AKB48 Cheer Guide: B-Sides

Detailed cheer guide for all coupling songs 18 June, 2011 by

As promised, here is part two of our AKB48 concert cheer guide. This part features sample cheers for all of the coupling songs from AKB48 singles. Due to the nature of the songs these “B-sides” often have more interesting cheers to their single counterparts.
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AKB48 Cheer Guide: Singles

Detailed cheer guide for all AKB48 singles 07 June, 2011 by

As part of an ongoing attempt to record down some concert knowledge in English, I’ll be providing a list of cheers for all AKB48 songs. To stay sane though, I’ll be splitting up the songs into different categories and staggering releases, the first being this full list of single song cheers. Will decide whether to continue depending on how well received it is.
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AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Report Book

Better late than never 05 June, 2011 by

While look through old posts on this slow Sunday afternoon, it came to my attention that we never did post up last year’s AKB48 Janken Results Report Book. This smaller book serves as an accompaniment to what we deem one of last year’s better purchases, the AKB48 Janken Senbatsu book. While it’s kind of outdated by now, here’s a quick look for the sake of completeness.
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AKB48 Singapore 2nd Handshake Session

Japan's best selling artists return to meet fans 31 May, 2011 by

As reported previously, AKB48 have set up their first overseas theater in Singapore that started on 15th May 2011. Last Sunday, the girls were back in town to perform their second series of live theater performances at the SCAPE. On Saturday though, 3 members of the idol group visited one day earlier to greet fans at an exclusive handshake session.
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Member Calls

Our second in a series of guides to AKB48 concerts 29 May, 2011 by

Other than the Mix, the next most basic form of cheering during AKB48 concerts are the “member calls” (メンバーコール) shouted after one of them have just finished singing. This is a full list of AKB48 member names shouted during such situations.
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NMB48 Live Impressions

Nothing beats the real Osakan experience 26 May, 2011 by

During the Supermerlion gang’s trip to Japan a couple months ago, I had this very rare opportunity to actually visit and watch NMB48′s first stage show at their Osaka based Namba theater. Now, after months of hold ups and dragging, I’ve finally gotten around to writing on the great experience that I had from watching the NMB48 girls perform live.
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Mix

Part one of a basic guide to concerts 25 May, 2011 by

The “Mix” (ミックス) is the given name of the seemingly incoherent gibberish that is shouted at concerts for Japanese artists. It’s a fun and integral part of AKB48 performances too. Here’s a little guide for new fans looking to get started. I’ve also included some back history about the Mix, so it should still be an interesting read for more experienced fans.
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AKB48 General Election Guide Book 2011

The updated encyclopedia of AKB48 knowledge 24 May, 2011 by

With the 2011 AKB48 senbatsu elections beginning in just a few days time, we take a look at this year’s AKB48 General Election Guide Book. It follows a similar format to last year’s guide book, but now features detailed statistics of an expanded repertoire of 152 members spread over AKB48, SKE48, NMB48 and the combined kenkyuusei forces.
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AKB48 Singapore

Caution, long informative post and more exclusive photos 20 May, 2011 by

Last weekend marked the official opening of the AKB48 Singapore Theater and Shop. Girls from AKB48 (Akihabara48) and their management were down to present a sold out performance to bewildered fans, many of whom traveled all the way down to Singapore just to interact with Japan’s most popular idols. Here are some highlights of the past two days.
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AKB48 Singapore Shop

We witness the opening of South East Asia's first AKB48 shop 15 May, 2011 by

The AKB48 Singapore Shop opened its doors for the first time yesterday on Saturday, 14th May 2011. Iwasa Misaki, Komori Mika and Miyazaki Miho, three members of the popular Japanese idol group, AKB48 flew down one day ahead of their peers to welcome the hundreds of fans who came down to meet their idols.
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AKB1/48 Koshiki Koryaku Visual Book

Do people still buy these? 12 May, 2011 by

The AKB1/48 Koshiki Koryaku Visual Book (Official Strategy Visual Book) is the licensed strategy guide for the AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara video game. It provides a detailed walkthrough to AKB48′s first video game, though I highly doubt that’s the main selling point. For most, this is another chance to own a little piece of AKB48 for the price of your lunch money.
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