NMB48's CM for BREO, an oral care candy, has started airing on February 26. It is the first CM for NMB48 and preparations and filming for this project were accompanied by the TV show Star Hime Sagashi Taro....
28 February 2011
26 February 2011
AKB48 TV Program [Naruhodo! High School] gets golden time slot
One of AKB48's TV Shows is getting an upgrade! The show, titled Naruhodo High School, aired only two times last year, on 30 May and 9 October 2010. But starting April, it will be given a regular broadcast schedule every Thursday at 7:00PM JST, considered the golden time slot for Japanese TV. The show's title will also be given a supplementary exclamation mark, just because it looks nicer with it. So now the title is Naruhodo! High School. This is the first time AKB48 gets a golden time slot show.
The reason for this upgrade is because...
21 February 2011
AKB48 Team B Oku Manami to graduate
Dammit. Two graduation posts in a row. This is too much for me to handle. And to think that I went to sleep a few minutes before the announcement.
Last night, 15 year old Oku Manami of AKB48's Team B made a sudden announcement on the AKB48 Official Blog. She will be graduating. Her reason for this is that she wants to focus on her education. Having joined AKB48 since the age of 10, she has yet to experience life as a student and longed for it ever since. After consulting with their producer Akimoto Yasushi as well as some staff, her new goal...
21 February 2011
NMB48's first internet show [NMB48 Presents [NUMBER SHOT]]
NMB48 has started their first regular internet program called NMB48 presents [NUMBER SHOT] on 7 February. The show is shown on advertising screens in Osaka, Tokyo, Saitama and Chiba and can be found online, too. Each episode is broadcasted every day for a full week, and new episodes will be available every week.
Official Website: http://www.rvj.jp/category.php?category_id=11#265
The MC for the show is the group's youngest member, 12-year-old Kinoshita Haruna, who welcomes a different member of NMB48 as her guest every episode. The guests present...
20 February 2011
AKB48 Kenkyuusei Kanazawa Yuuki Graduates
10th generation AKB Kenkyuusei member Kanazawa Yuuki just announced her withdrawal from AKB48 Kenkyuusei. She will be leaving due to personal reasons. Nothing else has been stated. This brings the number of 10th gen Kenkyuuseis left to 8.
This makes Kanazawa Yuuki the 5th Kenkyuusei to graduate after the "Sashihara under curse". Those who fell due to this curse have at one point replaced Team A member Sashihara Rino when she was absent. 1st member to graduate was Uriya Akane and she was Sasshi's under in Team B 3rd Stage [Pajama Drive]. Hayashi...
20 February 2011
SDN48 2nd Single [Ai, Chuseyo]
SDN48 returns after 3 months with their 2nd Single, [Ai, Chuseyo], releasing on 23 March 2011. Hmmm? "Chuseyo" doesn't sound Japanese. That's because it isn't, it's Korean. “Chuseyo” means “give/please” in Korean and the title in the lyrics roughly translates to “Please give me a burning love”.
Unlike GAGAGA, this time the senbatsu members will not be going through an election, but are chosen solely by their producer Akimoto Yasushi. Ai, Chuseyo has been described as an "impressive love song sung with the feeling of adult women like only SDN48...
18 February 2011
SKE48 likes their pizzas hot
Frankly speaking, who doesn't? I absolutely hate cold pizzas. Pizza Hut Japan knows this too so they requested the help of the members of SKE48. The two will be collaborating to help promoted Pizza Hut Japan's new "Hot Value Series". Members of SKE48 will be appearing in Pizza Hut Japan's newest CM. The theme song for the CM will be SKE48's upcoming Single Banzai Venus. It will be broadcast nationwide starting March.
It is currently unknown how many members will be appearing in the CM, as well as which ones. The only confirmed member of the...
17 February 2011
Maeda Atsuko will star in the Movie [Moshidora]
Maeda Atsuko of AKB48 is due to star in a new movie titled [Moshidora] (もしドラ), short for [Moshi Koukou Yakyuno Joshi Manager ga Drucker no 'Management' wo Yondara] and otherwise known in Japanese as [もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら]. Long ass name indeed. A translation of the title to English would be [What if the female manager of a highschool baseball team reads Drucker's "Management"]. She will also be joined by fellow AKB48 member Minegeshi Minami. Seto Koji, Ikematsu Sosuke, Kawaguchi Haruna, and Oizumi Yo, will also be taking part in this movie. AKB48's producer...
17 February 2011
AKB48 20th Single [Sakura no Ki ni Narou] Sales
DAY 1: 655,344
DAY 2: 101,304
DAY 3: 51,196
DAY 4: 53,206
DAY 5: 30,801
DAY 6: 27,180
DAY 7: 23,448
FIRST WEEK TOTAL: 942,479
FIRST WEEK COMMENTS
Who am I kidding, really. "Maybe this one will sell faster, but who can say for sure.". Hahahahaha. Why did I even make that statement. Obviously it will. When the sales figure is as incredibly high as 942,479 just in the first week, there's no point doubting anymore. Why? Because IT'S OVER 900,000!!!!!!!!! How many times have they out do themselves, I do not know. but let's see how much this one did.
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17 February 2011
AKB48 Concert [Takamina ni Tsuite Ikimasu]
AKB48 Concert [Takamina ni Tsuite Ikimasu]
AKB48コンサート「たかみなについて行きます」
[We'll follow Takamina]
AKB48 with SKE48, SDN48, NMB48
Location: Yokohama Arena
25 March 2011 (Friday)
1st Concert - 18:00 Start
26 March 2011 (Saturday)
2nd Concert - 13:00 Start
3rd Concert - 18:00 Start
27 March 2011 (Sunday)
4th Concert - 13:00 Start
5th Concert - 18:00 Start
Tickets are priced at 6,800yen.
AKB48, along with their sister groups SKE48, SDN48 and NMB48, will be descending upon Yokohama Arena again this year for 3 days, from 25 to 27 March 2011. This is the 2nd time they have performed at the venue, the first being [AKB48 Manseki Matsuri Kibou Sanpi Ryouron] which took place last year on 24 to 25 March. For this year, the groups...
16 February 2011
AKB48 20th Single [Sakura no Ki ni Narou] updates
Mayuyued already wrote about this, but this is my own take on it. Sorry Ed but I just had to do this. Warning for those who haven't seen the PV: SPOILERS AHEAD.
AKB48's 20th Single [Sakura no Ki ni Narou] (Let's become Sakura trees) releases today, 16 February 2011. This is the 3rd time AKB48 has done a Sakura themed Single, the previous being their debut Single Sakura no Hanabiratachi in 2006, and then 10nen Zakura in 2009 and Sakura no Shiori in 2010. Their 4th if you count Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008.
Sources...
15 February 2011
Not Yet 1st Single [Shuumatsu Not Yet]
Announced during the Request Hour Setlist Best 100 2011, there is a new unit in town! Not Yet is compromised of Oshima Yuko, Kitahara Rie, Sashihara Rino and Yokayama Yui. The group is under the Nippon Columbia label, known for Team Dragon from AKB48, as well as Idolmaster and Matsuyama Chiharu. They will be releasing their debut single [Shuumatsu Not Yet] on 16 March 2011. Shuumatsu Not Yet is the theme for the new TV Asahi Drama Dr. Irabu Itirou, starring Tokushige Satoshi, Yo Kimiko and Hara Mikie.
Not Yet Website: http://columbia.jp/notyet...
15 February 2011
SKE48 to have LoDs soon
LoD stand for LIVE!! on DEMAND, and it is a service where you can download videos of the daily performances in the AKB48 Theater, as well as other bonus clips, for a fee of course. AKB48 has been offering the service since 2009, and now SKE48 will have their own too! Starting from this month, it will be free until March, where it will launched fulled as a paid service just like AKB48's. Oh but unfortunately for us foreigners, payment requires you to have a Japanese Credit card.
AKB48 DMM.com page: http://www.dmm.com/lod/akb48/
SKE48 DMM.com page: http://www.d...
14 February 2011
Official Pictures of the 11th Gen Kenkyuuseis
Kawaei Rina
Kojima Natsuki
Morikawa Ayaka
Natori Wakana
Suzuki Shihori
Ushikubo Sara
Yamaguchi Nau
This one is quite late as the profiles have been up since early December but I totally didn't notice them until recently when I checked the site for something else. My fault. The 11th gen Kenkyuuseis made their debut appearance at the AKB48 Tokyo Aki Matsuri with 10 members. However if you count the pictures above, there are only 7. The 3 missing girls, Toyoda Saki, Kawakami Marina and Okazaki Chinami, has since left the group due to personal reasons. The remaining...
14 February 2011
SDN48's Ito Kana Graduates
1st generation SDN48 member Ito Kana announced a few days ago through SDN48's Official Blog that she will be leaving the group due to poor health. She has been on leave since the end of January resting for Influenza. As of time of posting, Kananyan has already graduated, as her picture has already been taken down from the wall in the AKB48 Theater. There will be no last performance for her...
14 February 2011
Kenkyuusei Nakamata Shiori gets promoted
Yesterday 12 February 2011, during the evening Kenkyuusei performance, 10th gen Kenkyuusei Nakamata Shiori was promoted to member status.
The move comes just after she got accepted into the Department of Politics and Economics at Waseda University. This is to be effective immediately, although she has not been assigned to a Team yet. This brings the total member count in AKB48 to 57, with the 9 extras being team-less promoted Kenkyuuseis...
08 February 2011
AKB48 20th Single [Sakura no Ki ni Narou]
Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう)
Release Date: 16 February 2011
TYPE A Limited
TYPE A Regular
1,600yen[CD]
01. Sakura no Ki ni Narou
02. Guzen no Jujiro (Under Girls)
03. Kiss made 100 Mile (MINT)
04. Sakura no Ki ni Narou (off vocal)
05. Guzen no Jujiro (off vocal)
06. Kiss made 100 Mile (off vocal)
[DVD]
01. Sakura no Ki ni Narou Music Clip
02. Guzen no Jujiro Music Clip
03. Kiss made 100 Mile Music Clip
04. Gachi Shifuku Fashion Show (Type-A) (Bonus Footage)
TYPE B Limited
TYPE B Regular
1,600yen
[CD]
01. Sakura no Ki ni Narou
02. Guzen no Jujiro (Under Girls)
03. Area K (DIVA)
04. Sakura...
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