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Yay new thread. :)

So NMB got number 1 on the Oricon singles chart.

Edit: That graphic wasn't on the first post when I posted. Did you make that? Nice job.

So I've been wanting to get a bit more into AKB48.

How many subunits are there? (I know there are groups like 'Not yet', 'no3b', etc.)

And do you guys recommend their latest album? I only have that "Godly Songs" release.

aww cute banner!

^the active subunits at this time are
no3b
Watarirouka Hashiritai
French Kiss
Not Yet
DiVA
Tomomi Itano
Maeda Atsuko

I liked Koko ni Ita Koto, but I know many people didn't. It's worth a listen though!

I like the new album. I understand where it can get super annoying, but the songs are all pretty nice. If I had a complaint, it'd be the Acchan and Tomochin duet. Just make sure you get the limited edition with the photobook. The photobook is worth the extra money.

question xD

I found two versions of Mariko story

One says that she was on audition but she failed it

and second says that she cant make it to audition cause she was working in Cafe on Audition time

which one is true?

She was working at the cafe and couldn't make it to the audition so the cafe customers made a petition to get her in and gave it to Aki-P. She joined before A2.

Oh I wasn't planning on buying it :] Just wanted to download it so I can get into AKB48 a bit more. Because Sakura no Shiori is my jam omg.

I don't, to be entirely honest. It isn't bad at all, but their singles and b-sides are so much better than anything on that album. I only REALLY like the song with Acchan and Tomochin; the rest are pretty throwaway. I'd recommend listening to Kamikyokutachi more and possibly downloading SET LIST, which has some really great songs (and a few crappy ones).

I really consider changing my nickname to OogoeDiamond

just when I wanted to check AKB48 out (its really confusing I gotta say, which team what, leader what, difference between stage and studio, I dont get anything lol) this SKE48 appeared, are they like copy of this band or... another team? or I dont get it lol.

I think Im goin' to check last singles first.

okey so basicllly

There is an AKB FAMILY (there is no such name but lets just name it like that)

They have under them

FIVE main groups
- AKB48 (main group - they had their own theather in akihabara (Tokio) where they performe STAGES - stage is like a musical but without any plot just dancing and songs they have concerts (sometimes with other AKB family groups), release singles and albums)doing tv shows , etc
* the diffrence between stages and concerts are that concert can have songs from many stages , singles , album songs

fiour TEAMS - A , K - B and 4 - each team have their own STAGES

there is also AKB Trainee Team - they are in traing members who when official members graduate from any team are filling their spot - Trainee Team got their own stages too


- SKE48 ( Teather for SKE is in Nagoya , teams S, KII (K-2 since team K is already in AKB ) , E and Trainee Team. Pretty much like akb )
- NMB48 (Teather in Osaka they are on the begining - there is just Team N and Trainee Team the same idea all over again)
- HTK48 (those are not formed yet - auditions are on start)

there is also
SDN48 - This is like AKB but shows are more mature and for adult people
they had generations instead of Teams :) But its prety much the same concept

AKB also had units

they are like mini bands - made from AKB members
sometimes they release one single (Like natto girls to promote Natoo Day)
and sometimes they are long term groups like no3b :) girls from units work in unit and AKB at the same time

some Members from SKE i NMB sometimes perform in AKB singles becuase of their popularity among AKB fans

^ Thanks for that explanation! Very informative. It's amazing how you guys can memorize some of the members x.x the only one I remember is the Dear J girl.

wow,thanks so much for explaining! Its much clearer now, but I have one more question, what does 'graduate' mean? why would girl leave the band. I dont get that part.

Because they cant be in it anymore - like they want to focus on studies or make a solo carrier
* or become a porn star like Rina chan xD

They are also rumors that menagement sometimes force less popular girls to graduate but its not confimed
they where also cases when girls was Fired because of her bad attitute - like dating a guy or not showing at rhrls

And also I forgot to mention that there are two girls who has a solo carrier but they are still in the group and their solo project is a part of AKB family

- Itano Tomomi
- Maeda atsuko

also sorry for mistakes (some of them I just corrected but its late and I am tired xD and its really hard to explain it at they beginning xD

oh, I thought its like obligation to leave, like every girl has few months/years to be there and that's it. 'cause its a good marketing strategy from my point of view, they make it more interesting that way. but its bad when you become a fan of one girl and she leaves @_@

maybe thats why its so many of them, lol, it is so confusing, but they are really cute so I cant help it than start listening to them.

If you're just getting into them then no.

If you trying to get into them like bondingo said you should go for the singles and b-sides.

However if you do want to go for an album I'd recommend one of their stage albums.

I'd say, チームA 3rd Stage「誰かのために」this album has songs such as Bird and Dareka no Tame ni ~What can I do for someone?~

チームK 6th Studio Recording「RESET」and チームA 6th Studio Recording「目撃者」 are good too.

If you want to you should. I've been pondering changing my name to something AKB related too but I can't decide what I should change it to.

its really refreshing that they are so many of them and there is like a rotation of members

and Amrai is right - GO FOR STAGES - AITAKUTE and DAREKA NO TAME NI are great!

thanks, I will

everyday katyusha is such a summer anthem, love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98f2J7h-Ya0 - ofcial movie - WHAT IS AKB
just to tidy up what you know from my post:)

BTW I really cant belive what happened to Rina Chan
I mean she was like one of thr AKB most popular members - she was a leader of Chocolove unit and after graduation she ended up playing in hard porn

thanks for sharing, awsome video! and they are all so cute, like really :heart
I dont get their haters

only thing I dont like about AKB is that they usually sing from playback or half playback even though a lot of them really can sing live

^ yea i freak out, i saw her "movies" on j-list when i was searching akb48, and there it was, i was like, oh my is that really her or it a impostor, then i check Generaisa to she if it true .......then said "rina-chan why?" >_<

I like how they have that video in a few other languages. Too bad it's a little out of date.

As far as Rina some are speculating that she may be quitting porn soon because she's apparently taking vocal lessons and because apparently she was only signed for 7 AV releases.

Flying Get's covers are out. http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/music/2000091/full/

I don't like them very much.

Wow. They actually made covers that look cheaper than Chance no Junban's. Wow. I can't even believe that happened lol.

EDIT: Okay on second thought, Type A has that cool, old fashioned movie thing going on, but it's still sloppy as heck.

yea kinda i agree, but the cool thing is they look like if they were painted
i like the theather edition cause Mii-Chan (minami minegishi) on it lol

What? So they made the limited versions with same covers... I was hoping for 5 different covers.

Let there be a miracle...that those are the limited covers and there will be decent, Regular edition ones. =/

They look like bootlegs I would find at my local, 99 cent Chinese CD shop -_-

Is Miichan your favorite in AKB? :)

Also I'm curious but is your user name related to the idol group by the name of Chu Lips?

Yeah, that's the good part. I think most of the budge probably went towards the PV.

Yes Miichan is my favorite member, i dont know why, but she amazing to me
and my user name, chu-lip is actually, ai otsuka's song

haha I think the covers are pretty awesome :lech

Miichan's pretty cool. :) Ai Otsuka? Oh okay.

Regarding Tomochin it seems that the entry was deleted already but there are many talking about it. I hope she was just guessing what was wrong and doesn't actually have vocal cord nodules but either way I hope she will be okay.

covers are horrible, but they rarely have decent covers imo.
they are often too sexy (bikinis and stuff) or too crowded like now lol.

I downloaded last album as well!

Its not like she is sining live a lot to make them worse...

Covers I love

- Beginner
- Heavy Rotation
- Keibetsu....
- Aitakatta
- River

SORRY FOR DOUBLE IF MOD READ IT PLEASE EDIT

but i do know of the band Chu Lips, i have one of their songs ^_^

I like Sakura no ki ni naro, its really girly.
but covers for Heavy rotation for example is like covers for porn lol.
not that its a bad thing, its just, this is music so its not really tasteful.
I mean: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AKB_heavyb.jpg

Um, Heavy Rotation was really tastefully done. Iunno wat you mean =/

This is porn.

horrible. and I remember I liked sowelu long time ago. such a shame what she had done.

^ Have you read the interview that the director of Heavy Rotation did? She explained why she choose the theme she did. It's interesting. It's here.

Cool. I haven't really meant people who know them.

Oh my goodness I do love the Sakura no ki ni naro cover now that PoetGirl brings it up XD I was so amazed by it

Distasteful? Not hating or anything, but weren't you the one who posted pics of yourself in lingerie in the member pics thread awhile back? :rolleyes

what? I think you mistaken me for someone,
but I was talking about cover for a single, why you compare people's personal
photos with artists who have contracts and releases music :shakehead

I dont understand you really

^ Uh, because you're calling that photo distasteful when you used to post similar photos of yourself on here all the time. It's just really hypocritical :shrug

Im not artist for god's sake. :shakehead

Its not hypocritical, its just world is not just black and white.

I said its nothing wrong with being sexy or showing skin,
but its not tastefully made for a single cover.


and I dont even have a pic of myself in lingerie so I dont know what you are
talking about. But In my regular life I dont see anything wrong with showing some skin,
its just different when you go to club and have fun and sell your MUSIC just though sex appeal.

which btw I dont think this group is all about but you are so defesive here and I dont know why since I like this girls

^ No one ever said anything about you being an artist. And yes you have posted provocative pictures on here in the past :P
There's nothing wrong with showing skin, I just thought it was a silly comment for you of all people to make.

Im not here to explain my style in real life, and I dont think it matters cause
I really think its different from being a celebrity and a regular person.

Now, excuse me, I like you guys but you are just being silly now.

damn stop arguing about stupid stuff

This is no porn...this is gentle and erotic
if this is disguasting then Any lingerie ad is porn....
Yuko looks BEAUTIFUL and hot and its all that matters

^
Or like the director herself said

but yeah no fighting guys

It looks like the only difference will be that the logs outline is white instead of gold.

Theater version

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4...terversion.jpg

this one is the best out of all, they look like game characters

For you Polyrhythm
http://yaplog.jp/onoerena-blog/
Erena's new blog!

^I saw that on Stage48 but thanks! Can't believe it's been a year. :(

Since I'm rather new to them (tbh, I wasn't that fond of them at the beginning), I wanted to know if someone can recommend me any of their older material that stands out (stage songs mainly, I guess)?

I enjoy nearly everything as long it's not generetic and boring (lol, who doesn't) and thought that maybe some of u know some of their older "highlight songs", or good B-sides that tend to get overlooked. It's not that I'm not willing to look for myself, it's just that they have so many songs and singles out there that it would need hours or days to go trough all of it.

Well, thanks in advance and I hope that I don't appear to be rude (for not looking myself) :D.

- Whole A1 STAGES - those songs are pure classics

A2
- Aitakatta
- Nageki no Figure

- Whole A 3 and 4 both are outstanding like hell

K2
- Korogaru Ishi ni Nare
- Blue Rose
K3 (this is worst stage for me )
- Nakinagara Hohoende
- Maria

Wow, fast answer. I'll take a look at those and will post my opinion later, thanks :D.

Add a little bit of B love here XD:

B3- Tenshi no Shippo
B3- Pajama Drive

I haven't listened to the full singles of their older material but going by the past three years, their B-sides typically aren't really that good (it's a different story for the rest of the xx48 family though). The only ones I've really LOVED are:

Team B Shonichi (Namida Surprise!)
Namida no See-saw Game (Heavy Rotation)
Lucky Seven (Heavy Rotation)
Team A Kuromi to Dialogue (Chance no Juuban)
Team K ALIVE (Chance no Juuban)
Team B Love Jump! (Chance no Juuban)

I'd also suggest checking out the sub-units and soloists as I'm a person that tends to like those more than the flagship group (it's the same for me with Morning Musume and H!P) so you might find some gems there. :)

no3b a generally the best unit for me xD

They were my top unit but Watarirouka Hashiritai (7) took their place. XD

But no3b (imho) is still the best unit AKB has. They're kinda like the DEF.DIVA or High-King of the AKB48 fandom, just a well balanced group of total talent. :yes

Some of my favourite stage songs that weren't mentioned

Namida no Shounan (A2)
Bird (A3)
Namida Uri no Shoujo (A3)
Mr. Kissman (A4)
LOVE CHASE (A4)
Renai Kinshi Jourei (A5)
Kimi wa Pegasus (K3)
Saishu Bell ga naru (K4)
Junjou Shugi (B3)
Inochi no tsukaimichi (B3)
Zannen Shoujo (B4)
Itoshiki Natasha (B4)
Locker Room Boy (B5)

(you probably shouldn't listen to me though. I think they're whole discography is good.)

Oh and for b-sides definitely FIRST LOVE on Namida Surprise!

my package came today i finally got Beginner single, its the Theater Edition, i also got SDN48's Ai, Chuseyo and SKE48's Banzai Venus, both also Theater editions


Aspen,
i also recommend blue rose
and
Choose Me! ( Sakura no Shiori )
Majisuka Rock 'n' Roll ( Sakura no Shiori )
Korekara Wonderland ( Everyday, Katyusha )

As far as singles go I'd say go for the Bsides like others have mentioned ALIVE, Lucky Seven and so on.

Echoing what others have said about Blue rose, Kimi wa Pegasus and MARIA.

As far as other stage songs.

Trying not to list what others have already said. In stage order...

109
Namida no shinkokyuu
Mokugekisha
Return Match
Kaiyuugyo no Capacity
Melos no Michi
Mushi no Ballad
Temo demo no namida
Confession
Mori e ikou
Seishun no inatzuma

....if only I had skills like that. My college GPA would be so much higher :P

and to the people discovering AKB just now, I also suggest watching some of their variety shows. They're just so entertaining, much more than singing, dancing robots. Real people.

^Totally. Like, that's honestly what's what got me so into them. Their music is great, but knowing them makes it so much better.

ANTIGLOBABURA XDDDD SO ADORABLE XD But what country was that xD ?

aw, thank you guys for everything

That girl has mad skills. Are there more videos like that for other members? They seem so fun lol

Thanks for all those recommendations, don't have time to check it out today, but I'll listen to it as soon as possible :).

As for the units: I will only start looking through their material when I'm finished with AKB48 stuff. Otherwise I'll loose sight of what I've already heard and will worry that I'm loosing something out :innocent.

Edit: Well, I decided that I'll go to training later and listened to the songs instead. I liked most of the songs from Stage K and A, style of Team B seems to soft for me. Therefore I'll just download some of their Stage Albums (hopefully I'll find them somewhere Oo) and look if I'll find other songs that I like. Thanks again@everyone!

I'm very new to AKB48, and I'm wondering if someone knows which version of the Beginner CD+DVD single has the uncensored version of the PV on it? Thanks so much. ^_^

I don't think any of the editions actually have the uncensored one...but I could be wrong.

^^Nintendo's right. Neither version has it unfortunately. The only way to have the video is to buy "AKB ga Ippai" (which is SO worth it by the way).

damn. I might get the AKB ga Ippai DVD if there's an OS release, I can't afford to buy it if I want to get Ayu's CDL10-11. T_T

So it seems Aimi's picture was stolen.

From the official blog

An unfortunate announcement

Today, the picture of "Eguchi Aimi" that is on the wall in the theater was stolen.

It seems that this happened when we were selling pictures today.

I think that this occurred because on a whim in the heat of the moment.

Also, I think that right about now, the person who did it regrets it.

If you do regret it, please return the picture.

It's simple for us to prepare a replacement for the theater.

But that's not the point.

That a picture hasn't been stolen off the wall until now is proof of the strong bond of trust between the theater and the fans.

If you would return the picture to the theater, we would appreciate it.

And, I believe that such an incident will not occur again.


Not cool. Like it says the fact that no pictures have been stolen until now is proof of the bond of trust between the staff and fans. No one took any of the pictures. Now that someone has it's disrespectful to Togasaki-san and the other staff who placed that trust in the fans.

I hope they return the picture.

On another another note I'm beginning to like NMB. I watched their 1st Stage. Their version of Team A's 3rd Stage is pretty good. I had only heard Bird before and it's pretty good. Sayanee has a good voice. Although you know how you can hear backing vocals on some songs? I hear them during the watashi part. I checked just to make sure and I don't hear it in the original.

I was wondering how their version of Rider would sound and unsure if they could do the song justice because it's about a fan who passed away but they did a really good job. The whole stage sounds really good. The girls were very sharp. Of course like with SKE I have to get to know the girls a little better.

I want to see their version of K2.

I didnt have time to check their latest album but I did listen to flower by that leader girl,
its a nice single, I enjoyed every song, which I cant say for tomochin single, I dont know,
it has some nice songs but the lead track didnt do anything for me.

I prefer Tomochin over Aaaachan xD
Tomo is so fierce and sexy and A is so null and colorless (I cant find a world here - she is just boring) I find her cute but a little bit annoying...and she is overshowed...rly


Its not like Aimi is gonna mind xDDD

well, I like her not pushy cuteness lol, tomochin is like too much for me haha,
but she's not my fav, from what I could seen from this shows and performances I checked
my fav is mayuyu, she's adorable!

I started listenin koko ni ita koko, I think Ive read here its not such a good album,
but I actually like every song lol, I cant even pick my fav since they all are cute and catchy, have nice melodies and such.

and I found this http://umi-uta.livejournal.com/3472.html
omg so many

^
^It's Acchan.
And she is the Queen.

^I really enjoyed the album too.
You'll find their music has lots of different styles.

I already realized that haha, everyday katyusha sugar overload (and my fav so far)
and fierce beginner.

So, I finished with koko ni ita koko, amazin' album from start to finish,
Ill listen 2nd stage by team B now.

Yes but I have right not to like her and express how I fell aobut her :)

^Of course. I was expressing my opinion too :laugh

Oh my gawd guys I love the melody in the chorus of RIVER. The way they sing the "kimi" line hits my heart <3

its just she is so beautiful and fierce sometimes and sometimes they just show her as OMG I AM SO POOR MAEDA NO ONE LIKES ME SAYAKA AND YUKO ARE FIGHTING WITH ME
she is nice but sometimes kinda character less

I like that Acchan is just kind of... there. I saw someone somewhere else say this before, but I don't remember where. Basically, when Yuuko is front and center, she pretty much outshines everyone else. But when Acchan is center, she's "just there" so everyone else gets a chance to shine as well. :)

Ugh, I love it tooooo. When I first heard the beginning, I was like ":shakehead They finally put out an A-side I don't like?!" But no, it turned out amazing.

I know I'm so late, but I just watched Everyday, Kachu-sha for the first time a few days ago, and I really didn't like it at all. I know the PV was supposed to be a mash-up of their old PVs, but I thought it just looked rushed, cheap, tacky and unprofessional. >_< It almost looked like they filmed it slower and then sped it up...

:laugh ...and she doesn't even really deserve a spot if you ask me.

Did you say the exact same thing on the last.fm page for RIVER? Because someone did and I completely agree.

You don't like the intro?! Oh my god, that's like my favorite part.

^ Mario1242 is me :]

^It WAS you then (I had to check lol).

I want to see a preview of the Flying Get video or something.

^Me too!!
I think it's going to be pretty cool!!!

It's funny looking at Heavy Rotation's covers because they're so beautiful and colourful
and then comparing them to Flying Get's it's like 0_o :laugh

I like the intro now, but I was just like "wtf" the first time I heard it. XD

oh look there are PV previews!!

It just looks like AAA's DRAGON FIRE PV.

looking at the preview, it make me like the covers more lol

the PV looks bad, the song is fine but I'm just looking for Aisu no Kuchizuke in this single

.....can't stop looking at Yuko in this PV......lmao....Acchan may have stolen the title, but Yuko totally stole the show.

Yuko is badass with that sword!!
I think this is going to be one of their best PVs!!!!!

^ I love it how there kicking ass lol i wonder how mii-chan does in it >_<

lol True.

I'm liking the PV previews. :)

I came across this blog the other day where this guy compares AKB to the Wu-Tang clan LOL The blog just goes on making assumptions about AKB.

whole single by Watarirouka Hashiritai 7 is amazing <3 I love it so much <3

Can't wait to get my copy. And the Mayuyu book too! :D

Uhh...what happened with STAGE48 (http://stage48.net/)???

thats what forum says