Sun 2008/03/23 09:33
All these are members of the music group AKB48. What do you think is the maximum number of members a band can take before it starts to become silly? Do you have music groups in your region with hordes of members too? AKB48 photo session below - quite a few cuties though.
Posted on Sun 2008/03/23 09:33 by
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Sat 04/04 13:24 comments (66)
wow, so many hotties, i don't know which one to pick.
(ID #160131) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:38
their song is oddly addictive http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTFZpAla2E maybe danny could post that in the news item too
(ID #160142) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:48
Aitakatta is the only song I know from the group and yes, since the first time I heard it I couldn't take it out of my mind for a while. But I don't know, since I'm fan of H!P I can't really turn to other bands... I know this is weird but I think I'm not the only one.
(ID #160150) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:55
Software Engineer
You can't limit it to just 1 thats for sure!
(ID #160439) Posted on 2008/03/23 21:02
Ridiculous numbers for a band lol
(ID #160135) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:41
Programmer/IT/Student
Wow, way too many cute girls. I don't know if I could even pick one that I wouldn't go out with ;) lol.
(ID #160136) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:44
i think a band with 5 people is more than enough. you got bass, guitar, drums, lead singer, and a mc. having 44 people in a band is just too much, you can start your own orchestra with that number
(ID #160137) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:44
Reinvokes the Sei-Sei (Die Die) part... Magic number!
(ID #160191) Posted on 2008/03/23 11:12
my mistake, there's actually 48 members, hence AKB48. wow, i feel stupid.
(ID #160343) Posted on 2008/03/23 15:37
No, no, they really are 44... Just make a rapid calculation with the help of the pic... It's even written on it anyway.
(ID #160371) Posted on 2008/03/23 17:39
really? because i just read that there's 48 of them split into three units A B and K with 16 in each unit.
(ID #160754) Posted on 2008/03/24 13:33
Hmm, Grand Sage Wiki says you're right (I based myself on it)... So basically they kicked out four members from the picture, or was the latter cropped?
(ID #160782) Posted on 2008/03/24 15:11
.NET/Web Developer
I agree...7 would be the max limit for me...beyond that I think would be just insane. And here I thought the morning musume group was large enough.
(ID #161318) Posted on 2008/03/25 20:10
HOLY ******* ****** THATS A ***LOAD OF GIRLS!
(ID #160138) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:45
Full time nerd
4 is the max in my opinion. Like they say, too many chefs spoils the broth or in this case, too many hotstuff spoils the group all together
(ID #160139) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:45
Email & Network Support/Administration
48 members? Doesn't that qualify them as an orchestra?
(ID #160147) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:54
Quite the trivial thing.
(ID #160151) Posted on 2008/03/23 09:56
I don't think they have songs with all 48 members. But Hello! Project have one with 46. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaovMtb9nLI
(ID #160157) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:02
not totally true. that was a pv with all, or most of the H!P groups.
(ID #160723) Posted on 2008/03/24 12:11
Well the pic says there's 44 people.... so 48 seems impossible xD
(ID #238347) Posted on 2008/07/15 15:19
Over here...having more then five members is unheard of. I don't know much about AKB48...aren't some of them just dancers?
(ID #160158) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:03
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
For anyone with a perverted mind, I think this is their dream come true... Maybe... Anyway, I find this hilarious. If you don't have quality you can always have quantity...
(ID #160163) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:07
I remember there being large numbered bands in the UK like Blazin' Squad with 9 MCs (See you at the crossroads! - I'm so sad that I still remember it) and So Solid Crew with 17 vocalists, 9 DJs, 13 producers and even 11 So-Solid Kids. I never knew there were even So-Solid Kids!!! Remember how my friends and TV used to laugh at them and only a few members actually made the band. But 44 members...I bet only around 4 or 5 of them actually does some 'singing' while the other 40 odd just leech off their success. Still, there are a couple of nice looking ones to drool over.
(ID #160168) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:12
Service desk support
I remember hearing about AB48 on Japanorama, a BBC show hosted by Jonathan Ross. Thought the idea was stupid then, and I still think it's stupid now. But they're still around so they must be doing something right, aside from ripping off otaku...
(ID #160179) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:33
They don't make money by making songs... but by hiring a bunch of girls and taking pictures of them??? Whenever a band is at such a large number- only choirs sound amazing..
(ID #160184) Posted on 2008/03/23 10:43
Hmmm... Wasn't they whose manager decided of a crazy marketing ploy (the 44 *magic number!* special covers to collect)?
(ID #160194) Posted on 2008/03/23 11:14
Online Shop
Yeah and now they just came up with another crazy marketing. They just released a new photo book of AKB48 and each book comes with 5 special photos of members, from total of 848 pictures. Get it? 5 out of 848 per photo book. So to collect them all, you need some super miracle and buy 172 of the photo books. Photo book has 4 different versions and if you collect all four, you get to attend a special event where you can shake hands with AKB48 supposedly. I wonder if there are any hardcore AKB48 fans that will fall for this ploy...
(ID #160228) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:02
Omigosh...
(ID #160369) Posted on 2008/03/23 17:37
My band officially used to have about 14 members, only 4 of them were actually playing, me included. It's a fun-only project only so we invited everyone who wanted to be in our band, no matter if they were able to play instruments. We actually have some fans xD
(ID #160224) Posted on 2008/03/23 11:58
About AKB48: If it's a serious project 48 members are way too much, 5-6 are enough to me.
(ID #160225) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:00
I feel like playing the Idolmaster with this group of ladies... would be better if Idolmaster was an eroge
(ID #160236) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:07
dieting cosplaying female student
yet another thing to steal the minds of male otakus xD wow so many, i doubt all of them do something
(ID #160243) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:12
I feel like in the US you couldn't find this many cute girls period. No thats an overstatement, but not in a 100 mile radius at least.
(ID #160253) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:21
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Wow if they all sing together at the same time, I wonder how hard it is to synchronize them...
(ID #160256) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:26
Culture seeker
too many members there, i mean 44!!! or is this some kinda way to reduce the unemployed ppl??
(ID #160263) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:37
UCI Student
Pretty crazy to have that many in a band. pretty attractive ladies there though. Looking at the picture makes me think of the Negima class roster.
(ID #160268) Posted on 2008/03/23 12:44
オタク all day long
44 ppl!? what the heck... I think that's way too much. (-_____-.l|l
(ID #160288) Posted on 2008/03/23 13:06
Full-Time Developer
Just saw a video of AKB48 in youtube and only a few of them actually sings most do some choreography.. So many eye candies that my brain can handle at a time.. Here's the Link Guys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDWgMwGlFy0 Since danny disabled the video linking.. The Video has AKB48 + Leah Dizon + Shoko Nakagawa Performing..
(ID #160296) Posted on 2008/03/23 13:15
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
44 is definitely way too much! o_o 4-5 is max ^^;
(ID #160304) Posted on 2008/03/23 13:33
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
isn't it hard for a music studio to support a band with that much members? for example for a singaer, the manager only have to pay him/her one salary. but for a band with 48 members won't the manager have to pay 48 salary? O_O
(ID #160310) Posted on 2008/03/23 13:59
Animation Student
I'm one of AKB48 fan~ Started from around early last year. I love them all and their songs are good. It's hard to remember all their names but now I remembered them all.. xD For more info on AKB48 you can join the international fan forum in here http://stage48.net/
(ID #160319) Posted on 2008/03/23 14:11
thats nearly doubled the size of The Polyphonic Spree
(ID #160344) Posted on 2008/03/23 15:38
Mind Navigator
Actually, a little more than double. AKB48 is 48 members. The Polyphonic Spree is 23. But I guess that's splitting hairs on technicalities.
(ID #160361) Posted on 2008/03/23 16:52
filmaker
i will take numbers 1 through to 48 please
(ID #160345) Posted on 2008/03/23 15:52
omg, now thats a lot of girls. T_T gonna check out their videos now! thanks danny!
(ID #160348) Posted on 2008/03/23 16:01
That first one in the third row is so cute... I love her hair :D
(ID #160362) Posted on 2008/03/23 17:02
Pianist, Writer, Teacher
There are a lot so they can be replaced easily without people noticing.
(ID #160375) Posted on 2008/03/23 18:01
hmm can't decide on which is cuter.. if only i could take everyone home...hmm then i need a bigger room
(ID #160380) Posted on 2008/03/23 18:10
I bet too much girls to satisfy ur dolphin.....Buwahahahahaha...
(ID #160677) Posted on 2008/03/24 10:26
anime/cosplay events organizer
imagine having a real-life harem with them as your harem XDDDD
(ID #160387) Posted on 2008/03/23 18:24
It's possible to have 48 wives in Japan right?......>_> right?
(ID #160399) Posted on 2008/03/23 18:53
Full time biotech student, part time otaku, possible bishounen candidate
Thats practically a whole cast for an anime already. Sounds like Morning Musume to me but only on a larger scale. Well if you had music from mahou sensei negima anime u'll understand since all 32 seiyuus did sing some of the songs together at one go.
(ID #160400) Posted on 2008/03/23 18:53
Chef, Full fledged Otaku, Full time Observer.....
but those are seiyuus not a band... 48 is just nonsense...
(ID #160572) Posted on 2008/03/24 02:13
Servicing National Services
LOL. that is too many people. How do they split their earnings like that?
(ID #160469) Posted on 2008/03/23 22:30
I prefer maximum 5, this is overkill. I wonder how many fights they had within the group.
(ID #160487) Posted on 2008/03/23 22:52
Sterilization Technician@ Prince Of Wales Hospital
Far Out i thought Koreans "Super Junior" or "SuJu" with 13 boys was bad enough now they bring out 48 girls thats alot to work on im having trouble remembering all 13 boys names think ill just remember the girls i like and say "yeah i know them , i like so and so the best"
(ID #160499) Posted on 2008/03/23 23:13
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Kojima Haruna!!! I'm not actually sure which she is on that big pic of all of em. But I've seen her on the music video's. She's taller than alot of them. I like that. I relate to that. I quite like AKB48. I like peppy Jpop. And I don't mind the numbers of the band lol.
(ID #160502) Posted on 2008/03/23 23:23
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
She's top center. I thought that was her....
(ID #160505) Posted on 2008/03/23 23:30
That's way more people than I can handle in a band. @.@ But they're all so cute and pretty, so I can deal with it. ;)
(ID #160549) Posted on 2008/03/24 01:16
Web Designer
Aitakatta~... hahaha Well their song is great, but only some of them ar good at sing. Not all, but some. I like Chocolove AKB48. But I like Berryz and C~ute most.
(ID #160570) Posted on 2008/03/24 02:10
I suppose 5-6 at most. Futher more, it's a horde not a group o.0
(ID #160584) Posted on 2008/03/24 03:04
1st row 2nd from the right is my fave but i dont know her name..
(ID #160604) Posted on 2008/03/24 04:17
Ehh the pic says there's 44 people.. What a misleading name I guess.
(ID #160634) Posted on 2008/03/24 08:46
I've said this before, but Skirt, Hirari [スカート、ひらり] is the best PV of all time. I swear i've watched it like a 100 times over the past 2 years.
(ID #160703) Posted on 2008/03/24 11:13
That "band" has officially become a chorus.
(ID #161042) Posted on 2008/03/25 02:34
Just one thing I wanted to add, the number 48 was reandomly selected, and it by no means reflects the number of people there will be on the group. While they were 48 in some time, they only started out with 20 or so. They aren't a normal group in that they don't make only PVs and CDs, but they work in a teather doing shows daily and twice on the weekends. BTW, this picture is not really updated, in March 3 some girls were added to the 3 main team's roster (for a total of 46 now, having something like 12 SEED). BTW, the girl in third row first column is called Oku Manami, also follow Kazearashi's advice and join stage48 ^^.
(ID #161178) Posted on 2008/03/25 11:17
ha i think the maximum is about 5 larger than that and you can't really fit all of them in one song properly
(ID #161730) Posted on 2008/03/26 14:10
omg, the group is so big o.O". The girl all not bad...
(ID #162487) Posted on 2008/03/28 00:50
With so many girls, they are not a group or band but should be called a choir! When you go to their concerts, where do you look? they are all so cute!!
(ID #181842) Posted on 2008/05/05 21:21
HappyCat in somewhere in Asia near the mountains and a hydroelectric dam (Registered on 2008/04/03 04:20)
freelancer,freeloader,noh drama and enka fanatic
Haruna's in top center.I think she's the cutest of them all.
(ID #194064) Posted on 2008/05/23 02:02
I've been listening to this group for about 2-3 years now. Big fan, but not crazy about them :P As for info on this group check out these sites: www.stage48.com/forum www.jpopsuki.com and search up akb48, you'll find their albums =P
(ID #238792) Posted on 2008/07/16 03:05
cute and overwhelming!
(ID #446053) Posted on 2009/01/13 08:46
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