A-gana Bonus Footage

I just watched the bonus footage that was paired along with the blu-ray release of the Winter 2011 Hello!Project concert A-gana version.  To be honest, it wasn't as great as I hoped.  It failed in comparison to the B-kkuri bonus footage (in my opinion of course).  It was 8 performances sung buy shuffle groups, 1 Berryz perf and 1 C-ute perf to finish it off.  10 in total.

Pucchimoni V: A great way to start off the dvd.  A great song sung by one of my favorite shuffles.  High energy and awesome dancing!  Probably my favorite performance of the dvd!

ZYXa: Overall was a good performance, but it wasn't that spectacular.  Chinami, Maasa, and Risa are win.  The other three were just bleh.  The outfits are scary too o_o

Aa: Snorefest.  I've never heard this song prior to this performance but it just felt very boring and it dragged on forever!  It's like it was a 8 minute performance I swear.  Airi and Miya are win though.

Shin Minimoni: Oh lord what have they done.  This performance puts shame to the original Minimoni.  I don't really know who the two eggs are, but they did far better then Kanon actually.  Her voice made me want to rip my ears off.  It was terrible im sorry.

Tanpopo#: Even though this group is 3x the win, this performance wasn't.  I've never heard the song before, but it was just a bunch of yelling honestly.  I could barely hear them singing over the (way too loud) instrumental, and I think they noticed it was too loud too.

Zoku Viyuuden: Ah, MUCH better.  This performance was awesome.  Even though i'm not the biggest Sayumi fan, I am the biggest Risako fan.  I also love this song.  They certainly rocked it.

High/King: Getting better! Such a great performance this was.  High/King just rules.  Nuff said.

Moar High/King: MOAR HIGH KING.

Berryz: A good performance for a good song.  This was one of the better songs on the album, and it was nice seeing it performed at this concert.  Nothing stood out though.

C-ute: This has become "that song" that HAS to be played at every concert I guess.  It's fun, but I swear it's like a 6 minute song.  IT NEVER ENDS.

In conclusion, in my opinion, Pucchimoni V, Zoku Viyuuden, and High King saved the day.  They held the only reasonable performances.  Maybe you will think otherwise?  I of course suggest you watch it and see for yourself!

B-kkuri Bluray Bonus

I just watched the bonus footage that was paired along with the blu-ray release of the Winter 2011 Hello!Project concert B-kkuri version, and let me just tell you that it was 32 minutes full of pure win.  I watched it twice in a row actually.  It was 11 solo songs sung by various members.

Kanon: A cute way to start off the DVD.  The song has been a favorite Miki song of mine for a while, so it was nice to hear.  Kanon pulled it off well with her high pitched voice.

Yurina: Wasn't too familiar with the song, but after hearing Kumai-chan sing it, I became a fan today.  I really like her jacket actually lol.

Maasa: My favorite Aya song!  Maasa sung it very well but to be honest, she didn't look too into the dance.  She looked rather concerned throughout actually.  I prefer Reina's perf during the platinum 9 concert, but I prefer Maasa over Reina! Haha

Haggy: The song is just 'eh' for me, but omg Maimai is just so cute.  She looked like she was having a lot of fun and I had a lot of fun watching her perform the song!  Interesting dress too.

Airi: Didn't expect anything less from Airi.  The performance was flawless.  Omg it was awesome.  She owned this song.  +100 Airi points omg.  Marry me.

Sakkity: She looked so cute singing this song!  The song itself is just rainbows and kittens cute and Saki performed it really well.

Captain: Very interesting wardrobe choice lol.  Watching Captain bounce around the stage was more interesting then her singing.  She was so happy and smile-y throughout the song that it was contagious.  I just had a smile on my face the whole time!

Sayu: What in the world is she wearing omg that outfit should be burned.  The song was new to me and it was as odd as the outfit to be honest.  Sayu's performance was really cute, but I couldn't get over how redic her skirt is!

Miya: Omg she owned this song.  Miya looks fantastic and she sung this song gracefully.  A great song choice for her, as her voice suited the tempo perfectly.

Maimi: (lol derp face) I've never heard this song before, and to be honest, the performance wasn't very memorable for me.  Maimi looked really cute as usual though.

Lovely-chan: Omg.  This performance was epic of epicness.  I now can't get over the epicness of this song, and how Ai-chan pulled it off.  The song really got to her as you can see from the screen shot, she got very teary and it looked like it caught her by surprise.  She really got to me with this performance.  I got crazy chills and goosebumps when watching.  Especially that tear omg.  With a title that translates to "Goodbye, I Don't Want to be Friends," it must have been something personal.  I want to hug her aww.

In conclusion, Ai-chan's, Airi's, and Miya's performances were my favorite by far.  Maasa's and Yurina's are runners up.  I really fell in love with this DVD extras for some reason! It's just so awesome!  EVERYONE PLEASE WATCH IT!

Winter 2011 Concert A-gana

Last night I finished watching the Hello!Project Winter 2011 Concert (A-Gana) DVD.  I really liked how they covered older H!P songs with the shuffle units such as my favorites, Pucchimoni V and Tanpopo#.

Speaking of those two groups, they both had two of my favorite performances of the night.  Pucchimoni V performed an original Pucchimoni song, "Wow Wow Wow," and Tanpopo# performed a W song "Dekoboko Seventeen."  That has been one of my favorite W songs ever.

All in all, I thought the concert was really fun to watch, and I am now obsessed with those two performances.  My third favorite performance would have to be High-King's Destiny Love.  It was performed really well.

I also loved how Nakazawa Yuko made a nice cameo appearence during one of the MC's, wearing a Dream Morning Musume t-shirt as advertisement.  The kyuukies also got a nice introduction as well, even though Zukki wasn't able to attend.

Wow Wow Wow


Dekoboko Seventeen


Destiny Love

Ladies in Red

Yes.  It's time for another one of my "oh look what I bought, i'm so cool" blog posts.

Don't hate.

First off, we have the last batch of Rival Survival goods. These should be the last Rival Survival goods that i'll ever buy (you never know).

I liked the outfits a lot and wanted to buy everyone's 2L size set, but after I did that with the military sets, I realized that my wallet wouldn't allow for that again.

- I'm happy with one of everyones L sizes. ^_^

Moving on to the next concert, which is (was) Hello!Project's 2011 Winter Concert Festival thingy.  That was where all the girls wore red dresses.  Since it was a full Hello!Project concert, there were so many photosets to choose from, that my brain exploded and I couldn't decide who's to buy.  So I took the easy way out.

I just wanted a little bit of everybody! (teehee)

After the initial purchase, I was kinda upset that I didn't cheap out and buy the s/mileage and mano erina L set as well, just so I could have everyone's red outfits.  Oh well.  This is good enough.

And remember the 1 Maasa picture that I bought from eBay like 2 months ago?

OMFG TWINS.  AAAHH.

No seriously how awesome would it be if there were two Maasa's in BK?  Like...if she had a twin.  That would be freakin' cool yo.  Just imagine.

An Ebay Success Story

So a week or so ago I found some new H!P Winter 2011 pictures on Ebay for sale.  They all started around a dollar, so I thought to myself, "hey, what a great deal!"  It was then when I decided to bid on all the members that I wanted (even though I forgot some).

Well, this is what it eventually turned into:

After adding up the total, I noticed that I was going to be spending around $13 bucks for 8 L sized pictures.  After I placed all the bids, I realized that I could buy the same pictures off of HSU for less.

Lucky for me, I completely forgot that I even placed bids on these items, which turned into this in about 20 minutes:

I was even considering bidding again on a few pictures, but then once again, completely forgot to.  Oh well!

(in the meantime, i was also outbid on Aika)

I went to HSU (30 minutes ago) and decided to buy these photosets from their store.  I was happy to find out that I could buy the Momusu (5), Berryz (7), and C-ute (5); 17 pictures for $20 total.  So I did.

Oh yeah.  After like almost 2 weeks, I got something in the mail from ebay:

 (i have the real picture, just didn't feel like taking a shot and uploading it)

Lol yaaay, now I have an extra Maasa.  GO MAASA.

I hope you enjoyed my little story.  The End.

Overnight Surprises

Okay, so literally overnight, I find out a bunch of new H!P related things.  I'm pretty sure you guys know most of this already, but yeah...i'm a little slow today, seeing as i'm back in school *sobsob*

SO WHATS NEW YOU ASK?

HO HO HO!

1. Morning Musume Spring 2011 Titled - New Genesis Fantasy DX ~ Welcome 9th Generation Members ~

Title sounds really cool, but rather long.  "Rival Survival" was so rockin' and easy to remember.  It was also easy to search for concert goods!  New Genesis Fantasy DX Welcome 9th Generation Members is a mouthful.  It sounds promising though, seeing as "fantasy" makes it sound like they're going to sing Fantasy11 songs.  Let's just wait and see what happens hmm?

2. Okai Chisato 2nd HelloCover is Romantic Ukare Mode

I've always been a fan of Miki's Romantic Ukare Mode, so it was refreshing to hear Chissa sing it.  She did really well.

3. Hello!Project 2011 Winter Concert is gonna release 2 different DVD's

There is going to be an A and a B version of the concert released, each with different setlists.  [A] will have all the regular setlists, while [B] will have a bunch of full length (i think) solo songs sung buy various members which I certainly look forward to seeing!

4. Buono's Zassou no Uta PV has been released:

I'm still getting used to this song, seeing as it is so different from anything else Buono! or even H!P has produced lately.  It has a different feel to it.  I like it so far~

5. Berryz Kobo 7th Album Announced / USA Release

Berryz Kobo is releasing their 7th album on March 30th.  This should be interesting seeing that it is going to be right before their trip to Seattle, so I wonder how much of an influence that this album is going to have on their first live USA performance?


6. Takahashi Ai starring in a play called "Dance of the Vampire"

Dunno, sounds pretty random, but i'd love to see Aichan in a sexy vampire costume!

7. Yaguchi Mari had designed and is the voice actor for a new Digimon called 'Panbachimon'

Oh Marippe~ the lulz never stop with you do they ^o^