Hangry & Angry's August Single/DVD Release

According to a Tokyohive article the new single will be available onto CD along with a DVD this August 10th.

I'm dissapointed in UFA ( Up Front Agency ) for I agree with Kylon they are horrible in supporting / promoting thier own groups. Only one new single for H&A a year after thier previous CD album release? *sigh* However the groups original creation was to help sale a clothing line.

Anyway other then a couple of re-mixes I'm not interested in the CD, however if you are fan the DVD most likely will be worth it. We all know, reguardless of group, they sound a lot better live then studio recordings. I plan on just getting thier latest single via iTunes when available here on the American side.

If you are new to J-pop / Rock this group of both Yoshizawa Hitomi aka "Yossie" & Ishikawa Rika aka "Rika-chan" are two former singers of the group Morning Musume. Two of many throughout its history .

Yossie doesn't have a blog however Rika-chan does. If you would like to follow her you can find a link here . Note: Google Toolbar / Microsofts Bing can translate text / website for you with roughly 50-70% accuracy. Logic & common sense will do the rest.

The following is thier lastest PV.

Reconquista

Konno Asami aka Konkon makes her debut

For those who are Konno Asami fans Konkon made her debut after months of trainning to become a T.V. Announcer for T.V. Tokyo. Here is a link to both her Official blog and a English translated version here to catch up on. She went on the air live for the first time yesterday around 12:30 hrs JST in what appeared to be a kids land of sorts. I could see a mini Hospitial, resturant, Police station, etc. with in and made a report on the mini T.V. Tokyo station. I do not know Japanese despite being a fan of the culture, but logic / common sense helps at times. Feel free to interpret the following news posts / video in your own judgement. The following are 4 news posts in reference to her debut Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 and a edited video of the afternoons broadcast.

All credit to HiO for finding / posting the links

I'm frankly very happy for her. It has been a long 5 years since she left Morning Musume to attend a University in which despite Fan Club or HiP Concert appearances kept a very low quiet profile. I am surprised myself she even started a blog to begin with since to this day she is still a reserved women. Best wishes to her in her new profession. All we have now are the old DVDs to enjoy the days she was on stage melting hearts.

I'm back

After a friend of mine twisted my arm to re-open a blog that no one reads & the most hits I ever got on any post was from a picture of Yaguchi Mari I will give this media another try. Go look at " His " blog it's better then mine anyway http://kumaproject.blogspot.com/ LoL

Cyane

Momusu both old & new.

A short post.

First for those who follow Dorimusu ( Dream Morning Musume ) they have a new website with some videos that can be found on YouTube at Up Front channel . I am still expecting some sort of DVD concert release this late Fall after thier tour is finished.

For those who follow Ogawa Makoto she moved her blog .

Lastly if you follow the 9th generation of Morning Musume they will begin a weekly Ustream broadcast every Wednesday at 8pm / 20:00 hours ( Tuesday for us in the U.S. at 6am / 06:00 hours central time ) starting this week.

P.S. Hiroko is still having issues with Paypal. It will probably be at least 30-45 days before she can get a Japan based Paypal account setup & running. The whole problem is her account was created in the U.S. when she was here attending college & thus subject to America tax laws. You can read more at Hiroko Channel .

All things Japan

Well it has been a long time since I blogged . . . like anyone cares or reads this anyway. So lets start with the obvious, the natural disaster in Japan. What can you say? All I did was stay glued to the NHK - World - English broadcast that was on Ustream for two weeks straight. Sure donating money is easy for it allows you not to get directly involved, but I feel for those affected & wish I could of been there in person to help. I tried over a couple of days to keep a friend of mine informed / relay news casts, but felt I was hindering then helping. That & her own country men/women were doing a by far better job in doing so & lifting her spirits where I could not. Sometimes you just have to acknowledge your limitations. 

At the same time I was ashamed to be an American and further re-enforced my love of Japan over my own country for two reasons. One was the American media way over exaggerating the Nuclear accident & down right fear mongering to the point private citizens here were buying iodine pills & radiation detectors. Eh?!? Two were those intentionally, on the previously mentioned Ustream broadcast, spreading mis-information when the turth was being broadcast on the very channel they are commenting on without a shread of proof. Then there were those adding insult to injury to the people of Japan telling Godzilla jokes, that they derserved it because of either Pearl Harbour or whaling, etc.

For those who wish to continue to follow the real news from Japans NHK-World in English just click the following http://jibtv.com/ then click the " On Air " tab.

Pretty much everyone who are going to donate have all ready. However if you would like to continue to do so long term & what to know beyond all reasonable doubt your donations are getting to the people please goto HirokoChannel and make a direct donation. Though she is currently having problems getting it setup please visit the site once a week for by her own admission it should be up & running in another week or so.

Another way to donate & show or rather wear your good deed with pride you can visit CafePress . 10% of all sales from the " Japan relief " merchandise namely the T-shirts will goto the Red Cross.

Well with all this despair one could use some cheering up. Then by all means if you like Japanese comedy specifically Batsu-games you can download them here Ggakifiles.Blogspot . Some are sub-titled & some not, but if you are a fan like me you'll laugh just the same.

Lastly there is the latest Morning Musume release of thier 45th single. I like the song, not so much the outfits & even less the PV, but as they say "everybody is a critic". It's good to see the 9th Generation finally. I feel they did very well & despite being thrown to the wolves, sort of speak with a Spring concert right around the corner plus school ( people tend to forget about that ), I have high hopes they will do just fine. The following is thier PV. Enjoy courtsey of thier offical YouTube channel.

Maji de suka suka 

Interview with english subs ( view on YT & turn on cc )

The American Media

A Happy Birthday to Linlin.

A Happy 20th Birthday to Linlin formerly of Morming Musume.

Whaa! Where to begin. She joined first as a Hello!Project Egg in January of 2007 then later with Junjun & Mitsui Aika as the 8th generation of the group in the Summer of the same year. Great credit to her for over coming the language barrier though both her & Junjun were largely ingored in the beginning she more then proved herself as a worthy member.

A 2nd "happy girl" to Niigaki Risa she is one whom has an aura about her. A light if you will flowing from her pure heart. One who has mastered unconditional love at such an early age in which impresses me the most. I love her quirks of how she laughs, by dropping to the floor/ground & either pointing or over doing it with arm movements. Also she tends to be gullible at times at the amusement of others. She takes love serious & never for granted for if you are lucky enough to be called a friend of hers you are turely blessed.

After returning to China she's has been quite busy and/or lazy to blog much anymore. It remains to be seen what she will doing for a living, but I'm sure we'll hear something by years end. I can only hope she takes the time to celebrate her birthday with family & old friends.

Linlin's Graduation message & solo

Lillin's Blog

Disclaimer: I am in no way condoning you or anyone else to up/down load Copy Right material. Do with the information below as you will.

If you wish to download her & Junjun's graduation memorial first do the following.

1.) Download & install uTorrent 

2.) Goto the website Hello!Online ( a Hello!Project fan site ) an register

3.) Now that you have access to the " Tracker " section of the website after logging in. Here is the link to thier Memorial Special 

4.) Open media with Windows Media Player upon download completion

Morning Musume's 45th Single "Maji Desu ka Ska!" radio rip

I've been harsh or critical in the past of Tsunku-sans writing, specifically the music. Therefore most of Morning Musume's singles in the past I never seem to like upon there release. However I do in the end for they "grow" on me over time. For example "Kimagure Princess" took 10 months before I finally liked it, though see'ing it performed live helped.

So as you might of guessed I don't care to much for the music set to this one, but not as badly as previous releases. Listening to it over & over as I'm blogging here lol. Overall I do like how it's sung though. I think the 9th generation did a good job however it will take some time getting use to the "new" sound for I keep trying to look for & hear Eri, Junjun & Linlin voices *cries*. I can only imagine more songs with youth in mind then the adult ones we have become use to of late.

Well that's my two cents worth so here is the preview untill such time as it found & removed by Up Front Agengcy/Works.

Morning Musume's 45th Single

Blogger couldn't find the video thus the link

9th Generations recordings part 1/2

part 2/2

Dance practice