[2012.06.06] The 4th Senbatsu Election - *Results on page 10!*

[Kid_Alpha]

Agreed. Junjou Shugi and Kagami are my favorite Team B songs.

Yukirin's my best bet for #1 in this election, if not her then Takamina.

[lolym]

And Two Years Later is one of the best stage songs ever, in my modest opinion.

[Amplifier]

Check out the Mayu center!  I wonder about the ways this PV will affect the election.

[SomethingWild]

Cross quoting from the questions thread:

Good day:
Does anyone know if the 4th senbatsu vote is included in the NMB & SKE singles? Or only in Manatsu?

Voting tickets are only ever included with the AKB single.

I know they want AKB48 to sell a million+ again, but I think it would benefit the entire 48 empire if the SKE48 and NMB48 singles did include Senbatsu Election voting tickets. AKB48 may sell a bit less, but it will definitely increase the sales for SKE48 and NMB48, which will give them more exposure, which will lead to more fans for each group, which will lead to a stronger empire. They're included in the election anyway, so why not go all out with the voting tickets as well?

[Amplifier]

I know they want AKB48 to sell a million+ again, but I think it would benefit the entire 48 empire if the SKE48 and NMB48 singles did include Senbatsu Election voting tickets. AKB48 may sell a bit less, but it will definitely increase the sales for SKE48 and NMB48, which will give them more exposure, which will lead to more fans for each group, which will lead to a stronger empire. They're included in the election anyway, so why not go all out with the voting tickets as well?

It's kinda surprising we aren't getting that this year, considering the release schedule. I'd be all for that, though.

BTW guys, have you seen how beautiful Kumi is lately? Don't forget to vote for her in the election. I'll ban everyone if she doesn't make Senbatsu

[YKT]

http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4063896676/

Release Date: 2012/5/16

Edit - HQ scan - click to enlarge

[Seigus]

All the girls' appeal videos for the upcoming 4th Senbatsu Election are up on Youtube!

AKB48 アピールコメント Channel!
http://www.youtube.com/user/AKB48APPEALCOMMENT

[SomethingWild]

^You know what's interesting, unlike last year we can actually see the amount of views for each video! This will help speculations 

[Seigus]

^You know what's interesting, unlike last year we can actually see the amount of views for each video! This will help speculations 

Great catch! I didn't notice that. At the moment, Sasshi's leading with 13.6K views, followed by Yuko at 12.5K and Wasamin at 11.7K. Not surprisingly, Kaoru has the highest number of views at 4.2K among the AKB research students.

I haven't watched all the videos but the most baffling one I've seen has to be Takamina's. What is that girl doing??? I can't help but think that she's channelling the feeling of constipation

[YKT]

^ herewith 1 reduced size animated gif in response

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^You know what's interesting, unlike last year we can actually see the amount of views for each video! This will help speculations 

Great catch! I didn't notice that. At the moment, Sasshi's leading with 13.6K views, followed by Yuko at 12.5K and Wasamin at 11.7K. Not surprisingly, Kaoru has the highest number of views at 4.2K among the AKB research students.

Apparently, Wasami got "first person in the team" effect, even Abe Maria got 9k views, 3rd of her team.

[YKT]

Yuko has a lock on numero uno

[almond]

I haven't watched all the videos but the most baffling one I've seen has to be Takamina's. What is that girl doing??? I can't help but think that she's channelling the feeling of constipation

After serious discussions with Kimuuu and carolol, we decided that she was powering up DBZ style for her attack 

Regardless, when she came out swinging her light saber thing, I was so surprised that I started laughing hysterically and fell off a futon.

[LovelyGaki]

credits to up-loader

I tried to do a Prof. X and try to lock onto one of the members. It kinda worked

[MaxMcKay]

Yuko talked, according to Nikkan(paper), which conducted the in depth interview with Yuko...

She is a very determined and responsible person when it comes to her role as a popular idol. She said "If I were not in the election, my fans would go nowhere. They might be lost." Akip replied to her, "If you withdraw from the election, then AKB48 will collapse.

This has got me thinking, is Senbatsu a double edged sword?

We know AKB48 songs & performances follows the policy of harmonization instead of certain members getting leads, but since idolism still emphasizes on popularity, Senbatsu elections therefore exists.

Howeverthe double edge comes from the tendency of management to over-emphasize the importance of the more popular senbatsus; so what if somebody decide to walk out like like Acchan did? The senbatsus that are really key to AKB48's unit stability number to less than ten, so can Akimoto risk losing another one of them? What if Yuko, Mayu, Kashiwagi, or Kami forbid TKMNa decides to act on their post-AKB/idoru plan(s)? Th "AKB48 collapse" may trigger.

So should company48 lessen the emphasis of Senbatsu, & give equal, fairer promos to more members?

[XD_Monster_XD]

I found my oshimen in the weird election vids together
I ace at searching for Takamina


All the sound together sounded like someone farting =p

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Members selected 27th Single: 16 (ranked # 1 to 16)
※ "media selection system" will be abolished.
Under Girls: 16 (ranked # 17 to 32)
The Next Girls: 16 (ranked # 33 to 48)
Future Girls: 16 (ranked # 49 to 64)

source: http://ameblo.jp/akihabara48/entry-11249117955.html

[Rust]

Appeal Video Viewership!   as of May 13, 2012

Rank      Name                   View
#1      Oshima Yuko           209,957
#2      Sashihara Rino        166,238
#3      Takahashi Minami    135,342
#4      Watanabe Mayu       121,111
#5      Shinoda Mariko        120,898
#6      Kashiwagi Yuki         116,141
#7      Kojima Haruna         114,480
#8      Itano Tomomi          113,345
#9      Akimoto Sayaka       109,993
#10     Iwasa Misaki            108,824
#11     Matsui Rena              95,533
#12     Matsui Jurina             89,456
#13     Yokoyama Yui           84,370
#14     Kinoshita Momoka     77,727
#15     Ishida Haruka            77,350
#16     Watanabe Miyuki       77,204
#17     Miyazawa Sae           77,040
#18     Katayama Haruka      76,830
#19     Yamamoto Sayaka    75,304
#20     Mitsumune Kaoru       72,252


Note:

• Members who are placed first in their respective Team Video list (e.g. Akimoto Sayaka from Team K) can have artificially higher viewership that they ought too. These members are italicized.
• Members who have more interesting/quirky video might have more viewership that will not necessarily translate to vote. An example might be Takamina.
• I have no idea who Kinoshita Momoka is, & why she's ranking 14th in all viewership!  (& no, she is not placed on top of a list.)
• Can someone tell me how do one create a table here plz!

[s34l]

Appeal Video Viewership!   as of May 13, 2012

Rank      Name                   View
#1      Oshima Yuko           209,957
#2      Sashihara Rino        166,238
#3      Takahashi Minami    135,342
#4      Watanabe Mayu       121,111
#5      Shinoda Mariko        120,898
#6      Kashiwagi Yuki         116,141
#7      Kojima Haruna         114,480
#8      Itano Tomomi          113,345
#9      Akimoto Sayaka       109,993
#10     Iwasa Misaki            108,824
#11     Matsui Rena              95,533
#12     Matsui Jurina             89,456
#13     Yokoyama Yui           84,370
#14     Kinoshita Momoka     77,727
#15     Ishida Haruka            77,350
#16     Watanabe Miyuki       77,204
#17     Miyazawa Sae           77,040
#18     Katayama Haruka      76,830
#19     Yamamoto Sayaka    75,304
#20     Mitsumune Kaoru       72,252


Note:

• Members who are placed first in their respective Team Video list (e.g. Akimoto Sayaka from Team K) can have artificially higher viewership that they ought too. These members are italicized.
• Members who have more interesting/quirky video might have more viewership that will not necessarily translate to vote. An example might be Takamina.
• I have no idea who Kinoshita Momoka is, & why she's ranking 14th in all viewership!  (& no, she is not placed on top of a list.)
• Can someone tell me how do one create a table here plz!

I don't think the view numbers will be related with the results in the real election...
some people tend to rewatch member videos...
some videos, like yuko, get lots of views because it is on the news, saying she was hinting about her graduation...
while sasshi mostly because of the solo debut hype...
well, the top members getting lots of views is not something strange...

but kinoshita momoka?? 
btw, she's nmb team M member if you don't know...
the weird 15 years old otaku (if I'm not wrong)...
furukawa airi and nishishi are the only two outside NMB that seems quite close to her (as far as I know) 
quite surprised she is above sayanee and milky...
(even milky is above sayanee)

but, people who watched the videos are not always will vote, so let's just see next month...

well, those asides 
I will vote on Kumi this year (like last year, and the year before) 

[Amplifier]

Can someone tell me how do one create a table here plz!

Use this:

Code: [Select]

[table]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

(Where TR are the rows, and TD are the columns)

I will vote on Kumi this year (like last year, and the year before)

Good man!

But anyway: if we crop out Wasamin, Sayaka, and maybe Jurina, Yui is looking at a top 10 position!