(Group) Alice Project Company

[Jul3]

RIP Karen.

This is such a shock, I don't have many words to say at the moment...

She made her re-appearance at PARMS at the Tanabata Matsuri in July, must have been shortly before she passed away...



Another report: http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/entame/entertainment/310079/

I did not know this before, but she wrote the lyrics to "destiny"



Listening to this now, whilst looking at the pictures posted above, is just so sad 

[wattstax]

You just hate my oshi 

You've got me
No, actually I think she is cute and nice, too. As much as I saw at PARMS of her. Just wish they would also focus on their unique music style.

But what with the facebook, instagram, and that English twitter account, they are trying to broaden out to international fans, so I hope their foreign debuts next week go well!

This is actually great! Hopefully a European Tour soon
And it seems that every girl has to learn some basic english. Helps a lot during chekis But what about the english Twitter account??

RIP Karen

Amu still isn't performing...

[john_hung]

also

http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/nepleague/index.html?2014090801

yuki was on this show

[Jul3]

A couple of nice Enlgish articles RE: Karen:

http://pureidolheart.net/2014/09/steamgirls-member-tsukimiya-karen-has-passed-away/

http://kulleraugen48.tumblr.com/post/96973528286/steamgirls-member-tsukimiya-karen-has-passed-away

The second translates some of the other members tweets to Karen tonight, which are the saddest thing to see.

Tonight at PARMS, everyone showd pink lighsticks for Karen and they performed the following songs for her:
Cosmic Love
Open My Eyes
destiny



...

Her last appearance:

[john_hung]

http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0066183

[john_hung]

[Jul3]

Oh cool, this was the LABI Idol Festival where Jun performed with Alice Juban for the first (and only, so far) time. Really good to see her with them.

it's taken a while, but i'm starting to actually like armor girls' songs - at first i wasn't into the robin hood/king arthur sound but i've come to appreciate it and enjoy it 

Ahh, this was Armor Girls first non-Tokyo performance! In Nagoya!

Glad you are finally liking the Armor Girls sound 


There's some newsvids on youtube about the Kamen Joshi worldwide debut but also loads on the Karen news... I don't really feel like clicking on them now, so will maybe just link later... I read this great piece yesterday though about Karen, please read it: http://pureidolheart.net/2014/09/saying-goodbye-to-an-idol-tsukimiya-karen-who-passed-away/


Also, does anyone watch those long half an hour videos on their youtube channel? If so, how are they?

[john_hung]

i've seen a couple of them - both seem to be like some sort of radio show format thing...EDIT - they all were talking about thisone  the other day on twitter, and didn't quite understand what they were going on about, i just knew it was something to do with food lol 

[john_hung]

they made it to their destinations safely 

[john_hung]

[Jul3]

There's a new browser-based rhythm game at http://alice-room.net/

It took forever to load but here's the team I chose for myself:



And I just tried out one song... gonna play some more...

Here's a nice little loading screen for a song:



Oh, if it is stuck there, click the X and then no and it might start the game...



Mine kinda glitches so I can't see the bottom buttons cuz the member cards appear on top of them...

[Jul3]

The above game is now available on phones!

iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/arisuno-bu-wu-yuan-qi-zhong!/id896113013?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.jp.i0plus.GameAlice0

http://ameblo.jp/alicekusanagi/entry-11925048578.html


I tried the Android one, it's just running the browser game on your phone, but loads a lot faster. The interface isn't ideal as the buttons are at the top, bottom, left and right, so the top and bottom buttons aren't ideal for your thumbs, and i still have trouble seeing the bottom button.

[john_hung]

^ finally was able to complete the registration, was having a bit of trouble at first 

[Jul3]

Finally up to date with the Daily Alice videos! After a bit of a marathon of them the other night...

This was quite cool seeing Armor Girls + Steam Girls perform as Kamen Joshi without Alice Juban. Was pleased to see Jun doing the rapping parts along with Risapyon, and Sara-chan on the boat 


Here's a vid of the Nikuju Girls final live from the Gyoza vs Kara-age Grand Prix:



As well as their own song, they do Kokoroido, Zenkai Hero, Adventure, and Natsu Dane!

[john_hung]

was that reika who came out towards the end?

[Jul3]

^ yeah, does she hold some kind of management role nowadays?

[john_hung]

i think so.

http://www.alice-project.biz/special?id=94

which is pretty cool considering she had been with the company from early on, so not only does she know what it's like to be an idol, but specifically an alice project idol.



my team 

[Jul3]

Jun-chan's in Young Gangan out today...

Here's her with the mag:



She has two pages:



Buy at: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-1709648

Offshot:



Here's the related video:

[Jul3]

Was just looking up some TV shows they'd been on and found these...

This is "Makita Sports",

They were on the 9/9 episode:



And 16/9 episode:



And will also be on the upcoming 23/9 episode.

haven't watched them yet but will do!

[john_hung]

i like maari's little horns