Posts Tagged 'Book'

SKE48 Bukatsu Damashii

Club activity themed SKE48 photobook 27 December, 2011 by

Today we look at another, newer SKE48 book, SKE48 Bukatsu Damashii (Club Spirit) by Fusosha Publishing. Released in September, the book features many candidly taken photographs, set to the book’s extracurricular activity theme.
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SKE48 Complete Book

A complete manual to everything SKE48 26 December, 2011 by

Not exactly a new book, but the SKE48 Complete Book 2010-2011 is a nice compendium of SKE48 knowledge. The book was released last December and remains in print, though judging from the title it will most likely be phased out soon. Completionists will want to grab a copy before that happens. But even if not, it still contains enough sweet treats within to warrant attention.
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The Spec Kit

Tracing the growth of Watarirouka Hashiritai 25 December, 2011 by

Released this past November, THE SPEC KIT Watarirouka Urikomitai (THE SPEC KIT 渡り廊下売り込み隊) follows the growth of one of AKB48′s most popular sub-groups, Watarirouka Hashiritai. The B5-sized book chronicles the group from the start. A picture timeline and essays from those involved with the group traces the milestones in Watarirouka history.
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Pop Rock Love Book Launch

A writer fulfilling her dreams 13 November, 2011 by

Supermerlion attended the launch event for Pop Rock Love. In an event attended by friends and family (with a performance by a local band), we caught up with author Raine Koh. She spoke of her background as a writer, the book and future aspirations.
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AKB48 Janken Taikai Official Guide Book 2011

Everything you need to know about the AKB48 Janken Tournament 22 September, 2011 by

Last year’s Janken Tournament was one of the most interesting events in recent AKB48 history. It wasn’t a surprise (though most had expected them to mix up the game) that they’d repeat the success of last year’s event, this time with the the 2011 Janken Takai. Kobusha have released an accompanying guide book again this year with detailed statistics of all the participating members.
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AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary 2 with SKE48

Possibly the best AKBuy this year 05 July, 2011 by

The AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary 2 (with SKE48) was released last month as a follow up to 2009′s precious release. With their fame spreading overseas and members traveling far more frequently in response, this second book packs memories from all of AKB48′s trips to Guam, Los Angeles, Singapore, Macau, Russia, Hong Kong spanning June 2010 to March 2011. Fans from any of the regions mentioned will probably want to take a look.
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AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary

Share in the memories of AKB48's travels 05 July, 2011 by

A little late, but this timeless treasure was released back in December 2009. The AKB48 no Kaigai Ryokou Nikki (AKB48の海外旅行日記) or AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary is a visual journal of the trips AKB48 took to New York, Paris and Cannes the same year. This lovely, full colored book features a generous collection of candid photographs of their adventures overseas.
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AKB48 Revival Concert Booklet

Commemorating AKB48's 6 years of theater performances 03 July, 2011 by

From end may up till last month, AKB48 held its first ever revival concerts at the JCB Hall. The series of concerts, under the name “Minogashita Kimitachi e, AKB48 Group Zenkouen” (For you who missed it, AKB48 Group Complete Performance), featured all of AKB48′s classic stages from its nearly 6 years of existence. To commemorate this event, a special accompanying booklet was created.
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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 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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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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AKB48 Oshi Certification Book

Recommended only for the most obsessed of fans 03 May, 2011 by

Celebrities write about their favorite idols in this new AKB48 mook. The AKB48 Oshi Certification Book features a column on each individual member, with insights written or taken from interviews with other famous talents. Visually, this is a pretty bland mook. Its target audience thus limited to fans that are looking for a different type of coverage or those who must absolutely collect everything AKB48.
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AKB48 Yakushiji Hounou Kouen 2010

Documenting AKB48's mini-concert at Yakushi temple 19 April, 2011 by

At some point of time, AKB48 grew out of dominating the Japanese music industry and moved on to print too. These days, multiple new AKB48 magazines pop up each and every month, if not weekly. Truth is, we’ve got a whole stack of untouched AKB48 related mooks asking to be reviewed. But with no one else on hand, I thought it might be due time to start looking through them. Today we’ll look through the memorial book for AKB48′s Yakushiji Hounou Kouen 2010 “Yume no Hanabiratachi” (薬師寺奉納公演2010 夢の花びらたち) concert at Nara last year.
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AKB48 Yusatsu

THE RED ALBUM / THE BLUE ALBUM 01 April, 2011 by

AKB48 Yusatsu THE RED ALBUM / THE BLUE ALBUM was released last month on the 25th March. The two separate books contain hundreds of candid photographs that the AKB48 members have taken of each other over the last year. The books went up for sale only yesterday evening at the local Kinokuniya and we were sure to pick up our copies.
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AKB48 x Bijo Saishu

Amazing textile collages by Kiyokawa Asami. 20 November, 2010 by

AKB48 x Bijo Saishu is a collaborative photo art book between AKB48 and the famous fashion artist Kiyokawa Asami. Kiyokawa is well known for her use of lace, embroidery, sequins and other textiles as an overlay to theme her photographs. In this book, all 48 members of the idol girl group are treated to their own personal themed stitchwork photo by Kiyokawa. The title and concept of the book, based off her existing art exhibitions “Bijo Saishu” (Beautiful Woman Collection).
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AKB48 General Election Swimsuit Suprise 2010

Bikini themed election results mook 20 October, 2010 by

Here’s a quick look through the more recently released AKB48 Sousenkyo! Mizugi Surprise 2010, which translates literally as the General Election Swimsuit Surprise. The mook is meant as a results book for the past election but as both the title and cover suggest, it’s also bikini driven offering from the idol group.
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AKB48 General Election Guide Book 2010

A guide to AKB48 and SKE48's combined force of 104 15 October, 2010 by

Grabbed this AKB48 General Election Guide Book 2010 on a whim from the local Kinokuniya, which has recently started stocking up on AKB48 books of all sorts. A little late, since it was meant to be a pre-election mook and was released prior to the results of the Top AKB48 Members 2010. Inside you’ll find interviews with last year’s Top 10 AKB48 Members, the staff, as well as various lists and rankings.
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AKB48 Janken Senbatsu

Images from the Janken Senbatsu Official Guide Book 20 September, 2010 by

In a strange and unexpected announcement, the management have announced that the lineup of AKB48′s December single will be decided by a Jankenpon (Rock-Paper-Scissors) Tournament which will be held this coming Tuesday.
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AKB48 Fashion Book

Featuring rather a lack of clothes 01 August, 2010 by

This year’s photobook charts are being topped by AKB48. The top selling book is non-other than the AKB48 Fashion Book, which has sold more than 70,000 copies to date. Also appearing among the top 10 are two gravure books from Maeda Atsuko and the AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary.
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