Takoyaki Party

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 down at the event. We also make some miscellaneous predictions about other announcements at the final event involving a new single and possible senbatsu picks. Let us know what you think of this week's Nambattle events and what you think will happen in the Nambattle finals in the comments You can also hit us up on Discord or on Twitter. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt​ TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com​ https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam​ Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17​ Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa​ Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06​ If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow!

1:01 - Pre-Livestream Livestream Battles

7:14 - Livestream Battle 5 "Luck" 20:51 - Fan Voting Battle 4 23:32 - Week 4 Final Standings 24:14 - NAMBATTLE Final Event Details Explained 53:21 - NAMBATTLE Announcement Predictions 1:05:58 - Gravure Nambattle Round 2 Recap

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 this week's fan voting battle. Let us know what you think of this week's Nambattle events in the comments. You can also hit us up on Discord or on Twitter. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt​ TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com​ https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam​ Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17​ Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa​ Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06​ If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow!

1:01 - Theater Show Battle Week 3

26:47 - Livestream Battle Week 4, Knowledge Category 42:03 - Fan Voting Battle Week 3 49:53 - Final Standings for Week 3 52:09 - Gravy Bullshit Round 1 Results and Round 2 Announced

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 voting results and see where the voting patterns changed and speculate on what the future holds for the groups. If you have thoughts about the Nambattles, let us know in the comment section and we'll talk about it next week. You can also join in on the livestream viewing parties and see our hot takes in the NMB International Discord along with other like-minded fans of NMB. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow!

0:54 - Theater Show Week 2

22:28 - Livestream Battle Week 3: Communication Category 39:57 - Fan Voting Battle Week 2 52:10 - The Final Standings for Week 2 54:32 - Nambattle Gravure Battle

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 reactions to the results of each of the battles and speculate on how the rest of the Nambattles will go. If you have thoughts about the first week of Nambattles, let us know in the comment section and we'll talk about it next week. You can also join in on the livestream viewing parties and see our hot takes in the NMB International Discord along with other like-minded fans of NMB. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow! Timestamps: 1:05 - Theater Show Battle 1 56:49 - Livestream Battle 1: Athletics

1:04:19 - Livestream Battle 2: Comedy

1:25:40 - Fan Voting Battle 1 1:30:10 - Current Nambadge Rankings

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 we think is going to win, and judge the groups' creativity or lack thereof. We also spend some time looking back at YNN's 24 hour special program and more. Lastly, we take some time to discuss the current state of overseas fans trying to participate in online handshake events and failing. If you have a comment or question you'd like to ask us for the show, feel free to post it in the comments section of YouTube. If you'd like to get involved in the international NMB fan community, there is a discord server for that. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt If you'd like to see NMB content with English subtitles, check out Teppen Sub Team's work! TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam You can also follow and hit us up on Twitter! Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 As always, if you like the show, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, etc. Search for "NMB Takoyaki Party" on your podcast app to find us! Tell a friend and leave us a review, every little bit helps us grow.

1:50 - Minami Haasa comes back from her hiatus

3:28 - Sakamoto Nami announces graduation 9:20 - Aayan graduation announcement follow-up and graduation concert announced 24:38 - Jonishi Rei wins "best gravure" idol award for Model Press, and gets Photobook DVD. 26:49 - Yokono Sumire Photobook sales report 27:47 - A NEW GRAVURE CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED: Wada Miyu 29:35 - Village Vanguard Goods and NMB Lucky Bags 36:21 - Danceable TikTok account 37:07 - Anchu Matcha Cookie Video Clip is being used for sketchy dating app cover image. 39:27 - NMB 4 Live Collection 2020 40:38 - Cocona Takes Saepii's old Saitama show 41:18 - Ex-NMB member Uemura Azusa starts idol group with ex-NMB Member Kusaka Konomi teaching the choreography 44:32 - NMB New Year's Show, Namba Hinata and Kitamura Mana get promoted from kenkyuusei status. 47:00 - NMB48's Team N, M, and BII will disband! Final team performance 53:46 - NAMBATTLE Outline 1:15:00 - NAMBATTLE Team Analysis 1:48:49 - BREAK 1:49:07 - YNN 24hr Favorite segment discussions with picks from the community 2:17:15 - YNN Super Bunny Man with Wakapon and Hara Karen 2:18:35 - YNN Wakapon and Mikana play through Inside 2:22:20 - Ryan Finally Goes to a Mikana Meet and Greet Event 2:33:47 - Geoff Goes to Yuugata NMB 2:43:52 - Misaki's Redemption Arc at the Online Hanashikai, Make-Up Handshake Events for Hatsukoi and Boko e Kaere 2:48:55 - PSA Overseas Idol Fans: Sakamichi Meet & Greet Bad, NMB Meet & Greet Good. 2:56:43 - Danny asks us vore-like question about NMB members. 2:57:51 - Sailing has a great idea/request for a new Takoyaki Party project. Also asks why we hate Miiki.

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 continue listening and supporting us and NMB in the new year! As always, if you like the show, please subscribe on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, etc. Search for "NMB Takoyaki Party" on your podcast app to find us! Tell a friend and leave us a review, every little bit helps. If you'd like to get involved in the international NMB fan community, there is a discord server for that. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt If you'd like to see NMB content with English subtitles, check out Teppen Sub Team's work! TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam You can also follow and hit us up on Twitter! Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 0:55 - "The Yamamoto Mikana Commemorative Award" Spotlight Stealer/Bias Wrecker 43:28 - "The Uemura Azusa Memorial Award" Most Disappointing Member/Member That Could Use Improvement 1:11:45 - "The Yamamoto Sayaka Memorial Award" MVP 1:49:15 - "The TEPPEN Subs is Back Baby! Award" Best Show/Media of 2020 2:14:46 - "The F*** Yeah 2020 Award" Best Moment/Trend Because of 2020

Welcome to NMB Takoyaki Party's annual awards show, The Golden Takoyaki Awards! This year, we're doing stuff a bit differently. We've compiled a shortlist of nominees that were voted by the community. The NMBros will then discuss, deliberate, and select winners in various categories over the next two days.

The categories for Day 1 include: Best Song of 2020, Worst Song of 2020, Best Old Song of 2020, Best Concert or Event of 2020, and The F*** 2020 Award.

Let us know what you think about our picks for the winners in the comments section. Or hit us up in Discord or on Twitter. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow! 3:43 - "Certified Banger Award" Best Song of 2020 29:00 - The Worst Song of 2020 Award Brought to You by the Year 2020 49:58 - "The Seishun no Lap Time Award" Best Old Song of 2020 1:08:40 - "NMB48 THANKS 10 YEARS Award" Best Concert of 2020 1:31:48 - "The F*** 2020 Award" Worst Moment/Trend of the Year

On this emergency edition of Takoyaki Party, we hastily gather together to discuss the biggest news to happen in NMB history: the graduation announcement of Yamamoto Ayaka. We talk about her future plans, what we predict will be NMB's production schedule for the near future, how her departure will affect the fragile new NMB that is still getting its footing.

If you have any comments or thoughts on Aayan's graduation or how it affects the future of NMB, tell us in the comments. Here's the translated clip of Aayan's graduation announcement: https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam/status/1343529622986604544?s=20 NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Andi: https://twitter.com/andiandi989 Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 If you like the show, please subscribe to us on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Also tell a friend, every little bit helps us grow!

On this episode, we talk about all the shows that NMB and its members were on in the past month, including CDTV, their fake Music Station show that's actually better than Music Station, COVID-19 infecting members of the group, as well as the recent graduation announcements of Antan and Yukitsun, with a discussion about the future of Danceable with Yukitsun and we'd like to see become of Danceable in the future. Lastly, we spend a half hour talking about Saepii's graduation concert with impressions of the performances and how we learned a lot about Saepii at the worst possible time. Here's a link to a translated clip of her speech. https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com/post/637919947715198977/murase-sae-graduation-concert-speech We close out our last regular podcast of the year with a tease of our upcoming Best of 2020 Awards Show. This year, we would like to incorporate the fans' and listeners' votes into our discussions. You can vote by using this Google Form. We encourage everyone to participate and to include reasons with their votes. We are also doing a special NMB prize giveaway to anyone that participates in the vote. Details are included in the form as well. Best of 2020 Awards Voting Form https://forms.gle/ajtj7K2XQvHKwBUt9 NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix.

3:03 - My Playlist 7

11:15 - NMB Performs on CDTV at the Odaiba Science Museum 16:35 - YNN 24 Hour Program Announced 23:56 - Mikana is in a Shampoo Commercial (COOL GUY JOKE WARNING) 25:00 - Ota Yuuri in a prime time drama 26:27 - Kinoshita Momoka appears on NMB's Otoitachi Music Program 30:25 - Saepii "graduates" from her TV show 32:27 - Cocona takes Akarin's spot on TEPPEN Radio 34:00 - Anchu modeling job with CaNARi 36:23 - Amirun gets rigged out of 48G Singing Contest and then rigged back in for the special judge's award 39:21 - NMB to appear on special NHK singing contest. 41:02 - Chihhi NHK drama 42:23 - Zoom Play "Kiseki no Kiseki" review 47:26 - Osaka Channel Suuchan Date Show with a long tangent about the cognitive dissonance of 48G/46G's relevancy. 55:15 - Corona Corner: Miru and Uuka catch COVID-19 and draws the ire of infamous narcissist Suda Akari 1:04:22 - Hori Shion gets Pneumothorax 1:05:59 - Reichan vs. Suuchan Photobooks: The Battle of the Boobs 1:12:38 - Theater Shows: Jemini Xmas Live 1:16:33 - N' Live Rotating through the Team N members 1:17:45 - Suuchan and Hinacho Solo Lives 1:19:42 - Teppoutai members and 7th Gen member being rotated in and out 1:22:36 - Ijiri Anna Graduation Announcement 1:25:52 - Azuma Yuki Graduation Announcement and Discussing the Future of Danceable 1:39:56 - Graduating Member Housekeepers: Akarin, Suzu, and Saepii's grad shows 1:43:10 - BREAK 1:44:51 - Saepii Graduation Concert Discussion (1:45:20 goods tangent) 2:18:56 - TEPPEN Subs Update 2:19:45 - Event Reports: Matt's first call with Misaki, handshake event anxieties, strategies. 2:32:54 - Community Comment Corner

After coming down from our concert highs, we're back to your regularly scheduled Takoyaki Party podcast. Today we review the 24th single "Koi Nanka no Thank You" and all of its songs, discuss the latest theater stages from Namba Teppoutai and the 7th gen, check in on the erratic behavior of certain Twitter accounts, the battle of the boobie books, and more!

If you have a question or comment for the podcast you can do so by posting in the YouTube comments section, comment in discord, hit us up on twitter, or email us. NMB48 International Discord https://discord.gg/FGfdynt TEPPEN Subs https://teppensubteam.tumblr.com https://twitter.com/TeppenSubTeam Twitter: Geoff: https://twitter.com/GeoFreak17 Matt: https://twitter.com/MattOKoopa Ryan: https://twitter.com/frowndog06 email: [email protected] You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcast fix. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or tell a friend about us! Timestamps 3:20 - "Koinanka no Thank You" First Day Sales and Online Talk Events 17:47 - "Koinanka no Thank You" Songs Discussion 54:55 - Hinacho Hiatus and Comeback 56:43 - Haasa Hiatus 1:01:54 - Anchu Soapbox: What's wrong with Anchu lately? Mental Health, Takedown Requests. 1:10:05 - 3rd Gen Special Stage; Graduations Imminent 1:13:14 - Teppoutai Stage Discussion 1:23:50 - Yoshida Akari Produced 7th Gen Stage Discussion 1:59:01 - Jemini Stage 2:00:21 - BREAK 2:01:59 - Nagisa becomes rugby team ambassador 2:01:34 - NMB does traditional Japanese performances at Budokan. 2:06:12 - Yukitsun Camera Exhibit 2:10:30 - NMB Hirakata Park Special Event 2:11:53 - Saeppi Grad Concert Details 2:14:10 - Akarin's Graduation Ceremony Details 2:16:08 - What's Going on with YNN?! 2:21:08 - NMB Zoom Plays 2! 2:26:16 - Suuchan Photobook Announced! 2:28:55 - Mikana magazine cover news 2:32:27 - 10th Anniversary Book 2:38:25 - TEPPEN Subs Projects Update 2:41:00 - Community Comment Corner 2:56:12 - BREAKING NEWS: Chihhi will be in a nighttime drama