EbiChu is essentially MomoClo's little sister group. They are their Berryz Koubou, complete with great songs and bad singers.
After going from 5 to 6 to 5 to 12, they are currently at ten members.
Maeyamada Kenichi is essentially in charge of their music and this is a wonderful thing. After their first single was a couple of covers (one of Sakurakko Club and one of ZONE), Maeyamada came along. (I should just make a thread about him, since he's all I care about really)
His first single was Ebizori Diamond. Then he was relegated to the b-side for their third single "Chime". Then they started releasing real singles with "The Tissue" and now "Oh My Ghost". Maeyamada is pretty much doing everything for the group these days. He has also been lending his sense of humor to the group with these songs, and the group's image has been noticeable in all aspects from the youtube blurbs on their PVs to the covers:
"The Tissue" was their first high-quality PV, but it was disappointing. It used that horrendously terrible close-up angle that Smileage always uses and Mano used in "Seishun Serenade". Never have girls been uglier. But "Oh My Ghost"'s PV is amazing despite Ms. Senpai needing acting lessons. There's actually one or two that can sing now (the vocal processing helps)
I care more about their music than their members, but if you like girls here are their introduction videos: one, two.
Most of the girls are pretty tolerable. There is that one "cute" girl that all the Japanese and Foreign wota like. But her "cute" voice and "cute" face are nothing of the sort and almost ruin most of their songs. The stupid thing is that in the b-side to "Oh My Ghost" she actually pulls off a quite competent matsuri-ish naga-uta vibrato.
Anyway, yeah, "Oh My Ghost" comes out this week. At least watch the PV.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QO6NYTxgc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QO6NYTxgc8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QO6NYTxgc8
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Yeah, yeah. Em-El's ramblings are too difficult to read. Here it is not-paragraph form:
- 2010.02.14 - Asa no Chime ga Narimashita!
- 2010.08.07 - Ebizori Diamond!!
- 2011.01.10 - Chime!
- 2011.04.20 - The Tissue ~Tomaranai Seishun~
- 2011.07.27 - Oh My Ghost?