Hello! Now that was fast – Koharu’s birthday is pretty close to Sayumi’s, ain’t it? Anyways it’s 12 am in Japan, which means – birthday time! I’m not really a big fan of Koharu, but this doesn’t mean I won’t be congratulating her.
So I wish her a happy birthday, lots of presents and to have fun with friends(and probably group members). And I also wish her good health, success and happiness.
Happy birthday Koharu-chan!
お誕生日おめでとう、こはるちゃん！
Thanks for your time.
Update: Actually it’s Koharu’s 17th birthday not 16th – somehow I made a typo there. Thanks Takos for noticing! I’m really sorry for this.
Hello! The single is to be released on 4th of February and the PV was made available today at Dohhh UP! So if you want – you can go there and watch it in good quality, or if you don’t – then I’ll stick the PV into my vodpod(from youtube) and I’ll put it here. Enjoy.
Thanks to the uploader, and of course thanks to Dohhh UP!
Now then, what can I say about the PV… Not very much, because the PV is typical Kusumi Koharu stuff and I’m not really the target audience of this, so I think it’s good from the real targeted audience point of view. As for the music itself, it’s the thing that suits well Koharu’s voice. Though this time it’s a bit more boring than Papancake was, but I liked this more than Tan Tan Taan. Overall – like I said, I’m not the targeted audience for this, so I can’t say “I just love it”, let’s just say that I don’t hate it. Koharu seems to enjoy what she’s doing, so I think it’s good for her.
Hello! I’ve been somewhat busy and also I’ve been waiting for a lot of news to come. And so there is already a lot of news and I think I will share them with you.
Today, on 4th of October – C-ute’s new DVD magazine was released. It’s volume 7 and I’m really looking forward to it, because I enjoyed the last one.
You may already now this, but on 11th of OctoberHello!Project Calendars for 2009 will be released. These include Berryz Koubou calendar, C-ute calendar, Natsumi Abe, Morning Musume and Matsura Aya. These are available for pre-order at different places, and I will give you links to HMV so you can pre-order them there if you wish.
Matsura Aya 2009 Calendar – here.(it’s already released)
Mano Erina’s second single is to be released today. It’s called “Lucky All Right ~Sorette Ureshii desu~” but unfortunately it’s an Indie single and so it will be released at fan events – so no oversees shipments… You can see its cover though…
Long awaited by me DVD “Hello!Project 2008 Summer Wonderful Hearts Koen – Hishochi de Date Itashima Show”(yes, long title as usual XD) will be released on 22nd of October. Preorder is available here(yesasia.com).
Second single of MilkyWay will be released on 29th of October. Both limited and regular editions are available for preorder.
If you want to preorder regular – click here.(yesasia.com)
But that’s not all. This winter will be full of releases – and I really think that later there’s even more announces to come.
Berryz Koubou 18th single is to be released on 5th of November. It’s title has been already announced and it’s “Madayade” which is supposedly Kansai-ben(dialect) word standing for “Not yet”(thanks to Ayabiefor pointing this out).
On 12th of November we will see two releases at once. First is DVD with concert footage from C-ute’s concert “Wasuretakunai Natsu” and second is Buono’s new single – “Lotta’ Love Lotta’ Love”
As for Buono single it’s an ending theme for new season of Shugo Chara, which is called “Shugo Chara Dokii” first episode of it was aired today, at 9:33(Japan time) and so there we could already hear both – new single of new unit “Shugo Chara Egg” and new single from Buono!
It has already been posted at youtube, so you can see and hear it. As always, I’ll embed it here.
Shugo Chara Dokii opening
Shugo Chara Dokii ending
I really enjoyed these both – I hope you will enjoy them too. I’m looking forward to the releases.
May I remind you that Shugo Chara Egg’s new single will be released on 10th of December.
But let’s get back a bit to 21st of November. Tsugunaga Momoko’s new photobook(which still has no title…) is to be released at this time.
Later on – 26th of November, only recently announced C-ute’s new single is to come. No more information available at this time…
Also on 26th of November – cover album from Morning Musume will be released. It’s titled “Cover You”
DVD with Morning Musume’s musical collaboration with Takarazuka “Cinderella the Musical” will be released on 3rd of December. You can preorder it on cdjapan.co.jp
As I’ve said earlier – 10th of December is the release date for Minna no Tamago – Shugo Chara Egg’s debut single.
Concert DVD with Berryz Koubou concert “Berikore” will be released on 17th of December.
And also on 17th of December - new Kusumi Koharu’s album is to be released.
That’s almost all news for today. Though I probably missed something – but it’s either too far away, or somehow slept past me. As soon as something new comes by – I’ll post it here immediately.
Hi everyone! Since it’s four days before August, and there’s some releases in July left – I’ve decided to join two news posts into one and tell you about current releases and upcoming ones so you could decide on what you want to spend your money. ^_^
Already released – Kusumi Koharu’s new photobook “Koharu Nikki”(i.e. Koharu’s Diary) – I didn’t see it yet, but I saw previews and I must tell you that it’s great – I think you should definitely see this, because
Koharu looks a bit different than her usual self. Later on – a special DVD is to be released on 20th of September(but since it’s not an August release, not much information on this one, sorry).
Next upcoming release is C-ute’s single “Edo no Temari Uta II” – which I’ve already told you about a dozen times, so I’ll just tell you something new about it. As you may already know, the limited edition of the single comes with eight interchangable covers. Thanks to Noucielfrom JPH!P forum we now know how they look like.
As you see – if you have limited edition of this single, you can choose cover with your favorite member. All these covers are included into the limited edition(though I’d stick to group cover, because I like them all too much to choose only one favorite). May I remind you once again that both regular and limited editions will be released on 30th of July and pre-orders at yesasia await those who would like to buy. If you don’t have an opportunity to buy it(though I strongly recommend this) go to Hello!Online – I’m sure you will be able to find the single yourselves, because it is already available there.
Next release that awaits us also on 30th of JulyMorning Musume’s new dvd “Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Single Daizenshu~”
Can’t tell much on this, because I didn’t see it, nor did I read anything about it. But I can show you it’s cover and give you a link to yesasia.com preorder.
Another release is also on 30th of July – it’s Kusumi Koharu’s single V for her new single “Papancake”. As usual, you can pre-order it at yesasia.com
The Possible are going to release yet another great single. It’s called “Ijiwaru Crazy love” and it will be released on 6th of August. There’s pre-orders available at yesasia.com for both regular and limited editions, grab them ’till they’re there. ^_^
Regular Edition Cover
Limited Edition Cover
Single V for C-ute’s single “Edo no Temari Uta II” will be released on 13th of August. No cover’s available yet, but you already can preorder the Single V at yesasia.com
Buono!‘s new single “Gachinko de Ikou!” will be released on 20th of August. And covers are already available(as well as full previews at Hello!Online, but you will have to find them yourselves ~_^)
And on 27th of August we will see Berryz Koubou new single(though I can hardly call this a new single) “Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix“(it was before called Onko Chishin Remix). Since no covers available and the preorder on Yesasia.com wasn’t updated to a new name of this single – I will not post any links to it, until there’s something new about it.
That’s all known releases for August. If something new comes up, as usual I’ll post it here. Please also note that this list does not include some of the releases. It’s either because of their H!P unrelated nature(J-pop releases aren’t listed here – there’s too many of them) or because of lack of interest in some of H!P groups(for example I’m not interested in Abe Natsumi for now, and she will have some releases during August).
Okay… I almost forgot about this. Thanks to Hello!Blog for his upcoming birthdays sidebar. Well maybe it’s just that Koharu has become one my favorites only recently… So enough with that. Today’s her birthday! And I want to congratulate her with this! Happy birthday Koharu-chan. I wish you to be as popular as any other Morning Musume girls. And I wish your new album to gain as much sales as possible! Once again. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Hi everyone! Today I checked up Hello!Online tracker and found something out. First. The Anime ending version of Buono!’s new single, that will be released on 20th of August is already available for downloading.
Next. Kusumi Koharu’s “Papan Cake” is also avalable for download in mp3 and flac(lossless) versions.
Next. Berryz Koubou & °C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger~ Berryz Koubou Tracks Edition is also available there at the tracker. There’s two versions of this – the complete version dvd-rip, that contains the concert and two separate footages for Berryz Koubou and C-ute – and the second version is the footage for Berryz Koubou dvd-iso.
Though remember – when you buy the dvds and singles, you support you favorite groups. So I strongly recommend you to buy them. That’s all for now, maybe I’ll find something new later on.
Since there’s not very much going on in H!P area, I’ll post the centralized information on the upcoming releases for your convenience. Special thanks to JPH!P forum and Hello!Online site.
So the closest release is Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger~ dvd – this time it’s “Berryz Tracks” edition. I already explained the difference in one of my previous posts on this concert. This dvd will be released on 16th of July. And the pre-order is already available on yesasia.com – you can click here if you want to pre-order it(if you didn’t do it already).
If you somehow have no opportunity to order it(though I strongly recommend you to – because that way you support your favorite group) – go to Hello!Online tracker and search there(see the link above).
Next upcoming release is Kusumi Koharu’s 5th single under Tsukishima Kirari – It is called “Papan Cake”. Two editions(limited and regular) will be released on 16th of June. Pre-orders both for limited and regular editions are available at yesasia.com
Single V dvd for Berryz Koubou single “Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance” will be released on 23rd of July, and it’s also already available for pre-ordering. Click here to go to yesasia.com
Kusumi Koharu’s “Photo Diary” photobook will be released on 25th of July. No cover art is avalable yet, but pre-order is already open at yesasia.com – click here to go there.
C-ute new single “Edo no Temari Uta II” will be released on 30th of July. Covers and some more information are posted here a few posts ago(look for it). Here I will give you links to pre-orders, that are open at yesasia.com
Also on 30th of July – a new concert DVD from Morning Musume will be released. This time it’s Concert Tour 2008 Spring – Single Daizenshu. No cover available yet. Pre-order, as always, is open at yesasia.com – click here.
Please note, that these news include only July releases and only the groups I’m interested in… Feel free to add more information on these releases or on any other H!P releases in the comments. Take care!
Thanks for your time.
