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This week's Weekly AKB is...
That's right! AKB Art Department Special!
AKB's first art department activity started in March.
That's AKB Art Department!
During that art department activity,
Weekly AKB's cameras were fully attached!
There were members who were surprisingly serious!
As always, they were funny and lovey-dovey!
Look at their facial expressions!
But what is an art department in the first place?
There are many people who don't know about it yet!
We will show you all of the charms and everything about AKB Art Department!
I put my feet up!
AKB Art Department, let's do our best!
If you look at this, you can know everything about AKB Art Department in 30 minutes!
Right after this...
Let's do our best!
March 14th, the first day of activities.
We, AKB Art Department, swear here that we will do our best and go forward with AKB48 spirit.
March 14th, 2012, AKB Art Department Director, Haruka Katayama!
Let's do it!
Here, members who like making things have gathered and AKB Art Department has officially started.
In the first place, things started with Gugutasu.
One day, Katayama posted some of the illustrations he had drawn without hesitation.
Then...
This is terrible!
This is a huge mess!
It's too good to be true.
People were talking about how good it was.
Other members saw it and reacted to it...
...and posted the illustrations they had drawn without hesitation.
One day, Gugutasu Joe...
...saw various illustrations by AKB members...
...and rushed into an illustration war.
Then, Akimoto Song, the producer, saw it and said...
Everyone is good at drawing!
Let's collect all of AKB's drawings and make a classic!
It was a statement that could be taken seriously or as a joke...
...but on top of that...
The AKB art club decided to hold a meeting to discuss art manuals.
I'm counting on you, Director Katayama!
We're recruiting art club members.
Wow!
The art magazine representing Japan, "Bijutsutechou" (Art Manual) was also involved!
Did the art club really break up?!
AKB art club started with weird things...
...but their activities are serious!
Along with a few keywords...
...their seriousness continues!
Hurry, hurry!
Do your best!
A serious art manual teacher!
The art club's art manual teacher was...
Professor Kazuhiro Fujimura of Kyoto Zoukei Geijutsu University!
An artist who is passionate about oil painting and three-dimensional expression...
...he makes the art club members' hidden talents come to life!
A serious art manual teacher!
From March 14th of the first week of activity to each week,
members are taught by Professor Fujimura.
Its contents include order of light and shadows, basic concepts of three-dimensional modeling,
and basic knowledge of art.
Members are serious about making things and have a lot of individuality!
Now, focusing on members with high club attendance rates,
let's take a closer look at their abilities and individuality that we've seen in previous classes.
Today's class is about lines.
To improve efficiency, draw with lines and paint with colors. This is the fastest way!
Today, I'm going to draw with one stroke.
The theme of the exercise is "drawing with one stroke".
This is a difficult subject, but there is a member who completed it in an instant!
Done!
Done?
Done!
Great!
The member who completed Professor Fujimura's work in an instant is...
Director of the art library, Natsuki Sato!
Actually, Natsuki...
Originally, she was good at drawing with lines and coloring.
She said she had no resistance to drawing with lines.
She's pretty good.
I'm happy!
By the way, the manager of Katayama, Hitofude Maki, was...
He had a great sense of stability even on this day!
Maeda Amin, a talented ballerina.
In fact, Amin was a member of the art club when he was in middle school.
His past works include navigation and decoration.
What's more...
He is also good at taking full-length photos.
He makes works in a wide range of genres.
Such Amin's basic knowledge of art, which he gained in middle school, is still present today!
In the practice of adding shadows to the illustrations of the elephant drawn by Katayama...
Amin, you're great!
What's this? A tissue?
Use a tissue to remove the color.
Using a tissue paper to blur the color, he showed a high-level technique.
It surprised the manager of Katayama!
In this practice, Maeda's, Hirata's and Kato's works received high praise.
On the other hand...
It's getting higher and higher.
The manager of Katayama also said a regrettable thing, but...
He drew shadows on both sides and became like a mustache.
OK!
What is the characteristic of Yasabure art director Love?
What is this?
I don't know.
Sometimes you don't know what you are doing.
And...
The green one is not orange.
Red?
Red.
Why?
Why? I just explained it.
I will do it again.
She forgets what she has learned.
And...
It's yellow, isn't it?
I don't know.
You are always carefree and meticulous.
She is always carefree and meticulous.
It's here, so...
How can I do it?
I don't know anymore!
When she doesn't know what she is doing, she gives up.
And she makes her work in a hurry.
She is a bad type.
I think it's OK.
Yes, I think it's OK.
Look at this.
It's OK for you to do it, isn't it?
It's OK.
Because you are my junior.
But sometimes Love is serious.
And that is...
This is all like that.
When you do your make-up...
She teaches about painting.
She looks at the reference materials carefully and concentrates on her work.
After that, she uses three different colors of paint and starts drawing colorful characters.
Make this color.
Orange?
Leave it to me.
Which color do you like?
I'm smart.
I can do anything.
You're very active, aren't you?
Thank you.
You're serious today, aren't you?
I'm always serious.
Suddenly, love-tan is in active mode.
She starts creating.
It's pretty good.
Can you remove this pink cloth?
Which color do you like?
Leave it to me.
She continues to work silently.
It seems like she just loves drawing.
This is love-tan's latest masterpiece.
What is her evaluation of it?
For example, at the end of her work, she uses a thin brush...
...and tries hard to create edges of her choice.
It took her a lot of time.
I was impressed by that.
This darkness shows the strong will of love-tan.
I think it's very attractive.
Love-tan seems happy.
After this, a mysterious evaluation session.
What is it about?
AKB Art Club Special.
Art club members have had five classes so far.
When we asked Professor Fujimura about his impression of it...
As expected, they are young people who jump into entertainment activities and do their best every day.
They are young people who have the strength of decision, determination, and the feeling of "I'll do my best" in them.
Usually, they try to cover up their weaknesses by saying "I'm embarrassed" or "I'm not good at it".
But they are not like that. They are okay with revealing what they have done.
I think their enthusiasm in that sense is amazing.
Their concentration and willingness to spend precious time together in a busy time are well conveyed.
They are having a good time.
Professor Fujimura also acknowledged their concentration and willingness.
In particular, Katayama, who is not used to physical activities, is doing his best to pay attention to young members.
Nice to meet you.
Katayama asked the general producer Akimoto for his first business contact.
CITY JACKET DESIGN
"CITY JACKET DESIGN" will be released in summer of this year.
A meeting with a record company will be held.
One person will submit one work and have it selected.
Each member worked hard and contributed to the production activities.
This is how May 9th ended.
The presentation of the work completed by the members was about to be held.
Then, in the next room...
Hello. Hello. I am Michelangelo Okada.
Mr. Shuko A.K.A. "Michelangelo Okada".
For his hard work in the art department, he came to be the MC of the presentation.
It means "no one knows".
Let's go.
Is it high or low?
Hello.
Hello. Good morning.
Good morning.
What are you doing?
Are you making a meal?
Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
You look like a married couple in the Showa era.
What are you talking about?
You often wear clothes that don't look like people's clothes.
That's right. The clothes inside.
You look like a Showa girl.
What is this? You look like an alien.
You look like an alien.
Who are you?
What's wrong with you?
Don't touch my clothes. I am already famous for being ugly.
Excuse me. What is that?
What are you listening to?
Matsuri's CD jacket is sold out today, isn't it?
Yes.
It will be released soon, won't it?
Yes.
Let me see it, too.
What?
I forgot to say one thing.
You have your own dressing room, don't you?
I took a look at your private belongings earlier.
What?
That's right.
Why?
There are many young people.
You don't have to make me wait. I am already over 20 years old.
I'm sorry. I said it before, but I haven't touched your things at all.
I'm sorry.
What did you say?
I didn't say anything about your things.
You are crazy!
Well then, Matsui and Sakiko's CD jacket design!
Let's take a look at each member's work.
First up is Sato and Natsuki's!
Yay!
The top buster is Sato and Natsuki.
In their past works, Natsuki and her husband received high praise.
What kind of work did they end up doing?
Well then, I'll open it up.
It's this!
Ta-da!
Huh?
Wow!
I like the color scheme!
It's so pretty!
What kind of image did you have of this work?
I wanted to separate the piano and Matsui's surroundings.
So I changed the strings.
The strings are different.
Are they colored pencils?
They are colored pencils.
And I wrote "kosuka" here.
I wanted to separate that clearly.
Also, my image of Matsui is...
She's wearing a white dress.
And there are flowers and grasses in it.
It's like a crane.
That's my image of her.
I see.
I don't know everything about this work.
Can you tell us about it, Fujimura-sensei?
Sensei!
Can I come closer?
Go ahead!
I'm so nervous!
Wow!
The sound of a cantina is playing.
Wow!
You just paid for it!
It's a good job!
I think it's well-written.
What do you like about this work?
First of all, you can see black.
And you can see different things.
It's like a flow of time.
Wow!
I'm so happy!
She gave us a lot of compliments!
I'm so happy!
Isn't it great?
It's great!
Next up is utility player Maedam.
Which genre will they compete in this time?
It's a little big, but let's take a look at it.
Which one is it?
Wow, what's this?
Isn't it huge?
It's big!
A picture?
Yes, it's a picture.
Did you make this set yourself at home?
Yes, I made it myself.
This is all paper, but...
This "APAB48" is also paper?
I cut it myself with paper.
Maeda cut and made this set, placed it on her piano at home, and took a picture with it.
She's been confident in cutting since before.
Since elementary school, people called me "scissors goddess".
It was really fast.
"Scissors goddess"?
Do you know it?
No, I don't know it.
It's been a while.
You suddenly said "scissors goddess".
It was pretty fast.
Let's ask the teacher about the layout.
I think it's pretty good.
It's quite difficult to take a picture in reverse light.
But it comes out well.
It's definitely "scissors goddess".
Next is "MAMA" fan, Tanabe Miku.
What kind of work is it?
Let's take a look.
Here it is.
As expected of Tanabe-san.
Tanabe-san, do you like anime?
Yes, I do.
But I have something in common with Sakiko-san.
I like special effects.
Is that so?
She's very slender.
I wanted to express the strength coming out of her fingertips.
So I made this kind of monster-like hand.
This is Matsui-san's hand?
Yes, it's a hand.
Next is "LOVE" fan, Sakiko Miku.
What kind of work is it?
It's cute, isn't it?
"LOVE" fan, who made cuteness as the theme,
The point was an illustration of Sakiko Matsui dancing happily.
It's cute, isn't it?
H.K.T. Shimono's work is also cute like a middle school student.
What do you think of it, Takashi-san?
Why did you make it funny?
It's good! It's a good point!
When she brought it, she made it funny in her bag.
Sakiko's face is like a snack.
What a novel work!
H.K.T. Sato Mieko's work is also cute like a middle school student.
H.K.T. Matsumura's work is also cute like a middle school student.
H.K.T. Kato Tomoko's work is also cute like a middle school student.
The theme is "fairies".
The last announcement is from Katayama, director of art department.
Katayama has sent many shocking works to the world.
What will they be like?
Well then, let's have a look.
Can I? They told me to open it carefully.
Here it is!
Ordinary...
You may not know it, but it smells like something.
This... Huh? It smells like flowers.
That's right. They used real flowers.
What do you mean?
Are these real flowers?
And these are real leaves.
Are they flower buds?
That's right. They used flower buds.
Director, I'm sorry, but can you explain it to me?
This concept is like being in a forest.
In a forest?
It's like being in a forest.
I wanted it to be like being in a forest.
I see.
But it's not like that.
Huh?
It's not like that. It's there.
It's there.
It was good up to this point.
Oh, it fell off.
It was good up to this point.
Oh, it was good up to Matsui's writing.
Up to this point.
It was good up to this point.
I thought I was doing a good job.
But it was bad up to this point.
Who wrote it?
This animal.
It's not good up to this point.
I don't need it.
Let me hide it.
This is...
Isn't it good up to this point?
I wrote it like this, but...
I didn't need it up to this point.
I only got three lines up to this point.
Thank you very much.
However, compared to the previous works,
it looks like it's going down the wrong path.
What is the teacher's evaluation?
I don't think the animals, girls, and birds that are in trouble right now are dirty.
I think they're trying to replace things they're not good at by putting up real things.
Other members who couldn't participate in the presentation but submitted their work,
please watch some of it!
A.K.A. "Fujie Reina's Work".
She expresses felt material with beads and letters.
It's a Fujie-like and cute work.
And S.K.E. Furukawa Airi.
Using her special computer, she submitted a work with a lot of personality.
Also, Isohara.
She challenged with her special sand painting.
On the other hand, M.M.B. Yamaguchi.
She expresses piano with black stones.
Also, other members of the art club...
S.K.E. Suda and Takada submitted their work!
Who will be chosen from these works?
Weekly A.K.B. News!
It's finally released next Wednesday!
A.K.B.'s "48" new single "manas"'s "sounds good"!
It's a dance scene shown on GUAM's smartphone!
It's a must-see!
Nagisa no kuncho, itoshii hito yo Nagisa no kuncho, you are my beloved
Zutto setsunakute ienakatta kimi ga chikasugite Zutto sad and I couldn't say it because you are too close
Sakiko CD jacket works have been submitted and we are waiting for the results. Who will be chosen?
Weekly AKB will continue to be closely attached to the art department. Will Katayama's talent blossom?