Members of the all-girl pop idol group AKB48 performed yesterday at the opening party of the International Film and Programme Market for Television, Video, Cable and Satellite (MIPCOM) in Cannes, France. It was the third overseas performance by the group, following shows in Paris in August and New York last month. Wearing costumes in the style of Japanese high school girl uniforms, the 12 members sang in English. Doing their bit to promote Japanese tourism, they encouraged fans of pop culture to visit Tokyo and their "home base" in the capital's Akihabara district. MIPCOM is held in Cannes every autumn and is an event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content. It provides a networking forum to discover future global trends and in the area of pop culture, there is always a keen interest in what's coming out of Japan. AKB48, the brainchild of producer Akimoto, was formed in 2005 and has dozens of members divided into three teams and a group of trainees. They perform daily - twice a day on weekends - at their own theater in Akihabara, the mecca of otaku culture. Every single they release is tied into a TV commercial, anime or drama series.
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AKB48 was in NYC on September 25-27. They held a mini concert at the New York Anime Festival and Q&A session. Then on Sunday they held a regular concert at Webster Hall. The girls were very entertaining, and even though their english wasn't very good they wanted to use it
anyway. And it was cute, and very funny. Sayaka seemed to be the crowd favorite. Especially when three of the girls broke out in black leather rocker outfits showing off their stomachs. I looked over at some of the guys... Eyes were glazed. Drool was flying. Minds were primal. I was scared.Anyway, it was a good time. 8]
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