Hello!Project Publication Release Project'18

[TicTacAnyone]

Did y'all see the cover they gave for Honey's photobook.... eugh...

[Anderei]

The pose is dumb but other than that it’s nice. I still like it more than swimsuit or closeup face photo number infinity.

[Anderei]

Yanagawa is releasing her first photobook on June 6th.

[DonJuan]

[quote="DonJuan"]
Yokoyama Reina - no title yet, 6/27
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Title is "THIS IS REINA". 
 
Kanazawa Tomoko visual book "tomorrow" announced for 7/2. No swimsuit shots. Looks like this is going to become a trend.
/edit: I also realized that it will be released on Tomoko's 23rd birthday. 

[Anderei]

Masaki’s photobook ranked 10 with 902 copies sold.

[DonJuan]

Wow. That's less than Maria's and around the amount of Haruna? Much less than I expected.

[Anderei]

It’s pretty on par for an H!P photobook. I have no idea why her fans thought she was gonna push thousands of copies.

[yuzuriha]

hahahahaha

[al kusanagi]

[quote="Anderei"]
Masaki’s photobook ranked 10 with 902 copies sold.
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It's a bit of a lowball because it came out on the final day of their ranking cycle and doesn't include online orders. The special edition that sold out alone was a run of 1000 copies.

[Anderei]

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Al Kusanagi" data-cid="215604" data-time="1539629173"><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="215585" data-time="1539551304">
Masaki’s photobook ranked 10 with 902 copies sold.</blockquote>It's a bit of a lowball because it came out on the final day of their ranking cycle and doesn't include online orders. The special edition that sold out alone was a run of 1000 copies.</blockquote>

Don’t most fans preorder these? If she sells another 1000, she’ll probably rank next week but she’s still not gonna sell 3-4K or anything like that. No one does.

[DonJuan]

I'm reviving this thread only to post my google sheets about photobooks:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gnrA_t5KZR-KEJoibxGx3LSoST6GLlwTChiyeizuYOg/edit?usp=sharing
 
Most H!P members from past and present, so far only missing the newest additions of ANGERME, Juice=Juice and Beyooooonds.

[DonJuan]

They're already announcing photobooks for 2021, so 2020, the year of the (solo)* photobook, seems finished.
2020 by the way only comes close to the year with the most photobook releases at 24 books. It's topped by 2007 with 25 releases.
 
*I only count solo photobooks or duo-photobooks at max (the Kobushi Greetings, the v-u-den-that-are-not-Rika, the one Kaori did with that other person). Not the Maruwakari, group or concert photobooks.
 
Let's recap the year:
 
January
[01/02] Inoue Rei - You ~You make me~
[01/07] Ishida Ayumi - believe in oneself
 
February
[02/02] Makino Maria - Maria19
 
March
[03/07] Haga Akane - Akane
 
April
[04/20] Oda Sakura - SAKURA COLOR
 
May
[05/01] Funaki Musubu - KESSYO
[05/13] Yamagishi Riko - R-21
[05/20] Miyamoto Karin - RIN
[05/28] Sasaki Rikako - Rikako -Shoujo, Dai ni Shou-
 
June
[06/12] Yamazaki Mei - Mei
[06/25] Yamazaki Yuhane - Yuhane
 
July
[07/10] Okamura Homare - Homare
 
August
[08/20] Shimakura Rika - Juukyuusai no Natsu
 
September
[09/19] Maeda Kokoro - eighteen face
[09/29] Ono Mizuho - MIZUH◎
 
October
[10/01] Morito Chisaki - Crossroads
[10/29] Kaga Kaede - Iroha Kaede
 
November
[11/12] Kitagawa Rio - First Time
[11/16] Tanimoto Ami - Am1
 
December
[12/16] Nishida Shiori - Shiori
 
To finish it off, the 2021 releases that have been announced so far:
 
[01/02] Satoyoshi Utano - Utano Biyori
[01/15] Nonaka Miki - To be myself
 
Yes, Miki is finally getting another, real photobook.

[WonderBuono]

I don’t usually care for bikini photos but Miki is looking GOOD in the previews on her Instagram ????