It wasn't overly bloody, but it was definitely violent. I mean, they chopped a girl's head in half, and smashed another girl's head flat! But... this song is addicting! The first few seconds of the song really hooked me in, and the rest of the song after that was very emotion, in the sense that the ...

Just pseudo-quoting from somebody else, "everyone is a brunette now except for Sayu". XD



Otherwise, I find the costumes don't look overly hideous now given the backdrop of the PV. It's like camouflage.

Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya



Good remix of the Outkast original, in my opinion. Just found out about it recently.

Huh... I stopped following her blog after people stopped translating the posts... However, it kept my interest while it lasted, as random or repetitive as some of her topics were. Admittedly, I was more interested in stories of Noa. I can't imagine anyone looking like here walking down a street with...

[quote name='PQ' post='74332' date='Jan 19 2010, 06:47 AM']Also the name of Kamei Eri's photobook is sweet. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':danceman:' />[/quote] There's picture of her cover out ( here ), and her head looks ridic...

This song, in my opinion, is an excellent B-side track.



For me, it has a Mikan-like property to it, in that it's not particularly bad, but not particularly memorable either.

Finally got a computer that isn't using a celeron processor or an integrated graphics chip... built it myself, actually... Purchased Orange Box, and have apparently been playing Team Fortress 2 for >34 hours over the past two weeks... which has got to be unhealthy... These online games give me such ...

Whoa... that was completely unexpected...



I admit that I would often wince when hearing her sing, but she was nevertheless an entertaining character...



Hopefully, she won't get completely removed from the spotlight.

Based solely on a search on the internet, it's apparently part of some gift set of various Morning Musume Christmas items...



http://animeusa.stores.yahoo.net/mormuschris2.html



I can offer no insight beyond that, however.

[quote name='strawberryjam' post='66550' date='Jul 18 2009, 02:47 PM']I'll be sold again if MM starts singing about suicide. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/suicide.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />[/quote] That very concept is so off-the-wall that I would probably...

[quote name='Falcon' post='65546' date='Jun 17 2009, 08:35 PM'] Move over guys~ this one is coming in like a boss. I'd vote this contest as a success.[/quote] That... was awesome ... The paint effects were really nice. Overall, however, I found it more to be a "technical" impress than a &q...

[quote name='skyxkami' post='65479' date='Jun 16 2009, 10:37 PM']With #1, I don't think you have to look very hard to find Morning Musume all over the Internet. Afterall, Hello-Online is the 3rd result if you google, "hello project". Their own site isn't even on the first page. The rest of...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vzef0vfpKA Apparently, their new single (called "Namida Surpise!"). I like the music video, it has a really unique setup. I was somewhat impressed with the blind dancing. As for the song itself, I don't really like it. It's not very catchy, and kind of bland.

[quote name='JPope' post='65343' date='Jun 13 2009, 05:41 PM']SweetS is a tough act to follow. It's not a bad version in and of itself, though.[/quote] Does anybody have a link to the original SweetS song? The only ones I can find on youtube are the live versions... Thanks! In regards to the video, ...

According to imdb ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1372692/ ), It was released in February, and only in China, Singapore, and Australia. It was apparently not a very good movie at all... Apparently, it doesn't (didn't?) open in Hong Kong until May, 2009 ( http://asianuniverse.net/forums/Kung_Fu_Ch...ng...

A radio rip preview: http://www.mediafire.com/?xdyojdmybmz [found this on somebody's blog] Youtube link (courtesy of PQ, in a post below): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBZsqvvbBk Very catchy song, in my opinion. I like the style of the song. "Shochuu Omimai Moushiagemasu was originally relea...

I haven't had the chance to download any of the clips yet, but from the descriptions it sounds like the standard H!P PV set up (dance + close up) and a little bit of added silliness. That kind of limits people's creativity to a degree, but then again the green screen allows for people to do some po...

[quote name='PQ' post='64471' date='May 13 2009, 07:27 AM']First day sales are good from Oricon, #1 with a sale of 23,039.[/quote] That didn't last... dropped to #5 during the second day!! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/surprised.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':eyecra...

I never tend to buy singles, considering them a waste of money. Don't know what convinced me to buy this one. Could be that the single didn't require me to listen to it 5 or 6 times before I could stand it, as well as the very catchy C/W. As for them being #1, it could be because this is the first t...

A 40sec sample of the C/W ("3,2,1 Breakin' Out") can be found on http://www.anime-expo.org/



Apparently, it's the theme song for the expo.

I love this song! It's also one of the first songs of their's in a while that I liked during the first listen.



The PV itself was also a breath of fresh air, though I haven't actually looked at it in its entirety.

[quote name='Zounder' post='63250' date='Apr 2 2009, 11:25 PM']So after browing about 20 pages of those youtube comments looking for an answer, I still can't figure out what the bottle guy is saying. Diamonds? <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoti...

Somehow, I find that the live performance sounds better than the actual single... don't know what that says for the single (or the live)...



The Air Band version is kinda OK too... not as ear-grating as Mari's version...

I bet there will be people jumping on this, causing lots of broken benches.



Wonder if this will really cause people to go to their gym/use their product?

"The attempt to launch Morning Musume into China hasn't gone very well," admits Nishikata. "CDs don't sell well, because they are soon pirated..." I know that pirating is a problem in China, but I'm wondering if they're just blaming it on piracy... like the movie industry blamin...

Wow, that was amazing... you would think that with it being a studio recording, and with auto-tune, that she'd be able to at least hit all the right notes... especially with such a small range... <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whatthe.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D...

...They were born after the year 2000... <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... hatthe.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':danceman:' /> wasn't expecting to see something like that for a few more years...



As for child singers... I've heard better...

Um... the entire article was ABOUT people who did not consider themselves too good for those peon jobs (e.g., 1M more applicants than in prior year for UPS). People were embarrassed when they had no jobs at all, not that they had lowly jobs. The psychological aspects mentioned in the article are mor...

Probably, like Special Needs Tricycle stated, because somebody was willing to pay them enough money to do so.



The other side benefits (e.g., gauging MM interest in the US, reaching new audiences, etc.) were probably not in their plans, but simply (possibly) an added bonus to their trip.

It really depends on what you're specialized in... there's no point in being specialized in something where demand tends to be low. However, some specializations (e.g., law) tend to be more stable in terms of demand, and specializing in that may not be as detrimental as some people here believe. On ...