It is my believe that everything has to wait until at least May 18th. And to be honest, Hosoi was one if not the best AKB48 manager we ever had, who unfortunately got caught in the crossfire. I sincerely missed him. Shinobu was never as good. I wasn't around when TGSK was manager. Personally, I wouldn't mind in the slightest if he got his position back, and I doubt many would either. But, still, yeah, the date is May 18th. I doubt they would do anything related to this matter before then. Regarding Mako, well, this ex-AKB48 SHOW Producer got you covered much better than I doubt Hosoi would ever did. (Mako really was oshimen of many core AKB48 reporters.) What I really missed was Juri's. There were very few pictures.
^ Wow!Those are some great pictures of Mako at https://twitter.com/ISHIHARAshin_ Sorry Paruru, but I think I am getting some new wallpaper for my computer.
Tokyo Idol Festival Lineup announced, including =LOVE, AKB48 Team 8, HKT48, and 22/7. Friday, August 2, 2019, Saturday the 3rd, and Sunday the 4th http://www.idolfes.com/2019/lineup/ https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190516-00000091-natalien-musi https://netallica.yahoo.co.jp/news/20190516-52044005-dwango
damn ... I think I'm in Japan at that time ... but last year it included AKB ( and more specifically Miichan ) in the line up.... not this year, just my luck (otoh ... don't think my sister will appreciate a whole day of idol related activities )
well, by that time it will probably have sold out ... or I'll have gotten tickets for the wrong day .... But you never know ... .... maybe I'll just try harder to get theatre tickets this time
Oda Tetsuro covering his own work: kimi no koto ga suki dakara君のことが好きだから, in 6/8 beat if the video does not show watch the video here
Special event: 梅雨を吹き飛ばせ [Tsuyu wo fukitobase] "blow the rain season" (or something like that) to be held june 1st and 9th 14h00 jst. - mini live + handshake event 06/01 in Seven Park Ario Kashiwa, Oshima city, Chiba prefecture Attending members: Okada Nana, Oguri Yui, Kashiwagi Yuki, Komiyama Haruka, Kuranoo Narumi, Mukaichi Mion. 06/09 in Omiya Stellar Town, Saitama Attending members: Okada Nana, Oguri Yui, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kuranoo Narumi, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12462618085.html
Looks like there's also a similar event in Saitama on 6/9. The venue for the first one is a big shopping mall in Chiba called SevenPark Ario Kashiwa which has a large open-air stage alongside. I was thinking of going there for an =LOVE HS & mini-live event on 5/2 during my stay in Japan but when I researched the place I found that it's a long way from any JR station. Therefore when I discovered a couple of other idol events that day in central Tokyo I decided instead to attend those. In the =LOVE thread there's a post with a link to a fan's matome in which there are complaints of long queues for a bus service from the nearest JR station so maybe transportation could be an issue again for this AKB event.
Here is a vid of AKB48 music removed if the video does not show watch the video here Let me know what you think?
Well, now there's something you don't see very often ... Miichan center On the whole .... not that bad, even pretty good, for live .... Madonna was a lot worse (or Greece) hmm... next suggestion was IZ*ONE La Vie en Rose MR .... I'm not going to comment on that one, but I'll just state that I will stay a AKB48 fan for now (not that I had any urge to switch to K-Pop anyway)
Yet, Asia Fest happened and on Weibo was a rumor Team TP would host a similar event on October this year. Also, last year, AKB48 had quite some activities in Thailand. I won't say AKS has no interest on oversea market. At least, AKS surely wants to keep its oversea franchise alive. Anyway, these BTS clips and Spring Fest live streaming on GYAO show AKS has embraced online promotion to reach out to younger generation. Yet, the taste is still aged. The concert for singing contest finalists felt like an event for 40+ years old audiences. I don't think NGT48 is the main cause of the election cancellation. AKB is in an evolution (evolution = slow change) process to gain new younger (and possibly also foreign) fans. I guess the training is reinstated too? HKT girls said they got dance (ballet) lesson. Is it legal to include overtime? Mustn't OT be calculated from actual overtime working hours? This is already year 2019, everyone should move over stupid MR Removed.
AKS has no interest in expanding out of Asia. Link or ... rumor being rumor How is BTS related ? 1 month
AKB48 and AKB48 Beat Carnival on Tokyo MX's Wadai no Apuri Eejanaika! (05/23, 25:40)... https://twitter.com/AKB48beat/status/1131383427716882433 https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwuKcPHy9i https://instagram.flis6-1.fna.fbcdn..._n.mp4?_nc_ht=instagram.flis6-1.fna.fbcdn.net https://twitter.com/EejanaikaTv/status/1131061949339381760 https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1131061793051238400/pu/vid/960x720/68uRnQjwQ-FWIDCe.mp4
The location is not that far actually. Indeed the bus is sometimes overcrowded. I usually take the tobu noda line to either sakasai or takayanagi (depending on where I come from) then take a taxi for about 15 min. Last time it cost me less than 2000 yen iirc..