[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

The one thing that she does have going for her is that, at least she admitted to be the wrong person to do this.

 

A popular Vietnamese facebook AKB48 fanpage said that according to Japanese rumors, Team 8 will be disbanded soon.
16 members will be redistributed to other teams.
The rest will either leave the group or become KKS.

 

That's a corruption of a 2ch rumour with no source.

 

Waiting for @Aka in 3....2....1...

 

So... why are they doing Eito no Hi in August again?

 

I have no idea. I just repeated what I've just heard inside Vietnamese fandom.

 

Eito no Hi is the final disbandment concert

 

I don't necessarily think it's any indication, but all of Team 8 went out for food together the other day. Honda Hitomi has been hanging out loads with them in the past two days, whereas she was too busy before.

 

I see. So Hii needed a graduation concert without ruining the party for Oden. What a sweet kid.

You can expect to see many tears this day...

 

What is the main function of team8 again??

 

Other than running the theater, Teams have function ?

 

For Dobon of course, i always waiting to gatcha on Team's pack card

Even though i never got what i want

 

I'd say their function/purpose was to have a representative in each prefecture. AKB is the "idols you can meet" group, but if you're living in Kumamoto (far west) or Hokkaido (island at the very north), this promise falls a bit short. Having a representative in each prefecture meant that the girls usually also got local work, such as radio stations or being ambassadors for certain events and such. It meant that every prefecture had one member that they could meet every now and then. Team 8 only just finished their 47 Cities tour a few weeks ago. I'd have to check to make sure, but considering the tour has been ongoing since 2014, I would imagine that they actually did visit every city.

Someone's pointed out a while ago that the 'functions' are no longer in place, but I do think they all had a purpose, or at least a theme. I'd like them to bring back team themes. If not the original themes, then something new, or otherwise, there's no real point to have teams, from a fan's point of view. It splits the group up into smaller sections that are better sized for the theater, but there's really no reason why Team B can't perform Saishuu Bell ga Naru or why Team A can't do Pajama Drive etc.

I quite liked the themes of each team. I imagine most forum readers will know, but just in case there are any silent/new lurkers; the themes (are) were as follows:

• Team A - all stars team
• Team K - strong, good dancers
• Team B - typical idols, very cute
• Team 4 - young and fresh members

 

This, I agree more

 

the main reason teams were formed was to divide the group into 2-3 smaller groups, afterall they couldn't have 40 girls perform at the theater at one time. but by dividing the group by generations, they could perform at the theater each day, with different stages and thats what they did.
and i feel like the "themes" or image for each team was more of a fan thing then akb mngm, and imo, they were a little forced and too focused on the front girls.

 

Except the teams were really formed way before there were 40 or so members.
The goal was to be able to offer at least 1 performance each day.
The concepts came with the Team K creation/ 2nd gen recruitment.
In fact those girls recieved a lot of criticism such as not being cute enough to be idols.