When ever °C-ute has a reunion concert I hope I can be there for it!  That would be a "bucket list" project for me.   I still watch their concerts & vids everyday.  The above video of Chisa's FC event is great!  Kanna's smile is as dazzling as ever, and Erika's t-shirt  at 14:41 has a ...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Valerie" data-cid="201879" data-time="1478355547"> I'm actually really sad about this. I hated Momoko in BK, but in Country Girls she became one of my favourites. Now I'm sad.</blockquote> I understand what you ar...

Mexico City.  Well that is just great (not!).  Might as well be Mars. Only 1150 tickets for the whole concert hall?!  WTF?!!!  I could sell more tickets than that here in "fly-over" country middle America! There has got to be some very rich °C-ute fan paying for everything 'cause they sure...

Very early on in my H!P fandom the strawberry blond headed girl in Aaa would always make me do a double take.  Was she white?  Was she a halfie?  Nope.  It was Miyabi Natsuyaki   http://eclecticfire.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/aa.jpg?w=293&h=420 <img height="583" src="http://img1....

[quote="strawberryjam"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">Anyone can apply if you’re a single girl from 10～17 years old, regardless of nationality。   </blockquote> regardless of nationality regardless of nationality regardless of nationality   [/quote] From everything I have re...

[quote="Thea"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Saya" data-cid="173438" data-time="1394869235"> <div>   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="173434" data-time="1394868278...

I look at it from the bright side.  They finished the week at #2.  This forum predicted #3 for °C-ute in a tuff release week, so, #2 ain't so bad after all.  http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2014-03-17/   Hopefully with a Reebok promos they will get more record sales out there next time.   Here is ...

[quote="smtmissin"]
I can't believe this single sells less than their last single. Love take it all can rival Kiss me Aishiteru which I believe to be their best single.
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I don't know what to say.  Speechless.


 

Q beat me to it!  Haha!   °C-ute's Fabulous Five are #1!!  http://www.tnsori.com/archives/52003160.html
 
This week's total 61,350 thus far!  Yea! 

I have always considered Tsunku a music genius.  Maybe a flawed genius, but a genius none the less.  Who in the world has ever written and produced as many top ten singles as Tsunku has?    This is seriously terrible.   Here is to hoping (and praying) he overcomes this and has a long life ahead of h...

[quote="smtmissin"] 37,147 first day sales, a bit disappointing comparing to the last single. Not enough promotions maybe? Because the songs are great! But perhaps because of the shitty Love take it all MV [/quote] That put them in second place didn't it?   I think first place sold over 10...

[quote="Shoujo Q"]
You know you've made it to the big times once fans start making 8-bit versions of your songs.
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Sweet!

 

Yes, it does!  Thank you!

[quote="Madara"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="172649" data-time="1393573097"> <div> I've never understood outfits that show off the area between the stomach and the bust, but they're still cute: http://i.imgur.c...

[quote="smtmissin"] I always hope that C-ute can sell to general public as well, not just fan. If they want so, they should really upgrade their MV. The public want to see something fun and creative in the MV, unlike fans like us, who are satisfied with just looking at the girls and their ...

[quote="aine"]   The young'uns here have no idea about the cultural significance of Tsunku Flowers . :nono: :hmph:   [/quote]   Except for "Single Bed", I have never seen any of Sharam Q's work.  That was very funny!  There has got to be more to this story.  Did Tsunku and co. ma...

[quote="Valerie"] It's okay! But it might be easier to find now. I think one of th translation blogs did it, like wota in translation or something! [/quote]   [quote="Star"] Yes, it was on wota in translation. [/quote] Yep!  Here it is!!  http://wotaintranslation.com/2014/02/03/i...

[quote="Mugi"]
Love take it all is so perfect I can't even think right now.  Love the song and really for an mv all I need is for the girls to look amazing and they do!  Maimai just keeps getting prettier.
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They all do! 

 

[quote="Valerie"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sheikhyerbutay" data-cid="172484" data-time="1393304763"> <div>   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Meikochi" data-cid="172457" data-time=&q...

[quote="arcobaleno"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="172478" data-time="1393285432"> <div>   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Haru" data-cid="172446" data-time="1393...

[quote="Anderei"] Keep in mind that in 2004, the H!P Kids were all super young and lived at home. So it's not as if they'd get paid a lot or need to be paid a lot to even support themselves. [/quote] Good point.  I didn't think of that.  They were still in training for a long ten year haul...

[quote="Thea"] Wait wait wait wait wait wait. What is this HelloStoreUSA? [/quote]   [quote="Saya"] It was H!P's official goods store that sold stuff online in the US (I can't recall if they did international shipping or not). But they closed it down last year :( They weren't ver...

[quote="Meikochi"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sheikhyerbutay" data-cid="172438" data-time="1393257640"> <div> Is there a base salary? [/quote]   I already wondered about that but I only found a few answers on different websites,...

I am buying it!

I have often wondered about compensation for H!P members.  (If this is an old topic, please direct me to the original conversation.)   It looks like they have very little control over much of anything.  Tsunku writes almost all songs, so they have no creative input there.   How long they stay is sub...

[quote="Shoujo Q"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sheikhyerbutay" data-cid="172281" data-time="1393036537"> <div>   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Shoujo Q" data-cid="171439" data-time=&...

[quote="Thea"] Sorry for double.  =3=  So, I just happened to find the source of my first venture into JPop, and technically the first item of my collection.   http://i61.tinypic.com/dr9y85.jpg   Old and battered. Bought sometime in 2008-2009. This is when my H!P obsession began. [/quote] ...

[quote="Shoujo Q"] It was hard to notice when they did the live performance (and you didn't know what they were saying), but the dance shot flows with the lyrics so well. Having watched the MV for Diet about 100 times (exaggerated, it was probably 10), small gestures they do watch what the...

[quote="Ap2000"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="sheikhyerbutay" data-cid="172223" data-time="1392981592"> <div>     The perpetual use of the Peace sign.   [/quote]   That's something everybody does in Japan and especially idols.   <...

[quote="NekoKai"] What were Tsunku's appeals for peace?  Do you have any sources?   I found intelligent life in Congress: "“There are always unfortunate statements and unfortunate comments even among the best of friends, and this is something that is going to have to be worked out and...