I think their B-sides have been pretty good lately! Tomo isn't that great, and neither was Aishite Aishite Atto Ippun..but Aki Urara rocked.

Here are the results of that poll we voted in!
http://www.helloblog.co.uk/images/150510/winners.jpg

I'm happy to see Saki so far up :D

I'm disappointed that Chisato is behind Nakajima. Also a bit bummed Linlin is so low. She should at least be above Junjun! >=o Otherwise I'm happy with the rankings more or less.

yay all my favs are in top-5 :)
Miyabi and Risako are 10th and 15th but...

I don't know how Captain scored so high?!

Also, Junjun and Linlin are performing in Shanghai! They picked Miyabi & Koharu to perform with them as a special one time unit. xD

I'm glad they choosed Miyabi ^_^ it's an interesting combination

VOTE for H!P Summer Concert Setlist!
( instructions to vote here )

I voted for Ekizona Disco (エキゾなDISCO) and Mano Erina :heart

Koharu? So random. Yay Miyabi got picked. I wonder if they'll have to sing in Chinese?

^^thanks for the link!
i voted for Osaka Koi no Uta ~ 大阪　恋の歌 :yes

I voted three times XD!

Dancing! Natsu Matsuri, Miss Love Tantei & Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no. I doubt any of them will be picked. Whenever artists do this kind of stuff, recent singles get picked. =\

EDIT:

A Buono! video from their latest tour. I love them. =D


and a baaad Seishun Collection cover. Too much Ai wtf. This is the regular edition.
http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

Fug cover is fug :dead2

wow LinLin so small over there.......

lol i actually like the regular edition.

other three covers + bit higher quality regular one



that effect on limited b ruins it :tired

the normal looks like a better version of Memory Seishun no Hikari cover. xD

i think that the limited A is the best...
the B is okay and i don't like the photoshopped colour. the C is too simple and the regular is okay...
Ai is way too big, but i love the floor :luv2 also Sayu is the biggest after Ai :)

A & B are amazing. I kind of want to order B, even though I don't know what DVD comes with it. I wish the color wasn't jacked up though. D:

I voted for "Say Yeah! - Motto Miracle Night-"

I like the covers, but each one has something off in them... hmmm.

Seishun Collection Single V cover :
http://www.helloproject.com/discogra...me/sv_027.html

why they didn't photoshop this cover and hadn't touched limited B cover?

I agree Limited C cover is too simple and the font they used for this single is just horrible x_x

I think I like Limited B cover the most

Seishun Collection CM. It's okay.

hmm the couch and the sport field scenes are just odd...
well, i hoped the PV to be like Shouganai Yume Oibito or something...
well i guess i have to see the full version.

i just heard the full song... it sounds like a b-side. huhuhu.
but reina's hair is HOT HOT HOT!

Seishun Collection Single V cover I'm liking a lot more than the others so far. Not really liking the PV from what's shown on the CM. Kinda boring. =/

Erika walked some runway. Yay her!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/285...21747009l5.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/2...21747009l1.jpg

I voted 2 times!
Memory 青春の光 (love that song) and 晴れ 雨 のち スキ♡ (underrated)

Sorry for double post but...

S/mileage is getting a subgroup! They are called Lilpri, and they will get their debut on 16th June wth the singing Little♥Princess (リトル♥ぷりんせす) which will have 2 b-sides, their version of S/mileage's Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii!!! (オトナになるって難しい!!!) and a new song called HAPPY GO LUCKY.
The members are:
Wada Ayaka as Yukimori Ringo
Maeda Yuuka as Takashiru Layla
Fukuda Kanon as Sasahara Natsuki

I am making a Hello! Project forum, will give link later.

^i think that everybody knew that in this thread.
"Lilpri" was announced like two weeks ago or something.

^ sorry! i didn't know that -_-

You voted Hare Ame Nochi Suki? That'd be nice..I'd kind of like Momusu to do that and Ai no Sono ~Touch My Heart~ on their next tour, only their Otome group now only has 3 members since Koharu left. D:

S/mileage first TV performance ever (?) They sung live, and they did a good job imo, it's really difficult to dance and sing this song at the same time, lots of high tunes

It's not a bad vocal performance at all, but it kind of got progressively worse as they went on..still though, not bad. Since they're releasing this week, I think they're going to be on quite a few TV/radio shows..they didn't get on many of the major ones though. D:

But next (?) week is an all-idol Music Japan, with S/mileage, Momusu, AKB, Momoiro Clover & a few others. I hope it's good. =D

The performance was good other than those high notes :headache

I almost forgot!! That's gonna be an interesting show to watch :D Can't wait!! I'd be so happy if they (AKB & Momusu) talk to each other :3

Maybe somebody is going to kill me but I'd love to see Momusu perform an AKB48 song and viceversa :heart

I hope that Music Japan gets subbed. I've been waiting to see it.

So, I watched the new Buono concert DVD, and I have to say that all 3 girls sounded amazing. I hope they didn't disband Buono because of the anime ending :(

oh I thought that anime ended already and Buono! was still alive just because of themselves

edit.
NOOOOOOOO!! the votation ended y.y I wanted to vote for Morning Musume's WHY..... is such an underrated yet great song

Tsunku said that there is gonna be a different setlist for each date of the concert, so I don't know what's going to pop up on the DVD ^^

8 setlists is insane. I'll be pissed if they don't record all of them. xD

Each setlist will probably have some of the same songs, and then a few obscure requests in each. Not confirmed or anything, just what I think. :3

The title of Berryz single [2010.07.14] is 本気ボンバー!! (Honki Bomber!!) (Serious Bomber!!) ~ rough translation.

They're goin doooooooooown (MOON / blossom released in same day)
hope it's good anyway

S/mileage is #5 on their debut! They're above both ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION & Sata Andagi whose last singles sold just over 30k. Pretty nice =D!

I guess they sold about 10,000 copies in their first day ^_^ congratulations! I love Yume Miru 15 :heart

oh my god, Tsuji Nozomi is pregant again !
http://beauty.oricon.co.jp/news/76587/full/

the baby is going to born in January.

They had sex again! :x

Awww, congrats to Tsuji! :D

xDDDD

I wonder if she'll stop appearing on tv shows? D:

^Not immediately.

I like the preview for the new Berryz song. <3

Almost full Tomo. It's meh. I kind of like the piano though.

Both songs are pretty meh. I am disappoint, Momusu.

I still don't like the new Momusu single >.<

Did you guys read about S/mileage? That people is not buying their single because it's SOLD OUT in stores, that's because they are going down on rankings :no

i love Seishun Collection and Tomo is okay...
i wonder what are S/mileage's sales now. hopefully 15 - 20 k.

wut? There's males in H!P now? What? o_O

^ There is a bunch of male artists working under Up Front Agency but that doesn't mean they are in Hello! Project :yes For example KAN, the producer of Mano Erina is working with UFA too

^ Oh I see. Ok.

I always associate Up-Front with H!P and H!P only. I forget thy are 2 different companies. x_X All the updates from the channel were S/mileage and Berryz so this guy kind made me go "o_O"for a bit. lol.

xD mind****. I kind of pictured him smiling on a microfiber towel there for a second.

Seishun Collection full pv!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeo4bWhAwBI

i like the pv, but it is not their best.

kawaii~

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/r...Imagen16-3.jpg

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

i'm happy for nono and all but i can't help but feel kinda disappointed. i really don't like the way her career turned out. i was hoping she would focus on modeling and maybe even music but i can't see that happening now...

and the Seishun Collection pv is awful :(

^It's not like she ever had a great voice that could sell outside of idol music. And being married, she can't really be a successful idol. =\

PV is bad.

I was thinking more along the lines of random groups/units, like gyaruru or hexagon. I for sure thought she would of at least taken part in a hexagon single by now. If she were to go solo I don't think her doing idol music would be a huge issue. She still has quite a few wota left and a huge legion of female fans that will support her. Of course if the song is decent enough it would also attract casual buyers as well.

New S/mileage single 28th July!

That's true, I'm sure she'll be apart of some sort of unit soon if she keeps appearing on Hexagon. She can probably still be on it for at least a couple months? Maybe not..

Seishun Collection perf

the performance is really good :)
i just can't wait for the release!

btw, am i the only one or is there someone else who thinks that Momusu should get some new members?
3 new members would be awesome!

^ Yes! 11 members would be :luv2

Linlin breaks part of her costume during the performance..xD. At 1:17, you can see beads flying across the stage.

I'm indifferent to the addition of new members..as long as they don't mess up the dynamic, I guess it's cool.

TBH, when the older members graduate I will probably lose interest in MM lol

im beginning to like SC, hehehe. but the PV is really boring.
the fact that reina is so hot in it, it makes me like the song, lol.

Seishun Collection sounds like a ºC-ute song, I'm beginning to like it too (but the song is not that good,
I think it's going to sell bad >.<)

HQ Seishun Collection covers

Limited A


Limited B


Limited C


Regular


Single V


Event V cover will come out soon hopefully

^please, try to read some previous posts.
the covers were posted almost two weeks ago.
yes the quality is little bit better than earlier posted, but there is no need to post them all again.
anyway thanks for the bigger single v.

Wow, That's a really beautiful shot of Eri in the single V. =o Risa's and Linlin's lipsticks look like they were photoshopped in. lol.

^^ I know that they were posted about 2 weeks ago, I was posting HQ versions for people. Jeez *****.

Former Hello! Project member Arihara Kanna has opened her own blog I'm glad she did! I miss her so much -.-

I really think Momusu should go back to 15-16ish members. When they had that many they seemed way more fun then they did now, but a few more wouldn't hurt. Also I'm glad Kanna has opened up a blog, she is adorable.

I think my favorite Morning Musume line-up is the one from Osaka Koi no Uta, 11nin Musume

^Osa Koi no Uta is also one of my favouite singles by MM.
also the line-up is good. the last single for Ishikawa and Yaguchi.

Mine was the Renai Revolution 21 lineup. I liked every single member :weep

Osaka Koi no Uta was my fav. It had Yaguchi (best evar) and Ishikawa (really gr8). Sad that, unfortunately, Goto left 4 years prior to that

^actually she left 2 ½ years prior to Osaka Koi no Uta.

S/mileage "Yume Miru 15sai" first week sales :

Rank 5 20,438

pretty good i think! :yes

^ I always thinkn that Osaka.... was releasec in 2006 and Goto left in 2002 LOL

My favorite lineup was 9-nin, from Onna ni Sachi Are --> Kimagure Princess.

Not bad numbers for S/mileage. They're behind a few other debuts, but still..a lot of new artists who debut flop easily.

Update time :P

Berryz single will have 3 versions, 2 limited versions with the B-side MOON POWER. The regular edition will have a rearrangement of Otakebi Boy WAO!

Shanghai unit (Junjun, Linlin, Miyabi & Koharu) picture =o
http://www.helloproject.com/news/ima...022030_img.jpg

^ Are they going to be promoting in China or something?

And just when I thought H!P had finally gotten rid of Koharu...also lol those outfits. I guess you can't expect much from H!P in that department xD

I wouldn't have minded the outfits so much, it's H!P after all but, did they HAVE to do that to the boots? Really? =(

Title of Lilpri's single changed!

リトル♥ぷりんせす☆ぷりっ!
Little♥Princess☆Pri!

adding a Pri on the end of it? LOL.

There's something wrong with the outfits in that they look wide. I don't hate them though.

^ Yeah, the dresses makes the girls look too wide. >_<

Alo Hello! cover
http://www.helloproject.com/discogra...ges/v_088l.jpg

it's actually not hideous =D

^yes, but Jun Jun looks weird ! in a funny way you know.

i haven't watched many Alo! Hellos, but number 2 is my favourite :yes
it's really fun!

Junjun looks really good in the photobook cover, if I can find it I'll post it. Alo Hello!s are pretty fun to watch, 2 was the best though, I hope they do something like that. I really like when they attempt to interact with foreigners. xD

Here's some magazine scans promoting Seishun Collection.
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1160/00418f.th.jpg http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1800/00420j.th.jpg http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/9716/00419.th.jpg

I'm SO EXCITED for this Koharu unit! I almost cried when I saw the picture... Everything looks perfect! I love all the 4 girls, Koha is my fav H!P member ever and LinLin is my fav Momusu member (from the current lineup). JunJun also makes a great pair to Koha. Miya is a very good vocalist, so she's an awesome addition. I hope they release a single T_T

^I really like the unit too! Does anyone know what month they're going to China? I can't remember. D:

Dance shot:


uggh, disaster.

i can't even remember the last time i hated a MM single so much :shakehead

oh and i'm not sure if this was already mentioned but remember how the revival units were supposed to be releasing a new single? pretty sure it's not going to happen, we still haven't got official conformation yet and it was supposed to be out in just over two weeks. i hope it gets released later or something i was looking forward to them.

^ I totally forgot about them o_o that's so sad I want shuffle units singles again y.y

People are thinking they might have been delayed due to the multiple setlist summer concert - they're too busy rehearsing that they won't have time to record/promote, etc. They'll probably use/release them for the winter concerts. I wanted them immediately though. I'll be happy as long as they eventually happen, I need some more PucchimoniV.

Another magazine shoot, promoting Alo-Hello!

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6655/00693.th.jpghttp://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5831/00694.th.jpg http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/9766/01849.th.jpg
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/8714/01848.th.jpghttp://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4533/00692.th.jpghttp://img576.imageshack.us/img576/725/00691.th.jpghttp://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9931/00690.th.jpghttp://img693.imageshack.us/img693/9389/00689.th.jpg

credit: Amped @ H!O

In the second image Linlin reminded me of Mai from C-ute. xD

Small covers of Berryz new single "Maji Bomber!!"

http://www.helloproject.com/discogra...ryz/s_023.html

and single V

http://www.helloproject.com/discogra...yz/sv_022.html

i think they are bad and the song didn't sound so good either...

edit.

Seishun Collection is number 1 in Oricon, with sales of 15525!

Bad? Those covers are the best H!P's put out in a while. <3

I posted Seishun Collection in the downloads section. It's good that they're at 1st, but the sales are worse than the last few singles for first day ones. But I guess it's to be expected as this single isn't very good. Apparently the wota don't like it much either.

They kind of remind me of Dakishimete mixed with Seishun Bus Guide's covers.

if i remember right, the sales of OGMNI and KP were both something 15 - 16 k on the first day...

Exactly what I was thinking!

Very similar to Dakishimete Dakishimete cover but they look A LOT better than Morning Musume latest covers