H!P's Panda-san Powah just leveled up!



TF n00b Fuka Doi is gonna get an invite from Mei to go to the zoo, and they're gonna spend the entire day at the panda enclosure.

W - Choi Waru Devil: Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King

Kind of a stretch, but it's in there.

I could see a streaming service pick this up if it does well in Japan.

I was thinking about how the Platinum Era girls kinda fell through the cracks: too young to parlay the Golden Era into an ongoing career, and to old to really take advantage of M-line.

Score one for Google translate!



I love that M-line is being taken this seriously now.

This is interesting: https://twitter.com/JPN_ENG_Kanda/status/1797876298997760413 The Google translation of the UF recruitment page suggests that they're looking specifically for M-line, but Justin says it's for H!P and M-line. I've asked him for clarity on that. I converted the salary numbers to US...

Hockey fans will understand this; others, not so much, lol!

Oh wow, this looks awesome, and exactly the kind of movie I'm into. It appears to be a fairly big production, too. Good for Riho!

Are we getting an OG Tsubaki reunion for Kisora's graduation show?

This is a pretty good album.

Well that was the most unanimous round yet, lol! I was the only one to not vote for Mukidashi de Mukiatte, and I almost did, but went with Gobaku in the end. You get two votes to move two songs on to the Final round. Next week we'll poll the new songs that came out after this thing began. The new Bi...

Manakan, Chii-chan, Karin, Take-chan and Riko is a really good crew. If Ayu and Rikako go M-line, you could have an HPDC All Star team.

I was just talking about this in the Daaishi grad thread, lol. We're definitely getting an M-line dance team if Ayu joins now.

That's wild. I've never seen something like this pulled from Twitter before. I'll try to up them to my DM account later tonight. Gotta walk the dog first. EDIT: Couldn't get into my DM for some reason, so I made a Rumble account, which can't be posted inline here. You'll have to click the links belo...

I've decided to add another 3rd round with all of Hoshibe's newest songs that were released after this thing started, so familiarize yourself with the new Biyo single (which should be out by tomorrow), "Atashi Rhythm from TF's new album and "Bibitaru Ichigeki" from Anju's new single. ...

Man, I love the music to Nandaka so much -- the speed vocals, not so much. I haven't checked the reaction of gaijin harowota Twitter yet, but they mostly hated Chu Chu Chu, so you'd think they'd feel similarly towards this. It's pretty out there, but I'm not gonna lie, I dig that they get experiment...

We're inching closer to the end of the BBS UHSHPB Showdown! "Atsui" and "Nana Korobi Ya Oki" have punched their tickets to the Semi Finals, where they will face off against the winners of the other Round 3 poll, which features MM and KSS. This one is brutal , lol. Two votes to ho...

So it seems a concert is going on right now and I'm missing it lol! Anyway, I'm impressed with vocals in this performance. Lots of actual solo lines, which is awesome -- and the audience clearly loves it, too -- and almost all are sung really well. KitaRio's bit at the modulation probably should've ...

Live clip of "SaiKIYOU"

Lyrics: Kodama Akeko
Composition: Okubo Kaoru
Arrangement: Okubo Kaoru

Based on the current H!P release schedule of one single per year it's almost certainly her last, although it's pretty far removed from her actual graduation day. Who knows, maybe they've got MM's 17th album in the works for a November release that more closely coincides with Ayu's grad.

After watching this a few times, my reaction to the radio rip remains unchanged, other than the fact that I'm kind of annoyed by it now. The song is fine, as is the arrangement and the performance, but why is this an Anju release? I'm not gonna lie, I even want J=J to avoid this sort of smooth-pop f...

I love this topic, and wish I had come up with it first, lol. This is gonna be an ongoing work in progress for me, because I know I'll be reminded of others constantly, but I'll drop the first handful from the top of my head. Baby Cry - Tanpopo: arguably my all-time favorite H!P B-side. Hatsuyuki - ...

Ayumi is a decent singer, so I could see her going to M-line. The other thing is that she's definitely going to break Yuko's oldest member at graduation mark, which makes me a little sad even though it's kind of a dumb "record" lol. Obviously, I'm happy to see another of the 9-10kis move o...

MejraThea wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 3:33 pm Why the hell include Alchemy instead f Winding Road lol.

Why not both? BTW, the album drops July 24th.

I really love this a lot. Definitely a shout-out to Reina, and really well done because it's not overdone where it feels forced or cringe, but not so subtle that you don't know what's up. The song is so great, with it's easy pop vibe that fits Biyo so well mixed with the neo-traditional Japanese mel...

I'm back! Round 2 closes with five songs moving on from the ON/MM/TF/C-ute/KSS battle, and all but four of them from Morning fucking Musume. It's actually nice to see the flagship flexing a bit in one of these battle royales that isn't set in a pre-2015 timeframe. Round 3 opens with Biyo / Anju / KF...

"Polaris Compass" PV is out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcyMEZp5MU0 Also this official lyrics clip for the "Vampire" cover came out a few days ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ephQVD01phc Lol! Even the video is a cover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xCOsgWG0M

It just occurred to me that I won't be able to post a new poll this Sunday, as I'll be on vacation for a week starting tomorrow. I'll pick it back up when I get back.

They kind of hinted at this on Big Love, tbh. I don't hate it, but we already have Juice=Juice, so...

My conspiracy theory is that the company wants to keep a link to the group's original concept, and is keen to keep them from becoming too talented.