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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
When Kaz accidentally flushes his glasses down the toilet, he makes life a nightmare for Ami and Yumi's cats, who take only so much before they decide to work together to get the manager's lost ...
Evil scientist Ami and her assistant Yumi create the perfect manager, "KAZ". When Harmony, their Number 1 villager, gets into their castle, the monster escapes and gets into Harmony's house. When he ...