3 posts tagged “akb48”

Hello!

You may be wondering what these three things had in common, and the answer is abousolutely nothing except that I wanted to write a blog entry about all three and decided to pile them together.

Kirarebo+

I was looking up Hello!Fansubs' newer releases, and I saw this.

As many of you know, I'm an anime fan. Recently, I marathoned Blood+ (Note the one word title and then the "+"), a series about a highschool girl (Incedentally Koha's age) who goes around bloodily murdering monsters. The titles reminded me of eachother, so, as you might imagine, I thought that it would be hilarious if it turned out that this was Koharu going around slaughtering monsters in a cheapo version of the anime. Actually, I quite enjoyed the anime, but when I think of Koha and her usual annoyingness/cheeriness/bubble-gum pop persona, I can't help but laugh thinking of her cheery self going around swinging a bloody sword while still acting peppy and hyper. (You know I need some way to make fun of Koharu besides her singing.) But, I got something better to make fun of her with: the stupidity of the drama. It actually made me feel terrible for her because of how bad it was.

Plot:

Kirari gets a magic gemstone from her dad, and it hits a doll she puts up to wish for good weather. The next day, the boy group and Milkyway goes out for a picnic, and it "rains" (actually extremely fake CG) because an extremely fake CGed little boy (actually the doll) wanted it to. This little buy can only say "Do you like rain?" which is excessively annoying. Then the boy keeps making it rain, and when the gang figures out that he's causing it, the girl that Kikkawa Yuu  plays has a "psychic vision" saying that his powers will go away when they take off his raincoat. While they're [Milkyway] in their practice room, the little CG boy shows up. They decide that they can make him take off his raincoat by dancing, so they do their dance and lipsync "Tan Tan Tan," and the poorly CGed little boy starts to do his creepy little dance, the girls do a Mahou Shojo Henshin (Think Sailor Moon; Lit. "magical girl transformation") into their outfits for the song, and the creepy boy becomes even creepier after taking his coat off, and they all live happily ever after.

That was probably the stupidest drama ever to come out of H!P. Ever.

Rock'in Buono!

To keep my fangirling to a minimum, this was just simply awesome!

I worship the man, woman, or god who thought Buono up.

Not only does Buono! Have their own all-female back-up group (who gets solos, and plays the background music for most of their songs) but they also got to play the instruments themselves a little! All the singing was live and fantastic, and the girls had awesome stamina throughout! There was even a short little VTR of the girls learning how to play the instruments!

Momo on drums FTW!

This was just too insanely awesome!

I LOVE Buono!

I will stop now before I fangirl myself out.

No Sleeves VS. Buono!

I know I've said that Men-dol has become my guilty pleasure show, but after seeing snippets of the promo group, No Sleeves' PV, I became slightly suspiscious of the PV. Where had I seen this before?

That's right! The Gachinko de Ikou PV!

And from there, I just saw more similarities.

• The group is made of three girls.
• The costumes are rather similar in some ways. Namely, the main color being white and the two not as promenent girls' shirts. (Miyabi's and Momo's, anyone?) The main girl's shoes with Airi's. (I believe.)
• For the dance shots, both were filmed in empty, white rooms.
• Also, both groups were formed to go along with an airing TV show. (Men-dol & Shugo Chara!)
• There's speaking parts during both choruses.
• There are probably more similarities, but I can't think of anymore.

Comparison of the dance-shots:

Why Buono is better:

While I like No Sleeve's version, Buono still owns them. Here's why:

1. Buono! just owns all other small female idol groups. This cannot be disputed.
2. Buono! has the far superior singers. Buono! live is 100 times better than No Sleeves live.
3. Buono's dance is harder. (Self explanitory.)
4. Buono's dance is executed better, and it's much more in sync.
5. Gachinko de Ikou is just better. It doesn't sound like bubblegum pop like Relax! does.
6. Buono! has their own back-up band, and therefore owns all idol groups who use back-up tracks.

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Happy new year!

-Midori

Hello!

I felt the need to write a new blog entry, so here it is!!!

AKB48

1. I'd make there be no research students. One of the many things that really pisses me off is their ability to somehow come up with a totally b.s. excuse to not have 48 girls as the name sugests. The research students were just part of the b.s. after the number got above 48.
2. I would reaudition everyone. I know that many people love AKB48 and H!P, but I'm only a fan of H!P, and the singing is why. At least half of H!P (including the soon to depart elders club, and about half not including them) can sing to a level where I have no problem hearing them live, and when the elders depart, I'm sure I'll be treated to better singing from the wonderful hearts girls, and some of the more talented eggs moving up. On the other hand, AKB48 is simply an otaku trap: they just have to get cute girls and put them where otaku will take notice, no talent needed, and the otaku will love them. I can't stand any more than 3 of them live. And to prove my point that otakus will love any cute girl, look at them worshiping seiyuus who sing.
3. I would redo all their songs. Their songs are either too mature or too cutesy. I liked Chocolove's 1st single, but even that got too annoying for me after a few times. The only song from them I enjoy throughly would be Junnai no Crecendo.
4. I'd squeeze every drop of money out of the girls I could. By this, I mean, I'd over merchandise, put out photobooks, make them cosplay, and in general appeal to otakus more. We know that they'll pay about $50 for a 2-episode DVD of their favorite anime or a figure of their favorite character, so why not do this for idols? Sell an over-priced 1-hour long DVD or create AKB48 figures?
5. Make them more otaku-esque. I love Danny Choo's blog, and I can tell you that some of the things that are mentioned are related to fetishes that hardcore otaku have. I'm sure we can have some AKB48 girls crushing model train sets while wearing high heels filmed quite easily.
6. Get them into smaller units. Yes, they do do a little of this, but can't they have medium-sized units.
7. Stop making rip-off groups. This is self-explanitory. AKB48 has enough girls to memorize already, why tripple the number?
8. Stop making the girls seem like sluts. Yes, H!P and other idols, singers, and actresses from around the world have bikini shots of themselves released to the public, but with the group releasing an image (I believe it was an album cover) of a girl with her dress unzipped and her bra showing, and the lyrics of their songs getting closer to "Sera Fuku wa Nugasanaide"'s lyrics every single, I'm getting more and more disturbed. (There are girls younger than me in there! Including a 12-year-old, singing extremely mature stuff!)
9. Don't put them in dramas, put them in animes! If they're going to appeal to otaku, put them in something otaku's really love. Also, the 3 who were recently cast in Men-dol frankly have trouble acting. I tried to watch it, but the bad acting combined with the fact that it consists of their manager acting like a total sex-crazed maniac, the girls getting changed in a sea of costumes, and extremely weak attempts at acting. (Bad actors with guns does not costitute a kidnapping!) Frankly, to put it quite simply, it seems that everything else in the show is made to lead up to the perverted parts.
10. I'd make a crossover unit with H!P. This is something I'd always think it would be interesting to do: get the best 3 singers from AKB48 and H!P, put them together, get them a cross-country tour, maybe make them permanent, get them a hell of a lot of publicity, and let them roll. I'd want to see how these girls would act together, and I'm sure it would up both groups' sales. Also, when you combine their best singers and put them in a unit, it could become a super unit with no ties to either group. Actually, the reason I want to do this is more because I'd like to see what would happen if Japan could see that not all idols are talentless and just all looks. While I don't think that AKB has nearly as many talented girls as H!P, I can say that there are a few that could be in this unit.

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YAY! Done. I really want to sleep now!

By the way, speaking of things I really want to do, this one I actally did! (In skating) I did a spread eagle while holding onto my friend who was doing a Y-spiral. (Like the Y-balance that Sayu did in her skits on Moutube, but backwards and on ice skates moving!)

-Midori

Hello!

Side note: this applies to most idol groups, but there will be specific references throughout. ^.- Feel free to add anything you want to be on the list in your comments! I'm not going to get a lot. This is just a start-

• You can name and/or recognize half or more of the AKB48 research students or H!P Eggs
• You own at least 10 photos of your favorite idol
• You buy t-shirts advertising your favorite idol/idol group and wear them on a regular basis. If you're a man 25+, you don't feel any regret or embarrasment about this.
• You know all of your favorite idol's stats by heart
• Whenever anyone insults your favorite idol or idol group, you immediately come to their defense... even if you know you're b.s.ing half your compliments. (i.e. "They're good singers!" "She can dance well!" "She has more personality than [insert some famous TV personality here]" "They're NOT ugly!"
• You have spent more than you make a day on idol goods.
• You can recognize all of your favorite idols' voices.
• You have almost a stalkerish obsession with wanting to meet them or even just see them in person.
• You hear someone say something that remotely sounds like your favorite idol's name and you immediately assume they're also a wota.
• You heavily anticipate any news from your idol.
• You have sent fan-mail.
• Your favorite idol appears in your dreams more than once.
• You have wondered what would happen if your idol dated you. (Mainly for guys, but if we include Johnnys here...)
• Your husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/immediate family has learned to deal with your obsession long ago.
• If your favorite idol is suspended/fired/retired/graduated/has no work with their agency/other you check more than two sources of possible info everyday and accept any rumors about his/her return to be true immediately.
• You have at least 3 photobooks or DVDs of your favorite idol
• You could colorcode a song sung by AKB48 O.o (I'm afraid of those who can!)
• You do fandubs, cosplays, or fandances of your favorite idol or idol group
• You make birthday and worship posts on a blog/forum
• You don't take the cheap route and buy your idol's songs from iTunes or another mp3 site, you spend the money to order every edition of the CD/DVD.

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My score: 7/20 (I'm not saying which ones!)

That's all I can think of for now!

-Midori