Kaito Reinya Episode 07 Subtitled Release

By: The Incredible He-Hulk



Episode 07. Quite funny.














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Kaito Reinya Episode 06 Subtitled Release

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Episode 06 of Kaito Reinya arrives, and it's quite good.

Sorry for the slight delay with this week's release. C'est la vie...

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Kaito Reinya Episode 05 Subtitled Release

By: The Incredible He-Hulk

Episode 05 of the seminal series.

Sorry about the slight delay in releasing it. The video was ready last night (thanks to all the awesome ICU members who work on it so quickly and efficiently each week), but I got crushed by the east coast snow storm and lost power all day so I couldn’t upload it until today.

This might be my favorite episode yet, so enjoy!


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Kaito Reinya Episode 04 Subtitled Release

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The secrets of Reinya's box are revealed (less awesome than it sounds), as we march ever closer to the realization of the Reinya's ultimate goal to break up marriages and become the ultimate thief.

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Kaito Reinya Episode 03 Subtitled Release

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Episode 03 of everyone's favorite anime.

Learn the true origin of Reinya's lethal cat-burglar skills, the name of her favorite soap opera, and more in this weeks outrageous episode!


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Kaito Reinya Episode 02 Subtitled Release

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Episode two of the seminal series.

I really hope the police catch Reinya. Then they could wrap up the series and save us from having to translate the rest of these...

Seriously though, this episode is easily twice as funny as the last one. So, if you liked episode one, you'll love episode two.

I know I really enjoyed it. Plus, I mean, it's Reina, right? Reina!!

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Kaito Reinya Episode 01 Subtitled Release

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Look! Up in the sky! It’s a cat! It’s a hot air balloon (powered by a girl furiously pumping bicycle pedals)! It’s Kaito Reinya!

Kaito Reinya is the story of a girl who, by day, works as a convenience store clerk in a shop next to the town police station, and, by night, works as a cat burgler victimizing the same hapless police she serves food to during the day.

Oh, and it’s also a gigantic Tanaka Reina and Hello! Project reference (right down to H!P songs being in the sound track) and a 4 minute advertisement for ramen. But you already knew all that, didn’t you?

The show stars Tanaka Reina (obviously) and Noto Arisa.

It’s already getting panned by anime snobs, but, I mean, as idol fans we don't care for those people, anyway, right? So who cares what they think.
Truth be told, this is adorable, irreverent, and rather funny, especially for anyone who likes Reina, since she plays herself here, or rather what Tanaka Reina would be like if she were the ultimate ramen thief. This gets a confident thumbs-up from me. It’s cute to see one of our girls immortalized in cartoon form, and all H!P fans should give this a watch. If this is popular, who knows, maybe someday we’ll get a Sudou Maasa cartoon that’s an ad for Gold’s Gym and she keeps stealing weight benches!

ICU-Subs will be doing all 12 episodes. We hope to have each week’s episode done within a day, or so, of it airing on Japanese TV.

Enjoy!

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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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Ichigo ichie 7/30 - Tanaka guest appearance

By: Zabel

Hmm, I've been putting these under the 'radio' tag despite the fact that Ichigo has never been broadcast on the radio. Oh well.

Tanaka Reina is a guest on this public recording of Ichigo ichie. Midway through, former Momusu leader Iida Kaori makes a surprise appearance.

Ichigo ichie 7/30

おちょきんしねま～！says Aichan in her customary Fukui voice to open the recording. (edit: means "Sit down!") She tells us that she is more nervous doing this show than a concert. But Reina says she feels out of place herself being among so many Aichan fans.

Aichan asks Reina about a time when she was nervous, and Reina responds with a story about performing her debut song Shabondama. Reina sings the opening line of this song, but it so happened that Reina wasn't there when the lights undimmed and the music began! She had put her pants on backwards and was told to go hurry and fix it. When she came back she had to look for her microphone. Yet she sung her part and apparently nobody was able to tell that anything had been wrong. Aichan could tell though--she was assigned to sing the next line! She thought Reina was cool for being able to carry on like that. Reina herself was afraid to go back to the dressing room afterwards for fear of being chewed out. She was grateful when Yoshizawa talked to her and encouraged her.

They speak about Nanchatte Ren'ai and Reina has trouble pronouncing 'rounyakunannyo' (老若男女) meaning "men and women, old and young".

At about this time Aichan receives a big surprise when Iida Kaori shows up suddenly! The three of them chat about H!P and things. Iida wants to help the girls with problems they might have, including offering Ear Art Therapy (don't ask me). Iida says it is sad how the girls often greet her in passing but are too nervous to talk more than that. Aichan confirms that the younger members get nervous in the presence of their seniors, and even Aichan herself gets nervous. Iida says they ought to have a surprise guest such as herself show up at their concerts.

After Iida leaves, Aichan gives her Ainote recommendation -- Red Cliff and Red Cliff II, which she saw on the airplane to Los Angeles. Reina has seen them as well, and the two of them chat at length.

Reina's recommendation is Twilight. She liked it so much that she wants to date a vampire, notwithstanding all the trouble that would be.

Aichan: It was that attractive to you?
Reina: Yeah, sinking those fangs in.
(audience laughter)
Reina: I've got them too, in fact.
(Aichan silent)
Reina: Double teeth.
Aichan: Oh, double teeth.
Reina: Since I've got them on both sides I used to think I was Dracula.
(audience laughter)
Aichan: I don't think so!
Reina: But I got better. But I left Fukuoka and came to Tokyo in the middle of treatment, so now I'm really halfway better.

From there they take questions from the listeners. The first one seeks advice on how to fight off sleepiness, reminding them of Eri. Aichan suggests watching videos nonstop, or eating something spicy. Reina suggests having a friend pinch you.

What is Aichan's small extravagance? She bought five pairs of shoes in Los Angeles: two pairs of boots, two pairs of beach sandals, and one pair of slippers. Reina stuffed her suitcase full of souvenirs. They both bought lots in L.A. because the dollar is weak compared to the yen (at least that's the excuse Aichan gives).

Next two questions are from listeners asking how to keep cool during the summer. Aichan suggests using ice packs, and eating ginger.

To a request to hear a monomane (imitation) that the girls like to do, Reina stands up and does the 'zugudanzunbungun' dance. Then she gets an embarrassed Aichan to do it with her. Reina also does an imitation of Aika's motherly voice, trying to imitate how her tone changes from a high pitch to a low pitch.

Lastly, Aichan asks Reina which member she thinks has been weird lately. Reina picks Koharu, who has demonstrated an amusing pronunciation of "kansai-ben" when the members are pretending to speak it.

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