Most of the times Japanese pop-punk duo Puffy AmiYumi has played in Los Angeles, it was in small clubs in front of audiences consisting largely of bohemian hipsters and “J-pop” cultists. Those same ...
Ami Onuki’s memories of her J-pop band Puffy’s early experiences in the U.S. market sound like scenes straight from a cartoon caper. The musician, 51, recalls playing shows with her bandmate Yumi ...
Last year, D3 Publisher hit the Game Boy Advance with Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Kaznapped!, a portable game rendition of the bubblegum-punk faux anime pairing based on the real-life Japanese pop duo. The ...
In the grand tradition of “The Beatles,” “The Jackson 5” and “The Osmonds” -- the cartoon shows, I mean, not the actual human musicians who inspired them -- comes “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi,” Cartoon ...
Until recently, only the hippest, most avant-garde American 8-year-olds have been down with J-pop (that’s Japanese pop, for us old fogies) stars Puffy AmiYumi’s peppy, contagious blend of punk, garage ...
Publisher and developer D3Publisher of America announced Thursday it is creating a Game Boy Advance title based on Cartoon Network's Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi. The game will be the first in a five-year ...
Kicking off the Cartoon Network’s latest merchandising effort for its original children series “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi,” the net will recreate the toon as a float for the 79th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving ...
LOS ANGELES - Sep. 13, 2005 - D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software today announced its first game for the Nintendo DS TM will be based ...
"Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Music From the Series" Epic ADAM RICHMAN "Patience and Science" Or Music Even before their animated alter egos became Cartoon Network stars, Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura were an ...