[quote name='alita87' post='61874' date='Mar 9 2009, 07:13 AM']But it's not just some convoluted line of reasoning, it's just culturally true. Whatever you may think of cheating, it is culturally accepted here. ... it's stating a fact. It's not to say that wives won't feel shamed or hate that they a...

After Eat You Up, I completely forgot that BoA had this whole American project. Has she been promoted at all? Was her first song successful? I've heard that Eat You Up hit #1 on the dance billboards and that her video was being projected in KTown in LA, but that is about all. Breaking into the Ameri...

[quote name='ShinUkyo' post='61755' date='Mar 7 2009, 09:46 PM']this will be the first time in history where Hellopro has ZERO solo artists of any form[/quote]



Mano Erina doesn't count?



But yes, I am sad Kirarin is gone. That was some happy fun music that not even Koharu could butcher.

[quote name='TnB' post='61749' date='Mar 7 2009, 07:46 PM']All that being said, the wife sounds like a bit of a drama queen. I can understand her being hurt and wanting to lash out, but all of the "evidence gathering" and law suit business is over the top. There is no way a judge should re...

[quote name='Madara' post='61617' date='Mar 6 2009, 01:51 PM']Don't scare me like that--with that header, I thought C-ute was disbanding! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/surprised.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':girlie:' />[/quote] I was scared they were covering N'sync.

Okada forgotten?! What? Not in Japan, at least. They have vigils in honor of her birthday each year, as well as for the day she passed away. And not just wotas, either, but vast amounts of very normal people. Well, you might argue she is more remembered for her sad, sensationalized death than her m...

I took this some time ago and am an INFJ. My boyfriend is an INTJ. Both fit us a little too well. And as you might guess from our personality types, we are the most socially retarded couple ever. http://personalitydesk.com/infj-type-description.php This website presents the INFJ in a very positive l...

I wonder if there is a common thread between all of our malformed personalities that draws us to things like H!P <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /ph34r.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':ph34r:' />

BEST THREAD EVER. I am learning so much! Does anyone know if Jidols from the 80s were popular in Asia? I'm just thinking about how huge Jpop became all over Asia by the 1990s, despite the old nationalist bitterness and racism between countries. I wish there were more in-depth fan sites online in Eng...

5w6 OH MY GOD, I am soo a Type 5= Thinkers who tend to withdraw and observe, are generally intelligent, well read and thoughtful and they frequently become experts in the areas that capture their interest. ...they feel little need to alter their beliefs to accommodate majority opinion, and they refu...

[quote name='PQ' post='61257' date='Mar 2 2009, 04:05 AM']I can see Koharu in a lot of these idols, which makes me feel like Koharu's been shoved into the classic idol mold, not that she can sing, but just the way she looks and acts makes me feel that way.[/quote] YES! I the swim suit clip, I just k...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU5GgwO-RfY...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDw33FTsnbs...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKKMoowegA...feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm1sYfzb4Ck...feature=related = this one is fun because morning musume is in the litt...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1668...-consumers.html "When it comes to adult entertainment, it seems people are more the same than different," says Benjamin Edelman at Harvard Business School. However, there are some trends to be seen in the data. Those states that do consume the ...

[quote name='Hana' post='61096' date='Feb 28 2009, 10:42 AM']Q. As a group, is this your first performance in the US? A. Yes, this is the first time. We're excited. We've always wanted to go to Amerca. We want to give a great impression.[/quote] Didn't they give a special performance for their fan c...

I guess if she has surgery to remove the bunions, she'll need a while to recover. And during that time, she can't dance or move much. My old roommate got surgery like that and she had to walk around with this ugly cast for 2-3 months. Oh well. Wasn't she in a scandal a few months ago? Like, she got ...

[quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='60809' date='Feb 24 2009, 05:37 AM'][quote name='mEri' post='60788' date='Feb 24 2009, 01:20 AM']Also, this polling is absurd. I guess they only polled singers? And from a very select audience? I can't believe that a broad survey of the most popular idols w...

[quote name='JFC' post='60739' date='Feb 23 2009, 10:08 AM']I'm mostly surprised that Otsuka didn't rank higher. I guess she hasn't been active/releasing that much recently? [quote name='EmEl' post='60703' date='Feb 22 2009, 08:20 PM']Kimura Kaela is not very attractive, is she? A google image searc...

She looks like Sayumi!!

Don't ever link to Miley Cyrus again. Please.

I...don't know why I don't like this. It isn't the anime link because I like all of Koharu's Kirarin things, voice and all. And it isn't the cutesyness because I loved Matsuura when she was, essentially, a sugar-pop robotesque idol herself. This PV has all that: cheerful! cute costumes! happy! And p...

[quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' post='60311' date='Feb 18 2009, 04:31 PM']Her Heavenly career seems to have just kept going deeper and deeper into a parody of itself, so this title doesn't even seem weird to me. This is basically what both of these personas are about, is parodying a certain type of po...

[quote name='vanillacat' post='60318' date='Feb 18 2009, 05:20 PM']Oh! I have a complaint - they have no idea how to dress poor Maasa. Either that, or she has no idea how to dress herself. Generally, they give her tent-shirts or ponchos, or oversized things that look like they came out of a maternit...

Hm where should this topic go? I am trying to assemble a good song list for exercising. H!P songs are great because I can run with the image of Reina's skinny stick legs in my mind for motivation. But actually, a lot of songs I have are not...exactly...motivating. I have too many slow songs and Aya ...

[quote name='mia-p' post='60227' date='Feb 17 2009, 08:47 PM'] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/Mia-P/ongaku_goodsal_080411_manoyossik-2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/Mia-P/20080211-kore3.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/Mia-P/20080211-kore2-1.jpg [/quote] http://img148....

See but it isn't just about ugly concert outfits. It is how ugly they are outfitted in their regular clothes. Aren't idols supposed to be fashion icons usually? Take this: http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/7528/img20090217110416484lp6.th.jpg This isn't really my style, but it is really cute and it ...

Speaking of, anyone interested in the upcoming film? I don't know how I feel about Kristen Kreuk as Chun Li...

I am totally procrastinating. Last one. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/2557/sheralr7.th.gif SheRA at http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/7270/f9271vk4.th.jpg a Western brothel = Underaged Japanese superhero cowboy whores (who confusedly shove their garters up to their armpits http://img26.imageshack....

[quote name='aine' post='60104' date='Feb 16 2009, 03:30 PM']AFGHANI ERI[/quote] <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/weeeh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Also. WTF http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7439/img20081207155653437vx7.th.jpg The first thing that ran throug...

I must be the only person who dislikes their ballads. Remioromen is great, but their ballads usually come off like generic "easy listening rock." For example, Yume no Tsubomi show cases the lead singer's unique voice but... as I listen to it, I can only picture really cheesy dramatic scene...

[quote name='vanillacat' post='60074' date='Feb 16 2009, 10:39 AM']It looks a hell of a lot like an Arabic Muslim headscarf to me. (It might be called a hijab? I'm not sure.) It's too large and loose around her head to really be a hood, plus the cloth (looks like cotton, maybe) doesn't match with he...