[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

only 1 member from HKT? damn, that's kinda sad if it's true. At least put Meru in.

 

Who's going to win the World Cup final, Germany or Argentina?

 

do they have any new shows planned?

 

There's been an announcement today about a VR Live Distribution service in conjunction with SoftBank which offers a 'front row experience' of 48Group Theater shows:
https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12567500814.html

As I understand it, fans can buy VR goggles for 4,500 JPY each at the Group Shop:
https://shopping.akb48-group.com/selection/detail/1/84997?mmGS200116_1=html_content_banner

I think you then have to pay to watch each show but until the service starts on 2/3 it's possible to watch for free the AKB48 Theater 14th Anniversary Special Commemorative Performance held on 12/8. (Presumably this service is only available within Japan.) There was a media launch today involving Yukirin, Dasu, Mirurun, Mikurin, Hinatan and Yumirin:


if the video does not show watch the video here

if the video does not show watch the video here

EDIT: another video:


if the video does not show watch the video here

 

You get 1 month free watching if you get the pack, but after that you will automatically become paid member unless you cancel the subscription - so I guess that means it wouldn't be pay per view but rather a monthly membership price.

 

The monthly price is 3300 yen for one group or 8400 yen for all three (just AKB48, SKE48, and NGT48 for now).
https://www.softbank.jp/corp/news/press/sbkk/2020/20200116_01/

 

Just wondering, did anyone make a thread for "Hopes, Fears, and Predictions for 2020"? There was one for each previous years, but I can't seem to find one for 2020. If there isn't any, maybe we can make one? Even though we're in January already but it's still just the beginning of the year.

 

@Mana
Check this

 

Article from Smart FLASH about Liverpool FC's newly-signed Japanese international player Minamino Takumi in which he says that when he was 15-16 he was a big fan of AKB48 and when he was a young footballer on overseas expeditions he used to bring AKB48 goods with him to give to foreign players:

https://smart-flash.jp/sports/91026

 

KeyHolder Special SUPERLIVE 2020
At the Yokohama Arena, on March 14th.

http://www.ske48.co.jp/news/?id=1579262533

■イベントタイトルおよび開催日時
「KeyHolder Special SUPERLIVE 2020」
神奈川県/横浜アリーナ
・2020年3月14日（土）開場12:00 / 開演13:30

＜出演メンバー＞
【ＳＫＥ４８】
全メンバー（10期生含む）(all members, including the 10th generation)

【ＡＫＢ４８】
西川怜　向井地美音　横山由依　峯岸みなみ　大盛真歩　武藤十夢　岩立沙穂　柏木由紀
久保怜音　岡田奈々　村山彩希　山内瑞葵　岡部麟　小栗有以　倉野尾成美　坂口渚沙
Nishikawa Rei, Mukaichi Mion, Yokoyama Yui, Minegishi Minami, Omori Maho, Muto Tomu, Iwatate Saho, Kashiwagi Yuki, Kubo Satone, Okada Nana, Murayama Yuiri, Yamauchi Mizuki, Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Kuranoo Narumi, Sakaguchi Nagisa

【ＮＭＢ４８】
梅山恋和　小嶋花梨　渋谷凪咲　上西怜　白間美瑠　村瀬紗英　山本彩加　吉田朱里　
他（計16名出演）
（一部メンバーは改めてご案内致します）
Umeyama Cocona, Kojima Karin, Shibuya Nagisa, Jonishi Rei, Shiroma Miru, Murase Sae, Yamamoto Ayaka, Yoshida Akari

【ＨＫＴ４８】
神志那結衣　田島芽瑠　田中美久　豊永阿紀　松岡菜摘　渡部愛加里　運上弘菜　渕上舞
村重杏奈　本村碧唯　小田彩加　松岡はな　松本日向　宮﨑想乃　石橋颯　水上凜巳花
Kojina Yui, Tashima Meru, Tanaka Miku, Toyonaga Aki, Matsuoka Natsumi, Watanabe Akari, Unjo Hirona, Fuchigami Mai, Murashige Anna, Motomura Aoi, Oda Ayaka, Matsuoka Hana, Matsumoto Hinata, Miyazaki Sono, Ishibashi Ibuki, Mizukami Rimika

【ＮＧＴ４８】
荻野由佳　小熊倫実　角ゆりあ　清司麗菜　中井りか　奈良未遥　西潟茉莉奈　西村菜那子
本間日陽　安藤千伽奈　小越春花　川越紗彩　小見山沙空　富永夢有　藤崎未夢　古舘葵
Ogino Yuka, Oguma Tsugumi, Kado Yuria, Seiji Reina, Nakai Rika, Nara Miharu, Nishigata Marina, Nishimura Nanako, Homma Hinata, Ando Chikana, Ogoe Haruka, Kawagoe Saaya, Komiyama Sara, Tominaga Yui, Fujisaka Miyu, Furutate Aoi

【ＳＴＵ４８】
石田千穂　石田みなみ　磯貝花音　今村美月　岩田陽菜　大谷満理奈　甲斐心愛　門脇実優菜
榊美優　新谷野々花　瀧野由美子　田中皓子　中村舞　福田朱里　矢野帆夏　薮下楓
Ishida Chiho, Ishida Minami, Isogai Kanon, Imamura Mitsuki, Iwata Hina, Otani Marina, Kai Kokoa, Kadowaki Miyuna, Sakaki Miyu, Shintani Nonoka, Takino Yumiko, Tanaka Kouko, Nakamura Mai, Fukuda Akari, Yano Honoka, Yabushita Fu

Oh boy...

 

Great !
Let's have the european clubs buy more japanese players if Football becomes the medium for AKB48 exportation

 

There will be 16 total, they'll announce the rest later.

 

There's an English-language article published today in the Japan Times about recent stories in the Japanese media. One was about the Oya Soichi Library in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward which compiled a year-by-year listing of the 10 most popular search requests during the Heisei Era. Only one entity, AKB48, topped the library's listing for three consecutive years in 2011-13 and it also came second in 2010 and 2014. The main image in the article is of a rack containing copies of 'So long!' drama DVDs:

 

Thankfully, as with most things on 5ch, completely made up.

Spoiler: AKB48 57th Single Senbatsu

[HIDE]
Center: Yamauchi Mizuki
Senbatsu:
Team A: Okabe Rin, Oguri Yui, Yokoyama Yui, Mukaichi Mion
Team K: Muto Tomu, Minegishi Minami
Team B: Kashiwagi Yuki, Fukuoka Seina, Kubo Satone
Team 4: Okada Nana, Murayama Yuiri
SKE48: Suda Akari
NMB48: Shiroma Miru, Yoshida Akari
HKT48: Tanaka Miku
NGT48: Homma Hinata
STU48: Takino Yumiko
[/HIDE]

http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?threads/akb48-57th-tba-2020-03-18.23217/

 

AKS is dead!

https://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2020/01/20/0013049833.shtml

 

it's reincarnating i'll say, and to be a good one i hope

 

Vernalossom = Vernalisation + Blossom
Means "Blooming in Spring"

 

sounds like a new grass type pokemon

 

NMB48 is currently already managed by a different company anyway and it is not dead yet.
As long as 48 groups and our Oshimen are still around, we don't have worry too much.