{"id":597,"date":"2013-12-25T18:41:27","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T16:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=597"},"modified":"2017-04-18T01:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T23:58:29","slug":"the-modernization-of-hello-project-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"The modernization of Hello! Project (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: large; font-weight: bold;\">The 2nd Golden Age of Morning Musume<\/p>\n<p>This current evolution on <strong>Morning Musume\u00a0<\/strong>makes me almost cry the tears of joy. I&#8217;ve been excited about my beloved J-pop group again after so many average years spent with them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_01.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_01_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_02.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_02_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_03.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_03_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_04.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_04_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_05.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_05_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you might know I&#8217;m a great &amp; loyal <strong>Berryz Kobo<\/strong> fan. Have been that for years. And am still. But to be honest in many cases Morning Musume is written to my J-pop map today with same size of letters if even bigger than Berryz Kobo is. This is kind of hard-to-be-made confession from me. Then again: These groups are not fighting against each other so it should be clear that they should be living in happy harmony also inside my chaotic head.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_06.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_06_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_07.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_07_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_08.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_08_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_09.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_09_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_10_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before <strong>Tsunku<\/strong>\u00a0made that great cleanup for Morning Musume in 2011 the group was getting too clean and almost all their upcoming actions were more or less foreseeable. &#8220;Clean&#8221; in the means of getting too professional with singing, dancing and that kind of stuff. Too &#8220;clean&#8221; without youthful rawness, enjoyable playfulness and eager attitude.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays every day with Morning Musume is a fresh new adventure which truly means you don&#8217;t get bored with this group any more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_11_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_12_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_13_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_14_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_15_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_16_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_17.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_17_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And today we got Morning Musume&#8217;s latest MV <strong>&#8220;Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa&#8221;<\/strong> which clearly shows us what that so-called formation dance is all about. The lesson is made even easier for you to understand with those background animations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_18.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_18_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_19_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_20.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_20_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_21.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_21_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_22.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_22_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_23.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_23_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_24.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kakko-ii.com\/wp-pix\/morning_musume_egao_mv_24_t.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The song itself is a super optimistic tune with almost biblical (or should I say biological, hah ha!) overtone. When you first time listen to &#8220;Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa&#8221; you might think it&#8217;s quite an average Morning Musume song. However when you hear it more it might hook you unexpectedly. At least that kind of thing happened to me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Egao no Kimi wa Taiyou sa&#8221; on Hello! Project Station #47 (Dec 25. 2013)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"?????????MV???????????????-ute?????????J=J?? MC??????????#47?\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KeNG5_hK9Yw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2nd Golden Age of Morning Musume This current evolution on Morning Musume\u00a0makes me almost cry the tears of joy. 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