Maeda Atsuko (Acchan) / 1st Generation

According to Crunchyroll, McDonalds Japan's new Christmas anime CM for 'Gracoro' Gratin Croquette Burgers includes Acchan among the voice artists:


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There's a 'Gracoro Song - Maeda Atsuko Version':


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She appears and sings in the 'Making' video:


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So many new content with Acchan! I'm so happy that she got a Cm for McDonalds, especially because the Cm is so nice with the animation and the song and the Christmas/winter feeling, it's really good, and I love when Acchan sings in her Cm! the voice actresses with her sound good too! and I'm glad they posted a Acchan solo version of the little song

Acchan looks so nice at the event, and I love that they performed the song live! Acchan sounds so good She was asked there about how long it's been since the last time she sang, and she said like 3 or 4 years ago. She did really well, and I love her voice! ;_; it was also nice that they took one of her fans on stage to try the burgers with Acchan. The fangirl was shy, she looked really happy at the end haha. Even the chef was nervous and happy to talk with Acchan LOL it was fun!

and for the Yamaji Fumiko Film Awards event, Acchan looks so classy and adorable! I also found this other video of the event where an actress of Machida-kun no Sekai (where Acchan is also acting) won an award, and in her speech she thanked people, including Acchan, and the title of the video says something like she was inspired by Acchan's kindness! it's so nice!

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I wish I could get that Acchan calendar, it looks so nice ;_;



Last month, on 23 November, it was the birthday of Acchan's close friend, Minami! They celebrated it together and Minami posted videos on her IG! There are 2 videos in total along with 1 photo. The first video was re-uploaded on Youtube, to see the other one, check the original IG post here! Here are Twitter links if you prefer: 01, 02. The start of the first video is so cute LOL Acchan talks about Minami's followers then she congratulate her for her birthday, and I think Minami show her previews of her photobook, and Acchan compliment it. the 2nd video is really funny LOL Minami is laughing because Acchan's clothes still have the tag on them, Acchan please XD Acchan's laugh is so cute LOL then they laughed and hugged


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Btw random but I see that Paruru gave a like to this post, that's cute! also when I check Acchan's IG, I see that Acchan's posts are often liked by Paruru, Yuihan, Komiharu, sometimes by Renacchi, Naanya, and also often by old gens like Tomochin, Yuko. There's probably more but this is among the ones that I follow (that's how I can see that they liked Acchan's posts)

 

Some photos of Acchan from interviews online in the recent months!

From Excite, the interview is about the movie Funeral Master, they shared a lot of pretty photos of Acchan:



They also shared photos of the movie:



From Woman Type, the interview is about Acchan's dream of being actress and how she achieved it after AKB.



From Asahi, the interview is about The Funeral Master.



From MyNavi, the interview is about making dreams come true.



Acchan really did a lot of promo for her latest movies and I'm loving all the photos!

 

The promo photos for Acchan's new drama are so cute OMG She looks adorable with the baby ;w; it must have been nice to record this drama after she herself became a mom in real life, and now she takes the role of a mom and she's acting with a baby LOL not too far from real life I can't wait for the drama to start!

Today I rewatched this old performance of Kaze wa Fuiteiru and wow it gave me goosebumps, it's such an amazing performance! They all perform so well here, but especially Acchan look perfect! Her height and proportions really make her stand out and ideal as a center, her dancing is SO good, she is beautiful, and her aura!!! ;w; also her voice is so nice. Just the best!


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So there are a lot of movies with Acchan that I didn't watch yet, and I found some of them subbed in english, so I decided to watch them. I started with the ones where Acchan had little roles. I first watched Shin Godzilla, a movie from 2016 where Acchan made a very short appearance. I watched the whole movie, even if I knew that she's only in it for some seconds XD However when I finished the movie, I realized that I didn't see Acchan o_o; So I went back and her scene was actually at the very beginning, it's in a dark place and it's 5 seconds long, including only 2 seconds where we see her face XD it's really a very very little cameo LOL I found it funny that I watched the whole movie without even realizing that her cameo passed! Anyway my opinion on the movie is that it's really not my type of movies, I was pretty much bored ^^; But it has a popular cast and it's still nice that Acchan appeared.

Here's a photo from back then when they announced that Acchan will be in the movie. in her cameo she does have this hair and everything but the place is dark and we don't see her face this clearly LOL I saw this photo before so I thought her scene will look like this, it must be why I didn't even notice when her scene happened.



Next, I watched Kamisama no Iutoori, a movie from 2014. in this movie, Acchan's part is little again, she actually doesn't appear, she only did the voice for "Maneki-Neko", a giant cat. I directly recognized her voice! LOL but it was kinda funny since she just repeated the same thing XD As for the movie itself, I enjoyed it! I honestly didn't know what to expect at all (and I didn't read the plot before) so I was really surprised when it started. Back when Acchan got this role, I read that she would voice for a cat, I thought it would be a cute movie. But it's not like that at all, it's quite serious o_o Anyway I liked it! I knew some of the cast like Fukushi Sota and Kamiki Ryunosuke so it made it more enjoyable too. More in spoiler.

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I didn't expect that it would involve death, but it started right from the beginning and the whole time o_o I found the games interesting until the end. Although the very ending confused me... that random guy with the beard being called God... and what was the purpose of the guy who was locked in his room... The movie is based on a manga so the manga probably has more details. But anyway the movie as a whole was very interesting and it got my attention, I wanted to know what would happen after each game. (Although I kinda predicted who would end up being the only survivors LOL)

Here's a photo of Acchan from back when she did promo of this movie:

 

omg i just watched shin godzilla and i had no idea she was in it haha although i was doing something else while it was playing so I wasn't really paying attention

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@WingsofAngels48 LOL Same, I wasn't totally paying attention either, which might be why I missed her scene and had to go back after I finished the movie XD but yes she literally has 5 seconds scene at the very beginning when they show some young people sliding(?), and the scene is very dark, fast, and it's like recorded from a phone (it's shaking)... LOL



So I actually watched more of Acchan's movies in the past days! This time she had a bit more scenes in these movies. First, I watched The Last Shot in the Bar 3, a movie from 2017. For this movie, Acchan's role is quite important especially at first, even if she's not in the scenes, the role is important. She appears right at the start and she has like maybe 3 scenes or so in total. The movie is mostly following the male lead, a detective, and his friend, who's played by Matsuda Ryuhei who also played with Acchan in The Mohican Comes Home. The movie also has Kitagawa Keiko and I love her! A lot of things happen in the story and it's quite unique. I'll say a bit more in spoiler.

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I liked Keiko's role and her story and how it ended when we learn what happened with her pregnancy and how she wants to help that little girl who's sick. As for Acchan's role, idk how to describe the personnality of her role, I guess she was kinda weird... the way she cried LOL her scene were funny XD But overall the movie had weird roles like also Matsuda Ryuhei's role where he looks like he is passive about everything LOL. But it was pretty good overall I enjoyed it.

Here's a photo of Acchan with Keiko from when they promoted this movie!



Then I watched another movie with Acchan, it was Dynamite Graffiti from 2018. Alright so this movie was uhm... full of 18+ content LOL. I didn't read the plot before watching it (I didn't read any of these movie's plots before watching them actually) and I didn't expect it to be about that. I guess overall the movie is alright, but it's kinda long (2h18 long) and it had way too many 18+ things, from drawings to photos to nude scenes and sex scenes. Of course Acchan wasn't in any of these LOL she played the role of the girlfriend of the male lead. She's in some scenes here and there. The movie mostly follows the story of the male lead. tbh I was more interested in the story of his mom (the flashbacks) that they show sometimes, but that wasn't the main focus of the movie. Random but the actress who plays the mom seem familiar to me, I saw that she's Ono Machiko. I saw her in the drama Summer Rescue before ^^

Anyway I'm watching all of Acchan's projects and by now I'm not surprised at some of the movies she plays in XD This movie is actually kinda like a mix of her past movies like Sayonara Kabukicho (for all the 18+ scenes LOL) and Kueki Ressha (because that was also a story focused on the male lead's life and their personnalities are kinda similar).

 

She may be friends with someone on the production crew and worked one day for a hoot as a glorified extra and that's all of her scenes that survived in editing. But that music is so legendary and so iconic that there should be a law that no Godzilla movie can ever be made without using it.

 

LOL! I watched Shin Godzilla a couple of times including one on cinemas when it came out and I didn't realized Acchan had a cameo on that film until @Mana posted here. I don't check the cast on most films I watch especially on this kind of films.

 

@Orangerafi LOL it's so funny that many of you saw the movie but didn't notice Acchan. Even me, who actually watched it while knowing that she's in it, I still didn't notice her part



Btw I forgot to post it here back then, but in early November, Acchan had another Cm, it was for "TIFFANY MY CHRISTMAS STORY", for the jewelry brand Tiffany, it's a special Christmas promo or something like this! They posted a lot of pretty photos and also some videos! I'll share them here:



For the videos:

https://twitter.com/acchan910710/status/1190985633960824832
https://twitter.com/acchan910710/status/1190990238643916800
https://twitter.com/acchan910710/status/1190992304430911493

She looks so beautiful 2019 was such a great year for Acchan!

 

I watched another movie with Acchan; this time it was a very old movie, The Suicide Song (Densen Uta), a movie from 2007 with AKB members! it didn't have Acchan only, but also Yuko (lead role), Sayaka, Kojiharu, Miichan, Kasai Tomomi, Ono Erena, Noro Kayo, and a bit of Takamina and Sae. They even perform Aitakatta at the beginning haha but it's a horror movie, it isn't related to idols XD the movie also has Matsuda Ryuhei, he's lead too, but he has no scene with Acchan. I found it funny they were in the same movie back in 2007 and then they did many more movies together after Acchan graduated LOL. the movie also has Abe Hiroshi. Btw this movie was produced by Aki-P! I'll write my opinions under spoiler.

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I had to write this under spoiler since it has spoilers LOL but I really thought Acchan would have a bigger role in the movie. when the movie started she was in the first 2 scenes but then right after... she died LOL I was like wait, is this it? XD She only appeared once after for a short moment in Yuko's dream. and that's it for Acchan in this movie LOL she had a little role although it matters in the story. but actually I didn't mind, the movie had a lot of other AKB girls and I love them all, and Yuko is a good actress and I love her too, I enjoyed watching the movie! it made me feel nostalgic just to see AKB girls from back then and seeing them so young! As for the movie itself, it was actually not scary, it was more of a story about suicide, and even though at first the story confused me (but this can be because the subs confused me), at some point it started to make more sense and I actually like how it ended, with the explanation of why that woman is related with Yuko. Also, I really like the song Boku no Hana, the song that is "the suicide song" in the movie. I found out that this song is by the former AKB member Hoshino Michiru, I wonder if Aki-P wrote the lyrics. it's a beautiful song, with sad lyrics. Somehow the scene in the end when Yuko sings the song with the woman was touching to me... ;_;

So yes I enjoyed this movie overall and I'm glad that I found it subbed, even though it was kinda blurry, and the subs weren't always in sync (and the subs confused me at the beginning since I didn't understand the story well XD) but in the end I understood everything, and I'm glad I could watch this old movie with Acchan and many other AKB members who I love.

Here's a photo of Acchan and Yuko from this movie. AtsuYuu

 

Remember the Cm that Acchan had for Nagareyama Otaka no Mori around September?
Now at the beginning of 2020, the website page has been updated with new photos! Here:



I love these photos!!! Acchan looks so nice. My favorite ones are the last 2, SO PRETTY

 

English-language article from The Film Stage about independent film distributor KimStim acquiring the US and Canadian distribution rights for Acchan's movie 'To The Ends of the Earth':
https://thefilmstage.com/exclusive-kimstim-acquires-kiyoshi-kurosawas-to-the-ends-of-the-earth/