AKIHABARA Backstage PASS

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TsunTube #101

Still with Miyabi and the new 4th Gen members of Backstage Pass…

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TsunTube #102

http://backst.jp/news/201304/197/
2nd single announced. Planned to be released in Summer 2013.

Main Girls:
*Top 3 from half year rankings (Dec 2012~May 2013)
*Top 3 from monthly rankings (May 2013)
*3 chosen by Warner Music Japan
*2 chosen from Bakusute staff
*1 surprise member, the winner of the "Accha Muite Basu" Teki na Tournament Game they will have in May)

Choosing the main members for the second single…

[Denki]

FINALLY! I've been waiting for over a month. xD

http://backst.jp/news/201306/250/
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Title: Bishoujo Mokushiroku (美少女黙示録)
12 Main Girls announced:

Hario Arisa (Half Year #1)
Taiga Hana (Monthly #3)
Itou Yuu (Surprise) <-- Karen said she was the surprise (bikkuri) member
Ayashima Yuka (Warner)
Aikawa Ayano (Half Year #2)
Moroboshi Azuna (Monthly #2)
AD Nagisa (Bakusute) <--Assumed
Suzumiya Hinano (Bakusute) <--Assumed
Hirosawa Mai (Monthly #1)
Aoshima Karen (Half Year #3)
Hanano Yuuka (Warner)
Hamaguchi Ranko (Warner)

Also, 5th Generation Audition announced.
http://backst.jp/special/audition5th

According to Aoshima Karen, Bakusute's first album will be released in Fall 2013.
http://ameblo.jp/cullen-bs/page-2.html

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Hirosawa Mai (Monthly #1)

That's all I need to know.

I know it's a bit cheap to like the leader, but she deserves it. She obviously works hard for her ranking, she's a natural leader and center, and she looks like an approachable, working-class version of Maimi.

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TsunTube #103

http://backst.jp/news/201304/197/
2nd single announced. Planned to be released in Summer 2013.

Main Girls:
*Top 3 from half year rankings (Dec 2012~May 2013)
*Top 3 from monthly rankings (May 2013)
*3 chosen by Warner Music Japan
*2 chosen from Bakusute staff
*1 surprise member, the winner of the "Accha Muite Basu" Teki na Tournament Game they will have in May)

Choosing the main members for the second single…

Continued…



The requisite Moment(s) of AD Nagisa are at 8:57, 9:59, and especially 15:44.

Let's face it, it's pretty much becoming her show.

[Starra]

When she becomes 80 she should change her stage name to BC Nagisa.

[zam_ho]

I would like to visit one of the Afilia cafes if I ever visit Japan. The "Magic School" theme is interesting also their cafe is decorated to look like something from the medival period.

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From the official channel: the "Afilia Collaborations!" segments from TsunTube #102 and #103 combined into a single, long segment/commercial…

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TsunTube #104

http://backst.jp/news/201304/197/
2nd single announced. Planned to be released in Summer 2013.

Main Girls:
*Top 3 from half year rankings (Dec 2012~May 2013)
*Top 3 from monthly rankings (May 2013)
*3 chosen by Warner Music Japan
*2 chosen from Bakusute staff
*1 surprise member, the winner of the "Accha Muite Basu" Teki na Tournament Game they will have in May)

http://backst.jp/news/201306/250/
Release Date: August 14, 2013
Title: Bishoujo Mokushiroku (美少女黙示録)
12 Main Girls announced:

Hario Arisa (Half Year #1)
Taiga Hana (Monthly #3)
Itou Yuu (Surprise) <-- Karen said she was the surprise (bikkuri) member
Ayashima Yuka (Warner)
Aikawa Ayano (Half Year #2)
Moroboshi Azuna (Monthly #2)
AD Nagisa (Bakusute) <--Assumed
Suzumiya Hinano (Bakusute) <--Assumed
Hirosawa Mai (Monthly #1)
Aoshima Karen (Half Year #3)
Hanano Yuuka (Warner)
Hamaguchi Ranko (Warner)

The tournament: roll a 1 or a 6 to move on to the second round…



The episode intro seems like a spoiler, showing the final presentation of the twelve main members following the tournament and the Warner and Bakusute selections. But since it actually happened two weeks ago and was announced already on the website, it's not much of a spoiler.

Note that they held the tournament before they revealed the selections; at least two of the selectees (that I recognize) played in the tournament and were eliminated.

Anyhow, I figure there two more episodes after this: next week, the conclusion of the tournament, and then the week after next, the selections in full and possibly the debut of the MV.

The tournament assistants are Ayano Aikawa (2nd place for the first half of 2013) and Hana Taiga (3rd place for the month of May). It's easy to be cheerful when you've already won. Everyone else is a nervous wreck.

The requisite Moment of AD Nagisa starts at 17:35. It was a big day, so another member helped her with her makeup, and… well…

A bonus Moment of Kaori Horiuchi starts at 4:09.

It's interesting that nine of the twelve main members are the same as for the last single. It might be time to learn all of them, if they have that kind of staying power.

[JonCC]

Bakusute Sotokanda Icchome will be at Tokyo Idol Festival 2013.

Source: http://idolfes.com/2013/news/