[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Ono Erena official preview for single "Erepyon"
She wrote the lyrics and sang the song
Please check it out!
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXJdeijKRU0[/yt]

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I love it
It's really good and her voice sounds sooo good.
It's like those anime singer voices and it sound AWESOME!

 

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Oh wow .. that sounds awesome. Like a catchy opening song for an anime or something. [shock]

But I thought she was going after the acting career? Didn't know she'd be singing, too. [wonder]

 

It's going to be the opening theme to a Fuji TV drama starring Aragaki Yui... not bad for your first song lol.

 

^ 9pm drama too, she can get some really good exposure here.

 

Acchan announced last night that she won't be participating in the elections...this is going to be interesting... opcorn:
PS: I guess it makes sense since she's not going to be in the group soon...

 

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[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meU3OjbsX4w[/yt]
Already posted in Acchan's thread just for those lazy enough not to check or missed it.

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RniAMsIxBFM[/yt]

 

Don't forget that there are many people who don't check each and every thread so they may not realize something until someone else tells them about it...

 

アニソン?

Her voice is really good though, but I agree with yic, It does sound like a song that would be in a opening of a anime.

I look forward to the release of the new single. [clap]

 

Thanks kimunlimited for the news summary, it seems there are loads of news items I've missed over the last few days. Will take me a while to catch up.

It seems funny to me that the AKB48 Official Cafe & Shop in Osaka isn't named the NMB48 Cafe, I guess they don't even trust the power of their sister groups brand yet?

 

AKB48's first tour through all 47 prefectures starts today!

Check out the thread for set lists and more information.

 

I'm not sure if someone has already posted this before, but now that Marty Friedman isn't an unknown name for us it's worth posting (courtesy of fellow Zobii from the 'what are you listening to now?' thread)
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa7Y3d8nJPs[/yt]

 

^ Pretty interesting cover...thanks!

Now if Korechan would only make a guitar version of Beginner...

 

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The problem is a lot people of recognize that Tokyohive itself isn't really a reliable source of information. Plenty of times they mistranslate articles or just do bad copy and paste jobs. Anyways news only counts as news when it's actually news to people.

 

The Marty Friedman cover... I liked it. Who are the girls? They did a great job.

 

Gachirezu, a news/gossip site for lesbians in japan conducted a poll asking the readers of their favorite members from the 48 groups. Top 20 are:

1.Akimoto Sayaka (17th in general election 2011)
2.Oshima Yuko (2)
3.Kojima Haruna (6)
4.Shinoda Mariko (4)
5.Watanabe Mayu (5)
6.Matsui Jurina (14)
7.Miyazawa Sae (11)
8.Matsui Rena (10)
9.Kashiwagi Yuki (3)
10.Tomomi Itano (8)
11.Atsuko Maeda (1)
12.Takajo Aki (12)
13.Takahashi Minami (7)
14.Kasai Tomomi (16)
15.Kitahara Rie (13)
16.Ogiso Shiori (-)
17.Mitsumune Kaoru (-)
18.Sasihara Rino (9)
19.Minegishi Minami (15)
20.Hata Sawako (33)

I'm surprised Jurina is ranked rather highly. and good to see some love for kaoru at last!

 

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Haha, I thought Sae might be higher up than that... [think]

 

^ Yeah, I'm fully surprised Sae isn't topping that list.
Maybe because Kataomoi Finally is a lot more recent or girls nowadays don't go for...
This type:

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(?) :dunno:

They're called AsuKyou or Asuka to Kyouka, they do a lot of dance covers...
Here's their twitter if you wanna stalk are interested.

 

I'm so happy about Sayka! She really deserves it!! [rock]

 

I remember that AKBINGO ep, was pretty funny. but in saying that, i don't think the majority of women would really see Sae like that. it's not like she looks like that everyday, so yeah, it does come at quite a suprise that she is ranked "only" at 7th. Not that that is a low ranking, but behind members like mayuyu and jurina surprises me a bit. And no Nakanishi (from SKE)? i would think that she is the best looking "male" figure of all 48 groups. way better than kaoru if you ask me
for those who haven't seen her much before, heres a couple of gifs of "him"

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and i'm not sure if there is much reason to celebrate for sayaka

 

Its always been up to the readers to believe among those they read what to affirm, as such I just give them the option whether they would trust Tokyohive's translation of the article or those of google Translate. They do make mistake but that's a small fraction among the hundreds of articles they've brought.

Its already awesome that those guys would care to spend time translating those articles without charging us fees for their valuable service especially to those who aren't knowledgeable in Nihongo.

And I don't follow the mantra of the word NEW to news in that thread in the sense that so much information is being gathered in the BBC its really a pain in the ass to read through those pages if you miss a few days online. Its for archiving purposes also for those who aren't active enough but wishes to have an overview of the recent development in the group.

It would be great if the members who first got a buzz of this news would post it there instead of only in the girls forum like in the olden days.