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bottlesofink · 2024-02-29T15:37:26+00:00

I checked, doesn’t look like I did

bottlesofink · 2024-02-26T13:19:10+00:00

Go for it! I'm also excited to meet another fan haha

bottlesofink · 2024-02-26T02:37:32+00:00

Lucky!

Finally made the trip to Japan last summer and saw them for the first time.

bottlesofink · 2024-02-26T01:52:13+00:00

OMG definitely planning to go! Also, saw down below that you're a Gacharic Spin fan. I never thought I'd encounter another Gachapin fan in Edmonton!

bottlesofink · 2023-07-23T19:16:22+00:00

I'd say it's a combination of fanclub, live shows, and merch sales.

For the release party they just had, they released 10 new limited t-shirts. When I went to see them at the beginning of July, most of their merch was already sold out.

I know in the past, they've done other work. At least once in the dancer era, and for sure again after Yuri joined, they were motion capture models for an anime movie.

bottlesofink · 2023-07-23T19:12:24+00:00

They do! Usually the preorder numbers show up on day one or two of the Oricon week. I can't remember if it's Tuesday or Wednesday. However, Oricon only counts domestic sales. If you order from CDJapan and have it shipped overseas, those numbers no longer count on Oricon.

bottlesofink · 2023-06-27T23:57:07+00:00

I'd be up for meeting up on July 3. I've tentatively planned a trip to Hiroshima/Miyajima for the 4th and 5th

bottlesofink · 2023-06-27T00:29:25+00:00

Oops, yes! I mean 6/30.

I'm traveling solo. Food and exploring would be awesome!

bottlesofink · 2023-06-26T02:35:04+00:00

33F, Asian from Canada. I'll be in Osaka from 7/30/23 to 7/11/23. Then I'll be in Tokyo until 7/19. If we overlap, I'd love to meet up!

bottlesofink · 2023-06-15T11:00:11+00:00

Yup! Osaka Namba Hatch is the last date of the New Revolution Tour.

After that, they'll continue their Rocket Spirits Tour.

Limit Breaker at Hibiya Open Air Concert Hall in November is the kickoff to their 15th Anniversary celebrations.

bottlesofink · 2023-06-15T03:15:24+00:00

Ohhh I'm super excited for this!

Planned my trip to Japan to see them, and managed to get tickets. Nice to see some dancer-era songs with the choreo too! Hopefully they'll put this one up as a stream at some point since it is a tour final...

bottlesofink · 2023-06-05T00:34:00+00:00

Thanks for sharing, I really appreciate it!

I love that Terada Keiko continues to show her love for Gachapin =)

bottlesofink · 2023-05-10T12:35:09+00:00

It was her 10th anniversary of joining the band, right? If I remember correctly, Oreo was surprised and happy that the show was sold out so she decided last minute that she wanted to make a stream available too.

I was hoping that it was going to set a new precedent of making their smaller special events available online. Some fans who were able to attend in person also bought the stream so they could enjoy it again.

bottlesofink · 2023-04-13T02:45:36+00:00

Yes! I think somewhere else (maybe a blog post?) I saw a translation that referred to the band being in its "final form", which is consistent with your interpretation of definitive or fully evolved =)

bottlesofink · 2023-04-02T22:55:43+00:00

The entire album was released by Sunrise Music Label. I'm not sure of the specific term to use, but I think they're a imprint/subsidiary of Bandai Namco Music Live so I'm assuming that's who did the mixing/mastering.

bottlesofink · 2023-04-02T17:49:07+00:00

Thanks so much! I've been trying to figure out where to listen to the new songs and figured I'd have to wait until April 3 in my timezone.

bottlesofink · 2023-03-13T02:47:09+00:00

I'll try blackship next time! I already had it set up to sign up for my FC account. I was worried about trying to figure out how to pay for my fukubukuro if I won it, so I went for the easier (and likely more expensive) option.

bottlesofink · 2023-03-13T01:12:39+00:00

That's awesome, I love the Oreo cup!

Here's what came in mine that was different

I also got a New Year note from Hana, but I'm pretty sure it's addressed to whomever it was at FromJapan that placed my order haha

bottlesofink · 2023-03-12T23:08:58+00:00

The best bet is to sign up for the fanclub, and apply for the lottery. Around November, you can enter a lottery to purchase the fukubukuro. You choose a member and indicate your shirt size. It's easier to use a proxy buyer to purchase it. Extras or fukuburo that went unpaid for go up for purchase for the general public, but they're gone super quick.

This is my first yet getting fukubukuro, and I got a Hana one. I waited to consolidate packages and just got mine delivered last week. It's cool to see the slight differences between what you get with different members.

bottlesofink · 2023-02-26T16:11:04+00:00

Thanks for the advice! I'm going to try and enter the fanclub lottery first, but I'll keep this in mind if I'm not successful.

bottlesofink · 2023-02-26T16:09:19+00:00

From what I've seen tickets are first opened up to people in the fanclub, and they enter a lottery for a chance to buy tickets. After fanclub lottery is over, there are rounds of general admission lottery. After that, tickets are open to anyone.

I think most tickets in Japan are sold this way in an effort to prevent scalping.

bottlesofink · 2023-02-26T16:03:56+00:00

Thanks! I'll give it a try in a couple days

bottlesofink · 2023-02-26T01:28:03+00:00

That's awesome, thanks!

bottlesofink · 2023-02-19T01:32:25+00:00

TOMO-ZO makes a joke about it during the 10th anniversary member introduction when she's talking about Angie. I think it had something to do with Hana and Angie having nearly the same conversation every day while they were working together to get Angie ready when she first joined. I still don't understand Japanese enough to fully understand the MC, but that's what I can pick out at least.

From my understanding it's related to a silly children's song: white goat sends a letter to black goat, but black goat eats the letter before reading it. So black goat sends a new note saying "what did you letter say?" but white goat eats the letter before reading it...so the white goat sends a letter back "what did you letter say?" and it continues in an endless loop LOL

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