Thanks, everybody! Nomination cuts are now closed!
Welcome to the not-quite-final stage of the Best of 2017 process! Kerrie has done the lord’s work, and we’ve managed to compile a pretty thorough (but, one could say, still not thorough enough) collection of nominees for the traditional categories. While we definitely need to cut, we also probably need to include some more recent stuff, or items that slipped through the cracks. And that’s where you all come in!
Here’s how this is going to work:
“2017” actually means “December 2016-November 2017”. A handful of people who complained about the process last year will still fail to grasp the concept of impermanence.
Between right this very second and COB next Saturday, use these pre-nominations to list your top 5 per category.
You can do this in the comments, on Twitter or on Facebook.
Yes, you can still add new nominations.
This is a popularity contest! If you want something to win, make sure that your friends are involved and pre/voting, too.
To be representative, it’s one per group per category; come at me, WACK people.
We’ll tally up the pre-vote and put out a final call for new nominations before …
Real voting happens the week of Dec. 11.
Are there door prizes this year? Hopefully! It depends on the generosity of our friends.
Okay, ready to pre-vote? Pick your top 5 per category!
Surprise of the Year
The BiS/GANG PARADE swap
Tsurezure in Canada
Togawa Jun’s re-emergence
BiSH’s anime theme
Guso Drop and the “Painfully Violent” bukakke
CY8ER heisting Mashir/lo and Anna
BPM15Q becomes CY8ER in the first place (l8er nicamoq)
Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
Cococo’s graduation
Rei leaves Ladybaby
DEADLIFT LOLITA happened
Necronomidol’s Rei debuting as a soloist
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
Kazuki and Aono in Miss ID
NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
Guerilla BiSH’s guerilla release
BiSH’s 7/11 commercial
Guso Drop announces dissolution
Akane un-graduating from Under Beasty
Ex-BGH Mizuho joining THE Natsu No Mamono (And then graduating shortly after)
B-side of the Year
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Live fast die young” – NEVE SLIDE DOWN
“Lost” – PassCode
“Catharsis” – PassCode
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Did Not” – BiS
“Peninsula” – GANG PARADE
“Close Your Eyes” – GANG PARADE
“GAGA” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Silence Nonsense Sigh” – Babyraids JAPAN
“Yeah Yeah Yeah” – chairmans
“IKENIE” – There There Theres
“Pelican” – There There Theres
“sputnik note (Live version from 0326WWW)” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Fly -Brand-new BiS ver.-” – BiS
“Deeper” – MIGMA SHELTER
“Joint” – MIGMA SHELTER
Debut (individual)
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
MOMOLAND – BiS
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Nagi – Gokigen Teikoku
Rin – Gokigen Teikoku
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Hana – PiGU
Yuu – PiGU
Momo – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Kanna – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Performance/s of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
THE SPUNKY’s final live
Especia Spice Tour Final (Disbandment Live)
BiSH New Year Premium Party
WACK Exhibition
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
Bellring Girls Heart, HELLO WORLD
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
Babymetal, Big Fox Festival
Babyraids Japan, J-Pop Summit
BiS -「BAD SOCiAL TOUR」at Ebisu LIQUIDROOM
BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL at Zepp Tokyo
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
BiSH – NEVERMiND ReLoaded tour final
CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
Yanakoto Sotto Mute – LIKE A BUBBLE TOUR FINAL
You’ll Melt More!, Kodoku to Gyakushu ~Tee Henda! Teihen da~ Tour at TSUTAYA O-EAST
Aina The End’s acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
Collaboration of the Year
Aina x TeddyLoid
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
Towa Tei x Ano
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
Malcolm Mask McLaren x Guso Drop
THE Natsu no Mamano x Ladybaby
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
BiSH x LSN
BiS x LSN
Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
E TICKET PRODUCTION – E TICKET RAP SHOW
Bokura no Oyugi x Mugen Regina
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
SAiNT SEX
BiSH x Ebichu
Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
Togawa Jun x Vampillia
BILLIE IDOL
BiSH x 7/11
Does It Escape Again x ujin
Wa-Suta x OSAKA SHUNKASHUTO
Video of the Year
Kerrie made this handy playlist!
You all forgot about that excellent sora tob sakana piece, didn’t you?
Song of the Year
“2 Sounddown” – Bellring Girls Heart
“Misfit Lovers” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da)
“Volcano” – NATASHA
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“Loud Asymmetry” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Q.JINSEI SORE DE IINOKAI?” – Band ja Naimon!
“IDOL” – Guso Drop
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“GANG PARADE” – GANG PARADE
“I need you I love you I want you” – GANG PARADE
“Setsuna Memorial” – uijin
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“DAY” – PiGU
“ANY” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Shake and Rise Up” – You’ll Melt More!
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
“SHARR” – BiSH
“Give Me a Chocolate” – BiS
“Deeper” – MIGMA SHELTER
“Trinity Drive” – Dots
“Tokyoite Grim Reaper” – Hauptharmonie
“faithlessness” – Maison Book Girl
“KERES THANATOIO” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“New Wave Star” – You’ll Melt More!
“Idol Of Death” – Candye Syrup
“Memories” – BILLIE IDLE
Letdown of the Year
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
Aina+TeddyLoid
The WACK auditions
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general ANFORTgate
Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
Himekyun Fruit Can rebooting
DISDOL rebooting
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
DiETgate for Pour Lui
The Tokyo Girls film
MIGMA SHELTER
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Saddest Departure
THE SPUNKY
Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Especia
nanoRider
Phantom Voice
Hauptharmonie
Marbles
Fruitpochette
Minami and Ayano (Up Up Girls)
Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
Himekyun Fruit Can Gen. 1
KIRAKIRA GERIRA
Guso Drop
DEViL GUN
PANiC MAGiC
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Misato and Hikari (drop)
the tattered remnants of DEEP GIRL
DISDOL
LIVING DEAD I DOLLS
Fumika and Himeka (Party Rockets GT)
Tenri (cure)
Minoru (JyuJyu)
NEVE SLIDE DOWN
Yamitsuki Company
Rei (Ladybaby)
Nao (Malcolm Mask McLaren)
KASUGAI IDOL
Rino (PiGU)
Debut of the Year (group)
EMPiRE
There There Theres
DEADLIFT LOLITA
Himegoto Zettaichi
Yamitsuki Company
Up Up Girls 2
uijin
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
HAMIDASYSTEM
SAKA-SAMA
Single of the Year
“Upstairs Down” – There There Theres
“Pelo” – Ladybaby
“Promise the Star” – BiSH
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“Chippoke Hero” – 2&
“Bite the Bullet” – PassCode
“DRY AI” – Q’ulle
“Don’t Stop” – Q’ulle
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Kodoku to Gyakushu” – You’ll Melt More!
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
“New Me” – Osaka Shunkashuto
“Bordeaux” – Malcolm Mask McLaren
“Kuro Ito” – JyuJyu
“Boy Friend” – Wakita Monari
“CANDY” – CANDY GO!GO!
“SOCiALiSM” – BiS
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
“Hito no Kana de Yakiniku Tabetai” – Gokigen Teikoku
“Bababa-Ba Baumkuchen” – Pikarin
“412” – Maison Book Girls
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
“CD” – Dots
“Pinky! Pinky!” – Ladybaby
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Spine” – Bellring Girls Heart
“I can’t say no!!” – BiS
“DERO” – HAMIDASYSTEM
“Futari wa na kayosi” – Minna no Kodomo-Chan
“◯◯◯◯◯” – Babyraids JAPAN
“Stand Up” – PREDIANNA
“Hello!!” – Avandoned
“Doughnut Friend” – Avandoned
“svaha eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
“amazing glow” – MIGMA SHELTER
“Koukai Jikken” – 3776
“DAY” – PiGU
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Shuuengo Buppan
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Let’s PocoPoco
Minna no Kodomochan
KissBee
DEVIL NO ID
Album of the Year
cocoon EP – sora tob sakana BLOODTHIRSTY – Yajima Mai Cinema Trip – PASSPO A Kick To The Brainpan – Himekyun Fruit Can RE:STUPiD – BiS DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL kitixxxgaia – Oomori Seiko Image – Maison Book Girl GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute Owari to hajimari – Team Syachihoko Brass! Brass!! Brass!!! – Hauptharmonie und Tapferkeit Band Zenith – PassCode Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More! GANG PARADE takes themselves higher!! – GANG PARADE DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL INDIES BEST – Gokigen Teikoku Fourth Album (Kari) – Up Up Girls (Kari) mistress – mistress
Performer of the Year
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Kai – Screaming Sixties
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Yuna – PassCode
Kotejun – MIGMA SHELTER
Beni – Avandoned
Kanamil – Oyasumi Hologram
Rei – LADYBABY
Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Pour Lui – BiS
Nadeshiko – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
Manatsu – Babyraids JAPAN
Idol of the Year
PassCode
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
BiSH
There There Theres
MIGMA SHELTER
CY8ER
I’ve done some pre-cleaning on these, not to thin out the also-rans, but to get rid of things that I didn’t think fit the (extremely liberal) general criteria of being homi-. Then Kerrie gave me a bunch of crap about it and made me feel bad, so we argued via DM for a while and said some unkind things until we agreed to a compromise; hence, you AQBI fans may thank Kerrie for sticking up for MIGMA SHELTER. (CLOCK & BOTAN could not be saved, however, nor could the tapestok groups.)
All that said, have at it. If you have questions, ask them. We definitely need nominees for things like Idol of the Year and Performer of the Year, so consider your favorites and nominate them! And remember: This is a literal popularity contest, so recruit your friends to gin up support for what you love the best!
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Not entirely sure if I’m doing this properly, but here goes nothing.
Surprise of the Year:
1. BiS PARADE
2. The whole CY8ER thing
3. The LADYBABY girl quitting
4. D-topia finally getting sued by 4 Niji-iro Fanfare members
5. The BiSH guerrilla album release
B-side of the Year:
1. BiSH – “Help!!”
2. GANG PARADE – “Peninsula”
3. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “sputnik note (Live version from 0326WWW)”
4. BiS – “Fly -Brand-new BiS ver.-”
5. GANG PARADE – “Close your eyes”
Debut (individual):
1. Pan Luna Leafy (BiS)
2. JoanJoan
3. Rei (NECRONOMIDOL)
Performance of the Year:
1. Especia – Spice Tour Final
2. BiS – BAD SOCiAL TOUR FiNAL “IDOL is DEAD”
3. BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL
4. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – LIKE A BUBBLE TOUR FINAL
5. NECRONOMIDOL – Europe tour
Collaboration of the Year:
1. SAiNT SEX
2. BILLIE IDOL
3. The Aina PlayStation thing
Video of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “Imi nai Uta”
2. BiS – “I can’t say NO!!!!!!!”
3. GANG PARADE – “FOUL”
4. BiSH – “My landscape”
5. BILLIE IDLE – “BYE-BYE”
Song of the Year:
1. BiSH – “SHARR”
2. GANG PARADE – “I need you I love you I want you”
3. GANG PARADE – “Imi nai Uta”
4. BiS – “Give me a Chocolate”
5. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “Any”
Letdown of the Year:
1. BABYMETAL in general
2. Aina the End x TeddyLoid
3. BiSH – “Promise the Star”
4. MIGMA SHELTER
5. The WACK auditions
Group Debut of the Year:
1. There There Theres
2. EMPiRE
Single of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “Beyond the Mountain”
2. ・・・・・・・・・ – “CD”
3. BiS – “I can’t say NO!!!!!!!”
4. GANG PARADE – “FOUL”
5. 3776 – “Koukai Jikken”
Most Posed to Break Through in 2018:
1. GANG PARADE
2. ・・・・・・・・・
3. EMPiRE
Album of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “GANG PARADE takes themselves higher!!”
2. BiSH – “THE GUERRiLLA BiSH”
3. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “BUBBLE”
4. Oyasumi Hologram – “15”
5. NECRONOMIDOL – “DEATHLESS”
Performer of the Year:
1. Kamiya Saki (BiS, GANG PARADE)
2. Mia Nascimento (Especia)
3. Yamamachi Miki (GANG PARADE)
4. Yumeno Yua (GANG PARADE)
5. Nadeshiko (Yanakoto Sotto Mute)
Idol of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE
2. Yanakoto Sotto Mute
3. BiS
4. NECRONOMIDOL
5. BiSH
Beni for performer of the year! Have you ever seen a show, be it a full venue or record store appearance with 10 people watching, where she just phoned it in? NEVER! That girl is 2000 percent. A dark horse to win, perhaps, but I’m going to bat on that one.
And Dots is idol of the year. Search inside your soul and you’ll know it to be true.
And great job on all this Kerrie! I don’t know how one processes all this information while also having to argue with a Maniac. It’s a tough job!
Just one comment right off the bat. You forgot the most surprising surprise of the year….. BiSH does 7/11 commercial. That is that actual winner in my mind.
You’re the first person to bring it up!
Hmmm, I love that commercial too. I have it in my YouTube rotation 😀
Surprise of the Year
The BiS/GANG PARADE swap
Tsurezure in Canada
Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
Rei leaves Ladybaby
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
B-side of the Year
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Deeper” MIGMA SHELTER
“Joint” MIGMA SHELTER
“Ikenie” There There Theres
“Pelican” There There theres
Debut (individual)
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Hana – PiGU
Yuu – PiGU
Collaboration of the Year
Aina x TeddyLoid
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
BiSH x Ebichu
Performance/s of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
Bellring Girls Heart, HELLO WORLD
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
You’ll Melt More!, Kodoku to Gyakushu ~Tee Henda! Teihen da~ Tour at TSUTAYA O-EAST
Video of the Year
Maison Book Girl “faithlessness”
NECRONOMIDOL “ITHAQUA”
sora tob sakana “ribbon”,
KissBee – ＆PEACH
There There Theres – There’s something behind
Song of the Year
MIGMA SHELTER “Deeper”
……… “Trinity Dive”
Hauptharmonie “Tokyoite Grim Reaper”
Maison Book Girl “faithlessness”
NECRONOMIDOL “KERES THANATOIO”
Letdown of the Year
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
The WACK auditions
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
DiETgate for Pour Lui
The Tokyo Girls film
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Guso Drop
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Minoru (JyuJyu)
Rei (Ladybaby)
Aina the End – BiSH
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Yuna – PassCode
Kotejun – MIGMA SHELTER
Live performance of the song of the Year
sora tob sakana “Yakkan hikou”
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku “Haru no Arashi”
You’ll Melt More! “Furue te yomigaere”
Iginari Tohoku San “Tenka Ippin”
Kobushi Factory “Kenmei Blues”
Idol of the Year
Migma Shelter
sora tob sakana
PiGU
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku
Maison Book Girl
Booooo to the Tapestok cleansing, “Night On Verse” is my legit album of the year. “Promise The Star” should be removed from the disappointments section and replaced with “My Landscape”, no amount of fancy MVs will hide what a boring song that is.
Although for album of the year, I just wanted to nominate Bubble 5 times…
Surprise of the Year;
Tsurezure in Canada
Cococo’s graduation
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Momo – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Kanna – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Performance/s of the Year:
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
THE SPUNKY’s final live
BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL at Zepp Tokyo
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
Collaboration of the Year:
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
Video of the Year:
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“ribbon” – sora tob sakana
“ITHAQUA” – Necronomidol
“My Landscape” – BiSH
Song of the Year:
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Loud Asymmetry” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
Letdown of the Year:
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
Aina+TeddyLoid
The WACK auditions
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
Saddest Departure:
THE SPUNKY
Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
Guso Drop
Yamitsuki Company
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group):
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
EMPiRE
There There Theres
Yamitsuki Company
Candye Syrup
Single of the Year:
“Futari wa na kayosi” – Minna no Kodomo-Chan
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Dots
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Album of the Year:
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
Performer of the Year:
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Aina the End – BiSH
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Idol of the Year:
Yukureshirezutsurezure
NECRONOMIDOL
BiSH
There There Theres
Surprise of the Year
Guso Drop and the “Painfully Violent” bukakke
Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
DEADLIFT LOLITA happened
*NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
*NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
*These should be combined and changed to NECRONOMIDOL world domination
B-side of the Year
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual)
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Nagi – Gokigen Teikoku
Performance/s of the Year
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
Collaboration of the Year
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Towa Tei x Ano
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
The last two aren’t on the list, but they should be! Wakapiku’s MV she made herself is so heartwarming!
Song of the Year
“Misfit Lovers” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“IDOL” – Guso Drop
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
Letdown of the Year
Aina+TeddyLoid
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Saddest Departure
Guso Drop (I just want to list them 5 times)
Hauptharmonie
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group)
There There Theres
DEADLIFT LOLITA
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“Kodoku to Gyakushu” – You’ll Melt More!
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
“Hito no Kana de Yakiniku Tabetai” – Gokigen Teikoku
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
Single of the year was difficult!
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Album of the Year
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Billie Idle – Launching Out
Oyasumi Hologram – 15 & 17 (Two EPs maake and album right?) lol
Performer of the Year
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Rei – Guso Drop
Kanamil -OYSM
HANAKO-SAN
Idol of the Year
NECRONOMIDOL
Guso Drop
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Oyasumi Hologram
BIllie Idle
Can there be special prize for Kika’s face paint?
I feel like there hasn’t been enough attention paid and praise given to the fact that so far she has yet to repeat herself and while everything hasn’t worked the vast majority have and some have been flat out brilliant.
SURPRISE
Guso Drop bukakke
BiS recapture Saki
Tsurezure Canaki
B-SIDE
chairmans “Yeah Yeah Yeah” (I was sure Maniac would kick them out so thank you for allowing their one vote from me)
NSD “Live Fast Die Young”
There There Theres – “IKENIE”
BiSH “Help!!”
Yukueshirezutsurezure (how effortlessly I can type that compared to last year!) – GAGA
INDIVIDUAL DEBUT
Eeeh I guess the PiGU girls by default and Momoland.
PERFORMANCE
BRGH Hello World
Especia’s final
There There Theres Good Morning World
(which are the only shows I’ve watched this year)
COLLABORATION
Hauptharmonie & Tapferkeit Band
SAiNT SEX
BiS x LSN
Towa Tei x Ano
VIDEO
BiSH GiANT KILLERS
Zenkimi selfish newborn homina
NECRONOMIDOL ITHAQUA
That one with Yakiniku (mainly because it inspired me to go out and try Yakiniku)
PiGU -DAY
SONG
BRGH – 2Sounddown
Kaqriyo Terror Architect – Kagome Kagome
Yukueshirezutsurezure – Loud Assymetry
and futile late write-ins for
You’ll Melt More – New Wave Star
Candye Syrup – Idol of Death
LETDOWN
Aina x Teddyloid
DiETGATE
Tokyo Girls film
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Especia
Cococo
Moga Denpa
NEVE SLIDE DOWN
write-in for Rino PiGU
DEBUT GROUP
There There Theres
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
SINGLE
Upstairs Down – There There Theres
MISS SINS – Yukueshirezutsurezure
New Me – Osaka Shunkashuto
CD – Dots
SOCiALiSM – BiS
BREAKTHROUGH 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
ALBUM
Brass! Brass!! Brass!!! – Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Discopsychedelica – You’ll Melt More (may need to replace with YOUTOPIA out November 29!)
Re:Stupid BiS
It’s probably not worth anyone’s time me trying to nominate Let’s Poco Poco and Especia so lets just have the 2 BiSH ones instead.
PERFORMER
Shidare
Aina
IDOL OF THE YEAR
Yukueshirezutsurezure
BiSH
There There Theres
write ins for
You’ll Melt More
Dots
Surprise of the year:
1: saint sex
2:Bis/Gang swap
3:Bish 7/11 collab
4: BPM15Q becoming Cy8er
5:Necro US tour
Letdown:
1: Aina+ Teddyloid
2: Yamitsuki Company disbanding
3: Pour Lui’s Dietgate
Departures:
1: Yamitsuki
2: Rei from Ladybaby
3: Guso Drop
Bside:
1: Help!!
2: Peninsula
3: Ladybabyblue
Debut Group
1: Kaqriyo Terror architect
2: Yamitsuki
3:EMPiRE
4: there there theres
Singles:
1:Promise the star
2:Kagome Kagome
3:Foul
4:Yandere
5:Kakushemu
Collab:
1: Saint sex
2: bish x 711
3:Aina x playstation
Break through:
1: kaqriyo terror architect
2: EMPiRE
Album:
1: Guerrilla Bish
2: Zenith
3: Cinema Trip
4: GANG PARADE takes themselves higher
5: Indies Best Gokigen
Song:
1:same to you
2:my landscape
3:foul
4:wack is fxxk
5: kagome kagome
Performer
1: Yuna Passcode
2: Aina BiSH
Idol
1 Bish
2: Passcode
3: Passpo
4: cy8er
More people nominating Especia for saddest departure than I expected!
I’ll start adding some of these to the list of nominations. As for the Kobushi Factory nominations, while I obviously adore Hello! Project and Kobushi do do some rock-style songs, they aren’t really covered on Homicidols, so that one is up to Maniac to decide, but its probably a no, sorry. :'(
UPDATE: Because I’m a lazy git, I’ve now decided that with the exception of categories with very few nominations, I’m only going to add write-in nominations if multiple people write the same one. The ones in this comments section that I’ve already added can stay, but I left out ones that I was doubtful of until further notice. Maniac can add whatever though. I’m just a monkey who helps out and makes Watanabe jokes.
Assuming these aren’t weighted and the order doesn’t matter.
Surprise of the Year:
Tsurezure in Canada
BPM15Q becomes CY8ER in the first place
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Collab of the year:
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
B-side of the Year:
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
Performance/s of the Year:
BiSH – NEVERMiND ReLoaded tour final
Debut (individual):
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Video of the Year:
BiSH – Giant Killers
Kaqriyo Terror Architect – Kagome Kagome (write-in)
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da – Misfit Lovers
Yamitsuki Company – Yandere///Sickness
TIFKA Ladybaby – Pinky! Pinky!
Song of the Year:
“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Kakusheemu” – CY8ER
“Giant Killers” – BiSH
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da (write-in)
“Yandere///Sickness” – Yamitsuki Company (write-in)
Letdown of the Year:
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing (also WHAT I did not fucking know this)
Saddest Departure:
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
the tattered remnants of DEEP GIRL
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group):
Yamitsuki Company
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year:
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da (write-in)
“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect (write-in)
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Album of the Year:
Cinema Trip – PASSPO
Giant Killers – BiSH (absolutely not an album IMO, but CDJapan says so)
Zenith – PassCode
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Performer of the Year:
Aina the End – BiSH
Idol of the Year:
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Oh, also a write in for BiS’s cancellation at TIF for Letdown of the Year…
This may change before the deadline but this is what I have now while I have the time to go through it.
Surprise of the Year
– The guerrilla release of BiSH’s new album “THE GUERRiLLA BiSH”
– Cococo’s graduation
– Guso Drop announces dissolution
– Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
– Rei leaves Ladybaby
Letdown of the Year
– Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
B-side of the Year
– “IKENIE” – There There Theres
– “Marionette” – BiSH
– “Joint” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “Watashi” – Izumi Mari
– “LADY BABY BLUE” – LADYBABY
Saddest Departure
– Rei (Ladybaby)
– Misato and Hikari (drop)
– Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
– Guso Drop
– Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Debut (individual)
– Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
– Mashilo – CY8ER
– Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
– MOMOLAND – BiS
– Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Debut of the Year (group)
– MIGMA SHELTER
– There There Theres
– Kaqriyo Terror Architect
– Shuuengo Buppan
– uijin
Single of the Year
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Svaha Eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DAY” – PiGU
– “Irony” – Qumali Depart
– “Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
– Does It Escape Again x ujin
– Aina x TeddyLoid
– Oomori Seiko x LADYBABY
– Wa-Suta x OSAKA SHUNKASHUTO
– Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Video of the Year
– Yanakoto Sotto Mute – Lily
– There There Theres – There’s something behind
– BiSH – My landscape
– Zenbu Kimi no Sei da – わがまま新生Hominina
– NECRONOMIDOL – ITHAQUA
– “Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Amazing Glow” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi no Sei da)
– “SHARR” – BiSH
Album of the Year
– BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi no Sei da
– THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
– ZENITH – PassCode
– INDIES BEST – Gokigen Teikoku
Performer of the Year
– Pikarin
– Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi no Sei da
– Aina The End – BiSH
– Kuromiya Rei – LADYBABY
– Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Idol of the Year
– Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– There There Theres
– PassCode
– NECRONOMIDOL
– BiSH
Performance/s of the Year
– Aina The End acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
I second this motion.
Yeah, BiSHfag
Surprise of the Year:
—Guerilla BiSH’s guerilla release
—NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
—DEADLIFT LOLITA happened
—BiSH’s anime theme
—BRATS anime theme
B-side of the Year:
—“Help!!” – BiSH
—“Did Not” – BiS
—“IKENIE” – There There Theres
—“Pelican” – There There Theres
—“sputnik note” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
Performance/s of the Year:
—THE SPUNKY’s final live *sob sob*
—BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR
—There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
—Aina The End acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
—BiS -「BAD SOCiAL TOUR」
Collaboration of the Year:
—SAiNT SEX
—BiSH x Ebichu
—There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
—BiSH x LSN
—BiS x LSN
Video of the Year:
—BILLIE IDLE® – “BYE-BYE”
—NECRONOMIDOL – ITHAQUA
—Oyasumi Hologram – Mother(Official Video / 日本語字幕)
—BiSH / My landscape[OFFICIAL VIDEO]
—There There Theres – There’s something behind
Song of the Year:
—“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
—“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
—“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
—“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
—BILLIE IDLE® – “Memories”
Saddest Departure:
—THE SPUNKY
Debut of the Year:
—There There Theres
—BRATS
Single of the Year:
—“Upstairs Down” – There There Theres
—“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
—“I can’t say no!!” – BiS
—“CD” – Dots
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
—EMPiRE
Album of the Year:
—RE:STUPiD – BiS
—GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
—THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
—DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
—A Kick To The Brainpan – Himekyun Fruit Can
Performer of the Year:
—Aina the End – BiSH
—Kai – Screaming Sixties
—Montero – Screaming Sixties
Idol of the Year:
—BiSH
—Dots
—NECRONOMIDOL
—There There Theres
—BRATS
Surprise of the Year:
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
Guso Drop and the “Painfully Violent” bukkake
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
Can I second the BiSH / 7-11 commercial?
B-side of the Year:
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Catharsis” – PassCode
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Live fast die young” – NEVE SLIDE DOWN
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual):
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
MOMOLAND – BiS
Nagi – Gokigen Teikoku
Can I add Mei – There There Theres?
Performance/s of the Year:
Bellring Girls Heart, HELLO WORLD
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
Babymetal, Big Fox Festival
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL at Zepp Tokyo
Collaboration of the Year:
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Malcolm Mask McLaren x Guso Drop
THE Natsu no Mamano x Ladybaby
Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
E TICKET PRODUCTION – E TICKET RAP SHOW
Video of the Year:
“ITHAQUA” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Day” – PiGU
“3WD” – Task Have Fun
“Bye-Bye” – Billie Idle
“Hitorigoto Garden” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Song of the Year:
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“Shake and Rise Up” – You’ll Melt More!
Letdown of the Year:
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Himekyun Fruit Can rebooting
DISDOL rebooting
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
Aina+TeddyLoid
Saddest Departure:
Guso Drop
THE SPUNKY
Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
the tattered remnants of DEEP GIRL
Himekyun Fruit Can Gen. 1
Debut of the Year (group):
There There Theres
uijin
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Yamitsuki Company
Single of the Year:
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“Bite the Bullet” – PassCode
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Hito no Kana de Yakiniku Tabetai” – Gokigen Teikoku
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Dots
Shuuengo Buppan
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Can I add Devil no ID?
Album of the Year:
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
Zenith – PassCode
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
Performer of the Year:
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Yuna – PassCode
Idol of the Year:
PassCode
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
BiSH
There There Theres
Surprise of the Year
- Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
- Cococo’s graduation
– NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
– Guso Drop announces dissolution
-(would like to nominate CY8ER adding yAmmy, Naatan and Anna out of the complete blue. I’d differentiate it from getting anna/mashilo since most CY8ER fans knew the mashilo thing was coming, kinda!)
Letdown of the Year
-Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
- DiETgate for Pour Lui
– Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
– The Tokyo Girls film
– BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Saddest Departure
-Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
– Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
– Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
– Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
– Yamitsuki Company
B-side of the Year
– “Lost” – PassCode
– “GAGA” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
– “Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
– “Fly -Brand-new BiS ver.-” – BiS
Debut (individual)
-Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
-Pan Luna Leafy – BiS -Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Debut of the Year (group)
-Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-There There Theres
– Himegoto Zettaichi
– uijin
-Candye Syrup
Performance/s of the Year
-CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
-Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
-Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
-You’ll Melt More!, Kodoku to Gyakushu ~Tee
-Aina The End’s acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
Single of the Year
-“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
-“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
-412” – Maison Book Girls
-“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
-Aina x TeddyLoid
-Wa-Suta x OSAKA SHUNKASHUTO
-There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
-E TICKET PRODUCTION – E TICKET RAP SHOW
-Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
-Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-Dots
-Candye Syrup
Video of the Year
-‘sin morning” – maison book girl
-“rooms’ – Maison book girl
-“hitorigoto garden” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da -“BYE BYE” – BILLIE IDOL -“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
Album of the Year
-Image – Maison Book Girl
-Cinema Trip – PASSPO
-Owari to hajimari – Team Syachihoko
-Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
-discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Song of the Year
-“DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da)
-“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
-“faithlessness” – Maison Book Girl
-“New Wave Star” – You’ll Melt More!
Performer of the Year
-Aina the End – BiSH
-Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
-Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
-Pour Lui – BiS
-Pikarin
Idol of the Year
-CY8ER
-Yukureshirezutsurezure
-BiSH
Here we go:
Surprise
1. Guso Drop dying
2. NECROMA EU
Letdown
Aina x Teddyloid, sadly. I like both, but it just didn’t work for me.
B-side
1. Pelican – There There Theres
2. Karmaloop – Tsurezure
3. Would say Mo’ Strain – MIGMA SHELTER but it’s not an option
Debut Group
1. MIGMA SHELTER
2. There There Theres
3. Kaqriyo Terror Architect
4. uijin
5. Candye Syrup
Performance of the Year
1. NECROMA EU because I was there
Video of the Year
1. 3WD – Task Have Fun, partially because they’re nowhere else to be seen and I have high hopes for them
2. GiANT KILLERS – BiSH
3. みすふぃっとらゔぁーず – ZenKimi
4. DAWNSLAYER – NECROMA
5. Not on the shortlist in the main post but I also really like Antique – Misako Aoki × merry merli
Single of the Year
1. Amazing Glow – MIGMA SHELTER
2. Painfully Violent – Guso Drop
3. Sophomore Sick Sacrifice – ZenKimi
4. Wagamama Shinsei Hominina – ZenKimi
5. Upstairs Down – There There Theres
Collab of the Year
1. Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
2. NECROMA x Guso Drop
Most poised to break through in 2018
1. MIGMA SHELTER
2. Kaqriyo Terror Architect
3. Minna no Kodomochan
4. Dots
5. Candye Syrup
Album of the Year
1. DEATHLESS – NECROMA
2. Egoistic Eat Issues – ZenKimi
3. image – Maison Book Girl
4. Brass! Brass!! Brass!!! – Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
5. discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Song of the Year
1. oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！ – Broken by the Scream
2. KERES THANATOIO – NECROMA
3. Futari Wa Na Kayosi – Minna no Kodomochan
4. Deeper – MIGMA SHELTER
5. Tokyoite Grim Reaper – Hauptharmonie
Performer of the Year
1. Himari
2. Pikarin
3. AINA the End
4. Io from BBTS even though she’s not an option
Idol of the Year
1. NECROMA
2. Tsurezure
3. MIGMA SHELTER
4. There There Theres
5. BiSH
6. Why is ZenKimi not on this shortlist
I’ll probably want to edit and add more as soon as I enter this, but not going to be near a PC any time soon
SOTY:
Togawa Jun comeback,, Tsurezure Touring Canada, Necronomidol Europe tour, and Pending U.S. West Coast Tour.
B-Side OTY:
Pelican- ThereThereThere’s, Catharsis- PassCode, Lady Baby Blue-TIFKALadyBaby.
Debut OTY:
Rin-Gokigen Teikoku, Yuu-PiGu, Himari-Necronomidol. Rei doesn’t qualify unfortunately, her debut was a little over a year ago ;(
Performance OTY. The one show I would to have loved to attended more tan anything, Necronomidol’s London show.
Collab OTY:
Vampillia/ Togawa Jun , Hauptharmonie with Tapferheit band.
Video OTY: PiGu- Day. MaisonBookGirl- Rooms. Dawnslayer-Necronomidol
Song OTY: Keres Thanatoio-Necronomidol.
Letdown OTY. the lack of a Guerilla show when a certain group came to the USA, BABYMETAL doubling down on “Kawaii Metal” and building metal cred, and appearing to drop even more of their remaining Idol Trappings, Kudos that this isn’t alienating their old fanbase.
Saddest Graduation:
Guso Drop, Hauptharmonie.
Debut OTY: DeadLift Lolita, Candye Syrup.
Single- Danwnslayer-Necroma
Most Poised- If Iku-chan can keep fresh harsh singing in the line-up, Candye Syrup.
Album OTY: BrassBrassBrass-Hauptharmonie, pretty sure it qualifies from the CD release.
Deathless-Necronomidol. I think some people thought last fall was going to be fatal for them. Incorrect.
I just got Nemlesss-Bosssrush the soundcloud stuff is so obviously a rough Demo next to this masterpiece.
BUBBLE- Yanokoto Sote Mute.
IOTY: CY8ER, PassCode ,TTT’s,Necronomidol
Surprise of the Year
Guso Drop announces dissolution
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
Guerilla BiSH’s guerilla release
Tsurezure in Canada
Letdown of the Year
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
DiETgate for Pour Lui
The Tokyo Girls film
Aina+TeddyLoid
B-side of the Year
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“IKENIE” – There There Theres
“Pelican” – There There Theres
“Joint” – MIGMA SHELTER
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Guso Drop
Rei (Ladybaby)
Fruitpochette
Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Debut (individual)
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
MOMOLAND – BiS
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Debut of the Year (group)
EMPiRE
There There Theres
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Single of the Year
“CD” – Dots
“Pelo” – Ladybaby
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“I can’t say no!!” – BiS
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Towa Tei x Ano
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
MIGMA SHELTER
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Song of the Year
“Tokyoite Grim Reaper” – Hauptharmonie
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“IDOL” – Guso Drop
Performer of the Year
Rei – LADYBABY
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
sora tob sakana – Ribbon
戸川純 with Vampillia / わたしが鳴こうホトトギス
“REM” TOWA TEI with Ano (You’ll Melt More!)
偶想Drop / Magic Inside
BiSH / GiANT KiLLERS[OFFICIAL VIDEO]
How am I only finding out about the 53-song CY8ER live now?!
#Canada.
I don’t even know if I’m allowed to do the narrow-down nomination things but JUST IN CASE LOL
SURPRISE
Togawa Jun’s re-emergence
The BiSwap
Necroma’s EU tour
The CY8ERbus steals Anna and Mashiro
Guerilla BiSH’s Guerilla Release
LETDOWN
Tokyo Girls
DiETgate
The WACK auditions
ANFORTgate
Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
B-SIDE
Deeper – MIGMA SHELTER
Help!! – BiSH
Close Your Eyes – GANG PARADE
LADYBABY BLUE – LADYBABY
Lost – PassCode
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Guso Drop
Minami/Ayano
Especia
Aza/Gomochi
Fruitpochette
DEBUT (INDIVIDUAL)
Himari – Necroma (I should probably remove Rei since she came last year, but
I’m pretty sure Maniac added her, so MANIAC HELP!!)
Togaren – Zenkimi
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
Nagi – Gokigen
Rin – Gokigen
DEBUT (GROUP)
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Candeye Syrup
There There Theres
uijin
PERFORMANCE
Necroma’s Europe Tour
Especia Spice Tour Final
Aina’s acoustic solo live
BGH – HELLO WORLD
Solitude Hotel 3F
SINGLE (God damn this one was difficult to narrow down)
“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“Bababa-Ba Baumkuchen” – Pikarin
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
“Doughnut Friend” – Avandoned
COLLABORATION
Jun Togawa x Vampillia
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Towa Tei x Ano
BREAKTHROUGH
Dots
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Shuuengo Buppan
EMPiRE
Candeye Syrup
VIDEO
Ribbon – Sora Sob Sakana (what can I say, I’m a slut for animation)
Watashi Ga Nakou Hototogisu – Togawa Jun/Vampillia (see above, also history of Jun and all that)
REM – Towa Tei with Ano
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
ALBUM
Fourth Album (Kari) – Up Up Girls (Kari)
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
GANG PARADE Takes Themselves Higher!! – GANG PARADE
kitixxxgaia – Oomori Seiko
THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
SONG
IDOL – Guso Drop
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“GANG PARADE” – GANG PARADE
PERFORMER
Aina The End
Pikarin
Kotejun
Beni
Himari
IDOL
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
MIGMA SHELTER
CY8ER
GANG PARADE
Where are:
Koutei Camera Actress
Koutei Camera Girl Drei (REVIVAL)
???????
Maniac obliterated them bc indie rap offends him orz
The wrong kind of super-awesome-and-cool idols, alas. Maybe they can get some love in a Best of the Rest kind of thing.
This was harder than I thought, although I’m struggling to find 5 for some of the categories but here goes.
SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Necronomidol Tours Europe
Mashir and Anna to Cy8er
LETDOWN OF THE YEAR
BISH – Promise The Star
AINA and Teddyloid
Babymetals lack of activity
B SIDE
Pelican – TTTs
Sputnik Note – YSM
Mo’Strain – Migma Shelter
Karma Loop – Yukueshirezutsurezure
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Himekyun Fruit Can 1st gen
Fruitpochette
Tenri
Rei
THE SPUNKY
DEBUT GROUP
TTTs
SAKA-SAMA
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Uijin
DEBUT (individual) – I’m struggling with this one
I’ll second Mei from TTTs though
PERFORMANCE
BRGH – Hello World
TTTS – Good Morning World
YSM – Like a Bubble Tour Final
SINGLE
There Something Behind – TTTs
Spine EP – BRGH
Shuwa Shuwa – DOTS
Amazing Glow – MIGMA SHELTER
Doughnut Friend – Avandoned
COLLABORATION
TTTs/This is Japan/Maison Book Girl
Towa Tei/Ano
The Natsu No Mamano/Ladybaby
MOST POISED FOR BREAKTHROUGH
MIGMA SHELTER
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
ALBUM
Cocoon EP – Sora Rob Sakana
Bubble – YSM
Image – Maison Book Girl
Discopsychadelia – You’ll Melt More
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Se Da
VIDEO
Theres Something Behind – TTTs
Lily – YSM
Ribbon – Sora Rob Sakana
“REM” Towa Teai/Ano
PERFORMER
Por Lui
Kanamil
Nadeshiko
Beni
IDOL OF THE YEAR
MIGMA SHELTER
TTTs
Cy8er
Dots
A couple changes to mine above. Noticed I had BiS on Debut twice and finally decided Kaqriyo needed to be on Single Of The Year. I see BRATS was mentioned too but not sure if they can be included since they are a band but I would definitely have them on my list too with “Seitoka Pride Monster” being one of the best songs of the year. Maniac?
Debut (individual)
– Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
– Mashilo – CY8ER
– Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
– Ogura Karin – There There Theres
– Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Single of the Year
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Svaha Eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DAY” – PiGU
– “Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
– “Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Things I’ll pick which were on your list:
Letdown of the Year
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
(I actually liked a couple of the things on your list here, namely BiSH – “Promise the Star” and The Tokyo Girls film)
Saddest Departure
FRUITPOCHETTE
Guso Drop
Yamitsuki Company
Debut of the Year (group)
Yamitsuki Company
Collaboration of the Year
Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Single of the Year
“Promise the Star” – BiSH
“Chippoke Hero” – 2&
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Shuuengo Buppan
Video of the Year
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
Song of the Year
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
(despite listing nothing else here or below, this isn’t my song of the year, just my only pick out of your picks)
Performer of the Year
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Things which weren’t on your list:
Album of the Year
Zekkyou Suru60do x I love you Orchestra
Hoshina Fumimi – mimi chic
NEXT Shoujo Jiken – Over The Next
Tsuki to Taiyou
Single of the Year
Diable Voix – Lost in Memories
Video of the Year
Yamitsuki Company
Saddest Departure
GRAZIE5
Misaki (London Blue)
Saki (Honey Spice)
Arika (Honey Spice)
Watanabe Mayu
Shizuku (Princess Garden -Himeniwa-)
Candy||Stripe_Neo
Killed In Sadness
(I’ve probably forgotten some more grads…)
Performer of the Year
Haluka – Diable Voix
Letdown of the Year
The Daichi/Am Records thing – Guso gone, 2&/Fumimi left to go independent
Surprise of the Year
Chihiro returning to the idol scene as buppan staff for a couple of groups
Here’s mine:
Surprise of the Year
The BiS/GANG PARADE swap
Tsurezure in Canada
BPM15Q becomes CY8ER in the first place (l8er nicamoq)
Cococo’s graduation
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Mashilo – CY8ER
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
MOMOLAND – BiS
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Performance/s of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
WACK Exhibition
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Babymetal, Big Fox Festival
CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
Collaboration of the Year
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
SAiNT SEX
BiSH x 7/11
Yunomi x Nicamoq!!!
Video of the Year
“Gomaslipper” – Ayumikurikamaki!!!
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“独白園” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“rooms” – Maison book girl
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
Song of the Year
“DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da)
“Loud Asymmetry” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“faithlessness” – Maison Book Girl
Letdown of the Year
BiSH – “My landscape”!!! (The song not the video)
The WACK auditions
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
DiETgate for Pour Lui
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Saddest Departure
Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Yamitsuki Company
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group)
DEADLIFT LOLITA
Yamitsuki Company
uijin
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“412” – Maison Book Girls
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Futari wa na kayosi” – Minna no Kodomo-Chan
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Senanan!!!
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Minna no Kodomochan
Album of the Year
RE:STUPiD – BiS
Image – Maison Book Girl
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Performer of the Year
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Pour Lui – BiS
Pikarin
Idol of the Year
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da!!!
Maison book girl!!!
Yukureshirezutsurezure
BiSH
CY8ER
How about a category like….
Most excited for in 2018
Maison book girl – cotoeri
Tsurezure returning to Canada for NMFT12
NECRONOMIDOL touring the US
Ayumikurikamaki inevitably returning to their kuma forms 🙂
Am I too late?! Your timezone needs to CHILL.
Surprise of the Year
New nomination: All the WACK shuffling, esp. SAINT SEX
Tsurezure in Canada
NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
Guso Drop announces dissolution
CY8ER heisting Mashir/lo and Anna
Letdown of the Year
ANFORTgate
DiETgate for Pour Lui
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
B-side of the Year
There There Theres – Pelican
New nomination: Yukueshirezutsurezure – Helpless (from Loud Asymmetry)
BiS – Did Not
Yukueshirezutsurezure – Karmaloop
Gang Parade – Close Your Eyes
Performance of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
WACK Exhibition
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
Especia Spice Tour Final (Disbandment Live)
Collaboration of the Year
SAiNT SEX
Towa Tei x Ano
Video of the Year
Gang Parade – FOUL
BiSH – Giant Killers
Yanakoto Sotto Mute – Lily
BiS – Can’t Say No!!
Song of the Year
“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Helpless” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Marbles
Fruitpochette
Guso Drop
Debut of the Year (group)
Candye Syrup
MIGMA SHELTER
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“Hello!!” – Avandoned
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Bite the Bullet” – PassCode
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
MIGMA SHELTER
Album of the Year
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
GANG PARADE takes themselves higher!! – GANG PARADE
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
discopsychedelica – You’ll Melt More!
If Tentenko isn’t on the list, then I won’t vote for Oomori Seiko 😛
Performer of the Year
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Pikarin
Miki – Gang Parade
Idol of the Year
New nomination: Gang Parade
CY8ER
Yukureshirezutsurezure
NECRONOMIDOL
BiSH
Not entirely sure if I’m doing this properly, but here goes nothing.
Surprise of the Year:
1. BiS PARADE
2. The whole CY8ER thing
3. The LADYBABY girl quitting
4. D-topia finally getting sued by 4 Niji-iro Fanfare members
5. The BiSH guerrilla album release
B-side of the Year:
1. BiSH – “Help!!”
2. GANG PARADE – “Peninsula”
3. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “sputnik note (Live version from 0326WWW)”
4. BiS – “Fly -Brand-new BiS ver.-”
5. GANG PARADE – “Close your eyes”
Debut (individual):
1. Pan Luna Leafy (BiS)
2. JoanJoan
3. Rei (NECRONOMIDOL)
Performance of the Year:
1. Especia – Spice Tour Final
2. BiS – BAD SOCiAL TOUR FiNAL “IDOL is DEAD”
3. BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL
4. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – LIKE A BUBBLE TOUR FINAL
5. NECRONOMIDOL – Europe tour
Collaboration of the Year:
1. SAiNT SEX
2. BILLIE IDOL
3. The Aina PlayStation thing
Video of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “Imi nai Uta”
2. BiS – “I can’t say NO!!!!!!!”
3. GANG PARADE – “FOUL”
4. BiSH – “My landscape”
5. BILLIE IDLE – “BYE-BYE”
Song of the Year:
1. BiSH – “SHARR”
2. GANG PARADE – “I need you I love you I want you”
3. GANG PARADE – “Imi nai Uta”
4. BiS – “Give me a Chocolate”
5. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “Any”
Letdown of the Year:
1. BABYMETAL in general
2. Aina the End x TeddyLoid
3. BiSH – “Promise the Star”
4. MIGMA SHELTER
5. The WACK auditions
Saddest Departure:
1. Especia
2. Mogami Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
3. Kasugai Idol
Group Debut of the Year:
1. There There Theres
2. EMPiRE
Single of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “Beyond the Mountain”
2. ・・・・・・・・・ – “CD”
3. BiS – “I can’t say NO!!!!!!!”
4. GANG PARADE – “FOUL”
5. 3776 – “Koukai Jikken”
Most Posed to Break Through in 2018:
1. GANG PARADE
2. ・・・・・・・・・
3. EMPiRE
Album of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE – “GANG PARADE takes themselves higher!!”
2. BiSH – “THE GUERRiLLA BiSH”
3. Yanakoto Sotto Mute – “BUBBLE”
4. Oyasumi Hologram – “15”
5. NECRONOMIDOL – “DEATHLESS”
Performer of the Year:
1. Kamiya Saki (BiS, GANG PARADE)
2. Mia Nascimento (Especia)
3. Yamamachi Miki (GANG PARADE)
4. Yumeno Yua (GANG PARADE)
5. Nadeshiko (Yanakoto Sotto Mute)
Idol of the Year:
1. GANG PARADE
2. Yanakoto Sotto Mute
3. BiS
4. NECRONOMIDOL
5. BiSH
Beni for performer of the year! Have you ever seen a show, be it a full venue or record store appearance with 10 people watching, where she just phoned it in? NEVER! That girl is 2000 percent. A dark horse to win, perhaps, but I’m going to bat on that one.
And Dots is idol of the year. Search inside your soul and you’ll know it to be true.
And great job on all this Kerrie! I don’t know how one processes all this information while also having to argue with a Maniac. It’s a tough job!
Just one comment right off the bat. You forgot the most surprising surprise of the year….. BiSH does 7/11 commercial. That is that actual winner in my mind.
You’re the first person to bring it up!
Hmmm, I love that commercial too. I have it in my YouTube rotation 😀
Surprise of the Year
The BiS/GANG PARADE swap
Tsurezure in Canada
Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
Rei leaves Ladybaby
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
B-side of the Year
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Deeper” MIGMA SHELTER
“Joint” MIGMA SHELTER
“Ikenie” There There Theres
“Pelican” There There theres
Debut (individual)
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Hana – PiGU
Yuu – PiGU
Collaboration of the Year
Aina x TeddyLoid
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
BiSH x Ebichu
Performance/s of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
Bellring Girls Heart, HELLO WORLD
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
You’ll Melt More!, Kodoku to Gyakushu ~Tee Henda! Teihen da~ Tour at TSUTAYA O-EAST
Video of the Year
Maison Book Girl “faithlessness”
NECRONOMIDOL “ITHAQUA”
sora tob sakana “ribbon”,
KissBee – ＆PEACH
There There Theres – There’s something behind
Song of the Year
MIGMA SHELTER “Deeper”
……… “Trinity Dive”
Hauptharmonie “Tokyoite Grim Reaper”
Maison Book Girl “faithlessness”
NECRONOMIDOL “KERES THANATOIO”
Letdown of the Year
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
The WACK auditions
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
DiETgate for Pour Lui
The Tokyo Girls film
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Guso Drop
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Minoru (JyuJyu)
Rei (Ladybaby)
Single of the Year
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“DERO” – HAMIDASYSTEM
“svaha eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
“amazing glow” – MIGMA SHELTER
Debut of the Year (group)
There There Theres
MIGMA SHELTER
HAMIDASYSTEM
SAKA-SAMA
……… (Dots)
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Let’s Poco Poco
KissBee
Minna no Kodomochan
Album of the Year
amiina “Valkyrie”
Hauptharmonie & Tapferkind Band “Brass! Brass!! Brass!!!”
sora tob sakana “cocoon ep”
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku “Ebi Kurashi”
NECRONOMIDOL “DEATHLESS”
Performer of the Year
Aina the End – BiSH
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Yuna – PassCode
Kotejun – MIGMA SHELTER
Live performance of the song of the Year
sora tob sakana “Yakkan hikou”
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku “Haru no Arashi”
You’ll Melt More! “Furue te yomigaere”
Iginari Tohoku San “Tenka Ippin”
Kobushi Factory “Kenmei Blues”
Idol of the Year
Migma Shelter
sora tob sakana
PiGU
Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku
Maison Book Girl
Booooo to the Tapestok cleansing, “Night On Verse” is my legit album of the year. “Promise The Star” should be removed from the disappointments section and replaced with “My Landscape”, no amount of fancy MVs will hide what a boring song that is.
Although for album of the year, I just wanted to nominate Bubble 5 times…
Surprise of the Year;
Tsurezure in Canada
Cococo’s graduation
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
B-side of the Year:
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
“GAGA” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual):
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Momo – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Kanna – Malcolm Mask McLaren
Performance/s of the Year:
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
THE SPUNKY’s final live
BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL at Zepp Tokyo
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
Collaboration of the Year:
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
Video of the Year:
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“ribbon” – sora tob sakana
“ITHAQUA” – Necronomidol
“My Landscape” – BiSH
Song of the Year:
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Loud Asymmetry” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
Letdown of the Year:
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
Aina+TeddyLoid
The WACK auditions
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
Saddest Departure:
THE SPUNKY
Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
Guso Drop
Yamitsuki Company
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group):
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
EMPiRE
There There Theres
Yamitsuki Company
Candye Syrup
Single of the Year:
“Futari wa na kayosi” – Minna no Kodomo-Chan
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Dots
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Album of the Year:
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
Performer of the Year:
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Aina the End – BiSH
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Idol of the Year:
Yukureshirezutsurezure
NECRONOMIDOL
BiSH
There There Theres
Surprise of the Year
Guso Drop and the “Painfully Violent” bukakke
Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
DEADLIFT LOLITA happened
*NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
*NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
*These should be combined and changed to NECRONOMIDOL world domination
B-side of the Year
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual)
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Nagi – Gokigen Teikoku
Performance/s of the Year
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
NECRONOMIDOL’s Europe Tour
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
Collaboration of the Year
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Towa Tei x Ano
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Video of the Year
BILLIE IDLE® – “BYE-BYE”
ぜんぶ君のせいだ。”わがまま新生Hominina”
NECRONOMIDOL – ITHAQUA
劇場版ゴキゲン帝国『I NEET YOU』 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GblU49y_QcI
偶想Drop / Magic Inside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6XA3jfXuFI
The last two aren’t on the list, but they should be! Wakapiku’s MV she made herself is so heartwarming!
Song of the Year
“Misfit Lovers” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“IDOL” – Guso Drop
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
Letdown of the Year
Aina+TeddyLoid
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Saddest Departure
Guso Drop (I just want to list them 5 times)
Hauptharmonie
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group)
There There Theres
DEADLIFT LOLITA
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“Kodoku to Gyakushu” – You’ll Melt More!
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
“Hito no Kana de Yakiniku Tabetai” – Gokigen Teikoku
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
Single of the year was difficult!
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Album of the Year
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Billie Idle – Launching Out
Oyasumi Hologram – 15 & 17 (Two EPs maake and album right?) lol
Performer of the Year
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Rei – Guso Drop
Kanamil -OYSM
HANAKO-SAN
Idol of the Year
NECRONOMIDOL
Guso Drop
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Oyasumi Hologram
BIllie Idle
Can there be special prize for Kika’s face paint?
I feel like there hasn’t been enough attention paid and praise given to the fact that so far she has yet to repeat herself and while everything hasn’t worked the vast majority have and some have been flat out brilliant.
SURPRISE
Guso Drop bukakke
BiS recapture Saki
Tsurezure Canaki
B-SIDE
chairmans “Yeah Yeah Yeah” (I was sure Maniac would kick them out so thank you for allowing their one vote from me)
NSD “Live Fast Die Young”
There There Theres – “IKENIE”
BiSH “Help!!”
Yukueshirezutsurezure (how effortlessly I can type that compared to last year!) – GAGA
INDIVIDUAL DEBUT
Eeeh I guess the PiGU girls by default and Momoland.
PERFORMANCE
BRGH Hello World
Especia’s final
There There Theres Good Morning World
(which are the only shows I’ve watched this year)
COLLABORATION
Hauptharmonie & Tapferkeit Band
SAiNT SEX
BiS x LSN
Towa Tei x Ano
VIDEO
BiSH GiANT KILLERS
Zenkimi selfish newborn homina
NECRONOMIDOL ITHAQUA
That one with Yakiniku (mainly because it inspired me to go out and try Yakiniku)
PiGU -DAY
SONG
BRGH – 2Sounddown
Kaqriyo Terror Architect – Kagome Kagome
Yukueshirezutsurezure – Loud Assymetry
and futile late write-ins for
You’ll Melt More – New Wave Star
Candye Syrup – Idol of Death
LETDOWN
Aina x Teddyloid
DiETGATE
Tokyo Girls film
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Especia
Cococo
Moga Denpa
NEVE SLIDE DOWN
write-in for Rino PiGU
DEBUT GROUP
There There Theres
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
SINGLE
Upstairs Down – There There Theres
MISS SINS – Yukueshirezutsurezure
New Me – Osaka Shunkashuto
CD – Dots
SOCiALiSM – BiS
BREAKTHROUGH 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
ALBUM
Brass! Brass!! Brass!!! – Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Discopsychedelica – You’ll Melt More (may need to replace with YOUTOPIA out November 29!)
Re:Stupid BiS
It’s probably not worth anyone’s time me trying to nominate Let’s Poco Poco and Especia so lets just have the 2 BiSH ones instead.
PERFORMER
Shidare
Aina
IDOL OF THE YEAR
Yukueshirezutsurezure
BiSH
There There Theres
write ins for
You’ll Melt More
Dots
Surprise of the year:
1: saint sex
2:Bis/Gang swap
3:Bish 7/11 collab
4: BPM15Q becoming Cy8er
5:Necro US tour
Letdown:
1: Aina+ Teddyloid
2: Yamitsuki Company disbanding
3: Pour Lui’s Dietgate
Departures:
1: Yamitsuki
2: Rei from Ladybaby
3: Guso Drop
Bside:
1: Help!!
2: Peninsula
3: Ladybabyblue
Debut Group
1: Kaqriyo Terror architect
2: Yamitsuki
3:EMPiRE
4: there there theres
Singles:
1:Promise the star
2:Kagome Kagome
3:Foul
4:Yandere
5:Kakushemu
Collab:
1: Saint sex
2: bish x 711
3:Aina x playstation
Video:
1: イミナイウタ
2:giant killers
3: Passpo Playground
4: kagome kagome
5: 死死死死死死死死死
Break through:
1: kaqriyo terror architect
2: EMPiRE
Album:
1: Guerrilla Bish
2: Zenith
3: Cinema Trip
4: GANG PARADE takes themselves higher
5: Indies Best Gokigen
Song:
1:same to you
2:my landscape
3:foul
4:wack is fxxk
5: kagome kagome
Performer
1: Yuna Passcode
2: Aina BiSH
Idol
1 Bish
2: Passcode
3: Passpo
4: cy8er
More people nominating Especia for saddest departure than I expected!
I’ll start adding some of these to the list of nominations. As for the Kobushi Factory nominations, while I obviously adore Hello! Project and Kobushi do do some rock-style songs, they aren’t really covered on Homicidols, so that one is up to Maniac to decide, but its probably a no, sorry. :'(
UPDATE: Because I’m a lazy git, I’ve now decided that with the exception of categories with very few nominations, I’m only going to add write-in nominations if multiple people write the same one. The ones in this comments section that I’ve already added can stay, but I left out ones that I was doubtful of until further notice. Maniac can add whatever though. I’m just a monkey who helps out and makes Watanabe jokes.
Assuming these aren’t weighted and the order doesn’t matter.
Surprise of the Year:
Tsurezure in Canada
BPM15Q becomes CY8ER in the first place
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Collab of the year:
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
B-side of the Year:
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
Performance/s of the Year:
BiSH – NEVERMiND ReLoaded tour final
Debut (individual):
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Video of the Year:
BiSH – Giant Killers
Kaqriyo Terror Architect – Kagome Kagome (write-in)
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da – Misfit Lovers
Yamitsuki Company – Yandere///Sickness
TIFKA Ladybaby – Pinky! Pinky!
Song of the Year:
“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Kakusheemu” – CY8ER
“Giant Killers” – BiSH
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da (write-in)
“Yandere///Sickness” – Yamitsuki Company (write-in)
Letdown of the Year:
BiSH – “Promise the Star”
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing (also WHAT I did not fucking know this)
Saddest Departure:
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
the tattered remnants of DEEP GIRL
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group):
Yamitsuki Company
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year:
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da (write-in)
“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect (write-in)
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Album of the Year:
Cinema Trip – PASSPO
Giant Killers – BiSH (absolutely not an album IMO, but CDJapan says so)
Zenith – PassCode
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Performer of the Year:
Aina the End – BiSH
Idol of the Year:
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Oh, also a write in for BiS’s cancellation at TIF for Letdown of the Year…
This may change before the deadline but this is what I have now while I have the time to go through it.
Surprise of the Year
– The guerrilla release of BiSH’s new album “THE GUERRiLLA BiSH”
– Cococo’s graduation
– Guso Drop announces dissolution
– Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
– Rei leaves Ladybaby
Letdown of the Year
– Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
B-side of the Year
– “IKENIE” – There There Theres
– “Marionette” – BiSH
– “Joint” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “Watashi” – Izumi Mari
– “LADY BABY BLUE” – LADYBABY
Saddest Departure
– Rei (Ladybaby)
– Misato and Hikari (drop)
– Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
– Guso Drop
– Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Debut (individual)
– Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
– Mashilo – CY8ER
– Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
– MOMOLAND – BiS
– Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Debut of the Year (group)
– MIGMA SHELTER
– There There Theres
– Kaqriyo Terror Architect
– Shuuengo Buppan
– uijin
Single of the Year
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Svaha Eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DAY” – PiGU
– “Irony” – Qumali Depart
– “Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
– Does It Escape Again x ujin
– Aina x TeddyLoid
– Oomori Seiko x LADYBABY
– Wa-Suta x OSAKA SHUNKASHUTO
– Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Video of the Year
– Yanakoto Sotto Mute – Lily
– There There Theres – There’s something behind
– BiSH – My landscape
– Zenbu Kimi no Sei da – わがまま新生Hominina
– NECRONOMIDOL – ITHAQUA
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
– MIGMA SHELTER
– Kaqriyo Terror Architect
– Shuuengo Buppan
– uijin
– EMPiRE
Song of the Year
– “Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Amazing Glow” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi no Sei da)
– “SHARR” – BiSH
Album of the Year
– BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi no Sei da
– THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
– ZENITH – PassCode
– INDIES BEST – Gokigen Teikoku
Performer of the Year
– Pikarin
– Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi no Sei da
– Aina The End – BiSH
– Kuromiya Rei – LADYBABY
– Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Idol of the Year
– Yanakoto Sotto Mute
– There There Theres
– PassCode
– NECRONOMIDOL
– BiSH
Performance/s of the Year
– Aina The End acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
I second this motion.
Yeah, BiSHfag
Surprise of the Year:
—Guerilla BiSH’s guerilla release
—NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
—DEADLIFT LOLITA happened
—BiSH’s anime theme
—BRATS anime theme
B-side of the Year:
—“Help!!” – BiSH
—“Did Not” – BiS
—“IKENIE” – There There Theres
—“Pelican” – There There Theres
—“sputnik note” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
Performance/s of the Year:
—THE SPUNKY’s final live *sob sob*
—BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR
—There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
—Aina The End acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
—BiS -「BAD SOCiAL TOUR」
Collaboration of the Year:
—SAiNT SEX
—BiSH x Ebichu
—There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
—BiSH x LSN
—BiS x LSN
Video of the Year:
—BILLIE IDLE® – “BYE-BYE”
—NECRONOMIDOL – ITHAQUA
—Oyasumi Hologram – Mother(Official Video / 日本語字幕)
—BiSH / My landscape[OFFICIAL VIDEO]
—There There Theres – There’s something behind
Song of the Year:
—“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
—“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
—“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
—“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
—BILLIE IDLE® – “Memories”
Saddest Departure:
—THE SPUNKY
Debut of the Year:
—There There Theres
—BRATS
Single of the Year:
—“Upstairs Down” – There There Theres
—“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
—“I can’t say no!!” – BiS
—“CD” – Dots
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
—EMPiRE
Album of the Year:
—RE:STUPiD – BiS
—GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
—THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
—DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
—A Kick To The Brainpan – Himekyun Fruit Can
Performer of the Year:
—Aina the End – BiSH
—Kai – Screaming Sixties
—Montero – Screaming Sixties
Idol of the Year:
—BiSH
—Dots
—NECRONOMIDOL
—There There Theres
—BRATS
Surprise of the Year:
NECRONOMIDOL prepares to tour the United States
Guso Drop and the “Painfully Violent” bukkake
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
Can I second the BiSH / 7-11 commercial?
B-side of the Year:
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Catharsis” – PassCode
“Help!!” – BiSH
“Live fast die young” – NEVE SLIDE DOWN
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual):
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
MOMOLAND – BiS
Nagi – Gokigen Teikoku
Can I add Mei – There There Theres?
Performance/s of the Year:
Bellring Girls Heart, HELLO WORLD
There There Theres, GOOD MORNING WORLD
Babymetal, Big Fox Festival
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
BiSH – NEVERMiND TOUR FiNAL at Zepp Tokyo
Collaboration of the Year:
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Malcolm Mask McLaren x Guso Drop
THE Natsu no Mamano x Ladybaby
Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
E TICKET PRODUCTION – E TICKET RAP SHOW
Video of the Year:
“ITHAQUA” – NECRONOMIDOL
“Day” – PiGU
“3WD” – Task Have Fun
“Bye-Bye” – Billie Idle
“Hitorigoto Garden” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Song of the Year:
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“Shake and Rise Up” – You’ll Melt More!
Letdown of the Year:
Osaka Shunkashuto, in general
Himekyun Fruit Can rebooting
DISDOL rebooting
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
Aina+TeddyLoid
Saddest Departure:
Guso Drop
THE SPUNKY
Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
the tattered remnants of DEEP GIRL
Himekyun Fruit Can Gen. 1
Debut of the Year (group):
There There Theres
uijin
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Yamitsuki Company
Single of the Year:
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“Bite the Bullet” – PassCode
“There’s something behind” – There There Theres
“Hito no Kana de Yakiniku Tabetai” – Gokigen Teikoku
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018:
Dots
Shuuengo Buppan
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Can I add Devil no ID?
Album of the Year:
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
Zenith – PassCode
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
Performer of the Year:
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Pikarin
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Yuna – PassCode
Idol of the Year:
PassCode
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
BiSH
There There Theres
Surprise of the Year
- Solo songs for the Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da members
- Cococo’s graduation
– NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
– Guso Drop announces dissolution
-(would like to nominate CY8ER adding yAmmy, Naatan and Anna out of the complete blue. I’d differentiate it from getting anna/mashilo since most CY8ER fans knew the mashilo thing was coming, kinda!)
Letdown of the Year
-Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
- DiETgate for Pour Lui
– Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
– The Tokyo Girls film
– BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Saddest Departure
-Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
– Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
– Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
– Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
– Yamitsuki Company
B-side of the Year
– “Lost” – PassCode
– “GAGA” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
– “Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
– “Fly -Brand-new BiS ver.-” – BiS
Debut (individual)
-Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
-Pan Luna Leafy – BiS -Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Debut of the Year (group)
-Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-There There Theres
– Himegoto Zettaichi
– uijin
-Candye Syrup
Performance/s of the Year
-CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
-Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
-Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
-You’ll Melt More!, Kodoku to Gyakushu ~Tee
-Aina The End’s acoustic solo live at Shupure Sakaba
Single of the Year
-“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
-“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
-412” – Maison Book Girls
-“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
-Aina x TeddyLoid
-Wa-Suta x OSAKA SHUNKASHUTO
-There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
-E TICKET PRODUCTION – E TICKET RAP SHOW
-Pikarin x Ohkubo Kei (Urbangarde)
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
-Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-Dots
-Candye Syrup
Video of the Year
-‘sin morning” – maison book girl
-“rooms’ – Maison book girl
-“hitorigoto garden” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da -“BYE BYE” – BILLIE IDOL -“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
Album of the Year
-Image – Maison Book Girl
-Cinema Trip – PASSPO
-Owari to hajimari – Team Syachihoko
-Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
-discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Song of the Year
-“DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da)
-“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
-“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
-“faithlessness” – Maison Book Girl
-“New Wave Star” – You’ll Melt More!
Performer of the Year
-Aina the End – BiSH
-Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
-Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
-Pour Lui – BiS
-Pikarin
Idol of the Year
-CY8ER
-Yukureshirezutsurezure
-BiSH
Here we go:
Surprise
1. Guso Drop dying
2. NECROMA EU
Letdown
Aina x Teddyloid, sadly. I like both, but it just didn’t work for me.
Saddest Departure
1. Guso Drop
2. Hauptharmonie
3. Moga
4. Fruitpochette
B-side
1. Pelican – There There Theres
2. Karmaloop – Tsurezure
3. Would say Mo’ Strain – MIGMA SHELTER but it’s not an option
Debut Group
1. MIGMA SHELTER
2. There There Theres
3. Kaqriyo Terror Architect
4. uijin
5. Candye Syrup
Performance of the Year
1. NECROMA EU because I was there
Video of the Year
1. 3WD – Task Have Fun, partially because they’re nowhere else to be seen and I have high hopes for them
2. GiANT KILLERS – BiSH
3. みすふぃっとらゔぁーず – ZenKimi
4. DAWNSLAYER – NECROMA
5. Not on the shortlist in the main post but I also really like Antique – Misako Aoki × merry merli
Single of the Year
1. Amazing Glow – MIGMA SHELTER
2. Painfully Violent – Guso Drop
3. Sophomore Sick Sacrifice – ZenKimi
4. Wagamama Shinsei Hominina – ZenKimi
5. Upstairs Down – There There Theres
Collab of the Year
1. Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
2. NECROMA x Guso Drop
Most poised to break through in 2018
1. MIGMA SHELTER
2. Kaqriyo Terror Architect
3. Minna no Kodomochan
4. Dots
5. Candye Syrup
Album of the Year
1. DEATHLESS – NECROMA
2. Egoistic Eat Issues – ZenKimi
3. image – Maison Book Girl
4. Brass! Brass!! Brass!!! – Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
5. discopsychadelica – You’ll Melt More!
Song of the Year
1. oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！ – Broken by the Scream
2. KERES THANATOIO – NECROMA
3. Futari Wa Na Kayosi – Minna no Kodomochan
4. Deeper – MIGMA SHELTER
5. Tokyoite Grim Reaper – Hauptharmonie
Performer of the Year
1. Himari
2. Pikarin
3. AINA the End
4. Io from BBTS even though she’s not an option
Idol of the Year
1. NECROMA
2. Tsurezure
3. MIGMA SHELTER
4. There There Theres
5. BiSH
6. Why is ZenKimi not on this shortlist
I’ll probably want to edit and add more as soon as I enter this, but not going to be near a PC any time soon
SOTY:
Togawa Jun comeback,, Tsurezure Touring Canada, Necronomidol Europe tour, and Pending U.S. West Coast Tour.
B-Side OTY:
Pelican- ThereThereThere’s, Catharsis- PassCode, Lady Baby Blue-TIFKALadyBaby.
Debut OTY:
Rin-Gokigen Teikoku, Yuu-PiGu, Himari-Necronomidol. Rei doesn’t qualify unfortunately, her debut was a little over a year ago ;(
Performance OTY. The one show I would to have loved to attended more tan anything, Necronomidol’s London show.
Collab OTY:
Vampillia/ Togawa Jun , Hauptharmonie with Tapferheit band.
Video OTY: PiGu- Day. MaisonBookGirl- Rooms. Dawnslayer-Necronomidol
Song OTY: Keres Thanatoio-Necronomidol.
Letdown OTY. the lack of a Guerilla show when a certain group came to the USA, BABYMETAL doubling down on “Kawaii Metal” and building metal cred, and appearing to drop even more of their remaining Idol Trappings, Kudos that this isn’t alienating their old fanbase.
Saddest Graduation:
Guso Drop, Hauptharmonie.
Debut OTY: DeadLift Lolita, Candye Syrup.
Single- Danwnslayer-Necroma
Most Poised- If Iku-chan can keep fresh harsh singing in the line-up, Candye Syrup.
Album OTY: BrassBrassBrass-Hauptharmonie, pretty sure it qualifies from the CD release.
Deathless-Necronomidol. I think some people thought last fall was going to be fatal for them. Incorrect.
I just got Nemlesss-Bosssrush the soundcloud stuff is so obviously a rough Demo next to this masterpiece.
BUBBLE- Yanokoto Sote Mute.
IOTY: CY8ER, PassCode ,TTT’s,Necronomidol
Surprise of the Year
Guso Drop announces dissolution
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Babymetal doing the theme song for the Unikitty cartoon
Guerilla BiSH’s guerilla release
Tsurezure in Canada
Letdown of the Year
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
DiETgate for Pour Lui
The Tokyo Girls film
Aina+TeddyLoid
B-side of the Year
“Easter Bunny” – Ladybaby
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“IKENIE” – There There Theres
“Pelican” – There There Theres
“Joint” – MIGMA SHELTER
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Guso Drop
Rei (Ladybaby)
Fruitpochette
Aza and Gomochi (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Debut (individual)
Rei – NECRONOMIDOL
Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
MOMOLAND – BiS
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Debut of the Year (group)
EMPiRE
There There Theres
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Single of the Year
“CD” – Dots
“Pelo” – Ladybaby
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“I can’t say no!!” – BiS
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Collaboration of the Year
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Towa Tei x Ano
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
MIGMA SHELTER
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Song of the Year
“Tokyoite Grim Reaper” – Hauptharmonie
“DAWNSLAYER” – NECRONOMIDOL
“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“IDOL” – Guso Drop
Performer of the Year
Rei – LADYBABY
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Idol of the Year
BABYMETAL
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
MIGMA SHELTER
CY8ER
Best video
sora tob sakana – Ribbon
戸川純 with Vampillia / わたしが鳴こうホトトギス
“REM” TOWA TEI with Ano (You’ll Melt More!)
偶想Drop / Magic Inside
BiSH / GiANT KiLLERS[OFFICIAL VIDEO]
How am I only finding out about the 53-song CY8ER live now?!
#Canada.
I don’t even know if I’m allowed to do the narrow-down nomination things but JUST IN CASE LOL
SURPRISE
Togawa Jun’s re-emergence
The BiSwap
Necroma’s EU tour
The CY8ERbus steals Anna and Mashiro
Guerilla BiSH’s Guerilla Release
LETDOWN
Tokyo Girls
DiETgate
The WACK auditions
ANFORTgate
Jun’s re-emergence disappearing from the Internet
B-SIDE
Deeper – MIGMA SHELTER
Help!! – BiSH
Close Your Eyes – GANG PARADE
LADYBABY BLUE – LADYBABY
Lost – PassCode
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Guso Drop
Minami/Ayano
Especia
Aza/Gomochi
Fruitpochette
DEBUT (INDIVIDUAL)
Himari – Necroma (I should probably remove Rei since she came last year, but
I’m pretty sure Maniac added her, so MANIAC HELP!!)
Togaren – Zenkimi
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
Nagi – Gokigen
Rin – Gokigen
DEBUT (GROUP)
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
MIGMA SHELTER
Candeye Syrup
There There Theres
uijin
PERFORMANCE
Necroma’s Europe Tour
Especia Spice Tour Final
Aina’s acoustic solo live
BGH – HELLO WORLD
Solitude Hotel 3F
SINGLE (God damn this one was difficult to narrow down)
“Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Wagamama Shinsei Hominina” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“Bababa-Ba Baumkuchen” – Pikarin
“Painfully Violent” – Guso Drop
“Doughnut Friend” – Avandoned
COLLABORATION
Jun Togawa x Vampillia
Hauptharmonie x Tapferkeit Band
Aina x Ken Ken x Playstation
Guso Drop x NECRONOMIDOL
Towa Tei x Ano
BREAKTHROUGH
Dots
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Shuuengo Buppan
EMPiRE
Candeye Syrup
VIDEO
Ribbon – Sora Sob Sakana (what can I say, I’m a slut for animation)
Watashi Ga Nakou Hototogisu – Togawa Jun/Vampillia (see above, also history of Jun and all that)
REM – Towa Tei with Ano
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
ALBUM
Fourth Album (Kari) – Up Up Girls (Kari)
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
GANG PARADE Takes Themselves Higher!! – GANG PARADE
kitixxxgaia – Oomori Seiko
THE GUERiLLA BiSH – BiSH
SONG
IDOL – Guso Drop
DAWNSLAYER – NECRONOMIDOL
“Kagome Kagome” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“GANG PARADE” – GANG PARADE
PERFORMER
Aina The End
Pikarin
Kotejun
Beni
Himari
IDOL
NECRONOMIDOL
Yukureshirezutsurezure
MIGMA SHELTER
CY8ER
GANG PARADE
Where are:
Koutei Camera Actress
Koutei Camera Girl Drei (REVIVAL)
???????
Maniac obliterated them bc indie rap offends him orz
The wrong kind of super-awesome-and-cool idols, alas. Maybe they can get some love in a Best of the Rest kind of thing.
This was harder than I thought, although I’m struggling to find 5 for some of the categories but here goes.
SURPRISE OF THE YEAR
Rei leaves Ladybaby
Necronomidol Tours Europe
Mashir and Anna to Cy8er
LETDOWN OF THE YEAR
BISH – Promise The Star
AINA and Teddyloid
Babymetals lack of activity
B SIDE
Pelican – TTTs
Sputnik Note – YSM
Mo’Strain – Migma Shelter
Karma Loop – Yukueshirezutsurezure
SADDEST DEPARTURE
Himekyun Fruit Can 1st gen
Fruitpochette
Tenri
Rei
THE SPUNKY
DEBUT GROUP
TTTs
SAKA-SAMA
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Uijin
DEBUT (individual) – I’m struggling with this one
I’ll second Mei from TTTs though
PERFORMANCE
BRGH – Hello World
TTTS – Good Morning World
YSM – Like a Bubble Tour Final
SINGLE
There Something Behind – TTTs
Spine EP – BRGH
Shuwa Shuwa – DOTS
Amazing Glow – MIGMA SHELTER
Doughnut Friend – Avandoned
COLLABORATION
TTTs/This is Japan/Maison Book Girl
Towa Tei/Ano
The Natsu No Mamano/Ladybaby
MOST POISED FOR BREAKTHROUGH
MIGMA SHELTER
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
ALBUM
Cocoon EP – Sora Rob Sakana
Bubble – YSM
Image – Maison Book Girl
Discopsychadelia – You’ll Melt More
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Se Da
SONG
Lily – YSM
2 Sounddown – BRGH
Kagome Kagome – KTA
Theres Something Behind – TTTs
Trinity Drive – DOTS
VIDEO
Theres Something Behind – TTTs
Lily – YSM
Ribbon – Sora Rob Sakana
“REM” Towa Teai/Ano
PERFORMER
Por Lui
Kanamil
Nadeshiko
Beni
IDOL OF THE YEAR
MIGMA SHELTER
TTTs
Cy8er
Dots
A couple changes to mine above. Noticed I had BiS on Debut twice and finally decided Kaqriyo needed to be on Single Of The Year. I see BRATS was mentioned too but not sure if they can be included since they are a band but I would definitely have them on my list too with “Seitoka Pride Monster” being one of the best songs of the year. Maniac?
Debut (individual)
– Himari – NECRONOMIDOL
– Mashilo – CY8ER
– Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
– Ogura Karin – There There Theres
– Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Single of the Year
– “There’s something behind” – There There Theres
– “Svaha Eraser” – MIGMA SHELTER
– “DAY” – PiGU
– “Kagome Kagome / Hybrid Taboo” – Kaqriyo Terror Architect
– “Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Things I’ll pick which were on your list:
Letdown of the Year
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
(I actually liked a couple of the things on your list here, namely BiSH – “Promise the Star” and The Tokyo Girls film)
Saddest Departure
FRUITPOCHETTE
Guso Drop
Yamitsuki Company
Debut of the Year (group)
Yamitsuki Company
Collaboration of the Year
Screaming Sixties x I love you orchestra
Single of the Year
“Promise the Star” – BiSH
“Chippoke Hero” – 2&
“Yandere” – Yamitsuki Company
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Shuuengo Buppan
Video of the Year
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
Song of the Year
“oh！my！ME・GA・MIに恋してる！” – Broken By The Scream
(despite listing nothing else here or below, this isn’t my song of the year, just my only pick out of your picks)
Performer of the Year
Montero – Screaming Sixties
Things which weren’t on your list:
Album of the Year
Zekkyou Suru60do x I love you Orchestra
Hoshina Fumimi – mimi chic
NEXT Shoujo Jiken – Over The Next
Tsuki to Taiyou
Single of the Year
Diable Voix – Lost in Memories
Video of the Year
Yamitsuki Company
Saddest Departure
GRAZIE5
Misaki (London Blue)
Saki (Honey Spice)
Arika (Honey Spice)
Watanabe Mayu
Shizuku (Princess Garden -Himeniwa-)
Candy||Stripe_Neo
Killed In Sadness
(I’ve probably forgotten some more grads…)
Performer of the Year
Haluka – Diable Voix
Letdown of the Year
The Daichi/Am Records thing – Guso gone, 2&/Fumimi left to go independent
Surprise of the Year
Chihiro returning to the idol scene as buppan staff for a couple of groups
Here’s mine:
Surprise of the Year
The BiS/GANG PARADE swap
Tsurezure in Canada
BPM15Q becomes CY8ER in the first place (l8er nicamoq)
Cococo’s graduation
Rei leaves Ladybaby
B-side of the Year
“Help!!” – BiSH
“LADY BABY BLUE” – Ladybaby
“Did Not” – BiS
“GAGA” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Karmaloop” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Debut (individual)
Mashilo – CY8ER
Pan Luna Leafy – BiS
MOMOLAND – BiS
Toga Ren – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
Performance/s of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
WACK Exhibition
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Babymetal, Big Fox Festival
CY8ER’s 53-song Periscope show
Collaboration of the Year
Oomori Seiko x Ladybaby
There There Theres x This Is Japan x Maison Book Girl
SAiNT SEX
BiSH x 7/11
Yunomi x Nicamoq!!!
Video of the Year
“Gomaslipper” – Ayumikurikamaki!!!
“Futari Wa Na Kayosi” – Minna No Kodomo-Chan
“独白園” – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
“rooms” – Maison book girl
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
Song of the Year
“DyingCRY” – Mashiro (Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da)
“Loud Asymmetry” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Chi waki niku DANCE” – DAIDAIDAI
“faithlessness” – Maison Book Girl
Letdown of the Year
BiSH – “My landscape”!!! (The song not the video)
The WACK auditions
Yamitsuki Company just up and disappearing
DiETgate for Pour Lui
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
Saddest Departure
Cococo (Yukueshirezutsurezure)
Mene (Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da)
Moga (Dempagumi.inc)
Yamitsuki Company
Rei (Ladybaby)
Debut of the Year (group)
DEADLIFT LOLITA
Yamitsuki Company
uijin
Candye Syrup
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Sophomore Sick Sacrifice” – Zenbu Kimi no Sei Da
“412” – Maison Book Girls
“Kakushemu” – CY8ER
“Futari wa na kayosi” – Minna no Kodomo-Chan
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Senanan!!!
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Minna no Kodomochan
Album of the Year
RE:STUPiD – BiS
Image – Maison Book Girl
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
Egoistic Eat Issues – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Performer of the Year
Aina the End – BiSH
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Mashiro – Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da
Pour Lui – BiS
Pikarin
Idol of the Year
Zenbu Kimi No Sei Da!!!
Maison book girl!!!
Yukureshirezutsurezure
BiSH
CY8ER
How about a category like….
Most excited for in 2018
Maison book girl – cotoeri
Tsurezure returning to Canada for NMFT12
NECRONOMIDOL touring the US
Ayumikurikamaki inevitably returning to their kuma forms 🙂
Am I too late?! Your timezone needs to CHILL.
Surprise of the Year
New nomination: All the WACK shuffling, esp. SAINT SEX
Tsurezure in Canada
NECRONOMIDOL tours Europe
Guso Drop announces dissolution
CY8ER heisting Mashir/lo and Anna
Letdown of the Year
ANFORTgate
DiETgate for Pour Lui
BABYMETAL’s 2017 Activities
B-side of the Year
There There Theres – Pelican
New nomination: Yukueshirezutsurezure – Helpless (from Loud Asymmetry)
BiS – Did Not
Yukueshirezutsurezure – Karmaloop
Gang Parade – Close Your Eyes
Performance of the Year
Solitude Hotel 3F, Maison Book Girl
WACK Exhibition
Yukueshirezutsurezure, Next Music From Tokyo
Guso Drop at Zepp Tokyo
Especia Spice Tour Final (Disbandment Live)
Collaboration of the Year
SAiNT SEX
Towa Tei x Ano
Video of the Year
Gang Parade – FOUL
BiSH – Giant Killers
Yanakoto Sotto Mute – Lily
BiS – Can’t Say No!!
Song of the Year
“WACK iS FXXK” – SAiNT SEX
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“GiANT KiLLERS” – BiSH
“Lily” – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
“Helpless” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Saddest Departure
Hauptharmonie
Marbles
Fruitpochette
Guso Drop
Debut of the Year (group)
Candye Syrup
MIGMA SHELTER
Kaqriyo Terror Architect
Single of the Year
“FOUL” – GANG PARADE
“Hello!!” – Avandoned
“MISS SINS” – Yukueshirezutsurezure
“Bite the Bullet” – PassCode
“Shuwa Shuwa” – Dots
Most Poised to Break Through in 2018
Dots
Candye Syrup
EMPiRE
MIGMA SHELTER
Album of the Year
GiANT KiLLERS – BiSH
BUBBLE – Yanakoto Sotto Mute
GANG PARADE takes themselves higher!! – GANG PARADE
DEATHLESS – NECRONOMIDOL
discopsychedelica – You’ll Melt More!
If Tentenko isn’t on the list, then I won’t vote for Oomori Seiko 😛
Performer of the Year
Shidare – Yukueshirezutsurezure
Pikarin
Miki – Gang Parade
Idol of the Year
New nomination: Gang Parade
CY8ER
Yukureshirezutsurezure
NECRONOMIDOL
BiSH