Morning Musume'15 DVD Magazine Vol. 73 , coincidentally missing the top three vote-getters from the " Who's next to go " thread.  Looks like you people got what you wanted.  :noway:   [spoiler2] Yes, I'm aware that they're not there because they're not taking part in the musical. [spoiler...

I was watching J-Melo yesterday and I noticed the on screen credit for What is Love is to Morning Musume '14, but I know they already referred to them as MM'15 a few weeks ago when they were judging the fan covers.  Is this an official thing, where each song will be credited to whatever name the gro...

I was also going to say Yattaruchan.  It's in my playlist of high energy rock songs that I listen to when I'm out for a bike ride.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="179844" data-time="1411622512"> I think you're more interested in this because you already have a full list of potential candidates, whereas MM's 12th gen might just end up being random girls no...

[quote="Thea"] Then what the hell are you going on vacation for?  :noway:    I kid, I kid. [/quote]   :crying:   I actually had a dream last night that the announcement would be that Ayaka is graduating, and that they're going to add Wada Sakurako, Makino Maria, and Inaba Manaka to the gro...

I'm surprised.  I really thought this was going to be another overhyped announcement.   But it makes a lot of sense IMO.  Ayaka and Kanon won't be there forever, so it's best to add new members now while they can learn from their seniors.  Plus, there's a large amount of talent in Kenshuusei right n...

What is this competition exactly?  Seems kind of messed up if she's competing against non-professionals.

Good for them.  And Tsunku's prediction was most likely a gimmick to rile up fans to support the group.
 
Although they've sold out the concert, will the venue be completely packed?  I mean, do people buy tickets hoping to re-sell them later, and if they're unable to so just not show up themselves? 

Babymetal is coming to Los Angeles in July.  http://www.axs.com/events/251359/babymetal-tickets
 
It's not Anime Expo, but it is right next to a subway station.  Now to see if I have any friends who would want to go to this...

When my interests collide:
 
Boston Red Sox pitcher Koji Uehara congratulates (?!) Kana on her 17th birthday.
 
Rina wearing a perfectly cromulent t-shirt:
 

I wish this single and MM's had switched release dates.  5 consecutive #1's in a row is nice, but I feel like S/mileage can really use a confidence boost.  Imagine what being the only other HP group to obtain a weekly #1 would do for these girls.

If I'm understanding this blog entry correctly, the clock on the bag actually works?  If so, I'm glad all of her hard work was recognized.
 
 
[quote="Al Kusanagi"]
Either way, it's nice to see Kananan get some love. She's a sweetheart.
[/quote]
 

Also, this.

Tanaka is a starting pitcher, so if you don't see him in the first inning he won't be playing at all.  It looks like he's the projected starter for tomorrow's (Wed. /09) game, starting at 7:05 eastern.

[quote="aine"] I had high hopes for the date 14.4.4, but the day came and went and no announcement of a European concert/tour was made. Kind of a bummer. I hope they give enough of a notice so that holiday and travel arrangements can be comfortably made. [/quote]   You should have waited a...

[quote="Anderei"] CDJapan charged me for the last S/mileage single over a month after it had already shipped and it put my bank account into the negative. Fuck them. [/quote]   That's one of the things I don't like about CDJapan.  I leave a note to myself on my desktop to watch my bank acc...

I think you're putting too much emphasis on the fact that the author of the article is Korean American.  I'm Japanese American and find myself agreeing with her.  As I've said earlier in this thread, I spent nearly the entirety of the film conflicted with liking the protagonist as a designer (aided ...

Because of how long they had them and the interesting dynamic she built up with Koji Uehara, I guess I was deluding myself into thinking they'd be a more permanent thing.

<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Anderei" data-cid="172812" data-time="1393795927"> It looks like Kana and Akari's twitters will be closing too. </blockquote>   No more daily Kana tweets? :crying:   She was able to do what I thought would be impo...

I think someone will pick up on it eventually.  Baseball writers talk about some weird shit and like bringing up quirky aspects of players, so the mysterious, $155 million pitcher from Japan being interested in teenage Japanese pop singers will attract attention.  Heck, Satoda Mai has already receiv...

He's a big fan of Momoclo, so I wonder how that's going to look to the US media.  I still haven't seen any US articles pick up on that part of him.   [spoiler2] I'm also looking for any excuses to take a ride on the 787, but United is the only one to utilize it out of LAX, and my completely justifia...

Satoda Mai's husband signed a 7 year / $155 million deal with the New York Yankees (Yahoo! Sports).
 
I will now go back to not caring about Satoda Mai.

They didn't name this group Mori Musume '14.  We're heading in the right direction here, people.

In what sense would any fan be upset with this move.

I don't follow AKB at all, but would people call Tsunku a copycat just because he opened up an audition to fan voting?  It's not like he's copying some radical new idea; to me it just feels like the next logical step to add some excitement and intrigue to the process.

Maybe a new audition where au users can vote for a girl to get in?  I've got a bunch of crazy ideas, but then I keep remembering this announcement is being made during an au event and should probably have some connection.   Edit:  This is probably irrelevant, but does anyone know how big of a phone ...

Most baseball writers think the competition for Tanaka will come down to the New York Yankees or the Los Angeles Dodgers.  If he comes to LA because Satoda wanted him to, she'll be my favorite OG of all time.

If he put a call out to the media that he has a message, then I feel like it'll be something pretty significant.  I mean, it's OK when he trolls the fans with his stupid messages, but I don't think he'd do the same to the media.   With Satoda Mai's husband announcing which American baseball team he'...

I only bought 1 new game this year, so by default my game of the year is Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Japanese baseball pitcher Masahiro Tanaka, Satoda Mai's husband, will be posted by his Japanese team to come play in America.  Besides seeing how the Dodgers go about this, I'm interested to see if Mai comes with him to the US.

[quote="Ap2000"]   <blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Madara" data-cid="168068" data-time="1386605921"> <div> Things keep heating up over there. China, Japan and South Korea all have "air defense zones" that now overlap:   http:...