This is awesome, but I'm confused. I thought Mai was moving to the US with her husband? I'm kind of worried that the age limit is 10~17. With Mai being almost 30, that's setting up the group for a hell of an age gap. I wonder if they intend to just keep her around to use her variety TV fame to get t...

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote"> (...) to me it feels like the atmosphere among the members is carefree and not strained at all. If you ask me, I think that might be because Tsunku♂ is producing them not as “products” but as “people“, and he sincerely wishes for them all to become happy....

Is this patch a thing that I can buy? Because I must have it.

I don't think she looks anorexic, but the angle and the fact that her neck is hidden makes her head look huge. Like it's photoshopped in from another picture. 

I think the only way they could include the cats in the musicals without repeating the horror of the first one is to use stuffed animals with off stage voice overs like in PGSM. But I dunno, I think that kind of feels awkward in a musical. When you're doing a stage show you really don't want cast th...

It starts off with a biography of the artist and then tells about her experiences viewing his work. Stuff like "The first time I saw this painting was at the such and such exhibit. It was so pretty and it made me have these feelings." Then she talks about the "content" of the pai...

[quote="MejraThea"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TnB" data-cid="163638" data-time="1380034022"> <div> I'm down to translate if someone wants to do the subbing. [/quote] I'm down to do subbing if you do the translating. I'm too bus...

[quote="JPope"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Shoujo Q" data-cid="163602" data-time="1379985297"> <div> Morning Musume were on OhaStar! Koharu was there too, but it seems like it turned into a Koharu roast near the end of the talk....

Alright someone help me find this video: http://31.media.tumblr.com/a3ea6a29fb3f1866fa39b273402fdc53/tumblr_mtlrbo779R1qzegu6o1_500.jpg   I need to know why Koharu is on her knees bowing to MM. If it is why I'm guessing it is, it's glorious.  Edit: I just read the text in the back and it's probably ...

[quote="MejraThea"] GASP. Really, Anderei, you're not lying to me? Huzzah! :eekrun:   Edit: What is a clear file, anyway? [/quote] "Clear file" is Japanese for "plastic file folder." The misleading part is the "clear" because it doesn't really have to mean cle...

I don't think Japanese scrunchies are specially designed for Japanese hair. Especially not ones made by UFA and are demonstrated being put on towels for the male wota. :lol: Scrunchies are pretty much just scrunchies. Claire's in Japan looks just like Claire's in the US. They're made in a bunch of d...

[quote="Pucchi mo"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="TnB" data-cid="163118" data-time="1379469407"> <div> I'm kind of disappointed in the remakes of the newer songs though. I feel like they mostly got made to sound more like all one s...

[quote="Rally"] Thanks! I'm going through a proxy service at the moment to get tickets since I live in the U.S., but it's really slow going working with the lady the runs it. Between the time it takes to get replies from her, most tickets on auction sites disappear. If anybody can help me ...

Love Machine & I Wish - Same feelings as before. Renai Revolution 21 - I think they made some fun updates to this song. I don't get all the hate for it. The instrumental isn't so great that I'm ready to start seeing it appear everywhere in concerts again, but it's enjoyable enough that I won't s...

^OH GOD. I had blocked that horrible period out of my memory. 

[quote="taylor"] I translated all of Kanon's most recent prepped post other than this line: "1人加入で、私が知らないような思いをしていると思いますが、それを感じさせない堂々とした姿が好きです" I'm not sure what she's saying, so if someone could help I'd really appreciate it.  [/quote] When you ask for help with a line, can you ...

[quote="Anderei"] That's the big downside of it being on Youtube. Even with the individual videos, a lot of people wouldn't watch if they didn't know who it was or weren't a fan of that girl in general. [/quote]     [quote="showraniy"] Well, Youtube does promote things on the fro...

^ I felt the same way :(  I did like it overall though. Like Jpope, it's one of my favorite MM songs of all time and I agree that staying at a slow tempo the entire song definitely takes something away. That said, I think it's great for what it's supposed to be. I think the goal with this album is n...

The outfits are pretty awful across the board. Bring out the bunny outfits, these are just a waste of time.

[quote="eri"]   Well, I'd say that the half-drawn laziness can be a stylistic choice to keep with all that ethereal shojo airiness.     But...yeahhhhh... there have always been really inconsistent and aesthetically-unpleasing body depictions that can't be explained away by "style.&quo...

[quote="eri"] But they look bad in terms of composition and just...anatomical balance. The Mercury one is atrocious and their smashed up legs make them look uncomfortable and decidedly unheroic. It is like she got worse at drawing over the years  :confused:   [/quote] Well, it HAS been 7 y...

If it helps anyone, Sayu is actually the easiest to translate of the girls I work on. She writes the most posts per day, but her posts are generally super short and simplistic. She doesn't use any dialect or funky words and she's pretty to the point about what she wants to say.  Zukki can be a bit m...

[quote="Myst"] Are those covers really "new"? I think I remember having a single comic with that Sailor Moon picture. Also remember seeing the Mercury one before.  [/quote] Yeah, they're new. The official website specifically says of the Nakayoshi issue that previewed the covers:...

[quote="Valerie"] Someone in Japan is taking preorders for musical merch. I ordered the kit with the fan/sticker/penlight. I AM EXCITE. [/quote] Be wary of this - there are no fans or stickers announced as merchandise yet. The officially announced merchandise available at the theater are: ...

Hey guys, sorry I haven't checked this thread in forever :( I'm going to have to officially take a hiatus from blog project through the end of September (and possibly some of early October, depending on work stuff). I already haven't been able to work on entries in a while, so I'm sorry to just now ...

[quote="Zoe"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="ShiroiChanUK" data-cid="161749" data-time="1377857645"> <div> Nono and Aibon weren't exactly the thinnest members in MoMusu history and I don't remember seeing any negative comments about...

[quote="eri"] Yes! Sorry to be unclear -- Root isn't Takarazuka but a model for KERA in men's wear (right?) but her existence finally helped me understand the obsession women have with Takarazuka.  Holy hell.  And ahhhh, no wonder they switched roles last minute but I assumed her crankines...

[quote="MejraThea"] I have a curiosity. How do you all suppose they hire people to work at the H!P stores? Only H!P fans would really know about them in any detail, but they couldn't really hire the H!P fans, right? Interesting. [/quote] I doubt they screen people for being fans. There's n...

[quote="Farrah"] Riho is easily the worst main vocal Morning Musume has ever had - yes, even counting Nacchi. While Nacchi was prone to voice cracks and wavery-goat vibrato due to a severe lack of strength in her voice, I will take wavery, weak voices over offkey shouting any day.  Riho cl...

Ugh, Tsunku. 


I'm glad that we didn't get someone crappy added to the group, but both "nashi" auditions just feel like a lame failed promotion effort. But as long as this doesn't lead to Koharu 2.0 in the next round, ok whatever let's get back to the awesome lineup we already have.