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#21 Moklar

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Posted 06 November 2017 - 04:53 PM

Preview of the album

 

 

Sounds really good to me :omg:



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Posted 15 November 2017 - 11:55 AM

The album debuted at 5th place on the Oricon chart - much better that I expected.



#23 Lurkette

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Posted 04 December 2017 - 11:29 PM

More album promo videos for the members

Ami

Luna

Chiho

 

Digest of the Revenge for 1000 show that comes with Limited A of the album.

 

Promo MV for Bucchigiri Days!!

 

And a live report and plenty of photos from their Seinenkan show.

https://natalie.mu/music/news/258989


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#24 hanawopun

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Posted 06 January 2018 - 10:36 AM

I stumbled across this group last night when on CDJapan... omg.  Their 教歌SHOCK! music video is the cutest thing since Crayon Pop.  

I just ordered some of their CDs, including the 24-track debut.  Good times.


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Posted 06 January 2018 - 11:43 AM

"Magical View" is my #1 pick for "Album Of The Year".

Their recent music videos aren't nearly as good as the first 2 though :(

教歌SHOCK! was incredible



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Posted 06 January 2018 - 12:02 PM

"Magical View" is my #1 pick for "Album Of The Year".

Their recent music videos aren't nearly as good as the first 2 though :(

 

#1 pick is tough considering in the last month I've discovered Fairies, OnePixcel and now Rock A Japonica lol.  I haven't even received "Magical View" in the mail yet, but of the 3 OnePixcel is standing out the most for me, but that could change.

As for their recent videos, I think "My Map" is a rather sweet one actually.  Of course it's no 教歌SHOCK!, but better for them to move forward that rehash the same formula.  Actually the "My Map" song (わたしの地図) reminds me of what the group 9nine sounded like in their early days.


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Posted 06 January 2018 - 07:45 PM

Kyouka Shock set a very high bar for any singles to follow, and unfortunately they don't quite live up to it. There was clearly a lot of effort put into the Dakedo Yume Miru MV, but unfortunately it didn't come across that way, since the frequent static shots of the members just made it seem kind of dead overall. Past that, they haven't released another formal single, and so I don't feel like there was much put into the promo MVs besides "look they are at school." That and the heights thing that really freaked me out, so I couldn't have enjoyed Watashi no Chizu anyway.

 

I haven't listened to the album in full yet, so I can't rank it against anything else, but it was a nice gesture to include all of the past b-sides on the second disc. 


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Posted 06 January 2018 - 10:23 PM

^ by "heights thing" do you mean them standing on top of the gym risers?

(you're certainly right about a high standard w/  教歌SHOCK!  omg that video... lol)


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Posted 06 January 2018 - 10:26 PM

I have more of a fear of falling than heights, so the whole dancing on small spaces at a moderate height took me out of the whole thing.
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#30 hanawopun

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Posted 06 January 2018 - 10:32 PM

It was probably CGI-involved to keep them safe, would that help? :P

Sorry to hear that.  Yet I agree with your assessment but am rather forgiving.  Once I'm sold on a group it'll take a while before I give up.  I haven't listened to the full 2CD set yet myself but I'm hopeful.


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Posted 06 January 2018 - 10:46 PM

I can speak to all of the B-sides being great, since I bought them all. It might be worth noting that something sort of unique about the group is that they don't have a fixed center, and many of the B-sides were written to feature different members as center. So Ami is center of New Crown, Chiho is the center of Abracadabra Algebra, etc.
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Posted 11 January 2018 - 12:55 PM

So the two CD singles I ordered just arrived, and I have to say that music videos aside, 教歌Shock! is NOT a one hit wonder. The two other cuts on that CD triple are all equally as strong. Dakedo Yumemiru (だけどユメ見る) was the other single I received, and while the single isn't as strong as the previously mentioned, the bonus track is awesome.
It's funny, when they do rap-based lyrics they remind me of a short-lived act called E-traps. Probably because I haven't heard that many rap-styled tunes from Hello! Project, and the Rock A girls sound younger than Angerme rapping in Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku


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Posted 09 February 2018 - 11:20 PM

Slightly related to this group because of 3b Junior... shocking news today:

 

https://www.tokyorep...-asahi-program/


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#34 Lurkette

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 11:52 PM

That's from 3 years ago. The girl is still in 3BJr.
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Posted 10 February 2018 - 01:29 AM

omg I saw today's date, but not the YEAR .... >.<

 

So she's ok???


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Posted 10 February 2018 - 03:51 AM

Yep. The TV show was cancelled and the whole corps went on hiatus for a few months, but she made a full recovery. No one left the program and all the girls are in their own units that perform regularly.
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Posted 26 February 2018 - 12:08 PM

New Rock-A-Japonica Blu-ray release slated for April 25th featuring their November '17 concert.
Magical View Kiseki to Kiseki no Monogatari

https://www.amazon.c...w_1519643193657

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Posted 28 February 2018 - 11:27 PM

Got my KYOUKA SHOCK! CD set.  I placed them in my member favorite order, best to least starting at the front... of course I love them all tho lol.

 

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Posted 01 March 2018 - 03:01 PM

So, so jealous...



#40 Moklar

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Posted 20 April 2018 - 01:51 PM






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