Following that disastrous live event, it could be argued that the Wake Up Girls need a lucky break... and whaddya know, they might just have one. The name of the lucky break in question is renowned [...]
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Categories: Anime, Runback RecapTags: Citizen Kane, Nyaruko-san, SAVING ANIME, Wake Up Girls!Hello, and welcome to the Runback Recap, where the East meets West, the episodic meets the editorial, and [...]
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The Wake Up Girls have themselves a second song, and now they have themselves a second concert.  There is one slight problem with this however - it takes place on the same day as one of I-1 Club's [...]
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Summary Once again, the girls have some new work, thanks to the success of their TV segments. Unfortunately, it serves to illustrate President Tange’s mantra of 3 steps forward and 4 steps back more [...]
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Mayu's return to the idol business may be a cause of celebration for some, but to most - or at least those participating in online discussion - her departure from I-1 Club, and perhaps more [...]
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Summary The girls don’t have the greatest work, but it’s work. A local station in Sendai puts them in two segments: a weather report, read in animal costumes, and a “food around town” segment that [...]
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With their original management team now fully restored and not a swimsuit in sight (well, apart from the bit where, y'know, they have to wear swimsuits), it's onward and upwards for the Wake Up, Girls [...]
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“If only I could stand on a larger stage and have even more fans…but I realized something after yesterday’s performance. I was naive. Ultimately, what I enjoyed was being coddled by the fans of this [...]
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Note: This review covers both the prologue movie “Wake Up, Girls! Shichinin no Idol” and the series’ first two episodes. Idols are a weird part of Japanese pop culture. As far as I know, Japan is one [...]
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Summary As expected, Sudo was up to no good. But before they know it, the girls are at some dumpy onsen resort singing their one song for a crowd of salivating men while wearing skimpy white bikinis. [...]
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It's been quite a week for Wake Up, Girls, even before it aired.Golden Time – 14 I'm not sure where I stand with Golden Time at the moment, to be honest.  Is demotion to a digest [...]
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The Wake Up, Girls have themselves a new producer, and it seems that there are going to be some fundamental changes as a result. And by that, I mean fundamental clothing changes.  It seems that Sudo [...]
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Cute girls who can sing and dance; what more do you want?~ Hello everyone~ I’ve come back from the winter break shadows to finally contribute to the Winter season. Now, I’m no stranger to idols [...]
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Sekai Seifuku Kuuki: Swear loyalty to me and I’ll share my food with you! From what I gathered from this first episode, we are going to follow Kate and her secret organization (I’m sorry I’ll never be [...]
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They were all a lot better at this than I was expecting.
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I admit it - I watched WUG.  That's what this season has done to me.Yes, I blogged idol show - get your potshots in now.  They couldn't make me feel any more soiled than I already do...This was [...]
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(50-minute prologue movie + 12 episodes) What’s it about ? The formation of an idol group, in way more detail than you can be entirely comfortable with. Don’t skip the movie, it’s the essential first [...]
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An idol group does idol things. As my regular readers are no doubt aware, I think idols are the dumbest things ever. First of all, I don’t understand how anyone would like their crappy music. Second, [...]
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Alright, I’m still drowning in negatives to scan, but the new season waits for no one, and what would be a better choice to start it with than Master Yamakan’s latest attempt at saving anime? And [...]
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Heh. Continue reading →
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