Marvin Andrew Sturmer is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and composer who co-founded the rock band Jellyfish in 1989. He was the group's lead vocalist, drummer, and primary songwriter. Following their break-up in 1994, Sturmer became involved, with Tamio Okuda, as writer and producer for the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. Although Sturmer maintains a low public profile, he continues working as a songwriter for cartoons produced by Disney and Cartoon Network.
An Illustrated History is the second North American album release by Japanese pop group Puffy AmiYumi, released on May 21st, 2002..
Nice is an album by Japanese pop group PUFFY, released in 2003 it is their third North American album. The US release featured a few track changes: "Atarashii hibi" and "Tomodachi" were replaced with "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme" and "Planet Tokyo", an English song with the melody of "Akai buranko". The album peaked at No. 20 on the Japanese Albums Chart.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is an American animated television series created by Sam Register for Cartoon Network. Produced by Renegade Animation and Cartoon Network Studios, the series stars fictionalized and animated versions of the Japanese pop rock group Puffy AmiYumi. The series premiered on November 19, 2004 and ended its run on June 27, 2006, with a total of three seasons and 39 episodes, leaving a total of 34 episodes aired and five episodes unaired in North America.
Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album by pop duo Puffy AmiYumi, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series of the same name. There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks. The album peaked at #49 on the Japanese Albums Chart.
Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of the Japanese pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki.
Ami Onuki is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of J-pop group PUFFY, along with Yumi Yoshimura.
Pa Pa Pa Pa Puffy was a variety TV show which aired in Japan from 1 October 1997 to 27 March 2002, and re-aired as a PUFFY 10th anniversary broadcast for a short time in 2006. It was hosted by Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. Rodney Greenblat was responsible for most of the visual design of the show.
Puffy is a Japanese pop rock duo formed in Tokyo in 1995, consisting of singers Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura. In the United States, they adopted the name Puffy AmiYumi to avoid legal naming conflicts with Sean Combs, who also performed under the name Puffy. They sing in Japanese and English.
Splurge is a Japanese-language pop album by Puffy Amiyumi that was released on June 28, 2006 in Japan. It was released in the US on July 25, 2006, after their East Coast Tour.
"Hurricane" is the 15th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It is a cover of a song originally performed in 1981 by "Chanels". The song contains MIDI instruments and brass instruments. The subway version is featured in the album Music from the Subway.
"Atarashii Hibi" (あたらしい日々) is the 13th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. Puffy's first 21st century single was produced by Andy Sturmer and recorded in L.A.. It was used in the commercial starring the artists themselves. It includes 'Love So Pure', an English-language version of 'Sumire' whose original version was included in their 2000 album 'Spike'.
"Boogie Woogie No.5" is the 12th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra on September 27, 2000.
"Puffy de Rumba" is the 8th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi. It was released on December 12, 1998. In the music video, Ami and Yumi sing and dance in a magical garden and meet Jimi Hendrix. Some of this song also played in the Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi episode titled "Janice Jealous." Rumba de Puffy did a slow jam version from the album Rumba! UN! as of it was added in Do It Now! Singles chart but lost I've Been Working This Saturday.
"Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" is the 2nd single released by the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on October 7, 1996. It sold over 1.5 million copies and was their first #1 hit. They won "Japan Record Award for Best New Artist" in 1996.
Hi Hi Puffy Club, more accurately titled Hi Hi Puffy Bu is Puffy AmiYumi's reality television series, which premiered on TV Asahi on 22 July 2007. The show stars both Ami Onuki and Yumi Yoshimura, and its opening credits include them in a cel-shaded manga. The theme song for the series is "Shall We Dance?" from their Splurge album.
The discography for Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi consists of 12 studio albums, 4 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 12 video albums and 32 singles. Their first single Asia no Junshin became an instant hit in Japan where it sold more than a million records and help to catapult the group. Jet-CD is their most successful album , Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi is their most successful single. They have sold more than 15 million records worldwide.
Hit&Fun is a compilation album by pop duo PUFFY, that was released on February 14, 2007.
The Merrymakers are a Swedish based musical duo composed of Anders Hellgren and David Myhr, former members are Thomas Nyström, Kenneth Berg, Patrik Bergman and Peter Arffman. They have been making music together since the 1990s. Their major releases include "Andrew's store", "No Sleep 'til famous" and "Bubblegun." They have also written and produced songs for Puffy AmiYumi, Dorian Gray, Yuko Yamaguchi and Fujifabric. In March 2008 Anders Hellgren announced that work had begun on a new Merrymakers album, although that seems to have been put aside in favor of David Myhr's solo album, Soundshine, due to be released in 2011.
Tatsuya Oe is a New York-based Japanese composer, recording artist, music producer, and DJ, best known for the moniker of Captain Funk.
