Oshiete Mommy, Sailor Zombie and 47 no suteki na machi e

After reviewing all of the election songs from AKB48's 37th single ''Kokoro no Placard'', there are still a few extra B-sides left, that I will review in this post.

First of is the song Sailor Zombie by the sub-unit Milk Planet, consisting of Watanabe Mayu, Yokoyama Yui and Iwata Karen. This song served as the opening for the Idol-Drama of the same name starring Owada Nana, Takahashi Juri and Kawaei Rina as the main characters. I only watched the first 5 episodes, because honestly it was a bit boring. But yeah, they chose to make a video for the opening song, and include it in mayu's single, so here we are.
Sailor Zombie is a normal AKB pop-song and I like the chorus. I dont really the verses though and as a whole it isn't really such a special song.. It does kind of fit the series. I'm not really the biggest fan of Mayu's voice, but I think Karen sounds really good. Yuihan is also okay, but of course Mayu has the most solo lines.. The Mayu domination continues. ;)
Here are a few screenshots of the video:

Here are the three girls.

Mayuyu

Yuihan

And Karen. :)

Then there are some scenes of the drama.
This was the best part, thb. Mion looks pretty cool as a giant zombie!

The main three girls: Juri, Nana and Ricchan.

At the end of the video, Karen, Mayu and Yui transform into Zombies, too!

And they are dancing as Zombies, yeaay..

Yuihan.

Mayu.

And Karen.

And that's it. Not the biggest fan of the video, so yeah..

Next we have the second B-side of Type D: Oshiete Mommy. This song was used in the CM for Papico with Otona AKB member Tsukamoto Mariko. I liked Mariri in the few AKBingo episodes she was in, and it was sad to see her go. But it would have been odd to keep a 38-old woman between teenagers and young adults, haha. xD Besides her, the song is sung Mayuyu (again xP), Paruru, Ricchan, KojiMako and Owada Nana. 

I really like Oshiete Mommy. It's just such a fun song and it's sooo catchy. Mariri's voice does fit into such an Idol song, she has a very young voice. I especially love the part, where they all are singin: Nee, Mommy. So cute *-*

So yeah, I really love the song. One thing: Mayuyu is really dominating in this single! :'D

I also took a few screenshots of the video:

A group shot. Aaaw, Paruru is soo cute. *-*

That's Mariri. She looks pretty young for a 37-year-old. :o Well, it's Japan after all.. xD

Of course, Mayuyu appears next.
Mayu: Deal with it!

And Paruru is the cutest. ^-^

It's nice to see Ricchan, she's also very cute. :D

Mako also looks nice as always. :)

And cutie Nana.

Next generation aces everywhere! xD (though I wouldn't count Mayu as a next generation anymore, and even Paruru is established as a top member..)
And Paruru is cuuuute.

But the video was shot shortly after the handshake incident, so Ricchan is trying akwardly to hide her right hand.. Well, at least she's better now. :)

Seems like Mariri is really acting like a mother in this video. Which is pretty cute and does fit the song. :)

Lol, they are just having fun! xD

A sleepover with the mother. xD

Wow, that's pretty cute! :3

And the ending pose.
This was a really cute video. I totally loved it, especially the interactions between Mariri and the other members.. :)

And last but not least, I will talk about the Theater edition song ''47 no suteki na machi e'' by Team 8. This is the first original song of Team 8, so let's talk a bit about them.
They are also part of a CM campain with AKB and toured through Japan since they are sponsored by Toyota as the ''Idols, that come to meet you'' (Opposed to AKB's motto ''Idols you can meet''). Since there's one girl from every prefecture, there are 47 girls (they were 48, but one girl left.. So it's odd that one prefecture isn't represented in the song but anyways..). That's a very big number, so I didn't really bother to learn anything about them. No one really stuck out to me..
But lately I've started to like them, their AKBingo appeareances helped. :)
They are a bunch of very, very cute girls and they have so much potential! Everyone keeps saying how they are so much better about the draft members. And I have to agree, in terms of skills the Team 8 members are really good. The Drafties are still lagging behind the normal team members, but Team is fully blooming into a nice team.. Which makes me wonder if some girls or rather how many girls will stay after the campain ended. I really hope some of them will, since there are some awesome girls.
Nakano Ikumi seems to be the most popular/ the ace. She was even chosen for the 38th single senbatsu as the only Team 8 representive. That's pretty good! And this also gives me hope, that they will keep the girls.
My own Team 8 favourite for now is Yamada Nanami. She really impressed me in the latest AKBingo episode, where she had to create a song and sing it. She's a talented girl! Another girl is Hamamatsu Riona, who I don't really know that much about. But she lived in LA, can speak English fluently and did dance-covers on a youtube channel before!! That's pretty cool and she's a very nice dancer..
So now that I have two favourites, I really hope they will stay in AKB! :D

But finally about the song (I talked more about Team 8, then I intended to, sorry).
47 no suteki na machi e is a very high-energy song and is perfect for the Team because of that!! :D
I like it, and it's also cute how every girl is shouting their prefecture at the end. ^^
So yeah, it's a really nice song.
Since there's no video  for this song, I took a few screenshot of the AKBingo performance:

This is of course the ace, Ikumin!

She does look very cute!
And the minion, too. xD (i know, it's Nagano Serika)

Other members, too. Well, it's hard to take screenshots of such a low quality video.

And the end position.
Yep, these girls are very cute. Let's hope they will have a great future. :D

Chewing Gum no aji ga nakunaru made - dancing with pins

Now I will talk about the Up Coming Girls song ''Chewing Gum aji ga nakunaru made''.

This year was actually the first time this group appeared in the ranking. But I'm really happy another few ranks were added, since this allows even more girls to rank. :)

Center is Team K's Nagao Mariya. Well, it's pretty sad to see her here, since she was in the top of Next Girls last year. But on the other side she got a center (her 2nd one this year), so this is a great thing. :)

Chewing Gum aji ga nakunaru made is a nice up-beat song, though it isn't as energetic as some others. It actually reminds me a bit of older AKB48 songs (like the UnderGirls songs or Koko ni Ita Koto songs). It does feel a bit bland, but I still think it's quite catchy! Just not that special.. And I don't know how to descirbe these types of songs. It feels overrated if I praise it too much but at the same time it doesn't fo the song justice if I say it's a bad song.. It's just really in the middle of the two, leaning more to the positive side because of its catchiness.

I'm more excited for the video:

A bowling lane? :)

And here are the Up Coming Girls!! :D

Of course, Mariya is the center.^^
I like these kinda oldish clothes. :D

And here are the pins!

Mariyagi looks very cute here. :D

And it's nice to see Sahho and Murashige in action next to her.^^

Oh, this outfit looks interesting..

And of course they had to show her lips. She does have some beautiful lips, doesn't she?

Yeah, I'm spotting Aamin. And Sahho looks so happy, haha.

Don't tell me... the girls are the pins?

Serious Mariya prepares for her throw.

Uuuh, I really like the way they are sitting. Sahho on top is ruling over them all, haha. xD

LEGS!

So they are somehow dancing with the pins? I can see Riho. :D

This looks cool. xD

Aamin, Akarin, Ran Ran and Tanamin.
Yeah, I'm still happy that Tanamin ranked! But sad for the others who ranked down. :/

And the pin dancing goes on..

Yep, she's all serious about the game!

Miki, Riho, Maachun and Makiko.
Hahathe height difference between Riho and Mayu is very funny. XD

Yeay, look at this!

Myao, Koami, Piichan and Ryoka.
It's odd that Ryoka is at the front, even though she is the last place.. Anyways..

Mariyagi finally throws her ball after hours of preparing for it..

Nice camera shot!

Lol, the dance looks funny..

That's a really cool shot!

Two pins are still standing.. Well, poor Mariya. xD

Aanya!

Yagi!
OMG, what is Madoka doing there????

Ran Ran is winking at the camera.. You go, girl!

Mariyagi's second try!

Haha, the girls are the pins.. that's cool.

They fell down..

One last pin is standing..

Mariya: Oh nooo~ -.-'

There's a catwalk now?
Of course Mariya looks awesome and like a model! :D

OMG, Ami!! <3

Haha, Tanamin.. xD

Akariiiin.. *-* Damn, she's awesome..

Ran Ran xD

LEGS!

Mikitty :)

Wow, Riho looks fabulous!

And Makiko tries to be sexy, lol.

I expected something more interesting from Maachun.. Oh well..

Mariya is chewing on her bubble gum.. because that will surely help her to make all pins fall down.

Wow, this looks cool. (though Ran Ran looks slightly out of place next to the giants)

That's cool. xD

Damn, Aamin and Akarin are totally rocking their screen time!

And Mariya somehow gets LOTS of screentime..

Sahho is such a cutiepie. :D

Anna

Umechan

Haha, Aamin looks like she did something bad. xP
And Makiko is also laughing about this.. they are having so much fun^^

You can still se Ami being all hyper on the right..

Aakrin: I believe I can fly!
Aamin: Yeah, you're crazy, too!

Wow, this fits Koami so much. It's such a shame that she isn't promoted more.. :/

And Myaooo~ :D

Don't really know Piichan.. She reminds me a bit of Kaneko Shiori.. :'D

And last but not least the annoying child Ryoka.

This is one funyn pic. xD
Mariya: Whuuuut?

she's trying once again..

But the members won't be defeted that easily!

Mariyagi throws...

.. and its rolling under the girls..

Interesting..

Everyone fell down!

Yagi: Yosshaaaa!!

Aamin is still laughin.. xD
And again, Sahho is so cute. *-*

Nice end pose!

Man, that was a cool video! Of course, it was a bit too much centered around Mariyagi. But I really like the whole oldish Bowling setting. From the clothes to the set and to the dancing with pins (that was pretty cool). Except for Yagi of course, Ami and Akari totally owned this video. I may be a bit biased here, but they played with the camera so good (they are both so model-like) and they had fun in the dance shots.
So yeah, it's a nice video and definetely makes for a nice release together with the song! :)