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[Krusha]

TV Asahi with a short clip on the Washington visit (lines outside concert place, the concert itself, post-concert fan comments):

http://news.tv-asahi.../220328015.html

[Glasseyelashes]

it's so awesome that they got such a warm welcome from all the fans. i wonder how the school thing went? weren't they supposed to go to an elementary school too?

i also noticed (thanks to the krusha-provided clip) that akb harmonize exceptionally well. there's something about their voices blending together, i can't really put my finger on it. it's almost soothing in a way.

[goratnik]

As Krusha brought it to attention:
who is 木島森 (Kishima Mori)? I found only that Maeda knew him long ago, and that guy has large "official" follow on G+. The same goes for 北川謙二, who was shared for Acchan's closeup (!) by previous man. Agency staff or..?

https://plus.google....03821013997975/
https://plus.google....14106571203433/

Oh wow, that second one has really nice pics, whole lots of them! And he started just yesterday...

[anhh]

[Krusha]

Japanese girl group AKB48 breezes through D.C. in whirlwind of cuteness

http://www.washingto...wReS_story.html

"The girls of AKB48 arrived in Washington this week, a buoyant, giggling mass of knees, dimples, hair bows, teeth.

Do the girls of AKB48 own any pets? the American students asked the Japanese pop stars on the occasion of their first visit to the U.S. capital.

Aki Takajo owns two Chihuahuas, she informed the students through an interpreter, beaming with the sheer delight of it all.

Her two companions were elated by the news of these dogs; Sae Miyazawa began clapping her hands, and Rina Hirata — call her Hilary, she encouraged — revealed that she personally kept two snakes for pets.

Oh no! The second-graders of Strong John Thomson Elementary School protested.

Oh yes! Snakes, Hilary, 13, revealed, are very cute."

( ... more in the article above - which while cute, is a bit silly, but well - international press and all! )


- Japanese report from the elementary school visit:

http://sankei.jp.msn...09000001-n1.htm
http://www.jiji.com/...k=2012032700136

article: http://www.cinematod...allery/E0000320
gallery: http://www.cinematod...p/page/N0040670

http://www.afpbb.com...2868007/8705081 (click on small flash images to enlarge them)





Short video clips from the school visit:
- http://www3.nhk.or.j...3990841000.html
- http://www.tv-tokyo....news/post_17869

Japanese Pop Sensation AKB48 Celebrates National Cherry Blossom Festival
http://www.glittaraz...ry-blossom.html


http://woman.infosee...atoday_N0040713

http://www.jiji.com/...k=2012032800484

PS: It seems the elementary school children were present at the 1st concert event - and they were very enthusiastic about it too

[droopy10]

From the short clip of hebirote on g+ you guys did us proud. Hope with that they will decide to do more shows in the US more specifically Hawaii

[Krusha]

Some photos from the live: http://www.cinematod...llery/E0000323/

Live video:

[Kyuta-kun]

Honestly, I'm not so much knowledgeable about AKB48, but I came out to experience it nonetheless, jumped for the whole concert and killed my voice, so I think I did a good job. Unless I'm crazy, I thought Miichan looked at me, too. Omg.

But yeah, I just regret I didn't wait wait long enough to see the girls leave. Oh well. :/ Hope they come again to the East Coast. (:

This has totally kicked my fan-ism back into motion. That intensity and emotion. I miss it all too well. ^^

[Xīn Chūn (仮)]

I initially didn't think I was gonna get to go but at the last minute I did. lol it.was.awesome. *O*

And Mocchi and Akicha were epicccc

I feel like I didn't see too much of some of the girls

the standouts were probably (in no particular order)

takamina
akicha
mocchi
umechan
miichan
hirari
sae

And damn, it was soooo amazing to actually see Mocchi up front in furage~~

at one point i was jumping and cheering for mocchi and akicha when I landed and "slipped" and fell back onto my chair. LOL you know, concert halls have those slanted floors, so...

it was really fun. I'll write more some other time.

the first encore call (as in for the first concert) was terribly messy but the kids were there so it can't be helped I guess. =P

ohh but those kids are soooooooo lucky. *O* lol

I'm just glad I actually got to GO.

I missed a lot of stuff afterwards (apparently) but I still had a more awesome time than, probably anything else I ever did, so. yeah.

[(AZN)animedude]

yeah not gonna lie
i was not an AKB fan before this, knew about them but didn't really pay attention

definately warming up to it

[Noriega]

Yasusu oshi REDISCOVERED.
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[Xīn Chūn (仮)]

Yasusu oshi REDISCOVERED.
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Yeahhhh I saw that guy

All those giant heads people had were pretty epic... But the giant Aki-p was the best. =P

[Noriega]

Did more digging and the Yasusu oshi is Des-LAW from Nihongogo lol
Some pics on the Making Of.
We need official Yasusu merchandise, AKS
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[Xīn Chūn (仮)]

...wait a minute, is that pic the ONLY pic we have of him (aside from random screencaps)?

Surely there are more...? o.o

[Noriega]

I didn't have my camera on me when I saw the head,, unfortunately.....

But after the Tokyo Dome concert,
I predict AKB next goal will be a world tour (after multiple International48 groups are set up)
WHEN they come to YOUR home country, all AKB forums should unite on a world project:
Troll-kamisama lol

Basically everyone that goes to these world tour concerts wears a Yasusu mask lmaoooooooooo
FTW!

Properly won't happen but I can dream lol

Yasusu's reaction towards his oshi.
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[Xīn Chūn (仮)]

LOOOOOOL

I probably wouldn't do it, but if I had confirmation that everyone else was too then just maybe...

It'd be quite funny, that's for sure!!

[Snapple]

LOL

I think Nala should have been Takamina.

[(AZN)animedude]

what's funny is i was a few people ahead of him, i was with the group with the giant sae + takamina heads \o/, awesome people

[Noriega]

http://newschoolkaid...t-things-vol-2/
AKB wota on 2ch says some funny things

[Snapple]

Some of them are hell dumb but some of them aren't bad ideas actually.

“AKB should change the format of their auditions. I don’t feel any impact when I’m watching Team 4 or research students. It’s ironic that SKE and NMB have all the young talent.”

THIS IS SO TRUE THOUGH.

Excellent fun to read!