Morning Musume 9th gen audition + mass graduation

[yuzuriha]

[quote name='Madara' post='88906' date='Dec 12 2010, 07:35 PM'][quote name='freezingkiss' post='88837' date='Dec 12 2010, 05:40 AM']Will they release a single with only the 5 of them? That I would LOVE to see before they add the new members. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' />[/quote]



Ai no Tane Redux



...and they each have to sell 10,000 copies before UFA will sign their new contract.

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That would actually be really cool.



MOOHAHAHA



It makes me sad that i really don't give a shit anymore now that the last member I cared anything about is gone. I was thinking about how sad I am about this today.



<img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/meh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';/' /> <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/meh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';/' /> <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/meh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';/' />

[Shoujo Q]

[quote name='iDOL1641' post='88907' date='Dec 12 2010, 07:09 PM'][quote name='eri' post='88904' date='Dec 12 2010, 11:18 PM'][quote name='Special Needs Tricycle' post='88843' date='Dec 11 2010, 05:14 PM']First gen is the worst gen of MM and I will accept no arguments otherwise.[/quote]

I guess everyone is entitled to his/her own opinions but....in what universe does Koharu Kusumi trump OG Nacchi??? <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hatthe.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> haha



I just heard that S/mileage is opening for the graduation concert. Thats kind of got to hurt...As much as I like S/mileage, I feel like mm has been left behind and all these new groups are getting major promotion. It almost seems like a snub, like "haha THIS is why you've got to leave the idol world."

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Well, S/mileage is still up and comming. I guess it's easier to promote a new act than and act that has been around for 13+ years.

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I see this in the same way. The graduation concert is going to be live on television so why not pimp the new H!P act at the same time? It's free publicity for them.

[EmEl]

Yeah, opening acts have always traditionally been, well, not the main acts. I don't see it as a slight at all, it's using Morning Musume to make S/mileage more popular. And who's leaving the idol world? This isn't Morning Musume's graduation. It's Eri's and some Chinese chicks' graduation

[tsukinobyouin]

The graduation day is sadly upon us. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />



Has anyone heard anything about whether or not JunLin's blogs will continue after they leave? I see that JunJun has been posting "Japanese Ver." and "Chinese Ver." of her entires (though they obviously aren't exactly the same, as the pictures are different). I hope she keeps doing that though if they continue, no one has been translating the Chinese entries since the graduation was announced. Would anyone be interested in back translations of the Japanese entries as a little last-hurrah for her graduation? LinLin seems to only do hers in Chinese, and translations of hers dropped off after the grad announcement too <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='=3=' />

[BonkyuAsh]

I'm freakin excited for the graduation! I'm so ready for something new.

[al kusanagi]

It's over and with nary a damned dirty 9th gen member announced.



Bitch better be up on the trackers with the quickness, yo.

[rob]

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89090' date='Dec 15 2010, 09:56 PM']It's over and with nary a damned dirty 9th gen member announced.



Bitch better be up on the trackers with the quickness, yo.[/quote]



nary....?

[Ap2000]

[quote name='rob' post='89091' date='Dec 15 2010, 02:01 PM'][quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89090' date='Dec 15 2010, 09:56 PM']It's over and with nary a damned dirty 9th gen member announced.



Bitch better be up on the trackers with the quickness, yo.[/quote]



nary....?

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That word is new to me too, but according to my dictionary it means something like "not a single one".

[surasshu]

[al kusanagi]

They're doing two Bijo Gaku episodes about the auditions. I don't know if the winners will be announced, but probably they'll introduce the finalists and then reveal the members at the HP winter gig on January 2nd.



I would have been pretty pissed had they been introduced at the graduation since it should have been all about EriJunLin.

[eri]

Good! I LOVE audition episodes - they are so fun/funny. I only wish they would spend real time on the auditions instead of splicing little clips here and there into the shows.



Do you know when those episodes will air?

[Ap2000]

H!O has pictures of the concert up:

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=...&topic=1201



Quite a big concert hall I have to say. Looks like a stadium.



EDIT:

Also, some videos have surfaced on yt;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5V8ITCzPR4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFu8JAGJaLw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo8vgC_qYjQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_wzfR9APRc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8RgQ4gA1V8

[al kusanagi]

[quote name='eri' post='89132' date='Dec 15 2010, 02:21 PM']Good! I LOVE audition episodes - they are so fun/funny. I only wish they would spend real time on the auditions instead of splicing little clips here and there into the shows.



Do you know when those episodes will air?[/quote]



It's this week's episode (16th) and then the 23rd.

[tsukinobyouin]

There are some photos up at SayuNii as well. It's nice to see Maki sent flowers, even if it was possibly just a publicity move from her management.

[al kusanagi]

Now this is how you start a freakin' concert!

[Ap2000]

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89139' date='Dec 15 2010, 08:33 PM']Now this is how you start a freakin' concert![/quote]



Reminded me a bit of After School's Bang!



Great intro.

[neshcom]

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89139' date='Dec 15 2010, 02:33 PM']Now this is how you start a freakin' concert![/quote]

What's with the Rival Survival graphic? I thought that was Berryz?

[Haru]

[quote name='///' post='89100' date='Dec 15 2010, 10:10 AM']And all. (Having issues with weird symbols appearing in the copy-paste... the essential info is there anyway though)[/quote]



Check your unicode settings. If it's not already there, switch over to Shift-JIS. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':lol:' />



HOLY SHIT dat opening. Incredible.

If only they had opened Genki Pikapikka like that. Having "Moonlight Night" as the opening was a waste because of the horrible choreography and even worse costumes.

[mrsross]

And they're gone along with my dream of Ai, Eri, Risa, and LinLin doing a cover of Uchuu de La Ta Ta. I saw some of the videos and it looks like a great concert. Can't wait for it to come out.

[EmEl]

[quote name='Ap2000' post='89133' date='Dec 15 2010, 01:22 PM']Quite a big concert hall I have to say. Looks like a stadium.[/quote]

It was Yokohama Arena, yes.



[quote name='Haru' post='89159' date='Dec 15 2010, 02:45 PM'][quote name='///' post='89100' date='Dec 15 2010, 10:10 AM']And all. (Having issues with weird symbols appearing in the copy-paste... the essential info is there anyway though)[/quote]



Check your unicode settings. If it's not already there, switch over to Shift-JIS. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':sad:' />

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No, I'm pretty sure it's that same old issue with the bbs not liking long strings of Japanese. You just gotta put a fake bbcode in the middle of the line and it works fine.



[quote name='eri' post='89132' date='Dec 15 2010, 01:21 PM']Do you know when those episodes will air?[/quote]

Nobody listens to me when I talk (write).

[quote name='Em-El' post='88784' date='Dec 10 2010, 02:50 AM']The show's official site says that the audition footage will be on 12/16 and 12/23 episodes.[/quote]

[Pucchi-Mo]

[quote name='neshcom' post='89158' date='Dec 15 2010, 03:44 PM'][quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89139' date='Dec 15 2010, 02:33 PM']Now this is how you start a freakin' concert![/quote]

What's with the Rival Survival graphic? I thought that was Berryz?

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They had a split A-side called Rival, what else makes that Berryz related?

Seems all MM to me.



[quote name='rob' post='89091' date='Dec 15 2010, 08:01 AM'][quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89090' date='Dec 15 2010, 09:56 PM']It's over and with nary a damned dirty 9th gen member announced.[/quote]

nary....?

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Nary is like Nashi-chan from the first attempt at the 7th gen audition.



*Jaw dropped at the Souda! intro*

[Pflaume]

Linlin trips over an amp and Eri drops something into her boots. Onna to Otoko is a bad luck song.



Edit: And Aika loses her footing. THE SONG IS HAUNTED.



We should have a viewing party. I've only watched Onna to Otoko in full so far.

[al kusanagi]

I'm still waiting for the whole damn thing to show up. Something like a half dozen bloody AKB appearances from last night have shown up on the tracker, but the biggest graduation in MM history is nowhere to be found. It would be one thing if it was a regular concert, but it was broadcast on TV and parts of it are online, so the whole thing has to be out there.



Also, if it is being put up in bits and pieces, why the hell hasn't the graduation ceremony been put up yet? That's the most important part.



Futtbuckers.

[alita87]

The concert last night was great, as were all the wotas (both those who I knew and those who I just met) who happily thanked us as about 100 of us participated in giving out glow sticks before the concert. It was super long though and though Aika was technically supposed to be off stage by 9pm, I guess until 10 pm can be forgiven so they cut it super close with the concert ending at 9:50.



As for the broadcast not being on tracker, it probably shouldn't be. When the DVD is sent to many of us in two weeks yes, but otherwise the broadcast was only for cable subscribers here so it is a bit unfair to spread it freely so quickly. Hell, even broadcasting a graduation live is a bit strange to me as it takes away the meaning of going to the concert for some. I thought it would have been better to do a Ustream of the concert earlier in the tour, maybe in September when they wore these cute little Tanuki outfits for the encore instead of their Onna to Otoka costumes, though those were done up special for the graduation. Anyways my main point of the broadcast isn't whether or not it should be shared but actually that it may be incomplete no matter what. It was slotted to end at 9:30, with something most likely set to broadcast right after that, so many of us wonder if it would have just cut when it hit that point or if it continued to the end.



Eri's graduation song dress was a bit of a strange choice compared to Jun and Lin's picks of ballroom dresses, but ah the girl has always been a special one. Also, Tsunku is a total pimp. He was leaving from the side we were on way up in the stands and he always does this look up and sort of half wave to the audience before pulling his cap down and heading out with his bodyguards.

[al kusanagi]

I "watched" the concert live because some guy on twitter posted screen shots of it ever 15-30 seconds, and it was the whole thing (possibly without the S-mileage part). And if it was a DVD only, I would patiently wait, but it was broadcast on TV, which makes it fair game, cable or not.

[Haru]

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89208' date='Dec 15 2010, 06:02 PM']Futtbuckers.[/quote]



Was that an Idiocracy reference I've just caught?



I am so stupid...uh...what was Eri's graduation song?

[mrsross]

[quote name='Haru' post='89231' date='Dec 16 2010, 02:41 AM'][quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89208' date='Dec 15 2010, 06:02 PM']Futtbuckers.[/quote]



Was that an Idiocracy reference I've just caught?



I am so stupid...uh...what was Eri's graduation song?

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From what I heard, Haru Beautiful Everyday. JunJun sung Furusato and LinLin sung Watarasebashi.

[EmEl]

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' post='89208' date='Dec 15 2010, 06:02 PM']Also, if it is being put up in bits and pieces, why the hell hasn't the graduation ceremony been put up yet? That's the most important part.[/quote]

Huge files seem to take longer. If someone did record the whole thing, then it's probably out there on Share or something but as a superhuge TS file that foreign people are still finishing before it can be spread to the foreign trackers. And if it is out there like that, I too wonder why the ceremony part wasn't put up (unless of course they did cut it of which would be pretty hilarious. I mean what else would Sky Perfect 3D Channel 169 or whatever really need to show?)

[Pucchi-Mo]

[quote name='alita87' post='89219' date='Dec 15 2010, 07:59 PM']As for the broadcast not being on tracker, it probably shouldn't be. When the DVD is sent to many of us in two weeks yes, but otherwise the broadcast was only for cable subscribers here so it is a bit unfair to spread it freely so quickly. Hell, even broadcasting a graduation live is a bit strange to me as it takes away the meaning of going to the concert for some.[/quote]



Cable subscribers didn't get their service solely for that concert, what makes it so significant that you need to impersonate a piracy warning?



If you were not able to go, are you saying that you wouldn't appreciate the fact that they thought about you and provided a live broadcast? A live concert broadcast takes away meaning of the actual experience about as much as watching a parade on TV.



There is no substitute for a concert experience.What meaning can a TV viewing possibly take away?

[eri]

I can't wait to hear LinLin cover Watarasebashi - one of my favorite songs by the lovely Chisato Moritaka.