TV / Radio AKBINGO! (2008/10/01 - 2019/09/24)

That episode was soooo good. And as good as the second part could be I want to see Anna back in Bingo even more.

 

that moeka bit dangerous fisher alrightttt

 

Lots of uncontrolled and confused faces and expressions there once Kaotan took the stage

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Bucchake Baseball is already one of those legendary level Bingo games like Muchaburi Dodgeball and Shoujiki Shougi. OMG I haven't laughed so hard in a while. They seriously need to do this more.

 

Good finding, young padawan.
Rin didn't say a word this episode, but still left an impression. The ability of a true variety queen.

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I spotted her in the preview last week and had her already included in my 2nd batch of faces a couple of days ago.

Yeah, it's so good and the outlook for the next months is great as well. Based on what we know, we'll get:

• At least one more episode of Bucchake Baseball.
• The return of Anna in an episode where they probably play something similiar to the Nihongo Nadeshiko Battle we saw last Fall.
• Myao will be back as well for some episodes, maybe already next week as I think they recorded the Nadeshiko Battle episodes on the same day as the episodes they teased here:
• They recorded episodes where the members wore their gym clothes, which means it should be great by default.
• Same day they also recorded something where they modified the stage. I don't know if the members are supposed to sit on this construction (e.g. for a quiz show) or if it's just a fancy background.

 

I miss the old segment of akbingo...
Because of that we get to know the girls before

I hope they made a lot of games that will show the true personality of the girls

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Would you like to provide me top 50 AKBINGO's episode that must watch. Seems like you are AKBINGO's expert.

 

My general recommendation is to just watch every single episode, but doing a top50 seems like fun so I will do it.
It won't be a top50 episodes per se, but rather a top 50 AKBingo ideas, as often a specific topic was covered in several episodes. For recurring games like Muchaburi Dodgeball, Battle Burger Shop, Shoujiki Shougi, etc. I tried to come up with the episode(s) I remembered the most.
As this is quite a lot of work I will separate my posts over the next few days and start with the top 50-41.

• 50. I'm not a nonathletic person! Takada-san fell down! (AKB 1ji 59fun ep. 10) They managed to cramp two games into one episode. First there is an award show to find which member is the most XYZ character, the second half is a cool variation of the Daruma-san ga koronda game.
• 49. "We want to appear more on AKBingo!" urgent meeting (327, 328) I liked this episode especially in hindsight, because it was interesting to check which of the members there actually managed to appear more on AKBingo afterwards. E.g. Megu was a big success, while some members rarely appeared after this one.
• 48. Meet up with AKB (365, 366) I think this was one of the most interesting slice of life episodes. Several members were followed with hidden cameras when they tried to set up meetings with other members for lunch. While it wasn't a dokkiri there were a lot of funny moments.
• 47. Who is The Next Idol Announcer? ~ Announcer Championship (440, 441) This was way more fun than I expected based on the title of the episodes. The members they chose for this segment were really good and came up with a lot of good stuff themselves. But Muramoto also had some great interactions with them plus the interviews with the weird types of celebs was really cool.
• 46. Matsui Jurina vs 10 Assassins (78, 79) I have no strong feelings for Jurina one way or the other, so I guess that's why it's not higher up in my list. The 10 "assassins" were usually the weakest members you could find for each game, so the overall outcome was no surprise.
• 45. Let's roast the bad seniors! Quiz AKB48 Ginaazu! (303, 304) To be honest I absolutely loved the dorky girl who played the role of the new members, so I just can't not include this episode. It was also quite fun, because even if you're not an expert it's still easy to take guesses in this quiz as a viewer. On top of that they revealed quite some interesting and funny stuff.
• 44. AKB48 Next Generation - Next Leader Battle (244) I love these generations, so most of their introduction episodes were really good imho. In this one they tried to show who has the potential to become the next leader. The evaluation of their answers was great and I loved how they tried to "cheer up" a sad Mayuyu (who was the invited guest even though it was not about her role again).
• 43. Same Generation Members Serious Debate (463) Well, the debates weren't super serious, but a lot of fun instead. Taguchi Manaka had some savage comments and Chiba Erii makes her grand debut. Overall the 2nd Draft Gen is really great as it showed here.
• 42. Missing48 (10, 11) The Missing48 episodes were always good, but I think I have to single out these two where they played against the Bad Boys and a comedy duo (sorry forgot their names) which included the guy from the Impossibru! meme. The members really dissed them a lot and on top of it these episodes also included Fast WOrd Battle and Find the real thing parts.
• 41. AKB48 vs SKE48 - Bond Battle! (160-162) Three episode special with the guests from SKE. The most interesting part was, that they used a lot of original games they would never do again. Also SKE is great so this was an easy pick.

That's it for the first ten best segments. I am pretty sure in the end I will forget some great episodes, but that just speaks for the show if even a top 50 gives you a hard time.

 

I'm going to bet the latest baseball episodes are going to be in the top 3 of Lusankya's list!

 

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Big thanks mate. I appreciate it.

 

Well, it's definitely on the list and not in this post, but will it actually make the top 3?


Top 40-21

• 40. She's a good girl, isn't she?~ SP (508, 509) I really love the idea behind these episodes to give an entire recording session to all those great girls who ranked out (including Yukirin, who technically also "ranked out" by not participating). Here we get to learn all those interesting tidbits about them and they got the chance to win one of three golden cushions which in turn guaranteed a seat for one AKBingo season. One of three winners made very good use of it.
• 39. AKBeginner (128-131) After around three years these four episodes marked the first time the original generations took a step back and they introduced a lot of upcoming girls (e.g. Oba Mina, Shimada Haruka) from the newer generations. Some of them already appeared in earlier episodes, but here many of them got real introductions by showcasing their talents and doing a lot of different games. Their objective was to match or exceed the average viewership numbers their senpais got over the previous season.
• 38. All 48-groups Staffs are Seeing! (476) Now this is what I want to see when they already have all the sister groups in the studio. Similar to episode 425 (also highly recommended) the members were not just present for Kyun or LGR, but instead were confronted by stories from the different staff members of all sister groups. Interesting stories all around matched by the funny banter of the girls made this one of my favorite episodes with the all sister groups cast.
• 37. AKB48 Next Generation - Actress Battle (245, 246) They had quite a few actress battles in the history of AKBingo, but this one is my favorite. One reason is of course the inclusion of my beloved 12-14th gen members, but also a big part is the guest they were challenging, a famous director! Sai Youichi did a superb job by doing serious guesswork while being quite relaxed and really funny. In addition Kitahara did some great comedy relieve as the "aspiring actress" guest.
• 36. Girlfriend Queen Battle (410) Usually I am not a big fan when they act out fake romances, but here there was no romance at all. Instead they have to ad-lib different situations with horrible boyfriends. In the first half their date is not only super late for a lazy reason, but also gives them horrible presents and will act super cheap (as instructed by Muramoto). The reactions by the different members ranged from funny to cute to weird. Second part gets even better with a really salty Mayuyu and hilarious Miki. To cite Muramoto "Break up with her!"
• 35. Cooking Stadium (48, 49) They did quite some cooking episodes, but I think these two with Audrey are the best. I really like Audrey and imho they were the funniest guests plus the cooking is quite bad. Although if you're in for some really, really bad cooking check out the very first Cooking Stadium episode. Looking back it's funny that during this time Sasshi was already a regular on the show, but basically just as a noname extra. You really need to look out for her.
• 34. Yankee Race (109, 112) Kinda sad they only ever did this two times. In a yankee seeting they did a game of chicken and tried to get as close to a pool full of flour as possible. To get there they chose from a board of categories and hoped to get good numbers to quickly reach the end without overshooting. I still remember the scene were Yuko called her home in the hope of her family answering after only a few rings.
• 33. In Charge of Variety Members Audition (450, 451)Izuta was leaving to BNK48 so she and Chiyori looked for a successor for team variety. In a separate room they watched the rest of members getting pranked as well as them doing a fake show where they were supposed to do horrible fan requests and evaluated who would become a new member of the noble club who sits on the far right in the third row.
• 32. Thorough inspection! How serious is Okada Nana!? (266-268) When I initially saw the title of these episodes I assumed it was going to be boring, after all how can three episodes about just one member be super fun? Well, I was wrong. It's not only super fun, it is really awesome. It's not only about Nana as well, but also about the other members of her generation and they have some great dokkiris and situations.
• 31. AKB48 French Lessons (40, 43, 45) A lot of AKB members visited Paris for a concert so they decided to give them some French lessons. In everyday situations groups of 3-4 members were asked questions in French and they had to choose between three possible answers. The correct answer just lead to the desired outcome while a wrong answer usually resulted in something nasty. It was really fun to see how they tried to make educated guesses and some members actually showed a good perception by recognizing phrases from earlier questions.

• 30. New MC Appearance SP (396) I mainly included this because it marked a new era for AKBingo as Bad Boys left the show after more than eight years and they introduced the new hosts Woman Rush Hour. In this special the members didn't know who their new hosts was going to be and Muramoto was messing with them over the speakers. Imho they did a really good job in setting up his character and it was overall a very funny episode.
• 29. Popularity High & Low (196, 197) Another concept I wish they could repeat. For this game all the kouhais ranked 5 senpai members in several categories. The senpais had to take guesses whether they were in the top two or bottom two after they revealed the middle member. It was interesting because as a viewer you could easily participate as well and often times the commentary of the kouhai members why they chose a specific senpai was hilarious.
• 28. Uchi no Gaya ga Sumimasen Audition (466) Here around 25 members I think had the opportunity to participate in the recording of a Uchi no Gaya ga Sumimasen episode, however they had too many members in the studio so WRH did an audition to weed out the excess members. As always when Muramoto does this he used entirely subjective criteria and eliminated members for all weird reasons. Especially funny is how he decided to eliminate Yamabe Ayu and how she was so heartbroken after the episode ended.
• 27. Mayuyu vs Yukirin, Strongest Idol Battle (408, 409) Mayuyu and Yukirin each brought their own club of rabid fangirls and battled it out in a talk and in a game segment. The talking part quickly deteriorated into who could come up with the most sneaky insults. The game segment totally escalated in the end as narrator Iwami was heavily favoring one side above the other, but I don't want to go into anything specific. Two really good episodes.
• 26. AKB48 Next Generation - Dokkiri (242, 243) Oh, it's some more Next Generation episodes. These are probably my favorite introduction episodes for Gen 12-14 as they had some really good dokkiris here. The one with the water dispenser was by far my favorite one as each member had a unique and fun way to deal with it.
• 25. Nihongo Nadeshiko Battle (510, 511) I already praised the episodes where they introduced members who ranked out and here it's even better as the same member get to participate in the Nihongo Nadeshiko Battle. Even though the games are based around the Japanese language it's actually easy to understand with subtitles and a blast to watch. I am super stoked to see they bring back these type of games in the upcoming episode(s).
• 24. Looking for Narrator Iwami's new Oshimen! (283, 284) As Oshima Yuko graduated they had this special to find Iwami's new oshimen among the members of the newest generations. They used a lot of games for the first time in this segment and I was glad the member who won is personal favorite of mine. I only spoil that she is/was a regular in AKBingo for very good reasons. Of course at this point I also want to include the original Oshimen episodes 110 & 111, where the members do more direct battles. Unforgetten Yuko's Russian Roulette game with a balloon gun.
• 23. Punishment Game Buzzer Quiz (347, 348) This was an easy game. One at a time they described a punishment game they used on the show before and the members had to guess which one it was. The winning member got to turn the wheel of doom which had the pictures of the opposing team on it and the chosen member had to endure the punishment in question. All six episodes were great, but I think my favorite ones were the last two.
• 22. Moe Cosplay (AKB 0ji 59fun ep.9, 10). Now this was my favorite type of Moe/Kyun episodes. In this version members cosplayed as various cute or sexy characters and tried to kyun 5 random guests. However they only cleared if the pulse rate of each guest would go above a certain threshold and the lamps on their head lit up. If they failed they had to go on a "date" with special guest Ijiri Okada as a punishment and these scenes were hilarious. I think it was the first two episodes that had this notorious old guy as one of the guests and he would only every light up for very specific kyun moments. But definitely check out all of these episodes.
• 21. Shoujiki Shogi (53) "Why is this so low?" you're probably asking now. But please let me explain my reasoning. First of all I of course love Shoujiki Shogi as I love all entries in this list, however when I came up with the list I realized I didn't remember any specific highlight from this segment (probably only Mayuyu who refused to give back Sasshi's DS game). In addition I don't like how each episode only really highlighted 3 members per match for a total of usually 6 members per episode while the other ones had more or less nothing to do while sitting in the background. In this regard I prefer Bucchake Baseball which involves many more members per episode. I recommend episode 53 as it includes my favorite participant Mayuyu and it also has the 48 Second Sentai AKRanger segment plus Phrase Museum. As a final note I want to add that a lot of the higher ranked stuff in the next update only really works out because they were unique concepts.

 

In case anyone looking for the raw and softsubs.
AKBINGO
softsubs 1 to 530
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1emP1PwCygEvPZ8GV2qJYzVn7TQ1YVNfj
Raw 1 to 530
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fO2cLSQ3dCCKHL6wE-YpKJs_SXIvNGzg

softsub missing ep 225, 305, 313, 314, 357, 371 and 372
credit to the uploaders.

 

I can finally delete all my saved episodes without fear I'll never see them again.

 

Yeah, they should be safe on GD as google doesn't seem to delete just the RAWs (unlike hardsubbed videos), however the owner of course hopefully doesn't decide to delete to get more space for other things.
Personally I have most of my favorite episodes on an external drive plus all corresponding subs.

Btw. I forgot to mention that in
24. Looking for Narrator Iwami's new Oshimen! (283, 284)
I also should have named episodes 110 and 111 which are the original Oshimen Championship episodes, including fantastic moments like Oshima Yuko being super scared of a balloon.

 

@Bingo first glance at the video owner and mistaken hendra setiawan, olympic gold medalist indonesian badminton men's double player
would 1:59 and 0:59 be added to that list, too?

@Lusankya speaking of yuko's nemisis, do you know the origin of that fear? just sharing an ancient piece if you have yet learned that.

and that's how three-meter brothers react to honest shogi at 21:

 

Slight correction: Not "a couple of" but there was an AKB concert at Paris' Japan Expo (2009) which had sizable complement of members.

 

No, I don't know the origin, I always thought she just exaggerated for variety reasons.

Well, regarding Shogi I think there are quite some people who prefer it over Battle Burger Shop, so maybe they can agree with my final ranking if they just switch Shogi and BBS position in their head.

I knew I couldn't get away with such wishy-washy phrasing. Thanks, I fixed it.

 

@Lusankya yuko allegedly developed this phobia during an early episode of nemousu tv in 2009
season 2, episode 7, yuko and kobayashi kana were assigned to perform some simple magic to a bunch of kindergarten kids and yuko's attempt was to puncture a balloon without causing it to explode.

initially yuko shown no particular ill feeling holding a balloon during her practice, but then a series of failure left some traumatizing experiences.

"this magic is too bad for my heart!"

since then yuko could no longer withstand ballons, either cry trying or simply flee the scene as far as possible


easily missed scene: the last few seconds of akbingo ep110, poor takamina

 

Top 20-11

• 20. Fat Suit Competition (139) Now this is an iconic episode I guess many of you saw in a lot of Youtube highlights. As the name suggests the girls are stuffed into "Fat Suits" and need to compete against each other in different games. A highlight for me was always the pantomime game with Miichn doing the newborn deer.

• 19. New Year Dokkiris (116, 117) Ah, the famous new year pranks. Sadly they could only do a handful of them as soon the members couldn't be fooled anymore, but we got some nice ones in 2009, 2011 and 2013. My favorite one is probably the double episode special from 2011 where they pretended the Bad Boys would graduate, Kitahara had to nickname a profusely sweating Uno-director, and Yukirin had to fake react.

• 18. No. 1 Synchronization match! Bond athletic match! (257, 258) My favorite gens battled it out against each other and the Variety All-Stars team. They compete in different physical activities and despite the raw power advantage of the senpai team it was a close run until the last match. My favorite discipline was the 5m dash where they used slow-motion to determine the winner.

• 17 . Photo Card Battle (137) I love this fun little game. While it also only basically features two members per episode it's a great game for the viewers as they can take guesses as well. Here the staff chose 5 random social media pictures of each participant and they need to guess which one best describes a certain category as voted on by fans. The highlighted episode is the one with Miichan as she probably had the worst luck out of any contestant.

• 16. Foreign TV Drama Seiyuu Audition (461) Oh dear, what an episode. Now the actual theme is not that strong, it's an audition for a voice acting role of a British drama series. But seriously the interviews in the first episode are one of the funniest scenes I ever saw on AKBingo. Highlight being the group of Komiharu, Juri, Kitahara, and Rin. There especially Juri's hilarious rap part and Rin's reaction to it (see preview image). The other groups are great as well, e.g. the strict interviewer messing with Kii-chan by following Muramoto's instructions to diss her and praise Yui for nothing.

• 15. Of Course is the Answer - Tozen (238, 259) Now of course I would include Tozen. In this game one member was the dealer and asked question to the five participants about their shared past. Wrong answer means the participant got cream blasted into their face while three wrong answers meant the dealer would get a double blast. It was difficult to decide which episode to choose and in the end I think 238 is probably the most iconic as Mayuyu tried to avoid her first cream to the face. Although I love the members from 259 and think this was the funniest Tozen episode.

• 14. Answer and endure! Up Up Quiz! (AKB 0ji 59fun ep. 1, 2) This was probably one of the first famous games they had in the beginning of the show (or rather the predecessor). The quiz part is already fun as the members mess up quite often, but with each wrong answer the ramp is raised more and more. It's great to see the girls struggling to hold their grip and of course there will be a "malfunction".

• 13. Halloween Special 2017 (464, 465) Originally I was a little bit disappointed in the 2017 special and preferred the 2016 one, but now I have rewatched it countless times, found a lot of funny faces and just love it. Erina's and Rin's costume is the best one so far, the basketball competition is amazing and freaking peapod Seina gets me all the time.

• 12. AKB48 Senior vs Team 8 Request Game Battle (388, 389) After their introduction special in late 2014, these are the first real team 8 episodes, where they had to battle their seniors in a bunch of variety games. Some people think team 8 is full of "tryhards", but in this episode the senpais still seemed to have the upper hand. Unforgotten the "Kojima blew it" incident.

• 11. Serious Battle for The Sweets (401) I just love Muramoto's character in this one; mean, unfair, narcisstic, hentai, pathetic, bad loser. I am so glad he is basically not holding back and upsets the members so much. A great combination of comedy and a lot of small, fun games, it's hard to point out highlights as the whole episode is like one big highlight. If I had to single out one scene then it'd be the ferocious battle with Saho.

 

Berin has really grown a lot, that Golden Cushion ain't for nothing in her case
And I just noticed that there are three Ibaragians in AKB right now and two are captains. Kinda cool

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Yes, that spelling was on purpose, hopefully she'll smack me for it