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Well, given that the last two releases from Kamen Joshi were a #2 single and a theme song for food, one could be forgiven for thinking that they’d go in just about any possible direction. This isn’t ridiculous, per se, but it is another theme song, albeit this time in a much more traditionally idol kind of way:
The song is “Kasoku-suru Trial”; it’s for the anime CHEATING CRAFT. Continue reading
The Alice Project’s Kamen Joshi, aka the Mask Girls, aka the Kamen Joshi in the same way that it’s not Ohio State but the Ohio State, don’t do the whole album thing so much, or even the whole single thing at a rate that would fit into more typical idol norms; no, Kamen Joshi, now that they’ve taken over all of the release responsibilities for the constituent elements of the group, are quite a bit too busy with daily stage shows and various endorsements to be doing such trite stuff as singles and albums and MVs (and when they go so far, they only release short versions!).
Now, it’s pretty normal for idols to do theme songs. What’s a little less normal is for idols to do theme songs for food:
Or, more specifically, the receipt and unboxing (so to speak) of “Personia / ISUMI,” which just barely failed to make #1 for the Mask Girls’ second consecutive chart-topper, but is still pretty good.
This is from Indonesian fan of the site Rino:
Kamen Joshi – Kamen Tairiku/ISUMI Unboxing (Indonesian & English) https://t.co/H0ZbIFNMdO @AliceProject_mb @KamenJoshi_IDFC pic.twitter.com/F3UiKj4chd
— Rino Nakagawa (@Rino_NKGW10) March 6, 2017
This is kind of a trip:
Japanesestuffchannel has posted a Kamen Joshi live performance video aimed at foreign audiences. Check it out! https://t.co/7VWVhuz0bH
— 仮面外人 – Kamen Gaijin (@KamenGaijin) February 14, 2017
In addition to the video, I want you to notice something else, too (at least, if you dig the Mask) — @KamenGaijin is an English-language account that provides various news and translations and stuff from the Alice Project; basically, that’s where you should start if you want to follow but don’t have your Japanese ready yet. Continue reading
I usually kind of skip over Alice Project stuff that’s in my Facebook feed — no offense to the members, but a whole bunch of photos aren’t do all that much for me. Music, on the other hand, now we’re talking, and we’ve been wanting on the Kamen Joshi front even after their single release and MV because, sales aside, the song didn’t seem to work for too many people outside of their target audience.
This, though, this is pretty neat:
Last week, Kamen Joshi released their much(?)-anticipated single “Personia/ISUMI,” with a very clear goal of matching the success of 2015’s “Genkidane”: Reaching the weekly #1.
Here’s the short version of the MV; why it’s short, not even our friend Char T Saki understands.
本日１月３日発売！！
仮面大陸～ペルソニア～MV ３０秒ｖｅｒ〔仮面女子〕
MV全編は春に完成予定です！ pic.twitter.com/7JEYTLYH87— 仮面女子:公式ツイッター (@AliceProject_mb) January 3, 2017
Immediately upon release, though, the push for #1 began in earnest:
Need your support to win the first prize on Japanese chart.
Believe the power of miracle.
Let us realize our dreams.https://t.co/jMAYuvtypz pic.twitter.com/yIZ9ch1b1D— 桜雪＠仮面女子 (@y_sakura_alice) January 3, 2017
They made it to #1 in the daily rank, but did they make it there for the week? Continue reading
Even though we had fair warning a while back, I’ll admit to damn near forgetting that this release was coming. Leave it to Corenament MVP Char T Saki to have eyes on the ball:
So that’s what they’ve been doing with all the stuff that Armor Girls should be doing!
Update, the official statements:
Original:
I had to readdress this point a few times because I couldn’t think of a way to write about this without being guaranteed to piss off at least a few people, though I think I managed to settle into minimum offense.
First, the particulars:
@homicidols https://t.co/8I5EvuY55L its on several major news outlets .i try English search but nobody write up yet.
— PureIdolHeart (@Pureidolheart) November 26, 2016
The story is actually fairly clear if you use Google’s translator, so give it a go, but the important thing is this: Sakura Yuki, the Snow-chan of Kamen Joshi and Joanna Lumley fame, was recently the subject of death threats by an obviously deranged wota. The person has been arrested, and Yuki is safe, and that’s what matters, though there’s more in the details if you care to read.
Aside from the obvious concern for the well-being of a well-known personality, there’s a lot to take away from this story. Continue reading
Fans of the Mask can feel a little sadness, as a pair of long-time members of the Alice Project’s top units are out.
And they’re back! A couple of days in the cooler and no harm done. Does anybody know if the notables had to sacrifice followers or anything? Nope, gone again.
I was originally going to show off this bonkers-ass video of Kamen Joshi at ROBOT RESTAURANT that’s been making the rounds over the last few days, and in fact am using the exact same piece of HTML to completely change the script, because this is a much more interesting story.
Our friend Pukovnik Krv tipped me off last night that Twitter had suspended the accounts of pretty much every member of Kamen Joshi due to (tell me if this sounds familiar) “botspamming, botfollows and SEO hacking.”
Basically, according to Twitter, the tens of thousands of followers (and the almost automatic follow-backs in many cases) were nothing but a lie and in contravention of the terms of use. As of the minute that I’m pressing the Publish button, searching Twitter for Tachibana Anna or Kamiya Erina or Tsukino Moa or any other notable turns up nothing but mentions, no accounts. Continue reading
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