The international fans of Morning Musume are getting more and more focus from their agency with the recent international concert(s). But Thursday, August 20 is a day to remember. Because today on Crunchyroll at 12 PM PDT, an exclusive interview with the group was published, including English subs of course.
Crunchyroll also brings you their latest video of the single Nanchatte Renai which was just released about a week ago. They have now released a total of 40(!) singles since 1997 when they first started.
The video is available to everyone outside of Japan and you can find it by clicking on this link. You will find the PV here.
Although there’s really nothing special about this so to call exclusive interview, perhaps this is the beginning of a new era of how Morning Musume content is distributed to us international fans. I certainly hope that Crunchyroll will partner up with the group to bring us international fans the latest news without having to rely on illegal file sharing and fansubbing. A weekly Morning Musume simulcast would be freaking epic, right?
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The announcement was a little misleading however, they didn’t really reveal anything at all, which definitely made it less “exclusive”. But we can all hope that this is the beginning of something good^^
Woah, missed this. Thx.
Those vids are always quite exhausting. So much girls to look at at once xD
Haha, I’m used to it!^^ Morning Musume is fine, watching AKB48 can definitely be exhausting though! xD
Somehow I don’t like Japanese girl groups, they can’t match up with the Korean ones like Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, Brown Eyed Girls or Baby VOX. They make better music, look hotter and can appeal to 20 something people… Nevertheless, to each his own ;)
I’m gonna have to agree, Korean girl groups like those you mentioned make much better music. Their appeal is somewhat different in many cases, I think the Koreans are more like westerners in their mind when it comes to what is and what isn’t appealing. Japan has a unique idol industry that aims at a much smaller audience while the Koreans are more mainstream.
One of the great things about girl groups in Japan is that they can survive even though their music sucks, they provide entertainment in so many other ways. I don’t know of any Korean girl group that would survive without their good music…
If that’s the case, than it tells more about the Japanese audience and less about the ability of Korean girl groups to entertain. Can you tell me what do you mean ‘provide entertainment in so many other ways’?
In my opinion, Korean groups wouldn’t be anything without their good music. I wouldn’t follow Wonder Girls if their music wasn’t good, they’re just not that fun to watch. It’s different with Japanese idols groups, them I can enjoy watching while hating their music. For example I don’t listen to AKB48, but I love watching them on TV because they’re all actually comedians as well. Japanese idols often do other things like hosting radio and tv shows, voice acting, musicals, photo books (usually with a making of dvd) etc.
I’ve never seen any Korean idol (from a girl group) do all that kind of stuff, except for acting which Koreans are generally better at imo.
To me it feels more like the Korean girl groups are musicians/singers while the Japanese are, well, entertainers.
Aha, I see. Thanks for explaining. That makes sense, yea.