Watarirouka Hashiritai 5th Single [Seishun no Flag]

31 May 2010 - Updated Tracklist

Watarirouka Hashiritai's 5th single will be released on 30 June 2010. Titled [Seishun no Flag]. There will be a total of 4 different versions, A, B, C, Normal, and a DVD. First press gets a trading card. Some shops include in a free b2 poster.

If this follows the trend of the previous 2 singles, Mayuyu will get yet another solo song. And another Photobook! Nacchan Yabai! I hope Ayarin gets a good position in the single. I liked her in AkKanbe Bashi.

Seishun no Flag
Release Date: 07 July 2010
Price: 1600 yen

Seishun no Flag (Type A,B) [CD] 01. Seishun no Flag 02. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! 03. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume 04. Seishun no Flag (instrumental)        05. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! (instrumental) 06. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume (instrumental) [DVD]   01. Seishun no Flag PV (normal ver.) 02. Watarirouka Hashiritai Original Movie A 03. Watarirouka Hashiritai Original Movie B	Seishun no Flag (Type C) [CD] 01. Seishun no Flag 02. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! 03. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume 04. Seishun no Flag (instrumental)        05. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! (instrumental) 06. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume (instrumental) [PHOTOBOOK] 20 pages full of pictures of the members to drool at.
Seishun no Flag (Normal) [CD] 01. Seishun no Flag 02. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! 03. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume 04. Seishun no Flag (instrumental)        05. Hashiritai GO! GO! GO! (instrumental) 06. Nantai Renai Kurage Musume (instrumental)	Seishun no Flag (DVD) [DVD] 01. Seishun no Flag PV (special ver.) 02. Seishun no Flag (Dance Shot ver.)       03. Seishun no Flag (Multi Angle ver.) 04. Seishun no Flag (Choreography) 05. Seishun no Flag (Making of) Plus more coming up (Total 70mins)

Order Links
HMV: Type A, Type B, Type C, Normal, DVD
CD Japan: Type A, Type B, Type C, Normal, DVD
YesAsia: Type A, Type B, Type C, Normal


(Credits to Jasey,Mr Waffle, z3144228, Silver Rain, Armitage, areyoume)

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AKB48 to perform at Anime Expo 2010

Man this is seriously late. Really sorry.



AKB48 will be invited as Official Guests of Honour for Anime Expo 2010. The event is held in the Los Angeles Convention Center from 01 - 04 July. The members will also participate in attendee panels, meet-and-greet sessions and autograph sessions. They will also perform live in the Nokia Theater (capacity 7,000) on Thursday, 01 July 2010. Nokia Theatre is the same place where they hold the American Idol finales. This will be their 4th concert overseas (not counting Cannes), and their 2nd one in the United States with the first being New York Anime Festival last year.


Girls attending are: 
A - Kuramochi, Kojima, Sashihara, Takajo, Takahashi, Maeda Atsuko, Maeda Ami
K - Akimoto, Itano, Oshima, Ono, Nito, Fujie, Minegishi, Miyazawa
B - Kitahara

The schedule for AKB is:
Thursday 9:00 - 10:30AM : Opening Ceremony
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00PM : AKB48 Concert at Nokia Theater
Friday 11:00AM - 12:30PM : Question and Answer


Congratulations Americans... You get your second AKB concert all in one year. So freaking jealous. Why can't they come to a closer country. Yeah I know the Thailand concert failed but still they could come to Singapore... Anyways have have while you can, and take loads of pictures to share to us miserable folks.

I'm quite disappointed with the lineup. Half of Team A and half of Team K will go to AX10, but only one Team B member will go? So Team B will hold the fort back in the Don Quixote like NYAF, then why is Kitarie there? I don't get it. And Amina doesn't go. Still I'm happy that Mocchi and Ami will be going.

And I hope you guys going will have lots of post-concert depressions :) .

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Maeda Atsuko, Shinoda Mariko, Matsui Jurina Photobook releases

Sorry for the lateness, school is really taking a toll on me and my fandom. Anyways I'll be posting all parts here for easier viewing and completion.


Acchan is releasing a batch of PBs. It's a 3 part series taken in different locations. The first is in Hawaii, second in Tokyo and third in New York. Gotta say Acchan is looking sexy in those. Haven't bought parts one and two? Buy them now, and preorder part 3.

Shinoda Mariko will also be releasing her 3rd PB. And it's also taken in Hawaii. Title is still subject to change but as of now it's titled [Shinoda Mariko Photobook].

Not wanting to lose out, Matsui Jurina of SKE48 will also be releasing a PB! Isn't she too young for this? Anyways its priced at 3,990 yen and it's 96 pages long. Kinda expensive. Title at this point hasn't been revealed yet. I wanna see how this goes. Will she be in bikinis and such or will it be more of casual wear?


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Team B 5th Stage [Theater no Megami] Review

Two down, one more to go. Team B's new Stage started on 21 May 2010. Awesome stage, though just falling short of K6. maybe after more listens it will beat K6.

Team B 5th STAGE [Theater no Megami]

No.	Romaji	Japanese	Translation	Singers
OP	Romance Kakurenbo	ロマンスかくれんぼ	Romance Hide and Seek	Zenza Girls (Solo)
M00	Overture	-	-	-
M01	Yuuki no Hammer	勇気のハンマー	Hammer of Courage	Team B
M02	Inseki no Kakuritsu	隕石の確率	Chance of Meteorite	Team B
M03	Ai no Stripper	愛のストリッパー	Stripper of Love	Team B
M04	Theater no Megami	シアターの女神	Goddesses of the Theater	Team B
MC1	-	-	-	-
M05	Hatsukoi yo, Konnichiwa	初恋よ、こんにちは	First Love, Hello	Watanabe, Sato S., Oku
M06	Arashi no Yoru ni wa	嵐の夜には	In an Evening Storm	Miyazaki Komori, Suzuki, Sato N.
M07	CANDY~	キャンディー	-	Kasai, Sato A., Masuda
M08	Locker room boy	ロッカールームボーイ	-	Kitahara, Ishida, Kobayashi, Hirajima, Chikano
M09	Yokaze no Shiwaza	夜風の仕業	Act of the Night Wind	Kashiwagi
MC2	-	-	-	-
M10	100 meter Conbini	100メートルコンビニ	100 Meter Convenience Store	Team B
M11	Suki Suki Suki	好き　好き　好き	Love Love Love / Like Like Like	Team B
M12	Sayonara no Kanashibari	サヨナラのカナシバリ	Goodbye's Paralysis	Team B
MC3	-	-	-	-
M13	Shiokaze no Shoudaijou	潮風の招待状	Invitation of the Sea Breeze	Team B
EC	-	-	-	-
EC1	Honest Man	ネオストマン	-	Team B
EC2	Team B Oshi	チームB推し	Team B Favourite	Team B
MC4	-	-	-	-
EC3	Bokutachi no Kami Hikouki	僕たちの紙飛行機	Our Paper Airplane	Team B

* Zenza girls will perform at the beginning of every Stage. This time the song is a solo. Member varies at each performance.
* Bolded girls are the center.

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AKB48 Senbatsu Election 2010 first results

The first results for the AKB48 Senbatsu Election 2010 is out. Only 2 weeks left until the voting ends. The second results will be released on 05 June, and the voting will end on 08 June with the final results announced on 09 June.

The interesting thing about the Senbatsu Election is that the wotas don't just vote the member they want to support the moment they get the voting ticket. There's a lot of behind the scenes stuff happening before the wotas actually vote. One example was how Amina was ranked 15th place in the first result with only 327 votes, 694 during the second result but in the final result she got to 8th place with 2,117 votes. This is only the first result, and there will be a lot of moving around once the second results get revealed.

RANK	TEAM	MEMBER NAME	VOTES
01	A	Maeda Atsuko	6846
02	K	Oshima Yuko	6317
03	B	Watanabe Mayu	4072
04	K	Itano Tomomi	3807
05	A	Shinoda Mariko	3765
06	A	Takahashi Minami	3319
07	B	Kashiwagi Yuki	2985
08	S	Matsui Rena	2673
09	K	Miyazawa Sae	2616
10	A	Kojima Haruna	2506
11	A	Takajo Aki	2252
12	K	Ono Erena	1558
------	------	MEDIA LINE	------
13	B	Kasai Tomomi	1422
14	B	Kitahara Rie	1379
15	K	Minegeshi Minami	1345
16	B	Sato Amina	1275
17	A	Sashihara Rino	1224
18	S	Matsui Jurina	1199
19	A	Nakagawa Haruka	977
20	B	Miyazaka Miho	961
21	K	Akimoto Sayaka	718
21	A	Oota Aika	718
------	------	SENBATSU LINE	------
23	A	Kuramochi Asuka	704
24	K	Masuda Yuka	653
25	B	Hirajima Natsumi	602
26	B	Komori Mika	487
27	K	Kikuchi Ayaka	357
28	K	Nito Moeno	355
29	K	Fujie Reina	352
30	B	Sato Sumire	344
31	KII	Ishida Anna	338
32	S	Ooya Masana	301
33	S	Yagami Kumi	291
34	B	Ishida Haruka	285
35	K	Umeda Ayaka	276
36	A	Katayama Haruka	259
37	RS	Yamauchi Suzuran	249
38	KII	Takayanagi Akane	231
39	RS	Oba Mina	214
40	K	Yonezawa Rumi	208
------	------	UNDERGIRLS LINE	------

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[Ponytail to Shushu] 1st Day sales

*AHEM*
Going to let this picture speak for itself.

[Ponytail to Shushu] 1st day sales: 354,403!!!!!

Congratulations AKB!!!!

To give a comparison, SakuShio 1st day was 229,528. SakuShio total sales up to now is 378,696. PonyShu 1st day smashed through Sakushio's 1st day by an epic 124k copies, but just missed outselling the overall sales for Sakushio by just 24k. The latest single from Arashi, the top selling male idol group, has 1st day of only around 230,000. My predictions were right about this single. At the rate AKB is going, 17th Single should sell at least around 400,000 for its 1st day. Tis a great time to be an AKB wota.

Will PonyShu's 2nd day sales continue the streak? 2nd day sales for AKB Singles have always dropped heavily. I'm hoping at least 30k for 2nd day. My prediction for 1st week still stands at at least 400,000. It will surely break it, the question is by how much.


(Credits to eyeless, z3144228)

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[Ponytail to Shushu] Final Update + Review

One day left till the release date, and everything has been revealed to us. All PVs are below after the jump.

Will Ponytail to Shushu outsell Sakura no Shiori? My guess is YES, it definitely will. Especially since the voting tickets for the upcoming Senbatsu Election 2010 , which starts on the same day Ponyshu is released, are included inside. And since most people are buying at least 2 copies (one of each type), it only spells awesome sales. What's more, the Ninki points for Ponyshu is 260.80! That's more than 100 points more than SakuShio! That's not all, the amount of copies shipped (to the stores, not sold) is 500,000!! My prediction on the sales for first day is at least 300,000, 400,000 for first week. It will be awesome if Ponyshu can finally hit the 500,000 mark. And a year ago AKB Single sales were barely making 80,000!


Ponytail to Shushu
Release Date: 26 May 2010
Price: 1600 yen

Ponytail to Shushu (Type A) [CD] 01. Ponytail to Shushu 02. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Under Girls) 03. Boku no YELL (Theatre Girls) 04. Ponytail to Shushu (instrumental) 05. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (instrumental)       06. Boku no YELL (instrumental) [DVD] 01. Ponytail to Shushu (PV) 02. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (PV) 03. Boku no YELL (PV)

Ponytail to Shushu (Type B) [CD] 01. Ponytail to Shushu 02. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (Under Girls) 03. Majijo Teppen Blues 04. Ponytail to Shushu (instrumental) 05. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (instrumental)       06. Majijo Teppen Blues (instrumental) [DVD] 01. Ponytail to Shushu (PV) 02. Nusumareta Kuchibiru (PV) 03. Majijo Teppen Blues (PV)

 
Order Links
HMV : http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3798858
CD JAPAN : http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=KIZM-53
YESASIA : http://www.yesasia.com/us/ponytail-to-shou-shou-single-dvd-type-a-japan- 


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SKE48 3rd Single announced

SKE48 will get release their 3rd Single on 07 July 2010. Title still hasn't been revealed. What has been revealed is that there will now be 3 songs and all 3 songs will have a PV, just like the recent few AKB48 releases. Senbatsu will be 7 girls just like Aozora Kataomoi. Tracks 2 and 3 will be sung by the Undergirls and Theatre Girls respectively. There will be 3 different types, A and B and Theater ver.

I'm expecting Senbatsu to be the same as Aozora Kataomoi. If it isn't then it probably shouldn't change that much. Jurina, Rena and Kuumin are pretty much confirmed. So far the only competition they have for their release week is Glay.


SKE48 3rd Single (TBD)
Release Date: 07 July 2010
Price: 1600 yen

TBD (Type A) [CD]   01. Senbatsu 02. Undergirls Song A 03. Theatre Girls 04. Senbatsu (Instrumental) 05. Undergirls Song A (instrumental)      06. Theatre Girls (Instrumental) [DVD]   01. Senbatsu (PV) 02. Undergirls Song A (PV) 03. Theatre Girls (PV)

TBD (Type B) [CD]   01. Senbatsu 02. Undergirls Song B 03. Theatre Girls 04. Senbatsu (Instrumental) 05. Undergirls Song B (instrumental)      06. Theatre Girls (Instrumental) [DVD]   01. Senbatsu (PV) 02. Undergirls Song B (PV) 03. Theatre Girls (PV)

Order Links
HMV: Type A, Type B
CD Japan: Type A, Type B
YesAsia: Type A, Type B


(Credits to Takamina, Silver Rain, aakun, Mr Waffle)

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Amina agency profile and blog

Amina's profile has finally been added to Atelier Duncan's Artist profiles.
http://www.duncan.co.jp/web/profile/index.html
http://www.duncan.co.jp/web/profile/sato_amina.html

Have to say even for an Amina oshi, when I first saw that pic it took me a while to recognise her ^^;;. Embarrassing.

Amina also got her very own Ameba blog. It's titled [Amina to Issho] (With Amina)
http://ameblo.jp/withamina/
In fact as of time of posting, she has already made five blog posts. And I commented on all of them :D. She looks cute as always in her blog header. Good luck with your blog Amina!

Whiteyuri has volunteered to translate her blog posts in STAGE48. Amina's first post has been translated and it is Amina's self introduction. Unfortunately Whiteyuri doesn't want the translations to go out of STAGE48 so I'm gonna have to link you to it instead. If she finds out that her translations have leaked to other places then she will stop translating.
http://stage48.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=277583#p277583


(Credits to Whiteyuri, Gideon123, Jasey)

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The greatness that is Team B has ended.

AKB48's Team B ended their 4th Stage [Idol no Yoake] on the 19th of April 2010. That's two teams down, only Team A is left. All members of Team B were present at the show. I shall not go into the details of the show because I'm really tired and my schedule is really shit nowadays so I don't really have the time. Instead I'll just do a post about Team B itself. Nothing special.

Team B has always fascinated me. Although they are my least favourite Team out of the three (doesn't mean I hate them, their close behind Team A, and Team K is my eternal no 1), they are a wonderful team just like the other two. A number of people think that Team B is the lousiest Team because the girls in team B aren't featured as much as the girls in Team A and Team K. This is totally not true. The girls in Team B are just as hard-working as the other Teams, if not more. They have worked all the way from being compared to the other two teams when they first started out, to getting Shonichi for #1 at the 2009 Request Hour concert. They have all the qualities that the other two Teams have, they have some of the best songs in AKB, and also Team B has some of the best singers and dancers in AKB. Team B may be my least favourite Team, but it's members and songs have taken many of the high spots in my ranking.

The NEW Team B will have their debut performance on 21 May 2010, just a week away. The NEW Team B's first Stage but the 5th Stage under the "Team B" name. It is titled: 

Team B 5th Stage [Theater no Megami] (The Goddess of the Theater)

Awesome name is awesome. I really can't wait for this to start. If K6 was an indicator, B5 will be awesome too. I can't wait to see what type of songs Aki-P has planned for them, and what song Amina's subunit will get. Hopefully she will get lots of solos in B5, Maybe she will even lead a unit.

(Credits to Makistar, ossan)

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