TV / Radio Produce 48 (2018/06/15 - 2018/08/31)

glad you brought this up. mako fans mentioned her neoguri costume for her introduction video and did her pick me pose

 

Yeah, even the ithebigc got Sakura to make the pose with the hands for a picture.

It really is stupid to not let the girls talk about the show, but I guess they don't want them to spill any of the T?
Like, they could complain about being in F or B or whatever, hence spoiling the show.

Still, having Cocona and Azusa with those random pictures is a spoiler itself lol

 

i don't get it.
where are Murakawa Bibian and Yamada Noe?
they are missing from the official site and they don't have introduction videos either. what's going on?
http://produce48.mnet.com/pc/vote
https://www.youtube.com/user/PlayMnet/videos

you can clearly see them in this vid:

if the video does not show watch the video here

 

Quite a few 48G members are still missing from the site. They will be in the next batch I guess, or in one of them eventually. Not all profiles are being released at once.

 

Mnet has just released AKB48 and NMB48 profiles.

 

My God they look a lot better with Korean style makeup. I've never liked the Japanese style because it's so plain, but I don't like American style either because it's so heavy.

 

The best dance cover

if the video does not show watch the video here

Spoiler

the choreo is so complex like Nayana, no wonder most of 48G got mental breakdown during 1st recording

 

What exactly do you find to be the difference? I feel like the pd48 style is pretty natural too.

 

They will add more profiles in the next days.
Starting tomorrow 12 am KST. (If I'm not wrong)

 

Somehow I kinda feel 50-50 w the debut performance. I mean, it's too perfect to the point where I cannot feel 48g's unique charm although Sakura is the center?

How do I explain this properly. I mean, I am used to AKB's girl next door image and the rawness that they give out when they perform.

While with Kpop, you could have perfection and knife cut like choreos. The group are so professional in what they do to the point it becomes somewhat mechanical (?).

Both are good on it's own but if you slab that mechanical like perfection on a raw group like AKB, it feels like something is off.
Two good things mixed together doesn't make one good all together.

But that is just me though. Can't wait for the first episode to air and I hope the girls would be able to finish the show properly without getting injured physically or mentally

 

I would actually agree with that, now that I think of it, Jurina, Sakura and Miru are high aiming people and it probably would make sense for them to aim for those high seats. And since they have already ranked high in the senbatsu, it wouldn't exactly be overconfident for them to think like that too. They will probably feel that they have something to prove and theres where the story for them 3 will begin. The Korean trainees will probably have the Underdog since they would be competing with Jpop heavy weights.

If any AKB member is going to take that #1 spot (and im not sayings its likely),then I would probably put my money on Sakura. She does seem like the over competitive type at times (in a good way)

=============== Edit

That is true, both have their different styles but in the end, I think this is just going to be a 100% Kpop debut, without any AKB cultural influence (other than the members themselves). Which means that members will probably have to adapt to that completely. But on the bright side, Kpop does have a larger following internationally and so it could be much more beneficial. But for members like Sakura, Miru and Jurina. They are pretty much already at the top so the benefit might not be that much in reality.

But for members such as Oda, Moe, Erii and others. What do they have to lose? They haven't got that much going on at AKB and so something like this is a huge oppurtunity.

 

Only wotas value the “raw feeling” of a less than perfect, or downright incompetent, performance, but the rest of the world likes clean-cut movements and impeccable choreos. For the years of “training” (which is really for them years of professional career) the 48G girls are expected to be top of the game, especially since their professional careers have gone longer than most of the Korean girls’. It is to be expected that they give no less than the best of their effort to show for it, and we know they have that talent, because we’ve seen it. If the girls give less than competent performances they will be severely criticized as Japanese representatives. With the group’s reputation as it is, I don’t think it’s a good idea to go that route.


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I just watched the PR videos of the girls that I'm interested in... Watching Uuka's & Myao's give me second-hand embarrassment when they show their 'superior' dance skill. Uuka dancing Must be now, and Myao dancing End roll. I know they can dance well, especially Uuka, but those two songs are wrong decision imo, because it didn't show their skills at all. Only a few 48 songs have intricate & good choreography, and even if they have, it needs to be performed in a team to show the intricacy of the dance. Watching the solo version of the dance makes me realize how different it is when it's performed in a team. It looks reaaaally easy & simple. Freestyle dance would be a better choice.

 

The choreo looks far more complicated than I thought.I guess it must have been though to learn it in a short amount of time

 

Sakura is the center and even her profile has yet to be added. It's coming out in batches, so just wait patiently.

 

How I think Mnet Might make the final group.

Spoiler: Option A

6 Korean Contestants/6 Japanese contestants. 12 member team.

Spoiler: Option B

6 Korean Contestants/6 Japanese contestants are the A team/Primary team. 14 other girls can be the B team/Secondary team. They both promote in opposite countries and switch back and forth. Maybe once a year they can have a Senbastu to see if any of the girls from B team can move up to A team or something?

 

Haven't been following much of this thread recently and not planning to back track so just...

One quick question.

In the twitter profile introduction, they detail their trainee period...so does this mean they have been secretly going to extra Korean language classes / dancing practices to prepare for this project?

If so does this mean this project has been planned 10 years+ ago?? Because Myao is stated to have been a trainee for 10 years and 8 months lololol

https://twitter.com/allpd101/status/995140993874710529

 

Yeah, I noticed too. But they call this time period as "training period". It's just weird. Are they trying to imply that the time in AKB was just a preparation for this show? Or it's just their way of framing things in the produce101 way as in "been in the industry for xx years"? In 48G term training period means "KKS period" as we all know what that means.

 

Mayo senpai got 10 years plus idols experiences and I don't think they should put that as her trainee time unless you are Jihyo(Twice)