here would ever heard of her, 25 years of work in the industry, ” the pokemon generation” only know akshitb48 and korean trash.
No korean or american singer will ever be as good as her. She was big inspiration to me as a producer. And you guys can shove your shitty comments up your asses. f♥♥k you lazy bastards.
Exactly…..SC audiences have really gone downhill and now the site is flooding with uncultured weeboos. Calling them otaku would be a disgrace to otaku.
Never heard of her before.
By the surname she probably a newtype and surely a grand-grand-granddaughter of Amuro Ray.
There’s actually an animated music video featuing her piloting the Elmeth mobile armor and fighting Amuro Ray on the RX-78-2 Gundam. 😀
http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/amuro/defendlove.htm
You deserve free internet
Will she go into porn now?
Hope she’s not one of those girls that look good only on photos.
Bunch of weeboos jerking off to low budge anime commenting on a Jpop legend retiring? Sounds like a normal day in SC. “I’ve never heard of her, so she must be insignificant, just like me!”
Gtfo
Does the truth hurt your little feelings?
Look where you are posting this…. All of you hipsters are all alike “Hypocrites” you make fun of others who watch or have an interest in anime or Jpn news, but you are doing the same damn thing LMAO. “Expose Yourself”
You are saying that no one can stand up to the degrading and condescending comments or else it makes them hypocrites? Get real.
Most of these condescending comments are “who is she” one liners. They seems like legit questions, thus I tried to gave some balanced personal opinions to, and not trolling “she is nobody”, even if it is partly correct in terms of purely anime op and ed.
But to almost all the milf shown nude on San, she is a somebody and probably some sort of teenage inspiration, before they hit reality.
P.S. Who is this AKB or ABK? And who is Amuro Namie? What non idol anime songs have their agencies licensed to? Do some of them also work like slaves too? Or gets hook fed substances by more powerful shady groups controlling everything too just like pretty much everywhere with a large population?
Took the words right out of my mouth. Uncultured westerners can’t appreciate the fact that most Japanese grew up listening to her. Degrading comments seems to be the only way to make themselves feel better.
It’s Western culture to not appreciate anything.
Why westerners? For all you know, Sankaku commentators are shitposting nazi Trump loving Nigerians.
What makes you think that “westerners” should care about some inferior, rip-off culture? Anime is the only worthwhile thing to come out of Japan and pretty much the only reason why some people give a f♥♥k about Japan. Ask anyone who’s interested in Japan, how did they get acquainted with its culture, and most, if not all, will tell you that it’s anime that got them interested in Japan. The very one that japs are killing now by mocking anime and anime otaku and paying s♥♥t wedges to animators.
Cont from 17:34
That said, there are a few more things that are or were top notch, such as superior 4×4 pickups, realistic looking sport entertainment, improvements or local modifications of foreign craft or mastery works, detailed SF and military toys, old or new snacks, hardcore porn made under direct or indirect influences of Yakuza, etc.
As for Jpop, sorry, I listerns to anything and everything I like, be it symphony, country, cultural folk, industrial black metal, gangsta, dubstep, blues, motown, latin, techno, house, gospel, other pop, or whatever.
Almost every anime OP and ED from the beginning till now, are my hidden top favorites. To me, without her anime songs, Amuro Namie would be just another one of those VIP singers I know are popular, with some songs I like, but otherwise would not give a rat’s ass about. Without OP and ED, Jpop are just another nice and unique addition like Pop, Kpop, Cpop, or other pop, all of which I also don’t give a rat’s ass about, just like any other that only helps me learn other cultures or languages.
Oh, and how is it hanging mainstream J media & TK family? Final end of an overextended shat era?
Anyway, just know almost all the only music I have ever bought on tapes, disc, cd, digital, etc are almost all extended OP, ED, or anime related, and I paid for it with my wages or contracts.
I feel sad for you
Do those wedges come with sour cream?
wages*
He is not wrong, a ton of highly talented and skilled animators gets the figurative wedges from most women, figurative wedgies from the mainsteam media in terms of treatment, wedgies in terms of treatment & pay, so much so they can only afford the Japanese equivalent of wedgies for every meals.
haha, what do you expect. Most of these kids watch a couple animes and jerk off to akb 48. You think they would appreciate let alone know any Jpop?
Why would you assume they know about whatever akb 48 is over jpop? Jpop is usually the first they find out about.
Who is akb48