Janakya Mottainai ~An Idol blog~: May 2009

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Mini Moni revival?

Tsunku mentioned in his blog earlier today that he would like to revive H!P's old subunit Mini Moni. He said he wants to take strong action with H!P and organize a new Mini Moni. He would also like this new Mini Moni to have 4 members like the old Mini Moni did. He already see's Kanon as a perfect Mini Moni member.

Tsuji and Mari have also mentioned Tsunku contacting them about Mini Moni in their blogs. But this is still just a rumor, as Tsunku didn't announce this officially. He was more or less throwing out the idea of having a new Mini Moni. Tsunku himself is even unsure what to do.

This news has really made my day. Mini Moni was the first H!P group I ever heard, and the reason I love H!P today. So I'm really excited to see if and when this happens! New Mini Moni will never be as good as old Mini Moni, but I'm still pretty happy about this.
I also wonder what kind of music would the new Mini Moni make. Would it be Strawbrerry pie era or Crazy About You era songs? Or a new style all together. I'd honestly be happy either way.

Since this is still a rumor, I can talk about my dream Mini Moni group.

Fukuda Kanon

Even though she was already picked to be in Mini Moni, I would have picked her anyway. I love Kanon! She has the cutest voice ever. She's definitely mini Aibon.

LinLin

LinLin's funny and over the top personality would be perfect for Mini Moni. She was really cute when she sang Ai~n! Dance no uta in concert last year. And she's only 3 cm taller than the Mini Moni height limit. Plus we need more LinLin love.

Arihara Kanna

Kanna has the vocals and personality to be in Mini Moni. She's also only about 3 cm taller than the Mini Moni height rule. Too bad she's still recovering from her foot injury.

Saho Akari

Akari isn't really my favorite H!P Egg and I don't really care if she's in the group or not. It's just that she was shafted from S/mileage, so give the girl a break!

Anyway, here's a Mini Moni video to keep you in the Mini Moni mood.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Mnet and H!P audition episode 1!

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Mnet and H!P's joint audition premiered a few days ago. And I'm not even 100% sure what the name is. I've heard it called Tokyo Girls, Dream Girls, and DaeDong Kyung Youths.
But anyway, I bring you my review of the first episode. I can't understand Korean or Japanese at all, so bear with me. XD

I knew I was going to like this audition when

I saw cute girls in Lolita dresses.

Korean wotas didn't miss a chance to see Momusu.

They looked really cute even though they are wrapped

up in blankets.

An Ai fangirl gets too close. Someone literally is pushing

her away.

Morning Musume looking cute in their Shouganai Yume

Oibito outfits.

That guy from 2PM looks way too thrilled to be talking

to Momusu.

I have no idea what they are saying, but they all seem to laugh

when LinLin metion Yakiniku.

2PM flustered by Risa's Korean. At least I think. XD

Cute Korean fans doing the Tell Me dance.

Those fans have an Ai & Koharu and Reina blanket! Now

that's dedication.

Risa getting the crowd going by saying something in Korean.

Doing a group Nobody dance.

Even 2PM knows the moves!

Some girl dancing to Resonant Blue. She kinda looks like Reina. o_O

All the finalists.

Orange sweater girl can kinda sing. Her voice is just a little rough

and unpolished.

This girl was amazing!

Aww poor girl stumbles over her words. She has a nice voice though,

except for when she tries to hit high notes. XD

This girl is weird looking, but she can sing. Hairspray ftw!

And her English is really good.

I love this girl! And she sings Nobody.

This girl is terrible. I wonder why they are laughing at her.

One of the only girls that dance and isn't terrible.

Suddenly it's day and no one's gone. Huh? XD

I'm not even going to pretend I know what's going on.

But I'm guessing it's acting class or something.

2PM leaves for no apparent reason.

And then are mysteriously back.

I wish I knew why the girls look so sad. XD

And it's over already. XD

Next week they sing C-ute's Sakura Chirari!

And there's also lots of crying next week.

The only thing I can say about this audition is, lucky Koreans who can understand this. I'm not going to do what I did last year with the Taiwan auditions. Stop watching them half way through because I can't understand Chinese. I can't understand Japanese either, but at least I would kinda know what they were saying and doing.
As for the girls themselves, I'm not really impressed by them. Only 2 or 3 girls can actually sing. I wouldn't be too upset if this was like Lucky 7 all over again. But that's highly unlikely to happen.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Wota Wonderings 4- Just how shallow are you?

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Welcome to Wota Wonderings! We are a group of english-speaking Japanese music bloggers brought together once a month to answer questions posed by johpan. We strive to be creative and entertaining, and we may even shed a bit of new light on interesting musical and cultural topics. Any questions about how we work should be directed to johpan. Don’t forget to check out the other posts from this month at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!

The topic this time around is:

Hoping we’re not all shallow wotas, imagine your favourite idol (or musical personality) switched bodies with someone you don’t find “visually pleasing”, would it affect your love for that idol in any way/shape/form?

So this question is a little hard to answer, mostly because I don't want to come off as being shallow. When in real life looks don't matter to me at all. But, I'm not going to lie to seem like a better person. The honest truth is looks matter, and probably a lot. I guess because that kind of thinking is so common among lots of wotas out there, I don't really feel that bad for thinking that way. In the world of idols you learn that looks and personality trump vocal ability. When I first got into idols, there was a time when I wouldn't bother learning an idol's name if they weren't pretty or hot enough. But since than I realized that's really stupid.

Kusumi Koharu:

I think Koharu is the only idol out there I legitimately like for personality and vocals. Most people say she can't sing, but I really love her voice. I really love Koha's energetic and over the top personality. It's what drew me to her in the first place. And the fact that she's too cute for words is just a bonus.

NEWS:

NEWS has been my favorite JE group, since I got into JE almost a year ago. They became my favorite mostly because of their cute and catchy Jpop songs. But they remained my favorite and closest followed JE group because I find all 6 of the members attractive on some level. I can honestly say I do know a lot about NEWS. But I also probably wouldn't know as much as I do if they were ugly. Sorry, it's the truth.

Nishikido Ryo:

But my favorite NEWS member and favorite JE member is Ryo-chan. I first started to like Ryo because he looked really hot in a suit in the Weeeek PV. I mostly like Ryo because he's hot. Hot face and hot body. His face might wrinkle and look ugly when he smiles but that's ok. Even though Ryo has a husky and unique voice I still think he is #5 vocally within NEWS. He's not that bad of a singer, it's just that the rest of NEWS outshines him. Except Shige. XD But I do really like Ryo's sinister, I'm better than everyone else personality. Cause it's hot. X_X

AKB48:

I first heard about AK48 a few years back. I was really interested in hearing their songs because they were similar to H!P's songs. Before I actually listened to their songs I decided to see what they looked like first. After I saw a picture of them I remember thinking that they were really ugly. So instead of listening to them anyway, I decided not to based on their looks. But recently I started to listen to a few of their songs and realized they're actually not that bad. I'm still not a full blown AKB48 fan though, because honestly I'd rather listen to the prettier girls of H!P. I would.

Hey! Say! JUMP:

HSJ is a pretty decent idol group. They have a few good songs like Mayonaka no Shadow Boy, Brave Story, etc. And yet as much as I want to become a HSJ fan, something is always stopping me. Even though I hate to admit it's looks that are stopping me. Hey! Say! JUMP is currently the largest JE group out there, with 10 members. And yet out of the 10 I only think Yuto, Yamada, and Yabu are attractive. Inoo is mediocre looking. And Chinen might be hot in like 2 or 3 years. ._.

So yeah I guess looks are really important to me. And I guess that makes me shallow. I don't really know what else to say. I guess with celebrities I feel I can judge them all I want. That's essentially what everyone does anyway. When they say this singer is hotter than that singer.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Cheer on with Guardians 4!

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Guardians 4's Omakase! Guardian PVE was released recently. And after seeing the covers the PV is everything I hoped it wouldn't be.

The video is completely cheap looking. The entire time they are either dancing in front of or sitting on stadium seats. There's also a good minute worth of clips from the anime scattered throughout the PV. Which I don't particularly care about. I understand they are doing the theme to the anime, but Buono never had clips from the anime in their PVs. That makes it pretty obvious Guardians 4 isn't going to be around for that long.
There are some positive points the this PV though. For one every one looks super cute in the close ups. I really loved the dance too. Even though it was obnoxiously simple, it was cute and it looked like they were having fun doing it. I also love all the cute things they do throughout the PV, like cheer and hold up the signs. Especially Aika hitting the drum, that was just amazing.
I think the whole video was just a win for Aika. She dominated the cuteness in this video, she was also the most interesting to watch. And of course Yurina was a close second.