(L) Akb0048

[mochichan]

The description sound so filler D:
But we saw Yuko getting serious and yelling at Tsubasa so probably there's more to that.

I'm pretty sure there's a S2....The problem is when they can start on it since AKB girls are pretty busy....:\

[mechdra]

It is a good thing to have some eye candy in the next episode. We definately need some fun episode.

There will be season 2. Kawamori's anime usually span 26 episodes. The story is just starting to move. I do hope we will get a movie or sequel like in Macross and Aquarion but chances are quite low.

Something interesting in this episode. Mayuyu is singing her own line in Heart Shape Virus.

[maximilianjenus]

My guess is that they are wrapping a few things up this season so it can be a standalone and a season 02 is already palnned but if they actually make it will depend on sales.

[mochichan]

BD seem to do decent.
They're 2nd on the ranking. IDK what's the actual number is tho.

http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/rank/dvd_sell.html?m=2&r=D087

[sa547]

The FLYING GET I GOT FROM MY TWITTER FEED:
https://twitter.com/AKB0048_ura/stat...462528/photo/1

Spoiler for Uh-oh...:

[asaqe]

You know, this is actually relevant fanservice and not unnecessary fanservice.

Like Trainee, Like Senbatsu.

[mochichan]

Of course any successor to Kojiharu would have an amazing "princess body" LOL

[sa547]

Originally Posted by mochichan

Of course any successor to Kojiharu would have an amazing "princess body" LOL

"Pheromones" Mimori, who else? Even if she regularly annoys the hell out of Sayaka.

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BTW, another ficlet for you guys (it's a one-shot):

Spoiler for The Queen of Sing-Sing:

The Queen of Sing-Sing
Neo Sing-Sing Orbital Youth Detention Center
Planet Cayennestar, DGTO Military District 3552 - Betelgeuse Star System

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Alexa Pearl Mallory, her hair arranged in a classical cornrow, was in this wretched place for two weeks now, having been thrown in after she was found guilty of narcotics possession in her home planet, and the second such time to be sentenced, the first one being at another detention slammer like this about two years ago, when she was then thirteen and charged for theft.

Once again she wore the regulation brown jumper suit (with her serial number) and regulation sneakers, and she had to go through the usual routine.

Being a street gang member, she was used to this, no shit, as the first one was completely educational: getting the usual rough treatment, of being harassed on the first day, then caught in a brawl the second day, isolation for two days, and then some amount of sizable reputation.

She knocked out the other bitch trying to get a grab at her ass, knocked out the upper teeth and the nose.

Anyway, to make the story short, it took Alexa two years before being set free, to roam the neighborhood again, back in her habitat, in the ghetto of the industrial planet that was Queenstar, selling a synthesized variant of crack. The going was good until some asshole in the crew sold her out.

Today she was among several thousands of girls congregating in the detention center’s huge cafeteria, a sea of brown filled up with chatter, watched over by roving butch-like matrons in starched blue uniforms and riot gear. She had a minor reputation now, thanks to a tattoo marked on her wrist, that marked her as a standing member of the New Bloods, the oldest street gang in the galaxy since the Great Emigration after the war.

Which meant that she can afford to have a seat, unlike the FNGs who had to be broken first before being accepted into the snakepit.

They called her Lex, and that was all. Until she noticed a girl coming towards her, dressed in the same brown jumpsuit and carrying a laden tray, except she was being escorted by a couple of stern-looking lady wardens.

Then it dawned upon Lex that there was a vacant seat opposite hers, and this girl, with dark purple hair (cut into short bangs) and a seemingly calm facial expression, took her seat and placed the tray onto the table.

As she watched her eat a bowl of noodles with chopsticks, Lex wondered, How long she was in this shithole? What’s so special about her?

She noted that this other girl had no tattoos or heavy scars or whatever that indicated of any past violence, or carried a demeanor worthy of a gang leader, a true queen of the penitents.

Lex hoped that this girl wouldn’t grab her by the lapels, so she asked, straight-to-the-point: “I’m in because of some crack, so what you’re doing time here for?”

The oriental-looking girl stopped eating, and her eyes stared back at Lex.

“They put me here because I sang and danced against the law,” the other girl said in an almost smoky voice. “For that I’ve been given twenty years.”

“That’s fucking weird,” Lex remarked. “What do you do for a living back then?”

“I’m an idol before coming here.”

Lex blinked. “What?”

“We’re basically performers of pop music,” the other girl said. “We mostly sing and dance, and try to make people happy no matter what problems they have. We also try to go to them no matter where they are, even in places where entertainment is banned completely.”

Immersed in the rough urban life, Lex had never heard of idols, just so much gangsta rap and freestyling in her home planet, but this was really a new concept for her… and why do somebody had to be jailed for singing? What kind of shit the anal-retentive government and the pigs were into?

“My name’s Lex,” she said, deciding to warm up to the conversation. “Lex Mallory, from Queenstar. What’s yours?”

The other girl sighed, smiled and said, “My name is Atsuko Maeda the Thirteenth. Nice to meet you… and you can call me Acchan.”

[mochichan]

^
I kinda thought Mimori is more Kasai Tomomi than Kojiharu :P
I saw your fanfic on tumblr. The last part was enjoyable lol. Gangstah rap meet idols. I like that :P
You used the Majisuka Gakuen 3 pic lol That's your inspiration?

Spoiler for paruru whut?:

In the 2nd part, is Acchan going to beat up criminals in the prison while eating sakura blossom?

[asaqe]

Originally Posted by sa547

The following is a parody:

Spoiler:

One flaw in your theory, Aniota does not like Wota. The ANIOTA in exchange for petty offerings and scraps acts as counter insurgents.

And the only reason why Bieber hates anime is because Japan refuses to pander to America's tastes unlike Korea.

[Raiga]

Spoiler for Fanart:

Sonata concludes that Mimori is an "M" because that's the first letter of "Mimori".

So she proudly announces to Linda that Makoto is also an M.

After Makoto explains to Sonata what being "M" actually means, Sonata is confused. Why would someone want to be teased or hurt?

Linda says, "It's not that hard to understand. Makoto's just like that."

[sa547]

Originally Posted by asaqe

One flaw in your theory, Aniota does not like Wota. The ANIOTA in exchange for petty offerings and scraps acts as counter insurgents.

What theory?

[chaosprophet]

Some updates to the main site. Two of the 76th understudies were added to then Others section of characters. Megumi and that other that talked more. And lol to both having angry faces there.

The glossary also was updated with Tundrastar, Micsaber, and multiple coordinated concerts.

[Raiga]

Originally Posted by chaosprophet

Some updates to the main site. Two of the 76th understudies were added to then Others section of characters. Megumi and that other that talked more. And lol to both having angry faces there.

The glossary also was updated with Tundrastar, Micsaber, and multiple coordinated concerts.

Don't have time to do the new entries at the moment, but it's confirmed that the micsaber has variable power settings, from "shock" to "cut". Nothing else in this update is really new information, aside from a few personality tidbits about Hazuki.

[Eisdrache]

Megumi seriously needs more love from Sae

[chaosprophet]

Originally Posted by Eisdrache

Megumi seriously needs more love from Sae

More like, she needs to be less tsun with Sae!

EDIT:
Just watched the BD version of Episode 1. The extra time was expended in a few longer scenes around the episode (plus 2 minutes of just credits...). A few little parts here and there got a few seconds longer too. Sadly there was no extended part on the concert 4 years ago.

On the longer scenes:

Spoiler for ep1 BD:

The very fist scene on the current time with Nagisa on her bicycle have her going around and thinking back on the concert before the scene on school starts.

The scene where and Yuuka goes ahead of the girls because of her boyfriend is extended. Orine wonders how it would feel to like a boy. Nagisa wonders if they already kissed and after Orine gets embarrassed Nagisa says it's no big deal and as a joke she says that if it was Orine she wouldn't mind doing it and goes as if she was going to kiss Orine. Orine runs away in embarrassment. (they're really giving some big vibes that Orine likes girls here XD)

Another extended scene with Nagisa going home on her bicycle after Yuuka got angry at her when she said she wouldn't be able to take the auditions.

The scene where Nagisa is pretending to sleep on the grass is a bit longer with Yuuka and Orine pointing to the sky as they could see the stars.

The booklet that comes with the BD has a character profile for Nagisa and Yuuko. There it says Yuuko real name is 君島光 (Kimishima Hikaru? it doesn't have the reading only the kanjis). Also from Yuuko profile, her birthday is on Stellar Year 29, 12/12; she is 18 years old; 155 cm tall; and comes from 日光星 / ニッコウスター (Nikkoustar where the Nikkou means sunlight).

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Don't have time to do the new entries at the moment, but it's confirmed that the micsaber has variable power settings, from "shock" to "cut".

So I was right after all. It seemed obvious for the way Chieri used it in episode 6 but it's nice to get a confirmation.

[RDF2050]

I wonder, how DES has not though about getting a spy in AKB0048? (after watching Episode 7) This could help them located where they are and find their supporters.

[sa547]

Originally Posted by RDF2050

I wonder, how DES has not though about getting a spy in AKB0048? (after watching Episode 7) This could help them located where they are and find their supporters.

Cobra Commander can do better by asking Zartan to sneak in and subvert 0048 altogether in a single night.

Seriously, how the enemy is characterized is one of the few sore minuses about this show: it would've been more interesting watching had the opposing force were just as colorful (and more than just a bunch of faceless mooks straight out of tokusatsu), along with a very interesting archenemy.

[asaqe]

Originally Posted by sa547

Cobra Commander can do better by asking Zartan to sneak in and subvert 0048 altogether in a single night.

Seriously, how the enemy is characterized is one of the few sore minuses about this show: it would've been more interesting watching had the opposing force were just as colorful (and more than just a bunch of faceless mooks straight out of tokusatsu), along with a very interesting archenemy.

Sometimes we have to be careful about how we pull it off. Look at Mobile Suit Gundam, lot more people like Zeon's cast than the other side.

Best to keep the DES as your typical force of oppression