| Do your homework first, because this show can overwhelm if you're not acquainted with the whole idol thing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKB48 http://stage48.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page I'm seeing too many of those who don't know jack. Otherwise, the door's open. |
soulassassin547May 2, 2012 5:43 AM
| I play, the haters lose. |
| I don't know anything about AKB48 (in detail at least) and the show was not confusing or overwhelming to me at all. |
 ilu Mathes. thanks for awesome Beato sig. <3 ilu mah_marina. thanks for awesome Beato icon. <3 |
atlantiza said: I don't know anything about AKB48 (in detail at least) and the show was not confusing or overwhelming to me at all. There are those who do need to know, judging from some of the comments I read. |
| I play, the haters lose. |
atlantiza said: I don't know anything about AKB48 (in detail at least) and the show was not confusing or overwhelming to me at all. agree. it just not my cup of tea |
| No, really, I didn't think it was confusing at all and I didn't look anything up. I don't know why you guys think this is some super elitist show that only true AKB48 fans can understand. |
ilu Mathes. thanks for awesome Beato sig. <3 ilu mah_marina. thanks for awesome Beato icon. <3 |
atlantiza said: No, really, I didn't think it was confusing at all and I didn't look anything up. That's good to hear. I think that's also what the producer intended to do in the first place. |
| I want Rambo in a mecha-suit with a laser-chainsaw gun that fires nuclear warheads, fighting the love-child of Predator, Alien, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists, and Satan. (Actually that would be a pretty sick show) - StopDropAndBowl |
| Didn't know about AKB until I read the review. Saw some videos, didn't like them. Will continue to watch this anime for potential super saiyan weaponized idols vs mechas. |
| I really don't think there's a need to look something up before watching. The show doesn't require any knowledge of ABK48. I don't know much about them myself and I don't have any trouble watching. Maybe non-fans won't get some inside jokes but most of those are already funny/interesting/appealing to me even without knowing it was supposed to be a joke (like the cyborg girl). And, let's face it, if someone doesn't know they're inside jokes, people commenting about it will definitely mention it. So, in the end, even non-fans know about the references/jokes. Besides this show is doing a great job at not focusing only on ABK48 fans. |
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| The problem is that some people have gross misconceptions or prejudices anything connected to Japanese idol culture, especially those who have ground their views from hearing unsavory reportage about modern Japanese pop culture and its entertainment scene by self-styled ignorant commentators (and even the likes of CNN). |
| I play, the haters lose. |
| Agree that people seem to think idol groups like AKB48 is only popular with otaku, when they're extremely mainstream....Maybe recommending some AKB stuffs would help and clear up the misconception would help. AKB is really popular in Japan right now with 7 CDs sold over 1 million copies in just 2 days or less, or 6 consecutive million sellers. The girls do everything from acting in dramas, movies, to promote coffee, Lancome make up, ramen, cramp school etc, to doing fashion magazine like Vogue Japan, Vivi, Cutie, Sweet, and the older girls do men magazine as well. (FYI most of them are over 18, oldest at 26 and main girls are already 20.) They're also the most requested artist for Japan Karaoke and top digital charts for all of their releases, meaning they have a large dedicated fanbase as well as large casual fanbase too among the general public. AKB fanbase -  http://mochichan00.tumblr.com/post/16596353926/the-cutest-akb-fans-evah-who-say-akb-only-have River -- the song that launched them to mainstream media, overcome adversity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqLKCg-UgA&ob=av2n Beginner - about living life through pain, the girls are seen decapitated or Acchan ripped her arm out, first 1 million seller. http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=9H57KYAMR8DO Kaze wa Fuiteiru - sold 1 million on first day, dedicated to tsunami victims, more efforts of their charity in the video description. http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=9G64O86RUM48 Keibetsu - one of their earliest song, is about suicide, one of the AKB songs that deal with society problem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ6Nv3d-6Qo Seifuku ga Jama - one of their earliest song that's talking about the enjo kosai situation in Japan and advice against it, it's about society issue just like Keibetsu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_1ObyG2-1Y Gondola Lift - ballad with really great visual http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=82O3SHY7G5WB Give me Five - Their spring time song sold 1 million in 2 days, AKB girls learned instruments for this, the song created a guitar sales boom. http://vid48.com/watch_video.php?v=YD66X9BOWM61 Sakura no Shiori - Chorus style beautiful ballad about sakura. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhEK1mxOm-I Sakura no Ki ni Narou - sold 1 million in 2 days, is about becoming a cherry tree to wait for a friend return http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9hNT5ezcnc Heavy Rotation - one of the most popular AKB song, 45 weeks first on Karaoke chart, played constant in Japan, but western fans think it's fanservice due to the video but the video was very well perceived in Japan by girls. Majority of their fangirls came to AKB48 due to that song. It's just different culture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkHlnWFnA0c Explaination http://forum.nihongogo.com/topic/12133-the-truth-behind-heavy-rotation/ |
akbfanMay 8, 2012 4:09 PM
soulassassin547 said: The problem is that some people have gross misconceptions or prejudices anything connected to Japanese idol culture, especially those who have ground their views from hearing unsavory reportage about modern Japanese pop culture and its entertainment scene by self-styled ignorant commentators (and even the likes of CNN). Well, you can edit that "do your homework" part out of the first post. It might offend people. I thought AKB48 was so popular everyone should at least have heard of them? Oh well, I guess not everyone keeps in touch with non-anime related Japanese pop culture... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| yeah, I didn't need any of this research to enjoy this show. That director sure knows what they're doing with the series ~ There's fanservice littered about the show, and even some of it can be understood by people who know little to nothing about AKB48. All I have to say, is that the Voice acting is top-notch, and the music is just beyond amazing ~ |
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| Except this show was what actually got me into the 3DPD idolshit world. Oshima Yuko shouldn't be leaving. |
| I did not need research to make sense of the show too. Akai012 said: The first episode (and I did watch all of it) was interesting and pretty cool, but I just couldn't take it seriously. I mean really, idols are an act of terroism against the government because the world is dying? More like, the world is dying because the government are idiots who would even ban entertainment. |
| The AKB48 information is irrelevant. It's a bizarre anime and that's all. |
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