Get ready for an in-depth and emotional discussion as we talk about Ota Yuuri's graduation for almost an hour! We also talk about the recent kenkyuusei promotions, light impressions of the NMB Summer Tour, Yamamoto Sayaka's new single and album announcements, the end of Kawaiian, and more. Lastly we get into some serious discussion on who is the weirdest NMB48 member.

On this episode, we talk about a lot graduation announcements ranging from the surprising (Odan Mai’s sister) to the less surprising (everyone else). We got experience reports about Queentet’s tour. We talk about favorite Bachi Bachi camp experiences and we talk about our favorite and least favorite music videos.

2:40 - NMB48 21st Single "Boko e Kaere" Discussion

11:06 - NMB48 BII at TIF and Summer Station

0:2:00 - NEWS - Yagura Fuuko joins ASIA PROMOTION agency

It's been awhile! This month we catch up on a couple of graduations and announcements of graduations including Momorun, and Eriko Jo. Ryan went to Yuuri's photobook event and lived to tell the tale. Matt has some hot takes on Sayaka's solo concerts. And Geoff wants people to know that Chiihi still exists. All that plus some breaking news regarding a certain member's Twitter account!

This late version of the Takoyaki Party is here! On this episode, we talk about the entirety of NMB’s 20th single and rank our favorite songs from the single. We also talk about recent events such as the Namba Seiza Matsuri, Team M’s new stage, Anchu’s play production, Manabukun Live, Queentet’s Valentine Concert, and Sayaka’s new single. Geoff also came over to Japan a couple times last month to see his oshi graduate and he shares his final handshake experience with Moka.

The first Takoyaki Party of 2019 is here! We have a lot to cover in this news-focused episode including: NMB’s shuffle results, a slew of graduation announcements (including Geoff’s oshi), and our early impressions of the 20th single Tokonoma Seiza Musume. We also talk about Sayaka’s latest ongoings, Milky’s Christmas live and Reinyan’s fan event recaps.

We close out 2018 with our annual awards show and have brought in most our cast including regulars Matt, Ryan, and Geoff, but also guests Andi and Daryl. This is the combined original recording of our talks so it's a bit different from the youtube version. The categories we talk about include Best Song of 2018, Best Old Song of 2018, Best Member, Best New Member, Best Event, Best Sayaka Sonic Moment, Best Media Content, Biggest News, and Most Disappointing Member.

The crew is back to give a more detailed recap on Yamamoto Sayaka’s graduation concert “Sayaka Sonic” as well as talk about the New NMB Captain Kojima Karin and the second round of NMB theater’s special performance week. For our meta-topic, we discuss the different ways former Sayaka-oshis can stay with NMB