AKB48 Question & Answer

It's also a way to increase exposure/credibility to a new group. This started with the """"accidental"""" transfer of Sasshi to HKT which proved useful.
And it also helps management to keep some people for some time longer have they planned to graduate (eg. both Kitahara Rie and Okada Nana were considering graduation before their respective kennins), giving them some other motivation.
The kennin positions that existed from sister group girls to AKB48 teams were first and foremost a way to push them more, as it's already been said.

 

Does anyone here knows if Unit Matsuri 2014 has been made into a DVD/ streamed somewhere? Because the units there are GODLY and I want to watch it so much, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
There was this secret link kinda thing in Youtube which lead to a cut of the Shower no Ato dakara performance in the matsuri, and it was uploaded by AKB48's official channel, so I wonder if there are any others...
Can anyone please tell me if they know anything?

 

Does anyone know how they decide which song will be considered the featured single? I assume in days of yore it was Aki-p's call as to which song on the disc would be ''the'' song. Is that the case now? Have the girls ever had a say as to what particular song should be the A side? I'm sure we've all had occasion over the years to believe that they made the wrong choice. Thanks in advance.

 

Pretty sure the girls have no choice. Could be Aki-P or at least him and some higher management of their label together.

 

What's wrong with the 8th generation of AKB48? Why there weren't a person who was pushed or even popular? Even the smallest generation (the 6th) had Takajo Aki?

 

From what I read here before it was a problematic generation and everyone graduated/was fired before even being promoted to full member.

 

Wow, I didn't know this. Anyone care to tell stories about this?

 

If I remember correctly, fame thirsty or something

 

Some time ago I read a translated interview with a staff member (maybe Togasaki?) and he basically said this. He mentioned that it was one of the first AKB48 generations after the group started having a bigger media breakout, so most of them wanted to be members to say they were part of AKB48, but didn't really want to put any further effort into the job.
I tried searching for the interview but I can't find it anymore. It was in a blog.

 

Is there a date set for when the team shuffle announced in Dec comes into effect? Did a quick google and couldn't find anything more precise than "spring".

 

On the SSK website, members are already listed in their new teams: https://www.akb48.co.jp/sousenkyo53rd/candidate

Also, not sure if this is just a Stage48 thing or if it's from an official source, but members are already listed in their new teams on Jabaja single page as well. Either way, considering the SSK website is official, I'm guessing new teams are coming in any day now. And if you check theater schedule, currently only Team 8 stages are scheduled. Maybe because new teams are still practicing?

 

April but I don’t know where people got it from

 

idk if you guys caught up on news, but anyways there is this concert on April 1st...

• 04/01 AKB48 only concerts (day and night) Featuring the New Team A, K, B and 4 rosters anounced on 17/12/08, and the (soon to be) former kenin members

http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?threads/concerts-in-saitama-super-arena-18-03-31-18-04-01.21627/

 

There used to be an election for songs which didn't have music videos yet, right? It was called Music Video Request 2012, I believe.
Why that even was stopped? That could have been an interesting yearly competition to vote for songs which didn't have MVs.

 

idk you should write a letter to AKS

 

Thanks, didn't realize it was so soon! Guess that explains why there have been no shows in the AKB theater for the last few days. Bit sad that I'll not get to see a final performance of the (current) Team 4 stage, really enjoyed that one.