AKB0048 is a Spring 2012 series that, despite being produced by Satelight and written/directed by Shoji Kawamori (every damn Macross you’ve ever watched, Patlabor, Genesis of Aquarion) and Okada Mari (Toradora, Ano Hana) seems to have drawn so much skepticism solely for the reason that it’s based off a pop idol group that everyone forgot who’s behind it. However, because I liked shows like The iDOLM@STER and actually listen to AKB48 and know some of the members (no thanks to one or two fanboys I met in my NS time), I decided to give this show a go.

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