H!P Qu!ck H!ts

By: The Incredible He-Hulk



I am hopeful I'll be able to turn this into a weekly post if not starting with this post, then with the next. I'm swamped with subtitling stuff, at the moment, and I only have so much time to dedicate to H!P.



• Guardians 4’s New Single, Party Time, released today
Guardians 4 probably has the best lineup of any H!P group right now, but they also happen to be getting the worst songs to sing. Party Time rectifies that slightly by being a modestly catchy affair and makes me hopeful for the first time that this group will outlast the anime it supports.

• Sugaya Risako’s 4th photobook (Risou) announced. Will be released November 27th
Let’s face it, H!P is not the Butterfly Lounge. Skinny as possible is the order of the day where most of the girls are concerned—which is why our yearly Risako photobook is the only reoccurring book to really look forward to. She of the supple curves and sanguine countenance; Risako makes a photobook interesting.

• Nakajima Saki’s first photobook (Nacky) announced. Release date December 12th
It’s easy to tell how much confidence H!P has in a photobook—The earlier the book is announced, the more promotion it will get and the more copies H!P thinks it has a chance to sell. Maasa’s first PB was announced 2 weeks before release; Chinami’s was announced 2 weeks after it’s release, but Nakajimi Saki is getting an entire month of anticipation. There is no doubt H!P knows she’s a bombshell waiting to go off.

• Yajima Maimi cuts her long hair short
In other news, Niigaki Risa washes her face. Oh! Hot rumor! Hagiwara gets nails done, and I don’t want to speculate but there’s talk Abe Natsumi has indigestion…
Seriously. This isn’t news…

• The Tanaka Reina Manga “Kaito Reinya” is now being turned into an anime series. Reina will provide the voice for, uhh, herself
Based on my research (which consisted of looking at one article), the character appears to be some kind of idol/cat hybrid who is a burglar. Oh, apparently Noto Arisa will voice a “stupid” police woman. Personally, I love when children’s TV glorifies theft and belittles law enforcement, so this is probably going to be awesome…

• Proving that, as I speculated, Berryz Koubou is not busy enough, they will perform for the first time in Bangkok Thailand in March of next year
H!P idol shows are, generally speaking, always the same. Therefore, this concert is only of interest if you live in Bangkok or somehow live in a country where traveling to Thailand is cheaper than Traveling to Japan. Otherwise, this is of very little note. Playing a sold out concert on the moon, however...
Tsuki Girls just has a better ring to it than Ryuusei Boy.

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