What is the future of Morning Musume?

"What is the future for Morning Musume?"A question that a lot of people are asking, and have been for quite some time. And now, without their weekly midday TV show, after it, along with Berikyuu, was replaced with the new show Yorosen last week, the question is more relevent than ever. These are some of my opinions and predictions on the matter...Yorosen could either rekindle that dying flame that some would call Morning Musume as it is exponentially more interesting than the Haromoni@ that so many people have complained about. Now, however, a lot of people are revealing the hypocrisy in their opinions after claiming that nothing could be worse than HM@, they say that they would rather HM@ or no show at all over the current Yorosen. I couldn't...

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"Hangry & Angry" Rocking the World

Well, this is shocking news. It's just been revealed that former Morning Musume members Yoshizawa Hitomi and former Biyuden leader Ishikawa Rika will be teamed up in a brand new Hello!Project Unit.Hangry & Angry, named after the Harajuku gothic-lolita fashion store which the new unit seems to be promoting, are a very interesting unit. Not because of the members, as an IshiYoshi unit is something alot of fans have been begging for for quite a while.No, what is interesting about this unit is the style. The Punk-Rock feel to, not only the costumes, but their debut single Kill Me Kiss Me makes this unit feel very fresh and original. I think it's safe to say that this is something UFA have never tried before.The song carries with the style very...

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Jingisukan Tarutaru Mix - New PV

Earlier I was recommended a look at a new Jingisukan PV by a couple of people, including shwee who said "Maasa is center". My friends know me well. Anyway, I've checked it out, and I love it. The old PV we saw before with the dancing sheep was weird, and it may have been fun, but it was in no way a great PV - not in comparison to this one, anyway. And indeed, just as I had been told, Maasa is the center of the PV as she takes the most prominant place at the top of the stairs, and with slight alterations to her costume to help match the original song by German pop-group Dschingis khan, she stands out the most in the video, despite being stuck at the back of the group. What I love about this one is that it has a healthy combination of footage...

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Yorosen : So it Begins

TV-Tokyo 月曜～金曜 (Monday-Friday) テレビ東京「よろセン！」 (Yorosen) ※10/6（月）スタート！ 月・火・木 - 24:53～25:00 水 - 25:13～25：20 金 - 25:53～26：00 Yorishiku Sensei (Yorosen) has just aired for the first time, you will probably find the episode on Hello!Online tracker or on YouTube within the next few hours. (And as soon as I find it, I'll embed it in this post). Those of you who have read my post on (or were already using) KeyholeTV may have been lucky enough to watch it live. If not, don't fall behind, find my previous post on Keyhole while you have the oppertunity and get the software (or anything better you find elsewhere). The broadcasting times are found above. Don't read Japanese? Want to know what those times are in your respective time zone? Refer to this:Monday: Japanese (JST) - 24:53~25:00 | British...

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Berikore! shirts to be owned.

Well, I just put my order into Ohta's store for the shirt you see above. It'll be my first Hello!Project shirt and I'm happy it'll be my favourite idol's one. Although I was tempted to go for Miyabi's instead, for the sole reason that I liked the colour.If you're interested in ordering one too, you can find them on Ohta's store here. But be fast, if you try after October 9th it'll be too late, as he'll have already sent away for the order.I'm looking forward to recieving mine. And I'm sorry that this entry wasn't very interesting. But there are two pretty Maasa pics up above to keep you parasites hap...

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Berryz Koubou go head to head!

I've just learned about something spectacular. Something that will change my world forever. Berryz Koubou will be appearing in a new Stage Play in November. A play that, interestingly, has been titled 「Berryz工房　VS　Berryz工房」. Clearly such a confrontation, Berryz clashing with none other than themselves, would be so sweet - triple coated in a thick layer of pure win - that it would melt the eyes of anyone to even look at it with the simplistic awesomeness. Surely, anyone who goes to see this play live will return home a changed man. And I envy anyone lucky enough to be in Japan during the 12 days that it is being performed. Now the Video Games Live concert which I'll be going to see in London on the 24th of October (anyone else going? Drop...

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