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INTEREST: AKB48 Girl Group's AKB0048 Anime Story Revealed




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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:22 am Reply with quote
Dang, I didn't expect this kind of story.
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Scamp



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:41 am Reply with quote
hahahahahaha oh wow

Welp, you've got me interested
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Ahiru77



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:42 am Reply with quote
Sounds entertaining.


Though...those designs... :\
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JohnnySake



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:38 pm Reply with quote
They need to revise their tagline:

"In a future where idols are outlawed, only outlaws will have idols."

They should change the character designs to something more Bubblegum Crisis in style. Wink Laughing
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whoisfriend



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:33 pm Reply with quote
Huh. I was just going to watch this because AKB48, but the story has me sufficiently interested. Plus the staff is surprisingly solid.

This has now moved from a mere curiosity to a much watch.
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TitanXL



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:46 pm Reply with quote
Sounds amazing. Post-apocalyptic J-pop guerrilla tactics.
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:05 pm Reply with quote
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In an area where entertainment is non-existent, there is an idol group that offers underground guerilla concerts to inspire its listeners. The name of that female group is Girls Dead Monster.


Heh heh.
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XXghostface



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:43 pm Reply with quote
what will japan think of next?
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msgundam2



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:14 pm Reply with quote
I think I seen all of those characters in other anime.
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Mike Hazama



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 8:22 pm Reply with quote
Crazy, but sounds kinda awesome as well Wink
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 1:09 am Reply with quote
...you can't make this stuff up. Laughing
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vashfanatic



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:29 am Reply with quote
Oh sweet mercy, a future with nothing but AKB48 music to listen to?!?!? George Orwell had nothing on this scenario!!

Also, weren't these the gals who did the godawful voice acting in ICE? I hope they aren't playing themselves, though I suspect they are. Even if I liked their bubblegum pop music (which I don't, at all) I would be dreading it for that reason alone. They're not good voice actors.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:01 am Reply with quote
Are people really taking this seriously? Laughing

Reminds me of pop groups who take advantage of other mediums, like New Kids on the Block and Courtney Love.

BTW, here's another look of them: Laughing

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vashfanatic



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 8:02 am Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
Reminds me of pop groups who take advantage of other mediums, like New Kids on the Block and Courtney Love.

You mean projects like these?

Also, I see at the bottom they at least held voice auditions of some kind. Here's hoping they can actually act. I mean, done properly this could be silly fun, but glamor projects have a poor track record.

@that photo:
Let us never forget the "AKB" comes from "Akihabara," and while they may be super popular with the children I teach English to, they had their start being being popular with men much older than that...
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mochichan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:15 pm Reply with quote
^
every girl group target men when they start out. Rolling Eyes

@that photo..really?
it's AKB doing their group huddle before they go on stage. The focus isn't anything sexual. beside that documentary look intense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkhGW1LQrA

they're even showing the girls scene where they go to disaster area and help out the tsunami victims.

the whole storyline with helping out people with music is remind me of the dareka no tame ni thing AKB doing right now with tsunami relief by donating 39 million USD, visiting disaster areas 8 times for free concert and going to fukushima and visit children for christmas and dedicate Kaze wa fuiteiru sing to tsunami victims. :O
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