The H!P Musings/Rants Thread

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The Hello! Project logo on the H!P site (mobile only) has changed back to normal, as well as Morning Musume. '24 (It will update for PC viewers soon)

[Zunu]

Hmm...I think I preferred the font in the "25 Years" logo

[DJChisato1]

Hmm...I think I preferred the font in the "25 Years" logo

"Simple is Best."

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Actress and Model Tsubasa Honda stars in a new CM for ZOZOTOWN online fashion store and goes back in time to the year 2000 for the campaign "ZOZO MUSIC SHOW Y2K", wearing clothes from the year 2000 and hair in a bun.



In the "ZOZO MUSIC SHOW Y2K" episode, Tsubasa Honda and dancers appear in "Y2K" fashion, which incorporates trends from the 2000s.
The commercial introduces ZOZOTOWN's campaign to save money on shopping to the tune of Morning Musume's famous song "Renai Revolution 21" released in 2000.

A new CM this year for ZOZOTOWN online fashion store starring Tsubasa Honda, promoting ZOZO week again with Y2K fashion, and using Renai Revolution 21 as the melody

Same dancers too.

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Today is January 28th.

Search モーニング娘。on Yahoo JP and you get to see lots of congratulatory hearts pop up on screen for Morning Musume's 26th Anniversary of their debut with the headline "Happy Morning Musume. Day"

tweet it out with hashtag #Happyモーニング娘Day



https://search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%E3 ... hare_anniv

Too cute

[Shoujo Q]

https://hipchocolate.com/
Something humorous. It’s Hip chocolate but is it not also H!P chocolate?

[erilaz]

^ Apropos of that, just yesterday I clicked on a folder that I thought was labeled "H!P" and momentarily freaked out because it contained only one image file. WHERE DID ALL MY STUFF GO?! But then I realized it was actually labeled "HiP" — a Horipro idol unit whose members included Fukada Kyōko and Ayase Haruka. (The H!P folder is of course labeled "Hello! Project", duh.)

[Shoujo Q]

I was on the Hello!Project website looking for the Berryz Discography and noticed that the majority of it was removed from the website. They still have some Berryz related things, but it's pretty bare bones. On the other hang, C-ute is still on there as well as BeriKyuu.

I had to eventually work my way over to the Up-Front Works page to find the discography. It just seems strange they are picking and choosing what OG stuff to keep on the H!P page.

And I need to ask, is Piccolo Town still active or are they defunct now? I noticed Bitter & Sweet's latest release wasn't on Piccolo Town, but their others were. And they were the last active group still affiliated with them after Berryz and Ciao Bella Cinquetti disbanded.

[erilaz]

^ Interesting question. According to MusicBrainz, Piccolo Town's most recent release was Bitter & Sweet's Love Story wa Hajimaranai on 6 April 2022. It could very well be defunct.

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PICCOLO TOWN was merged with UPFRONT WORKS indie label after it was inactive.

As of March 2023, Bitter & Sweet was the only artist belonging to the label, and since the various omnibus releases from the label had been inactive for some time, the label was eventually integrated into the aforementioned HACHAMA and UP-FRONT WORKS

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2 ... F%E3%82%B9

According to Pony Canyon's Japanese wiki, PICCOLO TOWN was a consignment source to Pony Canyon. It mentions the Piccolo Town label was discontinued

These companies that have been entrusted with projects in the past are as follows.

Upfront Works

PICCOLO TOWN - One of the company's in-house labels that once existed, the company began consignment sales with Pony Canyon from September 2013 until December 2022, when the label was discontinued.

Prior to August 2013, King Records consigned sales.

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D ... A%E3%83%B3