AKB48 SHOW!
| AKB48 Show! | |
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Current title card, starting from episode 128
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| Genre | Variety show |
| Created by | Yasushi Akimoto |
| Directed by | Tomoko Matsuda Takashi Arikawa |
| Starring | AKB48 and other 48G Groups |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 145 (as of 18 March 2017[update]) view episode list |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Masashi Nishi Shin Ishihara |
| Running time | 29 minutes (without breaks) |
| Production company(s) |
NHK Enterprises Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BS Premium NHK World Premium TV Japan (North America) Syndication (United States) |
| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | October 5, 2013 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | AKBingo! |
| External links | |
| Website | |
AKB48 Show! is a TV variety show produced by NHK in Japan, and airs weekly on BS Premium and NHK World Premium since October 5, 2013. The show features songs, comedy skits and short dramas performed by AKB48 GROUP and Sakamichi Series.
Episodes usually start with a short skit set in a dressing room, after which the performers run onto the stage for their opening performance, which changes every episode. Generally the 48G groups have two or three musical performances. Some episodes have special performances or solo performances, but some episodes has no performances. Some episodes are broadcast live from a remote location. As of November 2016, some episodes had band live performances for their closing or opening songs:
In the first episodes, were presented episodes of AKB Classroom in which Ian Moore talks to classes about the 48G universe. Some episodes are focused on a 48G particular event as "Request Hour" or a concert in another country. Episodes 35 and 36 were a TV adaptation of Documentary of AKB48: The Time Has Come.
On October 3, 2015, to mark the Season 3 Premiere a new opening title sequence was introduced, with a pink degradée background instead of solid white, and rotating cubes forming the show's logo, followed by a frame attached to a striped band (inherited from the opening sequence of 2014-15 Season) with one of the members shouting the title of the show.
On November 21, 2015, 48 SHOW was the only TV show to perform the full version of the song "Shekarashika!" from HKT48, four days prior official release. However, this episode wasn't aired on NHK World Premium, due to sports coverage. The Full MV from "Shekarashika!" was released on April 2016. 48 SHOW is also the only TV show to air NGT48's "Max Toki 315 Gou" MV, because NGT48 Oficial Channel wasn't uploaded Full Music Videos yet, and only a short version from this song is available. In August 13, 2016, SKE48 performed live "Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai", thus making the only show to present the full-length song 4 days before its official release, because full music video from "Kin no Ai, Gin no Ai" wasn't premiered in any music channel, and Avex Trax doesn't released any full version music videos from SKE48 since "Banzai Venus".
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