On this short and early edition of NMB Takoyaki Party, we discuss NMB’s new stage for 8th, 9th, and 10th gen members “Saraba Junjo.” We also share our experiences from the recent Tenshi no Utopia event, talk about Yuumin’s upcoming farewell tour, and a bunch of other quick news stories before we get ready for the annual awards show later this year.…

It’s a quick and early episode this month! We talk about Zion’s grad announcement and dig into the real reason why she’s leaving, we also talk about the upcoming December event/concert thing, our predictions to the upcoming (and has already happened) 8th, 9th, 10th gen theater show, and more! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, you c…

On this episode of the NMB48 podcast, we go over NMB’s 14th anniversary concerts at Orix Theater and talk about all the big announcements that came out of that including Rei’s graduation announcement, 9th gen promotions, the new stage, and more. We also give our updated thoughts on the 30th single Ganbaranuwai, talk about some SAD NEWS, and talk ab…

In this episode, we give our initial thoughts on NMB’s 30th single title track “Ganbaranuwai,” discuss highlights from the Tokyo concert, make predictions for the 14th anniversary concerts, and cope with the never ending spiral of graduation announcments. If you have a question or comment for the podcast, you can leave it in the comments section on…

Did everyone have fun in the sun at NMB’s summer concerts or were they a hot mess? We go in-depth with the concerts’ “unique” setlists and talk about the huge news that came out of them. We’re also joined by our special guest Logic to talk about NMB’s live over in Hong Kong. YNN had their annual summer camp stream, everyone forgot that Miiki was st…

NMB48’s 10th generation has arrived! We talk about their first show and give our initial impressions of the new members that got our attention. We also talk about 9th gen’s last show, Yukinon’s comeback, Reio’s graduation, some upcoming concerts the group will be doing, and more! If you have a question or comment for the podcast, you can leave it i…

On this episode, we talk about the theater shows and meet and greet events that we did this month, we also talk about THE END OF 9TH GEN, NMB’s upcoming summer concerts, theater tickets being moved to FANY, 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.pa…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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:…

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…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…