AKB48 Question & Answer

^It is a very 'boy'-oriented music group. While more recently, fans are younger and include more women, AKB's roots include a very middle-aged male fanbase.

 

Yes, that's what it seemed to me. Thank you for answering, RocketStarLauncher. It looks a bit strange for a spanish, but each culture has its own traits...

 

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcnq5w ... ityy_music

What are the order of singers in this video? The only people I recognize are Takamina (obvs) and Natsuki lol.

 

^
After Takamina,
The one in the yellow dress is Yonezawa Rumi and the black hat is Iwasa Misaki. Blonde wig is Uchida Mayumi, OL suit is Nonaka Misato, and the last row is, from L to R, Katayama Haruka, Nakata Chisato (dress), Nakatsuka Tomomi and Sato Natsuki.

 

Based on this, I'd like to know, how substantial is the female fanbase in Japan compared to the males? I know there's like female fans on here and all, but somehow I'm not convinced it'd be the same in Japan

 

^ There are TONS of girl fans, for AKB. I went to the 10nen Zakura & Namida Surprise events, and the main demographic that made up the audience were teenagers, male & female, although a bit more males. The older men were definitely still there, but there are a lot of younger fans that don't happen often with idols.

Thank youuu

 

I found this picture while wandering aimlessly in the internet....


Is that (the one I circled red) harugon? (if not, whoever she is, she looks really realy like her) if yes, IT IS HARUGON!!! what movie is it ? what part did she play ?

thank you

 

Pretty sure that's the play Murder Factory, which Harugon was in recently. It only ran for a couple of days I think, not really a big thing. I'm not sure what part she played, I feel like it's unlikely we'll see this XD;; I don't think small plays like that get DVD releases...

 

ahhh so it's a theatrical play... I thought it was a movie

thx for the info indigo, and thx for the link waffle-san

They should release on DVD or at least as downloadable/youtubeable content everything that involves AKB48 girls, especially my 2 favorite harukas

 

I'm curious (again [notme] ) about the reason why the girls still use the big mics instead of wireless ones. My guess is that the girls use them because it helps to change their clothes faster between two songs. Does anybody know another reason?

 

^I don't know if I understand the question: their microphones are wireless.

 

I'm sorry, I think I didn't choose the right word. [blush] For 'wireless' I meant those small mics that people like presenters, actors or singers wear stuck to their clothes so that they have their hands free...

 

^ I've only seen those mics being used in stuff like television or whatever, so I think they use the other types of microphones because they're better a fit or concert halls or something. Or, because like you said, it's a lot easier to change clothes if a microphone's not in them because there's a lot of wiring. I think.

 

This sentence made me imagine wires running around the girls bodies under their clothes.
Ahh, so erotic.

 

Maybe it's just cause they're difficult to dance with. *shrug* I've seen members constantly readjusting those head mics every couple seconds in a few songs that they were used in, especially Sae during Jellybeans in AX09

 

Also the headset related issues are alot more noticeable when something does go wrong. Like here Acchan mic explodes
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47W6V0v7G5s[/yt]

 

I think the term to use is more like 'desintegrates', it looks like the sling around the back of the head failed.