Oricon charts: i☆Ris got #62 (1.588 copies sold), Prizmmy got #79 (1.140) and on albums, Especia at #52 (1,379). For the sake of the argument, respective YT views for each PV: 47.935, 74.969 & 37.113.
If you are bored enough, tomorrow there is another edition of A.I.S.A., the lineup includes SKI, N-Zero, Dream Factory, Barbee and ANNA☆S:
https://twitter.com/AISAofficial/status/337462189151621120Couple of groups caught on strange situations:
Sunmyu, a name that is a pun with the pronunciation of Sun Music, facing the death of the president and founder of the company (a company that basically helped to shape many of the things we now understand as idol music):
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2013/05/27/kiji/K20130527005886590.htmlhttp://www.sunmusic.org/aizawa-hideyoshi/Also doing promotions together with other groups in this show:
http://idol.ponican.com/http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/12646Doki Doki Dream Campus are going to release a new single called “Reborn”. Allegedly it could be a reference to the graduation of Marin Moriya (last first generation member the group still had). But sort of being playful, Mau Ozora is going on hiatus on all her activities (including ALLOVER) and it may seem to be related with her latest gravure DVD (that was a bit over the top on its eye-popping features (she is 14)). Also, they pressed the single, but got some mistake and they are recalling all copies and doing a new edition to be released God know when... You can check their new image (I guess) on the latest videos on Suenaga Miyu’s channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU_d5wNqPkP1NjTP9CNSzhA/videosAnother idol TV show (a monthly one) called IDOL REVUE MUSiC×iD:
http://www.bs-sptv.com/idolrevue/This user, by the way, is uploading another TV show with tons of idols to YT:
https://www.youtube.com/user/gezkouman?feature=http://www.tv-aichi.co.jp/idol/hy4_4yh on MTV81:
http://www.mtv81.com/features/interviews/hyper-yoyo-get-yavay-and-do-the-funky-kot/KyraLyraHeart
From the first batch of names announced for TIF2013, the only ones that I didn’t know at all were Kyra Lyra Heart. It seems that they are a group that usually does streams on Nico Video.
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/IDOL2http://kiralyra.jp/sp/They play their songs (less or more live), then they chat with guests and all that. 5000 people were watching their show last time.
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/IDOL2/videoPimm’s
CUTE×BEAT finally found something to do with their YT channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/CUTEBEAT2013?feature=Peach Sugar Snow (most recent live performance I found (almost all of them are LQ))
http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2013/05/28/0704TAKENOKO▲
Maria
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There are tons of idol releases scheduled (Iris, Otome Shinto, Linda Sansei, nanoCUNE,S-Qty, Pinkish or Dancing Dolls are going to release new singles) but things that got my attention were PLC (Pearl Lady Club) with “Yumekana!”:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_PLC_000000000529919/item_Yumekana_5440139http://www.youtube.com/user/PLCsMOVIE?feature=watchAnd finally (with lots of editions), Heisei Kotohime:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%92%E3%83%A1_000000000529724/http://www.hideco-promotion.com/hskh_html/