SKE48 17th single and NMB48 11th single will be released on 31 March 2015, a fans asked AKB48 producer Akimoto Yasushi what is the purpose of this arrangement on 755, Akimoto Yasushi explained why management made this arrangement.
A fan: What is the purpose SKE48 and NMB48 new single released on the same day?
Akimoto Yasushi replied:
As I mention before, each record company's single release schedule is hard to arrange, they all want to sell at Year End March, I want to avoid AKB group (singles) released at same day, it will cause a ranking comparison. However, because SKE and NMB management "No matter what want to release", so I permitted it. But it was not competition. If it is competition, it will be arranged as festival, and promoted by each other, and set a clear rule. Such as the arrangement of concurrent members calculation (note1), special gift (note2) and release way (note3). This time, I let them to each group's management and their recording company. Therefore please look forward to it with me.
It is not special purpose, it was forced to do so.
Even I said it this way, the ranking will be made, fans will be nervous. However it is many group, released on same day may happen in the future, it just like two striker of same baseball team compete Home-Run-King, most important is the team's victory. Not matter which group has advantage, which group has disadvantage, I just wish people will recall "SKE48 and NMB48 single were released on the same day in March 2015", I wish all of us to witness this page. Witness those growth thing is AKB concept too.
Akimoto Yasushi original 755 message
- Note1: Concurrent members will not participate these singles's handshake event.
- Note2: SKE48 17th single theatre edition will attach a music card.
- Note3: SKE48 17th single theatre edition unit price will be 1,028 yens, according to sales record mechanism, it may count double sales.
- Note4: ORICON announces it will stop counting Music Card as sales record after 6 April 2015. Original sources: http://biz.oricon.co.jp/info/information_20150128.pdf
SKE48 and NMB48 new single will be released on the same day
http://akb48-daily.blogspot.com/2015/01/ske48-and-nmb48-new-single-will-be.html
NMB48 11th single "Don't look back!" debut at "MUSIC STATION"
http://akb48-daily.blogspot.com/2015/02/nmb48-11th-single-dont-look-back-debut.html
SKE48 17th Single Selection Members Revealed
http://akb48-daily.blogspot.com/2015/02/ske48-17th-single-selection-members.html
Haven't SKE single music card been a thing for a long time already? They're under Avex and they like to do that for their relases so I don't think it will help SKE much...also i think NMB 2shots >> music cards for fans lol
ReplyDelete1. As I recall SKE48 only did it once at single "Mirai to wa?", and that music card is on mu-mo only.
ReplyDelete2. Actually ORICON found this is very likely to cause a false record, and it seems it happened at one of Avex single released at 22 October 2014, therefore it may be the reason ORICON announces they will stop counting Music Record after 6 April 2015.
3. I don't know if it will SKE48 or not, but it may cause double count.
4. I don't know if NMB48 will do it or not, but it seems unlikely, because it is not a decent way to run a business, and will harm their reputation.