We provide news about the Japanese idol group NMB48 and discuss how to get more involved in the fan community.
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Episode 103: If You Can See the Knee it’s Not for Me
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We have a bombastic episode of NMB Takoyaki Party this month! We talk about NMB’s brand new original stage Tenshi no Utopia, we talk about the 29th single “Kore ga Ai na no ka?” and its coupling songs and how its sales are doing. Yuumin announces grad, Hollywood star sightings in Namba, YNN’s new lineup of Youtube content, and more! If you have a q…
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Episode 102: The Trail of Oshis
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On this episode, we talk about the 29th single’s album art, early handshake event sales, 5chan idol fan drama, Pikarun and Yunanan’s graduations, photobook drama, and more! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, you can leave it in the comments section on Youtube, or email us at nmbtakoyaki.party@gmail.com Hang out with all the other in…
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Episode 101: The Senbatsu Pop Quiz
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We finally have details on NMB’s 29th single and spend a long time picking apart the senbatsu choices. We also spend some time talking about all the random jobs NMB members have coming up, Final Fantasy VII, 101 Dalmatians, and more! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, you can leave it in the comments section on Youtube, or email us …
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Episode 100: Mama Shikkaku
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It’s the 100th episode of Takoyaki Party! And we celebrate by… having barely anything to talk about. We make up for the news drought by going into a deep discussion of the first half of the Idol Shikkaku TV drama, predict the upcoming single senbatsu lineup, and as a special treat for this episode milestone we rank NMB’s current singles and album r…
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Episode 99: Milquetoast Idol Disqualification
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It’s the first Takoyaki Party of 2024 and we spend almost half of it catching up on 2023! We go over the voting results from the Golden Takoyaki Awards, talk about NMB’s drama for normies Idol Shikkaku, share our highlights from YNN’s 24hr stream, talk about NMB’s New Year to go WORLDWIDE, tour NMB's Costume Exhibition, and we evaluate 9th gen’s fi…
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Golden Takoyaki Awards 2023
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It’s time for our annual end of the year awards show. This time Matt, Aruda, and Geoff are joined by members of the community Arkasas and Logic to talk about everything good, bad, and ugly in the world of NMB48 this year. This year, each of us chose a winner which would be placed in the nominee pool for the fan community to vote on. You can partici…
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Shibuya Nagisa Graduation Concert!
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Due to scheduling issues we did a guerrilla style approach to covering Nagisa's graduation concert by talking about it over dinner. Apologies for the background noise and the less than stellar quality. Let us know in the comments what your favorite moments from the concerts were! If you have a comment or question for the show you can post it in the…
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Episode 98: B2 or Not BII, That is the Question
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On this edition of NMB Takoyaki Party we talk about getting our backs slapped by idols, the end of Sadharu, NMB theater being torn down, the Fuuwapocalypse, some upcoming release announcements, and we go super in-depth with the new teams’ first performances. If you have a comment or question for the show you can post it in the comments section on Y…
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Episode 97: Everyone Oshihens!
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Everyone Oshihens! Apologies in advance: There was some weird buzzing coming out of Matt’s mic for the first hour or so of this episode, it seems to go away after the break. Matt sees chika idols! Geoff ditches Chihhi! Aruda hates Nagisa Saiko! And Ryan phones it in! We kick things off by discussing the 13th anniversary concerts we watched last mon…
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Episode 96: Canceled By Sadharu
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On this shortish episode of Takoyaki Party, we talk about NMB's 28th title track "Nagisa Saiko" and give our hot takes on the song. We also take a look at the first few rounds of handshake sales and see who is selling out and who should be selling better. We also talk about the Nagoya concert that none of us went to as well as some theater shows an…
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Episode 95: Now We Can Be the Members’ Dads
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On this shocking episode, we go through the stages of grief as we cope with Shibuya Nagisa's graduation announcement and how it affects NMB's standing in the public sphere. We also talk about the senbatsu and handshake event details for the 28th single as well as a bunch of other news from the past month. We also talk about the various festivals an…
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Episode 94: Theater Girl With A Side of Gravy
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We’re back to talk about Siyeon’s graduation announcement and discuss what may have led to her decision, we talk about all the announcements that happened NMB’s summer concerts including the team shuffle, the upcoming tour, and upcoming single. And we also share what we thought about the aforementioned concerts. If you have a comment or question fo…
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Episode 93: Sakatan Laptime 2023
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It’s a slow month this time around as we eagerly await the upcoming summer concerts in July, and so we take some time talking about more upcoming events, predictions for the concerts, and talk about the various news that came up in the past month. If you have a question or comment for the show you can post it in the YouTube comment section or email…
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Episode 92: A Pot of Gravy
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We have a bunch of things to talk about this month including the spring concert and request hour, new gravure careers, Uuka graduating… this time for real, event logistics and more. If you have a comment or question for the show you can post it in the comments section on YouTube or email us at nmbtakoyaki.party@gmail.com NMB48 International Discord…
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Episode 91: The Shohei Ohtani of Gravure
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On this episode, we talk about Yuzu’s graduation announcement and her gravure legacy. We also talk about some photobooks, and we make our predictions for the upcoming NMB concerts. If you have a question or comment for the show you can post it in the YouTube comment section or email us at nmbtakoyaki.party@gmail.com Join the NMB International Disco…
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Episode 90: A Part of Kojima Will Be Inside You
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On this edition of Takoyaki Party we wrap up our coverage of NMB48’s new album and we go in-depth on some events we attended, the metaverse, baseball, T-shirts, and how to smuggle out used handshake gloves. If you have a question or comment for the show you post it in the comments section on Youtube or email us at nmbtakoyaki.party@gmail.com You ca…
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Episode 89: Keep the Glove
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On this episode, we give our hot takes on the title track for NMB’s upcoming album Done as well as talk about the music video and the information about the other new songs in the album. We also talk about the news about handshake events returning, cheers hopefully returning, and the upcoming spring concerts. And in the back half we talk about all t…
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Episode 88: NambaraMighty
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Happy New Year everyone! We’re back for the 2023 and we have a whole lot of stuff to catch up on including NMB’s 4th album, 9th generation debuting, NMB’s annual new year show, a new theater stage as well as a discussion on the state of theater shows and the lack of attendance. We also pick out our highlights from the YNN 24hr TV special and much m…
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Golden Takoyaki Awards 2022
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Welcome to the Golden Takoyaki Awards 2022. This is our annual end of the year award show where we look back on the year and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. We have various categories and we spend an extremely long time talking about our winners along with comments submitted from the International NMB Fan community. Let us know what you th…
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Episode 87: Miyu is Bigger
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In this shortish episode of the podcast, we catch up on some end of the year headlines as we reach the end of 2022 and get ready for the annual awards special, The Golden Takoyaki Awards. We also have a few event reports to cover and we close out the year with our predictions for the next single senbatsu. If you would like to submit your winners in…
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Episode 86: Come For the Members, Stay For the Wota
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Slow month this time as there's not a whole lot major announcements here. We make up for it with a slew of event reports including the in-person and online hanashikai events. We also catch up on some music shows and livestreams that NMB was on this past month, We take a deep dive in the growing conspiracy involving the stealth marketing campaign fo…
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Episode 85: You Had to Be There!
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12th anniversary is behind us and we spend about 3 hours talking about all 6ish concerts in great detail, as well as event reports, recent news, and more! 0:00 - Intro 24:30 - 12th Anniversary Concert Hop, Step, Jump Mushi 1:36:01 - Under Live 1:59:23 - THIS IS NMB48 Concert in Tokyo 2:49:35 - Sign Kai Report in Shibuya 2:55:42 - New Costumes! 3:01…
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Episode 84: Needs More Banjo
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We're back with another shortish check-in on the latest happenings with NMB48. Sukida Mushi is finally out so we give our thoughts on all the songs and music videos from that single and discuss the sales numbers for the real and online talk events. There's also some more info coming out in the lead up to 12th anniversary including some Tokyo events…
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Episode 83: First World Wota Problems
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In this shorter than usual episode of Takoyaki Party we finally discuss the long-awaited 27th single and give our first impressions of the new song. And because we're never satisfied we spend some time nitpicking the details of the package, the meet & greet events, and other bonehead management decisions. We also talk about the details of the upcom…
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Episode 82: Yabai na Soft Cream
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We're back and we go into full detail with our report of the NAMBAZAAR concerts including all the big announcements that came from it. We celebrate the good with the kenkyuusei promotions. We denounce the bad with how poorly the 27th single has been handled. And we repulse at what is in store for the 12th anniversary concert. We also share our pred…
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Episode 81: More Like NAMBIZARRE
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We're back with the greatest show, man (and woman). More details on NMB's summer concerts at Zepp Bayside Osaka trickle in and we make some more predictions on what we hope to see at the shows. We also take a moment to reminisce the Akagumi and Shirogumi songs from NMB's past, we complain about boomers trying to tell zoomers how to be zoomers, and …
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Spoilercast: Greatest Na Showman
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Welcome to our spoilercast for the NMB48 x Yoshimoto Shinkigeki musical "Greatest Na Showman" in which Matt and Geoff give a condensed retelling of the plot of the musical in English, so that you the listener can have a better understanding of the musical if watch it. It goes without saying that there are MAJOR SPOILERS in this podcast and it's hig…
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Episode 80: Spoon Harder
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In-person events are back and we went to some of them! We also catch up on some news including Yuzu's photobook, mobile game updates, the first 8th gen graduation, bullsh*t Showroom contests, and more. We also settle the great Krispy Kreme vs. Katsuya debate once and for all. If you have a question for the show, you can e-mail us at nmbtakoyaki.par…
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Episode 79: It's All Geoff's Fault
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It's the longest podcast ever! We go into excruciating detail on the NAMBATTLE 2 final results, giving each ranked member a moment in the spotlight as we discuss and ups and downs of the event. But before that we talk about NMB's upcoming musical, Team N's new theater setlist, and of course Cocona's graduation concert. Let us know what you think of…
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NAMBATTLE 2 Check-In
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We join you briefly to give you a midterm term check-in on the current state of NMB48's NAMBATTLE 2 standings. We talk about the second round of the fan voting segment for the 27th Single Senbatsu and give our predictions on what the final lineup will look like. We talk about the crazy outcomes from the board game segment. And we discuss the questi…
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Episode 78: Too Many Girl Fans
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The information dump keeps on dumping! On this episode we check out the NMB48's 26th Single "Koi to Ai no Sono Aida Ni Wa." We go in deep on the premise of NAMBATTLE 2 and discuss the preliminary results of the fan vote portion of the event. And we also check out the new team stages that weren't canceled due to half of the group getting sick with c…
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Episode 77: Everything's @#^%ed!
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It's the year of the tiger and it sure has started out like one! We got some graduation announcements to talk about, we got a new generation to talk about, we got new teams to talk about, we got a new single to talk about, and we got some existential dread we need to talk about regarding the future of NMB48. 3:04 - Yamasaki Amiru announces graduati…
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Golden Takoyaki Awards 2021 Part 2
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Here's Part 2 of the Golden Takoyaki Awards. The awards for this part include: Member We Most Wanna Party With, Cursed Member, Most Disappointing Member, Rising Star, Best Karaoke Song, Best Old Song, Worst Song of 2021, Best Song of 2021, Most Improved Member, and MVP. Let us know what you think about our choices in the comments. And if you want t…
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Golden Takoyaki Awards 2021 Part 1
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It's our annual awards show in which we give out various awards in various categories. In the first part we have the awards for: Best or Least Bad Member Birthday Shirt, Worst Member Birthday Shirt, NMB Discord Meme of the Year, Hottest Mess, Worst Trend, Warukii of the Year, Best Show/Media Content, and Best Concert. 2:34 - Best Birthday Shirt 12:…
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Episode 76: Zion & Goliath
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2021 is coming to an end but NMB's losing streak of bad news seems to have no end. Bunshun necrobumps an old issue, Marin's private accounts get leaked and she gets yeeted. We prepare ourselves for YNN's 24 Hour Special as well as the end of the year awards, and we finally spend some time looking back on 7th gen's progress in their first year befor…
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Episode 75: Fabula Nova Crystallis
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11th anniversary has come and gone and we go into excruciating detail about the two concerts for over 2 hours. We also talk about Momone’s graduation announcement, Showroom bullsh*t 8th generation version, and we talk about the new NMB song with Nagisa as center. Let us know what your favorite moments of the 11th anniversary concerts were and what …
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Episode 74: Wakapon is Mikana's Parole Officer
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Your favorite podcast about immigration in Japan is back! This month we talk about Nanaho's graduation, Momone's photobook, the Aoi Lemon MV, 7 Camp War, and we make some bold predictions on NMB's 11th Anniversary concerts and the 26th single senbatsu. Let us know your 26th single predictions by using this handy link and tell us your predictions in…
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Episode 73: There Was A White Guy There
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The meme is dead! Anchu has left NMB48 and Matt has come back to tell the tale of her last moments with group and more. We also talk @JAM, poor life/career choices, and we have a deep dive on where to go next when your oshi graduates. Let us know what you'd do when your favorite members leaves the group in the comments section. NOTE: Matt's mic dec…
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Episode 72: The Graduation of NMB48
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It's summer, which means super long podcasts talking about NMB48's concerts at Osaka Jo Hall. A new member joins NMB's ranks, an old favorite comes back to NMB, and we get super introspective on the past, present, and future of NMB. Let us know what you think of Shiyomin joining NMB and what you think of the concerts in the comments. NMB48 Internat…
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Episode 71: Exclusive Event Extravaganza
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On this very event report heavy edition of Takoyaki Party, we discuss Hirakata Park, NMB's concerts at Zepp Osaka Bayside, the comedy shows and livestreams at the theater, tales from the hanashi kai, and much more. If you have a question or comment for the show, feel free to post it in the YouTube comments section and we may read it on the next sho…
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Episode 70: HELLO FROM INDONESIA
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On this episode, Matt and Geoff are joined by a longtime NMB fan, Aruda to talk about a lot of things in the NMB world including Miru's new photobook, Shidareyanagi sales data, the new music video and coupling songs, and all of the music programs that the group has been on recently. We also spend some time at the end predicting what we think will h…
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Episode 69: ShidareYanagizaka46
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Matt, Geoff, and Ryan are back to talk about the latest happenings in NMB48 this month including the 25th single “Shidare Yanagi,” Suuchan’s departure from NMB, some YNN streams, and some recent events that we participated in. Let us know what you think of the new single, how management handled the whole Suuchan situation, or any other questions or…
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Episode #068: Please Stop!
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We're back with a real whirlwind of emotions regarding the latest happenings of NMB48! Suuchan gets scandaled, Yuria gets to come back from hiatus, Mikana gets to go on hiatus, Anchu gets into senbatsu, Episode 1 gets renewed, and we get tickets for NMB's summer concerts! If you like the show, give us a like and subscribe to us on YouTube and/or th…
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Episode #067: Bulls**t and Bonsai
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In this supersized episode of NMB Takoyaki Party, the NMBros give a full recap of the NAMBATTLE Final Event and give their thoughts on the project as a whole, get surprised and confused by Shiroma Miru's graduation announcement, and give a report on Yamamoto Ayaka's graduation concert. We also catch up on some news that came out over the course of …
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NAMBATTLE Report Week 4
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It's the fourth and final week of our NAMBATTLE coverage. This week's report includes some pre-livestream livestreams that will determine parts of the final NAMBATTLE event, the fifth livestream battle, and the fourth round of fan voting. We also go over the details of the final NAMBATTLE event and predict what kind of shenanigans are going to go d…
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NAMBATTLE Report Week 3
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We're back with the third week of NAMBATTLE! In week 3 we talk about the third and final round of theater shows and scratch our heads over some of the judges' scores. We're surprised and dumbfounded by the members' knowledge in the "knowledge" category for this week's livestream battle. And there seems to be a paradigm shift in voting behaviors in …
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We're back with week 2 of our Nambattle coverage. This week we talk about the second round of theater shows and see how the teams' performances improved over the past week. We give our very hot takes on the shenanigans and chicanery involved in the "communication" category of the livestream battle. And we take a look at the second round of fan voti…
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NAMBATTLE Report Week 1
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The Nambattle is underway and for the new few weeks, your friends at NMB Takoyaki Party will bring you weekly coverage of the Nambattle as the events unfold. For week 1 of our report, we talk about the first week of the theater show performances, the first and second livestream events, and the results of the first round fan voting. We share our rea…
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Episode #066: C Team is Win
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We kick off the new year by catching up on some news from last year before talking about the big shake up involving the current structure of NMB. We spend almost an hour talking about the new NAMBATTLE project, including what we currently know about the competition, and take a deep dive analyzing the groups and their strengths and weaknesses, who w…
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The Golden Takoyaki Awards 2020 Day 2
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It's the second and final day of our special awards podcast. The awards for this include the Spotlight Stealer Award, Most Disappointing Member of 2020, MVP of 2020, Best Show of 2020, and The F*** Yeah 2020 Award. Thank you so much to the community for voting for the nominees and for everyone who listened to the podcast this year. We hope you'll c…
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