[10/10] Morning Musume 51st single [Wakuteka Take a Chance]

[Chibs]

what about s/mileage-like sato ---> full grown sato?

[elgie]

Nah. She's OK, but she sounds flat. Definitely unsuited for tango, IMO.

[TommyVD]

Looks like Up-Front Promotion is pulling everyone on board for the release of this single.

Okai Chisato, 2nd generation S/mileage and select H!P trainees.



Up Up Girls & THE Possible.



And that's not all. From Reina's blog.

★10/8～Spot televising at outdoor vision。
（Shibuya、 Harajuku、 Akihabara、 Ikebukuro、 Tachikawa、 Nagoya、 Osaka Doutonbori、 Fukuoka）

★10/9～School board （Billboard at school's zone） about １ month placement。
Tokyo、 Kanagawa、 Saitama、 Chiba、 Nagoya、 spread out in Osaka


★Pay attention to every channel's TV spot too please

Translation source: http://reina-project.blogspot.be/2012/10/canthelp-it-huh.html

[oaxiac]

Morning Musume “Wakuteka Take a chance” Interview – Sayashi, Sato, Kudou
Special Translations | By rokun | October 10, 2012

excerpt:

–Due to the vigorous promotion and that the single become a hit, there were more people who reassessed Morning Musume. You’ve had close-ups on the front covers of magazines and such, so does that honestly make you happy?

Kudou Haruka: Yes. I’m incredibly happy that I was able to be in Morning Musume when our 50th single came out, and I was also incredibly happy that we each had a poster in rural city stations. I went to our meeting place after going out into the country just to see those (lol).

Sato Masaki: A girl from school told me, “Morning Musume CDs have been catching my eye lately,” and normally I’d be like “All right~!” in my heart while replying, “Ah, is that so?”

– (lol)

Sato Masaki: Then, I quickly reported it to my mom. Also, since our posters have been put up in lots of different places, when I’d be told, “I saw it, Maa-chan!” “Look look, I took a picture!” I’d think, “Wo~w!” Even on boring days at school I’d get excited when hearing that, or rather, I’d think “Yahhoo~!” I’d normally be happy inside, and be able to do my studying smoothly as well. So it made me think that I’m glad we were able to do “One・Two・Three/The Matenrou Show” with this 10-person system. I was like, “wa~!” from my heart!

Read the full article:
http://blog-project.net/special-translations/78341

*Thx to rokun

[elgie]

First day sales are out.

Number 3, and 54k copies. And they're not that far from the second spot (55k).

I'm glad to see that the 50th single good sales weren't just a one time thing and that the people at UFP keep doing a good job at marketing. Hopefully the trend will go on and Morning Musume will be very much talked about in the future.

[oaxiac]

Upper Light Ver.

[Azwraith]

First day sales are out.

Number 3, and 54k copies.

WOW
In the PAST SIX YEARS before OneTwoThree they couldn't even sell that much in the first WEEK
Good times are indeed returnin' 

[Rina the Robot]

First day sales are out.

Number 3, and 54k copies.

Compared with One Two Three's first day sales: 56,139 

[oaxiac]

[Slack]

Well, they've held #4 for the last couple of days, so even if the numbers dropped, at least they haven't dropped much in the rankings.
Since Momusu has seemed to have been gaining more teenage fans lately, I can only hope the weekend will bring a bump in the sales from students that didn't get the chance to buy it earlier due to school.
While the older, more diehard fans usually buy their copies on the first day or pre-order them, maybe the newer, more casual fans wait for a convenient time to buy theirs.

[TommyVD]

They certainly are keeping the promo coming.

[oaxiac]

#1 today!!! 

1. Morning Musume: 8,406 (74,168)
2. Fukuyama Masaharu: 8,127 (124,763)
3. SHINee: 5,294 (85,040)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2012-10-12/

[Rina the Robot]

Updated rankings!

October 9th: 3rd place
October 10th: 4th place
October 11th: 4th place
October 12th: 1st place
October 13th: 5th place

[oaxiac]

First week total:  81,682  #3