The Man Who Made AKB481

Nowadays people happily talked about AKB48 and her sister groups. And now based on the fact that even an Anime (learn more about it) is especially made for AKB48 and the sister groups, we cannot fail to mention the name once again and probably more frequently in the future.

Idol groups in my opinion are products, and you need to market it properly. In the end of 2011, the Wall Street Journal interviewed the creator of AKB48 Yasushi Akimoto (秋元 康), the 55-year-old Japanese pop producer and discussed about the concept and future of the project. Head over to the original post to read more about the story.