Documentary of AKB48 Show must go on

Old Akimoto-san is determined to squeeze even more yen out of this “art” as he keeps calling it. The latest way to scheme poor otaku out of their cash is a propaganda film feature length documentary film on his creation, the pop idol group army AKB48.

Yasushi Akimoto always bangs on about the quality of the “content” that he makes in interviews, though that doesn’t stop him choosing a very tantalizing poster for the movie — a group of the ladies, looking very small and young, in tights, boots and short skirts! Yes, quality indeed.

We also love the title, with its wacky Japanese English: “Documentary of AKB48 Show must go on”. Oh, dear.

A kind of sequel to the also superbly titled “Documentary of AKB48 To be continued” from 2010, the film features tears, backstage dramas and more, a veritable close-up on the idols and all the daily toils and dilemmas they face in their quest for world domination (or at least, Akiba domination, plus a heap of TV commercials).

Yeah, we might give this one a miss…