Say Hello! to 14th Hello!Project Thread
 

Okay, a new thread since the old one has 3 posts left.

New Morning Musume releases :

Single Seishun Collection 9th of June.

Here is my result for the vote thing
Lin Lin is my favorite,as i type i am wearing her t-shirt from 9 Smile Tour

http://www.helloblog.co.uk/vote4/res...m06e696b6b.jpg
http://www.helloblog.co.uk/vote4/res...u06e696b6b.jpg

Yay new thread.

Berryz album sold just over 10k. Kind of disappointing =(
10/03/31　*12位　*2週　*2週　**8,950　*10,079　1.12　Berryz工房「雄叫びア ルバム」

From the old thread:

Yeah, I'm afraid that the crowd will be much smaller this time...

I'll totally write a review! :D I hope that it's better organized than last time. I'm surprised that UpFront is allowing her to go!

i want to go see Mano Erina at The Anime Expo 2010
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p.s does any one order from the Hello! Store US (hello project goods)
http://www.hellostoreusa.com/
O yea the New Morning Musume new tour Pika! Pika!
and
Erina Mano Kansha Mankai!
S/mileage Sakura Sake!
are pe-order an Hello Store US
~~
and
do guys know about
http://maylynsplace.blogspot.com/
it has all the best news of the hello project !!! I LOVE IT, I vist it every day at least 5 times

Erina at Anime Expo - I'm there! No doubt the turnout will be much smaller, and yeah, hopefully that means it won't be bedlam like last year. It will be grand if she performs at the Nokia.

Hello Store is cool. Certainly easier than getting someone to track crap down for you in Japan. :tired

I've bought photocards from Hello Store USA =D

I'd buy a shirt, but they only carry Large =(

I'd buy from the HelloStoreUSA if I wasn't so broke. :cry

Covers for Mano's latest single


Limited A, Limited B, Normal.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...l05nlss500.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...mreflss500.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...vmtdlss500.jpg

Single V.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...rkrblss500.jpg

limited B and single v are my favorite :heart

I like both Limited A and Single V covers a lot!!

I don't know what to expect from the PV, this song is so different than anything she has done before!! I like the song a lot by the way ^_^

For the first time I like one of her a sides too
ever since lakki aora her songs have been down the loo :(
but this time it's not bad, it makes me happy and gay.

My resukts for the H!P ranking thing

http://www.helloblog.co.uk/vote4/res...m06461696c.jpg
1. Takahashi Ai
2. Linlin
3. Junjun
4. Michishige Sayumi
5. Kamei Eri
6. Tanaka Reina
7. Niigaki Risa
8. Mitsui Aika
9. Chinami Tokunaga
10. Saki Shimizu
11. Maasa Sudo
12. Miyabi Natsuyaki
13. Aira Suzuki
14. Yurina Kumai
15. Chisato Okai
16. Risako Sugaya
17. Ayaka Wada
18. Maima Yajima
19. Saki Nakajima
20. Mai Hagiwara
21. Mano Erina
22. Momoko Tsugunaga
23. Kanon Fukada
24. Saki Ogawa
25. Yuka Maeda

http://www.helloblog.co.uk/vote4/res...u06461696c.jpg
1. Morning Musume
Momusu have stood out to me this year, with the release of their amazing album "⑩ MY ME" and amazing singles ''気まぐれプリンセス", "女が目立って なぜイケナイ", "なんちゃって恋愛" and "しょうがない 夢追い人". They are the best H!P group IMO.

2. Berryz Kobo
If I had voted later, Berryz would have been #3 and Buono! #2, but oh well. Berryz's single "雄叫びボーイ WAO!/友達は友達なんだ" was good, but all the others were a bit, meh. "6th 雄叫びアルバム" was a bit mediocre, nowhere near as good as "5 (FIVE)" or "4th 愛のなんちゃら指数" The best single of the "6th" era was "抱きしめて 抱きしめて" IMO.

3.℃-ute
Again, if I voted later, they would be #4, because recently, their music has just underwhelmed me. Meeeeeh, "Bye Bye Bye!" seemed a bit, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. "暑中お見舞い申し上げます" was underhwelming. "EVERYDAY 絶好調!!" is more of the ℃-ute that I would like to hear. "SHOCK!" was again, something that they should do more. "ショッキング 5" was seriously a dissapointing album, underpar with their other albums. Though being fair to them, "キャンパスライフ～生まれて来てよかった～" sounds excellent :)

4. Buono!
Guy, these would be #2 because this group is kickass, but they're music used to make me go :no. But now, I appreciate the music. They started 2009 with "co・no・mi・chi", a great pop tune. "Buono! 2" was a brilliant album, blowing "Café Buono!" out the water. Tne next singles, "MY BOY" and "Take It Easy!" were brilliant in their own right, with "MY BOY" having the better A-Side and "Take It Easy!" having the better C/W song. "Bravo☆Bravo" was a truly brilliant pop record, with "-Winter Story-" and "Bravo☆Bravo" being as amazing as eachother. "OUR SONGS" was a great single, and "We Are Buono!" was an AMAZING album. I love this group ♥

5. S/mileage
I'm not crazy about this group, but some of their songs are good. My fav song is probably "ぁまのじゃく" or "スキちゃん". I'm glad they passed their challenge, but "夢見る　１５歳" will definately have to grow on me.

6. Guardians 4
My least favourite of all the H!P groups. "SCHOOL DAYS" was a bit too cheesy my liking. "Going On!" was a nice tune, and "PARTY TIME" was nice as well. My favourite tune though is "おまかせ♪ガーディアン".

7. Mano Erina
I've never really been interested in her, but her new song sounds really good as well. And she's got a modelling career as well ;)

So people...what are you favourite H!P groups OF ALL TIME. I will do mine soon. I would like to know, out of all of them. Visit http://wiki.jpopstop.com/wiki/Hello!_Project to find all teh groups of now and then. Then make a list. Cya :)

yay Reina blog is #1 in todays Ameba blog rankings!
good for her :yes it's really annoying that Sayu doesn't have Ameba blog :(
i am not a fan of GREE...

Ameba is soo much better than Gree. I wonder if she'll ever switch over? It doesn't make sense that she's the only one on it along with Yaguchi's extra blog, and I think Miyoshi Erika?

S/mileage's debut covers. I wish they didn't cut their hair @_@
http://sayunii.files.wordpress.com/2...9370419reg.jpg
http://sayunii.files.wordpress.com/2...652756lima.jpg
http://sayunii.files.wordpress.com/2...658401limb.jpg

C-ute's PV!


They're also opening a blog, but on Gree =\

^ The PV makes me like the song more. :)

I love the S/mileage cover with the parfaits. :D

XDD..I didn't even notice the parfaits till you mentioned it. I was like 'What?!'

Kanon's hair :weep


C-ute's pv was great! not really feeling the song yet though. The Limited A comes with the dance shot version and Limited B comes with close up. The Single V will include the Natural Lip Ver.

Natural Lip..:eyebrow

About the Natural Lip Ver. I'm glad they are trying to do new things at least :laugh

I'd be happy if this single ends outselling SHOCK! ^_^

kanon looks like aibon. XDDD

Yeah she looks a lot like Aibon

Maybe that's why she sells so much :x

DEATH GAME PARK first episode starring Mano Erina is up on YT!

ManoEri PV preview



Berryz will have a new single on 7/14!

Not the kind of PV I was expecting lol

i wasn't expecting that kind of pv either lol. she looks great in the close up shots.

Don't all of her PVs look like this, minus the maid outfit? What were you expecting? XD

The PV is nice but they changed her dancers :(

well I was expecting the maid, angel and cheer leading outfit parts to be better executed...they look so cheap and poorly done :laugh

Who are the dancers? I don't really recognize any of them, but I hardly know any Eggs. It's to be expected though..S/mileage is debuting so they can't be in her shadow anymore.

They do look cheap xDD..but I'm not surprised.

I think they are off-shots from Mano Spy TV series (?)

Kusumi Koharu opened her own Ameba blog!
it's called Koharun Land - Free Admission.
http://ameblo.jp/kusumikoharu-blog

Yikes, she looks a lot like a gyaru.

Here's some REALLY good news, for me at least! The revived Shuffle Units will release singles!

Both on 6/03
Compilation Single A : Tanpopo#, Pucchi Moni V, New Mini Moni
Compilation Single B : High King, ZYX-a, Aa!, Zoku Biyuden

Each single has one song from each unit, plus a bonus =o! There will be CD and CD+DVD versions, so this must mean PVs, right?!

YAYY!!

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C-ute perf!

Yay for Shuffle Unit Singles! :D

Yay! High-King :heart

Indeed those are really really good news!! I'm missed so much H!P shuffle units singles!!

edit: Here it is Campus Life performance again

Seishun Collection!



I'm not blown away by it, but I definitely like it. Less focus on solo lines this time..which I guess is better than Aichan & Reina singing the entire song. Everyone but the 8th gen got at least a tiny solo. The composition sounds a bit like Nanchatte Renai, with the violin, or whatever instrument it is xDD..

Sounds like b-side material to me :/

The beggining of the song sounds almost the same to Shouganai Yume Oibito!!! :thud

I don't dislike it but I don't love it either. I'll let it grow on me.

OMG LOVE LOVE LOVE *_*.

FANSPAZZ MOMENT

i really like the song! :yes
sounds kinda Nanchatte Renai x Shouganai Yume Oibito.
i hope that this single will break 50 k, because japanese people seem to like their these kind of songs...

i'm so glad that i pre-ordered this single! :yes

Plus, they have the play to promote it, plus Sayu & Reina's blogs...I'm hoping it'll sell well.

EXILE is releasing the same day so #1 is out of the question though.

Jun jun is going to be on web show as the main actress soon

Junjun & Linlin got blogs! They're both in Chinese though :x

http://blog.sina.com.cn/zaoanshaonuzuchunchun <--Junjun

http://blog.sina.com.cn/zaoanshaonuzulinlin <--Linlin

sina...i think icecreamusume's blogs are hosted on sina also. speaking of them why aren't they doing anything lol. been over a year since their debut album came out.

also c-ute's new single debuted at number 3 today.

yay high for single ^^

Only it sold worse than SHOCK! D:

^ Yeah actually there isn't much competition this week so I thought it maybe even had a shot at number 1. So number 3 is not good.

MM's new single sounds kind of bland to me actually. I liked several of the album tracks on the new album; they are better than many of the recent singles.

Momusu should have released this week xD..

Campus Life is at 5th today, someone reported that the sales are now about 200 higher than Shock!'s first two days, so I guess that's good. I haven't found a leak yet though. =|

I wonder why after Erika left C-ute their sales are going down.. because she was like the less popular C-ute member I thought it wouldn't affect too much their sales

I don't know if we can blame Erika for it, she didn't have any lines in any of the singles but a few, really. Everyone knew there'd be a decline when Shock! came out because the distribution of lines was so horrible and a bunch of people decided not to buy it because they wouldn't even hear their favorite.

So I guess the stigma from Shock! is still lingering. A lot of fans might still be annoyed.

S/mileage PV is out..... and it's good!!! I kinda hated their indie songs :laugh

Here's a preview of the outfits for Momusu's new single.

http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q.../Capture-5.png
Ack. Well, they're better than the last ones. And possibly better than Kimagure Princess?

^damn i was just going to post that !
i think i like the outfits... they are really energetic. i didn't like Kimagure Princess outfits and Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai outfits were maybe little bit weird for that kind of single...

sayu's and reina's hair look amazing :luv2 and they all look pretty, even the 8th gen :yes

I love that hair on Reina, and the outfits are really nice.. I love the colors they used

So bright...

I kinda like their outfits. I definitely love all their hairstyles :D

Just listening to C-ute new single and it seems that Tsunku put some creepy noises subliminal messages on the b-side song

Their hair does look really nice. Well, except for Gaki's but there's not much they could really do to it. :innocent

Visionfactory, could you post the single? I've only seen the flac version so far. ><..The good news is that this single probably will end up selling more than Shock!

Here you go Campus Life ~Umarete Kite Yokatta~

credits: naokaji @ H!O

Yay! Thanks a lot.

I'm snagging it too. Thanks :)

@visionfactory: Ooo thanks! I'll be taking as well.

The outfits are kinda meh on me. Not liking the neon green.

I'm snagging it too, thanks! :D

Campus Life on Music Japan



L-O-V-E LOVELY AIRI! They only let Maimi & Airi sing live. =|

suki suki suki :heart

http://wiki.jpopstop.com/images/a/aa/Campus_Life_SV.jpg
Single V cover. It's nice..they should have used it in place of the regular edition. =x

Sales are 19,431 so far. Shock!'s were 18,655..so a slight improvement.

Also, I just wanted to post this fan's 2-shot with Linlin..she looks so good in it. :heart

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/4236/47772532.jpg

I thought this single could really get 30k :no

Single V covers look always weird to me, I like some of them a lot but they still weird :laugh

Tomo preview (Momusu's B-side). Not loving it. I hope there are more solo lines once we get a longer preview.

Bigger Single V cover looks so red, so good!! :D

^^i think that b-side sounds good, but little boring...
i hopw that we will get the full version AND THE COVERS soon :yes

i just realized that Ayu's Sexy little thing Lady Dynamite and MoMusu's OgMNI PVs have the same location. hehehe. First it was Yuna's Urban Mermaid and MoMusu's SEXY BOY and now this. hehehe. coolness :D

(sorry i dont have any pictures to show)

Wasn't Sexy little things filmed in London?

o_O

Oh wait! it's Lady Dynamite, not Sexy little things. hahaha. my mistake.

look at the entrance where they went in.. the metal doors, the black and white floor, the red drapes on the side.. they're the same. well, from what i see, it really is.

I just looked, and they are the same =o! I wasn't sure till I saw the checkered floor. Good find. =o!

yeah.. i was surprised too. they just probably changed the dance floor in LD the catwalk in OgMNI.

cant wait for the new single! i need more MoMusu music! i cant get enough... btw, is there a site that holds HQ momusu pvs that can be converted to ipod format?

i found a site but it was in ".mkv" format. when i convert it.... the voices aren't synced plus the dimension is so way off.

I use this site, but I don't know if the PVs are HQ.

Fantastic new. I can't wait to hear those songs. I absolutely loved the tracks from pucchi moni.:love

^I wrote the date wrong. X_X..they're actually being released on 6/30.

Gaki, Kamei & Linlin had a fanclub event, and here are some recordings from it:

Linlin - dearest (Matsuura Aya) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y7uoWeSgcw
All 3 - Koiing (Momusu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhrCx4jJsIE
All 3 - Suki na Senpai (Momusu) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GmoWREZiio

Linlin's solo is awesome!

I almost forgot about the shuffle units...I thought we would of got more news by now (at least titles or something lol) the release date is really soon.

linlin sounded amazing :heart i was hoping she sang ayu's dearest!

all three also sang tanpopo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFve2T0Cweo

i don't think it really suits any of their voices

I wish they performed Matsuura Aya, Goto Maki and Abe Natsumi songs more often ..

Mobekimasu & Shuffle Date Photobook:
http://img.7netshopping.jp/bks/images/b8/1102909838.jpg

Buono! Winter Fiesta DVD
http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/...UL._SS500_.jpg

Double ew. Hire some new art directors kthx.

Apparently those covers were made in MS paint...

Clearly. At least this time they didn't use the spray can. xD

THAT'S the cover for the photobook? Ew. Doesn't even look like a photobook cover. Reminds me of a tabloid magazine somehow.

I'm severely disappointed in the Buono! cover. Couldn't they have made them take a nice group shot together or something? This is just... ugh. =(

http://www.helloproject.com/morningmusume/profile.html

new profile pics of each member.
i think they all look really pretty, except Risa... her facial expression is strange and the hair... ugh.

I said this earlier, but I really like everyone's hair. Well, except Risa's, 'cause I don't like it short.

Risa obviously looks bad. And so do the members who got stuck with baggy pants.

And Junjun's outfit is bad too, it looks like a sack.

linlin, eri and sayu look great. everyone else...:no

and oh god mano's single is flopping so hard. today it's at number 16 :weep STILL waiting for a hd/decent quality version of the video (and the single to leak ~_~) guess it won't be until the single v is released. times like this i hate H!P :gnash

A tiny cover leaked. It's probably a limited one.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/2733/3848l.jpg

Eh, I don't really like it :(

Why is everyone doing the same pose on the cover? LOL. At least the purple background helps to tone down their neon outfits.

It's weird...... but I like it a lot :D I think everyone looks good doing that pose (except for Risa) specially JunJun :heart

The purple was definitely a wise choice. The pose is clearly "posed" though, so that kinda detracts from it.

hmm the cover isn't so bad...
i actually like it, but i still hope that is not limited A which i am getting !

Berryz is having some great sales since they are realeasing double-a-sided singles, maybe Tsunku should apply the same technique to ºC-ute, in comparison to last year it seems that 4,000 people are no longer interesed in the group...

Berryz's sales aren't that great for a double A. If they had those sales with a single A, then they'd be great for sure. Plus, they have an anime tie-in so more people will be interested in buying the single than normal.

Ah yes I forgot about that anime thing...

i think that it would be great if Momusu released a-side single too...
they haven't released a-side single ever right? sometimes their b-sides are so boring :(