Christ on fire, what a ridiculous start to 2017. I don’t think I wrote anything that pissed off anybody, and it was still a record-breaking week for number of posts and total hits. Thanks, I guess? We can all look back on it with fond memories when we get into June and like nothing interesting is happening besides “hey look at this live video GOD SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING TIF’S STILL MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY.”
Our first graduation of note (yay!) for the year was Sawada Risa, who left Alice Juban / Kamen Joshi on Monday. Now who’s going to carry that enormous … butcher’s knife? on stage at PARMS?
170102仮面女子アリス十番:澤田リサ(@risa__sawada)at卒業式。
その11。『Fusion☆Girl』w/桜雪(@y_sakura_alice) pic.twitter.com/eaMCU8cSJO
— 仮面女子:公式ツイッター (@AliceProject_mb) January 2, 2017
Idols have a tendency to inspire true behavior of dedication in their fans. People will buy them almost anything! They also do things like redesign their guitar to include DEEP GIRL’s Mashiro:
@mashilo_ 痛ター完成w(通称ましたんぐ) ほぼ全てハイエンドパーツに交換&集光バイオレットのアクリルでピックガード新調。全て手作業です!プレイアビリティもサウンドも最高なので、これ使って近日音源アップしまし。 pic.twitter.com/1sra0oESWc
— 17†LYN@knotfestお疲れ様 (@masked_inarin) January 5, 2017
Ten Tenko added this number to Soundcloud the other day:
That bass line, though. You may also enjoy:
Captains Log: January 2017: Tentenko has officially gone into next-level full-on art-damage mode… https://t.co/XZuy0CH2X0
— Brian Walker (@supreme_nothing) January 7, 2017
Gonna miss you, Koutei Camera Girl Zwei.
下北FMさん、
ありがとうございましゆ!(^人^)ラストワンマンライブ、是非遊びに来てみと思いましゆ…!校庭カメラガールツヴァイでした〜!
ライブ映像▶︎https://t.co/drlU6ZctPs#コウテカ2 #ニコ生 #下北FM #wwtm pic.twitter.com/gO7sCEzTqq
— しゅがしゅ らら@コウテカ2 (@lala_sugarin) January 5, 2017
Watanabe must have gotten some positive information around a potential Budokan show for BiSH, because the ban on lifting etc. at shows is back on, if it was ever off, if it was ever on to begin with and not just part of his lifelong effort to troll everybody.
【ダイブ・サーフ禁止のお知らせ】BiSH NEVER MiND TOURよりリフト禁止はもちろんのこと、ダイブ、サーフも禁止となります。発見した瞬間にライブ終了となります。よろしくお願いいたします。
— BiSHオフィシャル (@BiSHidol) January 4, 2017
Definitely not trolling is this set of custom Zippo lighters (I lover Zippos) design by BiSH members and also in IDOL edition:
[BiSH×Zippoコラボ決定!!]BiSHとZippoとのコラボモデル発売が決定!各メンバーによるデザインと、定番IDOLモデルの合計7種類全てシリアルナンバー入り!!先着でチェキもプレゼント。本日より受注限定生産販売します詳細https://t.co/MamJBYrHYQ pic.twitter.com/LEfGfmHjPE
— BiSHオフィシャル (@BiSHidol) January 6, 2017
Can somebody please buy me that “All you need is punk and love” version?
There’s been some new (as in, unreleased) Yanakoto Sotto Mute music floating around from their gorgeous lives, and I always either miss it or get to it really late, so here are two examples:
I love them so much.
North Wind Impact Choque!, who recently made an appearance in Phillter’s travelogue of your jealousy, are showing renewed signs of life all over the place. Here’s a snip of them doing the pretty cool “Girls in the War”:
2017.1.3 O-EAST
「GIRLS IN THE WAR」#北風ムービー pic.twitter.com/xWV1UscrHK— 北風インパクトChoque!(チョーケ) (@KITAKAZE_RIZE) January 4, 2017
And here’s a full set from a couple of weeks back:
The folks at Babymetal Newswire have this nice breakdown of the Kitsune Warriors’ enormous 2016, just to put “I want My Favorite Idols to come to my country” into a little bit of perspective:
ICYMI: In Numbers: Analysis of #BABYMETAL Tour Dates in 2016 https://t.co/ncNqzg1tm4 pic.twitter.com/sHrW6a1JXS
— BABYMETAL Newswire (@babymetalnews_) January 2, 2017
This might not interest very many of you, but PAPIROSIER and their full-on nu-metal approach has new material, which might mean more … well, nu-metal, but still.
本日のあるある謹賀新年ライブ2日目たくさんのご来場ありがとうございました♫
明日は ついにパピロジェ 1周年記念ライブ!
新曲 お楽しみに♫ pic.twitter.com/pu3XWJOEAy— パピロジェ運営事務局 (@papirosier) January 3, 2017
By the way, you guys are asses:
I can trust you guys, right?
— Homicidol Maniac (@homicidols) January 4, 2017
But not so much as Maki.
(※考えること行動することそれぞれやけどライブになると不思議とひとつになるのがあゆくま) pic.twitter.com/D1LNFocdin
— まき【あゆくま】武道館への道 (@crazy_maki1) January 6, 2017
Have a great weekend!
Blackened Christian melodeath? I mean.
It is not decided who will inherit Risa ‘s knife.
That knife named Gekkazan was originally a weapon of Reika who is currently the playing manager. After she graduated, Nanaka and Yuki were promoted to Alice #10, but Gekkazan could not be accepted. It will be kept again until the right girl appears.
Hinako left from Armor Girls near the end of last year.
One girl is missing Steam Girls from before.
Promoters to these two units will be announced tomorrow night (Jan 8th JST).
Promotion from Steam Girls to Alice #10 is not foretelled, but may be arranged considering vacancies by Risa.