Hip Hop. Still rather dance focused and they can let Ayumi and Erina do the rap parts to cover up the fact that they can't sing.

I think they never really liked taking risks, but now they actually have groups that are more popular than them. When they tried something slightly different in 2001 they were in no risk of fans going to the next group, but nowadays it seems like you have to be either basic or gimmick-y.   I know it...

 
Cover is out. H!P is getting crowded.

Full radio rip of The Vision.
 
It's not horrible, I'm still disappointed with the chorus though.
What's with it that MM gets shitty choruses lately?

[quote="Myst"] I also figured Maria and Akane had more footage somewhere but I couldn't find more.... I know Akane had that duet with Meimi last year and Maria had a solo. There also used to be audio from the Kenshuusei solo recitals. [/quote]   HagaTamu's Suki Sugite Baka Mitai   Maria's ...

[quote="TicTacAnyone"]
But isn't that exposure, though? I guess I should've clarified, that's what I had meant.
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Ah, then I misunderstood. I agree with you.

[quote="nosomi"] I was the one who said that  :woot: I do think they were going for Pierrot as the theme, But Pierrot outfit is very dull, mainly white. So they chose Harlequin's one, bright and colorful.   https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Tivoli_Gardens_-_Harlequi...

Lim A is ok. Rest is just a group shot with a background. I could do that in photoshop in 5 minutes. H!P, I mean it, I'd do it for free.
 
Also, is The Vision the second coming of TokiSora? The backgrounds on the B covers look like straight out of that MV.

I agree, more exposure won't really do the job. Pressure, it is. Force them to break out of their shells. Put Miki in a group with Ogata more often because she seems way too timid on her own. Make them do a sketch during an MC.   Not sure if you can improve the quality of their performances that eas...

[quote="nosomi"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="DonJuan" data-cid="196485" data-time="1460234149"> <div> Already worse than MM's Tokyo to Iu outfits? [/quote] Actually, I quite like these outfits. The ones I hate the most (got my wo...

This feels like a new low to me. At least Seishun Collection had nice outside shots (and the singing was ok).

(To be honest I mixed up Ichioka and Inoue, my bad.) Other than that, I might have thought of her because she's the next most senior to Ichioka and Kaga.   I agree with what you said about Kaga, though. Additionally it seems like the Japanese fandom doesn't find her too cute (which apparently seems...

These are the outfits for The Vision:
 

While Kaga, Inoue and Danbara are popular picks for the next debuting Kenshuusei I really wonder what they'll do with Hashimoto Nagisa. On the one hand she's already 18 and therefore too old to audition for any of the existing groups. However, she hasn't (officially?) been in any audition since S/mi...

The heavy bass effects pretty much ruined it for me. Aside from that it's fine.
 
Sadly Tokyo to iu wasn't too much for me either. Another MM single I'll probably skip.

Already worse than MM's Tokyo to Iu outfits?

I guess the lightshow in Tsugitsugi was mindblowing enough for them.

These hats are a national treasure.

...Harlekins?!


I kind of like it haha.

I see that they're keeping that style they've had since Taiki Bansei (the one similar to Lim B). It's okay I guess. Kind of sad to see Meimi mostly in the background or at the side, but on the other hand, Moe already looks so good. She looks less awkward than Maho.   Also, same goes for the MV previ...

Personally I think the new art style (as well as animation) looks much better. In general, the show and character don't look as stiff anymore (though I don't know if it was as stiff during the 2nd season, I kind of gave up at the end of the 1st). Also, that ending song sung by Michiru and Haruka - t...

I've tried it, it's fun. Nothing big, since most of the things you do is answering questions but it can be somewhat entertaining.

[quote="JoshuaJSlone"] The recent return of vinyl puzzles me. At this point even CDs feel too retro. [/quote]   Hipster movement maybe? Not sure how much it has influenced Japan though. Some people also swear that the sound quality is much better on vinyl than other media.   Why you'd need...

And here is the Type B version of Tsumetai Kaze to Kataomoi.

This is hard. While I probably prefer Shabondama in every concert over Memory Seishun no Hikari (well, except for an OG concert maybe, because regarding that DMM concert they didn't do too well with Shabondama), Memory is the better song in my opinion. The slow sax, the harmonies, the somewhat whiny...

They have some kind of project running where the girls visit schools and dance Sakura Night Fever with the students. So far they've uploaded two videos to their channel:   Ayaka and Rena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbCfhtuMVu4   Rio and Ayano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyYB0s2C7s8   Prett...

Risa has more of a wry smile in my opinion, like only one side of her mouth works. But I think I can kind of see what you mean.

I don't know, I'm probably just unfair with Ami because she never clicked with me, but I don't see much expression in Ami's face either. Maybe she gives off a better face than Riko, Risa and Kisora, but that's really not hard.

Thank you a lot. I really like reading these and I'm sure translating a whole book is a lot of work.

The preview of the Jinsei wa STEP MV has been showed on H!S today.   https://youtu.be/_x6IzhQyzE0?t=43s   I like that they're somewhat smoother dancers than the rest of H!P (they're also the most experienced of course to I kinda expect it of them). Also, in general, Jinsei wa STEP is fantastic. Simp...