Oh, I don't doubt there are people who are saying this. What are they basing this opinion on? Other than wish-casting, I mean.

Well yeah, why wouldn't they use the number for live appearances? That would make even less sense than adding the number to begin with.

So through hard work, inspired song writing and a bit of proper promotion, they manage to resurrect the diseased, rotting carcass of Morning Musume, turn it into a viable idol-force to be reckoned with, and their next step is to change the fucking name? Who is the high-functioning retard that came u...

[quote="aine"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="tangerine" data-cid="168139" data-time="1386764656"> This week's episode! 00:01~ Morning Musume. '14 comment about their name change (apparently to make it easier for people to remember ...

BABYMETAL is the shit.

[quote="Shoujo Q"] Hyadin has a chat with Tsunku. H!O translated it. [/quote]   Best line of the interview: " Hyadain: Michishige-san's voice carries well on Auto-Tune."   LMAO   Also, Tsunku is a great interview. I don't know if he's really as genuinely and enthusiastically open...

[quote="AurA"] If Reina didn't want to wear cat ears she would take them off...who's going to stop the whole show to make sure Reina has cat ears on? [/quote]   They wouldn't stop a show, but they sure as fuck would stop a photo shoot. And if she was told to leave the cat ears on during a ...

We will never agree on this. It's a legitimately very good pop album -- well above average at worst. One of the better albums from a Korean pop act I've ever heard.

Are there people who honestly believe that Reina gets to choose her own wardrobe for official events and photos? You realize this isn't a real rock band, right? These are idols play acting at being a band. Shit, Lovendor is less a band than ZONE was, and no way did ZONE choose their own outfits. I c...

[quote="Anderei"] Even the best SNSD albums have just been mediocre filler packaged with strong singles, [/quote]   Not their first Japanese album. That only had like two shit songs and the rest was fucking gold.   But really, this isn't isolated to SNSD, it's just how the Korean pop music...

[quote="Petit Melon"]   I don't understand these women that get jealous over celebrities. It's a silly fantasy. Maybe it's due to conservative thinking (i.e. it's sinful to lust for other people) or lack of self confidence?   [/quote]   It's the latter. Jealousy is always a result of a lac...

Oh, I don't know about that. Tsuji seems to have had the full K-idol treatment at least.

I broke my personal rule of not listening to live rips of new songs and was immediately reminded of why I don't. I can't tell a damn thing about the song from that mess.

[quote="Anderei"] I feel bad too. Having an affair is sleazy, but I don't think it should be a complete career destroyer. People are acting like she murdered someone.   Plus, she's 30 and has been doing this since she was 15. She doesn't even know how to do anything else. [/quote]   I don'...

[quote="Haru"]
Her fault.
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Pretty much. I'm not sure who will have her on the respectable side of the industry, either. You can't swing a dead cat in Japan without hitting a former idol, so it's not like she's in any way irreplaceable. Plus, outta sight, outta mind.

Is Anime News Network a reliable source? Because they are reporting that the Guch has formally retired from the entertainment industry altogether.

[quote="Al Kusanagi"] Sayu is officially the greatest Morning Musume member of all time.   Pretty sure her record will hold until the end of time. [/quote]   Who would have thought ten years ago that Sayu would eventually outlast everyone else in the MM? The group will probably disband bef...

[quote="Anderei"] A little more in depth info: It's backed by Diamond Blog. It's supposedly going to be crowd-sourced. "Fans will submit lyrics, music, costume design, etc, and it will be voted for online." They're looking for 2 to 4 members, aged 15-21. Will be taking requests f...

[quote="Afternoon Mimolette"] 4 members, including herself, but there will be 4 girls? Who is the 4th? Also, why is the age limit so low? A 15 year old working alongside Kago would just be strange at this point... [/quote]   You mean like a 12 year old Kago working along side a 27 year old...

I'm not seeing it. I really don't care either way, but it's odd that they would grill one of the members who doesn't show any signs of it at all.
 
Tsuji  looks like she's had a lot of work done.

[quote="Pucchi mo"]
Seems almost like Berryz's style of goofy.
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That's the feel I got from it, too.

I actually checked the rules before replying here, and I didn't see anything about that. Is there another set of rules I should be aware of?

Just curious, why is it necessary to postpone conversation of an upcoming release until covers or sound clips are released?

What is the total number sold thus far?

[quote="Matt"] I liked LinLin and JunJun, I was hoping they would go back to China and become Mando-Pop stars.  The only Mando-pop star I like is Yuki Hsu from Taiwan and she is now bankrupt, I always pick the winners. [/quote]   Yuki Hsu was the shit. Super cute. She either got fucked ove...

That's a great interview with Tsunku. He's pretty candid about a lot of stuff, or at least seems to be. A few things stood out to me.   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote">── Do you really want to be strict with them? (Talking about their dancing) Tsunku♂：Yes. In movements, sometimes they ar...

[quote="Anderei"] That they auditioned specifically for this makes me think that maybe they aren't interested in actually writing and composing their own stuff. [/quote]   At the very least, it shows that they understand that writing for Lovendor is out of the question.   This entire proje...

[quote="Anderei"] I think it's very mixed. I've seen that he's had the bassist from L'arc-en-Ciel and a dude from Nightmare but at the same time, one of the regulars on his show is a chick from Idoling!!!. He's also had SCANDAL on, and C-ute have been guests before. [/quote]   Then he was ...

Without knowing what Nishikawa is like or what kind of acts he normally has on his show, it's hard to say. If he only has rock acts on, then it would appear that Upfront thought they'd get Lovendor some easy cred by booking them on his show, not thinking that he wouldn't treat them with idol kid glo...

TM Revolution's Takanori Nishikawa apparently put the girls on the spot when they were on his TV show last month, basically asking why they're playing shitty oldies and acting like an idol group instead of rocking out and being a proper rock band with a drummer and bassist, and pushing back against ...