AKB48 Group come Abroad

January 9, 2010 · Posted in AKB48 · Comment 

The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported that the site Yasushi Akimoto, producer and songwriter of the group AKB48 idol Japanese woman, is a spinoff entertaining offers for a group of seven television stations and production companies in six countries. Six countries, including Thailand, Singapore, China, and Italy.

According to the website, Akimoto believe that “the era of Western copying done. Now we export Japanese culture.” Seven companies want to license the rights to localize AKB48 concepts and formats in their respective countries. In particular, spin-offs proposed would each have their own theater (similar to the AKB48 been in Tokyo’s Akihabara otaku shopping), 48 members and a name that ends with “48,” imitating the high school uniform costumes, and songs written by Akimoto .
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