New opening song for 'ONE PIECE' is being sung by Yaguchi Mari and StrawHat. I'm not a fan of One Piece, but for those whose interested, here's a dl link =)
Kaze wo Sagashite.mp3 Kaze we Sagashite (Instrumental).mp3
I hope this doesn't become a usual thing! But yeah... A bit slow on the updates because well, nothing that really interests me has been happening... And B.B has also returned to her hometown across the ocean for the summer :( Aaaaanyway!!
--- Morning Musume
Morning Musume's 42nd single was announced waay back now. It is titled 'Onna ga Medatte Naze Ikenai' which roughly translates to “why is it wrong if women stand out?” Four versions of the single will be released - Regular, Limited A, Limited B and Limited C.
Release date: 10 February
The above four members of Morning Musume (Takahasi, Niigaki, JunJun & Linlin) will also be traveling to China from the 9th to the 13th of December. Oh, I guess they're already back in Japan now. LOL. Nevermind!
--- ºC-ute
A radio-rip preview to the c/w track of C-ute's upcoming single SHOCK! has been released. The track is called Ikiyouze!
Release date: 6 January
B.B said she likes the A side more. I'm pretty indifferent at the moment.
--- S/mileage
S/mileage will be releasing a Single V for their third indies single 'Suki-chan' A preview image of the cover has been released. It is said to include the PV for Suki-chan along with a Making-Of video.
Release date: 2 January
--- Guardians4
Guardians4 are to release a forth single titled 'Going On!.' They will be singing the title track while the c/w track titled 'Arigatou ~Ookiku Kansha~' will be sung by the new Shugo Chara Egg! line-up including new member Tanabe Nanami (who is freaking adorable, btw.)
Release Date: 27 January (Single V: 3 February)
--- Photobooks
Sugaya Risako Risako's 4th photobook 'Risou' was released on 27 November.
It still amazes me how mature Risako can look! But then in the sunflower pictures she is able to go back and look like a little kid!
Nakajima Saki Nacky's first photobook 'Nacky' was released on 9 December.
Although I didn't like the front cover, there are some really nice pictures in her photobook (from what I've seen.) Especially love that picture of her in the long white dress on the grass with sprinklers going off in the background.
Ishikawa Rika The cover of Ishikawa Rika's tenth photobook has been released! It is titled '24 Twenty Four' Boobies!!
I'm not really a Yaguchi fan, but I think this cover is kinda cute! It is the cover for Yaguchi Mari to Straw Hat’s single 'Kaze o Sagashite' which was used as an opening/ending theme for popular anime One Piece.
'Yaguchi Mari to Straw Hat' is the name of the Hexagon family unit, which features Yaguchi as the main singer.
Release date: 13 January
--- Damn! I hope that's it!!... Yeah, I know ManoVegetable has heaps of stuff coming out, but I'm sick of seeing her vegetable face. So no posts for her! LOL!
Btw... the new Morning Musume group artist picture is totally freaking me out... It looks SO ODD... I can't stop staring at Sayumi in the middle and it's blowing my mind! Sayumi can't be centre! It's just so messed up!! I didn't think Koharu leaving would make much difference, but it totally does! That picture doesn't look right at all!
Okay, so now I'll list some of the upcoming posts I have to do. • Kusumi Koharu's graduation memorial picspam post • Berryz Koubou's concert image collection (featuring Miya's new hair) • Still working on a Buono! history post... Now I have to add the new Bravo☆Bravo pics to it! • Christmas picspam!
Here's a clip of Morning Musume, Yaguchi Mari, Tsuji Nozomi and Berryz Koubou's TV appearance on 24 Hr TV Show. They are singing "Dekkai Uchu ni Ai ga Aru" (old song from MM).
I'm not too sure about what 24 Hr Television is all about, and I'm not that good at explaining... but I'll try.. =P
"24 Hr Television", is a show that shows once a year in August. It is a TV program that was done for a Charity Campaign in Japan. Their copy line is "The real star, is you", and the show is usually mainly focused on the handy capped people, or people whose having difficulties, and it shows all these different challenges they take and tries to encourage people to know, or understand them better. The challenges they take are all different, but every year, aside from the handy capped people's challenges, they pick one healthy person to run 24 hours/100km marathon without having any break throughout the show. This year, it was Imoto Ayako, a comedian (the lady in the clip). During those marathons, artist performs a song to cheer, and gives them support - which what MM, Yaguchi, Tsuji and Berryz were doing. People gets really moved by this show as you can imagine, and it's really big in Japan.
↓ Imoto ran 126.585 km in this show!! This is when she reached her goal XD
This is an episode of Hello Pro Hour, with OGs Yaguchi Mari and Yasuda Kei I just thought it was interesting because they were there to analyse the interaction between members in some of the previous episodes of Hello Pro Hour... (Mainly Natsumi Abe) Yeah, just watch :)
--- I guess I just like finding out who gets along in Hello Project, because they all pretend to be bum chums, but they're definitely not.
I've been waiting and waiting for someone to upload this TV show that was on recently... and someone actually did!!
Although it's not the whole show, it's really nice to see the graduates together on TV again =)
It's not subbed, but I might be able to help you out a bit with the translation X)
Translation: This one just shows the basic history of the Morning Musume and how they've got so popular. Towards the end, Producer Tsunku is talking about how Tsuji was such a trouble-maker, and that the staffs used to get so angry with her and always had to tell her off. (haha) And he refers her as a "4 or 5 years-old boy"
Translation: Here, Yanagihara Kanako (comedian) sugguests that she wants to dance to their songs together. But before they move on, Oota (comedian-Bakushoumondai) asks FUJIWARA (comedians) if they've been to their concerts. Fujimoto (FUJIWARA) says they went to Nakazawa Yuko's Graduation Concert. He says how his comedian partner Haranishi shouted "Yu-chan don't graduate~!" although he didn't know anything about her back then and that it was the very first concert live they've been to. (then everybody laughed) Moving on, they've danced "Renai Revolution 21" together XP (so funny!) After their dances, they kept going on about how it's really tough to dance and sing at the same time and that Morning Musume was/is amazing!
Translation: After going back through their memories, they've spotted on Tsuji again. Yaguchi says: "When I used to be the leader of Mini Moni, I couldn't see Tsuji as a human being. She was a MONSTER. She used to cry about everything, and I used to scold her everyday. I tell her to not make the same mistake every again, but she does the same thing the very next day." Oota: "For example?" Yaguchi: "For example, she doesn't listen when people are talking. Even at meetings she keeps eating snacks. So I tell her off, but then she cries. After seeing her crying every single time, I've decided not to be deceived by her tears anymore. And after training myself to think like that, even NOW, I don't feel anything when she cries. For me, it was/is a trauma X( " (haha) Then she kept going on about how she was like about to meet her parents and say "sorry for scolding so much, but it's for her own good". (lol) And that's when she knew how Nakazawa (the leader back then) felt as a leader. Oota goes: "Do you remember any of this?" Tsuji: "Yes, I do remember. I was scolded everyday. She used to scold me so much that in my mind it was just like "oh, she's angry again" (hahaha) Oota: "So her scolding didn't mean anything!" (lol) Then they kept going on and on about how she has successfully managed to get married and have baby and live her own life as an adult and as a mother. Tsuji goes: "Now that I'm a mother, I can now understand how Yaguchi used to scold me just like a "mother". When I used to be in Morning Musume, I didn't really get to see my mother that much, so Yaguchi has treated me well just like a real "mother". (Aww..)
Wow. I didn't thik it'd be this long, but I hope it helped and I hope it makes sense... XP haha Enjoy.