[quote="kitaoji"] The listing of Nagoya events has been posted.   8/30: Makino Maria & Nonaka Miki 9/6: Wada Ayaka (birthday event) 9/13: Funky Funaki Musubu & Yanagawa Nanami 9/20: Hirose Ayaka & Taguchi Natsumi (birthday event) 9/27: Suzuki Airi & Okai Chisato [/quote]   ...

Maria did a solo of "Te wo Nigitte Arukitai", as well, so they performed three songs instead of two. Miki chose One and Only as it's her signature song, for obvious reasons.   Also, completely speculating on my part but we need a new single and I'm thinking it'll drop in November or Decemb...

Hmm, I noticed here that they're not in a huge rush to fill Riho's obvious parts in the interlude here and in Oh My Wish (in Houston) - and they keep putting off the Brainstorming dance-off  :tongue: .   I actually like Mizuki's singing now, since she had such a variety of voices in this performance...

I was trying to come up with valid reasons to explain "Pink Cres" instead of "Pink Cresc".  The best one was that trying to romanize "cresc" would introduce too many syllables.
 
Then again, we have the ever-unfortunate Angerme.

[quote="kitaoji"]
 
I'm also going to call December 13 (Tuesday) as the Budokan date at this time, since the 17th is already taken and any later dates would conflict with the winter concert rehearsals.
 
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Off by one day!
 
Budokan concert will be 12/12, Monday.

According to the same Hello!Ste announcement, Nakajima Takui did lyrics & composition for Doo Datte Ii No.
 
TBH..... I'm a bit disappointed. XD  There's nothing bad about this song, and the girls sound awesome, but Takui is no Aku Yuu.

Man, they are really working these Tsubaki Factory girls.  Ogata Risa has been in every. single. Geikjou play starting with Triangle, and this will be her third one this year.  She's reaching Niigaki levels of commitment, except the other Risa doesn't have concerts and DVD singles to contend with. 

[quote="Thea"] While watching Nakky do her hair today , I realized how weird that corner is. What, are the wota learning how to do their Elementary+ age daughters' hair?   I know there are female fans but let's be honest that's not what it's for. [/quote]   From a creepy!wota standpoint, I...

Blindly throwing darts here, but please tell me that "Namida no Request" is a cover song by the Checkers (it's their 2nd single).  It matches their image of doing covers of adolescent retro-pop.

Cover for the DVD is out. 
 

 
Well, uh, this may be the first time in their concert releases that we don't see anybody.  At least it's not a Photoshop shitfest?

He's a 38 year old businessman in beauty/skin care/etc.  The term is extremely vague, so I have no idea if it falls under care products or salons or pedicure experiences.  

<div>Thea:</div> <div> </div> <div>Here's the list of songs in DM83.  They're all group songs so it's not worth it from a Riho!Only-perspective.  But I'm a sucker for all these other performances, and so much 12th gen! in the background! in dancing! that makes me happy.</div> <div> </div> <div>(Real...

Madara knows more former BBSers, so I'm waiting on him to identify some more.  I'm getting the impression that BBS turnout was fairly low for this convention, so not too many that I identify, but I chatted with Usako and I think Sugoi was there as well.   Aika filmed me twice - after the concert and...

[quote="Shoujo Q"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Shoujo Q" data-cid="199351" data-time="1470482759">   </blockquote> The DVD magazines usually have a done of the recordings that never make it to the DVD. I love finding them, though...

The listing of Nagoya events has been posted.
 
8/30: Makino Maria & Nonaka Miki
9/6: Wada Ayaka (birthday event)
9/13: Funky Funaki Musubu & Yanagawa Nanami
9/20: Hirose Ayaka & Taguchi Natsumi (birthday event)
9/27: Suzuki Airi & Okai Chisato

[quote="Anderei"]     Morning Musume. '16 and BOYS AND MEN have announced they will both have a live on 8/30 @ Midland Square Cinema 2 complex in Nagoya. The plan is that all Hello! Project groups will have weekly regular events and performances at the Midland square cinema theater every T...

Thanks, arco! & Sorry for the trouble, everybody.   Unfortunately I can't find that old episode now - it was during their HELP ME promotions.  Original post has been edited to avoid confusion.   Does the Oda Family Teddy Bear still live in their car, though...? (This is a blog post from 9/6/2013...

At their single release event this weekend, the interlude/dance-offs were swapped around:   #1: DJ Ikuta, with dancers Harunan, Masaki, & Teddy Sakura #2: DJ Oda, with Haachin, Miki, & Akane #3: DJ Nonaka, with Mizuki & Eripon   Hopefully at least one of the above makes it into a Hello!S...

That 12/10 date in Hokkaido is somewhat worrisome but not unprecedented - the classic one being RihoGrad where they finished the "hall tour" portion in Sendai. I guess the official trend is now to put some homecoming final for the last concert before the Budokan special.  Also, Gradation w...

I feel like they typically don't do announcements at the end of tours. Sure, 10th gen showed up the day before Ai-chan was about to graduate, but the others were generally at the beginning or halfway through the tour runs - management likes to milk the "meet and greet" aspect, as they did ...

DVD is up for pre-order atE-lineup, in case you're not on Idol Swap.  I believe E-Lineup and FC-orders are pre-order only, but like the New York concert, there's a good chance that it will open up to general sales.
 
 

Rehearsal preview is up on Youtube .   I'm seeing a number of promising things, like Eripon's penchant for staged swordfighting scenes and some generally good performances from 12th gen (Haachin still has some ways to go, dammit).  Haruna was surprisingly good in those few seconds we saw of her.   S...

At the risk of sounding stupid, I'm going to say that it was a combination of both talent, hype, and handshakes.   We got 123, which admittedly was a Very New Sound, but they also marketed "Leader Sayu" as an amazing tool.  I think half the articles were given over to praising of Sayu as a...

The first singles-with-tickets were... Love Machine, Iroppoi Jirettai, and Kanashimi Twilight.
 
But that's for MM.  I vaguely remember virtually all of Berryz' early singles had handshake or meet-the-Kids events.

I thought the (updated) marker only applied to those songs that were found in the Updated Album(2013)?
 
 

And this just in: Nobody for 13th gen!

Yeah.  Based on the press con, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that at least the first 30 minutes will consist of the Tada/Frol drama, followed by unnecessary plot turns between Baceska, Frol & Tada.   ... also, no Lilium-esque (or angsty anime) ending where all hell breaks loose in the la...

More follow-up links with press con video:   Madigi JijiPress Oricon   Some summary points: It's been a long time since Duu played a feminine role - yes, the last one was Gogakuyuu in 2013. Sakura finds her wig for Frol very fitting. Maachan's two roles are a complete 360 I mean 180-degree turn from...

We heard about it in March, but at today's press conference they revealed more outfits, and the play's site is up and running.   Worth mentioning is the front poster page(s): here  and the cast here . And news articles here: Oricon  and  Dwango   Runs in Kyoto/Tokyo from June 11th through June 26th,...

They didn't put RihoGrad on livestream.  (I stayed up until 3am that night, trying to look for one, and finally crashed right at the twitter reports coming in around the encore.)  Were you thinking about the countdown concert with the ceremony proper?   I like this concert.  The setlist was fast fas...