Author Topic: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS (Read 335932 times)

Slack · « **Reply #180 on:** April 20, 2007, 10:37:40 PM »

Those "Taiwanese version"s and such generally aren't the real thing. Unofficial/knockoff/pirated stuff is pretty common in Asia. I haven't personally gotten anything from Taiwan, but I know for sure that in mainland China, there's literally tons of that kind of stuff. $2 "Rolex" anyone?

That said, there are occasionally "International" or "Overseas" versions of things that you'd find on YesAsia and the like. They are generally only a little cheaper though.

SomethingWild · « **Reply #181 on:** April 20, 2007, 11:37:42 PM »

ah right.. I knew it would be too good to be true. Better save up and get the real thing. Thanks again.

BigDnm01 · « **Reply #182 on:** April 21, 2007, 04:16:48 AM »

does anyone knows who Naoki Yamazaki? in the english wikipedia, i read that Morning Musume is "masterminded by Naoki Yamazaki, though Tsunku writes nearly all of their song lyrics and composes nearly all of the melodies for the songs."
you can find the article here

i always thought tsunku was behind all of this? i never heard of anyone else, especially Naoki Yamazaki. if anyone have any info, please do share.

almond · « **Reply #183 on:** April 21, 2007, 04:19:47 AM »

Quote from: bigdnm01 on April 21, 2007, 04:16:48 AM

does anyone knows who Naoki Yamazaki? in the english wikipedia, i read that Morning Musume is "masterminded by Naoki Yamazaki, though Tsunku writes nearly all of their song lyrics and composes nearly all of the melodies for the songs."
you can find the article here

i always thought tsunku was behind all of this? i never heard of anyone else, especially Naoki Yamazaki. if anyone have any info, please do share.

Jinryuichi covered that topic just a few days ago in his blog.

kiikoi · « **Reply #184 on:** April 21, 2007, 06:11:03 AM »

what teh heck is SNS? some fanclub or somethin?

TydusArandor · « **Reply #185 on:** April 21, 2007, 06:31:26 AM »

Quote from: Slack on April 20, 2007, 10:37:40 PM

Those "Taiwanese version"s and such generally aren't the real thing. Unofficial/knockoff/pirated stuff is pretty common in Asia. I haven't personally gotten anything from Taiwan, but I know for sure that in mainland China, there's literally tons of that kind of stuff. $2 "Rolex" anyone?

That said, there are occasionally "International" or "Overseas" versions of things that you'd find on YesAsia and the like. They are generally only a little cheaper though.

Yes, it's true that there's a lot of pirated Morning Musume stuff in China, but recently, a Taiwanese record label (Forward Music) has picked up the right to sell Hello! Project stuff in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Their official website is here: http://www.forward.com.tw/ (in Chinese). They don't sell the Single Vs, though the concert DVDs are all subbed. And yeah, the prices are generally much cheaper, the last time I checked it's possible to buy three Taiwanese versions than one Japanese version.

But I've also read some blogs which complained about the quality of the CDs. In general, the quality of the sound is good enough to not tell a difference unless if you have some sort of a super sound-sensitive audio system. I've never bought one (yet), so I wouldn't know. And I probably wouldn't know since I can't tell the difference between 192kbps and 320kbps with my headphones anyway ^^;;.

Slack · « **Reply #186 on:** April 21, 2007, 10:09:29 PM »

Quote from: kiikoi on April 21, 2007, 06:11:03 AM

what teh heck is SNS? some fanclub or somethin?

SNS is short for a Social Networking Service.

If you've used Facebook, Myspace, or other similar "Web 2.0" group-oriented stuff, you've already used one.

~Dan~ · « **Reply #187 on:** April 22, 2007, 12:42:52 AM »

Quote from: kiikoi on April 21, 2007, 06:11:03 AM

what teh heck is SNS? some fanclub or somethin?

Think of it as a special wota version of myspace, linked to the HAROMONI@ show. Each person can invite 2 people. I wonder if any gaijin's have been invited yet?

coachie · « **Reply #188 on:** April 22, 2007, 07:29:05 PM »

uhm, bit of a dumb question but are the photocards that come with some of the releases always the same for one release or do the motives vary? Like with my Sexy 8 Beat CD there was a Mitsui and a MM group photocard included.

mode107 · « **Reply #189 on:** April 23, 2007, 11:22:44 PM »

Has Morning Musume, or any other H!P group been nominated or won like an MTV japanese vma?

Happosai · « **Reply #190 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:05:47 AM »

Quote from: coachie on April 22, 2007, 07:29:05 PM

uhm, bit of a dumb question but are the photocards that come with some of the releases always the same for one release or do the motives vary? Like with my Sexy 8 Beat CD there was a Mitsui and a MM group photocard included.

AFAIK, you usually get a random photocard out of a full set. But sometimes, with limited editions, you may get the full set, just like they did for the "Koi no Victory!" first press edition.

ChiruChaCha · « **Reply #191 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:37:29 PM »

Is there going to be any release for this year's Hawaii Fan Club thing or were the parts showed in H!M all? I mean, have they released a DVD/tv broadcast/whatever for that in the past years? If so I'm really looking forward to Miki-pinku and Hito-pinku

~Dan~ · « **Reply #192 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:45:11 PM »

Quote from: ChiruChaCha on April 24, 2007, 10:37:29 PM

Is there going to be any release for this year's Hawaii Fan Club thing or were the parts showed in H!M all? I mean, have they released a DVD/tv broadcast/whatever for that in the past years? If so I'm really looking forward to Miki-pinku and Hito-pinku

All I've seen is a tiny clip in Hello Morning 2007.04.01.

ferrar1 · « **Reply #193 on:** April 25, 2007, 02:04:43 AM »

They will probably release a Fan club only DVD

invisname · « **Reply #194 on:** April 25, 2007, 03:21:53 AM »

Stupid follow up question, the times they do show the Hawaii Fan Club events (and not the mini games they do like they showed on H!M, but the talks and concert and so forth) were those also FC only? Cause I remember it on the tracker (and had downloaded it but lost it) and I'm unsure about its status as part of Momusu goodness.

Ayabie · « **Reply #195 on:** April 25, 2007, 07:03:36 AM »

That was shown on H!M as well, as far as I can recall.

Rick-e · « **Reply #196 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:52:50 PM »

I don't know if this has been asked before, but my friend from another forum asked this question and it got me wondering too.

The H!P girls are mostly school-age, right? are they home schooled or do they go to a special artist school or what? anybody knows?

thanks

BigDnm01 · « **Reply #197 on:** April 26, 2007, 02:58:55 PM »

i think i heard this question asked before. according to them, they usually go to private school and UFA also provide tutors for the girls. that what i heard. don't quote me on that.

Rikki2 · « **Reply #198 on:** April 27, 2007, 11:14:55 AM »

Quote from: Rick-e on April 26, 2007, 02:52:50 PM

I don't know if this has been asked before, but my friend from another forum asked this question and it got me wondering too.

The H!P girls are mostly school-age, right? are they home schooled or do they go to a special artist school or what? anybody knows?

thanks

They go to a private junior high school until they finish 9th grade. Japanese law requires this. They can drop out of school at that point if they want and some do. If they want to continue, they can take high school by correspondence course. Yossie and Mari and maybe one or two others at least have gotten their HS diplomas this way. Most dropped out smewhere along the way. Konno took a HS equivalency exam and passed with a score good enough to get into college. UFA provides the girls with tutors to help them.

Rick-e · « **Reply #199 on:** April 27, 2007, 04:14:16 PM »

Aaah I see, thanks for the info ^_^