^you forgot to add the whole stage photo!
you can see it here :
http://www.barks.jp/feature/?id=1000063089&p=5

i really like the stage, i hope it'll be the same in Nakano Sun Plaza too (i guess so)..

the setlist isn't too exciting, but no bad.

Oooo, sparkly.

Special tracklist from 1st of August concert :

7. Pira! Otome no Negai - PucchiMoni V
8. Rottara Rottara - Buono!
MC - Makoto, Yossie
9. Otome no Inori - Mano Erina
10. Lucky Aura - Mano Erina
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Mano
11. Koi wo Shichaimashita! - Smileage
12. Thank You! Crème Brûlée no Yuujou - Smileage
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Smileage
13. Akogare My Star - C-ute
14. Wakkyanai Z - C-ute
MC - Makoto, Yossie, C-ute
15. Semi - Berryz Kobo
16. Maji Good Chance Summer - Berryz Kobo
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Berryz Kobo
17. Shabondama - Morning Musume
18. Guru Guru Jump - Morning Musume

Shabondama :luv2

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Japanese article about the concert plus some new pics :

http://natalie.mu/music/news/35519

11. Koi wo Shichaimashita! - Smileage :heart

This is the best one yet. I actually like all of the songs except I don't know either of the Berryz ones. I hope they put all of these on the DVD or I'm gonna be upsettt. D:

Please god in heaven let this be the Buono! performance that makes the DVD. :thud

Buono!'s best album's cover

http://twitpic.com/2b8afs/full

it's kinda simple, but i like it :yes
not so H!P style.

I think the RE is pretty awesome too.

http://www.axive.jp/wp/wp-content/up.../08/jkt021.jpg

I think it's really pretty!!

But is this going to be the final release of Buono? Did their anime ended already?

^Yep. I think Shugo Chara! ended. I know SCE! and G4 are definite goners but I hope they keep Buono! around a bit longer. :( They're the reason I'm even into H!P lol.

The RE cover is really nice. They look so lovely, I'd love to see the scans.

I hope this isn't their last release :(

I'm afraid it will be. No confirmation yet of course, but it's up to the company which produces them which if I'm not mistaken isn't H!P.

I really like the regular edition cover! That's the version I'm probably going to buy too, yay. :)

Tsunku is planning to make an Enka group called ENK48 :thud

He won't do it. XDD..they'll get paid like a dollar each 'cause no one likes enka.

Ogawa Saki of S/mileage looks a lot like Arihara Kanna.

wah! i miss her!

I miss her too! The group is not the same anymore :no

i know! i love C-ute more than BK... but now... it's still the same. hahaha. but i like s/mileage more than H!P kids now. C-ute's songs are all meh now...

the last song that i really liked was LALALA Shiawase no Uta... and it's kinda not really their song anyways. it should have been MMs. ehhehe. but i do enjoy Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu and SHOCK! the rest are meh.

sigh... what happened to C-ute!

Yeah, the eggs rock. Whenever I see one on stage, I'm always impressed by the talent. S/mileage is definitely one of the best things H!P has offer. I hope Saho Akari and Miyamoto Karin are the next to graduate to member status. :heart

As much as I hate green screen effects I love C-ute's new PV! can't wait to watch the full version *_*

well, i dont know much about the eggs but i do like them. they're fresh. when everybody thought that s/mileage wouldn't get the ##### photos, i was thinking, tsunku should add some or all of them to MM instead, hahaha. Kanon+Yuuka is such an Ai-Nono replica. xD

oh! and btw, i recently got myself a credit card... and this is what i bought for my first ever online purchase
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...oughtthese.png

HAHAHA! Is it really a limited release? i cant believe they still have stock for it after 3years. i guess no one is buying.

I can't wait for the full C-ute video. It's sounding like something I'll play more than once. Thank you H!P gods. T^T

Here's the interchangeable part of today's setlist:

7. Lucky Cha Cha Cha! - Shin Mini-moni
8. Tanpopo - Tanpopo #
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Mano
9. Mano Piano - Mano Erina
10. 18sai no Kisetsu - Mano Erina
11. Yume Miru 15 - Smileage
12. Otona ni Narutte Muzukashii!! - Smileage
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Smileage
13. Arigatou Otomodachi - Berryz Kobo
14. Jiriri Kiteru - Berryz Kobo
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Berryz
15. Amai Wana - C-ute
16. Ooki na Ai de Motenashite - C-ute
MC - Makoto, Yossie, C-ute
17. Manatsu no Kousen - Morning Musume
18. Namidacchi - Morning Musume

Pretty good. =o

EDIT: OH! And tonight's!!


7. Aisucream to My Purin - Zoku Biyuden
8. Daite yo! PLEASE GO ON - High-King
MC - Makoto, Yossie, Smileage
9. Chu! Natsu Party - Smileage <---YESSSS.
10. aMa no Jaku - Smileage
11. Momoiro Kataomoi - Mano Erina
12. Haru no Arashi - Mano Erina
Makoto, Yossie, Mano
13. Campus Life - C-ute
14. FOREVER LOVE - C-ute
Makoto, Yossie, C-ute
15. Dakishimete Dakishimete - Berryz Kobo
16. Gyagu 100kaibun Aishite Kudasai - Berryz Kobo
Makoto, Yossie, Berryz
17. Naichau Kamo - Morning Musume
18. Koko ni Iruzee! - Morning Musume

wtf eri, junjun and linlin are graduating and 9th gen auditions will take place

:eek...

http://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog

NOOOOOOOOOO NOT ERI!!! :weep

Yeah, I'm really sad for Eri's graduation, but Junjun and Linlin can go lol.
IMO, the whole 8th gen could have graduated.

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Official site for 9th gen audition

http://www.musume-audition.com/

i really hope that they'll find some exciting and awesome girls ! :yes
4 new members would be nice.

3/4 of my top 4 members. This is completely horrible and I can't even believe it. T_T

They also added two more events for their ~Rival Survival~ concert tour.

12/12 in JCB hall, afternoon and evening shows.
JCB hall's capacity is 3100 people, so +900 people than normally.

http://www.meetsport.jp/hall/

there are some photos of the hall in their website.
i think it looks cool :yes

Why are Gaki and Aika still in this group? Uggggh.

At least they upped the venue unlike what they did for Koharu.

Personally, Gaki is one of my favourite members of all time in MM, so i wouldn't like to see her graduating..
but Aika, UGH ! she's so annoying ! i really can't stand her and she can't smile properly lol.

i wonder will their 44th single feature Eri or JunLin in center or something...
althought Koharu didn't even have a single line in KP.

I'm sure it'll be the same as always.

My guess is that the B-side will feature just those three and it'll be their graduation song.

I really liked Aika in the beginning. She was cute and seemed to sing well, but somehow she ended up disappointing me somehow, idk. As for the three that are graduating, I'll miss them alot! I figured Reina and Ai would've been lined up next to graduate, especially Ai since she's one of the oldest in the group. I just hope the next girl(s) he picks can actually sing and are over age 11.

More info here:

http://sayunii.wordpress.com/2010/08...n-to-graduate/

:weep

OUCH.

I can't get over the loss of the pandas and Eri. ERI. MY FAVORITE. Ughhhhhh.

WTF? WHY?!! :thud It's like the fates are against me, every time I get a favorite MM member she graduates before I can get my fill of her. First Koha, now Linlin... ugh, why couldn't it have been Ai? :weep

OMG it's so sad, they are going back to China, I'll miss them :no and I'll miss Eri much more!!

omg... not jun jun!!! huhuhuhu. they better be centers or at least sing a lot of lines on their last single. argh!

At least Eri will probably be back.

Junjun & Linlin won't. T__________T

I hope Takahashi and Niigaki are the next ones to graduate!! I love them but they've been in the group for 9 years!! Imho, MM needs a drastic change if they wanna be popular again...

I don't think they can ever be that popular again. Too much **** is attached to their name. I'll still love them though. Probably. =D

I agree that Aichan & Gaki need to go. But I don't think at this point (well, in December) the group can move forward without them.

someone noticed the 9th gen audition banner... Ai-bon wasn't included on it. poor girl. at least they still added her at the coupling album. T_T

sigh.... still a sad day... probably, this will be a sad week. i want to see their rival concert! huhuhu. i might buy this dvd if it comes out. i hope they cry an ocean in it.

They didn't include the members who aren't in their agency anymore. It's understandable.

EDIT: Some pics from Fankora. People seem to hate the outfits, but I think most of them are fun. A few (Gaki, Aika, Maasa, Mai, Miyabi) are hideous. I think my favorites are Junjun & Aichan.
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/5...0683915457.jpg
http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/3...0683915452.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5...0683915451.jpg

^ the berryz girl next to risako on the left looked like a sheet of blanket over some hangers, hahaha. and ai looks like miyabi from that shot.

sigh... i cant help but listen to Ame no Furanai Hoshi de wa Aisenai Darou? over and over... both versions.

I have to say, I am following the Japanese public. For me.....AKB48 > Momusu, but I still love Momusu

C-ute's doing a play. Check out the flyer =o! Chisa
http://www.gekidan-online.com/images/news96a_ph.jpg

^ LOL XD

Hello! Project started releasing things in Blu-ray!!! *_*

I'd be so happy if they release some old concerts in Blu-ray too

Oh gaaaawwwdddd, I'm used to Berryz'... 'quirker' outfits but those are just awful. WTF did they put on my poor Miya? YurMaaMiyaChina really DO look like human clothes hangers. T_T

this is a bad joke. but ever since koharu left ive been looking for a similar cover that would make their curse. like the love machine cover curse. well, check out the love machine cover from the all singles complete. eri is next to the pandas. hahaha. risa is next then sayumi... although koharu left first without making any partern, lol.

AI KAGO is House Nation's new DJ :shakehead

Oh yeah, I was looking at that too! Too bad Koharu left, otherwise we'd have another Love Machine curse!

LOL WAT?!

C-ute PV


Momusu's single is called Appare! Kaiten Zushi. Something about sushi? XD fail. Here's a super LQ preview:

Finally a C-ute song I enjoy :yes

I hate green screens but I think this time they did a good use of it :yes

Will Kamei, Linlin and Junjun be in Momusu's new single?

i love c-utes new song. i wish the pv didn't have those random scenes of them in the white though (same with the covers..)

This will be the last single for the graduating members.

I thought the white dress shots were totally unneeded too. They shouldn't have even used them on the covers.

LOL well at least, she's not doing elevator music.

still LQ, but much better quality of Momusu new single :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAdAA4lw5_c

it's not sure if this is the a-side or the b-side of the single.
and Momusu maybe wearing army uniforms for this single, since Reina, Sayu and JJ have posted some pics of the clothes in their blogs...

I really like C-ute's new single. :)

"Kaiten Zushi" means "conveyor belt sushi." I read on JPM that they are playing the song at sushi bars. :P

They pushed it back to November. Maybe they're going to use it as the b-side or something..hopefully. D:

hmm.. they usually don't push back releases, right?
so i think/hope that they will maybe add some special stuff to the single.
like another edition/two b-sides or something..

anyways, the new release date is 17th of November. we have to wait for 3 months now :(

Please Tsunky make it a memorable single :yes and give lots of solo lines to Eri, Linlin and Junjun!

I posted C-ute's single in the downloads. =D

Some music news;
Berryz single out 11/10 is called Shining Power
Lilpri's single out 11/17 is called Idoluru
Fankora DVD is out 10/27..there's just a rumor of which setlist they used, no confirmation yet. D;

Official pic from the Gokkies event =D

Please let this Berryz single be better than Maji Bomber.

hmm I feel a bad fan I haven't listened to Lilipuri's 1st single yet >.<

I think Maji Bomber was really good XD my favorite Berryz single so far

1. Maji Bomber
2. Seishun Bus Guide
3. Ryusei Boy

IMO, the b-side is better than the a-side on Lilpri's first single.

I was wondering when the next Berryz single will be out. I really liked Maji Bomber but it honestly seemed more like an album track, or a B-side to Otakebi Boy!, I hope Shining Power is a much stronger A-side.

Dance de bakoon is so addicting I can't stop listening to it :luv2 everything about this single is better than campus life (except for the pv I guess..)

I'm wondering if Lilpri will get a pv this time around their first single did so bad.

New Mano covers
http://sayunii.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=303&h=150
http://sayunii.files.wordpress.com/2...pg?w=133&h=135
The two at the top are limited A & B bottom is regular. Limited B :heart

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
I'm dying of happiness the new covers are too cute!! :love

^^yes true about C-ute. the PV is terrible IMO, but the song is one of their best :yes

S/mileage's 3rd major single covers:

http://s-mileage.jp/discography/detail_00039/

they're not bad, just little weird i think..

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2011 calendar covers of MoMusu, Berryz, C-ute, S/mileage and Mano.

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/3204/2011cl052.jpg

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/5859/2011cl053.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4082/2011cl054.jpg

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7530/2011cl055.jpg

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2685/2011cl056.jpg


MoMusu's is clearly the best :yes

LOL it's like they're being offered up as sweets. It's so cute but wrong at the same time. XD As usual, Single V is the best overall but out of the others, I like the Limited C the best so that'll be the one I'll get. :yes But yeah, these covers are pretty disappointing coming after Ganbaranakutemo which all the covers were awesome. :-/

S/mileage and C-ute calenders look pretty standard.... bit of a letdown, was expecting something more poppy and colorful for S/m.

I like Berryz cover but LOL at Momo sticking out with that suit. XD Mano and Momosu's are the best though.

I think Linlin looks the best =o..she actually got good styling this time around. Too bad it'll be her last calendar. =(

Manoeri looks a bit evil on her calendar :laugh

I like ºC-ute's cover the most

I'm surprised they put Eri, Junjun, and Linlin on the calendar cover.

yeah it's a bit weird since it's the calendar for 2011

They put Koharu in the 2010 one and she graduated in December 09..so it's no surprise.

Lol, why are people surprised? These shots were probably taken months ago before the graduation announcement. XD

Erika wasn't included in C-ute's 2010 calendar...which makes me believe these past few MM graduations weren't planned in advance? idk but it is weird for them to be included when they won't be even in the group for 2011, same with Koharu for 2010.

MoMusu Fall Concert Tour 2010 ~Rival Survival~ poster :

http://twitpic.com/2iux7f/full

Nice jungle theme lol :P

It's pretty awesome..but Aika should be in the back and they should have gone to a real jungle. xD

I like all the calendar covers. :)

:roflmao

I guess since Eri and the pandas will leave Aika will get more exposure otherwise I don't understand why Aika still in the group the rankings are very clear

+ July 2010 +
1 Ai Takahashi
2 Sayumi Michishige
3 Eri Kamei
4 Risa Niigaki
5 Reina Tanaka
6 Qian Lin (LinLin)
7 Aika Mitsui
8 Li Chun (JunJun)

I think that all the time Tsunku is trying to make Aika popular

You know the title of her solo song translates to "The Insensitive Person Who Didn't Notice My Charm" I think it really fits her I even think it was done on purpose

Plus she has decent promotion inside H!P I mean she was in Athena & Robikerottsu and Guardians 4 but nothing happened to her fanbase... she is always in the bottom on the rakings :rolleyes like something is not working here... maybe Tsunku is trying too hard

We didn't notice her charm because it's nonexistent.

MoMusu will form a new unit called Muten Musume to promote a sushi chain!
they will release a single on 10/27 and Morning Musume will still release their own single on 11/17.

Muten Musume's new single will be Appare Kaiten Zushi!

here's some information about the group
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?showtopic=19973

those Chibi Muten Musume are so cute! :yes

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MoMusu, AKB and S/mileage performed "Dekkai Uchu ni Ai ga Aru" on 24 h TV marathon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss1SdjoU8io

Awww, the chibis are so cute. <33333

EPIC WIN!!! AKBMusume. =))

Seriously, I don't get all the Aika hate. She's cute, sings pretty decently and I don't cringe whenever she opens her mouth to speak. I liked her way more than Koharu who was pretty much the most annoying person ever. Haters gonna hate I guess~

^ hahaha! honestly, now that ive seen a couple of making of videos, i think aika is just trying to hard to be cute. unlike koha, she only does it when she needs to. koha's voice just became annoying but when she started out, she's good.

All the chibis are so cute, especially JunJun's!

I like Aika :)

All the chibis are so cute, especially JunJun's!

I like Aika :)

jeffycue: so true about Aika and Koha.
Koha's voice changed when she started Kirarin stuff and all of that. it's really strange to listen MoMusu's 05-06 songs, when Koharu's voice was so different..

and about Aika. yes i think so too that she is trying to be cute. like when she smiles her "cute" smile is always a some kind of grimace.

I think part of it is because from Aika's audition, there was actually a crop of several great girls. Easily 3 or 4 members could have been added to the group, but for some reason only Aika was and she seemed to universally be peoples least favorite. I think what Tsunku had in mind with her was to try and find another Konno but it didn't work.

I think Koharu purposefully changed her voice to a more cute anime voice. She sang a lot better (well, better in my opinion) in a lot of Momusu's songs.

I've never got why people found Koha annoying. Imo, she was (and still is) one of the cuteset things ever! Her Kirari stuff is actually what got me to pay attention to Momosu once I found out she was a member. Concerning her voice... the only problem I really had with it was in the voice acting area as it comes off a bit forced in the cuteness but her singing I never had a problem with. It was better in Momosu songs but for the type of songs that Kirari did, her voice/singing suited it.

^ i skipped liking koha around Aruiteru (when reina should have gotten her lines, LoL) then i loved her again when she sang in Nanchatte Renai... sadly, she left after KP.

for Aika, i liked her from Egao until recently, when i saw some clips of her in making of. she's annoying. hahaha. i only paid attention with their music so thats why i dont know their personalities... apart from some random hello!morning that ive viewed before. oh well.

btw, did something came out about from the koha-pandas-miyabi group? like a song or anything?

When Koharu joined MM her voice was acceptable to me but when she started with this anime-esque voice and the super-happy mood then she started to annoy me, specially in the live performances..

no single nor song

^ oh. too bad... i want some more JunJun heavy-on-singing-parts song.

^Yeah unfortunately, Ex-ceed! was just a temp formed to represent Japan at that Expo. :weep It was like... my PERFECT unit... it had my favorite soloist, favorite Momosu members AND favorite Berryz/Buono! member. It's so not fair. T_T

Ex-ceed had none of my favorites but it was a good combination imo

I loved the idea of Ex-Ceed! I wonder if we're ever going to get a DVD of that performance/tour. D: