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Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 30, 2006, 03:07:45 PM
OK post all your random H!P questions here! Let's help each other out! All kinds of questions are welcome. Except really creepy ones. ROFL


Does anyone remember the name of the song that Nacchi and Ayaya sang together in Nochiura Natsumi tour? Mid-tempoish song. I think Uchuu de la ta ta was after it.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Loki! on January 30, 2006, 03:12:16 PM
No idea.

Does Miki often forget buying toilet paper? Because Aya complained one time that she had to buy toilet paper quite a lot of times for Miki.  :lol:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 30, 2006, 03:20:51 PM
ROFL seriously?? :lol: No idea, but rofl.

I've once run out of toilet paper >_>
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: type0- on January 30, 2006, 03:25:04 PM
Quote from: Loki!
No idea.

Does Miki often forget buying toilet paper? Because Aya complained one time that she had to buy toilet paper quite a lot of times for Miki.  :lol:


maybe mikis got the chronic explosive diarrhea
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Loki! on January 30, 2006, 04:21:54 PM
Hrmm, according to someone via MSN, Miki's a bit embarrassed buying toilet paper from convenience stores, so she makes Aya do it for her from time to time.  :o


Well, besides that, how old is Aya actually? When I watched her Captain Aya thingy with W, she was touching her lower back like an old woman.  :o
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: maliciel on January 30, 2006, 04:28:44 PM
She's 19 going on 20.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Loki! on January 30, 2006, 05:09:57 PM
LOL, I bet she's really 29.  :roll:


jk  :lol:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: maliciel on January 30, 2006, 05:11:04 PM
You do not insult Goddess Ayaya, heathen! :lol:

tama agrees!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tamatron on January 30, 2006, 05:15:12 PM
Mr. Doctor Love... Will Ayaya return my love? :oops:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Loki! on January 30, 2006, 05:19:41 PM
Quote from: Maliciel
You do not insult Goddess Ayaya, heathen! :lol:

tama agrees!

ORLY?

In my terms, that was a compliment.  :oops:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: maliciel on January 30, 2006, 05:28:51 PM
Quote from: tama-chan
Mr. Doctor Love... Will Ayaya return my love? :oops:


Yes. Yes she will. :heart:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 30, 2006, 05:49:34 PM
Sry Tama-chan, there's no Mr. Doctor Love yet!! NOBODY HAS ANSWERED MY QUESTION!!!! :o
Title: Re: H!P Question Thread (Help me Mister Dr. Love!)
Post by: tamatron on January 30, 2006, 06:01:08 PM
Quote from: shirenu
Does anyone remember the name of the song that Nacchi and Ayaya sang together in Nochiura Natsumi tour? Mid-tempoish song. I think Uchuu de la ta ta was after it.

MKB's (or Shiba-chan's...since she sings it alone) Kousui.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 30, 2006, 06:25:55 PM
OMG

THAT MEANS TAMA-CHAN IS MISTER DOCTOR LOVE :o

Thanks tama-chan!!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on February 03, 2006, 09:40:55 AM
Aight what is Koharu's gen called in Japanese? There are gokkies and rokkies, but what does Koharu introduce herself as?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tamatron on February 03, 2006, 10:13:35 AM
Quote from: shirenu
Aight what is Koharu's gen called in Japanese? There are gokkies and rokkies, but what does Koharu introduce herself as?

"Miracle"? I think Koharu is like Goto in which they're the only members in their gens, so no one really refer to Koharu as 7th gen.

And I barely see Japanese fans call the 6th gen "Rokkies" or anything like that. But what do I know? I mostly stay in Rika threads and overthere they call them (minus Miki) "Ishikawa Children."  :D
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on February 03, 2006, 10:26:14 AM
LOL@"Ishikawa Children"!!!

I just meant the names they use of themselves. But yeah, that makes sense if Koharu isn't called by her gen. :lol: When I hear the gokkies and rokkies used, it's when Risa or someone is going like "us gokkies are so close and blah blah", but Koharu can't really be like "us 7th gen members..." xD
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: freya86 on February 03, 2006, 05:51:36 PM
Well, I've never heard the first gen call themselves first gen. They are always the original members! The earliest is the second, I think. (correct me if I'm wrong)

2nd = nikki
3rd = sanki (never heard Goto say that, though)
4th = yonki
5th = gokki
6th = rokki
7 = either shichiki (maybe shikki) or nanaki

But I've never heard her say it, so, yeah ... no idea  :P
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: THUNDERDUCK on February 03, 2006, 06:41:42 PM
Koharu is like the Berryz, The Special Generation.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Vikitty on February 03, 2006, 09:07:47 PM
LMAO she always calls herself the "shin member". I guess shin means new?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: elgie on February 03, 2006, 10:01:08 PM
Quote from: Vikitty
LMAO she always calls herself the "shin member". I guess shin means new?


that's right. On-reading for "atarashii". :)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on August 14, 2006, 07:36:31 PM
Ok this is the needed random question thread that died... Make use of it :o
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: aimaime on August 17, 2006, 06:31:02 PM
anyone ever seen sayumi's sister? heard they're really close. wonder if she's got the doll-like features too.. and...

anyone ever seen aichan's mom? in one of those ayaka's english lessons ayaka said she's pretty but aichan was like "nonononooo!" (politeness?).. wonder if she inherited her beauty from her okaasan.. okay hope that didn't sound creepy..
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: huggumwuggums on August 17, 2006, 06:33:08 PM
I saw a pic of Aichan's mom somewhere and they really looked like sisters! I guess it's because of how early she got pregnant (17 if I'm not mistaken). It's the same story with Aibon.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on August 17, 2006, 06:40:56 PM
Quote from: huggumwuggums
I saw a pic of Aichan's mom somewhere and they really looked like sisters!

I thought it really was her sister for a while, until someone pointed out it was her mom. :lol:

(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7531/aisan06897nsrq7.th.jpg) (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aisan06897nsrq7.jpg)

... Shock!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: StreakInTheSky on August 18, 2006, 03:45:38 AM
pics of this milf? :P
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: aedon on August 18, 2006, 07:06:21 PM
Quote from: freya86
4th = yonki
7 = either shichiki or nanaki, but I'd say probably nanaki (shichiki sounds weird)

Just a note, 4 and 7 on readings are considered bad luck since "shi" means death, so shi and shichi are usually replaced with yon and nana :o
I also heard the most unlucky number in Japan was 14 instead of 13, but when I did a little reaseach it seems it might be so only in China :o
Sorry if it's too off-topic lol
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on August 18, 2006, 10:27:57 PM
Anyone know the names of the Metro Rabbits H.P coaches? Theres the head poncho guy (old guy) and the sub leader guy (big fat dude). I can't read the kanji of their names; so any input would be appreciated!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: aimaime on August 20, 2006, 09:13:27 AM
Quote from: Ayabie
I thought it really was her sister for a while, until someone pointed out it was her mom. :lol:

(http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7531/aisan06897nsrq7.th.jpg) (http://img124.imageshack.us/my.php?image=aisan06897nsrq7.jpg)

... Shock!


Aichan's mom!! :yay:

XD
Title: Nicknames given by English Forums?
Post by: Time Bokan on August 22, 2006, 06:17:58 PM
Goddess Gocchin, Wonky, Gooch, Takitty come to my mind.
Anything else?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Tuffty on August 22, 2006, 06:22:52 PM
Most obvious one that springs to mind:

DA MAN!!! :lol:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on August 22, 2006, 06:25:58 PM
I don't know, I tend to refer to Miki as "Evil Incarnate" a lot of the time XD
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Princess Pudding on August 22, 2006, 06:44:53 PM
Asuka as "Troll"
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on August 22, 2006, 06:52:36 PM
Merged the "Nicknames given by English Forums?" thread with this one. :)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on August 22, 2006, 08:41:59 PM
Quote from: Princess Pudding
Asuka as "Troll"

There has never been, and never will be, a "troll" in Hello! Project.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ohbahsan on August 22, 2006, 09:03:58 PM
Quote from: .:meowchi:.
Anyone know the names of the Metro Rabbits H.P coaches? Theres the head poncho guy (old guy) and the sub leader guy (big fat dude). I can't read the kanji of their names; so any input would be appreciated!
水上善雄 mizukami yoshio
矢作公一 yahagi kouichi
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on August 22, 2006, 09:10:36 PM
^ THANKS! I had a feeling the head guy was Mizukami! And thanks for posting up the Kanji names!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Snapple on August 30, 2006, 06:51:06 AM
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/Painapuru_Koi_No_Uta/WonderfulheartsW.jpg)

What concert is this from!?!?!?  I know those are the costumes they wore for the winter wonderful hearts concert.  Is this from the summer WH concert? cause that doesn't really make sense.....cause Kago-chan has been gone all summer...
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ching1670 on August 30, 2006, 06:59:26 AM
Quote from: Snapple

What concert is this from!?!?!? I know those are the costumes they wore for the winter wonderful hearts concert. Is this from the summer WH concert? cause that doesn't really make sense.....cause Kago-chan has been gone all summer...
This is from Hello! Project 2006 Winter ~ワンダフルハーツ~
Which means..yes, it is from the winter wonderful hearts concert
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on August 30, 2006, 07:08:18 AM
Quote from: Snapple
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/Painapuru_Koi_No_Uta/WonderfulheartsW.jpg

What concert is this from!?!?!?  I know those are the costumes they wore for the winter wonderful hearts concert.  Is this from the summer WH concert? cause that doesn't really make sense.....cause Kago-chan has been gone all summer...
You pretty much answered your own question with that part I highlighted in red.  Concerts NEVER use the same costumes that were used in previous tours. They're always using new outfits.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Snapple on August 30, 2006, 08:02:51 PM
but.....i have that concert......W never wore thier hair like that in that concert.....

see?  (http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4139/seerw7.th.png) (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=seerw7.png)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on August 30, 2006, 08:10:22 PM
The pic was most likely taken from a different performance on a different day than the one that's in the DVD. The concert shown in the DVD is the final performance on the final date of a tour, leaving at least a couple month's worth of concerts from where this pic could have been taken. They're girls after all, they're bound to change thier hairstyles from time to time.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Snapple on August 30, 2006, 08:25:08 PM
i see.  Thank you!
sorry i'm so.....n00bish when it comes to concerts.... ^  .  ^;;;
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: A1 on September 03, 2006, 06:44:10 AM
How many artist from H!P graduated from High School?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Imperx on September 09, 2006, 08:39:54 PM
Do the Morning Musume musicals ever get released to DVD?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 09, 2006, 10:04:51 PM
Quote from: Imperx
Do the Morning Musume musicals ever get released to DVD?

Yes, they do. :)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Imperx on September 10, 2006, 04:09:12 AM
Quote from: shirenu
Yes, they do. :)


Cool I want to see it but I don't ever remember hearing any news of a DVD release.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 10, 2006, 11:48:18 AM
I guess they're not very popular among foreign fans... Well, I've never watched a Morning Musume musical myself. I'm curious to see Ribbon no kishi, though. No idea when it will be released :o
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reina's eyes on October 04, 2006, 10:48:02 PM
This one has been killing me. I can't remember what they called it on haromoni when they did the experiments with the staged setups to analyze the members' reactions, like with the fake hypnosis.

What was the word for those segments?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on October 04, 2006, 10:51:27 PM
"Members Brain scan", if i remember well... :)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on October 04, 2006, 10:52:06 PM
Quote from: reina's eyes
This one has been killing me. I can't remember what they called it on haromoni when they did the experiments with the staged setups to analyze the members' reactions, like with the fake hypnosis.

What was the word for those segments?

"Dokkiri"
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reina's eyes on October 05, 2006, 02:00:56 AM
Quote from: Ayabie
"Dokkiri"

Pipon!!!

Thanks too, Happosai.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Miichan on December 11, 2006, 12:48:19 AM
What is it Ishikawa Rika says just before she hits Matsuura Aya in Sukeban deka ? (from the scen in Masas sig) and i want the japanese and english meaning XDXD thanks :heart:
Title: graduation last messages
Post by: redfox on December 11, 2006, 01:11:46 AM
Can someone translate last massages from all members to konkon and makoto please ?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ggliff on December 11, 2006, 01:22:24 AM
Quote from: Miichan;255638
What is it Ishikawa Rika says just before she hits Matsuura Aya in Sukeban deka ? (from the scen in Masas sig) and i want the japanese and english meaning XDXD thanks :heart:

You mean this scene:

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k15/ggliff/01-21-03.jpg)

Sorry, can't help with the Japanese.
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Post by: HiME on December 11, 2006, 01:33:54 AM
Quote from: Miichan;255638
What is it Ishikawa Rika says just before she hits Matsuura Aya in Sukeban deka ? (from the scen in Masas sig) and i want the japanese and english meaning XDXD thanks :heart:

"Teme no zensonzai ga uzen dayo". 8)

heehee~
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Post by: LovelyMermaid on December 11, 2006, 01:37:43 AM
^ oh that's awsome!! XD thank you!!! :heart:
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Post by: ggliff on December 11, 2006, 10:12:44 PM
Quote from: HiME;255664
"Teme no zensonzai ga uzen dayo". 8)



nice  :D
saves text for flame wars
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on December 12, 2006, 03:31:16 AM
oh man, awesome, i'm gonna save it for flame wars as well :D
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on December 14, 2006, 02:44:24 AM
Quick question: Which specific concert was it when 6ki members (excluding miki) did Suki na Senpai?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on December 14, 2006, 03:03:36 AM
Quote from: ferrar1;257896
Quick question: Which specific concert was it when 6ki members (excluding miki) did Suki na Senpai?


I think that was on Kei's grad concert, which was also their first concert tour
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on December 14, 2006, 03:09:40 AM
No, it was the 15-Nin Non Stop concert from fall of 2003.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Roxasu on December 14, 2006, 03:11:47 AM
Morning Musume 2003 "15 nin de Non Stop"
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on December 14, 2006, 03:11:54 AM
Thanks for the correction, I was not sure if I got that right :evil:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Roxasu on December 14, 2006, 03:15:49 AM
Reyfer's confusion came cause both concerts were called 2003 Non Stop, the difference is that Kei's grad was earlier and didn't have 6th gen in it
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 14, 2006, 03:38:25 AM
In the maido arii skit, they sometimes show a picture of Yuko as a gorilla(or something within that manner) anybody know what that means?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Shoko on December 14, 2006, 04:38:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoVh2fIgc1I anyone know what concert this is from?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Princess Pudding on December 14, 2006, 04:43:32 AM
It's Sayaka's graduation concert (Morning Musume Concert Tour 2001 Dancing Love Site or something)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on December 14, 2006, 04:46:23 AM
Quote from: flamingmoe;257914
No, it was the 15-Nin Non Stop concert from fall of 2003.


Knew it was from that year but couldnt figure out which concert. So i assume ^ this is the correct one right?

Thanks moe, roxasu, reyfer :D
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on December 14, 2006, 01:00:09 PM
Quote from: cool_kickin_dude;257935
In the maido arii skit, they sometimes show a picture of Yuko as a gorilla(or something within that manner) anybody know what that means?

She's often portrayed as a yankii (aka a delinquent girl), if that's what you mean.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 14, 2006, 07:25:03 PM
makes sense. Watch Judgment Day 04 when they have the skit. It's when Rika asks if Yuko was a rebel and Yuko denies it.
Title: quick pregunta... what happened to the cheesy online eco drama
Post by: fudog on December 18, 2006, 09:03:02 PM
do u all remember that cheesy drama... i still have the first episode

cuz ai looks super-fly in it.... but what happened to it after the third episode?

was it cancelled?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on December 18, 2006, 09:07:51 PM
First, what do you mean by "fly"?

Second, the eco-drama continued (not sure if it's still on) with other H!P girls. Each episode is a complete story unrelated to the others except for the ecological thing. Last one I saw was with Maki Goto.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: LovelyMermaid on December 18, 2006, 09:13:46 PM
^ Fly is out-dated American slang for good looking :roll:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: fudog on December 18, 2006, 09:30:01 PM
Quote from: reyfer;262269
First, what do you mean by "fly"?

Second, the eco-drama continued (not sure if it's still on) with other H!P girls. Each episode is a complete story unrelated to the others except for the ecological thing. Last one I saw was with Maki Goto.


thats the last one i saw as well... i thought i read somewhere that there are a total 10 episodes or something along those lines
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on December 18, 2006, 09:33:20 PM
Merged the Eco-ken question topic with this one, please use this thread for random questions!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on December 18, 2006, 09:37:24 PM
Quote from: fudog;262281
thats the last one i saw as well... i thought i read somewhere that there are a total 10 episodes or something along those lines

As far as I know there were only ever 3 episodes of "Ecoken".  If there were any more they didn't feature any H!P members and so would have been ignored by the fans, and so we wouldn't have seen them.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Shoko on December 18, 2006, 10:12:54 PM
Does anyone know which concert Konno and Rika performed Momoiro Kataomoi together at?
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Post by: Yasu on December 19, 2006, 12:01:41 AM
Quote from: Shoko;262325
Does anyone know which concert Konno and Rika performed Momoiro Kataomoi together at?

Kaori's graduation concert.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on December 19, 2006, 12:35:09 AM
Quote from: Shoko;262325
Does anyone know which concert Konno and Rika performed Momoiro Kataomoi together at?


Quote from: Yasu;262393
Kaori's graduation concert.


At Kaori's graduation concert both Akagumi and Shirogumi formations performed together, and yes they performed Momoiro Kataomoi (Konno + Miyabi / Rika + Inaba Atsuko) but they performed it together just the two of them (Konno and Rika) on the Akagumi concert, which was released as a Fan Club exclusive DVD
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on January 01, 2007, 04:39:14 PM
Can anyone give some info this item:

(http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/8940/e6111bih9.jpg)

it's a map with cards in it?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Loopy on January 02, 2007, 04:18:53 AM
Okay for anyone who has gone to the concerts, do they typically bar access to foreigners like some establishments do?  A friend of mine and myself are going to Japan sometime soon and would like to know this.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on January 02, 2007, 04:38:48 AM
Quote from: Loopy;272512
Okay for anyone who has gone to the concerts, do they typically bar access to foreigners like some establishments do?  A friend of mine and myself are going to Japan sometime soon and would like to know this.

I would like to know that, too (and how the whole concert stuff works e.g. is it better to be at the concert location hours before it starts?)

Once I've been told that they bar access at concerts as long as it's not sold out of course and that (at least in Tokyo) there is a not-official store where you can buy tickets for concerts and events but the prices are more expensive there. But that's just what I've been told, I don't know whether it's true or not D: would be nice if someone could approve my information
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on January 02, 2007, 05:01:51 AM
Quote from: Loopy;272512
Okay for anyone who has gone to the concerts, do they typically bar access to foreigners like some establishments do?  A friend of mine and myself are going to Japan sometime soon and would like to know this.


No, they don't. But they look at you in a strange, amused way. Anyway ask Himalia, as far as I know he's been to some concerts there, including Konkon's final concert at Yoyogi
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on January 02, 2007, 12:23:42 PM
Quote from: nachdenki;272524
I would like to know that, too (and how the whole concert stuff works e.g. is it better to be at the concert location hours before it starts?)


I can't answer the first question considering I practically look Japanese. As for being on time, that really depends on what your purposes are besides attending the concert. For example, if you're thinking of purchasing tour goods, it'd be better to be at the concert grounds several hours before it starts since the line wouldn't be extremely long at that time. Of course there's also the option of shopping afterwards, but certain things tend to run out of stock.

If you're just in it for the concert it doesn't really matter, but it's good to keep in mind that they open the doors like an hour in advance. If you're new to this, finding your seat can take a while. ;) Also, unless it's necessary don't bring any cameras with you since the staff will temporarily confiscate it if they find it.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 02, 2007, 08:21:39 PM
Quote from: reyfer;272540
No, they don't. But they look at you in a strange, amused way. Anyway ask Himalia, as far as I know he's been to some concerts there, including Konkon's final concert at Yoyogi
Tyler went to Konkon's grad concert too, if I remember correctly.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on January 03, 2007, 07:43:40 AM
Quote from: Loopy;272512
Okay for anyone who has gone to the concerts, do they typically bar access to foreigners like some establishments do?  A friend of mine and myself are going to Japan sometime soon and would like to know this.

icarianwings has been to concerts too, and as far as I know, no they don't. They just give you either a surprised, confused or amused look/reaction since foreigners at H!P concerts are very rare.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: crazychickencow on January 05, 2007, 12:08:54 AM
Quote from: Loopy;272512
Okay for anyone who has gone to the concerts, do they typically bar access to foreigners like some establishments do?  A friend of mine and myself are going to Japan sometime soon and would like to know this.


No, I've never heard of them barring access.  If you want to know how going to the concert goes down, I'd ask icarianwings.  *coughH!Phocough* :P
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raspberrygashes on January 06, 2007, 09:48:26 PM
I have a question about the kissing in Momusu XD  
Like this: http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/Shiner_01/Hello%20Project/hell36888ow6.jpg and this http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n164/Shiner_01/Hello%20Project/hart2159qw4.jpg
Do they just kiss for no reason? :confused:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Linus on January 06, 2007, 09:52:00 PM
It's just for fun, it's game fore them, just friendship, and some fans enjoy it :p

Miki was asked on her radio show about her ass-touching to Taka in Curry concert. She said it's for the emotion of the moment, just have fun lol
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: bergmanin on January 06, 2007, 10:13:21 PM
I thought it was staged. In the Fuyu Fuyu Mm Mini  it's Ai who touches Miki's butt and in the DVD it's the both of them touching eachother's butt. Although, it can be for fun anyway.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sousora on January 08, 2007, 01:25:37 PM
Was Masayume ever performed live by Aa!? Or I guess anyone else?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on January 09, 2007, 05:35:00 AM
I heard this being mentioned a few times, Aibon apparently performed boogie train 03 before in a concert?

Would anyone tell me which concert is it?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on January 09, 2007, 05:40:16 AM
Quote from: ferrar1;278394
I heard this being mentioned a few times, Aibon apparently performed boogie train 03 before in a concert?

Would anyone tell me which concert is it?

She performed it in the HAROPURO PARTY! 2005 Matsuura Aya Captain Kouen concert
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on January 09, 2007, 06:19:15 AM
Got it :D Thank You.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: drobin on January 11, 2007, 03:46:58 AM
does anyone knows what sayumi's usachan peace means or why does ahe do it? :confused:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on January 11, 2007, 03:51:06 AM
I'm not sure as well.

BUT when you do a peace, you stick 2 fingers out like this \/ and when you put 2 hands doing peace together it's this \/ \/ and when you put them on the top of your head it looks like bunny ears. and usa is the short for usagi and usagi = rabbit/bunny
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: crazychickencow on January 11, 2007, 03:51:17 AM
Sayu's "usachan peace!" is basically "Bunny peace!" Which makes sense as she puts the peace signs up as bunny ears when she says it. It's just her little catch phrase. It's even been used in performances of "Koi no Dance Site" instead of "sexy biimu"

Hope that helped. :)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Fracture on January 11, 2007, 04:19:04 AM
She said once on HPHour that she started doing usa-chan when she would take print club photos with her sister.   It's just some random thing she came up with at the time that stuck.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: jjkoi on January 11, 2007, 01:05:22 PM
Here's a question: what are the MM members' favourite manga to read?
I remember reading somewhere that Eri liked reading Slam Dunk, or Orange Koucha or something... but does anyone know what the others like? :P
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: DroolBoy on January 11, 2007, 01:30:35 PM
When the 5th gen was added into MM, the H!M that featured them also had Kei with a giant eyepatch on.. does anyone know what happened? D:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on January 11, 2007, 08:28:17 PM
I remember there was another appearance around the same time where Nacchi had an eyepatch.  I think it was 24 hour tv or something like that.
If my memory isn't faulty, and Nacchi had one as well, maybe it was some kind of eye infection or something.  Pinkeye, for example, is notoriously contagious.  Other than that, maybe she got hit in the eye in a perf.  It seems to happen frequently enough.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Rikki2 on January 12, 2007, 07:12:04 AM
Quote from: jjkoi;280230
Here's a question: what are the MM members' favourite manga to read?
I remember reading somewhere that Eri liked reading Slam Dunk, or Orange Koucha or something... but does anyone know what the others like? :P


Some years ago, Yossie said she liked "Boy" and "Love Catalog".
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on January 12, 2007, 09:31:16 AM
Mari is known to have hundreds of volumes of manga and likes Naruto and FMA in particular.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Roxasu on January 12, 2007, 07:49:28 PM
Ai-chan, Tsuji, and Aibon have manga collections, and Sayu said that (during the 2004 new years special) her goal was to collect alot of manga
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Post by: Dj-B13 on January 13, 2007, 01:35:05 AM
Quote from: Slack;280997
Mari is known to have hundreds of volumes of manga and likes Naruto and FMA in particular.


Great series too~!!! * Especially Naruto* :ONbingo:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: limitbreaker02 on January 20, 2007, 03:30:52 PM
Has Reina ever sung "Akai Freesia" either in a concert or somewhere else?
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Post by: ferrar1 on January 20, 2007, 03:51:03 PM
^ 6th gen audition's song was Akai Freesia
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: drobin on January 22, 2007, 07:22:03 AM
does someone of you knows where does reina appears dessed in a panda costum? she looks so cute with it XD
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Princess Pudding on January 22, 2007, 07:26:49 AM
Quote from: icarianwings;277882
Was Masayume ever performed live by Aa!? Or I guess anyone else?
Sadly, it never has :(
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on January 22, 2007, 12:13:01 PM
Quote from: drobin;289693
does someone of you knows where does reina appears dessed in a panda costum? she looks so cute with it XD


She did on a few Hello! Morning skits. The ones featuring Konkon's chinese family restaurant.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: num2son on January 26, 2007, 07:46:09 PM
(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4690/mmarchives051111ffqw7.jpg)[/URL]

Does anyone know what movie this picture was from?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on January 26, 2007, 07:50:39 PM
^Thats from the "Pinch Runner" movie.
4th gen shows up at the very end.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: fr0z on January 27, 2007, 02:20:35 AM
The guy who announces the start of Hello Pro Hour, and the (voice?) of the Hakkan Sweat guy. Are they the same person?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: num2son on January 27, 2007, 04:39:39 AM
Quote from: L-san;293929
^Thats from the "Pinch Runner" movie.
4th gen shows up at the very end.


Thanks, i knew it was from that movie but wasnt sure.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reina's eyes on February 02, 2007, 08:54:53 AM
For native japanese speakers or those very fluent and familiar with the spoken language:

Do the hp members sound like bimbos?

They are all capable of sounding dumb at times, even to nonjapanese speakers, but do any of them consistently speak in a way that makes them come across as really not too smart?

(The US equivalent might be the speech of a "valley girl" or an uneducated southerner.)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mpz on February 02, 2007, 09:17:26 AM
Quote from: reina's eyes;299335
For native japanese speakers or those very fluent and familiar with the spoken language:

Do the hp members sound like bimbos?

They are all capable of sounding dumb at times, even to nonjapanese speakers, but do any of them consistently speak in a way that makes them come across as really not too smart?

(The US equivalent might be the speech of a "valley girl" or an uneducated southerner.)

If we focus on delivery, not content, then no, not really (in my opinion). The worst example you can find is Takahashi's accent from the sticks in the Utaban episode where they promote Souda! We're Alive. But that was over four years ago - lately I haven't really noticed it so I guess she's mostly gotten rid of the accent.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reina's eyes on February 02, 2007, 10:14:40 AM
Quote from: mpz;299344
If we focus on delivery, not content, then no, not really (in my opinion).

Interesting! And thanks.

Of course these things aren't just regional. In any language, anyone who speaks without really saying much of anything can sound pretty airheaded:

"The shark was like you know really big and it had really like you know big teeth and um it was white and like swam around a lot..."

After hearing some blonds on tv talking that way, it occurred to me some of our hp faves might be a bit like that. :-)
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on February 02, 2007, 10:26:32 AM
Quote from: reina's eyes;299375
Interesting! And thanks.

Of course these things aren't just regional. In any language, anyone who speaks without really saying much of anything can sound pretty airheaded:

"The shark was like you know really big and it had really like you know big teeth and um it was white and like swam around a lot..."

After hearing some blonds on tv talking that way, it occurred to me some of our hp faves might be a bit like that. :-)


I know enough Japanese to know what's going on and it does sound like they're using filler 98% of the time... haha.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ShoujoHino on February 02, 2007, 08:08:35 PM
Gomaki's "nanka" comes to mind.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on February 11, 2007, 03:31:35 PM
I wonder what they do with all the concert & PV costumes.
Can the girls keep them (somehow I doubt that) or do they store everything somewhere?

UFA should sell the stuff, I bet the wotas would go crazy!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sousora on February 11, 2007, 03:44:32 PM
They keep them, they're often on display in the official stores and such. Rotated every once in a while.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on February 15, 2007, 02:39:33 AM
I'm not sure but does anybody know how much the tickets are for decent seats at a graduation con? i've heard 300-500USD. but i just want to verify?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on February 15, 2007, 03:14:29 AM
Quote from: anythursday;308964
I'm not sure but does anybody know how much the tickets are for decent seats at a graduation con? i've heard 300-500USD. but i just want to verify?


Well, official price is 6800 yen (that's about 57 US $ at this moment), but you have to be very lucky to get one from official vendors. The Osaka (April 21st) and Aichi (April 22nd) tickets sold out in 15 minutes after they officially went on sale yesterday, so your chances are with a reseller or outside the venue with a scalper. For a grad concert.... Lets just say that when I was bidding for a ticket for Konkon's grad on Yahoo Auctions Japan, I saw some reach 30,000 yen (250 US $).

Here are the dates tickets will go on sale officially:

For March 17 and 18 at Kanagawa, sale starts February 24th
Niigata March 31, and Nagano April 7th ---- Feb. 18th
Yamanashi April 8th --- already sold out
Hokkaido April 14th and 15th --- Feb. 24th
Osaka April 21st and Aichi April 22nd, already sold out
Kanagawa, April 28th  ---  Feb. 24th
Nagoya, April 30th  ---  Feb. 25th
Osaka, May 3rd  ---  Feb. 24th
And finally Saitama Super Arena, May 6th --- March 3rd

By the way, the shows at Nagoya on April 30th and Osaka on May 3rd were added recently, those were not on the original schedule.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on February 15, 2007, 03:42:37 AM
Quote from: reyfer;308989
Well, official price is 6800 yen (that's about 57 US $ at this moment), but you have to be very lucky to get one from official vendors. The Osaka (April 21st) and Aichi (April 22nd) tickets sold out in 15 minutes after they officially went on sale yesterday, so your chances are with a reseller or outside the venue with a scalper. For a grad concert.... Lets just say that when I was bidding for a ticket for Konkon's grad on Yahoo Auctions Japan, I saw some reach 30,000 yen (250 US $).

Here are the dates tickets will go on sale officially:

For March 17 and 18 at Kanagawa, sale starts February 24th
Niigata March 31, and Nagano April 7th ---- Feb. 18th
Yamanashi April 8th --- already sold out
Hokkaido April 14th and 15th --- Feb. 24th
Osaka April 21st and Aichi April 22nd, already sold out
Kanagawa, April 28th  ---  Feb. 24th
Nagoya, April 30th  ---  Feb. 25th
Osaka, May 3rd  ---  Feb. 24th
And finally Saitama Super Arena, May 6th --- March 3rd

By the way, the shows at Nagoya on April 30th and Osaka on May 3rd were added recently, those were not on the original schedule.


:) thanks a lot reyfer. 250USD eh? that i'm still ok with. its a lil over the 200USD i intended for. =P so the two dates that are sold out, is there something special about them? or did tickets for those concerts just go on sale first?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on February 15, 2007, 03:59:39 AM
They just went on sale first, I guess. So far I have heard nothing special about either Osaka or Aichi for this tour.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on February 15, 2007, 04:01:07 AM
Osaka is expected because there are lots of MM's fans there. Yamanashi.. hmm maybe it's because of Reina?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on February 15, 2007, 04:38:54 AM
ahhhhhhh really have to start saving for the next graduation. sadly, i have no money right now. haha

okay, one last question. all those concert dates, they're not all 'graduation' cons right? only the last one is? or the ones they specify? and if its the ones they specify, that info. would be on H!P right?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on February 15, 2007, 04:48:19 AM
Quote from: anythursday;309047
ahhhhhhh really have to start saving for the next graduation. sadly, i have no money right now. haha

okay, one last question. all those concert dates, they're not all 'graduation' cons right? only the last one is? or the ones they specify? and if its the ones they specify, that info. would be on H!P right?


Only the last date. There are two shows that day, one starts at 15:30 (doors open at 14:30) and the last one at 19:00 (doors open at 18:00).  If you really want to experience the actual grad, you should try the night show. That's the one I am trying to get tickets for :D
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on February 15, 2007, 06:40:50 AM
I'm trying as well Reyfer, hope to see you there as well.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on February 16, 2007, 01:58:51 AM
Quote from: reyfer;309050
Only the last date. There are two shows that day, one starts at 15:30 (doors open at 14:30) and the last one at 19:00 (doors open at 18:00).  If you really want to experience the actual grad, you should try the night show. That's the one I am trying to get tickets for :D


thanks for the tips reyfer. haha :) i'm gathering info for the next graduation con. lol by the way, are there any 'reliable' users that you have auctioned tickets from before on yahoo japan? i'm always hesitant, cause there's lots of fake stuff going on....
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on February 16, 2007, 05:56:48 PM
just saw this song on jphip, what is A MOMENT OF SUMMER '98? where did the Momusu song come from?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on February 16, 2007, 06:36:03 PM
it's "A MEMORY OF SUMMER '98'".

B-side for the "Summer Night Town" single.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on February 16, 2007, 06:37:07 PM
It's the coupling track for Summer Night Town.

Edit: Beaten by the veteran wota!
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chera on February 24, 2007, 08:36:50 PM
I'm doing research for a fanfic I'm writing.

Can anybody tell me where Tsunku works or keeps an office?  Is it at UFA HQ?  Or at one of the TV stations?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on March 02, 2007, 04:27:16 AM
i have two random questions:
- the girls of morning musume, do they get put into some public school? or is it one of those private schools?

- sometimes you have really young members joining, like koharu, tsuji and kago, gaki - are they expected to live and take care of themselves? or are they kinda roomed up? cause i just realized that abe lived with Iida for a while.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Sukoshi on March 02, 2007, 08:04:58 AM
I think most of them attend private schools.  I know many of them attended Hinode High school which is a school known for celebrities.  Ai chan graduated from there and I think Ayaya went to that school too.  Yossie graduated from Risshisha High School which is another private high school.

As for living environments?  Miki lives with her mom in Tokyo, Eri lives with her whole family in Tokyo (cause she's from there anyways XD), Sayu lives with her mom and siblings while her dad is still in Yamaguchi, the rest of the members were pretty much the same.  They always talk about going out with their moms and occassionally talk about their siblings so it's pretty clear that they are living with most of their family members in Tokyo.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: anythursday on March 02, 2007, 03:07:53 PM
Quote from: Sukoshi;320594
I think most of them attend private schools.  I know many of them attended Hinode High school which is a school known for celebrities.  Ai chan graduated from there and I think Ayaya went to that school too.  Yossie graduated from Risshisha High School which is another private high school.

As for living environments?  Miki lives with her mom in Tokyo, Eri lives with her whole family in Tokyo (cause she's from there anyways XD), Sayu lives with her mom and siblings while her dad is still in Yamaguchi, the rest of the members were pretty much the same.  They always talk about going out with their moms and occassionally talk about their siblings so it's pretty clear that they are living with most of their family members in Tokyo.


:) oh cool thanks. i was always under the impression that they lived alone - and i was like GOSH WHAT ABOUT SAFETY? esp for like 14 year old micchi. lol
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: yokoso on March 03, 2007, 09:39:06 PM
I've been wondering this for a while now.

Is there a full listing online (with/wo scans) of all the Hello! Project photo trading cards that have come with CDs?  I've been trying to figure that out for a while now ^^;;
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inokade on March 12, 2007, 06:05:39 PM
Do any of the Berryz Koubou members have boyfriends?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on March 12, 2007, 06:36:50 PM
Quote from: inokade;327573
Do any of the Berryz Koubou members have boyfriends?


Yes. The ones that have been kicked out of the group...

Not that you really care, since you are just whoring your way into the "perv". :rolleyes:
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 18, 2007, 04:05:05 AM
ok first off i don't know much about concerts so that's why i'm asking. concerts on tours have been performed multiple times.  will the setlist and the performers be the same throughout, and when they released it on dvd, how will they choose which one to release or will they released it all? i don't think they will release all the concert video though,  most likely they will release the best one, like for example, yossi graduation in this one.   haven't many concerts in one tour been perform? and they only release one video of a specific concert.

well anyway these are questions i like to ask cuz i'm really curious about this. if anyone could answer me please do.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on March 18, 2007, 04:29:42 AM
The number of performances in each tour varies, but they usually record only the last day's performances of the tour. They sometimes put performances and parts of interest from earlier concerts on "DVD Magazines" sold during tours (usually the next tour) or in some cases, as extras on the DVD. Note that "performances" plural because sometimes they edit together the afternoon and evening performances for the DVD.
 
In general, the setlist will be the same for each day on the tour. There are exceptions, such as a different song for the afternoon vs. evening performances. They usually put the changed song on the DVD as an extra. More often though, they will change the setlist if a new single is coming out in order to give some advance promotion.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 18, 2007, 04:48:21 PM
gotcha, thanks for the info.  U know this just means i missed out on more H!P than i thought. unless u attend EVERY SINGLE CONCERT, everyone missing out on something.  but since only something vary in each concert, i guess i don't miss out that much if i think about it....
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on March 18, 2007, 05:06:46 PM
Quote from: Sukoshi;320594
I think most of them attend private schools.  I know many of them attended Hinode High school which is a school known for celebrities.  Ai chan graduated from there and I think Ayaya went to that school too.  Yossie graduated from Risshisha High School which is another private high school.

As for living environments?  Miki lives with her mom in Tokyo, Eri lives with her whole family in Tokyo (cause she's from there anyways XD), Sayu lives with her mom and siblings while her dad is still in Yamaguchi, the rest of the members were pretty much the same.  They always talk about going out with their moms and occassionally talk about their siblings so it's pretty clear that they are living with most of their family members in Tokyo.


also didn't they say that kohar moved in with her grandparents that live in tokyo?? i remember hearing that somwhere.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on March 18, 2007, 05:25:18 PM
Quote from: bigdnm01;332169
gotcha, thanks for the info.  U know this just means i missed out on more H!P than i thought. unless u attend EVERY SINGLE CONCERT, everyone missing out on something.  but since only something vary in each concert, i guess i don't miss out that much if i think about it....


It's more of a "whichever would look better on the DVD situation." They change the setlist to fit whatever album/single is currently out. But this happens usually mid-tour. There's also the occasional day-night song switch, but those are usually recorded. And for Berryz and other concerts, the DVD is usually the biggest venue. Like if they performed at SSA, but there's no one graduating and the last performance is in a smaller venue, they'll most likely pick the SSA performance.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on March 18, 2007, 06:15:14 PM
^their next tour doesn't involve SSA, the SSa shows are a totally seperate event.
The last concert is only the one recorded if it is a grad like you said though.
Usually the next dvd magazine will have clips from different performances, including the last one.  So you can get an idea of the similarity from that.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on March 18, 2007, 07:18:23 PM
Quote from: Blu-Cherri;332248
^their next tour doesn't involve SSA, the SSa shows are a totally seperate event.
The last concert is only the one recorded if it is a grad like you said though.
Usually the next dvd magazine will have clips from different performances, including the last one.  So you can get an idea of the similarity from that.


I'm sorry, but the SSA dates were there on the schedule since November last year, BEFORE the grad announcement, so saying the next tour doesn't involve SSA is not accurate.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on March 18, 2007, 07:36:11 PM
Where is Yossi's grad concert at? Yokohama Arena?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on March 18, 2007, 08:10:45 PM
Quote from: Koolmon93;332296
Where is Yossi's grad concert at? Yokohama Arena?


Saitama Super Arena, May 6th
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on March 19, 2007, 08:08:00 PM
Quote from: reyfer;332290
I'm sorry, but the SSA dates were there on the schedule since November last year, BEFORE the grad announcement, so saying the next tour doesn't involve SSA is not accurate.


er, are we talking about the same group here, cuz I'm talking about berryz koubou.
Their 2 performances at SSA are totally seperate to their next tour.
both shows have 10,000 seats and all 20,000 were sold out a while ago.
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: takashi12 on March 20, 2007, 12:34:55 AM
What's a H!P Egg? (lol!) Who does it consist of?
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on March 20, 2007, 09:13:51 AM
Quote from: takashi12;333480
What's a H!P Egg? (lol!) Who does it consist of?


Ever noticed the background dancers at various concerts? Yeah, that's them. :P

http://eggs.maihaman.com/general.php
Title: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: takashi12 on March 20, 2007, 08:34:27 PM
^ thanks for the info :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sousora on April 03, 2007, 12:32:01 PM
Okay, I feel stupid so I'm asking for help. How can I get into the tickets section on the Mall City website? I'm a member of the fanclub, got the card and everything, but it needs a password as well, and I've no idea how the hell to get one. What should I do?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: takashi12 on April 04, 2007, 09:40:50 PM
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4504/hellogirls36087ag0copyeq7.th.jpg)

Saw this off of Funny H!P Captions thread

Where is this from?? is there a torrent / direct download to it?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on April 05, 2007, 07:44:51 PM
(http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/4504/hellogirls36087ag0copyeq7.th.jpg)

Saw this off of Funny H!P Captions thread

Where is this from?? is there a torrent / direct download to it?

Morning Musume DVD Magazine Vol. 12

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=6682
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Tyler_Wood_2005 on April 05, 2007, 07:59:06 PM
ok first off i don't know much about concerts so that's why i'm asking. concerts on tours have been performed multiple times.  will the setlist and the performers be the same throughout, and when they released it on dvd, how will they choose which one to release or will they released it all? i don't think they will release all the concert video though,  most likely they will release the best one, like for example, yossi graduation in this one.   haven't many concerts in one tour been perform? and they only release one video of a specific concert.

well anyway these are questions i like to ask cuz i'm really curious about this. if anyone could answer me please do.

Yes, they do do mulitple concerts during a tour.

And the reason they don't show all of the concert footage, is simple, it would be too long.

Another reason is because, Concerts don't always go perfect. There's plenty of mistakes, bloopers and accidents that happen during a concert tour.

Best example I can think of is a concert I went to, W&Berryz HighScore Concert in Nakano Sun Plaza.

This concert had plenty of mistakes, small bloopers and accidents that happened during the 3 concerts that happened over the weekend.
-Ai Kagos mike cut out during a song with her and Tsuji, it just stopped working entirely. So Aibon ran off stage and left Nono singing Solo. She wasn't supposed to sing the song solo, but because Kago had to run backstage, grab a new mike, or get hers fixed, Nono was left alone.
-During one of Berryz songs, Risako was singing, she then tripped and fell, therefore she missed the lines she was supposed to sing, but she got back up and continued.
-Chinami dropped her mike as she was singing, and it caused an extremely loud SCREECH to ring throughout the concert hall.
-Momoko and Maasa also slammed into eachother, seems on of them forgot which way they were supposed to be running, both of them fell down. Momoko rolled down 1 step, before getting up.

BUT, NONE of these mistakes made it onto the concert DVD once I bought it. The performance on the DVD was perfect, all throughout the DVD.

So that's mainly why they limit the footage they put on DVDs, and do multiple concerts, this way if there is a mistake during one of the concerts. They can edit that mistake or blooper out and put in a different concert date where the mistake never happened.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: iacus on April 06, 2007, 09:52:44 AM
They should totally include outakes in with the concerts. I would pay to see Maasa throw Momoko down some stairs.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Gblue on April 09, 2007, 03:02:57 PM
i was just thinking... is there any news on a momosu best of? "Best Morning Musume 3" should be due soon, it's been 3 years/albums [+1mini] since the last one!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 13, 2007, 02:50:56 AM
this may be a stupid question but i just wanna ask.  exactly how popular is Morning musume and H!P outside of japan? anyone knows? Morning Musume is one of Japan's most popular all-girl group and somewhere they mention that they have a substantial following outside of japan, but to what degree? for example, does anyone knows how many of their sales are outside japan and internet sales like on amazon.com and yesasia.com. of course probably their sales won't give us an exact measure of their popularity( i believe their more popular than what their sales indicate, even in japan,  but it'll give me an idea.

if anyone have any idea or related-info whatsoever, please do share.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on April 13, 2007, 04:23:07 AM
In Singapore, out of 10 J-pop fans, 8/10 knows the existence of MM, 6/8 knows the existence of Hello Project, 4/8 knows most of the name of the members of MM and only 1 or 2 keeps up daily with MM stuffs.

Roughly of course :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ASSEMblerEX on April 14, 2007, 08:07:21 AM
I'm sure most of you have seen this.

Who is that crazy keyboardist?
He's waaaay too into the song, with his crazy dancing
and what's with the maraca hat?
Is he the old Sharan-Q keyboardist? I think he is the original one.

I think this is the only time in 10+ years I've ever seen this guy, ever.
And the first time in a H!P Video I'm pretty sure.

For the last week I've had him in my head and must have watched that
video about 30 times..

I have a new hero, and he is crazy keyboard maraca man.
Perhaps they have just let taisei out of some sort of institution.

I also noticed that he's just keyboard syncing.. (sort of like lip syncing)
About the time the weird hat comes out he's just gliding his hand over the
keyboard.

If you haven't see this clip yet you have to see it,
it's probably the funniest thing in any MM performance that
wasn't a skit, short of Kaori falling down all those times
during that rainy concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on April 14, 2007, 08:32:15 AM
 ^ Clip/concert/performance/PV ??
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on April 14, 2007, 12:09:25 PM
Who is that crazy keyboardist?

Dude, you answered your own question. :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 14, 2007, 02:02:21 PM
which video would that be?  is it one of the Uta doki classics?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ASSEMblerEX on April 14, 2007, 06:19:14 PM
Yeah.

I wasn't 100% sure because I've only seen him in shades. I guess it's him.

I wonder if he has any solo stuff the guy seems crazy.

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 14, 2007, 06:30:55 PM
You could check out Cubic Cross with Ichii Sayaka.  He produced her band, as well as played keyboard in it.
He's also in several other Uta Doki episodes, doing some crazy stuff in those as well.

He's also shown up without his shades as MC during the 2006 Elder Club concerts.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Fracture on April 15, 2007, 02:45:00 AM
^ Clip/concert/performance/PV ??

which video would that be?  is it one of the Uta doki classics?

He means this (http://www.veoh.com/videos/v358238rKdSsgnZ).  That guy is hilarious.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on April 15, 2007, 07:53:02 PM
^ Yeah, that's Taisei. He's the keyboardist for Sharan Q.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 16, 2007, 09:26:58 PM
do the Uta Doki! pop classics aired on tv or online? i really have no idea since i live in the US.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on April 16, 2007, 11:57:20 PM
do the Uta Doki! pop classics aired on tv or online? i really have no idea since i live in the US.

They air on TV Tokyo at 12:53 am on "Weekdays". Japanese TV schedules consider until about 2 am to be the day before still, so it's really Tuesday-Saturday at 12:53 am
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 17, 2007, 01:42:22 AM
ok thanks.  now for another questions. 

Has Berryz Koubou release any other DVD Magazine other than vol 1,2, and 3?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on April 17, 2007, 01:56:22 AM
ok thanks.  now for another questions. 

Has Berryz Koubou release any other DVD Magazine other than vol 1,2, and 3?

Yeah, they're up to Vol. 8 now, but Vol. 8 was released with one for each member instead of one group one.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 17, 2007, 03:24:04 AM
on yah i got those solo one.  then is 4-7 uploaded anywhere on jphip?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on April 18, 2007, 01:21:27 PM
Is that "Morning Musume: Space Venus" game for PS2 any fun? Worth anything/rare item?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 18, 2007, 05:23:04 PM
From what I've read, it's not so much a game as a bunch of clips with a 3d interface.  That 360-degree Dance Suru no Da video came from that game as part of a PV "editing" gadget where you could pick what angle you wanted and save it.  That kind of game was pretty short-lived.  I can't comment too much on rarity or value, but it's definitely a collector's item.  There's some reviews of it in English, but they're all from people generally outside of H!P fandom.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Aioros on April 19, 2007, 02:14:56 AM
Are there any left-handed girls in H!P?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 19, 2007, 02:50:30 AM
I know there are some, but the only one I can recall being left-handed is Yui.  I think at least one of the Melons is too.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on April 20, 2007, 08:31:40 PM
Thanks Slack for answering my question on Space Venus.

Another question that's been bothering me. Sometimes on Ebay I see these concert DVDs (for instance one with a MM concert) and it says "Taiwanese version, region free". Is that legit? What's the difference with the Japanese version? They seem to have the real covers and such.. they are 1/4 the price they are at sites such as cdjapan, yesasia etc.. The sellers seem to have 300+ positive feedback, so they can't be that bad right? So are these official HP releases?Help me out here :) thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild 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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: 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  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume)

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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on April 21, 2007, 04:19:47 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  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Musume)

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 (http://jinryuichi-hnph.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-whos-boss-yamazaki-naoki-or-tsunku.html).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: kiikoi on April 21, 2007, 06:11:03 AM
what teh heck is SNS? some fanclub or somethin?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: TydusArandor on April 21, 2007, 06:31:26 AM
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 ^^;;.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 21, 2007, 10:09:29 PM
what teh heck is SNS? some fanclub or somethin?

SNS is short for a Social Networking Service (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service).

If you've used Facebook, Myspace, or other similar "Web 2.0" group-oriented stuff, you've already used one.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on April 22, 2007, 12:42:52 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?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: 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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 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?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on April 24, 2007, 10:05:47 AM
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.


Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: 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  ;D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on April 24, 2007, 10:45:11 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  ;D
All I've seen is a tiny clip in Hello Morning 2007.04.01.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on April 25, 2007, 02:04:43 AM
They will probably release a Fan club only DVD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: invisname 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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on April 25, 2007, 07:03:36 AM
That was shown on H!M as well, as far as I can recall.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: 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 :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Rikki2 on April 27, 2007, 11:14:55 AM
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 :D

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.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Rick-e on April 27, 2007, 04:14:16 PM
Aaah I see, thanks for the info ^_^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on April 28, 2007, 03:48:50 PM
I'm just gonna ask this again;Has Morning Musume, or any other H!P group been nominated or won like an MTV japanese vma?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on April 28, 2007, 03:58:09 PM
I'm just gonna ask this again;Has Morning Musume, or any other H!P group been nominated or won like an MTV japanese vma?
To answer your question: NO
MTV Japan started its own Video Music Awards in 2002, and as far as I know, no H!P video has ever been nominated for it. Then again, H!P videos are seldom aired on MTV Japan, if at all. That's why every video you see is from M-ON.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on April 28, 2007, 04:00:18 PM
MM 1st and 2nd gen won an award before but i can't remember what.

I could still remember the clip of Asuka and the girls crying holding an award/trophy
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on April 28, 2007, 05:59:52 PM
Is it true that Takahashi Ai was in the movie "Babel"(the one with Brad Pitt, yeah) even if it was a minor role? I just saw it in here(http://imdb.com/name/nm1377596/) but is it really true? I mean, I'm really surprised about it, I was thinking maybe it was another Ai Takahashi that appeared there.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on April 28, 2007, 06:02:41 PM
It's a different Ai
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on April 28, 2007, 09:22:18 PM
MM 1st and 2nd gen won an award before but i can't remember what.

I could still remember the clip of Asuka and the girls crying holding an award/trophy

Morning Musume has won several awards. From the Japanese Wikipedia:

    * 日本ゴールドディスク大賞7年連続(1998年~2004年)
    * ベストヒットアーティスト8年連続(1998年~2005年)
    * 第40回日本レコード大賞最優秀新人賞(1998年)
    * 第31回全日本有線放送大賞「新人賞」
    * 第13回日本ゴールドディスク大賞「ニューアーティスト・オブ・ザ・イヤー」
    * 第36回ゴールデンアロー賞「音楽新人賞」
    * 第32・33回日本有線大賞「有線音楽優秀賞」
    * 第41回日本レコード大賞「優秀作品賞」
    * 第37回ゴールデンアロー賞「音楽賞」
    * 第14回日本ゴールドディスク大賞「ソング・オブ・ザ・イヤー」(ちょこっとLOVE・LOVEマシーン・恋のダンスサイト)
    * 第42回日本レコード大賞「優秀作品賞」(恋のダンスサイト)および「特別賞」
    * 第24回日本アカデミー賞「新人俳優賞」および「話題賞」(モー娘。走る!ピンチランナー)
    * 第15回日本ゴールドディスク大賞「ソング・オブ・ザ・イヤー」(ハッピーサマーウェディング)
    * 第44回日本レコード大賞「特別賞」(Hello!projectとして受賞)

(too lazy to translate right now)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 28, 2007, 10:31:10 PM
are they music awards are something else?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on April 28, 2007, 10:51:23 PM
Yes, they have won several Golden Disk awards, some Japan Recording Association awards and others. But as far as I know, they have not won for their videos, only for the recordings. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I want to be wrong on this  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 29, 2007, 03:06:10 AM
wow, what songs exactly? i heard a couple of the early songs but never really pay attention to those really much. 

EDIT:  what is "Tomoiki Kiouetai" mean? it's one of the subsgroup made by H!P Eggs.  if anyone can translate...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Levin on May 01, 2007, 01:41:08 AM
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/5650/yossimikilo6.th.jpg) (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yossimikilo6.jpg)
^This is from?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on May 01, 2007, 03:00:46 AM
^This is from?
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=7364
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 01, 2007, 04:12:00 AM
hey thanks, i was wondering about that as well.  they seem like such a great couple, aya will definitely be jealous. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 01, 2007, 04:24:40 AM
what is "Tomoiki Kiouetai" mean? it's one of the subsgroup made by H!P Eggs.  if anyone can translate...

Tomoiki is just a name and doesn't really translate I think. Kiwouetai means "I (we) want to plant a tree".

See: http://wiki.theppn.org/Tomoiki_Kiwouetai
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 01, 2007, 04:43:08 AM
^ahh.. i get it. so it basically mean "tomoiki wants to plant a tree." kinda weird name, but who cares.

anyway, thanks, tiny. btw nice avatar, is that supposed to be kamei?  cute.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 01, 2007, 04:54:57 AM
I get "companion spirit" when trying to translate Tomoiki ともいき
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 01, 2007, 06:19:46 AM
btw nice avatar, is that supposed to be kamei?  cute.

Thanks, but no, the avatar is Ayaya in her Renai Sentai Shitsu Ranger outfit.

 :bingo: Watch the PV to brush up on your H!P history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA2u9VKXgvM
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 01, 2007, 02:24:17 PM
^oops... sorry for the mistake, yah i remember that from a clip of utaban when they talk about it, the costume and all.  i guess it cuz i don't really know the history of H!P that much since i haven't been a long-time fan.  also the fact that Eri is like my fav. so i would think that sorry.  Cute nonetheless.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Twisted Blue on May 01, 2007, 07:11:56 PM
Was the  Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party concert ever released on DVD? Can't find it anywhere?  :confused:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on May 01, 2007, 07:37:33 PM
^I've never seen it on dvd, AFAIK.
It has been on a tracker before, might've been H!O, some years back, thats where I dled it from.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 01, 2007, 07:51:53 PM
Was the  Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party concert ever released on DVD? Can't find it anywhere?  :confused:

it's actually been uploaded in the H!P Concert thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=6934.0) (check the first post).  it's located in the official JPH!P Archives in the Crack section. look for it there.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 01, 2007, 08:32:24 PM
Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party has been broadcast on TV in 2000 and is later that year released as a fan club only video.

Quote
2000/09/26    ■テレビ:NHK-BS2『ドリームライブ ポップレビュー 2000』にて 2000/08/12 代々木第一体育館で行われた『Hello! Project2000 集まれ!サマーパーティー』を放送

Quote
2000/12月中旬    ■ライブビデオ:ファンクラブ会員完全予約限定ビデオ『Hello! Project2000 ~集まれ!サマーパーティー~』発売

source: http://www.geocities.jp/niki_tanpopo/2tanpopo/biography_2000.html
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Twisted Blue on May 01, 2007, 08:36:45 PM
^I've never seen it on dvd, AFAIK.
It has been on a tracker before, might've been H!O, some years back, thats where I dled it from.

Looks like there was a vhs tape released, but no dvd, which is a shame :(

it's actually been uploaded in the H!P Concert thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=6934.0) (check the first post).  it's located in the official JPH!P Archives in the Crack section. look for it there.

hehe, thanks, but there's a reason, why I asked for DVD availability!!  ;)


Hello! Project 2000 Atsumare! Summer Party has been broadcast on TV in 2000 and is later that year released as a fan club only video.

source: http://www.geocities.jp/niki_tanpopo/2tanpopo/biography_2000.html


fc only, damn, I hate this h!p policy!  :mad:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Saburo on May 01, 2007, 08:53:26 PM
Is the "Kanashimi Twilight" dance shot version exclusive to the Event V DVD?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on May 02, 2007, 05:27:51 AM
Is the "Kanashimi Twilight" dance shot version exclusive to the Event V DVD?
It was also on dohhhup as promo vid.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 02, 2007, 05:50:47 AM
It was also on dohhhup as promo vid.
I'm sorry but the video that was (and still is) up at DohhhUP is the normal PV. And the Single Limited A version with the DVD has the "Another Version" that is like a close-up version of the PV. So far the Dance Shot is only available on the EventV DVD.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: linlin on May 03, 2007, 05:01:37 PM
who's the youngest HP girl to get a solo PB? (not concert related PB)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on May 03, 2007, 05:14:22 PM
^ Probably Koharu. She got her 1st PB last year, and she was only 13 (I think).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on May 03, 2007, 05:22:03 PM
But Risako's was when she was 12...  I'm pretty sure it's her.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on May 03, 2007, 05:30:04 PM
^ Ah right, forgot about Socko. :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 03, 2007, 05:46:05 PM
^Koharu was 14 when she had her PB (she will be 15 this year), so yes, it must be Risako
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Saburo on May 03, 2007, 07:03:47 PM
And the Single Limited A version with the DVD has the "Another Version" that is like a close-up version of the PV. So far the Dance Shot is only available on the EventV DVD.

That is VERY interesting, thanks for pointing this out.  This makes that "Event V" DVD worth obtaining if you're a purist/collector.  I wonder how much it's fetching on auction sites...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 03, 2007, 09:48:23 PM
unless Hagiwara Mai gets one within a year( she's 11 yrs old), risako is holding that record rite now.  and it seems H!P isn't accepting applications from elementary grade students anymore, so she like the youngest we've got. 

i'm just saying.... i don't even know if any of the H!P Eggs is younger than her, but i don't think they'll have any solo pb for themselves anyway, so looks if not hagiwara, then risako. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 04, 2007, 08:57:26 PM
hate to ask, but what's the site where I can send a letter for Yossie's graduation? I know I'm late, but I like to get it done by tomorrow
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ASSEMblerEX on May 11, 2007, 10:20:49 AM
You think that canned W cd will ever see the light of day?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 11, 2007, 02:42:24 PM
You think that canned W cd will ever see the light of day?

Probably only if someone at the company steals a copy and puts it on an uploader.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Rikki2 on May 12, 2007, 12:06:47 AM
You think that canned W cd will ever see the light of day?

Do we know for sure that that was actually recorded and produced? As best as I can remember, that was never too clear. At any rate, if it was actually produced, then they probably won't release it under the H!P name because of the scandals. But it would sell, especially now that the scandals have caused all the publicity; so not releasing it at all would be like setting fire to a pile of money. Its hard to believe that zetima or UFW would do that.  They'll probably find a way to license it and get it released, maybe under a different umbrella name (TNX, anyone?) and possibly even a different record company.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 12, 2007, 02:24:35 AM
Does anyone know when YesAsia will have Dokyu Vol. 3 available?
It's the only one I've watched on the computer. I want to buy it on DVD if I'm allowed to get a region free player.
What brand and model is your player? You may find a hack to make almost any player region free here http://www.videohelp.com/dvdhacks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on May 12, 2007, 03:45:05 AM
Does anyone know when YesAsia will have Dokyu Vol. 3 available?
Try CDJapan :
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search.html?type=AC&restrict=ALL&strict=&word=dokyu

But if you want to get it from YesAsia, email them and ask for it. Usually, they'll try to hunt it down for you. It helps to include the serial number for that volume.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ASSEMblerEX on May 12, 2007, 06:52:27 AM
Do we know for sure that that was actually recorded and produced? As best as I can remember, that was never too clear. At any rate, if it was actually produced, then they probably won't release it under the H!P name because of the scandals. But it would sell, especially now that the scandals have caused all the publicity; so not releasing it at all would be like setting fire to a pile of money. Its hard to believe that zetima or UFW would do that.  They'll probably find a way to license it and get it released, maybe under a different umbrella name (TNX, anyone?) and possibly even a different record company.

I was under the impression it had already been pressed and was waiting to be shipped...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 12, 2007, 06:31:47 PM
I was under the impression it had already been pressed and was waiting to be shipped...
I'm assuming that's right. Kago Was Friday'd on 9th Feb '06, the single was scheduled to be released 27 days later on 8th March and the album scheduled to be released a week after the single.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 13, 2007, 12:36:53 AM
New question...

We can write to the Morning Musume girls right?
I'd like to write to Reina, but I don't think I can, because I'm not fluent in Japanese [yet].
She won't understand English (would she?) but if there is an address, it would be the thought that counts if i sent her a letter right?

maybe it's not such a good idea to write?
As posted in JPM Forum by marippe:
Quote
(for example) Yaguchi Mari
Upfront Agency Fanclub, Azabu Post Office
Tokyo 106-8770
JAPAN

or

〒106-8770
東京都麻布郵便局留 アップフロントFC部 ○○○係
JAPAN


Note: OOO  would be substituted with the name(s) of the correct members.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 13, 2007, 12:41:17 AM
New question...

We can write to the Morning Musume girls right?
I'd like to write to Reina, but I don't think I can, because I'm not fluent in Japanese [yet].
She won't understand English (would she?) but if there is an address, it would be the thought that counts if i sent her a letter right?

maybe it's not such a good idea to write?

I had this address saved to notepad from a coupla years ago...

Upfront Fanclub "Hello Project" [name of member]
Azabu Post Office
Tokyo 106-8770
JAPAN

However, when I signed up for GyaO last year it wanted a zip code, and it told me that 106-8770 was not a valid zip code and in the end I had to google for one, so that address that everyone has been using appears to have the wrong zip code,
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 13, 2007, 12:51:21 AM
But the official Hello! Project site says that is the address, it puts it as

【宛先】〒106-8770 東京都麻布郵便局留
    アップフロントFC部○○○「住所変更」係
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 13, 2007, 02:41:13 AM
Oh ok, dunno why GyaO rejected it then.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on May 14, 2007, 03:53:39 AM
Is there a instrumental version for the b-side "sayonara no kawari ni" ?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 15, 2007, 08:01:39 PM
What exactly is Tanaka Reina no Tanaka Mesen?
It is the corner that replaced "Hello Yossui" on the CD Data magazine.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on May 15, 2007, 08:08:45 PM
What exactly is Tanaka Reina no Tanaka Mesen?
It is the corner that replaced "Hello Yossui" on the CD Data magazine.

What he sayz...  ;D

Here's a link with some of them... or all of them?  ?? I think it's already over.  ???

http://mikirena.fc2web.com/tanaka.htm
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on May 15, 2007, 08:11:03 PM
Is there a instrumental version for the b-side "sayonara no kawari ni" ?

Nope :( H!P never puts instrumentals for their b-sides, afaik.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on May 15, 2007, 08:16:52 PM
Is there a instrumental version for the b-side "sayonara no kawari ni" ?

Nope :( H!P never puts instrumentals for their b-sides, afaik.
Actually they did once, the single was "The Peace" has instrumental versions of both "The Peace" and "Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru" which was the B side
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on May 16, 2007, 01:13:03 AM
Then can i follow up my question with, where do i get an instrumental version of the song? (any version)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 17, 2007, 12:22:17 AM
What ever happen to the H!P kickball team Metro Rabbits H.P.? are they even an official team like Gatas?
i don't know if they actuall play against anyone nor heard of any official matches? 
although since most of the team is MoMusu members and they are pretty busy, i would understand why they're not active. 
also same question about the Volleyball team, are they dormant before they even start?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: TydusArandor on May 17, 2007, 02:06:25 AM
^ Do you mean the one formed on H!M? I thought that was just kind of a thing for the show and not an actual team. Not sure about Metro Rabbits ^^;;.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwCMbZlvdo (Berryz Koubou's "Jiriri Kiteru" messed up)

Does anyone know where this video is from? All I know is that it's from the Sports Festival, but it seems to have been cut out from the main Sports Fest DVD.

Edit:
vvThanks for the info!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on May 17, 2007, 02:21:11 AM
Well, technically the Rabbits were an official team, but the problem was they were the only one. No other companies were interested in fielding a team. The Rabbits were basically just another way for H!P to milk more money out of the fans using the girls who weren't doing anything. There was no real chance of it becoming a real sports franchise. All the girls on the team sucked at sports, they chose a lame sport that mentally challenged kids usually play, and the only competition they could find were 4th-6th graders. I think they played a total of about 3 games and won only once ("Yeah baby!! We kicked those 8 yr olds' asses! Woohoo!!"). It was embarassing whether they won or lost. But maybe they'll turn up again at the next sports festival.

And the volleyball team wasn't a real team. It was put together for Hello Morning, but never went any further than that.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 17, 2007, 02:27:46 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwCMbZlvdo (Berryz Koubou's "Jiriri Kiteru" messed up)

Does anyone know where this video is from? All I know is that it's from the Sports Festival, but it seems to have been cut out from the main Sports Fest DVD.
It's "Hello! Project Sports Festival 2006" from Flets, streamed live on 2006.03.19, the full thing lasted around 6 hours, with all the sports stuff and then the concert at the end.  I never downloaded it all cos the file was huge.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 17, 2007, 02:45:10 PM
thanks for the info, flamingmoe and tydusArandor, that helped. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: yumestarlet on May 19, 2007, 06:41:43 AM
This one's been on my mind for a while.

Why was there so much resistance to Niigaki when she first joined MM?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 19, 2007, 12:36:34 PM
^ there was?  i didn't know risa wasn't liked, was it becuz she's a gaki(brat)? haha. but i don't think this was true, though, she looked so nice and sweet. Nowadays, on a recent poll, she was like the most popular, wasn't she? 
i also like to know why she wasn't liked at first?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sugar on May 19, 2007, 12:42:04 PM
^ It was leaked that she had appeared in television commercials and other things before Joining MM (so had Makoto pretty sure, but hers weren't as publicised) - and there was a kind of hostility because she wasn't a true 'regular girl' < so afterwards UFA and Tsunku said they weren't allowed to have any kind of management.

Im not sure thats the whole part, but that definately was a factor.

Niigaki would be a popular member now, because apart from her the only 'zOMG awesome!' members are Ai-chan and Miki left >.>
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 19, 2007, 02:47:44 PM
^ oh yah i heard about that, she was already kind of an idol before she joins.  i guess MoMusu fans want their girls to be ordinary, regular girls before they actually become idols (maybe?)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: LovelyMermaid on May 19, 2007, 02:51:13 PM
^ She was in a CM for a little karaoke machine thing rofl, she wasnt an idol persay >.>
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on May 19, 2007, 07:01:56 PM
Then there were the rumors that she was related to one of the UFA higher-ups.  Related as in his neice or something.

But then the question becomes, "Did the rumor cause the backlash, or did the backlash cause the rumor?"

Doing CMs and such wasn't anything new for Momusu girls before they joined.  Aside from Risa's karaoke machine ad, there's notable examples of Makoto and Rika doing fashion ads, and Kaori on the packaging of some batteries.  Not entirely sure about the last one though, because the picture doesn't particularly look like her.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on May 19, 2007, 07:55:14 PM
There was also the rumour that her family is rich and/or has connections. This implied that Risa didn't really pass the auditions, and that someone paid/bought out UFW/UFA to let her join.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: yumestarlet on May 20, 2007, 12:26:42 AM
^ Ah, alright. Thanks for the info, making a little more sense now!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on May 20, 2007, 01:05:28 AM
Is there a dance shot version of Ooki na ai de motenashite?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on May 20, 2007, 12:11:40 PM
As far as I know, none of c-ute's indie singles have any alternate versions(so no close-up version or dance-shot or anything)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: desert-raven on May 24, 2007, 07:40:40 PM
With the approaching PB's for Risa, and a new one for Sayumi...how is it decided who gets a photobook and such...I've seen that there are some that are lacking....

Those that require PB's right freakin now!!!

1. Saito Hitomi (Melon K)
2. Okada Yui  (Viyuden)
3. Sudou Maasa  (Berryz)

in fact, Nakazawa Yuko should get one as well.

Is there anywhere I can find out about these?

D-R
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Miichan on May 24, 2007, 09:18:21 PM
i think they only give pbs to active members ... i mean yuko isnt doing much ... not kei or yaguchi (music) or any one of those XD

Why does UFA really have the rules about no dating? there would be less scandals if that would be ok. -.- so stupid -.-
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: arun.yothin on May 25, 2007, 03:23:34 AM
Why does UFA really have the rules about no dating? there would be less scandals if that would be ok. -.- so stupid -.-
Probably because it destroys the fantasy for the fanboys. They hate to see their perfect girl with another guy.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on May 25, 2007, 09:02:28 PM
where's this clip from? older hello mornings?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJxE6afE7rM

Never saw the clip as it is... probably a fan made compilation of her apearances in Haro Pro Hour.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on May 25, 2007, 09:18:37 PM
hmm, could be. Air dates plz!   :D

mah guess solely based on my wrecked memory is... all the H!M episodes from the middle of the year 2004 until the end of the same year.  ^-^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 27, 2007, 06:21:33 AM
Why does UFA really have the rules about no dating? there would be less scandals if that would be ok. -.- so stupid -.-

My guess is that there aren't any explicit rules about dating. Japanese society has many unwritten rules, UFA idols have got to read between the lines. Basic stuff like avoiding doing anything that would damage anyone's reputation is probably not written down.

To understand this better you need to have some understanding of Japanese social concepts. See this site for example: http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan/jsocial.html

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ohno on May 30, 2007, 08:34:29 PM
Where do the sjis mascots for the members come from? For example, this is Sayumi 从*・ 。.・) and this is Miki 川'v') . You can see them in the titles of the H!P girls threads section. Of course, I know that they're used on 2ch but I've also seen them elsewhere. Who made these and how was each face decided for each member?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on May 30, 2007, 08:44:24 PM
Where do the sjis mascots for the members come from?

They originated on the H!P boards of 2ch, most likely ookami and hitsuji. It's natural that dwellers immediately try to depict new members through ASCII art, post them, and then gain feedback. There are usually 5+ versions that are the most popular, the majority of the posters just go with flow and use whichever that seem to be the most used one. Ultimately there'll only be one or two versions left.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on May 30, 2007, 11:20:54 PM
Does anyone know that  video of Yuko, Nacchi, and I think Kaori sitting in front of an audience and singing a song. I think they all got a little teary too. I just wanted to know what show that was on, and what song they were singing
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 30, 2007, 11:59:14 PM
with all this aibon happening... i wonder....
does aibon still keep in contacts with H!P members?  anyone know?  i don't expect anyone to know, but if u do....
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Matyeu on May 31, 2007, 12:04:37 AM
Does anyone know that  video of Yuko, Nacchi, and I think Kaori sitting in front of an audience and singing a song. I think they all got a little teary too. I just wanted to know what show that was on, and what song they were singing
Are you talking about when they sang Ai no Tane and they couldn't sing cause they were crying too much? If I remember well the background seemed like H!M but I really am not sure
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on May 31, 2007, 01:12:19 AM
Do you mean this?
(http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7517/bsspyukograduationspecilk4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

The file name I have for that is BSSP Yuko Nakazawa Graduation Special 2001-04-19.
The three of them sang Morning Coffee and Ai no Tane during that show.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 31, 2007, 02:28:37 AM
I think it is this: http://kf551226.hp.infoseek.co.jp/bs/bssp.htm

BS is the broadcast code for the NHK, the Japanese public television, and SP stands for Special Program.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on May 31, 2007, 03:43:29 PM
What was the name of that women wreslter that was on an episode of the hello morning childrens game segment? She kept scaring the girls too.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on May 31, 2007, 03:56:11 PM
Hokuto Akira.

http://www.actv.ne.jp/~chankao/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 01, 2007, 08:14:27 PM
I have a question considering H!P's joint summer concerts 2007.
The name for the concert that I've heard is Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Dai Kanshasai ~Powerful ☆ Lineup!~ but today I also heard the name Hello! Project 2007 Summer 10th Anniversary Daikansha Matsuri ~ Hello Pro Natsu Matsuri~.
Anyone who knows what this is about? Is there's two summer H!P concerts (:?) or is this is some kind of elder club? Or is it the same concert?

The first concert name is from http://www.helloproject.com/scheduleindex.html (http://www.helloproject.com/scheduleindex.html), and the other name I got today from http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=helloonline&CODE=news&topic=105 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=helloonline&CODE=news&topic=105). I'm guessing it's just a miss from H!O, but I can't say it for sure.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 01, 2007, 09:43:46 PM
I don't know where you got that "powerful lineup" from, but I don't see it anywhere on the official sites or H!O....  :?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 01, 2007, 09:57:32 PM
I don't know where you got that "powerful lineup" from, but I don't see it anywhere on the official sites or H!O....  :?

I thought I had seen the Powerful lineup at H!P website but I was wrong.  :oops:
It seems quite clear now that the concert's name is the second one. Thanks.  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on June 02, 2007, 04:20:45 PM
Powerful Lineup was the original concert name when the fan club tickets were first being sold. Reyfer posted about it in early April (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=6218.msg338707#msg338707).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 02, 2007, 04:59:38 PM
Powerful Lineup was the original concert name when the fan club tickets were first being sold. Reyfer posted about it in early April (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=6218.msg338707#msg338707).

Ah, so that's where I got it from! Thanks, Almond. :)

Now I have a new question:

Last night I was watching an H!P Old School program on youtube where Morning Musume, Melon Kinenbi, T&C Bomber, Coconuts Musume & Heike Michiyo was tricked that they would be going to hawaii for a relaxing luxuary vacation but it was actually a competition where all members was splited up in three teams based on the summer shuffles 2000.
It was great fun to watch & the first part is found here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=4d6u14lauRc (http://youtube.com/watch?v=4d6u14lauRc)
Now, I was wondering where that is from? A Tv show? (And does maybe anyone know where to find it somewhere on a tracker?)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on June 02, 2007, 05:30:10 PM
That show was a TV special titled "Hello Project - Huge Conflict Battle in Hawaii"

It was subbed by HPS at Hello!Online:
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=2989

At the moment, there's still 3 seeds.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on June 02, 2007, 05:31:00 PM
^Its called "Hello Project Huge Conflict Battle In Hawaii".
Its been subbed by HPS and was on the H!O tracker in January of last year.

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=2989 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=2989)
There's 3 seeds for it at the moment, but its a big file, 1.37GB.

Edit:

Slack just beat me to it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 02, 2007, 05:33:15 PM
That show was a TV special titled "Hello Project - Huge Conflict Battle in Hawaii"

It was subbed by HPS at Hello!Online:
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=2989

At the moment, there's still 3 seeds.
And you can also find it for direct download at DJ-Waffles site http://www.filepulse.com/movies/Hello_Project_Battle_In_Hawaii.shtml
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 02, 2007, 07:00:50 PM
Thank you very much Slack, L-san & Reyfer. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 03, 2007, 03:39:52 AM
how was the group name "Aa!" pronounced?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on June 03, 2007, 04:48:03 AM
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!"  .... I think ......
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 03, 2007, 05:59:10 PM
Okay, time for me to ask a question. I have been seeing on lots of japanese sites, since Yossi's grad, that they put together Aichan, Risa, Eri and Sayumi and call them K4, and on some of those "relationship charts" that try to explain how they relate to each other, they are always grouped together and called K4. Any idea what that is about? On 2ch they even said that these four are the ones calling the shots in MM.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on June 03, 2007, 06:09:27 PM
K4 = キッザニア4

It started shortly after the H!M episode of them visiting Kidzania.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 03, 2007, 06:23:26 PM
K4 = キッザニア4

It started shortly after the H!M episode of them visiting Kidzania.
Thanks.

And what about that thing that K4 rules MM? I guess now that Miki is out, it is kind of true (looking at the "succession line")?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on June 03, 2007, 06:54:28 PM
And what about that thing that K4 rules MM? I guess now that Miki is out, it is kind of true (looking at the "succession line")?

It doesn't really have a significant meaning, the thing about them ruling MoMusu is as good as any other praise. K4 was created because the four of them are all close and create good moments, as seen in the Kidzania episode.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Angelus on June 03, 2007, 08:06:40 PM
Can anyone tell me what happened to the following?

- Morning Musume anime
- Yasuda Kei unit
- Miki solo single("Rumors" or something?)

All down the drain? Or just random rumors at the time?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 03, 2007, 08:22:02 PM
Can anyone tell me what happened to the following?

- Morning Musume anime
- Yasuda Kei unit
- Miki solo single("Rumors" or something?)

All down the drain? Or just random rumors at the time?

Yupp, I remember all of those but I think the Miki rumor was an album actually. All were just rumors anyway. :/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on June 04, 2007, 10:02:42 PM
Which MM is known as the "Groper" and why?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 05, 2007, 12:14:30 AM
Which MM is known as the "Groper" and why?

It was former morning musume member Miki Fujimoto and it was because you can sometimes see her groping people in pictures and even videos.


and for my question; anyone know how to prounouce Aa!? someone answered it but they thought it was "aaaaaaa".
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on June 05, 2007, 12:19:35 AM
anyone know how to prounouce Aa!? someone answered it but they thought it was "aaaaaaa".
It's pronounced "Ah", as in "Ah, I know what you mean."
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 05, 2007, 12:42:30 AM
Which MM is known as the "Groper" and why?

It was former morning musume member Miki Fujimoto and it was because you can sometimes see her groping people in pictures and even videos.
But I have proof there is another groper....

(http://img02.picoodle.com/img/img02/8/6/4/f_reyferm_ac816b3.gif) (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?srv=img02&img=/8/6/4/f_reyferm_ac816b3.gif)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: huggumwuggums on June 05, 2007, 03:19:47 AM
^ She's the naughtiest groper of all XD

She's a little devil isn't she?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on June 05, 2007, 01:11:08 PM
Evil Sayu XD ~
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: arun.yothin on June 05, 2007, 09:36:36 PM
I guess this fits here?

Why do some people type "UF*"?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on June 05, 2007, 09:44:18 PM
^Because people are unsure of who're the boss people UFW (Up-Front Works) or the UFA (Up-Front Agency)

So to avoid confusion or to save themselves from looking ignorant, they say UF*
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on June 06, 2007, 01:36:47 AM
Ah...okay, thank you to those who answered my question!

But now I've got more.

Why's Miki a groper?? Don't the other MM members say, "Stoooooop!!!"??
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on June 06, 2007, 02:14:27 AM
LOL... umm.. they prolly do, but Miki's a stubborn one.. XDDD
I'm sorry, the questions kinda like... ya.. XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ohno on June 06, 2007, 03:09:30 AM
Well, we thought she was a lesbian but I guess she isn't.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on June 06, 2007, 03:14:37 AM
Its just proven she's Bi. >_>
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on June 06, 2007, 07:15:34 AM
Ah...okay, thank you to those who answered my question!

But now I've got more.

Why's Miki a groper?? Don't the other MM members say, "Stoooooop!!!"??

She's just a touchy-feely kind of person. Maybe you know some people who are like that, too. They like to hug and otherwise touch others. Miki has called it a way to communicate or something like that. Her touching isn't exactly GROPING, but just placing her hand(s) on the other members, etc. And why would they tell her to stop?? There's nothing wrong with it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on June 06, 2007, 10:52:47 AM
^Miki's not the talking type, she's the touching type, that's how she communicates and builds a friendship. hehe 
Only when Miki deems ur worthy, friends and such, then she'll touch you.  they're lucky and they know that, the girls.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on June 06, 2007, 11:36:13 PM
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Her touching isn't exactly GROPING, but just placing her hand(s) on the other members, etc. And why would they tell her to stop?? There's nothing wrong with it.

Okay, well people who call her "groper"...so, that's just what I thought. If someone "gropes" I'd think they'd want her to stop, but if she's not groping then I can see why they wouldn't mind.
I do know people who do that...I don't know, maybe it's just them, but she [my friend] annoys me when she gets all clingy.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on June 07, 2007, 08:02:54 AM
Sorry if this has been actually said somewhere, but - someboys blog (http://someboys.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/onna-ni-sachi-are-event/) says:
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Niigaki Risa and Kusumi Koharu will be absent from the event because they will be participating in the Morning Musume. 10shuunen Tanjou Kinentai concert.
This means that モーニング娘。誕生10年記念隊コンサートツアー2007夏 ~サンキュー My Dearest~ tour has Risa, Koharu, Nacchi, Maki, Kaori? <-- that's the question lol
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Post by: RionZ on June 07, 2007, 08:09:57 AM
I think thats what it meant.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on June 07, 2007, 03:28:46 PM
isn't モーニング娘。誕生10年記念隊 =  Risa, Koharu, Nacchi, Maki, Kaori ?!
XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on June 07, 2007, 03:47:47 PM
isn't モーニング娘。誕生10年記念隊 =  Risa, Koharu, Nacchi, Maki, Kaori ?!
XD
Yes! That's why I was asking to make sure!!! Sheesh..
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on June 07, 2007, 05:48:39 PM
That seems like a really big oversight on UFA's part. I mean, how could they not realize that they had "double-booked" Risa and Koharu? :dunno:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on June 08, 2007, 06:32:15 PM
What's the song on the background of MM's recent Alo-Hello release's preview?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Reanimation on June 08, 2007, 06:56:57 PM
What's the song on the background of MM's recent Alo-Hello release's preview?
which one, they play 3 songs. the first one is momosu's Mirai no Taiyou (sexy 8 beat)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on June 08, 2007, 07:15:53 PM
What's the song on the background of MM's recent Alo-Hello release's preview?
which one, they play 3 songs. the first one is momosu's Mirai no Taiyou (sexy 8 beat)

Oh I hadn't seen the update, but yeah, it was Mirai no Taiyou, thanks! ^^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on June 12, 2007, 03:35:16 PM
I really don't know if this is the right place to ask this.

But is kokuchi-ch.net for tsunku related things?
If so how are MOMO
http://www.kokuchi-ch.net/movie/LfLAHNmjUPdVhKXahVUdPpzPn815dT1Y/view.php
related to Tsunku as they don't seem to be TNX or UFA or H!p or anything O.o

my japanese is terrible but this is their site
http://producers.co.jp/momo/index.html
if anyone can find any information on that..

please and thank you ^^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 12, 2007, 05:01:42 PM
At the hello project site, why are the groups at the top of the artist list page in pink boxes, and what does the kanji say, and why are the rest of the groups and artists in blue boxes?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 12, 2007, 05:24:43 PM
At the hello project site, why are the groups at the top of the artist list page in pink boxes, and what does the kanji say, and why are the rest of the groups and artists in blue boxes?

The kanji says エルダークラブ which is Wonderful Hearts (wandafuruhaatsu) and エルダークラブ Elder Club (erudaakurabu). Those are the two concert teams that the H!P groups are divided into, as you might know from 2006 H!P winter concerts, if you've seen em. The Orange are the non categorized or previous groups.

Hope I was at help. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 12, 2007, 05:33:06 PM
Oh ok, thanks a lot
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 12, 2007, 06:39:37 PM
I really don't know if this is the right place to ask this.

But is kokuchi-ch.net for tsunku related things?
If so how are MOMO
http://www.kokuchi-ch.net/movie/LfLAHNmjUPdVhKXahVUdPpzPn815dT1Y/view.php
related to Tsunku as they don't seem to be TNX or UFA or H!p or anything O.o

my japanese is terrible but this is their site
http://producers.co.jp/momo/index.html
if anyone can find any information on that..

please and thank you ^^

My well informed source says he can hear a song of Canary Club in the background. Which leads him to believe that MOMO may have performed at an event together with Canary Club.

That prompted me to search on the TNX site and there I found a these links:
http://www.tnx.cc/event/02_070415_poss.htm and http://www.ishimaru.co.jp/event/16011785/
The first link leads to the second link. MOMO can be seen on the second link.

One interesting thing I found during my search was that according to the Japanese Wikipedia Irie Saaya has once been a member of MOMO. I can't find any confirmation of that though.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on June 12, 2007, 06:51:56 PM
ah ok thank you ^^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on June 12, 2007, 11:45:12 PM
one question, Who are the MOMO?  what company are they with?  are they an idol group or just a musical group?  i would like some info if it's not too much trouble,  and a site of them in english if it's not too much trouble...  :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 13, 2007, 03:21:32 AM
Momo, actually 桃 ("peach"), is a idol group of 5 girls. They originate from Madison Music Academy. They have had 2 releases so far, a single and a mini-album. Sadly no sites in English.

And to think that before yesterday I didn't even know Momo existed ...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on June 13, 2007, 05:04:13 PM
I know some of you can speak Japanese so can anyone tell me where I can learn?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Mikitty-saikou on June 14, 2007, 06:09:41 AM
^Samantha-chan, Just an FYI.. Your question isn't really H!P related.

There's already a thread on where to go and what materials to learn from here (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=9181.0).  If you have access to the multimedia section here at jphip, ggliff has uploaded the pimsleur's "how to learn japanese" audio/video.

Hope that helps you some.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on June 14, 2007, 06:49:06 PM
Okay thanks!

Yeah...not H!P related, but the only "question" place I knew of...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 15, 2007, 04:35:55 AM
What was the name of that chubby boy on an episode of hello morning children segements? He also wore glasses
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on June 16, 2007, 01:20:17 AM
ok with the talk of how yossie "may" or "may not" be in Barcelona, how a spanish fan spotted her, and also the fact that a local newspaper may even reported it, brings me to a question....

How's popular is MoMusu/H!P overseas?  more or less, i know the popularity of them throughout asia, at least 1 in every 10 people of this generation know, i guess.  But now i wanna know how popular they are outside of Asia.
Particularly Spain, since the yossie thing was even reported by a local newspaper and a local tv station.  but the question is in regards to all over the world.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: huggumwuggums on June 16, 2007, 01:27:43 AM
^ I think the Yossi thing was reported because of the girl she was with, rather than her being from Morning Musume. The girl was from a show in Japan had a wish to see Ronaldinho.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 16, 2007, 01:28:58 AM
ok with the talk of how yossie "may" or "may not" be in Barcelona, how a spanish fan spotted her, and also the fact that a local newspaper may even reported it, brings me to a question....

How's popular is MoMusu/H!P overseas?  more or less, i know the popularity of them throughout asia, at least 1 in every 10 people of this generation know, i guess.  But now i wanna know how popular they are outside of Asia.
Particularily Spain, since the yossie thing was even reported by a local newspaper and a local tv station.  but the question is in regards to all over the world.
It is a good question. But I want to make clear that the story in that spanish newspaper and on the spanish TV was NOT about Yossi, it was about the Barcelona FC training for their championship match, and in the case of the newspaper they report as a side note about the little 10 years old girl that came from Japan to meet Ronaldinho. Yossi or MM are not mentioned there.

As for your question, I can speak for Venezuela, and tell you that MM is known among some Otaku groups here, young people interested in manga and, by extension, Japanese pop culture. But we're not many yet.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ren on June 16, 2007, 10:14:10 AM
A question about Best Shot vol 16.
Can someone give me a detailed listing of the songs they use? Especially the one during the first two minutes of Sayumi's.

Thanks. XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 16, 2007, 04:07:42 PM
does anyone know the name of that chubby boy on an episode of hello morning children segements? He also wore glasses
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on June 16, 2007, 04:22:54 PM
Nikukyuu

http://mycasty.jp/nikukyu/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on June 17, 2007, 04:15:40 PM
one quetion about berryz, i read that one girl already graduate? well then what is she doing now? is she in other group or a solist? what will happen to the next girl who graduate?

PD: sorry, my english it´s not so good T.T
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on June 17, 2007, 05:17:49 PM
Ishimura Maiha graduated entirely from Hello! Project, so she's a "normal" girl so to say.

Oh, and Berryz is a permanent group, so no one has to graduate unless it's decided by the staff or themselves.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 17, 2007, 06:42:55 PM
Oh, and Berryz is a permanent group, so no one has to graduate unless it's decided by the staff or themselves.
:kekeke: Or Friday magazine  :kekeke:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on June 17, 2007, 08:35:06 PM
Is Melons "namida no taiyou" a cover song? Because I heard it played on a commercial (not the MK version)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on June 17, 2007, 08:43:56 PM
Cool thanks for the anwer XD

Oh, and Berryz is a permanent group, so no one has to graduate unless it's decided by the staff or themselves.
:kekeke: Or Friday magazine  :kekeke:

 :mon geek: yes, i understand
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on June 17, 2007, 08:55:26 PM
Is Melons "namida no taiyou" a cover song? Because I heard it played on a commercial (not the MK version)
Yea, its a cover.
The original was sung by Emi Jackson.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on June 18, 2007, 03:26:27 PM
Is Melons "namida no taiyou" a cover song? Because I heard it played on a commercial (not the MK version)
Yea, its a cover.
The original was sung by Emi Jackson.

Ah thanks for the info L-san
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on June 22, 2007, 05:26:49 PM
I was watching the bonus footage from Morning Musume Concert-Odore! Morning Curry where Miki and Risa were talking, what's the BGM music playing? I like the music and was wanting to know
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 22, 2007, 06:10:23 PM
I was watching the bonus footage from Morning Musume Concert-Odore! Morning Curry where Miki and Risa were talking, what's the BGM music playing? I like the music and was wanting to know
That's the instrumental of "Odore! Morning Curry"  :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on June 23, 2007, 06:02:01 AM
one question... is there another PV remake like koi no dance or its the only one?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on June 23, 2007, 06:37:57 AM
one question... is there another PV remake like koi no dance or its the only one?

It's the only one ..............





 I think .....

correct me if I'm wrong ......
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on June 23, 2007, 11:40:37 PM
i Know that there are MoMusu and H!P parody groups out there, i heard of them and even saw some vids, but only a long time ago and can't remember their names.  suddenly i wanna check them out. i know of one in the USA.  and also one in Spain. would anyone happen to know their name(s)?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 23, 2007, 11:46:33 PM
This sorta only belongs here 50% but I hope it's fine anyway.

Under MM's Niigaki Risa Specialty on wiki.theppn.org it says: "Mayuge beam". Mayuge beam is also mentioned several times in Yuki / Ai Anata ≧ Suki when she is being MC GAKI.
What does it mean/what it is and is this in someway a distinguishing feature for her?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 23, 2007, 11:52:06 PM
i Know that there are MoMusu and H!P parody groups out there, i heard of them and even saw some vids, but only a long time ago and can't remember their names.  suddenly i wanna check them out. i know of one in the USA.  and also one in Spain. would anyone happen to know their name(s)?

One was mangaku musume, that was the spanish one.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on June 24, 2007, 12:34:51 AM
Under MM's Niigaki Risa Specialty on wiki.theppn.org it says: "Mayuge beam". Mayuge beam is also mentioned several times in Yuki / Ai Anata ≧ Suki when she is being MC GAKI.
What does it mean/what it is and is this in someway a distinguishing feature for her?
It means "eyebrow beam". It's like her version of Yaguchi's "sexy beam".
Here's a clip that explains it more :
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ts04u9 (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ts04u9)
(4mb)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on June 24, 2007, 06:54:56 AM
Mayuge beam is also mentioned several times in Yuki / Ai Anata ≧ Suki when she is being MC GAKI.

That's just a made up penname. 「眉毛ビームは品切れ中」 "Mayuge Beams are currently out of stock"
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 25, 2007, 09:10:18 PM
Is Melons "namida no taiyou" a cover song? Because I heard it played on a commercial (not the MK version)
Yea, its a cover.
The original was sung by Emi Jackson.

Does anyone know the name of the song sung by Emi Jackson?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 25, 2007, 09:12:42 PM
Is Melons "namida no taiyou" a cover song? Because I heard it played on a commercial (not the MK version)
Yea, its a cover.
The original was sung by Emi Jackson.

Does anyone know the name of the song sung by Emi Jackson?
ermmmm......I guess....."Namida no Taiyou"?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 25, 2007, 09:23:03 PM
^ Uh, ..is that what it was also called, or are you just guessing?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on June 25, 2007, 09:24:26 PM
Emy Jackson's is called "Crying in a Storm".
Melon Kinenbi's is actually a cover of a japanese cover (I think from the 90's) of Jackson's original english version from the 60's.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on June 25, 2007, 09:27:03 PM
Thank You flamingmoe
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on June 25, 2007, 09:32:50 PM
Emy Jackson's is called "Crying in a Storm".
Melon Kinenbi's is actually a cover of a japanese cover (I think from the 90's) of Jackson's original english version from the 60's.
Melon's is a cover of Anzai Maria "Namida no Taiyou" from 1973, which was a cover of Emy Jackson's "Crying in a Storm(涙の太陽)"

EDIT: The Emy Jackson song was called Namida no Taiyou as I said before, based on the cover of the single
(http://img400.imageshack.us/img400/2773/emy11kk4.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

See the big 涙の太陽 there?

And here you have Emy Jackson, Anzai Maria and Melon Kinenbi together for a performance of Namida no Taiyou

(http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/5166/dscn0355jj2.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ggliff on June 26, 2007, 10:02:04 PM
Bablefish tells me the title of this story on SANSPO.com
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200706/gt2007062709.html

is "Yaguti "marriage declaration"! In junior Tsuji "at tip crossing over next year 25 years old"

Anyone know what this is all about? From the translation Mari has a new book, but I'm not sure what the marriage bit is. I think it might be that she thinks 25 is the ideal age to marry. could anyone clear this up please, and any info on the book would be cool :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Matyeu on June 27, 2007, 03:33:16 AM
Does anyone knows if they are using the same recording technique they used to for their songs?

I mean, I still remember these Asayan episodes were we used to see Tsunku with each one of the girls in the recording room and recording over and over parts of the songs and then at the end Tsunku or whoever mixed the song took the parts he wanted of everyone and made the song like that. Is it still how they are working? If it is, is it still Tsunku in the recording room or is he too occupied to do that anymore?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on June 27, 2007, 04:58:42 AM
^
^ The Mari thing could just be her comments on Nono's marriage, which was officially registered a few days ago on Nono's 20th birthday.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on June 27, 2007, 07:15:10 AM
http://www.kokuchi-ch.net/movie/FSbSqKwbITL4VidypN9T0s5W4pdmT8f2/view.php

I have no clue what they're saying, but I think they mention something about a new single? Canary Club concert? Album?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on June 27, 2007, 07:43:10 AM
Concert XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ohno on June 30, 2007, 04:37:11 AM
I have a question about an old Maki Goto TV appearance. It featured solo Maki playing an arcade horseracing game with the show's hosts. I think the show was Utaban but I'm not sure. I remember watching this on youtube a long time ago and it was subbed. I don't think it was subbed by the H!O people though. Can anyone help with the show's name and date?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shindoushiz on June 30, 2007, 05:01:11 AM
You're correct ggliff, Yaguchi is saying that it is her dream to marry at 25, which will be next year.  If her dream becomes reality, she wants to announce it right on her 25th birthday.  About the Tsuji thing, Mari says that like Tsuji, she still wants to work after being married.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ggliff on June 30, 2007, 04:29:55 PM
You're correct ggliff, Yaguchi is saying that it is her dream to marry at 25, which will be next year.  If her dream becomes reality, she wants to announce it right on her 25th birthday.  About the Tsuji thing, Mari says that like Tsuji, she still wants to work after being married.

Thanks very much shindoushiz :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 03, 2007, 01:20:31 AM
ANy one know the name of the first song C-ute sings in this video?

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v4591744yXWQ7T3?recId=8292718544696563997&source=recommendation&cmpTag=featured2&rank=0
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Genesis on July 03, 2007, 02:02:32 AM
Minimoni's Mirakururun Grand Purin!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 03, 2007, 02:14:23 AM
Thanks, its so addicting!

Another question  :D.  Kinda of long, hope it doesn't confuse: I remember I read somewhere where Yossie(when she was still in Momusu)talked about
Inaba Atsuko being bg vocals in a lot of  Morning Musume songs at that time, one example was Go Girl, around what parts were her voice in, I couldn't really hear. Also, anyone know what other songs she was in?

2nd part, does she do bg vocals for other songs, like for example, I was watching the Berryz Koubou 3rd anniversry dvd, and they were showing clips while playing Very Beauty, more of the instrumental version, but there was a women's voice singing parts, and I was wondering if it was Inaba. I also heard that same voice for an Ooki Na Ai de Motenashite version.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on July 03, 2007, 04:37:01 PM
Thanks, its so addicting!

Another question  :D.  Kinda of long, hope it doesn't confuse: I remember I read somewhere where Yossie(when she was still in Momusu)talked about
Inaba Atsuko being bg vocals in a lot of  Morning Musume songs at that time, one example was Go Girl, around what parts were her voice in, I couldn't really hear. Also, anyone know what other songs she was in?

2nd part, does she do bg vocals for other songs, like for example, I was watching the Berryz Koubou 3rd anniversry dvd, and they were showing clips while playing Very Beauty, more of the instrumental version, but there was a women's voice singing parts, and I was wondering if it was Inaba. I also heard that same voice for an Ooki Na Ai de Motenashite version.

There's very few H!P songs (atleast MM,BK & C-ute songs) that does not have some sort of background singer. It's often Tsunku in MM songs and as mentioned Inaba Atsuko. I don't have the answer to which singles she's in but I don't think it's her on Berryz & C-ute songs, just some casual bg singer gal (or boy in some cases).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Matyeu on July 03, 2007, 05:30:20 PM
Thanks, its so addicting!

Another question  :D.  Kinda of long, hope it doesn't confuse: I remember I read somewhere where Yossie(when she was still in Momusu)talked about
Inaba Atsuko being bg vocals in a lot of  Morning Musume songs at that time, one example was Go Girl, around what parts were her voice in, I couldn't really hear. Also, anyone know what other songs she was in?

2nd part, does she do bg vocals for other songs, like for example, I was watching the Berryz Koubou 3rd anniversry dvd, and they were showing clips while playing Very Beauty, more of the instrumental version, but there was a women's voice singing parts, and I was wondering if it was Inaba. I also heard that same voice for an Ooki Na Ai de Motenashite version.

There's very few H!P songs (atleast MM,BK & C-ute songs) that does not have some sort of background singer. It's often Tsunku in MM songs and as mentioned Inaba Atsuko. I don't have the answer to which singles she's in but I don't think it's her on Berryz & C-ute songs, just some casual bg singer gal (or boy in some cases).

I know Inaba Atsuko was doing back vocals, but I think I've heard Yasuda Kei was doing some too, am I right? And if it's the case, is it her in Kanashimi Twilight, cause it really sound like her
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 03, 2007, 06:21:51 PM
The chorus in Kanashimi Twilight is sung by Inaba Atsuko according to the CD leaflet.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 03, 2007, 06:37:17 PM
Wow, its hard for me to hear her voice in Kanashimi, because the Mornig Musume members voices are like, above hers, y'know, which they should of course. Same with the Go Girl song. But I think I could kinda hear Inaba's voice in the ending Chorus of Kanashimi.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: denadel on July 03, 2007, 08:40:47 PM
ANyone know what gekieggs are?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on July 03, 2007, 09:06:25 PM
ANyone know what gekieggs are?
Gekieggs were (at least so far) a one time thing. Four H!P Eggs (Ayumi Yutoku, Sayaka Kitahara, Mia Sainen & Yuri Sawada) were in the Berryz play "Edo kara chakushin!? ~Time Slip to Kengai!~" in November 2006, and they were called the Gekieggs. But they haven't done anything as a group since then.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Matyeu on July 03, 2007, 09:28:12 PM
The chorus in Kanashimi Twilight is sung by Inaba Atsuko according to the CD leaflet.

Oh really? Well thanks, I was totally sure it was Yasuda Kei!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: denadel on July 04, 2007, 02:28:16 PM
shirenu, thanks for answering my question.

Quote
Gekieggs were (at least so far) a one time thing. But they haven't done anything as a group since then.
Like most groups by tsunku then  XD

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Brat-san on July 04, 2007, 06:46:42 PM
Wow, its hard for me to hear her voice in Kanashimi, because the Mornig Musume members voices are like, above hers, y'know, which they should of course. Same with the Go Girl song. But I think I could kinda hear Inaba's voice in the ending Chorus of Kanashimi.

If you listen to the instrumental, she's the only person you hear. :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 05, 2007, 02:32:11 AM
^ Oh, lol thanks Brat-san. Hmm, it did also sound like her for the Very beauty and Ooki na ai intrumentals too. I could be wrong though.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: bloo_pie on July 05, 2007, 08:44:49 PM
what's up with those two Tsunku photobooks released back in 2005? are they still available somewhere, or is browsing Yahoo Auctions Japan the only chance of finding them?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: vergil83 on July 08, 2007, 06:42:06 AM
Hi, I was wondering if could anyone help me identify a song and the artist who sang the song? The song can be found in Hello! Morning 2004-01-03 New Year Episode and is played each time when the Morning Musume girls make their declaration. Thanks.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on July 08, 2007, 09:04:09 AM
It's called Ichigatsu Tsuitachi (1/1) and is featured on the 1st Douyou Pops album "Christmas to Fuyu no Utashu".

All songs are performed by various H!P members.

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: vergil83 on July 08, 2007, 12:14:37 PM
Thank you so much, Ayabie . I really appreciate it  :farofflook:. I just made my order for the cd just now.  :heart: :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 08, 2007, 07:31:54 PM
edit: nevermind, I found out myself  :oops:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on July 09, 2007, 03:54:29 AM
Is WHG not updated anymore?

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 09, 2007, 06:13:55 AM
I was wondering the same thing but their website banner now says "oops! db is gone with reboot".
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on July 09, 2007, 07:35:14 AM
^ It's probably just because I'm not thinking straight because I'm so tired right now, but what's WHG again?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 09, 2007, 09:44:40 AM
Witch Hunting Girlscouts, a site where H!P stuff and gossip from 2ch is posted.

http://www.machineworks.co.uk/whg/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on July 12, 2007, 04:06:37 PM
How reliable is Musumenavi? I ask because they said that JunJun and LinLin would be guests on today's Saumi radio show, and it's Momoko again, and they say JunJUn and LinLin will be there on the 19th and 26th, but also that JunJUn and LinLin will appear on Sabra magazine on the 26th (I have not found any info about that on Sabra's site, but it would surprise me that the pandas would be featured on a magazine known for its gravure, sexual images)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Reanimation on July 12, 2007, 04:13:16 PM
How reliable is Musumenavi? I ask because they said that JunJun and LinLin would be guests on today's Saumi radio show, and it's Momoko again, and they say JunJUn and LinLin will be there on the 19th and 26th, but also that JunJUn and LinLin will appear on Sabra magazine on the 26th (I have not found any info about that on Sabra's site, but it would surprise me that the pandas would be featured on a magazine known for its gravure, sexual images)
oh very reliable indeed. trust me. its helps me alot in figuring what the heck all these tv shows these h!p girls go on all the time.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 12, 2007, 04:13:30 PM
(I have not found any info about that on Sabra's site, but it would surprise me that the pandas would be featured on a magazine known for its gravure, sexual images)

 Pandas? :mon huh:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on July 12, 2007, 04:26:37 PM
(I have not found any info about that on Sabra's site, but it would surprise me that the pandas would be featured on a magazine known for its gravure, sexual images)

 Pandas? :mon huh:
JunJun and LinLin are called pandas (affectionately), because of the names they gave them and because they come from China.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: wonkey_eye on July 13, 2007, 02:04:42 AM
^ lol I didnt know that, thats cute X3 pandas
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on July 13, 2007, 09:43:26 AM
Can someone help me and tell me who is the girl with shave hair in this video ?
It seems to be a T&C member but I'm not sure !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6_8jAtFJZI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6_8jAtFJZI)
Thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on July 13, 2007, 11:29:44 AM
^Well, T&C Bomber is in the vid, but the girl with the shaved head isn't a member of the group.
Not sure who she is, don't recognize her.

*/me huggles Emi* :mon inluv:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on July 13, 2007, 01:08:24 PM
Thank you my dear L-san for your help :mon inluv:
Mmmm maybe it's a sheki-dol member  :pig huh:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on July 13, 2007, 02:07:59 PM
...
Mmmm maybe it's a sheki-dol member  :pig huh:
Nope! it's not an H!P member at all...  ;)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on July 13, 2007, 02:10:07 PM
Thank you happosai  ;)
So I will never know who is this beauty  :mon exhaust:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on July 13, 2007, 03:45:50 PM
Thank you happosai  ;)
So I will never know who is this beauty  :mon exhaust:
i think i have the clip with that perf from the TV show (maybe i got it from John USS badass??) but i'm not sure if they announce all the participants at some point... i'll check it out this week-end.  ;)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 13, 2007, 05:34:37 PM
is the dvd for the Morning Musume Fanclub tour in Hawaii earlier this year out yet?  or when will it be out?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: U.S.S. John E. Badass on July 13, 2007, 05:47:47 PM
It's a garage opening, so it must have been uploaded by Dan. I can't claim responsibility in this case.

Google, of course, is the answer to all problems, but I'm afraid all just about anyone can tell you is that the bald girl went by the name THE ME and released three singles (http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/zetima/90/list.html) under Zetima.

Incidentally, the other mystery girl is called Oonishi Sachiko and was in a band called east cloud with Taisei and Makoto of Sharan Q.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on July 13, 2007, 05:59:35 PM
It's a garage opening, so it must have been uploaded by Dan. I can't claim responsibility in this case...
Ah crap! It was either you, or him!  :lol:

My bad... i give back to Dan what belongs to Dan.  :yep:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 13, 2007, 06:52:58 PM
is the dvd for the Morning Musume Fanclub tour in Hawaii earlier this year out yet?  or when will it be out?

http://musumenavi.cool.ne.jp says:
7月下旬 「モーニング娘。ファンクラブツアー in ハワイ」

So it will be released in the last third of July for FC members.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on July 13, 2007, 07:39:29 PM
Was Sexy Boy on Morning Musume's new album? I had d/l the album and couldn't remember if it had the song on the album or not
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on July 13, 2007, 07:42:33 PM
Was Sexy Boy on Morning Musume's new album? I had d/l the album and couldn't remember if it had the song on the album or not
Yes, Sexy Boy is on the Sexy 8 Beat album
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: bot on July 15, 2007, 02:22:11 PM
Where does everyone buy their H!P merchandise from?

I've been using yesasia for years now, but i'm beginning to wonder if there are better alternatives.
on the official chinese website, i noticed that DVDs are selling for a fraction of the usual price. Can international fans buy these chinese versions too? Are they any worse than the japanese versions?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on July 16, 2007, 08:02:59 PM
^with all jpop I've seen so far, if there's an 'international version'(so chinese or korean usually) it will always be cheaper.
I haven't been able to find any H!P international versions so far myself, but if you're looking for cheaper try ebay.  There's also a...smallish amount of other merchendise(like t-shirts and wristbands)

oh and quality-wise I'm pretty sure they're thr same, my friend bought a chinese ayu and all that was different was there was an insert with the songs in chinese.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on July 16, 2007, 11:01:14 PM
^there are a few ebay stores dedicated to selling overseas ver. of H!P products and YesAsia has been stocking a lot of Overseas versions as well.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on July 17, 2007, 01:33:54 PM
I have a question: in the C-ute circuit 2005 in Yokohama, they had a DJ music melody that played several songs..what was the first C-ute song being played?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on July 17, 2007, 02:08:00 PM
I have a question: in the C-ute circuit 2005 in Yokohama, they had a DJ music melody that played several songs..what was the first C-ute song being played?

You mean 2006? I'm pretty sure that was Time Capsule
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on July 17, 2007, 08:26:15 PM
sorry for the silly question but this topic is kinda just for that XD anyway... can someone tell me what´s the deal with Reina and the number 7 ???
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on July 17, 2007, 08:30:06 PM
^ 07 in japanese :
zero = rei
seven = nana
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on July 17, 2007, 08:37:32 PM
^ 07 in japanese :
zero = rei
seven = nana

so it´sd like a japanese joke or something like that.. mmmm... i understand, thanks 4 the info.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on July 17, 2007, 09:20:17 PM
Yeah, a lot of girls can identify their names with numbers.

Natsumi Abe's number is 723

Na from nana (7)
Tsu from two (pronounced tsu)
Mi from 3 (the character of Mi = 3 or whatever)

I'm sure there are plenty of others.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on July 17, 2007, 09:35:07 PM
We had a thread here before (I think it was for the first winter tour where they were split up into WH & EC), where someone put up a full list of the numbers the girls had and how they (the numbers) translated into their names. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Pinkosa on July 17, 2007, 09:37:13 PM
Yeah, a lot of girls can identify their names with numbers.

Natsumi Abe's number is 723

Na from nana (7)
Tsu from two (pronounced tsu)
Mi from 3 (the character of Mi = 3 or whatever)

I'm sure there are plenty of others.

Oh, really? I'm such a bad fan XD
Nice :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on July 18, 2007, 05:47:55 PM
question!!! wich one is taller, koharu or jun-jun???
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on July 18, 2007, 06:03:55 PM
question!!! wich one is taller, koharu or jun-jun???

JunJun is. Koharu is 162 cm, while JunJun is 168 cm. (Source: theppn)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 21, 2007, 03:24:38 AM
Does anyone know if Morning Musume, C-ute, and AKB48 and C-ute recently appear on Music japan together? or something like that. Cuz I read a post at jpop forum talking about, C-ute's performance there, and saying that the audience coudn't keep silent cuz all these great groups were there.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on July 21, 2007, 03:38:09 AM
Does anyone know if Morning Musume, C-ute, and AKB48 and C-ute recently appear on Music japan together? or something like that. Cuz I read a post at jpop forum talking about, C-ute's performance there, and saying that the audience coudn't keep silent cuz all these great groups were there.
Apparently, they all recorded their performances the same day, although they will air at different dates.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ohno on July 21, 2007, 03:43:06 AM
I found a short clip of Yossie and Miki doing some weird telephone thing. They're wearing Aruiteru outfits. Does anyone know where it's from?
(http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/6/thumbs20070720233443ha3.th.jpg) (http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thumbs20070720233443ha3.jpg)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pk01ym (http://www.sendspace.com/file/pk01ym)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on July 21, 2007, 03:47:21 AM
^ Sorry, I don't. But thanks for sharing the clip. ;D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tamatron on July 23, 2007, 02:47:34 PM
We had a thread here before (I think it was for the first winter tour where they were split up into WH & EC), where someone put up a full list of the numbers the girls had and how they (the numbers) translated into their names. 

Here http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=2052.msg56286#msg56286

Scroll down for more posts on the subject. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on July 24, 2007, 10:58:24 PM
i was watching Konno's 2003 Christmas special and it got me to thinking..did Gottsan graduate from Morning Musume in 2002? how did they get her to join up for the special?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on July 24, 2007, 11:17:34 PM
i was watching Konno's 2003 Christmas special and...
That took place in 2001.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mrhomiec on July 25, 2007, 06:38:02 AM
ok, so i've been out of the MM loop for a couple months now.
last thing i remember is Yossi's graduation announcement.

now, all of a sudden Miki is gone too? and the 2 new girls are in?
are they taking her out of MM just as fast as they put her in MM?
is she gonna be full GAM now?

also, what's this i'm hearing about Konno coming back?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on July 25, 2007, 07:40:26 AM
wow, you're REALLY out .....

in short:

1.) Miki resigned from MM a week after she got Friday'd
2.) Probably Full GAM
3.) Still not sure if she'll be solo again
4.) YES !! Konkon is only back for Gatas, and her School is her first priority
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on July 25, 2007, 08:37:14 AM
^2) That's if GAM isn't over and done with.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mrhomiec on July 25, 2007, 04:25:33 PM
^^woah, she got Friday'd, lol, following Kago almost.
speaking of which, what's up with her too?
last thing about her i remember is she was dating a manager i think of some company.

also, with Nono, i heard she's having a wedding soon??

i can't believe i missed so much stuff in just a couple months.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 25, 2007, 04:52:42 PM
About Nono, not soon but she's already married, on her birthday, last month.

I know nothing about Kago except that she may be sign to another company and it's possible that she doing some nude things but i never heard an update about that though.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 25, 2007, 04:55:05 PM
also, with Nono, i heard she's having a wedding soon??

They got married on July 24th according to this:
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200707/gt2007072511.html
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 25, 2007, 06:48:36 PM
huh really? is that so?  i guess i must've got it wrong.  thanks for correcting me. 

I guess the thing is that they got married legally last month but having the wedding on a later date. but that's my guess.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: genericpaperdoll on July 25, 2007, 07:14:39 PM
^yeah, they did the legal stuffs around her birthday, but the only recently had a formal ceremony.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on July 25, 2007, 09:48:24 PM
huh really? is that so?  i guess i must've got it wrong.  thanks for correcting me. 

No prob, yeah I always thought that had got married on her birthday, until I read that.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on July 25, 2007, 11:35:55 PM
^ Well in Japan, the day they do the legal stuff IS when they get married.  The ceremony is usually just for show, and is generally considered to be NOT as important as the legal stuff.  With a lot of Japanese married couples, if/when they celebrate their wedding anniversaries, they celebrate the date that they did the legal stuff, NOT the date that they had the ceremony.

So basically, Nono and Ultra-daddy were already married when they had that ceremony.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mrhomiec on July 27, 2007, 04:46:30 AM
so are no Kago and Nono out of H!P then?

and i'm assuming Ai-chan is the new leader (yay)...
so who's the new sub-leader?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: genericpaperdoll on July 27, 2007, 04:50:35 AM
Risa is sub-leader now.

Kago is definitly out of H!P, but don't think Tsuji was fired. She's at least on hiatus or something.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 28, 2007, 08:11:15 PM
What's this:

(http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/9461/839jm6.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on July 28, 2007, 08:50:23 PM
looks like some sort of concert tour goodie/pamphlet/pb thing
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on July 28, 2007, 08:56:01 PM
It seems to be the Official Guide Book from the 2004 Acchi Chikyuu wo Samasunda Eco Fest thingy.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 31, 2007, 04:36:45 PM
ok, thanks!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on August 02, 2007, 02:39:14 PM
In Abe Natsumi's first concert, Yasuda sings a song called "BEST FRIEND" alone.
What is the origin of that song?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Econxp on August 03, 2007, 03:38:04 AM
is this the song you're talking about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFyHrkE1JoY&mode=related&search=
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on August 05, 2007, 11:31:24 PM
Does anyone know what this is from?  It sounds like theyre doing karaoke.

Maki+Ayaya+Reina - Renai Sentai Shitsu Ranger
http://sharebee.com/a909c2e4
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lil_hamz on August 09, 2007, 09:22:14 AM
Can anyone tell me what the Edokko Chushingura Musical is about? Which gens are in it and is it worth getting? Thanks in advance :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on August 09, 2007, 11:43:25 PM
Anyone know  name of that choreographer of Morning Musume ( don't know if she still works with them) who is now usually seen working with AKB48?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Mikitty-saikou on August 10, 2007, 01:17:54 AM
^ Natsu Mayumi, I believe was her name. (her website - http://www.natsufun-keyhearts.co.jp/index.html)

Lol, I'm not sure if she works with AKB48 - but that's the only choreographer I know that's worked with MoMusu.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on August 10, 2007, 03:11:48 AM
^ Natsu Mayumi, I believe was her name. (her website - http://www.natsufun-keyhearts.co.jp/index.html)

Lol, I'm not sure if she works with AKB48 - but that's the only choreographer I know that's worked with MoMusu.
Yep, Natsu-sensei is choreographer to both MM and AKB48
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on August 10, 2007, 04:44:34 PM
What's this video/song called? It's cute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKBuEt-xj4&mode=related&search=
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Stryfe on August 10, 2007, 04:47:22 PM
What's this video/song called? It's cute!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aKBuEt-xj4&mode=related&search=

Morning Musume - Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari

Get the panic train version of the PV. It's epic.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on August 10, 2007, 04:51:21 PM
^Kay! Thank you!  :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on August 12, 2007, 03:40:46 PM
OKay, then what's this video, anyone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIgSyxqjpBw
I know it says, "Alo Hello 2" but it doesn't explain much really.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on August 12, 2007, 03:55:50 PM
It's from Morning Musume's newest Alo Hello! DVD.
All the girls were in pairs doing cute and silly things, so I imagine this is part of Sayu/Reina's segments.

(Correct me if I have misunderstood anything)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on August 12, 2007, 04:51:25 PM
Okay! Thank you!  :love:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on August 13, 2007, 08:36:35 PM
question: konkon can perform in other unit besides gatas? for example sakura gumi or something???
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on August 13, 2007, 09:01:02 PM
i don't see why not
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on August 13, 2007, 10:02:17 PM
Thing is, does she want to? She explicitly said that she's coming back for GATAS, and that she's doing so because she can manage both her studies and futsal. Does she really want to mess up her schedule by juggling with studies, futsal practice and games, and then some other performances? Will UFA be willing to try it and then cancel because she has to do some stuff for the university? Be glad she's back in GATAS and that you can hear her and see her in ONGAKU GATAS, but let her follow her studies too.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on August 14, 2007, 12:05:35 AM
so they made the ongaku gatas unit just because of her?... anyway, just hope they give O.G. another single XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on August 16, 2007, 06:31:56 AM
Ok, so this has been bothering me. Is Iida staying in H!P for good after the MM Tanjou 10nen concert? So will it be her graduation from H!P at the last concert or is she going to remain a part of H!P?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on August 16, 2007, 06:34:26 AM
she's gonna stay ~ they said she'll be back after she took care of everything ....... just like Nono
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on August 16, 2007, 06:39:57 AM
she's gonna stay ~ they said she'll be back after she took care of everything ....... just like Nono
The only real question in this case is...how long will it take for them to "take care of everything"?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on August 16, 2007, 06:48:20 AM
They did say she was going to be "relieved of her duties." Iono, how many months preggerz is she?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on August 16, 2007, 06:52:24 AM
The only real question in this case is...how long will it take for them to "take care of everything"?
no one knows .....  maybe a year or two ??          


but for Kaori ... it can be right after the kid is born  XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on August 19, 2007, 07:33:01 PM
they're in the same quality but they're Taiwanese (overseas) Edition, so everything will be in Chinese ....

they're "half price" in Taiwan because everything in Taiwan are much cheaper than Japan. If they sold it in the same price as in Japan, no one will buy them ~


as for me, I rather buy Japanese Edition ......
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Twisted Blue on August 19, 2007, 09:49:10 PM
^ oh, as long as the original audio isn't dubbed into chinese, I can live with some chinese menues and covers^^ Sound and video matters and if it's the same as of the japanese dvds, I'll go for the cheaper ones.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on August 26, 2007, 08:48:05 PM
Has there been or will there be a Sports Festival in 2007? If not, why?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on August 26, 2007, 08:54:18 PM
no Sport Festival in 2007                       ...... yet ? ......

don't know why ~                                .... too many scandals ? .......
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on August 26, 2007, 09:04:21 PM
Might be, but I doubt it...
Proabably cause the lack of intresst among fans, like with most stuff...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on August 27, 2007, 01:49:36 AM
its usually on the 1st half of the year, and yeah probably too many scandals and the office had no time to plan for 1.

but definetely not because of the lack of interest :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on August 27, 2007, 03:09:26 AM
Might be, but I doubt it...
Proabably cause the lack of intresst among fans, like with most stuff...

All the concerts are sold out, the merchandise is selling great (their PBs are among the top selling books, yes not just PBs, general books), and you say there's no interest? Japanese sure have a funny way to show no interest.
Maybe they didn't plan for a sports festival this year because they were concentrating on the 10th Anniversary stuff?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on August 27, 2007, 03:27:19 AM
its usually on the 1st half of the year, and yeah probably too many scandals and the office had no time to plan for 1.

but definetely not because of the lack of interest :D

I seem to recall sports festivals generally happening in the autumn.  Though there have been some exceptions in Hello! Project, with two of them in March, I seem to recall most of them happening around the end of the year.

According to wiki:
Hello! Project Daiundōkai (March 31, 2001 at Saitama Super Arena)
Hello! Project Daiundōkai (November 3, 2002 at Osaka Dome)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 16, 2003 at Osaka Dome)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2003 (November 22, 2003 at Tokyo Dome)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (November 14, 2004 at Toyota Stadium)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2004 (December 5, 2004 at Saitama Super Arena)
Hello! Project Sports Festival 2006 ~Hello!Diva Athlete~ (March 19, 2006 at Saitama Super Arena)

I'm not sure why some of those are doubled, but maybe they decided to make it biennial since 2004?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on August 27, 2007, 03:50:27 AM
oopz then my mind must have failed me terribly XD

normally when they do not have it that year, there will be 1 early next year this is what i can conclude.. i think :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on August 27, 2007, 03:34:36 PM
Might be, but I doubt it...
Proabably cause the lack of intresst among fans, like with most stuff...

All the concerts are sold out, the merchandise is selling great (their PBs are among the top selling books, yes not just PBs, general books), and you say there's no interest? Japanese sure have a funny way to show no interest.
Maybe they didn't plan for a sports festival this year because they were concentrating on the 10th Anniversary stuff?

Okay... so I was wrong, lol, what's with the trial? :mon huh:

Anyway, I'll guess we'll have to wait and see, I'd really enjoy a new sports festival. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on August 27, 2007, 04:37:21 PM
i got a question about Melon Lounge(Melon Kinenbi's DJ): are there any songs that they did that could be listened to?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on August 28, 2007, 03:06:55 AM
I was just thinking... as far as I know there were never any TV performances of Maeda Yuki - Omae no Namida wo Ore ni Kure, but did she sing it at any concerts?  And if so, were any of them released or broadcast?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on August 28, 2007, 03:39:11 AM
^ She performs it during the 2007 Winter HP Concert tour. The Elder Club and the mixed Elder/WH dvds each have a performance.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on August 29, 2007, 05:31:28 PM
Is the "Hello Project - Morning Musume and Friends ~Super Live 2004~" concert(Aibon and Nono's graduation) 1 hour long? I downloaded it and it seems a little short for a H!P concert and there isn't one by one messages for Aibon and Nono so it looks a little strange.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on August 29, 2007, 05:34:50 PM
^ No. 2004 Summer~Natsu no Doon!~ was Aibon and Nono's grad concert. They said their graduation messages and sung I WISH
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on August 29, 2007, 05:39:57 PM
Is the "Hello Project - Morning Musume and Friends ~Super Live 2004~" concert(Aibon and Nono's graduation) 1 hour long? I downloaded it and it seems a little short for a H!P concert and there isn't one by one messages for Aibon and Nono so it looks a little strange.
You must've dled the edited TV version, which was an hour long.
Get the dvd version for the full concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on August 29, 2007, 05:53:04 PM
Okay, I'll look for it, thanks!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on August 29, 2007, 06:01:55 PM
Were the H!P movies like pinch runner and  koinu dan no monogatari released in theatres or did they just go to dvd or w/e.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Happosai on August 29, 2007, 06:11:55 PM
Yes, they were released on theaters.

Koinu dan was presented in a double feature program with another short Mini-moni flick, if i remember well...   
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on August 29, 2007, 06:15:46 PM
^ I kinda figured Pinch Runner was..wasn't sure about the others
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on August 31, 2007, 04:28:41 AM
Can anyone tell me where this is from?

(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/almond_lock/yossiesilly3.gif)

I'm trying to figure out if I have it burned off somewhere or if I need to go on a never-ending quest for it  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on August 31, 2007, 04:34:27 AM
Can anyone tell me where this is from?

(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o212/almond_lock/yossiesilly3.gif)

I'm trying to figure out if I have it burned off somewhere or if I need to go on a never-ending quest for it  :lol:

HK FC DVD

probably XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on August 31, 2007, 04:34:58 AM
it's from "Morning Musume FC Tour 2005 in Hong Kong DVD"   I uploaded it @ H!O (but I quit H!O already ..... so ask them about the seed)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on August 31, 2007, 04:36:52 AM
Awesome! I DO have it already, I just burned it off somewhere.  :w00t:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on September 06, 2007, 12:38:55 PM
OK, this is rather weird and if someone actually knows this off the top of their head, I might fall over.
The first H!M skit I ever saw was the one where Makoto makes her first appearance as the second Kazuko (old lady fortune teller chick - Yossi of course being the original fake Hosoki Kazuko). I remember dying of laughter at the time and clipping it out, but I can't find the clip I made anymore. I know it was in late 2004... does anyone know which episode it was?  :sweat:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on September 06, 2007, 05:05:48 PM
just to make sure you fall over, its H!M 234 31/10/04
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on September 06, 2007, 10:26:41 PM
just to make sure you fall over, its H!M 234 31/10/04

 :imdead:

Wow, thank you SO MUCH!!!  :love:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: herald on September 09, 2007, 08:18:39 PM
may i know which episode of Haro moni skit did nacchi acted as a frog and reina as a panda?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on September 09, 2007, 08:32:11 PM
Someone else will be able to tell you the Reina-panda skit episode numbers, but the Nacchi-frog wasn't on H!M.

It was actually during a comedy festival thingy where Nacchi and Yaguchi did a skit with this guy:
[youtube=425,350]eUqAkr7aJFQ[/youtube]

Here's the skit you're looking for:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v385657aSd3yPD3
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: redux on September 12, 2007, 10:41:36 PM
Just wondering, which H!M episode had the magic guy turn up and made Koharu put her hand in the guillotine? Nice one.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on September 13, 2007, 07:17:55 AM
Why does Kaorin have a green screen cloth over her legs in this picture (http://i2.tinypic.com/52puoll.png)?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on September 13, 2007, 07:27:27 AM
Why does Kaorin have a green screen cloth over her legs in this picture (http://i2.tinypic.com/52puoll.png)?

because her skirt is too short ...... she needa cover .......
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on September 13, 2007, 07:55:20 AM
Why does Kaorin have a green screen cloth over her legs in this picture (http://i2.tinypic.com/52puoll.png)?

because her skirt is too short ...... she needa cover .......

That and so the light won't reflect off her dress or legs and onto her face, i'm guessing.

LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT!!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on September 13, 2007, 08:39:47 AM
maybe she's just cold....... what ?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Mikitty-saikou on September 14, 2007, 08:43:40 PM
Just wondering, which H!M episode had the magic guy turn up and made Koharu put her hand in the guillotine? Nice one.

Oh you mean this one? -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCxAE7JK08  :wahaha:

It's H!M Episode #288 [2005.12.04].  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on September 16, 2007, 03:27:12 PM
i'm curious to know the number of sales of H!P photobooks and other merchandise.  is there anywhere on the net where they post up the number of sales sold either in stores or online? 
 for example.  i heard Takahashi Ai's 19 was the #1 best-selling photobook in 2006. wat was her record sales?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on September 16, 2007, 04:11:49 PM
^ 19 was not #1. Sanspo reported it as H!P's highest seller for the year at #10. But then again, Yahoo.jp and a tv book show had Konno's Alo-Halo as H!P's top seller for '06. These rankings can be highly subjective, though, depending on how they do their count, and I've yet to see any official numbers to go along with them.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: redux on September 16, 2007, 04:14:31 PM
Oh you mean this one? -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpCxAE7JK08  :wahaha:

It's H!M Episode #288 [2005.12.04].  :)

Haha, yeah that's the one, thanks. Time to pay a trip to Stage6 then, though really I only wanted it for the "Koharu-chan, bye bye!" quote.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 16, 2007, 06:19:23 PM
@BigDmn01:

In addition to flamingmoe's comment I can say I've never seen comprehensive PB sales figures or rankings. Every ranking you see is for a certain store. Rankings published in the media are probably supplied by the publishers. I guess they like to keep the sales figures to them selves and Up-Front of course.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on September 16, 2007, 07:09:01 PM
ok then, so sales for pbs are not published, but compare to other idols, how does H!P sales fare? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on September 17, 2007, 01:29:01 AM
As far as i know, i often see around 2-3 in the top 10 rankings for the year.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on September 17, 2007, 02:05:53 AM
Yeah, I always see H!P PBs up in the top 10s all the time.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on September 17, 2007, 07:00:11 PM
Source: http://www.jpopasia.com/play/2684/abe-natsumi/amasugita-kajitsu.html (http://www.jpopasia.com/play/2684/abe-natsumi/amasugita-kajitsu.html)
Quote
In late June 2006, some time after the release of "ecru", online hate campaigns were started against Abe because she was accused of killing a national treasure tortoise in the DVD making of. The making of doesn't show her even touching the tortoise. It was moved, but it was done by the production staff, not Abe herself. Most people consider this just another attempt by media to make another scandal. Abe herself has refused to make comments and it has not affected any of her Hello! Project-related activities.

Is this true? I never heard about this before. :S
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on September 17, 2007, 07:05:38 PM
^ Yeah, I remember when that happened. It turned out to not be that big of a deal. Most people had stopped talking about it after about a week.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RionZ on September 17, 2007, 07:07:47 PM
Yeah...i remember that, plenty of turtle jokes...

Hide your turtles~ Protect Kame(i)-san~

lawlz
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on September 18, 2007, 05:58:11 AM
Why does Kaorin have a green screen cloth over her legs in this picture (http://i2.tinypic.com/52puoll.png)?

because her skirt is too short ...... she needa cover .......

That and so the light won't reflect off her dress or legs and onto her face, i'm guessing.

LIGHTING IS IMPORTANT!!!

It's weird that no one else has it though XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on September 18, 2007, 09:20:40 PM
In Japan, is there like a TV channel that is like, dedicated to MoMusu and they just play MoMusu stuff all day?  XD It seems like there are a lot of Morning Musume TV shows and stuff they do, plus I saw a little short video with Reina and   she introduces herself and says, "Tsunku TV!"

And who the heck is Danielle or something?!?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on September 18, 2007, 10:13:38 PM
And who the heck is Danielle or something?!?
She was one of the original members of Coconuts Musume with Ayaka.

http://wiki.theppn.org/Coconuts_Musume

http://wiki.theppn.org/Danielle_Delaunay
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on September 18, 2007, 10:34:31 PM
I see...thank you!!

But I don't get it...how was she able to Audition or whatever for Coconuts Musume?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on September 18, 2007, 10:43:36 PM
quote from http://wiki.theppn.org/Coconuts_Musume:

Coconuts Musume were recruited by Hello! Project mastermind Tsunku after his former bandmate Makoto spotted them performing at a restaurant in Waikiki and they made their debut on ASAYAN in June 1999. The group originally consisted of five members: Ayaka Kimura, Chelsea Ching, April Barbaran, Danielle Delaunay, and Mika Todd.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on September 19, 2007, 05:49:31 PM
Was 'Shining Itoshiki Anata' by CM ever released on DVD? It's not on the CM clip collection DVD  :-\
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 19, 2007, 05:57:18 PM
^ Yep, on the Pucchi Best 5 DVD (http://wiki.theppn.org/Pucchi_Best_5_DVD).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on September 20, 2007, 06:02:50 PM
Ah sweet, I didn't even know these existed. Thanks (:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Risastar on September 21, 2007, 07:56:43 PM
Can someone tell what song is playing in this OPV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-52x3GglCVM I know its 5th gen and Aibon but I can't tell what song it is :( please help! thank you
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on September 21, 2007, 08:53:39 PM
Can someone tell what song is playing in this OPV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-52x3GglCVM I know its 5th gen and Aibon but I can't tell what song it is :( please help! thank you

That's Yoku Aru Oyako no Serenade (Happy 7 Ver.), the c/w on the Shiawase Beam! Suki Suki Beam! single,  by Shuffle group Happy 7.

Further Info: http://wiki.theppn.org/Happy_7 (http://wiki.theppn.org/Happy_7)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Risastar on September 21, 2007, 09:02:31 PM
YAY! Thank you Anton_91!!!  :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Mikitty-saikou on September 27, 2007, 10:40:16 PM
^ MoMusu DVD Magazine vol. 13.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on September 28, 2007, 02:45:01 AM
has there been anymore summary of H!P radio shows posted on the internet other than H!O?  especially the Young Town Doyoubi show and Doki Miki Night.  cuz the last young Town summary i read is back in 6-30-2007.  if there is any english summary or dicussions of some sort about these two radio plus other H!P radio shows, please let me know.  i'm missing out of alot.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on October 01, 2007, 03:06:35 PM
can anyone who understand mandarin watch thru Hello Days Vol 1 and confirm if Lin Lin calls Jun Jun "Jie Jie" (older sis) ?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on October 03, 2007, 09:37:25 PM
^ sorry, can´t talk or write mandarin


anyone who knows from where is this pic? (a magazine, card...)
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1756/759746122173loiq5.jpg
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on October 03, 2007, 10:09:17 PM
can anyone who understand mandarin watch thru Hello Days Vol 1 and confirm if Lin Lin calls Jun Jun "Jie Jie" (older sis) ?

ok ~ I'll rewatch it ~ but I got something to do now ... get back to you later
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on October 04, 2007, 01:06:48 AM
^ sorry, can´t talk or write mandarin

lol, thats why they asked if there was anyone who can understand it. unless u can understand but no really talk it.

and for my question: Does  anybody remember the name of the concert where the whole H!P performed manpower? I also remember Maki wearing a big hat or something
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on October 04, 2007, 01:18:41 AM
^ well i tought it was rude just asking something new if no one answer your question... because i wanted to made another question about from where is this pic http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1756/759746122173loiq5.jpg
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on October 04, 2007, 01:57:27 AM
^ No prob Shura, you are not obliged to answer someone's question to ask one of your own :)


and for my question: Does  anybody remember the name of the concert where the whole H!P performed manpower? I also remember Maki wearing a big hat or something

I don't remember the performance. But if it is Maki wearing a big hat, it should be Natsu no Kayou Show in 2005 i think.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on October 04, 2007, 02:03:02 AM
from where is this pic http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1756/759746122173loiq5.jpg

It is from the April 2007 edition of Kindai. Amazon JP link (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000N3SUWY), Hello!Blog entry (http://www.helloblog.co.uk/comment.php?commentID=77) (with pictures).

:edit:
and for my question: Does  anybody remember the name of the concert where the whole H!P performed manpower? I also remember Maki wearing a big hat or something

I don't remember the performance. But if it is Maki wearing a big hat, it should be Natsu no Kayou Show in 2005 i think.

If it's this hat:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/tinybaka/hp/th_snapshot20071004040536.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/tinybaka/hp/snapshot20071004040536.jpg)
then yes, Natsu no Kayou is correct (Wiki.ThePPN link (http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello%21_Project_2005_Natsu_no_Kayou_Show_-%2705_Selection%21_Collection%21-)). A slimmed down version of this concert was also broadcast in HDTV. The Manpower was the first song of that program.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on October 04, 2007, 10:31:16 PM
^ It sure is, thanks for the help
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on October 05, 2007, 12:59:35 AM
can anyone who understand mandarin watch thru Hello Days Vol 1 and confirm if Lin Lin calls Jun Jun "Jie Jie" (older sis) ?

erm just bumping my question
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on October 05, 2007, 01:46:15 AM
can anyone who understand mandarin watch thru Hello Days Vol 1 and confirm if Lin Lin calls Jun Jun "Jie Jie" (older sis) ?

yes, she did ^_^   


sorry for taking so long >_<""
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 05, 2007, 02:50:53 AM
can anyone who understand mandarin watch thru Hello Days Vol 1 and confirm if Lin Lin calls Jun Jun "Jie Jie" (older sis) ?

yes, she did ^_^   
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...:wriggly:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on October 05, 2007, 04:50:34 AM
Xie Xie ~ chokkan
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lil_hamz on October 06, 2007, 08:49:11 AM
Any idea where this is from? MM DVD mag, H!P DVD mag or some TV show? Thanks!

(http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9201/whichshowjr4.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: huggumwuggums on October 06, 2007, 09:11:58 AM
If I recall correctly, it's from a H!P DVD Mag (The one with everyone in a school uniform) but I can't remember which one...The 4th one perhaps?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on October 06, 2007, 11:42:11 AM
So I was going thorugh the Pucchi Best CD'S One by One and found "Tomorokoshi to Sora to Kaze" from Abe Natsumi on the 1st one released in 2000! So is it exactly the same song on Nacchis first album "Hitoribocchi" released four years later? Or does "Hitoribocchi" have a new recorded version?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on October 06, 2007, 06:33:50 PM
So I was going thorugh the Pucchi Best CD'S One by One and found "Tomorokoshi to Sora to Kaze" from Abe Natsumi on the 1st one released in 2000! So is it exactly the same song on Nacchis first album "Hitoribocchi" released four years later? Or does "Hitoribocchi" have a new recorded version?

Yes, both versions are the same recording.  The song was originally done in 2000 for a Kanebo CM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaOJnO7WyEk
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lil_hamz on October 07, 2007, 05:35:13 PM
If I recall correctly, it's from a H!P DVD Mag (The one with everyone in a school uniform) but I can't remember which one...The 4th one perhaps?

Ah, so it wasn't from MM's Spring or Summer Best of Japan concert DVD pamphlet?
PS: Thanks for replying huggums :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 07, 2007, 07:06:41 PM
has Yoshizawa's Hello!Yossi been scanned and posted anywhere yet? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: DaViNCHI on October 07, 2007, 08:11:55 PM
has Yoshizawa's Hello!Yossi been scanned and posted anywhere yet? 
check this http://kakko-ii.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=70
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2007, 09:24:20 PM
I think he BdDmn01 is referring to the essay PB that was put out just prior to her graduation.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-posters/pid-1004802546/

I remember seeing some preview pics of it and it was more to it than just her "Hello Yossi" magazine pages.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ShoujoHino on October 10, 2007, 09:58:45 PM
Ok, so I have the karaoke track for Balalaika on my mp3 player.

I am almost CONVINCED that the background singer is Yuko, can someone prove it?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on October 10, 2007, 10:43:31 PM
I think he BdDmn01 is referring to the essay PB that was put out just prior to her graduation.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-posters/pid-1004802546/

I remember seeing some preview pics of it and it was more to it than just her "Hello Yossi" magazine pages.

I started scanning it and putting it in the Yossi pics thread. I wasn't sure if I should scan the whole thing or just the new stuff and then I got distracted and forgot.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 10, 2007, 11:05:03 PM
^ HOLY GEEZ GIRL!!! FINISH IT!!! :pleeease:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on October 11, 2007, 12:03:20 AM
Ok, so I have the karaoke track for Balalaika on my mp3 player.

I am almost CONVINCED that the background singer is Yuko, can someone prove it?

Everytime I listen to it, I think the same thing..
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on October 11, 2007, 05:19:13 AM
Re: Balalaika

According to the Japanese Wikipedia the chorus is sung by these three people:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 14, 2007, 04:26:49 AM
ok so i heard on somwhere that supposedly there are around 150,000 Morning Musume Fan Club members in korea.  i don't know if this is true or not ( i doubt it myself) but it brought up a question i have.  what is the number of FC members in Japan, in korea or anywhere else where there is FC members of Morning musume or H!P in general. 

i didn't think that there would be Fan club outside of japan since they all focus their activities in Japan.  but it could be possible...  i dunno, That's why i'm here. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on October 14, 2007, 10:24:54 AM
^To my knowledge korea don't have an official FC but I could be wrong there.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on October 14, 2007, 07:15:58 PM
i got a question... my friend just told me that there´s an episode of a TV show where HYDE (from laruku) meet´s MAIMI? well it was something like that... it really happen? it was Maimi or it was another girl? ...

my friend saw the video in youtube but he can´t find it anymore
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on October 16, 2007, 03:49:25 PM
HAY GUYZ

I was thinking of making a poll of what people thought were the best H!P 'events' in 2007. I've already come up with some things, but since I haven't paid attention to all of H!P a lot, I'd like to hear everyone's suggestions... (especially Maki, Ayaya and Viyuden fans)

What I won't include are stuff like separate PBs, singles etc. It has to be more general (like "a flood of Berryz and C-ute PB releases" or "Morning Musume's singles in 2007"). This is because I'm sure there will be threads like "best single/PB/album of 2007" anyway. No point in having them separately in this poll.

The poll would also include stuff like "Ongaku Gatas debut", "Junjun and Linlin joining Morning Musume" etc. So if you can think of things like that, let me know.

The poll will only be put up at the end of December or the beginning of January, but I'm asking this early because when it suddenly gets to the end of the year, people suddenly don't seem to remember anything anymore. :lol: Well at least that happens to me.

Also, I'd like it better if you PM'd me instead of replying here cuz I don't want the thread to get too off-topic with this :3 Thanks in advance ^_^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on October 18, 2007, 09:33:17 PM
I have a question
What was this "Drama" that happened when Heike left H!P?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on October 19, 2007, 03:21:55 PM
I have a question
What was this "Drama" that happened when Heike left H!P?

Yeah, I've been curious about that too..

And I also had another question. Maki had surgery done to make her eyes be more open, right? And probably more H!P girls as well..

Does anyone have more info about the operation how it's done and/or/if all members (or mm) HAVE to do the surgery to be in H!P... although that doesn't seem right...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on October 19, 2007, 07:37:31 PM
^Well i don't know about the surgeory but the way its done is probably somewhat similar to the way its done temporarily.  Many people know about this from a video that circulated a while back showing how they put a glue on where they want the fold to me and then push with this stick thing..so its probably pinned in someway.

but several japanese girls' eyes tend to widen or get a fold as they grow older..so yh...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on October 19, 2007, 07:55:18 PM
I see, thanks Blu-Cherri.  :)

I have another question. A while ago I saw this video where Yaguchi Mari is training to do this acrobatic stunt with a bunch of guys. Then there's the performance and I think she fails the first time and I know Tsuji is in the audience all worried. I want to see it again badly right now, anyone know where it's from and any youtube link??
Thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on October 20, 2007, 03:31:55 AM
Anyone know if they ever released the C-ute version of the Densetsu no Stafi theme? I've been wondering about it ever since it was announced they would sing it.. like a year ago! XD

EDIT: Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfiYYln3lTo
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: drobin on October 21, 2007, 05:52:17 AM
can comeone please tell me from where is are this pics please
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2678/1163647824jn0rg1.th.jpg) (http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1163647824jn0rg1.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 21, 2007, 06:06:28 AM
That costume is from Konno's second photobook, Natsufuku.  However, I'm pretty sure only two of these shots made it into the final book.  These shots are definitely from the digital photobook release that covers Natsufuku, which I do not have on hand at the moment.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: genericpaperdoll on October 21, 2007, 03:41:57 PM
Yep. They're from Digi Book #19 Vol. 1
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on October 22, 2007, 11:55:02 PM
^ Here are the other members':
Yoshizawa: HIT!
Takahashi: LOVE
Konno: .com
Ogawa: mk-o
Niigaki: NEW
Fujimoto: MOTO
Kamei: ER
Michishige: SAY
Tanaka: Re:
Kusumi: co.jp

Here (http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l164/bestofsoul/Hello%20Project/iroppoijackets.jpg) is a picture of it.

I don't think there's a video of Reina messing up. She said somewhere that it happened, but there's no video of it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: drobin on October 24, 2007, 06:49:38 AM
thanks Slack and genericpaperdoll for the answer (slack your a really a profesor in konkonology)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on October 28, 2007, 02:51:07 AM
^ MM DVD Magazine Vol.3
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 28, 2007, 01:51:15 PM
i just happens to catch a clip of Morning Musume in Korea, (yonhapnews 20071027) and in the clip they mentioned JYP's Wonder Girls and SM's Girls Generation.  i'm just curious as to what was going on, since i listen to both those groups as well. were they like comparing their music and dance styles or pointing out some similiarity? 

btw, a while back, wasn't there supposed to be a korean remake of Love Revolution 21?  what ever happen with that?  and did any other korean artists did a cover of anymore MM or H!P songs?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on October 28, 2007, 02:11:43 PM
i just happens to catch a clip of Morning Musume in Korea, (yonhapnews 20071027) and in the clip they mentioned JYP's Wonder Girls and SM's Girls Generation.  i'm just curious as to what was going on, since i listen to both those groups as well. were they like comparing their music and dance styles or pointing out some similiarity? 

As far as I know Ai-chan, Risa and Koharu said they liked Wonder Girls and that they have good skin xD I saw a Korean news page with a video of Ai-chan, Risa and Koharu's press conference in Korea and a video of one of SNSD's performances below too but I don't know what it was about. I guess some people have pointed out some similarity but I don't think it was in a plagiarism kind of way. I heard somewhere Korea doesn't have many girl groups so maybe that's why.

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 28, 2007, 05:28:08 PM
^when i mentioned something like similarity, i didn't mean it like plagiarizing in any way. what i mean is like comparing their style.  u know like all three group have cute, sexy, beautiful girls. but morning musume seem to have more of a cute image while SNSD and Wonder Girls have like a sexy image.  that's what i meant. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on October 28, 2007, 05:51:10 PM
I have a question
What was this "Drama" that happened when Heike left H!P?

bump for this question.

also what scandal was Kusumi in that I keep hearing about.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on October 28, 2007, 05:59:01 PM
^ I don't know the anwser to the heike one, but as for the Koharu one, I'm sure that was nothing. Someone posted in the gossip section saying that his friend thinks that Koharu would get into some trouble, something like that, but nothing was proven because there wasn't any evidence given. (correct me anyone if I'm wrong)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on October 28, 2007, 06:12:22 PM
^when i mentioned something like similarity, i didn't mean it like plagiarizing in any way. what i mean is like comparing their style.  u know like all three group have cute, sexy, beautiful girls. but morning musume seem to have more of a cute image while SNSD and Wonder Girls have like a sexy image.  that's what i meant. 

Oh, well, just to make it clear then xD Anyway, I think they are compared to SNSD mostly because both are numerous girl groups, there could be a style comparison as well though.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on October 29, 2007, 04:42:18 PM
^ I don't know the anwser to the heike one, but as for the Koharu one, I'm sure that was nothing. Someone posted in the gossip section saying that his friend thinks that Koharu would get into some trouble, something like that, but nothing was proven because there wasn't any evidence given. (correct me anyone if I'm wrong)

Oh.  I'm glad, I don't want Koha to be scandaled out!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Genesis on October 30, 2007, 05:00:39 AM
btw, a while back, wasn't there supposed to be a korean remake of Love Revolution 21?  what ever happen with that?  and did any other korean artists did a cover of anymore MM or H!P songs?

[youtube=425,350]eZ6_OPbdgNQ[/youtube]

It became a huge hit in Korea. But the song's lyrics was changed to be purely about dating, and I'm not a fan of it >.> I'm glad it's helped to get more exposure for Momusu over in Korea... but seriously, this remake song is terrible... ugh.

Besides Hyun Young, I don't think any other Korean artists have remade any H!P songs yet.

^when i mentioned something like similarity, i didn't mean it like plagiarizing in any way. what i mean is like comparing their style.  u know like all three group have cute, sexy, beautiful girls. but morning musume seem to have more of a cute image while SNSD and Wonder Girls have like a sexy image.  that's what i meant. 

This is very true. Since the 90s there have been numerous Korean girl groups and generally their image have been more "sexy" compared to the "cute" image of Japanese girl groups. There's also a general difference between Kpop and Jpop songs as well. Jpop songs are more "poppy" while Kpop songs are more "r&b/hip hop".
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on October 30, 2007, 01:42:44 PM
^ I think the song is okay, but not knowing any korean I can't tell what it's about.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on October 30, 2007, 09:24:14 PM
got a question:when Melon Kinenbi sung English songs, I believe they weren't in their Live House DVD, were they on a tracker with the songs on them?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on October 30, 2007, 09:34:04 PM
The english covers were left off due to copyright concerns.

If I remember right, someone had put a ddl for them here on the forum.
They were a fan recording from MKB's concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 31, 2007, 12:14:44 AM
Fanclub Questions:

1)When Morning Musume have their fanclub tour out of Japan, i.e. Hawaii, 2003 and 2007,and Hong Kong 2005, Is it only for Fanclub members in Japan or can non-fanclub join the fun, too?

2) What's the official name for the fanclub? 

3)How do u join the fanclub?  fees? 

4)does MoMusu / H!P have fanclub outside of Japan?

5.1)What's the advantage of being a fanclub members? 
5.2)other than the fact that ur allowed to goto FC events?
5.3) does concert tickets or dinner show,etc., comes at a lower price and they sell it to FC members first?

6)Any upcoming FC events by H!P artists?  and FC tour Taiwan or Korea?  China? Thailand? Singapore? Europe? USA?  if not, then they really should, in the near future.

7.1) When ur on a FC tour outside of Japan, does the FC staff helps provides a plane ticket and with a place to stay or is it all on ur own?
7.2) How long does FC tour lasts, a couple of days? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on November 04, 2007, 01:10:50 PM
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5831/img20071026193202308no0.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071026193202308no0.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4622/img20071027010326876zf3.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071027010326876zf3.jpg)

Where do these types of concert photos come from? I didn't think they were UFA Official photos because they don't have the copyright on them, but they're definitely professional. Are they sold at the concerts? Are they "official UFA but we're too lazy to stick the copyright thing on since we just took them yesterday" photos? Anybody know?

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on November 04, 2007, 01:35:15 PM
Fanclub Questions:
1)Only Fan Club members, that is why they are called FAN CLUB TOURS

2) Hello! Project Fan Club

3)They are restructuring the FC now, so they will start accepting members from February 2008. You need a japanese address to join. Fees will be 2800 yen for six months and they will announce the yearly fee later. http://www.helloproject.com/fanclub/01/01/index.html

4)Official? only the Taiwan FC. But there are unofficial FCs in Korea, Thailand, Mexico, Spain, etc...

5.1)What's the advantage of being a fanclub members? 
5.2)other than the fact that ur allowed to goto FC events?
5.3) does concert tickets or dinner show,etc., comes at a lower price and they sell it to FC members first?
Yes, plus a monthly newsletter and FC exclusive merchandise (DVDs, signed cards, etc...)

6)Will know when they announce them

7.1)You usually buy a package that has the air ticket and hotel room covered.
7.2)Usually, it is between 4 to 6 days.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 04, 2007, 02:07:01 PM
thanks reyfer, for the answers to my questions. 

what interests me the most is that there is a Taiwan FC...  can they join the FC events held in Japan? 

and just another question...  does anyone know by any chance the number of Official FC members in both countries?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: doinkies on November 08, 2007, 05:42:53 AM
I have a question
What was this "Drama" that happened when Heike left H!P?

I'd also like to know what that was all about. I've only heard vague mumblings about it, something about Heike Michiyo not liking her later songs/wanting to write her own music or something...there's nothing on theppn wiki about it, just that she left in 2002. No mention of this on the Japanese Wikipedia either. I was an H!P fan back when she left, but was not very well-steeped in H!Plore and paid more attention to Morning Musume than to other H!P artists back then. There also wasn't a lot of up-to-date English-language info about H!P back then and I hadn't really discovered JPM yet at that time (I think JPM's H!P forum is the oldest English-language H!P forum). So I didn't really pay attention when Heike Michiyo left, and only discovered her long after she'd left H!P.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: LaJon on November 08, 2007, 05:48:55 AM
I have a question
What was this "Drama" that happened when Heike left H!P?

I'd also like to know what that was all about. I've only heard vague mumblings about it, something about Heike Michiyo not liking her later songs/wanting to write her own music or something...there's nothing on theppn wiki about it, just that she left in 2002. No mention of this on the Japanese Wikipedia either. I was an H!P fan when she left, but was not very well-steeped in H!Plore and paid more attention to Morning Musume back then.

I'd make some drama too if I was her, and probably much earlier as well.

"Congrats on winning the audition!  Shame we're going to give all of our time, effort, and promotion to the five runner-ups.  Welcome to Hello Project, and I hope you enjoy your descent into obscurity!"  :roll:

Ooooooh Hello! Project, you truly know how to treat talent when you get it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on November 11, 2007, 07:44:54 PM
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5831/img20071026193202308no0.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071026193202308no0.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4622/img20071027010326876zf3.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071027010326876zf3.jpg)

Where do these types of concert photos come from? I didn't think they were UFA Official photos because they don't have the copyright on them, but they're definitely professional. Are they sold at the concerts? Are they "official UFA but we're too lazy to stick the copyright thing on since we just took them yesterday" photos? Anybody know?



They're normally taken by fans with better equipment. Usually they'll stay at a concert a little longer than halfway (or until graduation ceremonies are over), then they leave and get the pictures done so they can sell them as soon as the concert ends around the grounds.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on November 11, 2007, 08:37:58 PM
They're normally taken by fans with better equipment. Usually they'll stay at a concert a little longer than halfway (or until graduation ceremonies are over), then they leave and get the pictures done so they can sell them as soon as the concert ends around the grounds.

I'm surprised UFA doesn't make them pay taxes or something.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on November 11, 2007, 08:39:14 PM
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5831/img20071026193202308no0.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071026193202308no0.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/4622/img20071027010326876zf3.th.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img20071027010326876zf3.jpg)

Where do these types of concert photos come from? I didn't think they were UFA Official photos because they don't have the copyright on them, but they're definitely professional. Are they sold at the concerts? Are they "official UFA but we're too lazy to stick the copyright thing on since we just took them yesterday" photos? Anybody know?



They're normally taken by fans with better equipment. Usually they'll stay at a concert a little longer than halfway (or until graduation ceremonies are over), then they leave and get the pictures done so they can sell them as soon as the concert ends around the grounds.
Ummmm.....yes and no. They are made by H!P staff, and then are fast developed and sold at the exit of the concerts so fans can take home shots done on that day. This same pics are later processed and the "Hello! Project" lettering added and sold as trading cards. I know because you can see the photographers placed at strategic points of the hall with their equipment and H!P IDs. It is almost impossible to enter the hall with something bigger than a cellphone unless you're staff.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on November 11, 2007, 10:24:06 PM
They're normally taken by fans with better equipment. Usually they'll stay at a concert a little longer than halfway (or until graduation ceremonies are over), then they leave and get the pictures done so they can sell them as soon as the concert ends around the grounds.
Ummmm.....yes and no. They are made by H!P staff, and then are fast developed and sold at the exit of the concerts so fans can take home shots done on that day. This same pics are later processed and the "Hello! Project" lettering added and sold as trading cards. I know because you can see the photographers placed at strategic points of the hall with their equipment and H!P IDs. It is almost impossible to enter the hall with something bigger than a cellphone unless you're staff.

Thank you so much!! It's been bugging me  :wub:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on November 12, 2007, 07:26:01 PM
Ummmm.....yes and no. They are made by H!P staff...

Sorry, I stopped reading right there.

Are official pics taken by H!P staff? Yes.
Are they sold right outside the concert venue? No. (Why would they do that?)
Then who takes the unofficial ones? The wota.

That's why they're called unofficial.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on November 12, 2007, 07:35:43 PM
Could it be official press photographers? Does UF allow them access to some of the concerts?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on November 12, 2007, 07:46:57 PM
Press photographers don't really have a reason to be at a concert unless it's something important, I guess.

Unofficial pics are taken by fans, sold by fans, and enjoyed by fans. How they manage to take them is another issue.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on November 12, 2007, 07:59:41 PM
Ummmm.....yes and no. They are made by H!P staff...

Sorry, I stopped reading right there.

Are official pics taken by H!P staff? Yes.
Are they sold right outside the concert venue? No. (Why would they do that?)
Then who takes the unofficial ones? The wota.

That's why they're called unofficial.
I'm sorry, Ayabie, maybe you're right, but the fact is that ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE FOUR CONCERTS I HAVE ATTENDED this pics are sold by people with H!P IDs, either headquarters or FC officials. And inside the hall you can see the guys with the cameras wearing H!P IDs. They are very strict about who can sell stuff around the venues. And second fact is, you see this same pics later at H!P stores with the H!P copyright thing on them. Same happened with Sexy 8 Beat concert, we got this "unofficial" pics all around the net, and some months later we have the same pics WITH the H!P copyright line. Are there unofficial pics made by fans? Yes, absolutely. Are the ones almond asked about taken by fans? Given the angles and quality, I would say no (but that's just the photographer in me talking). I would love to see a cellphone camera with that quality under the lighting conditions of the concerts.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 12, 2007, 10:41:07 PM
how many seats/tickets are sold per concert show on average? 
i know that they performed on alot of different size stages so the number varies.  but just on average, how many people attended? around 10-20,000 or less? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on November 12, 2007, 10:47:21 PM
how many seats/tickets are sold per concert show on average? 
i know that they performed on alot of different size stages so the number varies.  but just on average, how many people attended? around 10-20,000 or less? 
On this tour, and also on the Sexy 8 Beat (except the SSA Yossi grad concert), the average capacity of the venues is 2400 ~ 2800 people. Two shows a day, that's around 6000 people a day.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 13, 2007, 02:12:06 AM
has they ever played for bigger venues? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: reyfer on November 13, 2007, 02:25:56 AM
has they ever played for bigger venues? 
At SSA, they have used the "Center Stage Configuration" which allows between 22,000 (for the arena configuration) and 30,000 (full stadium configuration) people capacity, depending on the stage size. Here you can see how the size of the SSA changes according to the configuration http://www.saitama-arena.co.jp/e/facility.html
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on November 16, 2007, 09:58:54 PM
I was watching a Berryz Koubou concert the other night. When they sang Koi no Jubaku, the wotas say something after Risako, Momo, Miyabi and Kumai's lyrics. What are they saying to them?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on November 16, 2007, 10:04:47 PM
I was watching a Berryz Koubou concert the other night. When they sang Koi no Jubaku, the wotas say something after Risako, Momo, Miyabi and Kumai's lyrics. What are they saying to them?

I was also wondering about that when I first heard it.
They are saying:
L O V E LOVELY *Insert Singers Name"
They spell out the four letter binding Love and then say lovely (for example) Momoko.

This is not specific (sp?) to BK, you can hear it in different songs from other H!P artist on other concerts as well.

I think that this all started with the song "Pittari Shitai X'mas" from Pucchimoni were there are background people in the music singing that. Although maybe it existed before.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on November 17, 2007, 01:35:21 AM

I think that this all started with the song "Pittari Shitai X'mas" from Pucchimoni were there are background people in the music singing that. Although maybe it existed before.

It did exist before, I read somewhere that it was from an 80's manga/anime/dorama/whatever but it could be even older than that, it's a well known chant in Japan, I think.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on November 17, 2007, 05:11:40 PM
Did Reina curl her hair was she was real little. XD
I see pictures of little kid/toddler Reina and she has this curly hair!
So the answer is yes then, unless it was naturally that way and turned straight as she got older?

XD

New Question
What dramas has Reina appeared in?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: arie on November 20, 2007, 05:11:32 PM
Does anyone know where in Tokyo the 'Tokyo welfare meeting hall' is?

There is a Morning Musume concert on 24 and 25 November.
I tried google and stuff but i cannot find it :jerk:

Thanks.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on November 20, 2007, 05:42:29 PM
'Tokyo welfare meeting hall' = 東京厚生年金会館

Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E5%8E%9A%E7%94%9F%E5%B9%B4%E9%87%91%E4%BC%9A%E9%A4%A8&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: arie on November 20, 2007, 05:58:17 PM
Yay!
Thanks tiny :wub:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: redux on November 23, 2007, 09:50:27 PM
I've only just noticed that track 10 on Sexy 8 Beat seems to have two names listed: Housekibako and Takara no Hako, the translations are actualyl quite similar so I'm just wondering if anyone knows what the correct name is? Various sites list one name while others list the other name...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on November 23, 2007, 10:31:53 PM
I've only just noticed that track 10 on Sexy 8 Beat seems to have two names listed: Housekibako and Takara no Hako, the translations are actualyl quite similar so I'm just wondering if anyone knows what the correct name is? Various sites list one name while others list the other name...

It's Takara no Hako. I double-checked the CD myself.  :grin:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: redux on November 24, 2007, 01:52:42 AM
Nice one. :monster:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on November 24, 2007, 02:19:22 PM
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but does someone know which song is the one playing at the end of Yaguchi's "MaruMaru Aikora NamaYaguchi!!" at MIDTOWN TV in the 14th episode(the one with Aichan, Reina, JunJun and Eri in the Morning Coffee outfits)?

The title and the singer were shown in a corner but I can't read it. I'll put it here too in case someone could just put it in romanji(sorry for the bad quality):

(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1465/cancionyaguchijl9.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on November 24, 2007, 02:31:45 PM
"Koi Uta" by Onsoku Line
Here's the official page for the single. (http://www.universal-music.co.jp/onsokuline/upch80024.html) I've never heard of them before, but that doesn't mean much  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on November 24, 2007, 02:38:02 PM
^ Wow, that was fast. Thanks! ^^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on November 24, 2007, 06:38:11 PM
(2007.06.06) 恋うた (http://www.mediafire.com/?emzumg1j1lk)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ChiruChaCha on November 24, 2007, 07:42:45 PM
^ I already downloaded it but thanks! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on November 26, 2007, 02:40:05 AM
one question, now that Maki is out of H!P... what´s going to happen to "her songs" the ones she sang? she will keep them for her or is going to be a brand new carreer for her in another label?

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on November 26, 2007, 04:46:07 AM
one question, now that Maki is out of H!P... what´s going to happen to "her songs" the ones she sang? she will keep them for her or is going to be a brand new carreer for her in another label?

Technically, the songs belong to H!P, because they wrote them for her; so I very much doubt she'll be singing them anymore. I also think she'd prefer not to, even if she got the chance, because her graduating was to also shake off her H!P image, singing them again would continue to let it stick, in a way.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on November 26, 2007, 04:01:24 PM
thanks... so a new start for her right? it´s not going to be easy, i wish her best of luck.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: linlin on December 01, 2007, 03:15:37 AM
who was the first "grandchild" of Morning Musume? (or should i use neice/nephews)
Ayappe's kid?
and how many "grandchild" does Morning Musume have now?
(Ayappe's got 3 kids? what about Sayaka?)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on December 01, 2007, 03:43:04 AM
^
Ayappe was the first to have children, but she was out of Morning Musume (I meant Hello! Project, my bad) when it happened, so I'm pretty sure they aren't considered "granddaughters." Sayaka has one child (that I know of and could find out about via the internetz), but the same goes for her.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on December 01, 2007, 03:51:53 AM
Ayappe was the first to have children, but she was out of Morning Musume when it happened

ALL OF THEM are out of Morning Musume :lol: LOL :lol: (maybe except Kaorin, she's in MM10 :lol: LOL)

but since only Nono and Kaorin are still in H!P .... only their kids count as "Grandchildren" ^_^        I think ..........


btw,

Father          = Tsunku
Daughters      = MM
Grandchildren = active ex-MM's kids
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on December 02, 2007, 10:28:39 AM
Ok, this is quite a hard question I guess, hope there's an old H!P fan who knows.

I was looking through the Berryz Koubou thread on old pages and I found the tracklist for the (then) new concert Switch On. And it says that Nicchoku ~Geinoujin no Kaiwa~ was included between Piriri to Yukou! and Yume de do Up. I figured that this was just a mistake but when I check the dvd I notice that there has been a cut between piriri to yukou & yume de do up.

Was Nicchoku included in the original concert and does anyone know why it was cut out??
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on December 02, 2007, 04:21:30 PM
one question, i don´t remember the when but there was a photobook qho you can choose the pics you want from some concert... you could choose from one member of H!P or one group (something like that)... anyone know the name of that PB?

i remeber that you go to a website to view the pics, then you choose and then you order...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: genericpaperdoll on December 03, 2007, 04:38:37 AM
^ those were from Hello! Project 2007 Winter ~Shuuketsu!10th Anniversary~. I'm not sure if they had a name besides "so-and-so in Hello! Project 2007 Winter..." or something
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on December 03, 2007, 07:50:25 PM
I was looking through the Berryz Koubou thread on old pages and I found the tracklist for the (then) new concert Switch On. And it says that Nicchoku ~Geinoujin no Kaiwa~ was included between Piriri to Yukou! and Yume de do Up. I figured that this was just a mistake but when I check the dvd I notice that there has been a cut between piriri to yukou & yume de do up.

Was Nicchoku included in the original concert and does anyone know why it was cut out??
I've seen a set list on a Japanese blog (can't find the link right now) with Nicchoku included, which was not a DVD track listing. :) So it most likely was included in the concert. As to why it was cut out of the DVD, could be something went wrong with the recording? Your guess is as good as mine though.

What dramas has Reina appeared in?
After a quick search on the English and Japanese Wikipedia I could not find any information on Reina being in a TV dorama. The only 'official' acting she has done was in the movie Hoshisuna no Shima, Watashi no Shima ~Island Dreamin'~ (YesAsia DVD page (http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-j/section-videos/pid-1003739939/)).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on December 09, 2007, 08:06:47 PM
it's been a while, but when MoMusu went to both korea and taiwan, what was the turnout?  how did it go? how many people attended their event? what did they do?  was their alot of coverage of the girls in those country and did the japanese media covered it as well? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: doinkies on December 09, 2007, 10:23:57 PM
MoMusu's Taiwan appearances were quite successful - there are clips of them in the Reina thread (IIRC) and there were many people there and there were lots of fans holding up signs in the airport when they landed.

MoMusu also seems to have gotten a positive reaction in Korea. They were the third-ranked search on a popular Korean search engine (I forget which one, maybe Naver?).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on December 14, 2007, 01:33:34 AM
thanks doinkies for answering my question.

I trying to find a video clip that i heard  here  (http://jinryuichi-hnph.blogspot.com/2007/11/debunking-myth-of-end-of-morning-musume.html) in the LURE OF MORNING MUSUME section.  about a show that yaguchi mari was also one where they went somewhere asking people if they know who morning musume is? 

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Nana Oosaki on December 25, 2007, 11:34:34 PM
I'm trying to complete my Morning Musume CD collection  :inlove:. I only want to buy limited editions and cds with all the items (obi, stickers, photo). But I don't know which ones comes with obi, which ones have special case...
Does anyone knows where to find this information?.
Please, I would like to complete my collection before year ends, like a self xmas present  :roll:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on December 26, 2007, 01:57:50 AM
I'm trying to complete my Morning Musume CD collection  :inlove:. I only want to buy limited editions and cds with all the items (obi, stickers, photo). But I don't know which ones comes with obi, which ones have special case...
Does anyone knows where to find this information?.
Please, I would like to complete my collection before year ends, like a self xmas present  :roll:
which MM CDs do you want ?? I can check it for you. I have a whole collection of limited editions or regular editions with obi/photo/sticker CDs ~
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on December 26, 2007, 07:46:25 AM
First, all CDs released in Japan have an obi. If you buy them new they are always included. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obi_strip

Second, limited edition CD releases have separate catalog numbers. They can be easily distinguished from the regular editions. First press editions, however, are harder to distinguish. They are the same as the regular edition but the first pressing has a bonus (for Momusu usually a photocard) added. AFAIK there's only one site that specificly states if the CD has a first press edition and if it's still available and that is CDJapan (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp). Other stores also sell the first press edition, but you wont know if you'll get one.

Third, much information about Morning Musume CD releases can be found on Wiki.ThePPN (http://wiki.theppn.org/Morning_Musume). There are also links to some shops that sell the CDs.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Nana Oosaki on December 27, 2007, 02:04:02 PM
thanks chokkan 2 and tiny  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on December 29, 2007, 01:05:46 AM
i have to ask, since koharu does the songs for Kirarin Revolution, does she does the main character's voice as well?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on December 29, 2007, 01:25:15 AM
i have to ask, since koharu does the songs for Kirarin Revolution, does she does the main character's voice as well?

yes, she's the voice actor for the main character, Kirari Tsukishima.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nop on December 29, 2007, 06:36:18 AM
I will go to H!P Yokohama concert in January. If I am packing a prosumer camera for sightseeing in Yokohama, where can I keep it during concert.  Staffs probably will not allow me to take it inside stadium.  Do they (Yokohama stadium) have a cloak room? Or I have to leave it at the train station coin box?
---- Thanks in advance  for reply..
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on January 03, 2008, 05:05:24 PM
I was berryz surfing and some sites has reported a Berryz Koubou Best of album 03.19.08 called "Very Berry Best 1"  :?

Is this really true?? Haven't seen any sources, anyone knows??   :?

(Didn't know if I should post this is gossip, questions or berryz thread :p)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on January 03, 2008, 05:17:00 PM
I think it's a rumor ..... since there is no official announcement/report of that release .......... yet :lol:

but I won't be surprise if they gonna have a "best of" Album ^_^
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 04, 2008, 03:07:55 AM
So Morning Musume is currently the #1 best-selling all-female pop group and a top japanese pop group.  But i'm just wondering..... do they have any rivals currently?  any other all female pop group that can be considered rivals to MoMusu?  and i mean groups not part of H!P, like Berryz Kobo, C-ute, , Melon Kinenbi or Ongaku Gatas.   

would AKB48 count?  is their popularity comparable to MoMusu or any H!P groups? 

i've just been curious about this....  frankly i don't if there is any j-pop girl groups currently other than the ones in H!P, or at least heard of any new debuted groups.  it seems like there is no more new female pop group since 2005 or something since i never heard any news about other jpop girl groups.  but only because i'm not in japan and lives in USA, which jpop or other asian news is almost non existence unless i live in an asian community, which i don't.  all i do is go on the net for info...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 04, 2008, 10:46:17 PM
Are there any (former) MoMusu/H!P girls that have had plastic surgery?
Well, there have been those long-standing rumours (never confirmed as far as I know) that Maki had her eyelids and boobs done.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 06, 2008, 01:45:28 AM
Ok so i was surfing around the net and read something about H!P 2008 Awards Show on Jan 26-27 @ Yokohama Arena?  what's this about?  is this an actual H!P awards show or just a fan thing making stuff up?  anyone knows anything about this?

another question:
before, back in early 2007 i read a post somewhere on JPH!P Forums, maybe it was H!P news,  about the rankings of entertainment companies of 2006.  and UFA, management of H!P seems to rank high or something but i don't remember too much about it.  so wondering if anyone knows about this or remember it from then?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on January 06, 2008, 02:36:00 AM
To answer your first question, that's just the title of the concert.
According to helloproject.com, the concert's title is:
Hello!Project 2008 Winter ~決定!ハロ☆プロ アワード '08~
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 07, 2008, 02:40:48 AM
is any of H!P radios shows video taped?  i guess not since if it is then i would see a videos by now on H!O Tracker.... guess i kinda answered my own question there..... but if it is, please do tell.... and share

another question:  Is there a streaming site to hear H!P radio shows online?   sorry if i don't know much about this...  also any jpop radio shows streaming sites in general?  it would be kool if they have one that plays currently live radio stations...  like stuff u hear on the radio that could also be heard online live or on air currently?  sorry for my ignorance, but i really don't know...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on January 07, 2008, 07:56:09 PM
as far as i know i don't know any put there may have been one off filmings.
They do have a photo with a lot of the shows though
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 09, 2008, 10:07:25 PM
i dunno know if this question is answered or not ( ask it before i think but i dk if i ever got a reply)..... 

does anyone knows how many members is in the H!P fanclub?  or if each groups and soloists have their own fanclub, would u happen to know the numbers of members too?  do they released those kind of info? 
I'm just curious....
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on January 10, 2008, 10:02:44 AM
There is one H!P fanclub in Japan for all groups and soloists.
I haven't seen any membership numbers published. I think that sort of information is considered "insider information".
There's also an official fanclub in Taiwan (Chinese).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on January 11, 2008, 12:02:29 AM
^ Judge for yourself :

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ry4jEB-gkBM
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on January 12, 2008, 11:39:49 PM
Yeah, I would but I'm asking because if it's scary I don't want to watch and be scared--->which is why I'm asking. =/

I'm scared easily.

Oh I just saw it and no need to worry, they show you the suprises first before the girls walks onto them.

Ai-chans scream... OMG! It's freaky!!  XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 13, 2008, 05:25:28 AM
In the first episode of Haromoni@ with LINLIN and JUNJUN they go to a haunted house. I am wonder what they show of this haunted house, and if there is any air of spookyness or scary.
Yeah, I would but I'm asking because if it's scary I don't want to watch and be scared--->which is why I'm asking. =/

I'm scared easily.

Oh I just saw it and no need to worry, they show you the suprises first before the girls walks onto them.

Ai-chans scream... OMG! It's freaky!!  XD
show the surprises? *hides*
Oh for pete's sake, you want to be a scaredy-cat all your life? Just watch the damn show, it's really not that scary when they spoil it for you and point out when something's gonna happen. I showed it to my 4 year old goddaughter the last time she came to visit and she just giggled at it all.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on January 17, 2008, 11:29:44 PM
Just so you know, JFC also smiles at the first person in the elevator and says, "I'm wearing new socks!"
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 18, 2008, 01:24:07 AM
Just so you know, JFC also smiles at the first person in the elevator and says, "I'm wearing new socks!"
Well, come on, they're NEW! XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 19, 2008, 05:35:55 AM
ok just read on Hello! Pro News thread about articles ( 1  (http://dailynews.yahoo.co.jp/fc/entertainment/morning_musume/?1200656928) and  2  (http://www.j-cast.com/2008/01/18015750.html) ) pertaining to HM@.  in the rough translation, it mentioning about their declining popularity and concert tickets sales.  something like
Quote
"concert tickets being sold as sacrifice sales on internet auctions."
rough translation  here  (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=6218.msg443148#msg443148)

so i know that compare to the past, they're not as popular, but is tickets sales really that bad or is the articles exagerating?  i always thought that there concerts venue, although small, always sold out.  and i know that i would def. go to each one if i had a chance(although it's just me).
 i guess although after 10 years of being in the music industry and well known throughout japan, the japanese public seem to be tired or them,  outsiders like myself from another country seems to can't get enough of them cuz since they are a rarity and not pubicize here, that makes more amazing and special in the eyes of us.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: daigong on January 19, 2008, 06:44:40 AM
Just so you know, JFC also smiles at the first person in the elevator and says, "I'm wearing new socks!"
Well, come on, they're NEW! XD

A strategically placed sock :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on January 19, 2008, 07:27:33 PM
Just so you know, JFC also smiles at the first person in the elevator and says, "I'm wearing new socks!"
Well, come on, they're NEW! XD

A strategically placed sock :P

this topic should be renamed to JFC's strategically placed sock QUESTIONS, damnit. i demand retribution! that and soy milk, cause it rocks- specially the chocolate soy milk.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 19, 2008, 11:09:30 PM
^ Retribution? What, you gonna steal my sock? If so I'm gonna have to chase you down for it. :twisted:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Shumatsu Samurai on January 20, 2008, 02:57:26 PM
OK, new question: Where does JFC buy his socks?   :roll:
When did they start to have point cards for non-fanclub members at the official shops?
First time ever I went there, they told me it was a members only thing. As I don't want to enter the fanclub, I from then on always say I don't have one whenever they ask and the conversation always ended at that point.
Then, suddenly today, I'm asked for the card again and as usual my answer is "no" but to my surprise, she asks me whether I wanted one, adding that it's free...  :O
Looks like this:
(http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/2729/hpospche6.th.jpg) (http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hpospche6.jpg)

Did I miss something the other times I went?  :? I was rather surprised by this but for whatever reason didn't think about it until I got back home...  :banghead:

I know this could have gone into the shopping guide thread as well but (hopefully) more people are going to see it here, I guess.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 20, 2008, 09:33:03 PM
^ Possibly a change in company policy?

Also, like hell I'm gonna tell anyone where I get my socks. XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 24, 2008, 05:03:50 PM
does sales figure/rankings of H!P photobooks ever get published anywhere? Oricon? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on January 25, 2008, 09:46:50 AM
^There's no overall ranking as far as I know, but most stores have their own sales charts.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 29, 2008, 04:57:57 AM
sorry, but wasn't there a H!P random chat thread or something where we can just talk about random H!P thing when it doesn't fit in any other thread?  i saw in H!P Crapola a "subforum for all ur H!P babble needs" thread, but it's locked. 

anywayz i asked cuz there sometimes things that i want to say or mention, or just needs to get out of my mind but since there isn't a place for it.  a good example is...  THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MORNING MUSUME'S FIRST OFFICIAL SINGLE, "MORNING COFFEE!  it came out on this day, Jan 28, 1998.
(more like a day late though, since japan is like 14 hours faster and @ the time of this post, they are on the 29th, but still....

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY~!!

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on January 29, 2008, 05:50:46 AM
what episode numbers make up Musume DOKYU! season THREE?

You mean the DVDs?

From the Japanese Wikipedia:
    * 娘DOKYU! ~3rd Season~ Vol.5(Zetima、2006年10月18日発売)
        * 道重さゆみ お弁当作りリベンジ編(2006年4月3日-7日放送分)
        * 田中れいな 巷で噂の看板娘(2006年4月14日-19日放送分)
        * メトロ ラビッツH.P追跡ドキュメント
        * 未公開映像(Vol.6収録分)
    * 娘DOKYU! ~3rd Season~ Vol.6(Zetima、2006年10月18日発売)
        * 吉澤ひとみ 風水を学ぶ(2006年4月27日-5月3日放送分)
        * 小川麻琴 ヴィヴラホーンに挑戦(2006年4月20日-26日放送分)
        * 藤本美貴 英語の歌に挑戦(2006年2月10日、17日-24日放送分)
        * 新垣里沙 韓国語講座(2006年4月10日-13日放送分)
        * 未公開映像(Vol.5収録分)

(sorry for not translating, am a bit sleepy now)

@BigDnm01: feel free to start a thread in the HP Crapola (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?board=87.0). It is there for such things you suggest. If you're not sure about starting threads contact your friendly mods mentioned at the top of the subforum.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 30, 2008, 02:34:06 AM
About H!P, especially MoMusu, fan meetings/events?  how many people could attend or what's the capacity? Is it only for fanclub members? is there some open to non-fanclub members? mixed?  and how do it usually go, the fan meetings/events? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on January 30, 2008, 03:55:54 AM
Musumu DOKYU! episodes follow the default 3 month cycle of Japanese television, again from Japanese Wikipedia:

2005-04-04 - 07-01 - Season 1
2005-07-04 - 09-30 - Season 2
2005-10-03 - 2006-01-06 - Season 3
2006-01-09 - 03-31 - Season 4
2006-04-03 - 09-29 - Seasons 5 & 6
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on February 02, 2008, 03:30:44 AM
What is this "The Liliput Kingdom?"  i saw a clip of it but i don't understand it, although it seems like a magical story with H!P.  what cute is that i saw Abe, Marippe and Ai-bon in a CGI bobble head character. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on February 02, 2008, 03:46:35 PM
Here's one: besides HPN, when did Rika's Charmy character appear..in other words, like when Challenge Moni first started?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on February 02, 2008, 05:01:39 PM
Here's one: besides HPN, when did Rika's Charmy character appear..in other words, like when Challenge Moni first started?

I know there were a couple of times that "washed-up" Charmy showed up on the H!M skits.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on February 02, 2008, 07:20:04 PM
What is this "The Liliput Kingdom?"  i saw a clip of it but i don't understand it, although it seems like a magical story with H!P.  what cute is that i saw Abe, Marippe and Ai-bon in a CGI bobble head character. 
I believe I know what you're talking about. That was in the beginning of 15 nin-Non Stop(after Kei-chan graduated). It had all the girls like that. I believe they had a show called LilliMoni(although i may be wrong. I apologizenin advance if it's wrong)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on February 02, 2008, 08:25:01 PM
Here's one: besides HPN, when did Rika's Charmy character appear..in other words, like when Challenge Moni first started?


Originally, Charmy is the Host of Challenge Moni. After the end of challenge Moni, she became the newscaster of HPN

ps. Charmy is popular XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on February 02, 2008, 08:44:05 PM
yes she is, but I just need the date and episode when she first appeared
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on February 02, 2008, 09:39:40 PM
Charmy first appeared in H!M episode 26, originally aired on October 1st, 2000. See http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello%21_Morning_Episode_026
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on February 04, 2008, 05:16:07 AM
What is this "The Liliput Kingdom?"  i saw a clip of it but i don't understand it, although it seems like a magical story with H!P.  what cute is that i saw Abe, Marippe and Ai-bon in a CGI bobble head character. 
I believe I know what you're talking about. That was in the beginning of 15 nin-Non Stop(after Kei-chan graduated). It had all the girls like that. I believe they had a show called LilliMoni(although i may be wrong. I apologizenin advance if it's wrong)

"Lilliput Kingdom" was a segment on a show called "Tin Tin Town".  It had other segments like Risa & Mari giving fashion advice and Ayaya doing magic tricks for kids.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Roxasu on February 04, 2008, 04:56:05 PM
^To elaborate
it was a segment which was kinda like a cartoon show done in CG with MM girls doing the voices (everyone still in H!P at the time except Yuko) and it was given DVD releases and a GBA video game
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raiknii on February 07, 2008, 09:27:18 PM
Does anyone know how big H!P T-shirts are? If it makes a difference, I'm thinking of the shirts they sell at the concert hall - they seem to come in two sizes, S and L.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on February 08, 2008, 02:05:36 PM
Does anyone know how big H!P T-shirts are? If it makes a difference, I'm thinking of the shirts they sell at the concert hall - they seem to come in two sizes, S and L.

hmmm ...... L is kinda similar size with US Medium and S is really small (not sure since I don't own a S XD)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 12, 2008, 01:01:00 AM
Okay, here's a couple questions I've had for months now, and I keep forgetting to ask them.

1. I have a bunch of tracks from a Matsuura concert that had a live jazz band.  I heard something about this event, but haven't been able to remember what it was called or where it was.  My best guess as to when would be around the time she released "Hyacinth".  In addition to finding out the details of this event, I'd like to know if it was ever released on CD/video/DVD or anything like that, and if so, if anyone has the cover art.  I'm reminded by my lack of cover art every time I look through my iTunes library.

2. When Melon Kinenbi leadership was handed to Boss by Murata, my understanding is that it was some time after "Kousui" was released.  At some point, I remember hearing a vague answer to the effect of "she didn't feel like she was up to it".  Is there a more accurate time to this change in leadership, and is there a specific reason this happened? (Would also like to know if there's a reason why C-ute has a somewhat similar arrangement.)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on February 12, 2008, 04:33:53 PM
Okay, here's a couple questions I've had for months now, and I keep forgetting to ask them.

1. I have a bunch of tracks from a Matsuura concert that had a live jazz band.  I heard something about this event, but haven't been able to remember what it was called or where it was.  My best guess as to when would be around the time she released "Hyacinth".  In addition to finding out the details of this event, I'd like to know if it was ever released on CD/video/DVD or anything like that, and if so, if anyone has the cover art.  I'm reminded by my lack of cover art every time I look through my iTunes library.

That'd probably be this tour. (http://wiki.theppn.org/Matsuura_Aya_Concert_Tour_2006_Aki_Shinka_no_Kisetsu...)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 12, 2008, 06:28:59 PM
That'd probably be this tour. (http://wiki.theppn.org/Matsuura_Aya_Concert_Tour_2006_Aki_Shinka_no_Kisetsu...)

Thanks, but this one seems a little more obscure.  It also includes "Kaimono Boogie" and I haven't found any wiki reference to it.  I should also have noted that I've had these tracks since around 2005.

This morning I've found a couple of videos of the songs from this thing.
Kaimono Boogie (http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/jsingers/kb.html)
100kai no Kiss (http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/jsingers/100kai.html)

The way it's performed reminds me of Music Fair 21, except the set and the arrangement of musicians are different.  I should also note that wherever I got the mp3s from had them labeled "Red Hot and Blue".

So now that I know there exists a video for this, is there a CD/cover art for it (doubt it) and does anyone have either?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on February 12, 2008, 07:05:43 PM
^ Those are from Yume Ongakukan at Dream Concert Hall 040608. It looks like a TV-only special.

Some old seedless torrents on H!O :
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=7832
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5371
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on February 12, 2008, 07:16:03 PM
"Yume・Ongakukan" (夢・音楽館, English: Dream・Music House). It was a music show of the NHK.

Japanese Wikipedia (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A2%E3%83%BB%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD%E9%A4%A8)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 12, 2008, 07:23:36 PM
Thanks, flamingmoe!
Now that I know what it is, I was able to download it it via veoh:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1013466WnA9E9Mt
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on February 13, 2008, 12:35:39 AM
here's one: is THE Possible still a group? I just saw a review of their CD in the February volume of NewType USA and was wondering about it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 13, 2008, 12:49:48 AM
THE Possible is under TNX, and yes, they're still active.  They are loosely associated with H!P at best, which may be why some (including me) don't follow what they're doing.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on February 13, 2008, 05:35:01 PM
Anyone know what website this blog-type haromoni@ thing is from?

(http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7789/eri001cs3.th.jpg) (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=eri001cs3.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on February 13, 2008, 06:00:01 PM
It's from the ハロモニ@SNS王国 community. An invitation is required either by request through the site or an already existing member. I think members have two available invitations or something.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on February 21, 2008, 10:23:53 PM
What's the best place online to buy H!P goods?  more like merchandise. 
And what's a good site to buy H!P discography that will count on the Oricon sales?

i bought several stuff on YesAsia.com but them i found out that it's not counted towards Oricon charts since it's base in Hong Kong.  i wanna contribute to sales figure during release period. 
with old stuff, i guess i can use YesAsia.com for that.  YesAsia also have some H!P goods, but i bet they don't have all.  i wanna go to a english site and check out all merchandise.  aka, photocards, posters, phone straps, stickers,etc.  u know typical merchandise? 

Also:  i dunno much about H!P official stores.

How many are there in total?  in Japan?  in Hawaii?  anywhere else? 
I heard that only FC members are able to shop there.  is it true?  no in-store or online sites for non-FC members or for oversea fans? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on February 22, 2008, 09:42:02 AM
What's the best place online to buy H!P goods?  more like merchandise. 
See below.

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And what's a good site to buy H!P discography that will count on the Oricon sales?
- CDJapan  (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/)(site and commmunication is entirely in English)
- HMV (http://www.hmv.co.jp/index.asp?lang=en) (most of the site and commmunication is in English)
- Amazon JP (http://amazon.co.jp/) (some of the site and commmunication is in English (the checkout pages are in English))

Quote
i bought several stuff on YesAsia.com but them i found out that it's not counted towards Oricon charts since it's base in Hong Kong.  i wanna contribute to sales figure during release period. 
with old stuff, i guess i can use YesAsia.com for that.  YesAsia also have some H!P goods, but i bet they don't have all.
- YesAsia has CD's, DVD's, books, calendars and some magazines.
- CDJapan does not sell books and only subscriptions for some magazines. Does sell calendars.
- HMV does sell books (PB's), but no magazines. Don't know about calendars.
- Amazon JP has CD's, DVD's, books, calendars and magazines.
These shops also have different shipping options and rates, be sure to check them out and compare.

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  i wanna go to a english site and check out all merchandise.  aka, photocards, posters, phone straps, stickers,etc.  u know typical merchandise? 
The official Japanese H!P on-line stores only ship to domestic Japan. There are intermediaries you could use, but I have no experience with them. The Chinese official H!P site does ship (some of the) goods internationally, but communications are entirely in Chinese.

There are plenty of unofficial resellers, check out the JPHiP Marketplace (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?board=58.0).

Quote
Also:  i dunno much about H!P official stores.

How many are there in total?  in Japan?  in Hawaii?  anywhere else? 
I heard that only FC members are able to shop there.  is it true?  no in-store or online sites for non-FC members or for oversea fans? 
For the official stores see Hello! Pro shopping guide for Tokyo thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=12129.0). There also stores that sell H!P goods in other big cities (e.g. Osaka). Non-FC members can shop at the official shops. The official store in Hawaii closed several years ago.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Masabi on February 22, 2008, 08:18:32 PM
Really thorough answers, tiny

I didn't know yesasia.com didn't go towards oricon.  That's my last time shopping there then!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 23, 2008, 03:24:30 AM
4' 9" would be more like Yaguchi's height at 145 cm.  Are you sure about what you read being about Reina and not Yaguchi? (Reina's height was something like 151.7 cm, if I can recall what she herself stated)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on February 23, 2008, 04:26:42 AM
By my calculations, 151.7cm is about 59.7 inches (4' 11.7"), or 4.98 feet.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on February 23, 2008, 07:30:56 PM
yes, okay, guys thank you!

I'm so slow. -.-


xD thanks.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: smokedham on February 23, 2008, 09:16:30 PM
reina says, "OTSUKAREINA!" a lot, what does it mean?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on February 23, 2008, 09:24:51 PM
It's a pun.

おつかれさまでした + れいな
(otsukaresama deshita)   (reina)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on February 24, 2008, 12:44:25 AM
but what does
        おつかれさまでした   +  れいな    mean?
(otsukaresama deshita)   (reina)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Blu-Cherri on February 27, 2008, 11:29:32 PM
OK on the minimoni movie soundtrack(the big cake adventure) there's a track called tadaima minimoni cafe.
On this track there is a female vocal..i was wondering.  Who is it? To me it actually really sounds like Miki Fujimoto.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on February 27, 2008, 11:32:58 PM
OK on the minimoni movie soundtrack(the big cake adventure) there's a track called tadaima minimoni cafe.
On this track there is a female vocal..i was wondering.  Who is it? To me it actually really sounds like Miki Fujimoto.
It might be Nakazawa Yuko since she does a voice of a character in the movie.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on March 03, 2008, 01:51:42 AM
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=8277

does that torrent contain reina tanaka's "kirakira" preformance or ai takahashi's?
http://wiki.theppn.org/Morning_Musume_Concert_Tour_2007_Spring_%7ESexy_8_Beat%7E
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 06, 2008, 07:14:50 PM
here's one..i saw a clip where Yossie is tickling Sayu(it also had Gaki-san in it) which DVD was that?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on March 07, 2008, 12:16:28 AM
Ok, here's my question.

Apparently there was a concert~event~thing a few days ago: 「ハロー! プロジェクトSingin'Night at STB139」  (Hello! Project Singin'Night at STB139) with Nakazawa Yuko, Ayaka, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Yaguchi Mari, Yasuda Kei, Melon Kinenbi & Viyuden.
(Find out more here: http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/04/list.html (http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/04/list.html)) (Scrolll Down)

Has anyone any performance list or other info about this?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on March 11, 2008, 02:13:24 PM
Does anyone have any stats or anything on how Koharu's 2 photobooks did when they were released?

(Ranking, how many sold, etc)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: MooCow on March 12, 2008, 12:47:05 PM
The c-ute songs 'ENDLESS LOVE ~I Love You More~ (C-ute Ver.)' and 'YES! Shiawase (C-ute Ver)' both hav c-ute versions in the title.
Are these a cover?...if yes, who sung the originals?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on March 12, 2008, 01:19:33 PM
Yes they are.  :)
They are both covers from an older Hello! Project group, T&C Bomber. (http://wiki.theppn.org/T&C_Bomber)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on March 13, 2008, 01:06:12 PM
I'm going to japan in may and I would like to see MM the 17th on tokyo. Can someone help me and tell me how to buy tickets ?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on March 13, 2008, 11:44:18 PM
Ok, new question (hopefully someone has answer this time.  :lol:)

Source Wikipedia:
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Dschinghis Khan - The song was used as the main song to the group's musical, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Netsu Suna wo Some yo~ (ジンギスカン~わが剣、熱砂を染めよ~, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Netsu Suna wo Some yo~?), running through January of 2008. [4]

I knew there was a play but did Berryz really star in it? I thought that the play (or musical?) was by some other people and Berryz just sang Dschinghis Khan as theme for it...
Here's the commercial for it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAyg9i5fFM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAyg9i5fFM)

So I was just wondering if I'm right or if Wiki's right.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 14, 2008, 07:25:10 AM
Source Wikipedia:
Quote
Dschinghis Khan - The song was used as the main song to the group's musical, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Netsu Suna wo Some yo~ (ジンギスカン~わが剣、熱砂を染めよ~, Dschinghis Khan ~Wa ga Tsurugi, Netsu Suna wo Some yo~?), running through January of 2008. [4]

I knew there was a play but did Berryz really star in it?

No.

Quote
I thought that the play (or musical?) was by some other people and Berryz just sang Dschinghis Khan as theme for it...

This is correct. Berryz Koubou did visit the cast of the musical to present them with Mongolian sweets. All in the name of promotion of course.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 14, 2008, 07:45:34 AM
Let' see if I can answer some more questions  8)

Ok, here's my question.

Apparently there was a concert~event~thing a few days ago: 「ハロー! プロジェクトSingin'Night at STB139」  (Hello! Project Singin'Night at STB139) with Nakazawa Yuko, Ayaka, Yoshizawa Hitomi, Yaguchi Mari, Yasuda Kei, Melon Kinenbi & Viyuden.
(Find out more here: http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/04/list.html (http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/04/list.html)) (Scrolll Down)

Has anyone any performance list or other info about this?

The site of the venue (linked from H!P site): http://stb139.co.jp/

As you can see there are several H!P performances.
A quick search on google found the Nakazawa Yuko performance set list:
1. うらら
2. 元気のない日の子守唄
3. 色・ホワイトブレンド (竹内まりや)
4. 春の予感 ‐I've been mellow‐ (南沙織)
5. SACHIKO (ばんばひろふみ)
6. 上海の風
7. 音無橋
8. 甘すぎた果実 (安倍なつみ)
9. グリーティングカード
10. GET ALONG WITH YOU
11. だんな様(アンコール)

Other set lists are out there, use google.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 14, 2008, 07:53:20 AM
I'm going to japan in may and I would like to see MM the 17th on tokyo. Can someone help me and tell me how to buy tickets ?

First, see the shopping guide in the sticky section of this forum.

Then, Universus @ H!O wrote a great guide, here (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=helloonline&CODE=article&topic=220). It's a bit dated but probably still valid.

Last, there are 'visiting Japan' threads on most H!P oriented forums. Try asking there.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on March 14, 2008, 11:20:03 AM
Other set lists are out there, use google.

Thanks tiny. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Oben on March 14, 2008, 11:33:36 AM
I'm going to japan in may and I would like to see MM the 17th on tokyo. Can someone help me and tell me how to buy tickets ?
http://haropedia.mrwaffle.org/wiki/Concert_Guide
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on March 14, 2008, 12:05:56 PM
Thanks a lot for your help  :gmon love:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on March 15, 2008, 09:31:40 PM
i found that C-ute sung the theme for a videogame... there is a version of the song outside the videogame? (a release or fan thing or whatever?)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on March 15, 2008, 09:57:43 PM
i found that C-ute sung the theme for a videogame... there is a version of the song outside the videogame? (a release or fan thing or whatever?)
That game would be Densetsu no Stafy 4, released almost two years ago.  The song was only done for the CM/PV video.  You can see Murakami Megumi in the group shot at the end:

[youtube=425,350]gfiYYln3lTo[/youtube]

There have been CD soundtracks and singles from the earlier games in the series, but not for the 3rd and 4th games in the series. (The third game's song was sung by Perfume)  There is no separate version of the song that I can find, outside of the CM/PV video above.  You might try looking for a video of that and ripping the audio.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: century on March 15, 2008, 10:05:28 PM
Question for anyone who has bought a H!P calender.
I recently received my poster, but I've noticed that there is no binder.  There is a small hole to fit a nail but it's rendered useless as you can't turn the page over.  So I'm guessing you're forced to rip it out or something?

I want to know what everyone else has done for theirs.  I want to use mine, but I don't want to rip any pages out. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Lu Lu Lu on March 15, 2008, 10:30:42 PM
^ I ripped the pages.  I tore some of the pages a bit when I was ripping them off, so if you decide to, be careful...they make nice posters, but it's really stupid how it's set up. :/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on March 15, 2008, 10:33:39 PM
The calendars are essentially packets of posters, so yeah, part of the point is to rip the pages out.  I've even seen individual calendar pages for sale as posters.  Really though, since they put the days in lines rather than in a block, their utility as a calendar is pretty limited.  It's not like you're going to throw away the pages afterward, right?

I personally tried to use a sharp knife to do it more cleanly, but yeah, it's something of a pain to do.  Though it is possible to rip cleanly along the metal clip, it definitely would have been better to do a perforation on each sheet.  But eh, 7 posters for one price is pretty good in my book, even if you have to do some of the work yourself.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on March 16, 2008, 12:41:47 AM
If you don't want to tear them off, you can just do what I do for my calendars. Take a length of butcher's twine (or basically rope/string that's about the width of a quarter) that's a little over twice the width of the calendar.  Make a loop out of it, and use that to hang your calendar. This way, the little metal ring thing is not needed to hang it, and thus you never have to tear up any of the pages. When it comes time to flip over to a new one, just remove it from the calendar, flip the page, and reset it. All you have to do is make sure that the twine tucks into the edges of where the metal bar is at the sides of the calendar. As long as you do that, gravity will do the rest and keep it secure/keep it from falling down.

Here are some pics with my 2008 Ayaya Calendar:

With flash -
 (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0001.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0001.jpg)  (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0008.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0008.jpg)  (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0006.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0006.jpg)


Without flash - (a bit more fuzzy)
 (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0002.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0002.jpg)  (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0004.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0004.jpg)  (http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/Th.IMG_0003.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=080315/IMG_0003.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: century on March 16, 2008, 01:16:35 AM
Thanks for the responses everyone, I really appreciate it.  JFC, your string idea worked a treat, thanks!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 16, 2008, 04:11:38 AM
not really H!P related, but i don't know where to post?  and most likely someone here would know

i have a question about a toy...

u know the stuffed animal toy, most likely raccoon, that it moves (hand operated) like it's eating something in ur hand and then stare? 

do u understand what i'm talking about?  it's been used as part of many gags.  maybe it's a puppet of some sort?..... it was shown on H!M quite a few time....
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on March 16, 2008, 04:26:20 AM
not really H!P related, but i don't know where to post?  and most likely someone here would know

i have a question about a toy...

u know the stuffed animal toy, most likely raccoon, that it moves (hand operated) like it's eating something in ur hand and then stare? 

do u understand what i'm talking about?  it's been used as part of many gags.  maybe it's a puppet of some sort?..... it was shown on H!M quite a few time....
You mean Maggy Shinji's puppet pet, "Lucky"?

(http://www.imgur.com/files/080315/snapshot20080315222448.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 16, 2008, 07:57:51 AM
YES!  that's rite?  u know what those type of toys called?  is it for sale?  any other than racoon, alot of different options?
i want to buy a nice and cute one for my niece, if possible.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on March 16, 2008, 08:45:03 PM
^ Darned if I knew.
 :bigdeal:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on March 16, 2008, 08:54:37 PM
YES!  that's rite?  u know what those type of toys called?  is it for sale?  any other than racoon, alot of different options?
i want to buy a nice and cute one for my niece, if possible.

Maybe something like this?:
http://www.magictricks.com/accessories/robbie.htm
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 16, 2008, 11:33:06 PM
^YES!  Thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on March 18, 2008, 02:00:54 PM
Thanks for the link, I've been wanting one of those too, ever since I saw it on h!m:

(http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9026/naamlooseb4.png)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on March 18, 2008, 03:09:54 PM
Does anyone know the difference between the Type A and Type B single of "Resonant Blue"?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 18, 2008, 10:51:52 PM
they only said that the DVD is different, plus the cover would be different as well.  but that's all the info rite now. check out the thread for updated info and stuff.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 19, 2008, 12:24:10 AM
here's an Utaban question: who's the creepy guy with glasses who salivates for Rika?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on March 19, 2008, 12:28:52 AM
his name is Suzuki Shinji AKA Kagaku-kun ~
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on March 19, 2008, 12:33:19 AM
^^ question involving him: when was the first episode that had him salivating for her?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on March 19, 2008, 01:18:47 PM
......... no idea :banghead: I lost some of the old Utaban when my harddisk died .............


me got question too ~

anyone got any info about the H!P 08 Summer Concert ??   yeah, I know no info is out yet, but I just wanna make sure .... don't wanna miss anything
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on March 19, 2008, 02:33:40 PM
Thanks for the link, I've been wanting one of those too, ever since I saw it on h!m:

u know where i can buy the white furry animal toy? (my niece probably won't like the raccoon brown-colored one)

so it listed as a magic tricks props animal?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: renzoku on March 20, 2008, 03:19:30 PM
Anyone know whats the different between Hong Kong, Taiwan, Oversea and Japan version of Momusu's CD?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on March 20, 2008, 03:50:30 PM
Anyone know whats the different between Hong Kong, Taiwan, Oversea and Japan version of Momusu's CD?

I know that the ones in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. are all printed there, which is why they're cheaper. And in some cases, the content of the CD/DVD is different.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on March 20, 2008, 08:44:32 PM
Anyone know whats the different between Hong Kong, Taiwan, Oversea and Japan version of Momusu's CD?

I know that the ones in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. are all printed there, which is why they're cheaper. And in some cases, the content of the CD/DVD is different.

also the translations are based on the local translation ... for example:  Morning Musume is translated as "Morning娘" in Hong Kong and "早安少女組" in Taiwan
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on March 21, 2008, 12:52:33 PM
Have digital PB's of Koharu's "POP" been released yet? I see ones of the other girls whose books came out earlier, but not yet hers. If so, where can I get them?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: chokkan 2 on March 21, 2008, 12:59:41 PM
Have digital PB's of Koharu's "POP" been released yet?

no, not yet
Title: Re: Hello! Pro News
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on March 24, 2008, 08:41:11 AM
Ya... a question
Who's singing with Tsunku in the song Love ~Since 1999~ in the album Tsunku - Take 1?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro News
Post by: uverkuu on March 24, 2008, 08:48:43 AM
It was Takahashi Ai, wasn't it?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro News
Post by: arie on March 24, 2008, 08:49:47 AM
Yup.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro News
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on March 24, 2008, 09:16:10 AM
ya... I thought it was her but I wasn't sure... I still can't recognize her voice yet, thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Reanimation on March 28, 2008, 09:19:51 PM
anyone having problems with 2ch?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 28, 2008, 09:27:37 PM
Uhm, no?

I use Firefox + bbs2chreader (http://bbs2ch.sourceforge.jp/) + Foxage2ch (http://www.xuldev.org/foxage2ch/). And rikaichan (http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan) as translation help.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Reanimation on March 28, 2008, 09:38:52 PM
i keep getting this page
http://www2.2ch.net/live.html
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 28, 2008, 11:01:28 PM
Access to the web front end of certain 2ch boards may be restricted or temporarily unavailable. There are dedicated 2ch readers that connect to the 2ch servers directly and bypass any web front end restrictions. The Firefox plugin bbs2chreader is such a tool.

For many other 2ch tools see http://www.monazilla.org/ (Japanese)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on March 28, 2008, 11:28:33 PM
anyone having problems with 2ch?

I suppose you mean Ookami (狼)? The server has been overloaded since a good few hours ago, not sure what it's about. I think tiny is correct, though. I'm personally using a 2ch browser so I'm not having any problems.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on March 31, 2008, 02:50:24 AM
Some question about some performances...
-What's the name of the song?
-Who was the original singer or group of that song?

The performances are:
-The one that was performed by Matsuura Aya, Shibata Ayumi, Ohtani Masae and Inaba Atsuka in the Elder Club concert of 2007
-The one that was performed by Kago Ai, Ohtani Masae and Shibata Ayumi in the Haropuro Party! Captain Kouen 2005
-The one that was performed by Kago Ai, Shimizu Saki and I think they were Saki and Chisato from C-ute?(From C-ute I only know Yajima) in the Hello Project Winter 2006 Wonderful Hearts
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on March 31, 2008, 03:38:51 AM
Quote
What's the name of the song?
-Who was the original singer or group of that song?
-The one that was performed by Kago Ai, Shimizu Saki and I think they were Saki and Chisato from C-ute?

That one song is Mirakururun Grand Purin by Mini Moni
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on March 31, 2008, 03:50:37 AM
ok, thanks
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on March 31, 2008, 04:09:42 AM
-The one that was performed by Matsuura Aya, Shibata Ayumi, Ohtani Masae and Inaba Atsuka in the Elder Club concert of 2007
Sankaku Kankei, its the c/w to H!P Allstars "ALL FOR ONE & ONE FOR ALL!"

Quote from: Kreuz_Asakura
-The one that was performed by Kago Ai, Ohtani Masae and Shibata Ayumi in the Haropuro Party! Captain Kouen 2005
Anata Nashi de wa Ikite Yukenai, by Berryz Koubou.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kreuz_Asakura on March 31, 2008, 07:08:57 AM
Arigatou L-san
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 01, 2008, 02:44:43 AM
That's the "Bow 30 Degrees" series, which they're currently doing as a stage show,  I believe.  It's basically one big advertisement for Skylark's Gust restaurants.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 01, 2008, 05:26:45 AM
this may be rhetorical but i dunno...

What is the status of Hello! Project?  Are they like an Agency? Who owns the rights to H!P? Tsunku or UFA?  I know UFA manages them, but do they own them?   

It seems that UFA does have alot of control of H!P, i know that.
But let's say, if down the road, H!P decides to break off from UFA and decides to start on their own or sign with another label, is it possible?  Isn't UFA supposedly a record label company or owns several label company and distributes their stuff? won't H!P have the ability, even though not the capability, to control themselves and split from UFA? 

I had this thought that H!P artists, once their contract with UFA expires, start breaking off and then rejoin on a different label while still retains the Hello! Project name...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 01, 2008, 07:11:16 AM
Hoo boy, this is a really complicated answer that I hope will explain some other things as well.


This is actually a very interesting question that I bet a lot of people wonder about.  I learned quite a bit about all of this from what I've been able to research.  The interactions between Up-Front Group Co., Ltd. companies is actually a bit more complicated than most people realize.

I think an explanation of what Up-Front Group actually is will help.  Up-Front Group is often described as a holding company (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company), which means that it pretty much owns a bunch of other companies.  These companies include Up-Front Agency, Up-Front Works, Up-Front Books, TNX, and Rakuten Sports Properties.  Simply put, it's really big and has many different concerns in varying industries, from entertainment to food, to real estate, etc. etc. etc.  (This explains why Hello! Project always promotes Rakuten Eagles goods.)



Each company under Up-Front Group has a distinct set of operations that it carries out:

Up-Front Agency is about "management and promotion" of individual artists/groups.  While their company information page lists individual artists, such as Tsunku, SharanQ, Moritaka Chisato, and all the soloists and groups of Hello! Project, there is actually no mention of Hello! Project itself.

Up-Front Works is where Hello! Project is listed.  From what I understand, they actually own the several record labels you may be familiar with, Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama.  What I think this means is that the actual music production is done under Up-Front Works, and that "Hello! Project" as a brand is under its responsibility and seems to be its property.  TNX is listed under the same general grouping as Up-Front Works.

Up-Front Planning is responsible for concert/event planning and operations.  I suppose this would be things like contracting stage builders and light/sound operators for concerts, as well as booking the venues.  Up-Front Music manages the rights, and Up-Front Books does publishing.

I think the easiest way to explain this is that there's different companies under Up-Front Group for the "who" (Up-Front Agency), "what" (Up-Front Works), and "how" (Up-Front Planning) of Hello! Project.  Just about every facet of Hello! Project's operation is under a different company's jurisdiction, while all being owned by Up-Front Group.



So, the answers to your questions boil down to this:
Hello! Project is owned by Up-Front Works, while the girls' contracts, management, and promotion are under Up-Front Agency.  Neither Tsunku nor Up-Front Agency actually owns the brand.  In fact, Tsunku is just another artist, in the context of Up-Front Agency.  Depending on how it's set up, he might not even own the rights to Hello! Project songs!

As property of Up-Front Group, H!P can not break off from it.  If any artists leave and sign somewhere else, the only thing that they retain is their name.  No music from H!P or the H!P brand itself is transferred from Up-Front Group's ownership.

I assume this is in regard to Goto Maki's recent return to training, and perhaps signing with a different company.  If she does this, she will not be able to do her old songs without Up-Front Music's permission, or have any affiliation with "Hello! Project".



...
Damn that was a lot of text. (tl;dr, anyone?)  Most of this information came from Up-Front Group's List of Companies (http://www.ufg.co.jp/associated.html). If anyone has anything to add or any corrections to this, please feel free to share!

Edit:
Upon closer inspection, Goto Maki's name is still listed on the Up-Front Agency's artist list!  This may or may not mean anything.  It could be outdated information that hasn't been updated, but that page also lists the newly added Fukaya Ai (http://www.up-front-agency.co.jp/artist/hukaya/) (wiki page (http://wiki.theppn.org/Fukaya_Ai)) as a member of Gatas.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on April 01, 2008, 01:12:38 PM
Wow that's quite some info....  thanks, Slack. That's why ur the professor!

So UFG owns the entire H!P groups and artists... even TNX... and all their songs and merchandise releases.  it's seem as long as H!P artists is under UFG, they don't have control over their career and it affects their personal lives as well.  And once ur gone from UFG, since they own it all, u pretty much have to start all over without having ur old works.   This is one smart, or should i say manipulating move from UFG.

So the only way for a company to have the rights to H!P and their artists and songs, they have to buy all the rights from UFA/UFG, if they're willing....
otherwise just start completely new with new songs but can't sing the old songs, rite? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on April 01, 2008, 07:11:01 PM
That's certainly how it seems, yes.  I don't think that this type of arrangement is particularly unusual for the entertainment industry in general, though.  Otherwise, there'd be nothing stopping other companies from calling some random group of girls "Morning Musume" or "Hello! Project".

But for the songs, contracts can have vastly different terms for who owns the rights and who gets the revenues.  I have no idea what kind of deal Tsunku has worked out for that, but he's actually listed as the "Managing Director" of TNX.

With the old songs, there might be some more leeway, since I'm not too sure about Japanese copyright laws.  For example, Melon Kinenbi sang several songs in English for their Fruity Killer Tune concert and there was that "Hips Don't Lie" performance by Goto Maki.  Only one of these ("I  (http://youtube.com/watch?v=O5ZY1j73olA)Love Rock and Roll (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5wKbx3YiITs)") made it to the DVD, so licensing/royalties might be handled after the fact for live performances.

Click the "I" for the link to the real video.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on April 03, 2008, 04:54:29 PM
The b-side of Berryz' Dschinghis Kahn "DARLING I LOVE YOU" says it's the BK version, but who did the "original" or what other versions are there?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on April 03, 2008, 05:21:13 PM
°C-ute, the c/w of their next single Namida no Iro (http://wiki.theppn.org/Namida_no_Iro) is "Darling I LOVE YOU (°C-ute ver.)"
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on April 03, 2008, 06:11:24 PM
^ ah thanx
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on April 03, 2008, 07:17:28 PM
What exactly is inside those Sweet Valentine boxes they have every year?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on April 10, 2008, 05:00:05 PM
I have rating questions, since Haromonis has been really sucky

What kind of rating does Yaguchis show(s?) have??
How was Uta Doki doing rating wise, early and late (roughly is ok!)? Is any Berikyuu rating up yet?

~thx
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: DaViNCHI on April 10, 2008, 05:46:56 PM
I have rating questions, since Haromonis has been really sucky

What kind of rating does Yaguchis show(s?) have??
How was Uta Doki doing rating wise, early and late (roughly is ok!)? Is any Berikyuu rating up yet?

~thx
  Look here http://musumenavi.jp/mn/0803.html latest appearance H!P on TV with ratings
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on April 17, 2008, 03:54:42 AM
question: now that the girls of H!P kansai have graduated to form SINA... this means that the group will have new members at some point?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on April 28, 2008, 02:52:38 PM
Hi !
I'm going to the MM concert the 17th may in Tokyo Welfare Meeting Hall.
Anybody here can help me and tell me the location of the hall ?
Thanks a lot
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on April 28, 2008, 03:10:52 PM
The Tokyo Welfare Meeting Hall (東京厚生年金会館 (http://www.kjp.or.jp/hp_20/), see link for picture of building) is not very far from Shinjuku station. Directions (in Japanese) are here (http://www.kjp.or.jp/hp_20/access/).

See also Google maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC+%E5%8E%9A%E7%94%9F%E5%B9%B4%E9%87%91%E4%BC%9A%E9%A4%A8+japan&sll=35.695047,139.710844&sspn=0.003037,0.005021&ie=UTF8&ll=35.691938,139.71129&spn=0.048587,0.080338&z=14&start=0).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: emifebruary on April 28, 2008, 03:17:42 PM
Thanks a lot Tiny  :heart:
I hope I will find it easily  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on May 05, 2008, 10:34:21 AM
What's featured in this (http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k57559579) dvd?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 05, 2008, 12:28:54 PM
That's not a dvd. It's a "daily special paper jacketed photo stand" with two solo live photographs.

See the tour goods page here (http://www.helloproject.com/museum/tour/08_spring_ms/index.html) and look for "日替わり紙ジャケット風フォトスタンド".
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on May 05, 2008, 12:34:28 PM
That's not a dvd. It's a "daily special paper jacketed photo stand" with two solo live photographs.

See the tour goods page here (http://www.helloproject.com/museum/tour/08_spring_ms/index.html) and look for "日替わり紙ジャケット風フォトスタンド".

My Japanese fails, and I didn't bother to properly read the description, haha. Thanks tiny! :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 05, 2008, 12:40:32 PM
here's a question: I have a video of Yuko singing with a guitarist and another singer..I was wanting to know what concert it was since I like to ask for it some other time..any help's appreciated..thanks! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on May 05, 2008, 12:43:19 PM
It could be you're talking about Folk Days (http://wiki.theppn.org/Folk_Days). But without a screenshot I can't be sure.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 05, 2008, 11:28:41 PM
^ yep, that's the one I was looking for..thanks! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on May 18, 2008, 01:36:43 AM
hate to double post..but in H!P 2007 winter and summer concerts as well as winter 08..when it was released, what concerts were on there in the box sets? I was wondering about that before I start d/l'ing them
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on May 18, 2008, 03:16:08 AM
hate to double post..but in H!P 2007 winter and summer concerts as well as winter 08..when it was released, what concerts were on there in the box sets? I was wondering about that before I start d/l'ing them
Both winter concert box sets include the Elder Club concert, Wonderful Hearts concert, and the Hello! Project. For the summer concert, I don't think a box set was released for it. Just the main Hello! Project concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 20, 2008, 11:20:05 PM
Is there anymore english summary of some of H!P radio shows, like Youngtown?  I only read the ones posted up on H!O archives and the last one was probably where Sayu replaced Mikitty for 2 or 3 episodes.... but then they stopped posting it up since........ June of 2007? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on May 21, 2008, 12:00:03 AM
Last I checked, the Jpopmusic Momusu forum was doing summaries of some of the radio shows.


One thing I've been meaning to ask for a few months...
Does anyone remember or have any information about this?
(http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/2537/soda0001ad5.jpg)

Was there ever a video or DVD released of this?  (I'm also looking for higher res scans.)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on May 21, 2008, 12:49:54 AM
^
No dvd for it, unfortunately.
A real shame, since I really wanted to see it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 30, 2008, 07:18:09 PM
I may have asked this before.... but it slipped my mind...

how much does the average H!P members makes?  hmm maybe I'm being too broad....
how much is the typical MM members salary? 
Berryz Koubou?
C-ute?
Soloist?
and i don't expect trainees or the Eggs to make much, but is there a figure salary for them, too?
And in the Japanese entertainment industry, how do they compare to others, idols, singers, etc.?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BomberG on June 01, 2008, 07:15:21 AM
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8781/97257yf5.th.jpg) (http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=97257yf5.jpg)

any one know when this DVD going to be out ?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 01, 2008, 08:55:55 AM
^ Fan Club only DVD released on 05/24
「Berryz工房ファンクラブツアーinやまなし~ひと足早いクリスマスParty~EXTRA.」\3,675 未公開集!イベント裏側!犬がたくさんいる公園で過ごした様子を収録!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BomberG on June 01, 2008, 09:43:32 AM
thanks
 
seemslike no wota want to SHARE it yet  :(
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on June 02, 2008, 05:49:53 AM
I couldn't think of another place to ask this, beside the Reina thread.
Anyway, does anyone know which episode of FIVE STARS Reina speaks entirely in Fukuoka-ben? I found that sayumin.com is back up but I don't know which episode.
Thanks! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on June 10, 2008, 09:18:51 PM
I have a question about Abe Natsumis upcoming acoustic tour.
According to the H!P sites shedule, the concert 安倍なつみ Special Live 2007夏 ~Acousticなっち~ begins the 30th June.

But there's also a seperate date, a day before, called 横浜開港150周年記念 安倍なつみSpecial Live 2008夏~Acoustic なっち~
What's so special about that tour date that it's not part of the regular shedule?
http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/02/list/list-abe.html (http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/02/list/list-abe.html)

It's apparently at Yokohama Kannai Hall.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on June 11, 2008, 07:31:32 AM
thanks
 
seemslike no wota want to SHARE it yet  :(

it's released on H!O tracker last sat
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 11, 2008, 05:51:40 PM
I have a question about Abe Natsumis upcoming acoustic tour.
According to the H!P sites shedule, the concert 安倍なつみ Special Live 2007夏 ~Acousticなっち~ begins the 30th June.

But there's also a seperate date, a day before, called 横浜開港150周年記念 安倍なつみSpecial Live 2008夏~Acoustic なっち~
What's so special about that tour date that it's not part of the regular shedule?
http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/02/list/list-abe.html (http://www.helloproject.com/schedule/01/02/list/list-abe.html)

It's apparently at Yokohama Kannai Hall.

It says "Yokohama Port Opening 150th Anniversary" (横浜開港150周年記念), so my guess would be that Abe Natsumi's concert is part of the celebrations. There's also an official site (http://www.yokohama150.org/y150/), but no mention of Abe Natsumi.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on June 14, 2008, 10:43:59 AM
With the exception of Melon Kinenbi - Onegai Miwaku no Target, was there ever a H!P release that didn't feature the girls/solo artist on the cd cover?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on June 14, 2008, 11:49:23 AM
Yes: Abe Natsumi - The Stress (http://wiki.theppn.org/The_Stress).

I haven't found any others.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on June 14, 2008, 03:30:17 PM
Ah thanks. It's pretty interesting to think about why there are so little of them. I guess when the cd covers have the girls on them it's easier/cheaper to make and it has more appeal = better sales..? Aw well. Doesn't really matter.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kirigirisu on June 14, 2008, 07:37:00 PM
Well Koko ni Iruzee! doesn't have Tsuji Nozomi on the front cover I suppose, if you're willing to include that.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on June 14, 2008, 11:17:02 PM
Ah nice one, I guess it counts too. I had no idea single that existed. Actually, I never even knew Tsuji voiced Athena before Gaki did  :shocked:.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on June 14, 2008, 11:39:04 PM
Do ones where there's only the singers' cartoon characters count?

Tensai! Let's Go Ayayamu (http://wiki.theppn.org/Image:Ayayamu.jpg)
Minihamuzu no Ai no Uta (http://wiki.theppn.org/Image:EPCE-5132.jpg)
Minihamuzu no Kekkon Song (http://wiki.theppn.org/Image:EPCE-5187.jpg)
Mirakururun Grand Purin! (http://wiki.theppn.org/Image:Minihamuzu_mirakuru.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on June 14, 2008, 11:49:20 PM
I guess they count too  :). However, originally I was more thinking along the lines of some artwork. Like Otsuka Ai's Yumekui or Smiley/Biidama.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on June 15, 2008, 12:01:23 AM
However, originally I was more thinking along the lines of some artwork. Like Otsuka Ai's Yumekui or Smiley/Biidama.
Iida Kaori's first two albums and the Douyou Pops albums, but I don't know if they count.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on June 16, 2008, 06:01:46 AM
Can anyone tell which ones of the Morning Musume DVD magazines have backstage/making of footage, and same for the Hello!Project DVD Magazines... Thanks in advance, I know its a lot to ask.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on June 16, 2008, 09:37:31 PM
Can anyone tell which ones of the Morning Musume DVD magazines have backstage/making of footage, and same for the Hello!Project DVD Magazines... Thanks in advance, I know its a lot to ask.
The only ones I know of are the Morning Musume Vol. 10 DVD has backstage footage of the Rainbow Seven concert, MM Vol. 12 has footage of the Morning Curry concert, Vol. 15 has footage of the SEXY 8 BEAT concert, and I think their latest one has footage of the Bonkyu! BOMB concert, but I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raiknii on June 20, 2008, 10:13:16 PM
Does anyone know how to send fanmail to the Hello!Project girls? I mean, what address should it be sent to? I assumed the UFA office but I can't find the address...

(And do you think they'd throw mine out for being in Chinese, afraid of what I'd said? XD)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2008, 06:43:22 AM
I would think that they'd only throw fanmail away if the girls couldn't actually read them. :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tru_harmony on June 21, 2008, 09:27:27 AM
Does anyone know how to send fanmail to the Hello!Project girls? I mean, what address should it be sent to? I assumed the UFA office but I can't find the address...

I think we have the addresses here somewhere...

damn i can't find it...

I would think that they'd only throw fanmail away if the girls couldn't actually read them. :P

... they can write in romaji right? ... oh well writing, reading and actually comprehending are three different things...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on June 21, 2008, 09:54:53 AM
... they can write in romaji right? ... oh well writing, reading and actually comprehending are three different things...
They're trained to write their names/signatures in roman letters, but that's probably more for star/idol appeal than it is for educational purposes. And like you said, they might be able to write their names, but it's a far cry from having a functional comprehension of romanji written by non-Japanese people.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raiknii on June 21, 2008, 02:02:11 PM
I would think that they'd only throw fanmail away if the girls couldn't actually read them. :P

Well, if they thought I wrote something indecent... They have to screen the letters, don't they? Still, I'm sure I can't be the first Chinese person to write a fanletter to jj/ll so they probably have some way of dealing with it.

So... any idea how I could go about finding the address? XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on June 21, 2008, 06:08:29 PM
THE RESOURCE THREAD!  :tama-mad:

Quote
How can I contact Morning Musume/Hello! Project members?

The address for fanmail is:

〒106-8770
東京都麻布郵便局留 アップフロントFC部 ○○○係
JAPAN

or

xxxxxx
Upfront Agency Fanclub, Azabu Post Office
Tokyo 106-8770
JAPAN

OOO and xxxxxx would be substituted with the correct members name.

Well that's what it was years ago. But addresses don't change that often, do they?? LOL
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raiknii on June 21, 2008, 10:52:35 PM
*stupid*

Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question, haha.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on July 02, 2008, 06:19:25 PM
Ok, so I'm going to Japan next week. I'm planning to go to the H!P official store in Sapporo. My question is if I go in Sapporo, should I go in Tokyo too?
Thank you!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on July 03, 2008, 05:12:56 AM
If this is your first time in Japan, then yes visit Tokyo as well. If you have been to Tokyo a few times then why not spend more time in Hokkaido, visiting all the nice places?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on July 03, 2008, 06:21:47 AM
This is my second time in Japan and yes, I've been to Tokyo. I don't have too much of a choice as I am traveling with my grandma, aunt and cousin. But we are spending most of our time in Hokkaido. I am wondering if I should go to the H!P Official Stores in Tokyo, if I've already gone in Sapporo. Like, do they have different things at each shop?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: plutar5000 on July 04, 2008, 01:14:28 PM
Waht is logic of this pic?
(http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4228/copynr7.th.jpg) (http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=copynr7.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 05, 2008, 02:51:23 AM
What exactly is it?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on July 05, 2008, 11:33:45 AM
I think a fan is pointing him or herself out in the concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 06, 2008, 01:57:25 AM
So, hopefully some old school, hardcore H!P fans can help me out here. I recently discovered THE GARAGE, which included many Hello! Project artists as vocalists and as part of the chorus. I came across various sites and tried to figure out which members participate in which songs, etc. I did not find anything for "Asa Made Matenai" however; did any members participate in this song?

Garage Opening Songs Vol.1 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5024) (ガレージ・オープニングソング集 Vol. 1), 1999.07.23
1. Ban Ban Ban (バン・バン・バン) - Chorus: Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto / Taisei
2. Seaside Bound (シーサイド・バウンド) - Chorus: Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto / Taisei
3. Kamisama Onegai (神様お願い) - Chorus: Ishiguro Aya, Yaguchi Mari (Morning Musume) / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho (Taiyou to Ciscomoon) / JULIA

Garage Opening Songs Vol.2 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5037) (ガレージ・オープニングソング集 Vol. 2), 1999.10.27
1. Sukisa Sukisa Sukisa (好きさ好きさ好きさ) - Chorus: THE ME / Onishi Sachiko (east cloud) / Nakazawa Yuko (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
2. Omoide no Nagisa (想い出の渚) - Chorus: Kenji (7 HOUSE) / Kaoru (L'luvia) / Ryo (BEAT KIDS) / Makoto / Taisei
3. Gin-iro no Glass (銀色のグラス) - Chorus: THE ME / Onishi Sachiko (east cloud) / Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
 
Garage Opening Songs Vol.3 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5046) (ガレージ・オープニングソング集 Vol. 3), 2000.01.26
1. Dancing Seventeen (ダンシング・セブンティーン) - Chorus: THE ME / Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto / Taisei
2. Asa Made Matenai (朝まで待てない)
3. Ama-iro no Kami no Otome (亜麻色の髪の乙女) - Chorus: Nakazawa Yuko, Ishiguro Aya, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki (Morning Musume) / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho, RuRu (Taiyou to Ciscomoon) / THE ME / Onishi Sachiko (east cloud)

Garage Opening Songs Vol.4 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=EPCE-5055) (ガレージ・オープニングソング集 Vol. 4), 2000.04.19
1. Kimi Ni Aitai (君に会いたい) - Chorus: Nakazawa Yuko, Abe Natsumi (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Miyoshi Chinatsu
2. Tunnel Tengoku (トンネル天国) - Chorus: Iida Kaori, Yaguchi Mari (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Country Musume / Miyoshi Chinatsu / Melon Kinenbi
3. Blue Chaetau (ブルーシャトウ) - Chorus: Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka, Goto Maki (Morning Musume) / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Miyoshi Chinatsu / Melon Kinenbi

Another question, I found this video on Youtube; were there other videos made of these above songs? If so, were they ever released on video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6_8jAtFJZI

And the last question: Were there any other non-H!P specific releases that featured H!P members in this way? (I understand that THE GARAGE was also Tsunku produced).

Thank you!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on July 07, 2008, 03:48:43 AM
So, hopefully some old school, hardcore H!P fans can help me out here. I recently discovered THE GARAGE...

I started a thread on Garage but it was a long time ago and the thread seems to be gone.  Luckily I saved the info to a txt file so I'll paste what I have...

Garage ran from April 1999 - early April 2000 on TV Tokyo late on Friday nights (after midnight so technically Saturday)
It included appearances by various Hello! Project members and also Ichiro Fukuda, an important and highly respected guy in the Japanese music business.  When he died in Oct'2003 an 18nin MM performed Love Machine at his funeral.

Each month the show featured a different song as it's theme song (that's where the videos came from so there should be videos of all 12 songs but only a few seem to have surfaced).  The songs featured various Hello! Project members.
Morning Musume members also featured on the show in front of a green background.  People may have seen some of these clips without knowing what show they were from.

---------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage1.html
http://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage2.html
http://www.asaoto.com/disc/garage3.html

Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.1
Zetima, EPCE-5024, 1999.7.23.
1. Ban Ban Ban
2. Seaside Bound
3. Kamisama Onegai
4. Ban Ban Ban (Instrumental)
5. Seaside Bound (Instrumental)
6. Kamisama Onegai (Instrumental)

personnel
---------
Ban Ban Ban
vocal: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids)
vocal/chorus: JULIA
chorus: Yasuda Kei, Ichii Sayaka / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto(Sharan Q) / Taisei(Sharan Q)

Seaside Bound
vocal: Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kenji(7HOUSE)
vocal/chorus: JULIA
chorus: Nakazawa Yuuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Makoto / Taisei

Kamisama Onegai
vocal: Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia)
chorus: Ishiguro Aya, Yaguchi Mari / JULIA / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho(Taiyou to Ciscomoon)
shaker: Makoto
Tambourine: Taisei

[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from April-June 1999]

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Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.2
Zetima, EPCE-5037, 1999.10.27.
1. Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa
2. Omoide no Nagisa
3. Giniro no GURASU
4. Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa (Instrumental)
5. Omoide no Nagisa (Instrumental)
6. Giniro no GURASU (Instrumental)

personnel
---------
Suki sa Suki sa Suki sa
vocal: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids)
chorus: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Nakazawa Yuuko / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
drums: Ogu(7HOUSE)

Omoide no Nagisa
vocal: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Ichii Sayaka, Yasuda Kei / Taiyou to Ciscomoon
chorus: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Makoto / Taisei

Giniro no GURASU
vocal: Kaoru(L'luvia) / Kenji(7HOUSE) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Makoto / Taisei
chorus: THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Abe Natsumi, Goto Maki / Taiyou to Ciscomoon

[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from July-September 1999]

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Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.3
Zetima, EPCE-5046, 2000.1.26.
1. Dancing Seventeen
2. Asama de Matenai
3. Amairo no Kami no Otome
4. Dancing Seventeen (Instrumental)
5. Asama de Matenai (Instrumental)
6. Amairo no Kami no Otome (Instrumental)

personnel
---------
Dancing Seventeen
vocal: Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kaoru(L'luvia) / Kenji(7HOUSE)
chorus: THE ME / Taiyou to Ciscomoon / Ichii Sayaka, Yasuda Kei / Makoto / Taisei

Asama de Matenai
vocal/chorus: Kenji(7HOUSE) / Ryo(Beat Kids) / Kaoru(L'luvia)
guitar: Yasunori(7HOUSE)
bass: KU-TAN(BEAT KIDS)
drums: NAO(L'luvia)

Amairo no Kami no Otome
vocal/chorus: Abe Natsumi, Iida Kaori, Ishiguro Aya, Nakazawa Yuuko, Yaguchi Mari, Goto Maki / THE ME / Oonishi Sachiko(east cloud) / Inaba Atsuko, Shinoda Miho, RuRu (Taiyou to Ciscomoon)

[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from October-December 1999]

---------------------------------------------------------------

Garage Opening Song Collection Vol.4
Zetima, EPCE-5055, 2000.4.19
1. Kimi ni Aitai
2. Tunnel Tengoku
3. Blue Chateau
4. Kimi ni Aitai (Instrumental)
5. Tunnel Tengoku (Instrumental)
6. Blue Chateau (Instrumental)

personnel
---------
No information.

[Used as the theme tunes for Garage from January-early April 2000]


Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 07, 2008, 04:51:01 AM
I started a thread on Garage but it was a long time ago and the thread seems to be gone.  Luckily I saved the info to a txt file so I'll paste what I have...

~Ah! Thank you so much Dan! :heart:

Garage ran from April 1999 - early April 2000 on TV Tokyo late on Friday nights (after midnight so technically Saturday)

I'm guessing that I already know the answer, but was the television show ever released on VHS/LD/DVD?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on July 07, 2008, 05:30:38 AM
This is my second time in Japan and yes, I've been to Tokyo. I don't have too much of a choice as I am traveling with my grandma, aunt and cousin. But we are spending most of our time in Hokkaido. I am wondering if I should go to the H!P Official Stores in Tokyo, if I've already gone in Sapporo. Like, do they have different things at each shop?
May I suggest buying the Tomoiki single and ripping it in lossless and scanning the booklet so that the international fanbase may acyually listen to the full b-side and instrumentals? :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on July 07, 2008, 05:34:54 AM
^
Heh, there's an idea. But I'm not too into the Eggs. :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on July 07, 2008, 11:22:26 PM
Garage ran from April 1999 - early April 2000 on TV Tokyo late on Friday nights (after midnight so technically Saturday)

I'm guessing that I already know the answer, but was the television show ever released on VHS/LD/DVD?

As far as I know it wasn't released.

Here's mp3's of 7 of the songs (4 full songs and another 3 audio rips from the 3 videos).
I added in the 45 sec previews of the other 5 songs.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1m2dwmwd5jk

And here's the 3 videos.

Amairo no Kami no Otome
http://www.mediafire.com/?y4yymemwnjt

Tunnel Tengoku
http://www.mediafire.com/?mty9jwbymbi

Blue Chateau
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4o5mu4yjbf
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 08, 2008, 01:43:08 AM
Here's mp3's of 7 of the songs (4 full songs and another 3 audio rips from the 3 videos).

And here's the 3 videos.

Dan, you're pure awesome. Thank you sooo much!! :D Since I found out about Ichii Sayaka's involvement in these singles, I definitely plan on buying them, and when I do, I'll be sure to rip you the full tracks.

May I suggest buying the Tomoiki single and ripping it in lossless and scanning the booklet so that the international fanbase may acyually listen to the full b-side and instrumentals? :D

I've already ordered Minna no Ki from the website; it's just taking a horribly long time in shipping. But once I get it, trust me, I'll scan and rip and all of that good stuff for y'all.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on July 08, 2008, 05:41:37 AM
^OMFG! YOU ARE MY HERO! You are officially my favorite person! :D

And you can order it off the website? O.o o.O
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 08, 2008, 07:20:28 AM
^OMFG! YOU ARE MY HERO! You are officially my favorite person! :D

And you can order it off the website? O.o o.O

Yeah, they're sold online at the PLANT A TREE online shop (http://www.plantatree.gr.jp/shopping/) for 1050yen each; order form here (http://www.plantatree.gr.jp/shopping/items_top/order/form.html). (Japanese address required though.)

If you're going to buy the single, make sure you buy it from their website - All the profits supports PLANT A TREE and HAND IN HAND, and all that environmental jazz that they do. (But in all honesty, I'm buying it for Nocchi's sake. :heart:)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on July 08, 2008, 07:23:26 AM
Gah... yeah, I knew you needed a Japanese address. No luck for me then..
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 18, 2008, 11:02:25 AM
Q: What ever happened to that 'learn Chinese with Junjun and Linlin' book? I think I saw it @ amazon japan, but I can't find it anymore..
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 18, 2008, 12:15:31 PM
A: with a little help of musumenavi.jp (http://musumenavi.jp[/url): http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/476482194X/musumenavi-22/

Musumenavi has Amazon Japan links of all the recent and upcoming H!P releases.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 18, 2008, 07:52:09 PM
ah thanks. Handy site. Too bad the book itself doesn't seem to be any good.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 23, 2008, 08:13:21 PM
May I suggest buying the Tomoiki single and ripping it in lossless and scanning the booklet so that the international fanbase may acyually listen to the full b-side and instrumentals? :D

http://www.mediafire.com/?bzzltlxjum9 (320Kbps)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on July 25, 2008, 04:29:37 PM
Could someone tell me who the guest is in Berryz Kiritsu! Rei! Chakuseki! episode 213? (aired 2008-04-29)
And what song are they playing. (Fruits?)
It sounds like his name is Washisaki Takeshi but no google response on that name...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on July 25, 2008, 04:58:43 PM
You missed the dots. :lol:

鷲崎たけし (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B7%B2%E5%B4%8E%E5%81%A5)

And the song is all made up on the spot. The cards he picked happened to be a ballad about tasty fruits.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 27, 2008, 12:22:16 PM
If you buy a H!P photobook @ either Yesasia or Amazon Japan, are they sealed? I bought a sheet music book from Amazon Japan, which wasn't sealed. Also, how can you find out which PBs are hard cover and which ones are soft cover?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on July 27, 2008, 12:36:23 PM
^ PB's normally are sealed (at least when bought directly from amazon themselves) is my experience.

Soft/hard cover? no idea, just checked a few and it varies within H!P products the latest Ai-chan's where hardcover, Satado and Rika's where softcover.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on July 27, 2008, 12:49:25 PM
I'd even say photobooks are always sealed, if bought from Amazon.

And photobooks produced by Wani Books usually have a hard cover, others like Kadosawa don't.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 27, 2008, 02:17:18 PM
Ah, I see. Thanks for the replies  :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on July 27, 2008, 04:14:23 PM
May I suggest buying the Tomoiki single and ripping it in lossless and scanning the booklet so that the international fanbase may acyually listen to the full b-side and instrumentals? :D

http://www.mediafire.com/?bzzltlxjum9 (320Kbps)

Thanks!  How long ago was it released? 2006?  It took a while but it's nice to hear the c/w track at last!
 :otomerika:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Yumichan on July 27, 2008, 09:46:17 PM
Thanks!  How long ago was it released? 2006?  It took a while but it's nice to hear the c/w track at last!
 :otomerika:

It was released on 16 September 2006. I've been hoping that eventually I would find it on share, since it's more difficult to purchase than other releases, but after two years of waiting, I caved in and bought it. But still, I can't complain :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on July 31, 2008, 08:56:24 AM
Has there been any other concerts except

Natsu no Don (Tsuji & Kago's grad concert)

Natsu no Kayou show

that has been televised in HD format?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 31, 2008, 10:23:05 AM
Those that I know of:

The TV broadcasts of the concerts are usually cut down to 1 or 1.5 hours.

There have also been HD broadcasts of concert performances, but I don't know if they were part of a concert broadcast:

Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (2001.04.08 Hello! Project 2001 Winter SP)
Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (2002.04.28 Saitama Super Arena)

BTW: HD broadcasts of H!P concerts stopped when TBS took over from NHK as the broadcaster of choice.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on July 31, 2008, 07:11:45 PM
got a question: which dvd has all the girls that graduated from Momusu introducing their favorite songs? I've been trying to find it to d/l, but no avail so far
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: genericpaperdoll on July 31, 2008, 07:20:36 PM
^ I think it was the DVD from the All Singles Complete album (If I'm thinking of the same thing)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ggliff on July 31, 2008, 11:17:15 PM
^^ separate songs for download here

http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=13427.0
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on August 01, 2008, 05:37:23 AM
Those that I know of:
  • Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2002 Yeah! Meccha Live (2002.12.22 BS-hi @ Nakano Sun Plaza)
  • Hello! Project 2004 Winter C'MON! Dance World @ Yokohama (2004.01.25)
  • Hello! Project 2004 Natsu Morning Musume & FRIENDS (BS-hi 2004.09.05)
  • Hello! Project 2005 Morning Musume & Friends (2005.09.17)
  • Hello! Project 2006 Super Live Wonderful Hearts Land (2006.07.23 BS-hi Hello! Project Summer tour 2006 ~Wonderful Hearts Land~ @ Yoyogi National Gymnasium)

The TV broadcasts of the concerts are usually cut down to 1 or 1.5 hours.

There have also been HD broadcasts of concert performances, but I don't know if they were part of a concert broadcast:

Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (2001.04.08 Hello! Project 2001 Winter SP)
Morning Musume - LOVE Machine (2002.04.28 Saitama Super Arena)

BTW: HD broadcasts of H!P concerts stopped when TBS took over from NHK as the broadcaster of choice.

Thanks Tiny!

Now to get people who actually own these concerts...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on August 04, 2008, 07:06:41 PM
I wonder is there any websites that records the digital sales of Morning Musume's and H!P music?  where in Japan or International? free or paid? how about ringtone sales?

It just with all the talks about CD sales declining and downloads rapidly rising... I'm just curious as to how successful MM/H!P is doing in the digital market
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on August 04, 2008, 07:42:51 PM
^ Hmm, that's a good question... I know here in Australia they have an official chart for downloads and one for cd sales (I think they then have an overall one with both)... But, the download charts would only count for those that are d/led legally and paid for, it would be way to hard to monitor all ones that aren't paid for which is where you would see the bigger international numbers of course.

I hope someone has a real answer for you though, I'm kinda interested now too ;)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on August 05, 2008, 07:05:54 AM
what's the official size of an official photocard? in inches?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 06, 2008, 02:59:48 AM
Just curious but how much do we know about the siblings of our Momusu girls?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on August 06, 2008, 03:12:23 AM
Takahashi Ai: Younger sister
Niigaki Risa: Younger sister
Kamei Eri: Older brother, younger sister
Michishige Sayumi: Older brother, older sister
Tanaka Reina: Younger brother
Kusumi Koharu: Older sister, older brother
Mitsui Aika: Older sister
JunJun: N/A
LinLin: N/A

correct me if I'm wrong. Don't know anything else about them myself.

what's the official size of an official photocard? in inches?
The normal photocard has:
13cm x 9cm
Google says:
13 centimeters = 5.11811024 inch
9 centimeters = 3.54330709 inch
I hold a ruler against some... so guess that's it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Brat-san on August 06, 2008, 03:26:38 AM
I think Aika has more than one sister.  No mention of brothers, though.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on August 06, 2008, 03:40:36 AM
what's the official size of an official photocard? in inches?
The normal photocard has:
13cm x 9cm
Google says:
13 centimeters = 5.11811024 inch
9 centimeters = 3.54330709 inch
I hold a ruler against some... so guess that's it.

Cool thanks- is there any features besides the H!P mark that represents one as an official card?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 06, 2008, 04:23:49 AM
Thank you, nachdenki and Brat-san!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on August 06, 2008, 08:32:53 PM
Cool thanks- is there any features besides the H!P mark that represents one as an official card?

I've sometimes wondered if there's anything printed on the other side of the card?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on August 06, 2008, 09:04:30 PM
what's the official size of an official photocard? in inches?
The normal photocard has:
13cm x 9cm
Google says:
13 centimeters = 5.11811024 inch
9 centimeters = 3.54330709 inch
I hold a ruler against some... so guess that's it.

Cool thanks- is there any features besides the H!P mark that represents one as an official card?
Nope :/ in fact there are some cards with a white back and some have "Kodak paper" on the back.. I think I still have a photo of one of these.
here
(http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/4456/momopadfig7.th.jpg) (http://img505.imageshack.us/my.php?image=momopadfig7.jpg) (http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/2532/momopadbjv3.th.jpg) (http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=momopadbjv3.jpg)
That one is also from an official shop, so guess it's an official card... :P

You can probably notice the difference of an unofficial photocard (reprinted) when holding them in the hand, but I don't really know because all I have are official (I hope, a few are from second hand shops...)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on August 06, 2008, 10:12:36 PM
^ That looks more like an official photo, not photo card. They are sold at concerts, events, via the official H!P shops and second hand at various stores or eBay. Official photos are printed on photographic paper and usually have the characteristic white band with copyright information at the bottom.

The official photo cards I have are smaller, about 88mm x 63mm and mostly have a pinkish back with some sort of H!P logo. These cards were bonuses with limited and first press editions of H!P singles. In the past sets of cards were also sold separately. These often have an image on both sides.

Resources:
- List of numbered H!P Photo Cards: http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello%21_Project_Photo_Card
- Site which attempts to list all official photos, with lowres examples (Japanese): http://officialphotos.ddo.jp/index.html
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on August 06, 2008, 10:31:14 PM
uhoh yeah. I thought she meant the photos because I usually refer to them as photo cards as well ^^; gomen if I caused confusion.

Nice page there by the way
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on August 08, 2008, 12:56:11 AM
Thanks nachdenki and tiny!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on August 11, 2008, 09:12:37 PM
What's the diffrence between Manatsu no Kousen and Manatsu no Kousen (Vacation Mix)?  =P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: raspberrygashes on August 12, 2008, 08:50:23 AM
Is it true there are rules that the girls have to follow in Morning Musume? If so, what are they?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tru_harmony on August 12, 2008, 09:51:10 AM
i only know of two:

no boyfurendo
and they can't wear clothes/accessories that have been given to them by other celebrities in public/official appearances...

anymore to add?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on August 12, 2008, 10:14:07 AM
I think the 'no boyfriend' rule is more like 'don't do anything that could negatively affect your image/work/company/colleagues'. There are a whole lot of things that are bad for an idol's image, having a boyfriend is one of them.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on August 12, 2008, 03:52:11 PM
and they can't wear clothes/accessories that have been given to them by other celebrities in public/official appearances...
I've never heard of that one. :?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tru_harmony on August 13, 2008, 11:51:19 AM
... i know i read it in a forum somewhere... i don't remember... hmmm

... but i think that's just a precaution so that people won't speculate about their relationships with other popular people...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 13, 2008, 10:56:58 PM
Once and for all....whose taller, Miki or Aya?
 XD But seriously!!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on August 14, 2008, 12:46:07 AM
Once and for all....whose taller, Miki or Aya?
 XD But seriously!!!
Aya's taller, but only barely. :)

Going by what wiki.THEPPN.org has:
Miki = 156 cm tall (aka 5'1.4")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Fujimoto_Miki)
Aya =157.5 cm tall (aka 5'2")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Matsuura_Aya)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 14, 2008, 02:17:46 AM
Ah, ok! Thanks, JFC!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on August 14, 2008, 10:17:37 AM
Aya's taller, but only barely. :)

Going by what wiki.THEPPN.org has:
Miki = 156 cm tall (aka 5'1.4")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Fujimoto_Miki)
Aya =157.5 cm tall (aka 5'2")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Matsuura_Aya)


I love their heights :heart:
I feel so normal :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 14, 2008, 04:28:45 PM
Aya's taller, but only barely. :)

Going by what wiki.THEPPN.org has:
Miki = 156 cm tall (aka 5'1.4")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Fujimoto_Miki)
Aya =157.5 cm tall (aka 5'2")  (http://wiki.theppn.org/Matsuura_Aya)


I love their heights :heart:
I feel so normal :D
I can assume you are taller than them? Or close to their height?
I'm shorter than both of them!!! But then again, I am quite a few years younger too! But I'm pretty sure I will not be growing anymore.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on August 14, 2008, 04:57:57 PM
^  I'm shorter than both but not by too much... Kinda :P
Hell, at least I'm taller than Reina and Mari :D

But it is very rare for me to meet people that close to my height here (unless they are Asian) XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on August 17, 2008, 12:17:21 AM
What's the diffrence between Manatsu no Kousen and Manatsu no Kousen (Vacation Mix)?  =P

^Hi, Anton_91. The answer to your question is that there is no diffrence.1) Tsunku was just adding 'Vacation Mix' so people wouldn't believe it was the same song they had already heard (...or not?) 2) Otherwise you wouldn't have anything to ask about  :yep:

I have a new question;
Have Abe Natsumi ever appeared solo on Utaban??? It would be intressting to see since the hosts used to be really crazy about her early in MM.  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ShoujoHino on August 17, 2008, 01:02:38 AM
i only know of two:

no boyfurendo
and they can't wear clothes/accessories that have been given to them by other celebrities in public/official appearances...

anymore to add?

I heard that one rule is they can't wear g-strings, as it would present a bad example to the younger members.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on August 17, 2008, 08:58:33 PM
I have a new question;
Have Abe Natsumi ever appeared solo on Utaban?
She was on ep 2003-08-21.

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=5908
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on August 17, 2008, 09:21:05 PM
I heard that one rule is they can't wear g-strings, as it would present a bad example to the younger members.
Yeah, I think Miki said on an episode of YanTan that they are only allowed to wear plain white panties because they occasionally change with the younger members. And it would not be good to shock them. :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on August 18, 2008, 10:12:20 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IFE1kvstnQ&feature=related

So the before Koi wa Hassou was scrapped as the single, it had a different arrangement? Is there any other time where a single ended up with a different arrangement?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kirigirisu on August 19, 2008, 12:00:44 AM
I can't think on any other times when a single has had an arrangement different to the final released version, only occasions when they've given a song a new arrangement for a remix or concert.

I've never heard that version of Koi wa Hassou, desperately want a good quality audio rip now, I like it!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Gon on August 19, 2008, 12:11:41 AM
 o_O hum... Single's ranking was: Single (RE&LE) + Single V?
I noted some time (in wiki theppn) that single V are now being ranking independly.

.___.' i was thinkin'...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kirigirisu on August 19, 2008, 02:15:37 AM
I didn't think Single V were ever counted in the total single sales, they often comes out weeks after?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on August 19, 2008, 03:09:32 AM
Is Konkon still studying at uni?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on August 19, 2008, 04:20:33 AM
I didn't think Single V were ever counted in the total single sales, they often comes out weeks after?

Since the single Vs are DVDs, I'm pretty sure that I saw them appear on the DVD charts.


Is Konkon still studying at uni?

Yes, but they're still off for the summer until near the end of September.


Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on August 19, 2008, 11:16:20 AM
^Oh cheers, I knew a KonKon fan would be quick to answer :D
Do we know what she is studying?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tru_harmony on August 19, 2008, 09:19:20 PM
Environmental Science from what I've heard...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ferrar1 on August 27, 2008, 06:26:17 AM
Hi may i know if there is a weekly summary for these 3 radio programs since i want to know what was said but don't want to sit through the whole thing.

- Gaki Kame

- Sayu's konya usa chan peace?

- Young town

Either in Japanese or English is fine for me.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on August 27, 2008, 07:25:27 AM
^
I know lately there's been summaries for a couple of Sayu's latest radio shows over in her thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=10643.0).

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on August 27, 2008, 11:24:44 AM
At least sit through GAKI KAME, they usually make it up for the 30 minutes you lose. :lol: Besides, it goes by faster than you think.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on September 07, 2008, 03:03:54 PM
Is there somewhere a translation of the Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari version H!P performed in 2008 Winter concert?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: renzoku on September 15, 2008, 06:07:30 PM
My Momusu's Sexy 8 Beat cd has "SAMPLE . LOANED" printed on the inner ring of the cd. What does it means?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 15, 2008, 07:20:02 PM
With the help of Google I found this: http://keikaku.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4232&sid=ca1218f9c5e6c50d03ef55daaaf37d72
You seem to have a promo version of the album.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on September 15, 2008, 07:55:27 PM
Is there somewhere a translation of the Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari version H!P performed in 2008 Winter concert?

There's a subbed version at JPOPSuki:
http://mullemeck.serveftp.org/jps_beta/?page=details&id=48391
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on September 17, 2008, 12:12:57 PM
Does anyone have the article from a Singapore newspaper a while ago about child models or something and Risako was mentioned talking about her first(?) PB and how she felt somewhat uncomfortable about the bikini shots to start with? I know it's a long shot but I will love you forever (or at least for a week :P) :heart:
Also, do PBs get official sales, or rankings or anything like that posted on the net? If not, is there any unofficial sites that mention that sort of thing... even if it's just H!P rankings.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 17, 2008, 01:38:39 PM
Two questions, two answers.

1. Risako
Only the printerfriendly version of that article is still on-line: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,130871,00.html
There were also images linked from the Risako thread (P22) (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=4321.420), but they've expired.

2. PBs
There are no official sales published.
There are rankings for PBs but they cover only the sales at certain shops such as Amazon, Yahoo or others.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on September 18, 2008, 12:54:22 AM
I read a while back on Def Diva's theppn article (which I can't access now) that Suki Sugite was the lowest selling #1 single. I don't understand how it got to #1 if it sold low. Can anyone explain?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Kirigirisu on September 18, 2008, 01:41:10 AM
It was sales of around 25,000 I think which was the highest single sales that week but unusually low for a #1 charting single, it means that sales as a whole for singles that week were exceptionally low. I think that record has been beaten again now, not that it's anything to boast about I guess...!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on September 18, 2008, 01:46:48 AM
I read a while back on Def Diva's theppn article (which I can't access now)...

If you google for inurl:theppn def diva and click the "cached" link you can view the page (it looks like it's not loading - it pauses for about 15 seconds but then the page loads).  You can do it for any page on theppn wiki.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 20, 2008, 02:10:56 PM
Apparently Tsunku has Taiwan audition winners??
http://www.helloproject.com.tw/office_news_view.asp?NID=133

I'd appreciate more info about this since I don't speak the language :3

They're all kinda tall!!

EDIT: Nevermind, forgot that there was a thread for this: http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=16012.0
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on September 21, 2008, 05:33:38 PM
Two questions, two answers.

1. Risako
Only the printerfriendly version of that article is still on-line: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/printfriendly/0,4139,130871,00.html
There were also images linked from the Risako thread (P22) (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=4321.420), but they've expired.

2. PBs
There are no official sales published.
There are rankings for PBs but they cover only the sales at certain shops such as Amazon, Yahoo or others.

Thanks so much, that version of the article will still be very useful. :w00t:
Do I find the ranks on those sites? (i know I'm being a pain but I really appreciate all ur help and I'm not really in a rush so it's all good :) )
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 21, 2008, 07:29:27 PM
Okay, I had to do some digging, but in the end I found a 2channel thread on PB rankings  8)

★Weekly ranking★
-Bookstores-
Kinokuniya whole store special book weekly ranking http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/cgi-bin/best_wa.cgi?subj=tanko
Bunkyodo whole store general weekly ranking http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/bun_realrank_01_2/
Bunkyodo whole store general literature weekly ranking http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/bun_realrank_07_2/
Yuurindou (Yokahama Bookstore) all books weekly ranking http://www.yurindo.co.jp/info/best.html
Junkudo whole store general weekly ranking http://www.junkudo.co.jp/view2.jsp?VIEW=bestseller2&ARGS=00&PAGE=1&RCNT=99&MODE=0&ROWS=100
Orion whole store literature weekly ranking http://www.orionshobo.com/best/index.php?category=1
BF Shibuya Bunka Mura doori general weekly ranking http://www.book1st.net/blog/ranking/010/010010/

-Internet-
JBOOK general weekly ranking http://www.jbook.co.jp/p/p.aspx/b_rank_j_50/
Rakuten general weekly ranking http://books.rakuten.co.jp/RBOOKS/best_w.html
Amazon general weekly ranking http://book.asahi.com/ranking/index.html

-Accumulating-
*new* Oricon Weekly book chart with estimated sales http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ob/w/ (Shops covered http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/index4.html)

★Monthly rankings★
-Bookstores-
Shosen BM PBs monthly ranking http://net.blt.tv/ranking.html <-- this is the only ranking strictly for PBs
-Internet-
7&Y general monthly ranking http://books.yahoo.co.jp/ranking/online/all/all/monthly/index.html

★Other★
-Internet-
Amazon Star & PB bestsellers http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestsellers/books/500592/ref=pd_ts_b_nav

The Oricon book ranking is fairly new, it started April 2008.

There is a 2channel thread about PB rankings. http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ainotane/1206101192/l50
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on September 21, 2008, 08:51:43 PM
Guys, where is this from?

(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/373/fdsgl1.gif)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on September 21, 2008, 09:06:33 PM
Guys, where is this from?
It came from the Hello! Project DVD Magazine Vol. 15 (I think that's the right volume). It was for the 2008 summer Wonderful Hearts concert. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on September 22, 2008, 02:16:35 AM
was Nacchi's-Amasugita Kajitsu a single or a b-side? it would be a shame if it wasn't..it's such a good song! :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on September 22, 2008, 02:49:10 AM
^ It was a single. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on September 22, 2008, 07:14:06 PM
got a question: how do people get a hold of H!P digital books when they are released?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on September 22, 2008, 07:39:16 PM
^I'm pretty sure that the digital pbs are a pay to download type of deal. So probably piracy.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on September 27, 2008, 12:35:31 PM
How many hello! morning academy episodes are there? I know of a couple:
-English lessons (with Rika)
-Impersonation lessons (Aika's first appearance)
-Overcome a weakness (Sayu sports, Koha fear etc)

Second question, how many hello! morning trial/judgement episodes are there?
-One with Matsuura on trial, with Rika as judge
-One with Abe Natsumi as judge

Any more?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 27, 2008, 02:22:27 PM
Haromoni Academy
2004.05.30 #212 - Hello! Morning Academy
2004.07.25 #220 - 2nd Haromoni Academy
2004.11.07 #235 - Haromoni Academy Pro Shopper
2004.12.05 #239 - The 4th Haromoni Academy with Abe Natsumi
2005.01.23 #244 - Haromoni Academy - Stage Magic
2005.06.26 #265 - Haromoni Academy - English Lesson
2007.02.11 #347 - HaroMoni Academy: Monomane Battle (Mitsui Aika introduction)
2007.03.04 #350 - HaroMoni Academy: Graduating from Short-comings
2007.03.11 #351 - HaroMoni Academy: Comedy Reaction Battle

Trial
2002.12.15 #139 - Morning Musume on trial (Nakazawa Yuko judge)
2002.12.22 #140 - Morning Musume on trial cont'd
2003.08.10 #172 - Judging Nacchi (Yasuda Kei judge)
2003.12.28 #192 - Trial (Abe Natsumi judge)
2006.09.24 #328 - Ayaya on Trial

From the Hello! Morning page on Wiki.ThePPN recovered via web.archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/20080212012110/http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello!_Morning (http://web.archive.org/web/20080212012110/http://wiki.theppn.org/Hello!_Morning)

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on September 28, 2008, 05:37:04 PM
^Thanks a lot! I didn't expect there would be so much of them.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on October 03, 2008, 08:25:34 PM
Huh? What is this.. "ジンギスカンだらけ" "Dschinghis Khan Darake?" by various Artists?  :?

http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/piccolotown/09/a_14/ (http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/piccolotown/09/a_14/)
Berryz Koubou related?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on October 03, 2008, 10:39:51 PM
^ don't tell me they release world wide covers of dschinghis khan
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Nouciel on October 03, 2008, 11:35:05 PM
Huh? What is this.. "ジンギスカンだらけ" "Dschinghis Khan Darake?" by various Artists?  :?

http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/piccolotown/09/a_14/ (http://www.up-front-works.jp/discography/piccolotown/09/a_14/)
It's basically a compilation album of Dschinghis Khan versions done by various artists. Back when it was first announced it was scheduled to be released on 10/22, and a couple of weeks later it got pushed back to 11/26.

Tracklist:
1. Dschinghis Khan
2. Dschinghis Khan (Berryz Koubou)
3. Dschinghis Khan (Kawasaki Mayo)
4. Dschinghis Khan (Shibuya Teppei)
5. Dschinghis Khan (Hara Takahashi & BATMANS)
6. Dschinghis Khan (Ultras & Wakke & Razor Ramon HG)
7. Dschinghis Khan (Marco Polo)
http://www.cdjournal.com/main/cd/disc.php?dno=4108081753
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 04, 2008, 03:48:42 AM
6. Dschinghis Khan (Ultras & Wakke & Razor Ramon HG)
:on lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ASSEMblerEX on October 04, 2008, 10:43:36 PM
So what the fuck do we watch now that there's no HM shows?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on October 05, 2008, 09:43:27 AM
AKBINGO?

(I am, RD&H)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: doinkies on October 06, 2008, 12:20:06 AM
Both of them were pretty thin for some time before gaining weight again.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 06, 2008, 02:13:15 AM
Both of them were pretty thin for some time before gaining weight again.
Very true. With Yossi you couldn't really tell when she was covered up wearing regular, everyday clothes like jackets/long-sleeved shirts, pants, etc. However during concerts, when she'd wear the more skimpy costumes that showed off more of her shoulder, arms and legs, it was pretty evident how thin she really was. With Nono it was even worse. She not only got skinny overall, but she lost quite a bit of weight (and it showed) in her face and neck. There was a period of a few months where she was so gaunt that it was really worrisome.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on October 06, 2008, 09:54:48 PM
^So, they were just very thin, but neither had any disorders?
We don't know if they had any disorders or not. They never mentioned why. Both of them have gained a lot of weight since then, luckily. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on October 07, 2008, 11:41:43 AM
Anyone know where this is from and where I can download it? :heart:

 (http://www.imgur.com/files/081007/Th.1223316021938.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=081007/1223316021938.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on October 07, 2008, 12:39:37 PM
you check h!o? i think that's yorosen

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=16549
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on October 07, 2008, 02:34:05 PM
you check h!o? i think that's yorosen

http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=16549

Brilliant, thanks! :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2008, 08:03:27 PM
Okay, something that came to me while I was burning some stuff last night.

If anyone checks out the usual torrent sites (H!O, our own JPH!P tracker, JPS, etc.), they'll notice that MM's DVD MAGAZINE Vol.18 has been released, as has MM DVD MAGAZINE Vol.20.

Question...what happened to MM DVD MAGAZINE Vol.19? Was no one who has Winny or Share able to find it or did I just miss it?
:mon huh2:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on October 07, 2008, 08:14:50 PM
I guess no one could find it because it's listed here (http://www.helloproject.com/museum/tour/08_musumeautumn/index.html) (scroll down) in the goods for Morning Musume's concert. =/
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on October 07, 2008, 08:21:42 PM
Apparently MM DVD Magazine vol. 19 was delayed for some unknown reason.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on October 14, 2008, 01:33:00 AM
When you buy a PB (online or otherwise), does it always include a making-of?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2008, 01:56:49 AM
When you buy a PB (online or otherwise), does it always include a making-of?
Nowadays, most likely the answer will be yes, it's included. They only really started including the Making of videos in the second half of 2005, so any PB that was published before then likely won't have them. All you have to do is check the item description to see if it says if a Making of DVD is included or not.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on October 14, 2008, 02:15:49 AM
^
Ok, thanks JFC!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on October 14, 2008, 02:39:56 AM
What ARE DVD Magazines?
Judging from the title...Magazines...on a DVD?
xD
Wow, I'm so slow, but could someone like, explain a little...more in depth what Morning Musume DVD Magazines are?
I'll try to explain it in genral.
DVD Magazines are usually released whenever a H!P group goes on tour. But also when they have stage plays or similar big events organized by H!P. They are also available for non-FC member since they are for sale at the venue of the event/concert.
The content of DVD Magazines is various. Of course though, MM DVD Magazines contain only MM, Berryz ones only Berryz, C-ute ones only C-ute etc.; except for rare guest appearances of other groups(-members). H!P DVD Magazines usually contain all groups participating at the H!P tour and it's usually Q&A stuff but there has also been other things in the past (like quizzes, or this "do an advertisement"-competition).
Other groups DVD Magazines also often have Q&A parts but often also have games or members doing stuff like going to some place and more, it's really random.
So yeah, they are like a magazine, showing you news about the group, what they are doing, what they are thinking, who is good at what (competitions). Some DVD Magazines are rather boring if you don't know much Japanese because they contain much talking in some studio while other are "interesting" because the group goes somewhere.
So if you are interested in MM members and not just their music you can download some from h!o tracker I guess to figure out what those are like by yourself.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on October 15, 2008, 03:21:10 AM
got a question: since i'll probably buy Momusu's new Cover Yuu album, what does a three sided spine case look like?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on October 15, 2008, 08:36:52 AM
Anyone know which dokyu this is from?

(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/6016/dsadsape0.th.jpg) (http://img521.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsadsape0.jpg)(http://img521.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif) (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 15, 2008, 12:41:59 PM
Judging from the screen text and Eri's hair, it's definitely from the first iteration of Dokyu.  Since she doesn't look like she's doing the title call, the episode list (http://wiki.theppn.org/Musume_DOKYU!) would indicate that it would most likely be episode 6, 9, 10, 13, or 14.  I think most of the dokyus are on veoh.com, but this cap is specifically from episodes 9-10.

Episode 9:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1511243yjGKRdFx

Episode 10:
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v15112762gSNTa64
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: meowchi on October 15, 2008, 06:15:58 PM
awesome, thanks slack
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on October 17, 2008, 01:28:39 AM
Abe Natsumi.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 21, 2008, 12:11:56 AM
What's J.P ROOM, INC.  (http://www.jp-r.co.jp/)? what's is it? and who owns it?  UFA/UFG? 
and whatever happens to HAPPY STYLE.CC ? Another of UFA/UFG companies?

And this has been on my mind recently, UFA is the artist management company of the Up-Front Group holding. Up-Front Agency provides "training, management and promotion of talents." most notably Hello! Project.  But what is Up-Front Groups?  i dunno what they actually do?  and how many different type of business are under their control? 
Is it a big and powerful group?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 21, 2008, 12:44:08 AM
I wrote an explanation on UFG (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=2296.msg467061#msg467061) before, but considering the present circumstances, it bears repeating.

Up-Front Group is a conglomerate made up of many companies (http://www.ufg.co.jp/associated.html).  They have management companies like UFA, JP Room, and UF Style as well as companies in music, TV, and stage production like TNX and Up-Front Music.  As you can see from the list, they have holdings in lots of industries like printing, real estate, and foods, not just entertainment.

UFA is the music artist management company of UFG.  JP Room handles talents for TV and stage.  This is probably why you see Fujimoto and Ogawa under JP Room's talent list  (http://www.jp-r.co.jp/)already.

A more detailed answer is in the link to my previous post.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 21, 2008, 01:08:45 AM
oh, It seems I asked this question before.  hehe, but I forgot.  Thanks Professor. 

oh, then may I ask how big and powerful is UFG?  if they're a holding company and owns many different kinds of companies, then they should be rather strong, or is it they only control small business where it's not enough to have a strong standing. 
what I mean is, like, how are they compare to other corporation like Sony, Mitsubishi, etc?
I think that if they are a strong companies, they could put a little work effort and finances so the UFA artists, especially Hello! Project could be better than they are now and have way more opportunities and stuff.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 21, 2008, 02:23:49 AM
Well, in that case, your answer will require some digging.

According to this May 2007 article (http://jinryuichi-hnph.blogspot.com/2007/05/up-front-group-to-be-listed-company-on.html) from the now-defunct Hello Non-Pro Hour news blog:

By March 2006 UFG earns a gross profit of 138 hundred million yen and the company expanded its net worth to 257 hundred million yen.

In US dollars, that translates to about $135.6 million gross profit, $252.5 million net worth.

In comparison to Sony, UFG is tiny.  Sony's net worth is something on the order of $45.6 billion.

I haven't found any info yet on whether or not it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the TSE website isn't being too helpful either.  Maybe I'll do some more researching on this later.

Still, with how diversified it is, it doesn't seem like it's on the verge of collapsing anytime soon.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on October 23, 2008, 11:25:47 PM
Any questions are welcome as far as I'm concerned xD

Too bad I can only tell you one place to find clothes like that, 'kids department'.... :lol:

Or with a bit of imagination and combining different kinds of clothes it doesn't matter where you find your clothes, but what you do with them... ?__? Even Reina wears a lot of clothes (shirts, etc) that you could find at any teen clothes store (like H&M), but because of the way the clothes are combined with accessories, other clothes etc. they look Reina-like. For example, I have a purple hoodie that I call my Reina-hoodie, but it never looks Reina-ish on me because I'm just a hoodie+jeans kinda girl. :lol: AND I'M NOW OFF-TOPIC, SORRY
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on October 25, 2008, 06:18:17 AM
Where is this from?

 (http://www.imgur.com/files/081025/Th.toro34614.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=081025/toro34614.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Nouciel on October 25, 2008, 08:38:20 AM
^
Morning Days Vol.3, FC DVD released on 10/25
 (http://www.imgur.com/files/081025/Th.1224914234.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=081025/1224914234.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/files/081025/Th.1224914266.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=081025/1224914266.jpg)

(posting these as links so the post doesn't get unnecessarily long  :sweatdrop:
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Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7mPpranGmE
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz2tPeVaGIw
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEoKXVCzjCg
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR0ezq6ASfY
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcmaQKJrp3s
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWfZKYDeAs
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on October 25, 2008, 03:26:49 PM
Yay! Thanks!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 26, 2008, 06:11:53 AM
That's from Haromoni@, in a short-lived segment where she plays a detective.

Here's the subbed version:

http://www.veoh.com/veohplayer.swf?permalinkId=v12063430N4BGdAMz
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 30, 2008, 04:30:03 AM
None of Morning Musume's Single were theme songs for any major tv shows, movies, or dramas on national television, rite? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mini*wheat on October 30, 2008, 05:11:17 AM
No (at least not that I've been personally made aware of). They did have a cheer song for the Rakuten Eagles which was The Manpower. That's about the closet thing they have to like... a big national thing I guess. Not that it's close to a television show/anime or whatever. Haha.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on October 30, 2008, 06:57:30 AM
I don't think you could call this a major drama, but  Victory!~Futto Girls no Seishun (http://wiki.theppn.org/Victory!_Futto_Girls_no_Seishun) had Go Girl~Koi no Victory~ as the theme song.

I suppose you could make a case for Hyokkori Hyoutanjima since it was the theme to a TV show, except that the single from Morning Musume was a cover.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 30, 2008, 10:44:16 PM
Thanks for the info.... just as I thought. 

I just think that if they could start having a tie-in single with either a dorama, series, programs or movies, they could have a bigger appeal to the general public.  Many popular artists nowadays usually have or had tie-in singles to such j-doramas, tv programs, anime series and movies.

But I guess even without such tie-in, they're still capable of good sales... But if they do have a tie-in, they could possibly increase their sales and popularity in the japanese public. 
If maybe Takahashi Ai's dorama is able to have a MoMusu or even an Ai-chan's solo song as a theme or insert song, it could definitely help. it may be a small step, but still a significant one.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: coachie on October 31, 2008, 08:48:49 PM
What is the official spelling of the Kirarin combo? Is it Milky Way? Or Milkyway? Or both? (like with the varied spellings for Biyuden)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on October 31, 2008, 08:56:45 PM
What is the official spelling of the Kirarin combo? Is it Milky Way? Or Milkyway? Or both? (like with the varied spellings for Biyuden)
It's MilkyWay. It's written that way on Hello!Project.com and on their singles as well.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Anton_91 on November 01, 2008, 08:39:56 PM
Wasn't there an announcement in the beginning of 2008 (Around the times of 16sai no Koi Nante) that one of the C-ute kids would debut solo during 2008?  :? Or have I been dreaming?  :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on November 01, 2008, 08:53:33 PM
I don't remember hearing of such news, and a quick search of the forum for c-ute and "solo" or "debut" doesn't give anything like what you're talking about.

Similarly, no such news has been posted on hello-online.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Koolmon93 on November 01, 2008, 09:24:09 PM
That news was concerning a new solist IIRC, but that turned out to be Mano Erina, not an H!P Kid.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on November 02, 2008, 06:59:19 AM
So I was watching this game show (I wanna say it's called Quiz Sappuri, but IDK), and Kinoshita Yukina from the 5th gen auditions was on it. I looked her up and found that she's a gravure idol and model.
Does anyone have any info about how she got in the business? Did it happen right after losing the audition or was it something more recent?
Thanks, if anyone has an answer. I'm just curious. :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on November 02, 2008, 10:11:53 AM
Kinoshita Yukina (http://wiki.theppn.org/Kinoshita_Yukina) was 13 when she participated in the 5th gen auditions (2001). Japanese Wikipedia (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%A8%E4%B8%8B%E5%84%AA%E6%A8%B9%E8%8F%9C) says that she was a Yankii and a leader of a youth gang in junior high school. Let's just say she went to school. XD

In 2006 Yukina (age 18) was scouted by her agency in Shibuya. In 2007 she became the San-Ai Swimwear image girl for that year. That's when her career really took of. She appeared on many TV shows including Quiz Hexagon II. On that show she met another girl who auditioned for Morning Musume: Satoda Mai (http://wiki.theppn.org/Satoda_Mai). Together with Suzanne (http://wiki.theppn.org/Suzanne) they form the J-Pop group Pabo. (http://wiki.theppn.org/Pabo)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on November 02, 2008, 05:10:04 PM
^
Ok, thanks. :lol: Damn, she was a yankii? :w00t: I can see it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 07, 2008, 09:30:12 PM
ok I remember that I read a morning musume "featured artists" page @ jpopmusic.com in 2003, 5 years ago (but the links doesn't work anymore).  Back then I wasn't a particularly huge fan like I am now, I just decided to read up on them after watching the Love Machine PV.  I remember reading about how Tsunku would annually sent the girls to a shrine and have them do chores, pray and stay for several days.  Is this regard to the training camps for auditions or does the members actually participate as well?
I dunno why, but I just thought of this now, so I'm curious...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on November 08, 2008, 02:57:26 AM
ok I remember that I read a morning musume "featured artists" page @ jpopmusic.com in 2003, 5 years ago (but the links doesn't work anymore).  Back then I wasn't a particularly huge fan like I am now, I just decided to read up on them after watching the Love Machine PV.  I remember reading about how Tsunku would annually sent the girls to a shrine and have them do chores, pray and stay for several days.  Is this regard to the training camps for auditions or does the members actually participate as well?
I dunno why, but I just thought of this now, so I'm curious...

It's not an annual thing, it only happens during the audition process. The finalists (usually approx 10 to 12 girls) go to a temple for around 3 days where they do cleaning, cooking, voice training.  Tsunku then looks at how each girl has improved before and after and uses this (among other criteria) to help choose the winners.
Not all generations did it, only 1st, 3rd & 4th.  2nd gen didn't, and I'm fairly sure the later generations didn't do it either, (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.)
I don't think it's a H!P thing, I think 70's idols did something similar.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on November 08, 2008, 12:09:58 PM
5th, 6th & 8th gen also did training camp, but not sure it was exactly the same (a temple or what)... And there was one for 7th gen audition, the one that didn't have any winners. :lol: Koharu didn't do the camp. Also H!P Taiwan audition had a camp like this.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on November 08, 2008, 08:04:46 PM
5th, 6th & 8th gen also did training camp, but not sure it was exactly the same (a temple or what)... And there was one for 7th gen audition, the one that didn't have any winners. :lol: Koharu didn't do the camp. Also H!P Taiwan audition had a camp like this.

Ah ok.  I just remember that Asayan stopped before 5th gen so there weren't really any shows to show that sort of thing any more.  Musix showed some stuff on 5th gen and probably Hello Morning showed some tiny clips of the later ones, but the later stuff was never as good as the Asayan stuff which is probably why I've forgotten it. :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on November 09, 2008, 06:11:39 PM
Does anyone know what Gaki and Ai-chan's little sister's names are? I know it's a long shot but maybe someone knows? :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 10, 2008, 04:53:47 AM
Up-Front Works handles several labels under it's name and with 3 that's connected to other companies.

Epic Records is own by Sony Music Japan and Piccolo Town is own by King Records.  Which one belongs to Pony Canyon?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on November 10, 2008, 06:01:10 AM
Up-Front Works handles several labels under it's name and with 3 that's connected to other companies.

Epic Records is own by Sony Music Japan and Piccolo Town is own by King Records.  Which one belongs to Pony Canyon?
Piccolo Town is under UFA dude.
http://wiki.theppn.org/Up-Front_Works


As far as Pony Canyon goes, it's a subsidiary of the Fujisankei Communications Group (who also do the Fuji TV Network). 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujisankei_Communications_Group

You can tell the two of them (Pony Canyon and Fuji TV) are linked by the fact that they have the same logo on their official websites.

EDIT:
Pony Canyon
Official Site - http://www.ponycanyon.co.jp/
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Canyon

Fuji Television
Official Site - http://www.fujitv.co.jp/en/index.html
Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuji_Television
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 10, 2008, 07:44:39 AM
^but isn't Pony Canyon distribute one of the labels under UFA? isn't there a connection between UFA and Pony Canyon? 

UPDATE:  I just found some info, It seems hachama is the label handle by Pony Canyon, so there's the connection. 
and Piccolo Town is handled by King Records, I mean, maybe not own like I said previously.
It seems UFA owns the labels, but it's handled/distributed by its' respective parent company. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on November 10, 2008, 11:12:30 AM
Up-Front does not do record distribution or own a distributor itself. Therefor works of Up-Front owned labels are distributed by Pony Canyon, King Records and Sony Music Distribution. There is most likely no other relationship between these record distributors and Up-Front than their business dealings (no ownership).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on November 12, 2008, 12:12:41 AM
Wasn't there an announcement in the beginning of 2008 (Around the times of 16sai no Koi Nante) that one of the C-ute kids would debut solo during 2008?  :? Or have I been dreaming?  :P

I think something like that was in the gossip section, a rumor like that was posted along with others, one of them being "an egg would be a successor to Matsuura"  (Mano Erina I'm guessing? :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on November 14, 2008, 03:25:49 PM
Did H!P only have one Christmas album?
I want new current one, but I doubt it will ever happen :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on November 15, 2008, 12:19:48 AM
Wait H!P have a christmas album? I didn't know that. What's it called and where can I find it?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on November 15, 2008, 12:29:19 AM
^ They released a Christmas album, apart of the Douyou Pops series back in late 2001. There's a link for it on CD Japan here (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=PKCP-5001).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on November 16, 2008, 06:54:47 PM
Can anybody tell me the name of this drama or wherever it's from? It has several H!P members
http://www.dohhhup.com/movie/Nx58Y6ge0WusNfuVbGFeuInG3316dz9h/view.php
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Ayabie on November 17, 2008, 01:23:13 AM
道徳女子短大 エコ研 (Doutoku Joshitandai Eco-ken)

I think all three episodes have been subbed.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on November 18, 2008, 01:10:57 AM
^
Only the first 2 were subbed. HPS did the first one in english and HPC did the second in Chinese.

[HPS] Takahashi Ai - Doutoku Joshi Tandai Ecoken Ep.1 (2006.10.06 subtitled)
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=9527

[HPCSub]Doutoku Joshi Tandai Eco-ken Ep.02「39℃」
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=11213

RAW/Unsubbed Eps
Ep.1 - http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=4065
Ep.2 - http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=4325
Ep.3 - http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=4511
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on December 01, 2008, 12:20:38 PM
Back when MM were in Korea they were asked their opinions on SNSD and Wonder Girls, does anyone have the article or video (there was a bad quality vid on youtube that might have been a newscast which was subbed) talking about it at all?
All I remember is they said SNSD had nice skin... or something like that.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on December 01, 2008, 03:29:04 PM
^
AHHH! I second that question!!! :lol: Will my two favorite groups unite?!?!?! :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: lollipopgirl on December 02, 2008, 07:49:52 AM
^ Did you just say what I think you said :O
Did you just say WG is now ur 2nd fave group? *dies from joy*
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on December 03, 2008, 12:37:25 AM
^
Why yes, yes I did. XD I'm glad you're happy about it. When I read your first sentence, I had to go up and read what I wrote to see if I had said anything stupid or dirty ot something. :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on December 04, 2008, 10:01:25 PM
May I get a setlist to Morning Musume Concert Tour 2004 Spring The Best of Japan?

There's one particular song from it, Mini Moni's final live performance, and I don't remember what it is.
Since The PPN wiki is down, I can't find out that way, and had to ask here.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on December 04, 2008, 10:24:39 PM
The final Minimoni performance according to the Japanese Wikipedia:

16. 笑顔のデート 最後のデート(ミニモニ。)

Link: Full set lists (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E5%A8%98%E3%80%82%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E3%83%BB%E5%87%BA%E6%BC%94%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7#.E3.82.B3.E3.83.B3.E3.82.B5.E3.83.BC.E3.83.88). (scroll down a bit for 2004 spring)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on December 04, 2008, 11:05:43 PM
^
Thanks for that, tiny, but I can't read japanese.
I just need a translation of the song title.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: doinkies on December 04, 2008, 11:07:20 PM
"Egao no Date Saigo no Date"
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on December 04, 2008, 11:22:00 PM
Alright, thanks, doink.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on December 05, 2008, 03:25:09 AM
Since The PPN wiki is down

Just a tip for anyone needing to look something up on the wiki - you can still get pages cached at google.
Add theppn to a google search along with what you're looking for, and click the cached link.  It looks like nothing is happening but after about 2 minutes the page loads.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on December 05, 2008, 03:34:24 AM
Alternately, if you click the "text-only version" link, it will generally pop right up.  (Without the original page formatting, of course)

Sometimes a given article isn't cached, so in those cases, you're probably out of luck.

For example, I was trying to look up the cached page for Chu! Natsu Party but google didn't have it.  I wanted to know if there was any record of a performance featuring Matsuura Aya and Melon Kinenbi that I vaguely remember seeing a couple years ago.  It looked like part of a concert or live event, and they were wearing only partial costumes.  Does anyone else remember this one?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on December 05, 2008, 03:46:27 AM
Matsuura Aya Concert Tour 2005 Haru 101 Kaime no Kiss ~Hand in Hand~ and Hello Pro Party! 2005 ~Matsuura Aya Captain Koen~.

Somewhat certain on the first one, but very sure on the second one.
The second one also has W in the concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on December 05, 2008, 04:05:32 AM
I didn't remember Chu! Natsu Party being performed at either of those concerts.  It's not in the hello pro party video I have, and the setlist for the 101 Kaime Kiss concert doesn't have it either.

Maybe you were thinking of Yeah! Meccha Holiday?

I'm not sure the performance I'm thinking of is on a concert DVD, or even exists at all.

edit: After just a little google action, I'm almost completely certain the one I'm thinking of is from Matsuura's first concert tour, "First Date".  Now that I think about it, I'd forgotten that Heike Michiyo was in that performance.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: takahashi4ever on December 14, 2008, 04:55:56 PM
Hi! i´m looking for the first episode of Doutoku Joshi Tandai Ecoken (Ai-Chan) without subs,if anyone can say me where i can find it plis, because I want make the spanish sub for it, i find in english and chinesse but no the RAW(without sub) and in H!O tracker the torrent is dead T_T

(I don´t know where is the request section, if exist, so i make it here ><)
greetings

Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on December 17, 2008, 08:31:17 PM
Haromoni episode 144 (2003/01/26) is the 6th gen new member special. From episode 146 (2003/02/09) until 156 (2003/04/20) the 6th gen are followed. Exception is episode 149, which was the HaroPro Live Special. These segments were subbed by xmorfis.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sousora on December 29, 2008, 05:43:59 AM
Gah I hope someone can help with this. I'm a member of the fanclub but I threw away the password for this month's goods. Does anyone know if there's a way to get it? Or if anyone has this month's password and they could tell me again (got my fanclub number, of course, just threw away this month's stuff in a big cleaning spree...). The sooner the better :( Thanks.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on January 05, 2009, 06:53:56 AM
Quick question: Does Ai-chan live with just her mom in Tokyo or does her whole family live there? Or am I totally wrong or something? :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 11, 2009, 06:08:46 AM
anybody know what happened to the H!P photobook session on the Dakodako site? I've been trying to access it for days and it doesn't work?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on January 11, 2009, 09:56:56 AM
Stryfe changed the URL because it's not meant to be a public site. Me and Masa didn't know so we were wrong to link it on the forum. -.-"

Anyway, I'll PM you the link. If it moves again, anyone can come to the chatroom and ask for the new URL.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 11, 2009, 07:38:11 PM
thanks shirenu!

got a MK reltaed question: when Masae changes her hair, it for her own will or does H!P make her change her hair?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on January 12, 2009, 03:53:23 AM
Pretty sure it's her own choice. H!P aren't that strict! (are they? :lol:)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 12, 2009, 07:38:57 AM
If it was H!P's decision, then they've got some really messed up stylists there (considering some of the whacked out colour-combinations she's had in the past). :P
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 12, 2009, 09:14:51 PM
Has Morning Musume been in the U.S. mainland before?  I vaguely remembers a video about them being in Florida...  if it is so,then was it a fan club tour or just them going places? if not then nevermind.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 12, 2009, 10:19:31 PM
I remember one video of Nacchi, Yossie, Ai-chan and Yuko being in Florida before for some circus thing..I think it was on TV early on, can't think of the date
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: flamingmoe on January 12, 2009, 11:30:58 PM
^ It was a promotional special for the circus company (Quidam/Cirque du Soleil/etc.) with whom MM has had a long relationship. If you recall, they were suckered into the Bakajo test bcuz they thought they were gonna do another promo for them.

In the early days, Nacchi was shown on Asayan taking dance lessons in NYC, and later doing performance art on a street corner. And if I recall correctly, Tanpopo shot their Motto pv in San Francisco.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on January 13, 2009, 12:27:26 AM
^ And Rika's "Oui, Mon Amour" photobook was shot in Los Angeles.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cool_kickin_dude on January 13, 2009, 04:29:43 AM
^ also Inaba went to New York as well ealry during T&C Bomber..Ruru was recently there as well during their reunion tour this year
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 13, 2009, 04:41:30 AM
What, then, is when Takahashi Ai sits on a alligator?  is it the Quidam thing?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on January 13, 2009, 06:26:43 AM
What, then, is when Takahashi Ai sits on a alligator?  is it the Quidam thing?
Yes. It's during the Quidam thing.


EDIT: The full title of the special that it was a part of was "Morning Musume no Quidam no kuni kara 2002 Fuyu Kanzenban"
http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=11337
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 13, 2009, 08:52:50 AM
^thank you.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on February 15, 2009, 01:45:31 PM
Do you reckon that because Elder Club is graduating, there will be quite a few salary jumps in H!P??

I mean there was that old chart (which may have been made up or not) which showed that senior members had a higher base salary than younger/newer members even if they worked less. So now that the elders will no longer be in H!P (same agency maybe, but not senpais ~within H!P~), do the "new senior members" in H!P get a nice salary boost? o-o I reckon they should... kek
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on February 15, 2009, 10:51:27 PM
^
Even with the EC leaving H!P, they're still all being paid by Up-Front.  Seeing as how they're all still working for and being paid by the same company, the issue of whether they should is completely irrelevant to whether or not they will get raises.

It would be nice if they did, don't get me wrong (especially for Aichan and Risa, since they're the two oldest H!P members now). I'd also like hope that JunLin would both get at least somewhat of a raise, seeing as how they've stepped up their "idol-characters" a bit during the past year.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on February 19, 2009, 10:47:37 AM
I agree that the "new senior members" at least deserve a higher salary now.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on March 17, 2009, 11:49:18 AM
Anyone know where this is from and where I can watch/get it?

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4914/1237286315881.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1237286315881.jpg)(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3466/1237286438945.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1237286438945.jpg)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 17, 2009, 01:06:42 PM
That looks like this: ストップ温暖化「一村一品」大作戦2009 (http://www.bs-i.co.jp/app/program_details/index/JNT0900100) (which means something like "Stop Warming Up 'Ichimura Ippin' Epic Battle 2009"). It was broadcast today and is most likely available on an uploader or tracker Real Soon(tm).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Risastar on March 18, 2009, 07:08:29 PM
Anyone know where this is from and where I can watch/get it?

(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4914/1237286315881.th.jpg) (http://img21.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1237286315881.jpg)(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3466/1237286438945.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1237286438945.jpg)


Stop Global Warming "Ichimura Ippin " Daisakusen 2009 3.17.09 : Guest - Kusumi Koharu
ストップ温暖化「一村一品」大作戦2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gN72VSRCoI#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on March 28, 2009, 04:43:49 PM
Quick, easy question: Does every edition of Mikan have one of those card with the girls' picture on it, or just first press?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: rokun on March 29, 2009, 04:08:17 AM
Koharu is so unlike a normal Japanese girl in that video it's impressive. :D As far as being completely extroverted and not shy at all, even around those much older than her. She's definitely come a long way. XD Curious what the future has in store for her.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on March 29, 2009, 12:23:57 PM
Quick, easy question: Does every edition of Mikan have one of those card with the girls' picture on it, or just first press?

Only the limited editions and the first press of the regular edition.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: RatBastich on April 03, 2009, 01:52:02 AM
Heyo, I was wondering if someone would be so kind as to romanize this:

01 電話待っています
02 ラストシーン
MC
03 さあ、早速盛り上げて 行こか~!!
04 This is 運命
05 シャンパンの恋
MC
06 ランチ
07 6月のサンシャイン
08 ドライブ
09 あくま de FAKE
10 サクラ色の約束
11 赤いフリージア
MC
12 愛してはいけない…(斉藤柴田)
13 恋愛レストラン(村田大谷)
14 カリスマ・綺麗
15 お願い魅惑のターゲット オリジナルnew ver.
16 さぁ!恋人になろう
17 かわいい彼
18 ガールズパワー・愛するパワー
-アンコール-
19 LEATHER
20 香水
MC
21 アンフォゲッタブル


Its a setlist to a MKB concert.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: doinkies on April 03, 2009, 02:05:32 AM
^ Sure!

1. Denwa Matte Imasu
2. Last Scene
MC
3. Saa, Sassoku Moriagete Iko Ka~!!
4. This is Unmei
5. Champagne no Koi
MC
6. Lunch
7. 6gatsu no Sunshine
8. Drive
9. Akuma de FAKE
10. Sakura-iro no Yakusoku
11. Akai Freesia
MC
12. Ai Shite wa Ikenai...(Saitou, Shibata)
13. Renai Restaurant (Murata, Ootani)
14. Charisma Kirei
15. Onegai Miwaku no Target  Original new ver.
16. Saa! Koibito ni Narou
17. Kawaii Kare
18. Girls Power Ai Suru Power
-Encore-
19. LEATHER
20. Kousui
MC
21. Unforgettable
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: renzoku on April 03, 2009, 02:32:33 AM
Why my copy of Paper Keibu LE w/ Photobook don't have an OBI?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Aioros on April 06, 2009, 04:59:53 AM
May I ask where this cap of Manoeri and some of the Eggs taken from?
(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4228/manoeggs01.th.jpg) (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=manoeggs01.jpg)

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: kosu on April 06, 2009, 05:52:04 AM
^ :o never saw it before ... it could be from ManoEri's new single V ... but no idea ...

so ... anyone know ??
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: adode136 on April 06, 2009, 05:59:22 AM
It's from her new PV, although that cap is from the preview, the full PV hasn't been released yet.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: kosu on April 06, 2009, 06:29:47 AM
lol so I'm correct

Hajimete no Keiken CM (PV preview)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hzfnmyf51ym (http://www.mediafire.com/?hzfnmyf51ym)

Hajimete no Keiken CM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agcOdBczma8#ws-lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

 (http://www.imgur.com/files/090405/Th.20090406_01.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=090405/20090406_01.jpg)
Eggs as back-up dancers (from left to right): Kanon, Momoka, Dawa, Yuuka, Azusa and Sakitty
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on April 21, 2009, 03:20:00 PM
What are the main differences, in terms of content, between the "Hello! Project 2009 Winter Kettei! Halo Pro Award 09' - Elder Club Sotsugyo Kinen Special -" dvd and "Hello! Project 2009 Winter Wonderful Hearts Koen - Kakumei Gannen - / Elder Club Koen - Thank you for your LOVE! -"?

Does the latter focus more on the Elders?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on April 21, 2009, 03:23:55 PM
H!P award has the actual elder club graduation concert with the whole H!P, while the latter has the separate wonderful hearts and elder club concerts that were before the actual graduation concert.. I THINK!!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on April 21, 2009, 04:18:56 PM
What are the main differences, in terms of content, between the "Hello! Project 2009 Winter Kettei! Halo Pro Award 09' - Elder Club Sotsugyo Kinen Special -" dvd and "Hello! Project 2009 Winter Wonderful Hearts Koen - Kakumei Gannen - / Elder Club Koen - Thank you for your LOVE! -"?

Does the latter focus more on the Elders?

H!P award has the actual elder club graduation concert with the whole H!P, while the latter has the separate wonderful hearts and elder club concerts that were before the actual graduation concert.. I THINK!!

shirenu has it exactly right.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on April 21, 2009, 04:55:51 PM
Ah, thanks a lot then! I think I'll get the one with Wonderful Hearts then :heart:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on April 21, 2009, 06:51:21 PM
^ Correct, the second has two disc's with concerts
The first has one loooong concert in the big arena, mostly the elders but a few C-ute and Berryz supporting roles.
(I must say I prefer the second, as its more compact, the first has a lot of MC's in between where they present awards etc.)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on May 06, 2009, 04:33:06 PM
lol I was reading this one book (Language Contact in Japan by Loveday) and it says this:

Quote
Another common semantic change that can be observed involves shift, often due to truncation: the loan mooningu (<morning) is not equivalent to the Japanese asa 'morning' but is a truncation of mooningu-saabisu (<morning service), a Western-style breakfast of toast and coffee (instead of traditional rice and fish) in a restaurant.

So, I feel a bit stupid now. I mean 1) this explains why their first official single was Morning Coffee, and 2) why the entire name of the group could be considered  to be 'pervy'. Since Morning Coffee insinuates that the girl has spent the night together with her lover and is having morning coffee with him... Morning Musume is the girl that is served for you in the morning? lol oh my

Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.. I thought it was interesting, anyway!!
And I posted this here even if it's not a question because I FELT LIKE IT. XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: ~Dan~ on May 06, 2009, 06:04:22 PM
^ On ASAYAN when Tsunku was considering what name to call the group he did a sortof stream-of-consciousness thing, saying various names that came into his head, and one of them was Morning Service.  Another name he said was Baiking (Viking), a sortof mixed grill, I think.  Another was Morning 5.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on May 06, 2009, 07:50:01 PM
^
Don't forget "Takoyaki Kyodai"! (octopus dumpling sisters)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shurastriker on May 08, 2009, 04:49:13 AM
^ octopus dumpling sisters? seriously? LOL all i can imagine is tentacles... that is so hentai
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on May 13, 2009, 07:08:12 PM
What's this "Cotton Hearts" thing?

I saw Koharu mentioned, so I needed to know XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 17, 2009, 08:21:30 PM
What are the colors of the Current MoMusu members? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on May 17, 2009, 08:27:24 PM
What are the colors of the Current MoMusu members? 

Takahashi - Yellow
Niigaki - Light green
Kusumi - Red
Michishige - Pink
Kamei - Orange
Tanaka - Blue
Mitsui - Purple
Linlin - Dark green
Junjun - Dark blue
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JFC on May 17, 2009, 08:46:44 PM
^
I'd have to say Linlin's is more of a turquoise (bluish-green) than a full-on dark green (depending on the pic scan, it often comes out looking like a really light Baby blue). Reina's is more of an Aqua blue, while Junjun's is more Navy blue.

Here's a WP someone did up using pics from the HM@ ep where each member wore an outfit of their personal colour. Don't remember where I got it, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was actually from the Freestyle Flow section here. :lol:
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7503/mm20080915colours1680x1.th.jpg) (http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7503/mm20080915colours1680x1.jpg)


Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on May 17, 2009, 08:53:37 PM
We need official hex colour codes released  :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on May 17, 2009, 11:35:50 PM
Also of note is that Aika's is a light purple as opposed to dark purple, which was Yossy's at the time.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 18, 2009, 03:59:36 AM
Thank you.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: kazimarie on June 07, 2009, 05:21:19 AM
this question just passed randomly through my mind a few minutes ago....

....if kirarin revolution is over does this mean koharu wont really be a soloist anymore....?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Naomi on June 07, 2009, 05:22:51 AM
^ Probably not, as all of Koharu's releases were for the show.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on June 08, 2009, 06:01:44 AM
this question just passed randomly through my mind a few minutes ago....

....if kirarin revolution is over does this mean koharu wont really be a soloist anymore....?

Yes. She'll still have her past solo status of course (and I'm sure the information will be kept on the official site), but as of now, she's back as part of Morning Musume only.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: kazimarie on June 08, 2009, 09:23:07 AM
Should we worry?
apparently SKE48 is also releasing a single the same day as morning musumes 40th single....

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACM-4638 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACM-4638)


It would be highly upsetting if Morning Musume sold less then SKE48. i dont want MM to lose!

While Morning Musumes sales have been slightly steadily increasing lately if AKBs fanbase supports SKE and buys the new single......

hopefully since its anime related itll hurt sales. 

or am i over reacting?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: JTRIX on June 08, 2009, 04:22:27 PM
Should we worry?
apparently SKE48 is also releasing a single the same day as morning musumes 40th single....

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACM-4638 (http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=LACM-4638)


It would be highly upsetting if Morning Musume sold less then SKE48. i dont want MM to lose!

While Morning Musumes sales have been slightly steadily increasing lately if AKBs fanbase supports SKE and buys the new single......

hopefully since its anime related itll hurt sales. 

or am i over reacting?

I won't worry too much since MM is more well known than SKE48... I mean if it is MM vs. AKB48 then I will worry.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 12, 2009, 05:03:38 PM
Firstly, sorry for my question but I can't find a answer myself.
Azusa Kobayashi was in the first generation of Country Musume. After Hiromi died, she left H!P in July
and gave the reason that she can't handle Hiromi's death. One month after she left (August) she released a Adult Photobook
under the name Morita Hiromi. I searched everywhere but I can'T find anything about it.
In her résumé and on her homepage she also didn't mention it.
Now my question is if anyone got some information on this PB or knows where I can buy it?
(No, i'm not a pevert but i think it's really hard to get it)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on July 12, 2009, 06:39:29 PM
Is any of the Bijo Houdan episode, a new show that sometimes contains H!P/ex-H!P as guest speakers, english subbed?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on July 12, 2009, 07:25:22 PM
^ To my knowledge, none of them are English subbed, but some forum threads and fan blogs have summaries and partial translations. For example: http://od-radio.blogspot.com/2009/07/bijo-houdan-090710.html (http://od-radio.blogspot.com/2009/07/bijo-houdan-090710.html)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on July 12, 2009, 08:52:47 PM
Firstly, sorry for my question but I can't find a answer myself.
Azusa Kobayashi was in the first generation of Country Musume. After Hiromi died, she left H!P in July
and gave the reason that she can't handle Hiromi's death. One month after she left (August) she released a Adult Photobook
under the name Morita Hiromi. I searched everywhere but I can'T find anything about it.
In her résumé and on her homepage she also didn't mention it.
Now my question is if anyone got some information on this PB or knows where I can buy it?
(No, i'm not a pevert but i think it's really hard to get it)

The photobook was released in August 1999. It is a so-called "hair nude" PB, meaning it includes nude photographs showing pubic hair. Photographing is by the infamous Garo Aida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garo_Aida).

Some sellers on Amazon Japan Marketplace are selling it, see http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 12, 2009, 09:49:03 PM
and taht´s the pb?!" *__*
oh thank you very much!
I´ll try to get it *__*ö
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 13, 2009, 10:33:37 PM
ok next question:
I wanted to buy th pb:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845)

but nobody of my friends could help me
did anybody live/have friends in japan who can buy the pb and send it to germany?
please! >___<ö
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on July 14, 2009, 07:05:09 PM
ok next question:
I wanted to buy th pb:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4877240845)

but nobody of my friends could help me
did anybody live/have friends in japan who can buy the pb and send it to germany?
please! >___<ö
There is a reason Amazon doesn't send these things: its illegal to export them from Japan a.f.a.i.k.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 15, 2009, 04:23:02 PM
why should it be illegal?
she was 19 at release date öö
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on July 15, 2009, 04:35:13 PM
why should it be illegal?
she was 19 at release date öö


20 is considered the legal age in Japan. I'm guessing they don't ship porn out of the country if the one featured is underaged, only within Japan. Or simply perhaps there's a law that such items can't be delivered outside of the country, period.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 16, 2009, 05:38:23 PM
18 is the global age
many japanese av stars begin in age of 18 and it´s legal
it wouldn´t be a problem

I´m searching more azusa pb´s

(I´m very sorry I really have problems with it)

azusa makes 2 another photobooks (dressed i think)
releeased under the name kari hayashi(林華鈴)
the second:
name: 美少女シャンプー publisher: (オデッセウス)
I searched and found this:
http://www.auction.co.jp/mem1/item/mem_itm_item.asp?LOT=1186973 (http://www.auction.co.jp/mem1/item/mem_itm_item.asp?LOT=1186973)
but nothing where I can buy it(I´m going to make a azusa collection XDD)

from the third I found nothing
name: キムラカメラ publisher: (竹書房)

maybe it´s a magazine...?
I found this:
http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/ZTAWO570.html (http://www.suruga-ya.jp/database/ZTAWO570.html)

or a book?
http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/images/cache/tmb/06e2247190a8ead4f0464ccd5d77b690.jpg (http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/images/cache/tmb/06e2247190a8ead4f0464ccd5d77b690.jpg)

I think it´s all wrong
what´s about the third pb?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on July 16, 2009, 05:53:58 PM
18 is the global age
many japanese av stars begin in age of 18 and it´s legal
it wouldn´t be a problem

There must be some kind of law then either way, or a rule with Amazon, since it seems it can't be shipped out from Japan directly.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: inechan on July 16, 2009, 06:40:11 PM
"the possession of child pornography in Japan, where only production and distribution, and not possession, of obscene images of people under 18 are illegal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan#Child_pornography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan#Child_pornography)

people UNDER 18 is illegal
people with 18 years or older are legal
azusa was 19 at the release and 2 of the providers send it oversea but I can´t get it because I´m not at amazon/can´t read japanese

nothing illegal here
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: frblckstr1 on July 16, 2009, 07:14:32 PM
"the possession of child pornography in Japan, where only production and distribution, and not possession, of obscene images of people under 18 are illegal."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan#Child_pornography (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan#Child_pornography)

people UNDER 18 is illegal
people with 18 years or older are legal
azusa was 19 at the release and 2 of the providers send it oversea but I can´t get it because I´m not at amazon/can´t read japanese

nothing illegal here
You can argue what 'legal age' you want, if Amazon doesn't want to send it to you it doesn't send it, its up to them to deside that. Amazon JP is based in Japan and has to follow the Japanse rules.

I think the limit is Gravure, anything more 'hardcore' or labeled as such is NOT shipped outside of japan.

Edit searching for '林華鈴' gets me to this CD:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B001MISQD2/ (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B001MISQD2/)

'キムラカメラ' results in a series of books about buildings it looks like.

end-of-line.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on July 16, 2009, 07:18:06 PM
^ You said what I wanted to say in a better way XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on August 08, 2009, 01:05:33 AM
Don't know if anyone knows this or not, but Where does Up-Front Agency Co., Ltd. stands in the rankings in the Japanese entertainment industry? or even the parent (holding) company, Up-Front Group Co.,LTD in the Japanese Industry?

Reason I ask is that back in 2006 or 2007, don't remember, someone posted it here somewhere that UFA is actually quite high in the rankings, only behind Johnny's Entertainment and/or Avex.  And H!P girls, especially Momusu members are among the highest paid idols in the business?  don't know the numbers, but also curious...

Now that was back then, I dunno if they still all that..."that", how they ranked among the entertainment business and/or MoMusu still are still among the highest paid idols or even decently paid?

Or are these information not released to the public?  I also just watched the subbed Kizuna Restaurant with some of MM OGs and it mentioned Tsuji @ 13 was one of the youngest highest paid "idol", along with the MoMusu. And when they first started out, even into their "Love Machine" single, Both Nacchi and Kaorin were poor, living off bread crumbs and last minute special sales at convienence stores.  but they did say their parents handled their financials so they didn't know how much they made.

ANOTHER QUESTION: What are H!P contracts like?  Momusu and the others, even OG and those who were and still are under UFA?  do they take good care of their agents?  financial-wise? 

maybe this is sudden, but recently in the news, it seems Korean Idols group are underpaid and under harsh conditions according to their contracts. they call it "slave" contracts.  how does H!P contracts fare in comparison? it just struck me and now I'm curious about H!P/UFA.  the girls always work hard for concert and single promotions, and once in a while, we fans seem to think they are working too hard and wonder if they are getting enough rest.  Sometimes we heard some of them are injuried or fatigued.  in the same Kizuna Restaurant show, both Nakazawa Yuko-san and Abe Natsumi mention that @ one point they were so exhausted that Nakazawa had memory loss and Natsumi was struck with certain fatigue and fell down like a log. 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on August 08, 2009, 09:30:15 AM
Maybe this is a bit off-topic but >_>

As for base salaries, the way how Japan works is that senior members get paid more. Loyalty to a company is really important and the longer you stay working at the same company, the more you get chances to get 'promoted' etc. So when elder club was still around, Yuki Maeda would get paid more than Berryz even if Berryz worked more because Maeda was a senior. (They're still with the same company so maybe this is still true. Also there might be jobs or bonuses that give e.g. Berryz extra money, but I wouldn't know) This also explains why many ex-Momusu members have stayed working for UFA/UFG, even if they no longer work nearly as often and as glamorous jobs. It's still very beneficial to them.

And it also explains why it's been such a slow process for Maki Goto to restart her career at Avex. When you jump into another company, you start again from scratch. To Avex Gocchin is a newbie, not a veteran performer... So in a way for her to switch agencies was a very brave and risky thing to do D: Company jumping isn't viewed the same way as in the west, it's really betraying your loyalty in a way...

As for being worn out, during its Golden Era Momusu was everywhere every day so I wouldn't be surprised they were exhausted. Now that Momusu is less popular they still have a lot of projects (just of a different kind - they might not be on TV every day, but it's not like they're just at home twiddling their thumbs), so it's difficult to say if it's still as hectic as back in the day. It should also be noted that current Momusu wouldn't be allowed to talk about their current exhaustion; maybe Aichan would be allowed to say how hard it was for her at the start, but to say something about things being hard now would be unacceptable cuz idols are supposed to maintain the happy, energetic image. That's also why it's mostly graduated members talking about these things, to them it's acceptable now. Their time in the Momusu machine is over... Anyway as a result, it will be difficult for any of us to know the truth about current Momusu for years to come.

Ok I didn't really answer anything, but it's morning and I felt like babbling. :D
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shadowstar on August 08, 2009, 10:54:26 AM
Great post there, shi!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on August 08, 2009, 04:54:23 PM
^
^
Thanks, shirenu.  you did answered one of my questions.  and don't worry about babbling we all do it, especially when in a long post, like I did before and what I'm doing now...

 I also read from another post that UFA/UFG does take care of their artists, financially, even now.  Though I dunno if they're still among the most paid idols, but as long as they're well off and at least decently paid, I'm happy for them.  I thought that if I know where UFA/UFG stands in the industry, the market, like stock and stuff, compare it to other idol agency and I could maybe get an idea of artist income...
Also, Hello! Project started in 1997, so they're a relatively new and not really established yet, so not really experienced, but then again, H!P is only a name and logo, the umbrella group, not an agency. I wonder how long UFA(the agency) existed and are they well established and experienced in the entertainment section?  which brings me to another question, UFW/UFG(the parent company), how long did they existed and well established are they?
Hello! Project members aren't the only artists/group they managed, as there are several others.
I'm just thinking, the longer you are in the business, the more you learned and experienced, therefore more productive and effective and know how to handle business, same for companies...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on September 09, 2009, 08:57:34 PM
Up-Front Group was established in 1983. It is owned by several other companies. The value of its capitol stock is not published. Its main subsidiary is Up-Front Agency, which was established as a company in 2001 but already existed as part of UFG prior to that. Its proceeds were 7.32 billion yen in March, 2006. (I think that is for the fiscal year 2005/2006 but Japanese Wikipedia is not very clear to me about that).

According to Japanese Wikipedia a third of the income of Up-Front Group currently comes from a real estate project set up with proceeds from the Golden Era of Morning Musume (from Love Machine (today 10 years ago released btw) etc.)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 23, 2009, 07:38:00 AM
Hello! Project Kansai, SINA, used to have a video radio show, GIRL KISS, which volume was the last one?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on January 11, 2010, 12:48:34 AM
When will the FC DVD of Morning Musume in LA will be released?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on January 11, 2010, 01:01:39 PM
When will the FC DVD of Morning Musume in LA will be released?

According to musumenavi.jp (http://musumenavi.jp) in the last 10 days of January or the first 10 days of February.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: tiny on January 11, 2010, 01:07:33 PM
Hello! Project Kansai, SINA, used to have a video radio show, GIRL KISS, which volume was the last one?

I think it was volume 72. See also the official Girls Kiss archive here (http://www.amerikamura.tv/idol/yt/idol_girls_archives_yt.html).
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SugarAndSynth on March 08, 2010, 01:10:14 AM
Hello! Two questions!

I'm making a comprehensive Hello! Project DVD release list for my own reference, and I was curious about the release of the DVD for Hello! Project 2006 Winter ~Zeninshuu Go!~. I know they were going to release it in March that year (as usual), but cancelled it because of Kago, and then there was talk of releasing it in December 2008 as a Fanclub-only DVD. Does anyone know the actual release date for that? Did it ever get released? I'm having trouble finding info on it.

In the same vein, I've been looking for similar release date information for any DVD/VHS copies of all Hello!Project's concerts prior to 2002 ~Kotoshi mo Sugoizo~ (not Morning Musume, only all-inclusive Hello! Project shows from First Concert Hello in 1998 through Together! Summer Party in 2001). I can find the dates for the actual tours, but no info about when the videos were released to the public, and because they're all out of print, I can't find any release info on sales sites, either. Is there a list of those anywhere, or am I missing something?

Thanks very much! :3


Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on March 08, 2010, 01:25:57 AM
For your first question, I know it was released and I'm pretty sure it was fanclub only, but not sure when it was released.
I know it was released because I have a copy of it I got from Hello!Online's tracker.  I'd never seen it anywhere until I got it there, and that was December 2008 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=17996).  You might be able to contact the original seeder of that torrent for more information.

For your second question, I was going to suggest checking the Japanese wiki page on Hello! Project DVD releases (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC!%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E3%83%BB%E5%87%BA%E6%BC%94%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7), but they don't have pre-2002 Winter info.  Since you specifically asked about that, I assume you already checked that. :)

For more authoritative information on release dates, I'm sorry to say I don't have any other sources.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SugarAndSynth on March 08, 2010, 04:06:57 AM
For your first question, I know it was released and I'm pretty sure it was fanclub only, but not sure when it was released.
I know it was released because I have a copy of it I got from Hello!Online's tracker.  I'd never seen it anywhere until I got it there, and that was December 2008 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?act=tracker&CODE=details&torrent=17996).  You might be able to contact the original seeder of that torrent for more information.

For your second question, I was going to suggest checking the Japanese wiki page on Hello! Project DVD releases (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC!%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%81%AE%E4%BD%9C%E5%93%81%E3%83%BB%E5%87%BA%E6%BC%94%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7), but they don't have pre-2002 Winter info.  Since you specifically asked about that, I assume you already checked that. :)

For more authoritative information on release dates, I'm sorry to say I don't have any other sources.

Thank you for the tipoff about H!OT, I'll check there! (...And possibly take a look at that torrent, too, if it's still active. X3) I hadn't even thought to do that! It sure is hard to get ahold of...

And yeah, I've checked there. x.x I've checked most of the wikis I can find, too, like thePPN and J-Ongaku and all those places. I can find release dates for all the old single V VHS and everything, too, but no luck with the concerts. I guess it's not like the dates are that important, I'm just kind of anal about my list formats. XD

Thanks very much for your help!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: almond on March 12, 2010, 02:41:46 AM
I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly, the H!P concerts before 2002 were released as fan club items which would explain why you have trouble finding exact release dates.

I do know that some of them were aired (at least in part) on television, usually as something like a "Morning Musume. and Friends" type name, so you might be able to find some airdates that way.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on May 14, 2010, 12:11:47 AM
I'm just wondering, cuz I'd never really paid attention, or that they haven't been in the news but...
What ever happened to Hello! Pro Eggs?  not just them but Hello! Pro Kansai(SINA), Taiwan (Ice Creamusume, Princess, Francis & Aiko), and that one from Korea?

are they even active, working in music related or not? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on May 14, 2010, 08:40:34 AM
Eggs are active all the time! :O They have their concerts and other gigs, like Shugo Chara Egg. Eggs just got their 10th generation.

SINA has live events but doesn't release things still

Ice Creamusume, I have no frickin idea, it's like they were given up on :O The two little ones still seem to make appearances in Taiwan

The one from Korea made an appearance at some H!P concert err... when was it... Last winter or summer... But since then, nothing D:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: cromartiedropout on May 27, 2010, 01:10:21 AM
^Didn't Jang Da Yeun make an appearance at the Champloo concert too?  With Risa semi-translating for her?  Or am I thinking about the Winter concert you mentioned? XD
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on May 28, 2010, 07:26:19 AM
^ You're more likely to be right than I am, because I don't think I watched the full Champloo concert :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on August 17, 2010, 06:11:41 AM
Does twitter(USA version) able to subscribe to any of H!P blogs, in japanese or not? 
first off, I'm in America and I also know nothing of tweeting or twitter?  just started...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: mode107 on August 17, 2010, 07:00:57 AM
I'm not apart of Twitter myself, but i'm pretty sure you can follow/subcribe to other twitter pages outside of your region. Is that what you mean by blog?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on September 04, 2010, 08:06:00 PM
Morning Musume and other H!P groups/artists had been to Korea and promote their releases.  But I never knew the sales of H!P in korea.  How did Morning Musume and H!P did regarding to sales.  same in China? 
although I heard piracy is a big thing in Korea and China compared to Japan where they all buy/download it legally, so I don't expect much, but still wanna know how much did fans went out of their way for the girls. 
also Taiwan and other overseas sales figure would be nice, too.

I'm just curious how well they did overseas which would commend any future overseas event... 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SarangAi on October 01, 2010, 03:31:49 AM
I have a question~ dunno if it's been asked yet but whatev XD

I've been kinda curious about this: how do you think the H!P girls handle school?
home school? private school? regular public school?

and in terms of Linlin... I kno she's finished high school now, but in 2007, she was still in school. did she drop out or something?

And I don't think I've ever heard of any MoMusu going to college... rite? :O
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: nachdenki on October 01, 2010, 07:32:25 AM
^
H!P girls handle school much like every other person.
Almost all go to normal schools near their living places at least until middle school.
For high school many went/go to a high school that's specialized on celebrities and such, it has different schedules and other rules allowing them to do work when normal students are in school. Airi from C-ute is the only girl from H!P I know who went to that school already during middle school.
Very few also go to correspondence school as high school so I've heard for most flexibility.

Out of the current Morning Musume members I don't think anyone is going to college. But former members like Makoto and Konno are known to have been trying to go to one at least.
As for the rest of current H!P only Momoko is officially known to go to a college.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SarangAi on October 01, 2010, 07:56:27 AM
^thank you for your answer. It cleared up my curiosity a LOT :grin:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: BigDnm01 on October 03, 2010, 04:52:18 PM
^
^
Momoko is in college?  Berryz MomoKo? 
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: rndmnwierd on October 04, 2010, 06:11:59 PM
Okay, call me stupid, but I have a question. I was looking up a buying guide for the H!P stores and it says you write down the item's number and how many of each you want and then at the bottom:
Quote
As soon as you finished writing down all numbers and amounts of the items you want (try to always write the numbers in the correct columns, check both pages before writing down), count the total amount of the items. You need to write the summed amounts and not the total count of different items into the box at the bottom.
Does that mean write down the total amount of items that I want or how many different categories of items I have listed? I can't figure it out, the wording is weird to me.

This is the full page of where I got that quote from.
http://haropedia.mrwaffle.org/wiki/Buying_Guide (http://haropedia.mrwaffle.org/wiki/Buying_Guide)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Double_U on October 17, 2010, 01:13:03 AM
I just rewatched Rika's graduation (for the millionth time  XD) and I was wondering...Does anyone know if there is a subbed version/translation of the messages from the other musumes to Rika? Because I can't be the only one who wants to know what they said.  :grin:
Especially what Yossie said...
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sugar on April 13, 2011, 07:22:38 PM
Is anyone going to TakaAi's grad? I really, really want to go and will pay good money to get good seats if anyone here is in the fanclub, or knows someone who is. I am DESPERATE to go to this concert. I don't think I have ever wanted something more in my entire life. I know the tickets aren't out yet but I neeeeed to get them as I know they are going to sell out quick sticks. I do NOT want to go through Rinkya as it is a massive hassle. It'd be a lot easier to pay someone to get me an amazing ticket.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: manamin on May 05, 2011, 03:26:54 AM
Okay, call me stupid, but I have a question. I was looking up a buying guide for the H!P stores and it says you write down the item's number and how many of each you want and then at the bottom:

It's kind of both.  :bingo: So you'll be writing in a rectangle (which I can't make on the forum, sorry :) ) But the rectangle has the first number for the category (example: Morning Musume is usually 3) and an X.

So like this:  3 _____ X ____

Let's say the picture is number 3784, and you want 2 because you have a friend that would totally love it too. ;)

You'd fill it in like this:

3 784 X 2

Fill in all the pictures you want in the shop. Let's say you get 3784x2, 4022x1, and 7669x10 (I think it's roughly the 7000s that are lucky dip items)

On the back, you'd write your name and in the total box, you would write 13, because there are 13 items total that you need. When the staff rings up your order, they check how many items have been run into the register against this to make sure that you have everything you asked for. :glasses:

Does that make more sense? 



Also sugar: I'm going to try my best to go to Takahashi's grad. I don't know when they're gonna do it, since she originally announced fall tour, which is December... but people keep saying September now. But either way, I'm pretty sure I'm going to try.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on May 31, 2011, 05:27:36 AM
Is it possible to buy concert goods even if you're not attending a concert? According to DJ Waffles, there is a place to buy them outside the venue so I'm just wondering if you have to have a ticket in order to buy from there.

Thanks in advance!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: winner on June 11, 2011, 03:45:50 AM
^Sure. A lot of people buy goods without going to the concert.
Depending on the venue. They sometimes have 2 lines and the longer one is probably the one for the goods. Sometimes one big line for both goods and concert.
And you can go line up and buy, a few hours earlier from when the concert starts.
So basically line up in the longest line you can find (and has fans coming in and out with stacks of goods) and you should be fine. :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: strawb3rrykream on June 11, 2011, 05:52:11 AM
Thank you! I just wanted to make sure, so I wouldn't get in trouble or something if I try it :nervous
Title: New Ustream?
Post by: Chibs on October 06, 2011, 05:56:31 AM
Since I used google translate on this, I'm not sure if it is ustreamusume or not, anyways it is starting 10/6 22:00 japanese time
it is for mobekimasu however you spell it
http://gree.jp/michishige_sayumi/blog/entry/603233400#comment (http://gree.jp/michishige_sayumi/blog/entry/603233400#comment)
http://natalie.mu/music/news/57605 (http://natalie.mu/music/news/57605)<---more info
i hear it is prerecorded, which makes me wonder why they are ustreaming it instead of youtubing it xD
Title: Re: New Ustream?
Post by: Slack on October 06, 2011, 06:30:10 AM
Gotta quote Shi from Sayu's thread here.
So I was randomly checking the H!P site and saw this: http://www.helloproject.com/news/1110051215_musume.html (http://www.helloproject.com/news/1110051215_musume.html)

Sayumi will have a Ustream show every week "Mobekimasutte nani??", Thursdays 10pm... Maybe this isn't news, I dunno haha, it was new to me

The first show is tomorrow starting at 10pm Japan time, with guests Kanyon and Dawa from S/mileage :3
Must be prerecorded since the S/mileage girls are underaged and there's already a picture of them together. XD
Considering the Mobekimasu name, she'll probably have all different H!P girls as guests ^^

The show URL is here (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sayumbcms#)


I think it's because with YouTube, the video just sits there,
while with Ustream, it's more like an event or a show that you tune in to.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Tian_Yuan on January 17, 2012, 08:30:27 PM
Hi! I was wondering if anyone could tell me what is the difference between the blu ray and dvd releases? I read people saying the blu ray concerts have all the extras but when i look on cd japan it doesnt mention anything different from the dvd.  I am just wondering and it is really bothering me -.-;;; thank you!  I hope this is the right place to ask this as well ^^;;;
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on January 17, 2012, 09:10:27 PM
It depends on which concert it is.
Most of the time, they seem to have the same contents, but the H!P concerts are a little different.
For H!P concerts, they tend to have at least twice as many bonus tracks.
The 2010 summer H!P concert DVD comes with 4 bonus tracks while the Blu-ray has around 20.
However, the DVD bonus tracks aren't on the Blu-ray version.

The 2011 summer H!P concert DVDs have 6 bonus tracks and the Blu-rays have 18.
On this one, all the DVD bonus tracks are included on the Blu-rays.


If you don't have a DVD player that's capable of playing region 2 DVDs, all the H!P Blu-rays are region-free.
While they're significantly pricier, you also get superior picture quality.
Even though they're usually around twice as expensive, you get something like 6x as many pixels per frame.
As a collector, I just can't make myself get the regular DVDs anymore if the blu-rays are available.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Tian_Yuan on January 17, 2012, 10:12:18 PM
Thanks! I wish those details were in the item descriptions. I was looking at H!P summer and winter 2011... I will get the blu rays for those. What about Ai Believe? Is the content different between the blu ray and dvd?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on January 17, 2012, 10:26:01 PM
No, the content is the same for the DVDs and Blu-rays of the Ai Believe concert, according to HMV.
Even the split between disc 1 and disc 2 is the same.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: SomethingWild on July 20, 2012, 11:33:49 AM
My Morning Musume fandom had been slowly declining since 2007 and I stopped following most of H!P since 2009.
However, seeing the 'new era' Morning Musume perform and getting to meet them has completely revived my interest.
I think One Two Three is a pretty killer song and I hope they can keep up this level.

Anyway, my question: does Morning Musume still have any regular TV shows anymore? I remember when Haromoni ended in late 2008, but since I stopped following them around that time I don't really know what happened after that. Did they get any new weekly or daily shows? I'd love to catch up and learn more about the new gen girls.

Secondly, is there a list of solo releases (Photobook, DVD, etc) from the eight new girls?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on July 20, 2012, 12:39:02 PM
^ I'll let someone else reply in more detail, but I warmly recommend checking out the H!P postwhoring thread in H!P Crapola for all kinds of random recent Youtube videos :lol:
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: J-Triumf on July 20, 2012, 02:14:03 PM
Anyway, my question: does Morning Musume still have any regular TV shows anymore? I remember when Haromoni ended in late 2008, but since I stopped following them around that time I don't really know what happened after that. Did they get any new weekly or daily shows? I'd love to catch up and learn more about the new gen girls.

Secondly, is there a list of solo releases (Photobook, DVD, etc) from the eight new girls?

Thanks!

The current weekly show for Hello Project is called Hello! Satoyama Life, which focuses on H!P members doing random farm/nature stuff...though I haven't watched much of it myself. :nervous The show it replaced was Hello! Pro Time, which ran for a year and focused on the girls filming themselves away from the stage, such as breaks between performances/photoshoots/recordings/etc. or going to random locations and experiencing food and other things. That show, in turn, replaced another show called Bijo Gaku, which I believe originated the format used by HPT (someone feel free to correct me).

As for solo work from the 8 new Momusu members, so far only Riho Sayashi has released a photobook, with another on the way next month. However, all of them (I think) have had their own image DVD under the e-Hello series.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: winner on July 20, 2012, 02:41:19 PM
Reminds me. I watched up to the episodes with Maimi bike-riding all over the place and forgot to continue. Need to catch up~ :)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Slack on July 21, 2012, 05:09:52 AM
Anyway, my question: does Morning Musume still have any regular TV shows anymore? I remember when Haromoni ended in late 2008, but since I stopped following them around that time I don't really know what happened after that. Did they get any new weekly or daily shows? I'd love to catch up and learn more about the new gen girls.

Secondly, is there a list of solo releases (Photobook, DVD, etc) from the eight new girls?
I'd also like to point out that 9th/10th gens have two regular radio shows, which are a great way to get to know more about them if you can understand what they're saying.
The first one is Morning Musume no Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~ ("Morning Musume's Morning Girls Academy ~Afterschool Meeting~" a.k.a. mo-jo)
The second one, Maji de Pyoko Pyoko, is fanclub only but uploaded to Hello! Online semi-regularly.

Riho also has her own radio show, Riho-Deli, which she inherited from Manoeri. (used to be Mano-Deli)

The thing about learning more about the girls is that TV isn't the primary medium anymore.
With radio shows, blogs, twitter, DVD magazines, and concert and event MCs, in many ways there's just as much information out there as in years past.
It's just that it's not as visual as it was before when they were on TV more often.
The problem as I see it is that most overseas fans don't have the Japanese language knowledge to fully take advantage of all of it.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: elgie on August 09, 2012, 09:35:22 PM
Anyway, my question: does Morning Musume still have any regular TV shows anymore? I remember when Haromoni ended in late 2008, but since I stopped following them around that time I don't really know what happened after that. Did they get any new weekly or daily shows? I'd love to catch up and learn more about the new gen girls.

Secondly, is there a list of solo releases (Photobook, DVD, etc) from the eight new girls?
I'd also like to point out that 9th/10th gens have two regular radio shows, which are a great way to get to know more about them if you can understand what they're saying.
The first one is Morning Musume no Morning Jogakuin ~Houkago Meeting~ ("Morning Musume's Morning Girls Academy ~Afterschool Meeting~" a.k.a. mo-jo)
The second one, Maji de Pyoko Pyoko, is fanclub only but uploaded to Hello! Online semi-regularly.

Riho also has her own radio show, Riho-Deli, which she inherited from Manoeri. (used to be Mano-Deli)

The thing about learning more about the girls is that TV isn't the primary medium anymore.
With radio shows, blogs, twitter, DVD magazines, and concert and event MCs, in many ways there's just as much information out there as in years past.
It's just that it's not as visual as it was before when they were on TV more often.
The problem as I see it is that most overseas fans don't have the Japanese language knowledge to fully take advantage of all of it.

A bigger problem I see is that the current means of exposure reach mostly to fans. It's very difficult to get someone who's not a fan to watch a certain YT video or follow a certain blog unless it goes viral for some reason, while TV is more likely to reach casual viewers. So while we as fans get a lot more info than before, the girls' visibility in the "outside" world is smaller.
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: Joe on September 03, 2012, 07:02:58 PM
I would like to know which vol DVD features the episode 19 of HP time. This is the one>

Hello! Pro TIME episodio 19 (110901) (sub español) pt 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqgR2lIzskE#ws)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: winner on September 04, 2012, 03:18:25 PM
^It's in HelloPro Time DVD Vol.9. Listed in the 2nd point in the contents:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/5078306 (http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/5078306)
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: initial on August 26, 2014, 05:06:55 PM
Question:
I'm trying to find which Hello Project DVD Magazine volume was it where Maasa and Captain went on a  field trip to a Manga studio. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a Berryz DVD Magazien because near the end some H!P girls had a mock slumber party. Remember that volume?
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sayumi_fan on June 24, 2019, 05:59:54 AM
OK, let's try reviving another long dead thread...  :lol:

I am trying to identify a particular album or single cover of Momusu, and I can't for the life of me track it down even though I have looked everywhere.

It's important to me cos it has the picture where I first noticed Sayu, and it must have been around 2005 or just after.

The cover had Momusu all lined up, standing, and wearing not a uniform costume but individual fashion clothing.

Any help appreciated!
Title: Re: Hello! Pro QUESTIONS
Post by: sayumi_fan on June 24, 2019, 06:11:40 AM
OK, answering my own question, hehe... Just remembered the Sakura Gumi / Otome Gumi split.

The cover in question was Ai no Sono ~Touch my Heart!~ from late 2003 already.

(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/helloproject/images/4/4a/AinoSonoTouchMyHeart-r.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150112165315)