The random Idol postwhore thread

[john_hung]

new party rockets 

[anhh]

An idol festival streamed on Nico Nico: Girls-natioN～spring～ 03/17

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv127110609

PVs:

SCK Girls (subs in different languages (go over there to check):



Doll Elements



Babyraids



UNDERFACE (many more videos over there):



http://www.girlsnews.tv/unit/78044

Marry Doll started weeks ago a new YT channel, and this is the latest update:



Hachikin Girls



(because they are going to release a new single: http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Hachikin-Girls_000000000502245/item_Makenai-Chikara-Karada-No-Mikata-Ginger_5364680)

TAKENOKO▲



sonrisa



TRICK8f



Links



Starmarie on a YT show for nearly an hour (and also all the group graduated from Allover):

[muppet]

Artist: i☆Ris
Song: ウィーアー！ (We Are!)

[muppet]

An article appeared in today's edition of The Daily Yomiuri:

Girl POWER
Regional idol groups take nation by storm

by Manbu Sakurai
Yomiuri Shimbum Staff Writer.

The boom in female idol groups, led by AKB48 shows no sign of stopping.
Recently, many of these groups are emerging from regional areas outside
Tokyo, with some local groups capturing the hearts of fans nationawide.

LinQ a 29-member idol group based in Fukuoka Prefecture, .......

(please continue story with link below)



http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/T130314003601.htm

The article features several different idol groups, and the positive impact
that the 'Idol Wars' have had on sales for the music industry.

Groups discussed in the article include Team Shachihoko, Momoclo, LinQ, Negicco, and SKE48 / NMB48 / HKT 48

[anhh]

https://twitter.com/LindaSanSei

(Also Sunmyu got their own YT channel)

[anhh]

Marrydoll and SLC57 are going to disband.

Bunch of idol groups:

Vienolossi



T!P



PPP! PiXiON



OSAKA BB WAVE



Dream Factory



FUJI SAKURA塾



NATOKAN



And not sure who they are...

[anhh]

Bad news: Lil’ Cumin are going to disband.

In other order of things, one big doubt: Bellring Shoujo Heart opened their own webshop.

http://crimpri.com/shop2/

Most of their CDs are out of stock (but I suppose is just a temporal thing). But even so, if you try to buy them, the only payment method is through bank transfer. Can you buy over there with a deputy service?

Some videos:

Finally some Frupoche (the heavy metal idol group related to Nanocune and Himekyun Fruits Can) (two videos more over there):



One Little Kiss live digest:



Sunmyu uploaded the short version of their second single (I think I have fondness about almost everything in this group, except the MVs):



Linked this group before, but now they have a name: Jumpin’




And this user is uploading some of the live shows streamed from TwinBox Akihabara:



(Hoping that he records the upcoming Doki Doki Dream Campus shows:
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv132185823
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv132185645
Allegedly DDDC are going to release a new single on May…)

[shurastriker]

Fukuoka idols



MKM-ZERO





Chimo




S★UTHERN CROSS

[anhh]

Yes, this:

http://www.idolfes.com/2013/index.html

Two girls less for Nanocune.

Two girls more for Pramo.



http://praco-web.jp/pramo/profile/

And lots of girls for Kaiketsu! Tropical Maru (including ex-Raise Chou Chou front girl Shimizu Saki).

Fascinated with this:



http://ouen.nomaki.jp/tubu/tubuindex.htm

AKAGAIDAN AKG uploaded their PVs:



MV making of for March Project new single (it’s on HMV and shops like that):



MAGIC:



And now with (more) music:

[shurastriker]

dela - Girls Growing Up

Two girls less for Nanocune.

Two girls more for Pramo.

man are you saying that nanoCUNE girls joined pramo?

[anhh]

^No.

[anhh]

I think this group was called before Seishun Joshi Gakuen and they are going to release a new single:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Seishungakuen_000000000523172/item_Ima-Koko-Ni-Tatte_5379473

There is also a recent upload of near two hours long “青SHUN学園”live show (somewhat bigger than the girl group only, with the producer performing with live band or with the group, tons of units).



I’m not exactly a fan of the group, but the uploader’s Ustream show has pushed them a lot, so I had the chance to listen them live many times, so if you have time, check them. They do a great show, with intense and emotive peaks of interaction between the group and audience scattered around.

Frill Fleur



That Doki Doki Dream Campus, Ryn Ryn Drop and Links show (linking the second show, first one I found it very boring, mostly the MC doing the talking and almost no music performances)



Blaze. The group is new but not new (the name has been around for more than a year), nor is the clip, nor the release:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_%E3%81%B6%E3%82%8C%E3%81%84%E3%81%9A_000000000524421/item_My-Monster_5390238

but whatever, in case you didn’t know:



You can skip to 11:00 over here to see an interview (that same Ustream show did a mini-live show with different idol groups but they didn’t archive it nowhere).

[anhh]

This new idol compilation by T-Palette Records (providing a good song selection and sequencing), a 5 CD box set with over 70 local idols costing only 3000 yens, sounds like probably the best overview that we are going to have of the current (local) idol era.

http://tower.jp/article/news/2013/04/05/n04
http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000089043

[shurastriker]

i want to order that... but never tried ordering from tower records (better learn fast)

[anhh]

T-Palette is under Tower Records, so their news section are usually the first one to post things related to them. The record should be available on the usual places. I found it on HMV:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Various_000000000000075/item_Japan-Idol-File_5393863
....

While we are at it, Caramel Ribbon single:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E2%98%86%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3_000000000524522/item_%E7%B4%84%E6%9D%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%A0%B4%E6%89%80_5390802

Especia new EP (2 versions):

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Especia_000000000524805/item_AMARGA-Noch_5393866
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Especia_000000000524805/item_AMARGA-Tarde_539386

And Shooting Star Girls:

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Shooting-Star-Girls_000000000523371/

....

MERCI COCO



UNDER FACE



GRAZIE

[anhh]

The new issue of TRASH-UP!!, I suppose after the success of the last one (sold out in two weeks after the release date), is also going to feature idols, among them Seishun Gakuen, Takenoko, GALDOLL, KGY40Jr or Telepathy. Also on the cover: Bellring Shoujo Heart.

https://twitter.com/suroll/status/320507421762146304/photo/1

(Not really sure, but on a recent tweet, an album (or so was the translation) was mentioned).

GALDOLL new (short) PV:



Kimitomo Candy PV:



RynRyn☆ミどろっぷ



SENSE



Also these girls that are on lots of YT info channels:

[anhh]

Some teasers:

Tsuri x Bit



Curumi Chronicle(2 songs, 1 clip)



ICTラブリ～ず!! (I think they are part/come from Happy Super Generation, there is another clip over there)



Having in mind that Up Up Girls contents, usually, show up in form of downloads and everything else, Pigoo HD is going to broadcast their “VS” shows (against Negicco, LinQ, Himekyun, etc.). On idol-related weirdness you won’t see (also on Pigoo), Candy Go Go, Cover Girls and BLESS (yes!) are going to do a show together (not sure if it is a triathlon or something like that…)

[Jul3]

It's not new, but I really like it:

[tsutomo]

man, looking at this thread is kinda depressing for me.  so many cool groups that should have a proper thread here and I would love to create them but...



don`t have so much free time to this task.  (I think it would be lame just create a starter post and abandon the place)



ps: out of there obscure idol groups,
some that I love - Asfi, Nato Kan, Honey Squash, Feam, Chi Mamire Romantic...

some that I can`t stand - Bellring Shoujo Heart, PPP Pixion, Shibuya Dominion, OhaGirl Chu Chu Chu, Flap Girl` School...

[john_hung]

^ why dont u like dominion?