it's not only the ones who have just joined, even Rissen who joined 18 months ago (and everyone after her) is without kennin. also 17th gen audition when? You might not need them now if you fill teams with eitos? But in a year you might almosst have more eitos than AKB4, without any KKS?
Yeah I know. But I guess if they're gonna be giving kennins to Rissen, Rei and Mashiro might as well give them to everyone, even if they're not gonna be active in their kennin team for a while yet. Some teams are struggling to get 16 people to perform and need to borrow other teams' kks to do a full 16 person stage if not all members can be present, once these kks are promoted to their own teams and maybe a few more announce graduation there will be nobody to fill those spots unless they get those kennins or new gens. I totally agree about the 17th gen, plus we've already seen some 16th gens and D3rs graduate recently... Well obviously in every gen there are some early graduations, it's not unique to 16th/D3 but still, the new gen numbers got a lot lower than they used to be a year ago.
Final result of AKB48 Newspaper Award Fan Award Nakamura Ayuka (4533pt) Jonishi Rei (2202pt) Shitao Miu (1995pt) Hashimoto Haruna (1344pt) Jitoue Nene (1334pt) Yamane Suzuha Seiji Reina Oda Ayaka Iwatate Saho Nishimura Nanako Kadowaki Miyuna Nakanishi Chiyori Asai Yuuka Ishida Chiho Asai Nanami New Herioine Award Oki Yuka (2424pt) Okada Rina (2330pt) Andou Chikana (744pt) Shinano Soraha (562pt) Yamazaki Amiru (537pt) Yokono Sumire Nakamura Mai Kobayashi Ran Sato Ami Ishibashi Ibuki Omori Maho Shizawa Nao Morohashi Hinata Ota Riona Aoumi Hinano The new heroine award is seriously close.... https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1200708950527598592 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1200708835297488896 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1200721868119932929 https://twitter.com/48timesJP/status/1200721825967161344
Kokoro no Kajin tachi Special ~Uta yo Mirai e~ (12/01, rec. 09/24) https://www.bilibili.com/video/av77668641 Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1201090083878662145 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1201090339424980992 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1201090484594069504 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1201110630708572161 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201089953783877633/pu/vid/1280x720/EHLhbxJGlpVIoQa7.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090198257336320/pu/vid/1280x720/I06-4LsQIEvSHrbb.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090398204002304/pu/vid/1280x720/1gfKjlzq7b4KOMSf.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201110336931164160/pu/vid/1280x720/7V-kel55suvPNytD.mp4 Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201087608916336640 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201090222303272960 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201090840648486914 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201090905861550081 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201109047870541827 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1201109200782315521 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201087300395917312/pu/vid/952x536/u8SKFeaSUYONLf2r.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201089373350948867/pu/vid/952x536/lzJ6KVNO1fSzyTp9.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090137192460288/pu/vid/952x536/jTrTHmf8nybvt0-S.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090398581452800/pu/vid/952x536/r2H6pxFHaiopWMx6.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201108515693006850/pu/vid/952x536/yqj4ayZRiDGGbKSn.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201108702373142533/pu/vid/952x536/W4cjRFnpEdN5IY8H.mp4 Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1201090067051057152 https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1201090739712618501 https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1201091313287872518 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201089413817626626/pu/vid/1280x720/9eLPAMBVMMonXeFK.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090064379346944/pu/vid/1280x720/LfWhPOw6re3I3ClM.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1201090741772017664/pu/vid/1280x720/OF4H-ySwRWD8ddLv.mp4
I get that there's no new single, but Heavy Rotation? Koisuru? 365? How bout Aisuru Hito or literally anything else.
In one way it was nice and thanks to AKA for the linkage but it really did strike me how much AKB now looks like an AKB covers group.
there's Sustainble and other recent singles. but i agree with Reveen, they're becoming their own cover group.
Many of these shows are for older people, so they just send the classics (this one celebrated JASRAC's 80th anniversary). When they go to Msta they don't sing Heavy Rotation or KFC.
Those are their three biggest hits, why would they pick anything else. Like it or not none of AKB's recent songs have had anything close to the same level of penetration into the culture. (I don't like it, but I also don't like most of their recent A-sides either so...)
I've just found an article dated last Friday from the Manchester Evening News here in the UK which mentions AKB48! Sadly it's not announcing a concert in the city (although at least it's not the millionth UK press rehash of Miichan's shaved head incident) but the group is being compared to the Pussycat Dolls when it comes to record sales:
Some news from the AKB48 Cafe (via Google Translate): https://ameblo.jp/akb48cafe/entry-12552290496.html
The AKB48 Group will perform with Ninagawa Mika at the Tokyo Girls Collection, on February 29th. A total of 15 members will be selected by five SHOWROOM events, with the top three of each event winning their ticket. The events will separate them by age, which will make it fair for the youngest members. https://twitter.com/SHOWROOM_jp/status/1201789202016264193 https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g ①22歳以上枠 (22 and older) 2019/12/6(金)17:00 〜 2019/12/12(木)21:59: https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g_o22 ②20〜21歳枠 (20 to 21) 2019/12/8(日)17:00 〜 2019/12/14(土)21:59: https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g_2021 ③18歳(高校生を除く)〜19歳枠 (18, except high school, to 19) 2019/12/12(木)17:00 〜 2019/12/18(水) 21:59: https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g_1819 ④17歳〜18歳(高校生)枠 (17 to 18, high school included) 2019/12/16(月)17:00 〜 2019/12/22(日)21:59: https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g_1718 ⑤16歳以下枠 (16 and younger) 2019/12/20(金)17:00 〜 2019/12/26(木)19:59: https://www.showroom-live.com/event/tgc_20ss_akb48g_u16
But less fair for the 20+ AKB48 members, who will all be super busy with the practice for and performing of the anniversary and final team zenkoku concerts.
How can Tomu beat Ma Chia-Ling, Oda Erina, Matsuoka Natsumi, Motomura Aoi, Kumazawa Serina or Kurihara Sae? Myao? ========================================================================================================= 2019 FNS Kayousai (12/04) Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202172750787268608 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202180445124739072 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202192868779053056 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202197063263383553 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202204578852134912 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202204755512049664 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202209464729759745 https://twitter.com/k3po7gouki/status/1202227157335805953 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202172590128631810/pu/vid/1280x720/3bj7ffnmebGMDAd8.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202180240551768064/pu/vid/1280x720/z2OMlftkj8x26JFC.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202192557700075522/pu/vid/1280x720/9wJ7ZtUGAQxy6fzd.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202196917117050880/pu/vid/1280x720/PiXMEw3CoQKWYBRI.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204324094283776/pu/vid/1280x720/z-2gzhqbKaKwcgJq.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204649593245697/pu/vid/1280x720/d7mXGWONhb2pwRfj.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202209371775569920/pu/vid/1280x720/m3dr4p1FD7ihpqNG.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202226836517740544/pu/vid/1280x720/Ov0hd5_d-iXRzbuM.mp4 Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202173931546804227 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202174537065844742 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202180642340913152 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202192115817562114 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202196969466159104 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202204705020973058 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202204707415977986 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202210639512399872 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202210642049945600 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202209281983934465 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202212818335875105 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202217225865715712 https://twitter.com/HEARTSTATION648/status/1202227324768247811 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202173911418277888/pu/vid/1280x720/mzzzf0cB3cepWiIb.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202174507714088960/pu/vid/1280x720/ozwsCR5P2-WR-5sS.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202180469615316992/pu/vid/952x536/Lvhmx9FDgJpIiLIw.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202192019176607744/pu/vid/952x536/RTAEPKuuKCs8Kvf8.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202196579114872833/pu/vid/952x536/mX_hTq_a-Sco1Tdn.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204084268257282/pu/vid/952x536/frZ-xHzo9CcF48ar.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204285091500034/pu/vid/952x536/h56Ggbnhk6nB6lci.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202209744699584512/pu/vid/952x536/h2WhRQmkDMM9r07h.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202210004167643137/pu/vid/952x536/K02hy3GAy8ObD-rE.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202208984062545921/pu/vid/952x536/CdOYwmXVXF_Fng_r.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202212387656359936/pu/vid/952x536/YRUQiL8cyO3EqOW2.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202216786113859584/pu/vid/952x536/h9ePRbIIumhoeUJp.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202227000687022081/pu/vid/952x536/7tHqH2Y0Jbx0HETE.mp4 Spoiler: Sources https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1202204823874981888 https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1202204825196187648 https://twitter.com/milannnn47sub5/status/1202211139901280258 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204008506482688/pu/vid/1280x720/BJMkMLvbKJZZJYgd.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202204335788052480/pu/vid/1280x720/44ClO8Hlb64p0XIB.mp4 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1202210720365957121/pu/vid/1280x720/HzE1zwy3yhQAmt24.mp4 See? It's not a show for old people, they're not a cover group of themselves: they sing Sustainable.
2020 lucky bags - or at least a differently named replacement of them - have been announced. https://shopping.akb48-group.com/lp/newyeargoods2020/ Only NMB still has an actual lucky bag with the possibility of either delivery or picking it up in person. Other groups have "new year goods" instead of a lucky bag (or in case of NMB, they have both). These are only available with delivery and in 8000 yen versions (before, they did them in 3 differently priced versions). Items are different depending on the group but most of them don't include photos like they used to which I am really disappointed by. Also AKB's goods in particular are really ugly in my opinion - what's up with the cheese-like towel? That designer should be fired. But most people get these for the benefits anyways which still exist, which some differences depending on the group. But I'll admit some of the benefits like a yearly free pass for a standing space at the theater (still need to pay for ticket price on top of it but can see any stage without lottery), up to 48 100/100 or 100/98 benefits, etc. are really tempting despite the ugly goods
DD. Oshihener. ========================================================================================================= AKB back to Thailand... https://www.facebook.com/japanexpothailand/posts/1505386812975010 https://www.facebook.com/AKB48/posts/1883698451761949