Mobekimasu Sort Update

The ever entertaining game of Mobekimasu Sort has been once again updated, this time including S/mileage second generation and Morning Musume's 10th.  With that being said, the results this time have probably changed from the last time I had to choose my ranking.

Berryz Kobo and Buono Overseas in 2012!

If you haven't heard yet, it has been confirmed that Buono! will be performing in Paris, France in February of 2012, and Berryz Kobo will return to the United States in New Jersey for AnimeNEXT convention.

Berrikyuu DVD Mag Vol 2 - A Plot Summary

You may or may not have already read my previous post about Berryz & C-ute's DVD Magazine Volume 1, but either way, here is the continuation post, featuring (wait for it)...yes that's right folks, Berryz & C-ute DVD Magazine Volume 2!!

Berrikyuu DVD Mag Vol 1 - In a Nutshell

Today I had the joy of watching Berryz Kobo & C-ute DVD Magazine Volume 1, which central focus a military atmosphere, obviously referring to their recent stage play, Sengoku Jietai.  This DVD magazine was accompanied by it's other half, Volume 2.  In Volume 1 (today's focus), we were blessed with the presence of half of our Berikyuu members.  In Volume 2 (stay tuned to find out), we get to see the other half.

Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku Single Covers

Hello!Project's Mobekimasu single Busu ni Naranai Tetsugaku which is set for release on November 16th, is coming out with a regular version, plus 6 limited edition versions.  Limited editions B-F feature a different H!P group and have a special cover, including a special b-side track.  Here they are:

Ai no Dangan GETS + Contest Winner

First off I wanted to start by saying that by default, the new winner of the contest; by sheer luck, would happen to be BleachGal101.  Congratulations!  I could tell how badly you wanted the item, and even by random selection, you still won! Please e-mail me at HelloRaffi@gmail.com with shipping info, and i'll get your Maasa card shipped asap!

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On another note, I finally received my package from HSU with my Ai no Dangan goods.  It's not a whole lot, but it's a couple of things that I love.  Here's what the contents of my package were:

Risako 2L photoset

Maasa 2L photoset (sorry, this ones mine!)

And the catch of the day: Ai no Dangan shirt

front                                                         back

I loved the look of the photosets and especially the shirt, so I had to buy it.  Besides, Ai no Dangan was a great single.  If you like goods like these, please visit HelloStoreUSA via the link on the right side of this page!

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

Heroine ni Narou Ka Goods List

Heroine ni Narou Ka was originally released on March 2nd of this year.  The event release date and their goods have been postponed until just recently because of the recent earthquake and forthcoming problems.  Now that things have begun to get settled, the goods have been released!

The shirt itself isn't anything surprising, so I'm pretty sure i'm going to pass on buying that one.

The pictures are pretty interesting, especially seeing Momoko's drawings.  I like the A5 pictures, and might pick up a few, but I don't have any sleeves to protect them >_<

Raffi's Fashion Check 4

Hello!Project has put up new profile pictures for Berryz Kobo in their Ai no Dangan PV outfits.

What can I say other then that they are amazing?  Not much.

There isn't much variety between the member wearing the outfits, but nevertheless are they awesome.

Captain:

 - Her hair just keeps getting awesomer as time goes by.

- I like her belt.  Do they all have it? I notice it more on Captain.

Momoko:

 - Cool sunglasses YO.

- She looks like she's about to go skydiving or something.

- Her hair just goes WOOSH!

Chinami:

 - Moar cool hair YO.

- Whats with the ONE big earring?  Lol

- I wanna know what's under her jacket...NOT LIKE THAT JEEZ.

Maasa:

 - aldfjaslfjkalfjkflj just perfection *_*

- Her hair never changes but for some reason I love it more each time.

- OMG BOOTS

Miyabi:

 - Is that a ponytail I see?  If it is that would be epic *_*

- Shutup I like hair okay.

- She reminds me of a sexy Nascar driver.

Yurina:

 - Is this a jumpsuit or a two piece suit?

- She looks like she could be a secret agent or something cool like that.

Risako:

 - Ooooh so awesome idk what to say *_*

- How is she the youngest, im not sure.

I hope this PV is awesome.  I haven't seen any previews yet, mostly because I am too lazy or I just forget.  These outfits are very promising though!

Idols on Facebook

(sarcasm)

Breaking News! Some H!P Kids have been spotted using the social network Facebook, as means of their own personal communication.  The idols have been seen posting on each others "walls," and "liking" each others statuses.  They even have gone as far as to "comment" on each others pictures in English out of all things.

I give you: Exhibit A:

(/sarcasm)

I don't know about you guys, but I found this to be the one of the funnies things i've seen on Facebook.

AND ITS REALLY ON FACEBOOK.

Berryz Seattle Setlist

As we all know already, Berryz Kobo have been in the States for the last couple of days.  How exciting for those fans who were able to attend!!  Not as exciting (yet still exciting nevertheless) for those fans who were unable to get over to Seattle to see the awesomeness that occurred.  Fans all over flew from far and wide to attend this special event.

The concert that Berryz Kobo held was smaller then their average concert would be, seeing that the venue was smaller, and that they had different agendas planned hour by hour.  This is what they performed for their US fans:

1. Ganbarou Nippon Ai wa Katsu

2. Special Generation

3. Heroine ni Narou Ka

4. Shining Power

MC (the girls spoke about the places in Seattle they visited)

5. Piriri to Yukou

6. Happiness Koufuku Kangei

7. Tsukiatteru no Kataomoi

8. Berry Fields

9. Clap

10. Maji Bomber

11. Icchoume Rock

12. Otakebi Boy Wa

MC

13. Rival

(Encore) 14. All For One and One For All

According to staff twitter, over 3500 fans attended the concert!  That's a great thing to hear.  It was a relief to see how many die-hard Berryz fans attended the concert and Sakura-Con all together, after hearing (rumors) that no fans waited for them at the airport upon their arrival.

Part from the concert, the girls attended the coveted autograph sessions, Q&A session with their fans, and the closing ceremonies.  What a fantastic weekend this must have been for any fan who enjoyed it.

Congratulations to Berryz Koubou for making their USA debut!!!

All I can say is that I hope more Hello!Project groups come more often to the States.  (Los Angeles again please!)

7 Berryz Times

 Berryz Kobo's newest album, titled 7 Berryz Times is out.  There are a total of 10 tracks on it, 3 of which are their last three singles, making for 7 brand new songs.  After a good few listens to them, I can say which I liked the best, and which I didn't like that much.
[Not including Tracks: 2,5,9 since they are Heroine ni Narou Ka, Maji Bomber, and Shining Power]

Track 1: Icchoume Rock! (一丁目ロック!)

A good song to open with.  It had a good upbeat feel to it.  Nice to hear Maasa so early into the song too (perk for me).  Everyone had a fair amount of lines here.  Wasn't too excited about the song overall, but it somewhat reminded me of Hero Arawaru (Heroine ni Narou Ka b-side).






Track 3: Bomb Bomb Jump!
Out of all the new songs on this album, this one has to be my favorite.  For some reason, it really got to me.  It has a very 60's feel to it, which appealed to me.  It made me want to dance like they did back in the day.  You know, like "the monkey" and "the swim."  Either way, this song is really catchy, and I loved everyone in it.  Very fun song.








Track 4: Masshiroi ano Kumo (真っ白いあの雲)
This song was my least favorite out of them all.  It's too slow and soft for my taste.  I was never really fond of the slower ballad type songs anyways.  I feel like there is nothing I can do with this song.  I wont really want to listen to it anywhere because it's too slow lol.  Maybe to help me sleep?






Track 6: Joshikai The Night (女子会 The Night)
Ahh this is more what i'm talking about!  A song that's got some step to it!  It's faster and up tempo.  The audio track in the background is great on its own too.  Sounds like it could easily be Berryz next new single...but it's not.  Anyways, i'd consider it my second favorite song on this album.  Oh, and the parts in the song where the girls whisper is the best.

Track 7: Girls Times (ガールズタイムス)
This song was just eh for me.  Didn't find anything particularly special bout it.  Dunno why, but it reminds me of a Christmas song.  Maybe it's because of the instrumentals.  That kinda makes it fun I suppose lol.  Well..it is a fun song, especially with the 'shoobee doo bap bap!'





Track 8: Onna no Pride (女のプライド)
This song really reminds me of Chotto Samishii (Shining Power b-side).  Whenever i'm listening to this song, I get this quirky image in my head of Berryz Kobo sitting around a campfire and singing this together.  Sounds like a "Tomodachi wa Tomodachi Nanda" type of song.  What I mean by that is that by the beat alone, I feel the lyrics are talking about girl power or something (maybe that's because of the title) lol.



Track 10: Magical Future! (マジカルフューチャー!)
Now I know this song has been around for a bit already, but I actually haven't given it a listen until this album came out.  I think Magical Future was a theme song used for Inazuma Eleven, but other then that, I don't think it was put on a CD or anything was it?  Anyways, I like the song,  Maybe my 3rd favorite on the album (not crown worthy).  Has that upbeat tempo that I love so much.  I also really like the intro.  All in all I could definitely listen to this more often.




So all in all there were 3 songs that stood out to me, as I listed above.  Great thing about this album that I could probably listen to it all start to finish without having a problem.  Okay, I might skip Masshiroi ano Kumo, but that depends on how I feel lol.  SO!  What did you think about the album?

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.

New Berryz Kobo Ranking

So, now that you've seen my Morning Musume ranking, it's time to show you my new Berryz Kobo ranking.  I'm glad a new single came out, because that means that I don't have to use the Shining Power profile pictures anymore lol.

 

(like my graphic?)

Here's the rundown:

Risako: There's just something about her that's keeping her at number 1 for me.  Maybe its the frequent times she visits me in my dreams?  Maybe it's her pouty lip?  I'm not sure, but I can't let go of her yet.

Maasa: As of late, she's really gotten my attention.  From watching the Berikou Fest concert, and seeing her in Heroine Ni Narou Ka, it made me love her even more.  Also, I just discovered how incredibly cute her laugh is.  She took Yurina's previously held number 2 spot.

Yurina: My opinion hasn't changed much about her for the past few months.  I still lover her to pieces.

Captain: She's really starting to grow on me.  Maybe that's because I keep hearing about her from various sources.  Also, i'm such a sucker for long hair.  I really dig the extensions on her.  I'm also really happy to see her getting a lot more attention in the new single, and in Berryz Kobo in general.  She took Miyabi's previously held number 4 position.

Miyabi: She hasn't stood out much to me lately.  Never was the biggest fan of Buono, so I might have just brushed her off.

Chinami: I like her, I really do, there are just others I like more.  She hasn't impressed me greatly yet, but I must say, I really fell in love with her solo performance of Nicchoku Geinoujin no Kaiwa at the Berikou Fest concert.

Momoko: Still not interested in her at all.  I don't hate her though.  I just don't find her to be anything special.

I wonder how much do you disapprove of my ranking?

Let's Play A Game

Here are a bunch of screenshots from Hello!Project's DVD Magazine Volume 24!

Instead of me coming up with terrible yet hilarious captions for them, I want YOU to come up with some.

Pick your favorite members and caption their faces.  I bet it'll get you thinking!

Think you've got what it takes?

Try it.  Make me laugh.  GO!

(*Ogawa Saki and Mano Erina didn't feel like playing this game I guess. Lameo's)