Author Topic: [Event] AKB48 in New York: NY Anime Festival 2009 (Read 24096 times)

Ping · « **Reply #40 on:** September 28, 2009, 08:10:42 AM »

Quote from: Sayange on September 28, 2009, 04:35:12 AM

Oh God, Sayaka took off her jacket and I wasn't there to see it... I want to die...

I guess Ping is a fan now?

I was secretly hoping that you would suprisingly show up

Before yesterday, I only knew Sayaka and Atsuko, but after doing some intense studying yesterday morning in line for the autograph ticket, I learned the ages, nicknames, and birthdays of the girls who came to NY,

Some of the less popular ones look really similar though so it was pretty hard to learn who was who, but yea, they gave me a lot of happiness these past couple of days, so I'm a fan now

Compared to seeing Morning Musume. in AX, I have this to say:
MM Autographing >>>>> AKB48 Autographing
AKB48 Show >>>>> MM Show

As for actually seeing the girls in real life, meeting MM was a totally different feeling from meeting AKB48. For MM it was like the impossible, once in a lifetime event, just happened. For AKB48, I know you can see them performing everyday in Akihabara, so I didn't get that same star power feeling, but it was still really so fun.

Anyway, I'll try to write up a report tomorrow~

sousora · « **Reply #41 on:** September 28, 2009, 10:10:21 AM »

This made it onto the news in Japan this morning, very briefly. They showed them performing and said quite a few people had showed up (don't remember the exact number, but the news seemed impressed).

Ping · « **Reply #42 on:** September 28, 2009, 10:14:07 AM »

Yea, NHK was there interviewing some people.

Sayange · « **Reply #43 on:** September 28, 2009, 03:32:11 PM »

Quote from: Ping on September 28, 2009, 08:10:42 AM

Quote from: Sayange on September 28, 2009, 04:35:12 AM
Oh God, Sayaka took off her jacket and I wasn't there to see it... I want to die...

I guess Ping is a fan now?

I was secretly hoping that you would suprisingly show up

Aww. Trust me, all this AKB in NY period (from the moment it was certain they were going until now) was a real nightmare for me that I don't know if I want to live again. I feel terrible for not going.

Welcome to the AKB fandom

I'm looking forward your ~~Sayaka~~ AKB review.

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #44 on:** September 28, 2009, 06:43:34 PM »

Quote from: Sayange on September 28, 2009, 04:35:12 AM

Oh God, Sayaka took off her jacket and I wasn't there to see it... I want to die...

Time to grab some videos from S48! There are LOTS of them.
Sayaka did most of the MC's and from the vid's I have seen its was perfectly understandable, I think she took some lessons

No idea about more vids on nihongogo, its been unreachable for half a day now??

SomethingWild · « **Reply #45 on:** September 28, 2009, 07:28:16 PM »

The concert will be broadcasted on 15 November!

Setlist:

Aitakatta
Baby Baby Baby
Namida Surprise

MC

Nagisa No Cherry : Maeda, Sato S., Iwasa , Takajyo
Bye Bye Bye: Takahashi, Kojima, Minegishi.
Ame no Doubutsuen: Elephant (Ono), Giraffe (Oshima), Lion (Takajyo), Monkey (Fujie), Panda (Sato A.), Zebra (Kitahara), Penguin (Sato S.), Camel (Takajyo)
Nagika no Figure: Maeda, Takahashi, Itano, Miyazaki
Blue Rose: Akimoto, Oshima, Miyazawa, Kitahara

MC2

Boku no Taiyo
Bingo (English)
Oogoe Diamond (English)

MC3

Hikoukigumo

MC4

Sakura no Hanabiratchi

Encore MC1

10Nen Sakura (short version)

Encore MC2

Oogoe Diamond (English)

2nd Encore:

Hikoukigumo

2nd Encore MC

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OMG Kitarie in Blue Rose! Must.. see..

AKB48 @ WEBSTER HALL - U.S. DEBUT CONCERT IN NYC

Masa · « **Reply #46 on:** September 28, 2009, 08:11:54 PM »

Quote from: BarrieV on September 28, 2009, 07:28:16 PM

Bye Bye Bye: Takahashi, Kojima, Minegishi.

Hooray for No Sleeves!

daigong · « **Reply #47 on:** September 28, 2009, 09:08:57 PM »

WERD UP! can't wait for Ping's report on the Q&A, check out his photo of Sayaka's pimp hat

Datalanche · « **Reply #48 on:** September 28, 2009, 11:55:32 PM »

Quote from: BarrieV on September 28, 2009, 07:28:16 PM

OMG Kitarie in Blue Rose! Must.. see..

Second'd. This can only be good.

The fact that it's airing on Skyperfect means it'll probably be good in that it will just be the concert in its entirety unlike the Morning Musume special that chopped it up a bit, but it's also a caveat in that there may not be as many fan interaction clips. We'll see.

Sayange · « **Reply #49 on:** September 29, 2009, 02:35:54 AM »

Quote from: frblckstr1 on September 28, 2009, 06:43:34 PM

Quote from: Sayange on September 28, 2009, 04:35:12 AM
Oh God, Sayaka took off her jacket and I wasn't there to see it... I want to die...
Time to grab some videos from S48! There are LOTS of them.
Sayaka did most of the MC's and from the vid's I have seen its was perfectly understandable, I think she took some lessons

No idea about more vids on nihongogo, its been unreachable for half a day now??

I haven't checked vids yet. Yesterday I felt too sad to check any vid or review

Masa · « **Reply #50 on:** September 29, 2009, 09:24:29 AM »

ZeroXH · « **Reply #51 on:** September 30, 2009, 07:18:50 AM »

Haha, Ping, you wouldn't happen to have been that guy that was practically being lifted up in the front/center of the concert, would you? xD;;

I was there too, it was a great concert. My first encounter with AKB48 at all, didn't know them until I watched the concert. My friend worked for the company that was sponsoring the concert and invited me and a friend to come, and I'm really glad she did. 8D

PLUS, free handkerchief(I think)/flag/thingy...

Wish I had known about this group beforehand so I would've tried for that autograph thing you guys are mentioning, I'd have killed in the line for Sae's autograph.

SomethingWild · « **Reply #52 on:** September 30, 2009, 07:09:47 PM »

^Sweet! I was wondering why so many people had something red to wave during 'Hikoukigumo'. I figured 'no way that many people would've that about that'.

and you could buy pics as well? With choice of member/pic?

Ping · « **Reply #53 on:** October 01, 2009, 01:38:05 AM »

You could buy pics, but most of them were gone in just a few short minutes, unfortunately...

Just incase you guys didn't know about this, AKB48 also made a surprise visit to MTV Iggy offices in NYC. MTV Iggy is like the MTV for Asian artists.

http://www.mtviggy.com/japanese/akb48-video-fan-message
http://www.mtviggy.com/japanese/slideshow-akb48-visiting-mtv-iggy

Quote from: ZeroXH on September 30, 2009, 07:18:50 AM

Haha, Ping, you wouldn't happen to have been that guy that was practically being lifted up in the front/center of the concert, would you? xD;;

We were jumping up and down, I don't know if that was being lifted up, but some Japanese guys were jumping pretty high next to me, maybe they were being lifted up?

ZeroXH · « **Reply #54 on:** October 01, 2009, 03:20:02 AM »

Quote from: Ping on October 01, 2009, 01:38:05 AM

You could buy pics, but most of them were gone in just a few short minutes, unfortunately...

Quote from: ZeroXH on September 30, 2009, 07:18:50 AM
Haha, Ping, you wouldn't happen to have been that guy that was practically being lifted up in the front/center of the concert, would you? xD;;

We were jumping up and down, I don't know if that was being lifted up, but some Japanese guys were jumping pretty high next to me, maybe they were being lifted up?

I got outta the place pretty quickly to avoid getting stuck in there waiting to get out, so I got the picture I wanted while there was plenty. If I had to guess, there prolly was about 5-10 photos for sale of each member that was there. They were $3.50 each, they were also selling CDs too, but since I was new to this group, I didn't know where to start with their CDs. xD;

And the person that was being lifted up was kinda hard not to notice. A couple of the girls on stage smirked at the guy's crazy stunt. :0

Ping · « **Reply #55 on:** October 01, 2009, 07:00:42 AM »

I was all the way in the front, like at the guard rail, so the only thing in front of me was AKB, wasn't really paying attention to what was behind or to my sides, lol
They only had the most recent 4 singles there, so you couldn't have gone wrong with any of them, they're all good songs, and they all are the CD+DVD, but it was more expensive after the show than at the con, lol
Glad to see you posting at JPHiP though, keep it up! lol

ZeroXH · « **Reply #56 on:** October 03, 2009, 09:40:08 AM »

Found this.

AKB48 NY WEBSTER HALL

I was wondering who was recording with those pro cameras n stuff while waiting outside... :0

Masa · « **Reply #57 on:** November 03, 2009, 10:50:27 AM »

AKB48 live New York Anime Festival 涙サプライズ CC

Melchizadek · « **Reply #58 on:** November 03, 2009, 04:49:23 PM »

^^ Wow. This guy has the best footage of this show that I've seen. He was close by the stage, and got a lot of shots of Tomochin.

Masa · « **Reply #59 on:** November 03, 2009, 05:53:41 PM »

Quote from: Melchizadek on November 03, 2009, 04:49:23 PM

He was close by the stage, and got a lot of shots of Tomochin.

Yeah, it's pretty obvious who his favorite member is

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