Perfume Documentary:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPwMgWzZ3wo
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do81_QzgBRw

I cried at the part where A-chan cried. :(

There isn't an English translation of this, but I'm able to read chinese, so the subtitles help. In general, this chronicles their hardship of 8 years from their time in Hiroshima Actors' School, moving onto Tokyo, meeting with dismal sales of their singles, and how they eventually managed to succeed.

I think you'll be able to tell from the video solely what's actually happening. Understanding the translation would help too, if you could read Japanese or Chinese.

To break it down
1st part: How Perfume was formed in Hiroshima Actors' School
2nd part: How Perfume debuted as a local group, riding on the wave of Morning Musume like idols
3rd part: How their singles were continually met with dismal sales, how promotion was extremely difficult at the start, how they wanted to give up
4th part: Decision for major debut with the 3 futuristic singles (Linear Motor Girl, Computer City and Electro World)
5th part: How they had the music but no major distributor and no promo (which explains why they had to go all around the place to give mini concerts and do promo activities)
6th part: Although Nocchi got a bad luck charm for the new year when she went to the temple to pray, Perfume stated they will still move on together and work even harder.
7th part: As their recording company began to drop other artistes, Perfume got even more exposure with Kimula Kaela having spotted their Chocolate Disco PV and promoting them on her radio show.
8th part: They became more popular and got picked up by NHK for their recycling campaign, exposing Perfume to the mainstream public.
9th part: Perfume finding mainstream success, with A-chan crying at their concert and saying "I never thought we'll be able to perform in front of that many fans".
10th part: Kashiyuka expresses that she truly really likes Perfume as a group (as she says it tears well up in her eyes) and it goes back to the Zepp Tokyo concert when A-chan says; "It's ok, we've been doing this for 8 years already".

Very moving documentary. It's truly like the struggle of Perfume, to get to where they are. Strongly recommend it!

i am very disappointed im sure there is potenchal for some kind of thread name pun

for example:

*ahem*

'WELCOME TO THE THREAD OF PERFUME - THEY ARE DREAM FIGHTERS'

or

'PERFUME ARE DREAM FIGHTERS AND THEY WILL KICK YOUR ASS - the 3rd thread'

or smth along those lines. thankyou for listening to my suggeschuns

According to the people at JPM, Perfume is joining up with Pino for a new campaign with a new song titled 'NIGHT FLIGHT.'

Here's a clip of the new song and PV:

wasn't "secret secret" used for pino too? :P thanks for the link! the song sounds pretty good so far.

^ Yep, Secret Secret was.
thanks milky way for the vid. I like "NIGHT FLIGHT".

@Selfish, umm, never mind.

OMG thanks, milky! I really like the way "NIGHT FLIGHT" sounds!

I like the preview for NIGHT FLIGHT.

Can't wait to hear the full song, and watch the PV when it comes out. :)

I wonder if the album isnt too far away then?

^ I've been wondering about that too. I really hope they release one this summer. :yes

Here's the full CM. http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/produc...no/body_01.htm

I like the song.

it was so touching! their jouney to this road was so hard, but finally, they deserve what they got now!

OMG i actually like NIGHT FLIGHT

woot, I have a good feeling about NIGHT FLIGHT !
the cm is awesome ! I really wanna try eating Pino T_T

i really like the sound of "NIGHT FLIGHT"! :D
i hope there's an album coming our way~

I never have good feeling about previews! :D I shall wait! :D