In June 1993, J!-ENT was born. Originally a featured page on the Neo-Tokyo 2099 BBS, it quickly became the official website for entertainment and pop culture.
But J!-ENT was much different back then as it is now. Back then, it was a website that covered Asian Entertainment and Pop Culture. Before focusing on entertainment worldwide.
As we celebrate our 20-year anniversary, for our once-a-year special annual issue, we return to our roots of the type of coverage we did back then for this annual issue. Featuring a total of 575 pages, our largest yet, featured in this interview are:
On the music side, the 20th Anniversary Annual features interviews with Porno Graffitti, Home Made Kazoku, Aoi Eir, Luna Haruna, Kylee, Andy Quach, Hiroshi Uesugi. Plus AKB48 Group coverage and a special feature on AKB48 worldwide fandom. Plus excerpts from past J-Pop interviews which include TRF, Olivia, HYDE, Hitomi Shimatani, Maki Goto, Akko of My Little Lover and Toshinobu Kubota. Plus a few of J!-ENT’s J-Pop reviews from the 1990s.
On the anime side, the 20th Anniversary Annual features Atsuko Ishizuka, Ayumi Fujimura, Toshihiro Kawamoto, Reki Kawahara, PSYCHO-PASS Executive Director Katsuyuki Motohiro, Director Naoyoshi Shiotani and Producer Joji Wada. Plus excerpts from past interviews and articles from 1993-2013 which include Ryo Horikawa, Kappei Yamaguchi, Masahiro Ando, Kotono Mitsuishi, Aki Tsunaki, anime clubs and more!
Also featuring cosplay interviews and J!-ENT event coverage from a variety of events and conventions from March-September 2013.
Currently, we have the following available for download for FREE:
J!-ENT 20th Anniversary (Hi-Res Version) (1.8GB)