Morning musume...

Hanzo21 wrote:

You could be right about that. But most of material is downsampled (XVID, mp3, etc). After watching how good the downsampled stuff, I decided to start buying the real deal. Even pre-ordered all (except PB's) of the December offerings. Perhaps there's more folks like that.

The people that can't afford to buy the Morning Musume releases would miss it if it wasn't available at the torrent. And that wouldn't be good.

Then there's the fact that Morning Musume and their (real) fans are kind of a closed loop society. It's pretty difficult for foreigners to get merchandise other than officially released DVD's and CD's. So, I think the Hello-Project organization has made a marketing decision to not worry about the Worldwide market. If that's the case, the little bit of pirating of downsampled material is actually good for outfit. And it's real good that foreigners, for the most, are excluded from the Morning Musume scene.

You're probably right. It's not like they are struggling to raise cash, after all. :)

Hey! The catalogs came! :bonk:

Actually they are just a 4 page flyer with an order form.

Here's a digicam shot of the first page. Will try to get some scans later after everyone goes to bed.

http://soiuser.hyperchat.com/shimajiro/cat1.jpg

Hanzo21 wrote:Hey! The catalogs came! :bonk:

Actually they are just a 4 page flyer with an order form.

Here's a digicam shot of the first page. Will try to get some scans later after everyone goes to bed.

http://soiuser.hyperchat.com/shimajiro/cat1.jpg

You can buy MM girls for 500 yen each???

Anime Dad wrote:


You can buy MM girls for 500 yen each???

That'd be nice! Probably just a fan though. It gets while watching the Morning Musume.

Kind of funny... last night there was a Skype conversation with Japan. Inlaws asked when are we going to visit. Wife said we're waiting for the MM Spring concert schedule to come out. She wasn't told to say that. Cool.

On the one hand, it means not getting up up close by the runway, but still attending at all will be great. :bonk:

japanese_boy wrote:Mikitty TimE noW....
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Shinyo's favorite MM girl?

her dvd making of, video is nice....check it out. from her latest pb, off H!P tracker :applaud:

Hanzo21 wrote:

That's what's so cool about Morning Musume. You know, there's a lot of fanboys that watch pointless dramas just to check out the pretty J-Girls like Aya and Maki-chan. They don't understand the drama unless it's subtitled. But they don't care.

On the other hand, all the Morning Musume fans around the world study the Japanese language with great intensity so they can understand what the members talk about off stage on the television and radio shows. I guess the Morning Musume fans are just higher quality people. :)

i guess i would fall into that category......I don't quite understand the j-drama, yet i watch it for my favorite J-actresses...or if she is really kawaii...but what keeps my interest is, if it has a good storyline, and if the series is subtitled, that always helps out. Well, I for one, am trying to learn the Nihongo language, it is difficult, and takes commitment. Well, although i do like what you say, and i am a huge MM fan myself, of course I am....i also believe that we are not just big fans, and enjoy quality entertainment, and very kawaii girls, we just are too cool. Higher quality people, maybe.....but that depends on where it is coming from...i guess i won't really dispute that....since i am not taking an unbiased approach.

How's the Pimsleur lessons going, you two? Having fun?

Hanzo21 wrote:Hey! The catalogs came! :bonk:

Actually they are just a 4 page flyer with an order form.

Here's a digicam shot of the first page. Will try to get some scans later after everyone goes to bed.

http://soiuser.hyperchat.com/shimajiro/cat1.jpg

it's nice to have connections in japan on MM.
thanks for the info. :applaud:

Hanzo21 wrote:

That'd be nice! Probably just a fan though. It gets while watching the Morning Musume.

Kind of funny... last night there was a Skype conversation with Japan. Inlaws asked when are we going to visit. Wife said we're waiting for the MM Spring concert schedule to come out. She wasn't told to say that. Cool.

On the one hand, it means not getting up up close by the runway, but still attending at all will be great. :bonk:

when do you plan on going? I cannot wait to go, and it would be a dream come true to meet any of the girls, and see them in concert.

Anime Dad wrote:


You can buy MM girls for 500 yen each???

probably a lot a lot more than that.... :sweat:

i wonder how much a kiss would be for Ai-chan?... :muack:

Anime Dad wrote:How's the Pimsleur lessons going, you two? Having fun?

up to lesson #3, on the first series....thanks. :applaud:

do you have the next series on Pimsleur, Japanese? is there one? :headscratch:

thanks again, it helps with my nihongo skills. :bow: :applaud:

qilver wrote:

up to lesson #3, on the first series....thanks. :applaud:

do you have the next series on Pimsleur, Japanese? is there one? :headscratch:

thanks again, it helps with my nihongo skills. :bow: :applaud:

There's actually 3 CD's. There's a torrent around that has all 3, plus a whole heap of other stuff....... about 6G worth of stuff. I think I got CD 2 & CD 3 from EMule.

Anime Dad wrote:

There's actually 3 CD's. There's a torrent around that has all 3, plus a whole heap of other stuff....... about 6G worth of stuff. I think I got CD 2 & CD 3 from EMule.

i haven't really used emule before, i usually stick with bittorent...

don't have the torrent of the 2nd series do you by chance?

the first one series is quite wonderful and useful. :bow:

http://snarf-it.org/viewTorrent/594820-Learn+Japanese.html

*EDIT* If you use the right client, you can select which files to D/L first and just don't D/L the CD1 files :)

Anime Dad wrote:How's the Pimsleur lessons going, you two? Having fun?

They are pretty cool. It's a good addition to the learning process. They guys at work like them a lot too.

Anime Dad wrote:http://snarf-it.org/viewTorrent/594820-Learn+Japanese.html

great, but overwhelming info....thanks.

which one was the torrent you put up initially, the first series on pimsleur?

qilver wrote:

probably a lot a lot more than that.... :sweat:

i wonder how much a kiss would be for Ai-chan?... :muack:

If you hang around after the show where the limo's exit, you'd might be able to see and kiss the girls as they speed away to their secret location.

Anime Dad wrote:http://snarf-it.org/viewTorrent/594820-Learn+Japanese.html

*EDIT* If you use the right client, you can select which files to D/L first and just don't D/L the CD1 files :)

Great! Thanks!

Hanzo21 wrote:

If you hang around after the show where the limo's exit, you'd might be able to see and kiss the girls as they speed away to their secret location.

or better yet, join them :naughty:

Here's the second CD:

http://snarf-it.org/viewTorrent/606780-Pimsleur+Japanese+II.rar.html