Alice Project Special

Indie Idol company Alice Project ,which handles a number of groups we have covered on this site ,is having a special continuous live USTREAM broadcast ,the broadcast started 9hrs ago ,I was unable at the time to let you know about it , due to other commitments.
It`s not your standard idols, sit around and chat type program. Instead this involves the groups trying to hatch quail eggs sold at supermarket. There is not really much to the broadcast the eggs and the brooder are the focus, twice a day a member from one of the groups will come in and roll the eggs over. The eggs get to listen to the groups songs all day as well.


If you just want to take a look in from time to time and check on their mission, you can here.
Alice Project Special Live USTREAM

 

If you want to watch a recorded program they have , you can go here

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17954149

To see their groups in action

 http://www.youtube.com/user/aliceprojectcompany

Momoiro Clover Z “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”

Momoiro Clover Z “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”

Momoiro Clover Z recently released the video for their upcoming single “Mouretsu Uchuu Koukyoukyoku Dainana Gakushou ‘Mugen no Ai’”.
The video features the group in several CGI created backgrounds, riding space bicycles while wearing pirate costumes.
I have to say they make for some cute space pirates.

Tokyo Girls Style' Rock You!

 The full preview for Tokyo Girls' Style 9th single Rock you! / Onnaji Kimochi -YMCK REMIX was uploaded on avex track channel a few days ago. I love the grayish tint that the PV has to it. It's simple, fun, and the girls look fierce and tough sporting simple military themed outfits.This is hands down, one of Tokyo Girls' Style best singles. TGS has been flawless, releasing good single after good single consistently.

Up Up Girls Going My Way

Remember UFZS, that new UFA kpop/jpop unit that was announced almost a whole year ago? Well, their back!

Up Up Girls (formerly UFZS) is a dance unit has consisting of former H!P Egg members Saho Akari, Furukawa Konatsu, Sekine Azusa, Mori Saki, Arai Manami, Satou Ayano, and Sengoku Minami.
They'll be having a new single called Going My ↑ I thought the girls had dreams to debut in Korea. I hope that remains true! 

There is no release date yet, but you can hear a preview of it!

PASSPO☆ Kimi wa boku wo Suki ni naru

PASSPO☆ released their third single Kimi wa boku wo Suki ni naru on the Universal channel Today. The girls look pretty, the dance and outfits are great! I love how PASSPO☆ PV's are mainly outse too. it gives everything a fresh, bright feeling, I'm not completely feeling the song yet.

AKB48 Just Miss 1 Million Day One Sales

AKB48 “GIVE ME FIVE” entered Oricon at #1 with first day sales of 966,529 this is the third record breaking first day release for AKB48. Unless there is a down turn in sales, this will be the 6th consecutive and 7th single overall to sale one million copies.

AKB48 GIVE ME FIVE

A sub team known as Acchan48.net has taken the time to sub the entire 34 minute version of AKB48 single GIVE ME FIVE!


Give Me Five (Full Version) Eng Sub from Acchan48 on Vimeo.

UFA Sapporo

We haven`t mentioned it in the past however Up-Front have several regional offices and spin off agencies such as Hello!Project.
Former Viyuden member Miyoshi Erika who is from Sapporo has transferred to Up-Front`s Sapporo office.
She will be playing on the Sapporo based Sapporo Cerbies futsal team and other regional activities along with Tokyo events.

UFA Sapporo related site
http://www.ufa-sapporo.com/

Recent photo of Erika

http://www.ufa-sapporo.com/information/index.cgi?no=662

http://gree.jp/miyoshi_erika

AKB48 GIVE ME FIVE Coupling PVs

Recently the videos for the AKB48 “GIVE ME FIVE” single have started to come out. Below is the videos for ”NEW SHIP” which is a story about JKT48 Melody transferring to a Japanese school by Special Girls A , and “Hitsujikai no Tabi” by Special Girls B.


“Hitsujikai no Tabi”

Hitsujikai no Tabi (Special Girls B) - AKB48 by mariixd20

“New Ship”
I think they did an ok job here with Melody from JKT48, in symbolizing that while the group maybe from outside Japan; they are a part of the 48 family.

BRIGHT "Kimi ga Iru Kara~Kokoro no Tonari☆"

PIH hasn't covered the avex 4 membered girl group BRIGHT that much.
BRIGHT has a new single coming out February 2nd. A preview for this single was posted in December of last year, but the full PV is finally out!


BRIGHT - Kimi ga Iru Kara ~Kokoro no Tonari ☆ by yana-sakurami

My background of BRIGHT
I got into BRIGHT by chance. I'm subscribed to many Japanese record companies on YouTube including avex (which BRIGHT is signed to). I saw them in my subscribers list, and it looked interesting. The song was "Feelin' You" and I immediately feel in love with the song and video. After discovering "Feelin' You", I loosely followed BRIGHT. I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of them. On my ipod, I only have 4 songs from them: Feelin' You, Ichi nen ni Kagetsu Hatsuka, Love ~Aru Ai no Katachi~, and Still... Really, it's only 2 singles if you subtract the B sides. BAD GIRL!!! Isn't really bad either~ I really need more of their songs.

BRIGHT is way underrated! The girls are so talented in singing and dancing. Nanaka's voice is beautiful! She can really hit the high notes; she has a wide range. My other favorite voice and member is Nagi! I like her short hair and her deep voice~

On to the video
It's obvious that Nanaka is the most popular member. It's basically her singing the whole thing while Meg, Nagi, and Mimi are stuck with the backup vocals. Even in other singles, Nanaka has always gotten more lines and attention. I hate when groups do this. Yes, Nagi has a really nice voice, but the other members are just as pretty and talented. It just makes me so mad! Isn't Nagi the leader? If anyone's going to get a solo song, it should be Nagi! (I need to write about how being the leader/captain in a group doesn't have any meaning.)

Anyways, besides the obvious Nanaka bias, all of the girls are flawless. Nagi's red hair looks gorgeous on her, and Meg's short hair suits her so well. Mi-mi has this beautiful chocolate brown shade of hair that I love and everybody just sparkles. Nanaka looks so breathtaking and stunning.

I love the outfits. They honestly remind of 2NE1 a little bit, and I don't know why. I  also don't get the point of the little boy that is shown often. The song is the typical bright song. I like it, but I think that they could do better. Nanaka's voice, as I keep mentioning, is really good, but with her just singing, I just get tired of hearing it. I miss the voices of the other three members! I also wish they showed more of the dancing.

I give this single a 3.5/5. Compared to the other songs I have from BRIGHT,  I just can't feel this one. BRIGHT songs generally take time for me to warm up to them, so I think I'll have to listen to it more. I could change my mind.


Related post: http://pureidolheart.blogspot.com/2011/12/bright.html
More video's from BRIGHT: http://www.bright-online.net/movie/