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[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Discussion in 'General AKB48 Discussion' started by Kyobu, Jun 16, 2007.

  1. Tommy Idoc

    Tommy Idoc Kenkyuusei

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    This just made me miss Hirari lol. Can't wait for another member like her.
     
  2. ForrestFuller

    ForrestFuller Senbatsu

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    10 Years Ago today. This Iconic Song was released.


    if the video does not show watch the video here

    What started the legend of Jurina and what began the rise of AKB48's Popularity.
     
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  3. Ozeki

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    Happy 10 years to Oogoe Diamond! the song has always been one of my favorites~
     
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  4. David61

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  5. broz0rs

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    ^ was that commercial meant to be terrifying? I think the lighting made the girls look pretty gnarly imo
     
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  6. dutchie

    dutchie Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    Went to the 'Cool Japan' exhibition in the 'Tropenmuseum' in Amsterdam yesterday .... first thing we were greeted by:

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    'One, two. three four!"

    :D

    And there was a plaque under a HKT48 glowstick ...(well, a missing glowstick, somebody probably nabbed it ?), but the information was ...not that good, well, it was almost misinformation ... so ... I just filled out a response form pointing out all the errors, because I'm a person that does that kind of things I guess :/

    I jokingly suggested to my sister that they could replace it with my Miichan fan .... but for sure it would get swiped as ell and that would make me rather sad :/

    I doubt any of you can read Dutch, but this is the information sign I talked about.
    (and yeah, they obviously didn't proof read it very well ... "49 girls, but I thought there were only 48 ?")

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    btw: completely unrelated to AKB ... (ok, it does have to do with idols, and it's slightly related but on a personal level)
    They had these Idolm@ster figures on display ...
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    I posted this earlier somewhere in the Miichan thread
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    1) I think I got all of them ... (one arrived after about a year as pre-order a few months back)
    2) those are the figures that got me into AKB in the end, as the uniforms reminded a co-worker of KFC :D
     
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  7. ForrestFuller

    ForrestFuller Senbatsu

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    The Annual Bayfm meets AKB48 Stage will be on November 18th (From 17:00-19:00)

    DJ: Miyazaki Miho and Kayo Noro
    Venue: bayfm STUDIO MARIVE Event space

    Appearing
    Okada Nana, Kashiwagi Yuki, Takahashi Juri, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Kuranoo Narumi

    https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12414095673.html
     
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  8. Astro48

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    Lemme talking about future singles, I'd like to ask ya all: would you love if a song like this is an A side?;)

    if the video does not show watch the video here

    Meanwhile, exchanging members was successful, I hope next year (2019) AKB48 will get exchange from sister groups aboard. Next year there can be 4 members as MNL48 & SGO48 will follow. I'd like to see the 4 members from Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, & Vietnam to perform Nagisa no Cherry. I hope Erika Ebisawa will represent JKT48.;)
     
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  9. lionel90

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    I think they won't repeat the mistake they made with TPE48 and send a member at the get go.
    If they learned their lesson, I suppose they will wait to be sure the group's production isn't on wrong rails before doing any move.

    Today 18/10/25 AKB48 made history again by releasing 2 A sides full PV on the same day.
    Very true in my time zone, not so mch in Japan though :whistle:
     
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  10. mickwserr

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  13. sscrla

    sscrla Stage48 Moderator Staff Member Stage48 Moderator

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    From the AKB China thread. AKB Team SH meets AKB48. Watch the whole thing, but AKB48 shows up at the 10 minute mark (credit to nokoru).


    if the video does not show watch the video here

    Added: my Chinese isn’t that good, but it’s a lot better than my Japanese. Team SH asked if the girls liked Chinese food; the answer was yes. Then Team SH invited them to go together to eat xiaolongbao tomorrow, and the date was made.
     
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  14. dutchie

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    It's funny how, due to how the Chinese girls are arranged, the AKB girls look to be almost giants.
    But Miichan is 1.58, that's not very tall ... at all ....
    you don't want to know how it would look like if you put an average height (1.71) Dutch girl in there with them :)


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    (ow, you can see it that well in this screenshot, but, turns out the AKB members were wearing huge heels .... and the Chinese girls flat shoes )

    Miichan likes 'Shrimpu' :D

    This seems to be a longer version with AKB performing KFC at the end

    if the video does not show watch the video here

    edit: it's kinda strange to see them perform with only 6 members :) the stage looks almost empty :/
     
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  15. Reveen

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    Ouch, the AKB48 Sousenkyo Boring Clothes Surprise book only sold 15k copies, that's less than half of the Swimsuit Surprise sales from last year. Well who could've seen that happening eh? Hopefully that'll teach those idiots that people aren't interested in a non-swimsuit book :hmm:
     
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  16. David61

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    I like the book, the layout is clear, the photos are well-composed, the clothes are very smart - and all the girls' names are printed in Romaji! :D
     
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  17. ForrestFuller

    ForrestFuller Senbatsu

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    Easy, because he has been whining about this book for not having the usual swimsuit thing (when they couldn't do it this year because if I remember rightly, because BNK48 has a "no swimsuit thing" which is why they went with this year) for a while now to the point that it has gotten annoying.

    Same here (It was very well done) and the girls look beautiful in them as well.
     
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  18. Reveen

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    There's always been a certain amount of prudery on this forum, not saying that's what is behind these downvotes but it's an observation. The sales for the last 2 photobooks were around 40k so it had settled to a normal level as opposed to the hype years of AKB, you don't normally revive a patient by killing it first. And there's a simple solution if the BNK wahmen were the reason for the restriction, put them in sarongs or something with everyone else in the traditional swimsuits. Hell even a Yukata surprise book would have been interesting as opposed to the office lady uniform catalog they put out.
     
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  19. dutchie

    dutchie Stage48 Admin Staff Member Stage48 Admin

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    Euh, it might be that it's just out .... but number 10 on the list seems to be a swimsuit book .... if you are correct, shouldn't that be much higher up on the list?
    https://www.oricon.co.jp/book/406513637/

    Euh ... but, but ... ok, I'll come right out, I like uniforms :)
    Half the costumes of AKB are uniforms ... it ticks one of my boxes.
     
  20. Reveen

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    That book is in it's 4th week of release iirc.

    There's a book for that, maybe you got it, the AKB seifuku book released last year? SKE just released one in September.
     
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