AKB48 in Moscow Documentary. Nov 20, 2010.The video can be downloaded here (direct links) -
http://jpop.com/dl/93591358/86edb04/AKB48_LIVE_IN_Japan_Pop-Culture_Festival.part1.rar.htmlhttp://jpop.com/dl/93669346/1d162ec/AKB48_LIVE_IN_Japan_Pop-Culture_Festival.part2.rar.htmlhttp://jpop.com/dl/93671990/146bb8e/AKB48_LIVE_IN_Japan_Pop-Culture_Festival.part3.rar.htmlhttp://jpop.com/dl/93673208/debf7ff/AKB48_LIVE_IN_Japan_Pop-Culture_Festival.part4.rar.htmlThe translation is below.
00.01
(Shiichan) Yeeah, we've arrived in Russia!
0012
(Reina) We're here!
00.20
(TL NOTE: here a penpal of mine stands with the journalist from WPB magazine who I later talked to
The poster says “we missed you (aitakatta)! We wanted to meet with you in Russia!”
By the way, the same phrase is featured on our big banner)
0027
It's cold!
0034
It's freaking cold.
(TL NOTE. This is the Belorussky Station).
1.07
A documentary. Russia and Japan. Nov. 19-21, 2010. The creation and broadcast of this program is sponsored by SkyPerfect TV.
1.15
Let's go!
5.38
Nov. 19, 11:30. Departure from International Terminal of Narita Airport, Japan.
(Ume-chan) Good morning!
(Yuuka) Good morning!
How's mood?
- Perfect!
(Aska) Morning.
(Chikarina) Good morning!!!
(Nakayan) Good morning.
6.01
Kawaii
Myao is cute!!
(Rie) Who wants a milk cocktail from Donalds?
(cameraman) Bon voyage!
(Reinyan) See you.
Moscow. 17:25. Russia. Nov, 19.
(Ume-chan) Do I look like a 16 y.o.? I was told I was a teenager. It’s strange
6.46
(Reinyan) It's cold, it's terribly cold.
(Chikarina) If you go to Russia in winter you'd better put on something really warm.
See? I’m covered from top to bottom.
You can’t walk around here showing your belly button.
(Shiichan) Yuuka, give that hood back to me.
I can’t survive without it.
(TL NOTE: Shiinan later caught a terrible cold after walking in a miniskirt with bare legs. But she wanted to show her ‘zettai ryouiki’ no matter what. I know she’s sexy why what a risk to take!)
(Yuuka) It's mine now.
(Shiichan)
It’s terribly cold here.
Please give it back to me. I went to buy it today specially for this.
(Mayuchi) Let's get going!
7.19
(the interpreter) If you fail with your performance your manager will be really mad. Understood? You have phrases to learn. So study properly!
(Reinyan) Hello, we wanted to meet with you.
- What does it mean?
- It means we wanted to meet with you.
- Look at that! There's a fan. All alone.
We’re glad to see you.
- What’s written there? “Long time no see»?
- No, it says “Aitakatta”.
- Oh, cool!
0810
Meanwhile…
No3b have a photoshoot.
The billboard to the left says «Mitsubishi Electric».
(Takamina) Where did they do? Russia? Oh, really? I think they told me but I forgot…
Ah, I bet it’s freezing cold there.
12.00
«Corridor runners (watarirouka)» emceeing a radio show.
- What's the talk about?
(DJ) You're idols, so talk the way the idols do.
13.00. Nov, 19.
Yuki has a photosession.
18.55 Russia. Ponytails and Chouchou.
11.53
МС. (Yes!)
(Rie) *understandable*
Russian people are pretty.
Cute. Kawaii.
Girls are cute and boys are real macho.
(Miho) Russia is the best.
(Mocchi) Call me Mocchi.
- Mocchi!
(Shiichan) Well, today it’s the first time AKB48 visits Russia.
But before the concert our group visited a tourist spot, it's a place on a bridge where couples, brides and brooms attach their padlocks to a pole. There were lots of people in great wedding dresses. They looked very happy. They shared their emotions with us and here we are, sharing our happy emotions with you. I hope you’ll enjoy the concert. (=it’ll be exciting).
(Shiichan) Yesterday I ate a lot of things.
(Mayuchi) It was all yummy!
(Ume-chan) We ate borsch.
(Mayuchi) Russian people are slender. I wonder how they manage to eat so much and still keep their body slim.
(Mocchi) Now please, the next song for you.
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19.48
20.00. Nov. 19, Sheraton Hotel. The day before the concert.
My home is hardly seen but it's there, 50 meters away from the hotel. It’s a yellow brick house behind the building in the front view. There’s a brightly lit greenish billboard. It’s a supermarket called “ABC of taste” which occupies the first floor of the building.
(Reinyan) Please call me Leinyan (TL NOTE it's like she wants to look like a Chinese here)
(Yuuka) I learned everything.
“Here the next song!”
(Ume-chan) Shii-chan tries to look as stylish as possible.
(Yone-chan) We're happy.
We put on warm clothes so we should be fine tomorrow.
2131.
Oh, great! There are so many vegetables.
(Yuuka) It's tasty.
(Shiichan) It's yum!
21.51
(Chikarina) It's yummy. The apple filling is great!
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2330
Evening training.
23.03
(Ume-chan) OMG, the performance is tomorrow. And it’ll be for real.
Nov 19, 3 o'clock. Japan.
No3b have a photoshoot.
(photographer) Тakahashi-san and Minegishi-san. You should pose like these guys. The thing is you should cling to each other.
15.00
In the meantime Mayuyu has a business meeting.
13.30
Sasshi has a photoshoot as well.
14.30
Same goes for Tomoooomi.
28.41
Nov, 20. Sheraton Hotel.
7:30 AM.
28.47
Good morning.
(Chikarina) It’s raining. It’s because I’m a rainwoman (ame-onna).
8 AM. They arrive at the «35mm» theater. It's empty at this early hour.
Now the time's for rehersals.
(Ume-chan) Wow! The hall is huge! Great!
It's beautiful!
They rehearse for an hour and a half. It's longer than the concert itself.
30.46
Girls? What do you think? Satisfied?
Nov, 19, 16:00. Japan. No3b keep on with their photoshoot.
- Miichan articulates something different from what she actually says. She says “everything’s OK”.
31.24
(Yuuko) Good morning! See – I'm DA BOSS.
(TL NOTE. They were shooting an episode of «Odagiri Kyoko» TV dorama)
(Yuuko) In the morning I was in Gumma pref. But then I returned to Tokyo and now we’re in Roppongi. This is Arc studio. We’re making movies, you know.
TL NOTE. And the day before Team B gave a concert. They had Mayuyu but 4 brave warriors were absent. At this time they must’ve already boarded the plane to fly to us. -
(Yuki) Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Team B is performing for you tonight.
(TL NOTE. Yokaze no shiwaza. It’s one of my favorite songs and it is also mentioned in the WPB article about AKB visiting Russia)
(Nacchi) Tonight we have a party celebrating Tomoooomi's birthday!
37.22
11 o'clock. Nov, 20. Russia. «35mm» theater.(sharing space with the “Center for Enterprise”)
(the journalist) The outfit is awesome.
- you're not cold?
(Shiichan) Look. It's white.
Even my breath is freezing.
(Yuuka) I got a yellow umbrella for the occasion.
(Ume-chan) What' that?
- it looks like they sell tickets there (TL NOTE. They guessed right)
- Geez, it's freaking cold!
(Yone-chan) Kawaii! Cute doggy but it ran away.
12.30
It's time to eat!
38.47
They sing «Yasai sisters».
The waiter apparently speaks Japanese. He suggests eating fish.
39.00
(Mocchi) It’s been a while since I ate so much. It was tasty. (good-bye, my diet, I loved you)
39.08
Nov, 19. Japan. Making movies/shooting the dorama.
Oshima Yuuko.
- I'm done.
- How do you feel?
- Oh, it was like a minute. The time flew very quickly.
- Thanks for your hard work. Good-bye.
22.00
Miichan and Moeno are on the radio.
39.31
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39.43
(Miichan) Miichan greets everyone with All Night Nippon program!
It's my first time here.
I’m 18 now and I’m here. I’m very nervous.
The debut is an important event.
I feel chilly. But I should be fine.
(Miichan) Well, speaking of important events in my life. First of all, it’s Nov, 15. I had a birthday and I’m 18. Yeeeah! Thank you very much. Congratulations. Thank you.
And the day before that we had a handshaking event in Makuhari.
And in the evening the 5 of us, me, Acchan, Takamina, Tomochin and Hirajima had a feast! Also, I had several phone calls with birthday wishes.
40.30
(Moeno) All Night Nippon Mobile and Moeno are greeting you for the 3rd time.
(Miichan) Thank you very much for the feedback.
40.43
(Miichan) What's your favorite subject?
(Moeno) My favorite?
Well, it’s probably music.
Thank you, thank you.
40.58
Midnight.
Minami, Sae and Moeno are on air.
(Sae) It's AKB and it's All Night Nippon. 3 ways to increase your audience are as follows.
First, we have mailing.
45.42
(Yuuka) Are you doing fine?
(Mocchi) In Tokyo, in Akihabara we have our own theater and we perform there almost every day.
Thank you.
And here, in Russia, Moscow, we give a concert for the first time.
(Ume-chan) Well, actually, you know the HQ of Kaspersky Company are located here, in Moscow. Actually, we, the AKB48 are mascots for its product line in Japan. And we thank everyone for giving us a chance to see what Russia looks like.
(Yuuka) We'll be promoting AKB so that more people know of us. Starting with Moscow and Europe we’ll expand our activities worldwide. I hope for your support.
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53.46
14.00. A trip around Moscow.
54.00
(Reinyan) Everyone's happy.
(Rumi) Yeah, it's getting more and more exciting. It’s great.
(Reinyan) It's great but it's freaking cold.
14.30.
54.24
(Rie) Geez, it's so exciting!
55.01
- Great.
- It's a big fun.
(Ume-chan) Can I ask you to shoot me?
55.33
(Ume-chan) Someone, take my photograph.
(Myao) Aha, I'm popular in Russia.
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56.20
(Chikarina) Girls in Russia are beautiful.
And slender.
Look, behind you. They're really cute.
And they have slim legs.
56.43
You can make a wish here.
57.11
Japan. Nov, 20. 7:30 AM. Making movies.
(TL NOTE: they were shooting Nemousu special, as it turned out later)
(Takamina) It's cold. It's not freaking cold like in Russia but still.
57.35
(Mayuyu) It's cold. But I took a dash and I warmed a bit.
57.50
It's warm.
12 o'clock (noon). The Research Student team is giving a concert. The special guest is Sumire.
1.05.02
15.30
They’re leaving the Red Square.
(Reinyan) Now, I'm gonna warm your hands.
(Mocchi) I have no words.
- We'd like ice-cream for all of us.
(Reinyan) It'sh yummy.
When it's cold it's even tastier.
1.05.53
Reinyan's freezing.
(Myao) Look, it's tasty!
(Rie) I told you.
1.06.13
(Rie) Look at that. It started snowing!
(Myao) I’m freezing for real. It’s because these are summer clothes.
(Chisato) I want to be Cheburashka.
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1.7.33
Sumire and Co are still performing at the theater.
1.08.12
Kana, Mika and Sae are playing rock-scissors.
The loser is to run across the bridge.
It's Sae.
1.08.39
(Sae) OK, at least I warmed up.
1.08.47
(Mika) See you tomorrow.
1.08.50
(Ami) She hit me!
I can give a punch myself!
(Rino) Geez, you scared me to death.
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Nov, 20, 9 PM.
(Takamina) It's been a while since we shot a program last time. It was fun. But it’s cold.
Mayuyu and Yuuko have having fun.
Supokon! (TL NOTE - implying they were making a movie involving a sporting event)
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1.09.38
(Rie) How are things?
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1.13.14.
Nov, 20, 4 PM.
AKB arrive at the theater in Moscow. They enter through the backdoor.
1.13.31
1.14.11
Buono – is DA BEST!
1.14.19
This is our gang.
TL NOTE. I can be seen at 1.14.22 waving both hands (the guy in the middle of the group, the second row, wearing a sweater with orange stripes)
(Reinyay) CSCA (Moscow football club)'s sportsman is a football player from Japan! (TL NOTE. See Honda Keisuke)
- Moscovites, we're glad to meet you!
(Reinyan) We're confident. I think it should go nicely.
1.15.20
(professor of Japanese) You should pronounce your name a bit slower and more distinctly or else the Russians won't understand you at all.
1.15.39
(professor of Japanese) It's not ‘PE’, its ‘HA’.
“I want to live in Russia”. (hochu pozhit’ v Rossii)
(Chikarina) So actually we have a peformance pretty soon. I’ll do my best.
But they have a press conference.
(stupid russian journalist) What language will we speak? Russian? English?
(the interpreter) I'm an interpreter.
(Rie)(in Japanese) It would be great if we could give a proper performance and show the charm of AKB as we usually do. We give our utmost and show the audience what the idols really are.
16.40
(Nakayan) Anyways, I'm looking forward to the concert. And I’ll be speaking in Russian!
(Rie) I think we should be fine. Last time we went to Makau, we messed up quite a bit. I think we’ll keep messing up but we should be fine. If it’s not fine then it’ll be really bad for us. Thank you.
(Yone-chan) The main thing is to control your emotions and follow the script.
Last time we were in South Korea everything went pretty smoothly. So I’m more or less confident. If I believe in myself I should perform well.
(Mayuchi) I was told the audience is shouting “AKB – Yeeeah!”. Sort of. It should give us a boost.
(Chisato) I'm really nervous. My heart is pounding.
I want the foreiners to learn more about us. It’s our first performance of this kind.
(Myao) Oh, hell. English is more or less OK but Russian. I see Russian for the first time. I’m extremely nervous.
(Mocchi) In Japan I was told there are no AKB fans in Russia and that our performance would be a failure. But it seems the fans are here! I’m so relieved.
This time I have a unit that I normally don’t take part in. You can guess how nervous I am now. But I took a nice sleep. It should help me get through this.
1.23.10
This is the poster specially for Shizuka.
1.23.51
(Ume-chan) I'm very glad we were called for an encore.
(Rie) It was fun. At first I was really worried about the audience and their reaction to us. But it was beyond my imagination. We were greeted so warmly!
Well, of course I had personal problems on the stage but it went pretty smoothly.
(Mocchi) In the end I shook hands with several fans when I was leaving the stage. I feel like a big star.
(Reinyan) When I was introducing myself I was beside myself with fury (because it’s difficult to speak Russian). But the audience shouted “Reinyan!” and it helped me control myself. I was very happy then.
(Shiichan) Thank you very much, it was fun.
1.24.46
(Chikarina) I suddenly felt extremely sleepy.
(Mocchi) Her ear is cold but the other one is hot.
(Ume-chan) I'm tired.
1.25.11
(Mocchi) Food! Food!
(TL NOTE - see Miichan in AKB600 for comparison)
1.25.54
(Yuuka) It's snow!
- the Moscow snow is so fluffy!
1.26.49
(Ume-chan) OMG! In Russia you have carrot and tomatoes in plenty.
1.26.57
(Rie) Shall we start?
Itadakimasu!
1.27.11
(Rie) Look. The red one is Akicha. The white one is Moeno. Those are sets of earrings. But I have a feeling one set would’ve been enough. Ah, forget it.
1.27.44
(Chikarina) I stacked some food from the supermarket. It’s for Natsumi.
Ah, I didn't actually know what to buy!
1.27.59
(Reinyan) I bought lots of things!
(in the airport)
(Yuuka) Russian language?
It was my first time I introduced myself in something other than Japanese. I think it’s difficult but I learn words and I want to make the audience happy.
(Reinyan) I was worried about the concert. Will the audience support us? Will they call for an encore?
But there were lots of people shouting «Reinyan» and they started to shout “encore” just as soon as we left the stage. I was extremely happy.
(Rumi) I'm glad that our message hit the mark. I especially liked it when I was called by name, more than that, the fans addressed me as Yone-chan. It was really nice. I’m glad I came here.
(Mayuchi) We had just 12 people. But we combined our efforts and gave a decent performance.
(Rie) In a cold country there are people with a warm heart. I greatly enjoyed our performance here in Russia. I feel like coming here again. Thank you very much.
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(in Japan)
(Chikarina) Wow! It's warm! It's like spring here!
(Rie) It's hot!