[EVENT] AKB48 at MIPCOM in CANNES- 5th and 6th October 2009

Yes, you can hear it between 15' and 15'10''.

 

My, my... the three front girls on the right are pretty damn cute

 

...Who is that random guy on the right side of the last photo? And where the hell is he looking at? [flip]

 

^ What a jerk....it clearly shows that he is looking Sasshi's butt..... [box] [box]

Just finished watching MIPCOM on French news....
Why the heck they are comparing them with Spice Girls?
And why the heck Tsuyokimonoyo is playing on BGM?

 

err...could someone do the translation from that video (only for the AKB48 news part)?? [wonder]
i didn't understand at all what did they said...

and lol @ "spice girls japan"

 

so anyone knows what songs they performed in cannes??

 

As some news reports said they performe six songs, but I only saw three announced; Aittakata, Iiwake Maybe and Oogoe Diamond English Ver.

 

ok, i tried to translate the new. Please forgive me for my bad english ^^

First, the french text :

De la musique à présent, je vous propose de découvrir le phénomène musical qui fait danser le Japon.
AKB48, c'est le nom de ce groupe d'adolescentes, sortent de "Spice Girls" nipponnes. Vous allez voir elles sont très nombreuses sur scène, et pour leur premier passage en France, elles font déjà un malheur. Neils Bruneli et Olivier Levasseur les ont rencontré au MIPCOM à Cannes.

Sans l'effet de groupe et ce petit air d'ailleurs, sur la croisette de Cannes, elles passeraient presque inaperçues.

"Vous les connaissez ?"
"Ha non pas du tout, mais j'aimerais bien les connaitre."
"Elles sortent pas d'un manga?"

Pas d'un manga, mais d'un quartier japonais. AKB ce sont les initiales d'Akihabara, le quartier mode de Tokyo, ou le groupe est né.
Jupette de collégiennes, chorégraphie millimétrée, là bas, ca vire au phénomène de société, pas mal pour une idée née à Paris.

(Yasushi Akimoto - Producteur AKB48)
"J'étais persuadé de la réussite du projet en fait. Parce que je n'ai fait qu'adapter un concept que j'ai vu il y a trente ans à Paris, Le Lido.
C'est un concept un peu similaire, mais adapté à la jeunesse."

AKB48 ce sont des millions d'albums vendus, un programme télé dédié, des clones dans d'autres villes japonaises, et surtout une identité très forte, grâce à des textes qui parlent de la vie de ces jeunes.

(Ichirou Lizuka - Journaliste NHK - Spécialiste du phenomene AKB48)
"Là on a fait quelque chose de très japonais, qui essaie de faire passer le message que, bon c'est vrai il y a la mondialisation, mais le japon ne pourra s'en sortir que si il met en valeur ses racines, son particularisme, son caractère propre en fait."

L'idéal maintenant serait d'exporter, au MIPCOM, le producteur venait se montrer, et tester les marchés.

(sorry i ddn't hear correctly the first words)
"..... comme la France, ca manque un peu de .... voila, d'improvisation, de peps, de machin, ... de faire participer un peu les gens"

Il va donc falloir convaincre, c'est pas gagné!

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then my translation :

Some music now, i propose you to discover a musical phenomenon which is going to made Japan dancing.
AKB48, this is the name of this band of tennagers, kind of japanese "Spice Grils". You'll see they are many on stage, and for there first time in France, They are a great success. Neils Bruneli and Olivier Levasseur met them at MIPCOM in Cannes.

Without band effect and this little kinf from elsewhere, on the Cannes croisette, they'll be unnoticed.

"Do you know them ?"
"Ha, not at all, but i'd like to know them."
"They are from a manga?"

Not from a manga, but from a japanese district. AKB are inital for Akihabara, the fashion district from Tokyo, where the band was created.
College girl's skirt, millimetric choregraphy, there, it's becoming a social phenomenon, not bad for a ideafound in Paris.

(Yasushi Akimoto - AKB48 Producer)
"I was sure for the project success, in fact. Because i only adapted a concept, i saw thirty years ago in Paris, Le Lido.
It's a bit the same concept, but adapted for the younger".

AKB48, it's million album sold, an own TV show, some clones in another japanese town, and especially, a very strong identity through texts that speak of the lives of these young.

(Ichirou Lizuka - NHK Journalist - AKB48 Specialist)
"There it's something very Japanese, trying to get the message there is globalization, but Japan can not escape unless he highlith his roots, his individuality, his character actually."

The best now, would be to export, at MIPCOM, the producer had to demonstrate, and test markets.

(sorry i ddn't hear correctly the first words)
".... like France, it lacks a bit of ...., improvisation, , some widget, ... to involve people a few".

It will therefore be necessary to convince, it's not won!

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Some explanation.

AKB48 is said in a french way ( aquabéquarantehuit )

It's not the first time they perform in France -> Japan Expo in July

I hope you understand, and it helped you.

 

thanks deneth for the interview [rock]
I really hate this kind of chauvinistic attitude of the french who can't see further than the end of his nose. I don't generalize, i'm french myself but seriously, we really should make an effort to become more open-minded and see that there are others things than France and France. [tmi]

 

thank you so much deneth for the translation