[GENERAL] The AKB48 Thread

Making of the AKB48 x Doraegg colaboration CM


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Hado tournament best strikers

https://twitter.com/hado_idol/status/1650485835962396683

 

AKB48 is joining HYBE's Weverse Platform on April 27th, the "Weverse DM" feature (which is essentially an AKB48 Mail-esque feature) will open for them on May 2nd

https://twitter.com/weverseofficial/status/1650681190796656640


More info:
https://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-12800044683.html

 

I’m rather interested to see this on the page (Google translation and my bolding):

“AKB48 will strengthen communication with fans not only in Japan but around the world, and build a close-knit community with even more fans.”

Are they really targeting international fans? I certainly hope so!

 

^
That's the part that I want to see, especially if they will be available through the in english app.
Because the one linked on the blog is (of course) geo restricted.
Edit: works

The "Weverse DM" member$hip is around 277,5¥/month (according to the blog)

 

48 group in South Korea, yay or nay?

You can check AKB48's YouTube insight

Top 10 countries that play AKB48 MVs the most, South Korea rank highest for a country that doesn't have a 48g, even above Taiwan & Philippines that have 48g & Vietnam that used to have

On top 10 cities that play AKB48 MVs the most, Seoul is the only city that isn't in Japan, Indonesia, & Thailand

Maybe a 48g in South Korea can be a counter attack to Produce 101 Japan which 3rd season is creating a girl group but yeah I know that there're a lot of things to be studied if 48g should expand there or not

Jpop fans in South Korea is actually numerous. Not only 48g, I pick the best example, Yoasobi's new hit "Idol" (Oshi no Ko theme song) is also currently trending in South Korea

 

Great news. We need a more diverse and inclusive AKB.

 

After PD48, I felt like Koreans value different things in idols. I spoke to someone else about the same thing today and my personal opinion is that a Korean sister group would probably be more successful if they focused on different things (e.g. precision, detail, teamwork). I also consider AKB to have more "girls next door" vibe rather than the "royal beauty" type in 46g - but that latter seems more popular in Korea.

That being said, I think the songs themselves could work really well. All contestants on PD48 performing Hebirote together is still my favourite part of the whole show


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23/04/29 AKB48 haru concert 2023 ~ Sukida! To sakebou ~

• M00 - Overture
• M01 - Oogoe Diamond - Doushitemo senbatsu
  
• M02 - Juryoku Sympathy - Team A, K, B, 4, 17th gen, except Utada
  
• M03 - Flying Get - Team A, K, B, 4, 17th gen, except Utada
  
• M04 - Ponytail to Chuchu - Team A, K, B, 4, 17th gen, except Utada
  
• M05 - Hotei Sokudo to Yuuetsukan - Team A, K, B, 4, 17thgen
  
• M06 - !kimi no !koto ga Suki Dakara - Team A, K, B, 4, 17thgen
  
• M07 - !hisashiburi no Lipgloss - Team A, K, B, 4, 17thgen

MC

• M08 - Yokase no Shiwasa - Kashiwagi Yuki
• M09 - Kuchi Utsushi no Chocolate - Nakanishi Chiyoti・Omori Miyuu・Sasaki Yukari (12th gen + transfered)
  
• M10 - Kodoku na Runner - Iwatate Saho・Mogi Shinabu・Kitazawa Saki・Shinozaki Ayana・Murayama Yuiri (13th gen)
  
• M11 - Aokusai Rock - Fukuoka Seina・Mukaichi Mion・Ichikawa Manami・Yumoto Ami・Sato Kiara・Taniguchi Megu (15th gen)
  
• M12 - Hashinosu Dance - Okabe Rin・Shimizu Maria・Nagano Serika・Honda Hitomi・Onishi Momoka・Oda Erina・Takahashi Sayaka・Hattori Yuna・Hama Sayuna・Oguri Yui・Sakaguchi Nagisa・Hashimoto Haruna・Hidaritomo Ayaka・Gyoten Yurina・Kuranoo Narumi・shitao Miu・Takaoka Kaoru・Yoshikawa Nanase
  
• M13 - Yume he no Route - Uemi sorano・Okuhara Hinako・Tokunaga Remi・Hirano Hikaru・Fujizono Rei・Yamada Kyoka・Utada Hatsuka・Kawahara Misaki・sakagawa Hiyuka・Yoshida Karen・Ota Yuki・Kohama Kokone・Sato Airi・Hashimoto Eriko・Hatakeyama Nozomi・Hirata Yuki・Hotei Moka・Msai Mayuu・Mizushima Miyu・yamasaki Sora (Team 8 + 17thgen)
  
• M14 - Reborn - chiba Erii・Ma Chia-Ling・Shimoguchi Hinana・Yamabe Ayu (D1 + D2 + Ma Chai-Ling)
  
• M15 - Dakitsukouka? - Michieda Saki・Muto Orin・Taguchi Manaka・Yamauchi Mizuki・Yamane Suzuha・Asai Nanami・Sato Minami・Suzuki Kurumi・Kurosu Haruka・Nagatomo Ayami (16th gen)
  
• M16 - Oosowagi Tengoku - Otake Hitomi・Saito Haruna・Kobayashi Ran・Ishiwata Sena・Omori Maho・Okada Rina・tada Kyoka (D3)
  
• M17 - Wonderful Love - Ota Yuki・Kohama Kokone・sato Airi・Hashimoto Eriko・Hatakeyama Nozomi・Hirata Yuki・Hotei Moka・Masai Mayu・Mizushima Miyuu・Yamazaki Sora(17th gen)

VTR about 18ki

• M18 - Iiwake Maybe! - Akiyama Yuna・Arai Sae・Kudo Kasumi・Kubo Hinano・Sako Yumemi・Narita Kohina・Yagi Azuki・Yamaguchi Yui (18th gen)
  
• M19 - Ano Natsu no Bouhatei (17th gen + 18th gen)

MC - 18ki self introduction

• M20 - Love Shugyo - all
  
• M21 - Heart no Dasshutsu Game - all
  
• M22 - Rock da yo, Jinsei wa... Otake Hitomi・Komiyama Haruka・saito Haruna・Shimizu Maria・Takahashi Ayane・Nakanishi Chiyori・Nagano Serika・Honda Hitomi・Ma Chia-Ling・Michieda Saki・Mukaichi Mion・Muto Orin・Ichikawa Manami・Uemi Sorano・Onishi Momoka・Okuhara Hinano・Oda Erina・shimoguchi Hinana・Takahashi Sayaka・Taguchi Manaka・Hattori Yuna・Hama Sayuna ・Mogi Shinobu・Yamane Suzuha・Yumoto Ami・Asai Nanami・Omori Maho・Kashiwagi Yuki・Kitazawa Saki・Sakaguchi Nagisa・Sato Minami・Suzuki Kurumi・Hashimoto Haruna・Hidaritomo Ayaka・Hirano Hikaru・Fujizono Rei・yamada Kyoka・Utada Hatsuka・Omori Miyuu・Okada rina・Kawahara Misaki・Gyoten Yurina・Kurosu Haruka・Sasaki Yukari・Sato Kiara・Takaoka Kaoru・tada Kyoka・Taniguchi Megu・Nagatomo Ayami・Murayama Yuiri・Yoshikawa Nanase・Yoshida Karen・Ota Yuki・Kohama Kokone・Sato Airi・Hashimoto Eriko・Hatakeyama Nozomi・Hirata Yuki・Hotei Moka・Masai Mayuu・Muzushima Miyu・Yamazaki Sora・akiyama Yuna・Arai Sae・Kudo Kasumi・Kubo Hinano・Sako Yumemi・Narita Kohina・Yagi Azuki・Yamaguchi Yui

VTR: new AKB48 units, Oryuri senbatsu, AKB48 SURREAL

• M23 - Netafuri - Iwatate Saho・Okabe Rin・Seina Fukuoka・Kobayashi Ran・Yamabe Ayu・Ishiwata Sena・Shinozaki Ayana (Oryori senbatsu)
  
• M24 - WONDERLAND - Chiba Erii・Yamauchi Mizuki・Oguri Yui・Tokunaga Remi・Kuranoo Narumi・sakagawa Hiyuka・Shitao Miu (AKB48 SURREAL)

MC : OUT OF 48

• M25 - My Super Girl - chiba Erii・Nagano Serika・Fukuoka Seina・Yamauchi Mizuki・Asai Nanami・Oguri Yui・Tokunaga Remi・Kuranoo Narumi・Sakagawa Hiyuka・Shitao Miu・Nagatomo Ayami・Sato Airi・Hashimoto Eriko・Hirata Yuki・Mizushima Miyu・Yamazaki Sora・Akiyama Yuna・Arai Sae・Kudo Kasumi・Kubo Hinano・Sako Yumemi・Narita Kohina・Yagi Azuki・Yamaguchi Yui (remaining 25 OUT OF 48 AKB48 members + 23 general)

MC: general auditionees introduction

• M26 - Mote Kare Desu - Okabe Rin・Chiba Erii・Fukuoka Seina・Honda Hitomi・Mukaichi Mion・Onishi Momoka・Oda Erina・Taguchi Manaka・Mogi Shinobu・Yamauchi Mizuki・Asai Nanami・Omori Maho・Oguri Yui・Kashiwagi Yuki・Sakaguchi Nagisa・Kuranoo Narumi・Shitao Miu・Taniguchi Megu・Murayama Yuiri・Sato Airi
  
• M27 - Matenrou no kyori - Iwatate saho・Otake Hitomi・Komiyama Haruka・Saito Haruna・Shimzu Maria・takahashi Ayane・Nakanishi Chiyori・Ma Chia-Ling・Michieda Saki・Muto Orin・Ichikawa Manami・Uemi Sorano・Okuhara Hinako・Kobayashi Ran・Shitao Miu・Takahashi Sayaka・Hattori Yuna・Hama Sayuna・Yamane Suzuha・Yamabe Ayu・Yumoto Ami・Ishiwata Sena・Kitazawa Saki・Sato Minami・Shinozaki Ayana・Suzuki Kurumi・Tokunaga Remi・Hashimoto Haruna・Hidaritomo Ayaka・Hirano Hikaru・Fujizono Rei・Yamada Kyoka・Omori Miyuu・Okada Rina・Kawahara Misaki・Gyoten Yurina・Kurosu Haruka・Sasaki Yukari・Sato Kiara・takaoka Kaoru・Tada Kyoka・Nagatomo Ayami・Yoshikawa Nanase・Yoshida Karen・Ota Yuki・Kohama Kokone・Hashimoto Eriko・Hatakeyama Nozomi・Hotei Moka・Masai Mayuu・Mizushima Miyuu
  
• M28 - Kaiyuugyo no Capacity
• M29 - First Rabbit
• M30 - Everyday Kachuusha
• M31 - Sustainable

MC

• M32 - Nemo Hamo Rumor

Main show ends

• EN01 - Doushitemo Kimi ga Sukida - (Doushitemo senbatsu)
  
• EN02 - Da Re Da - (Universe Girls)
  
• EN03 - 10nen Sakura - all

MC:
Anouncement, new organisation. Teams are disbanded
Leaving full members + kenkyusei
Last concerts for the Teams, from 08/04 to 08/06 at KT ZEPP Yokohama
08/04: Team A, 18h00
08/05: Team K, 13h00
08/05: Team B, 18h00
08/06: Team 4, 13h00

• EN04 - Honest Man - all

https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/3724615

 

Disband Team A! Disband Team K! Disband Team B! Disband Team 4!

Suggestion: the sub-forums should be by generations (with all draftees together in one).

Spoiler

Which means I can keep my Team 8 sub-forum. :x

 

I don't like the idea of the Taiwan Audition Generation subforum having only 1 member.

 

I always wonder what goes on in the meeting rooms when management makes decisions like this

 

http://stage48.net/forum/index.php?...ack-suggestions-vi.7501/page-122#post-1794123

As much as I hate DH this is something I've been wanting for a long time (sans Eito of course).

 

Mmm... it is not like there is cohesive team identity for the past few years. Might as well disband them.

It might solve the problem of lacking of members while being so bloated at the same time.

 

Hmm. I have to say I'm not too surprised by this decision, if they decided to disband Team 8 (the team that has the most "team fans" right now), it's less of a big decision to disband the other teams. I always said in recent months, and after the announcement of Team 8 disbanding, that they might as well disband Team 4 just so they can have enough members in teams without having to add new gens too often. But they end up disbanding them all o_o

Right now, if we don't count the pending graduations, there are 61 members and 18 kenkyuusei in AKB. I guess one good side about this is that when a member will graduating, it will be less of a worry when it comes to replacing her in the team. That's one less problem for the group...

I kinda liked having all of my favorites in the same team though (Team B) but I guess I couldn't even find the time to watch a lot of their stages (I wish they had a better setlist).

 

Justice for Team8?

 

I'm just back to my hotel from the concert. Other than the OO48 member introduction which took up too much time there was a lot for me to enjoy even though as usual for me for AKB48 concerts my seat wasn't great. My favourite moment was the performance of 'Ne mo Ha mo Rumor' with all members doing the hand choreography part (not just the senbatsu). 'Doushitemo Kimi ga Sukida' in the encore was great as was the new coupling song 'Da Re DA'. It was good to see the 18ki get a proper introduction although I'd hoped that the 17ki would get their promotion to being full members. At least nobody in the group announced graduation which I feared would happen!

The biggest audience reaction was for the announcement of the disbandment of the teams and the final team concerts on 8/4-6 at Zepp Yokohama.

There were 3 songs which the audience could video on their phones. 'First Rabbit' didn't come out very well for me but the other 2 were somewhat better and I've uploaded them to YouTube:

'Everyday, Kachuusha':


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'Sustainable':


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So tomorrow it's the final Eito shows, I'll report on them later in the day.

 

Yeah it was amazing! That was one of my most "wow" moment of that concert too!

full size (pretty detailed, you can see the members):

Pic source https://twitter.com/Mullionpresent/status/1652318713109155841

I'd also like to see that Ano Natsu no Bouhatei performance again, it looks great!

 

Announcement cut from the concert by WWS Channel

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