Those people a bunch of bitter nostalgists who need to get over it :p

at this point you could make AKB toilet paper and it would outsell EVERY TOILET PAPER EVER MADE. (yeah I'd like to wipe my ass with Tomomi Itano)

I have no problem with an anime series being part of ~48's long-term plan to be an entertainment brand in every medium. But the series' success will depend a lot more on the quality of the staff working on it than simply "because it's AKB." For example, look at the New Hana-Kimi, which starred various AKB members but didn't really take off because it wasn't very well-made.

What I DO have a problem with is that every new AKB thing that comes out pushes audiences closer and closer to the brink of "There's too much AKB stuff out there already!" and "How am I going to afford all this!" backlash. It's great that there are so many ways to discover the world of AKB48 nowadays. But it's troubling that "what it takes to be an AKB fan" is becoming more and more demanding.

1) my choice weapon is.... A lantern ring, a green lantern ring :)
2) the only thing that does counter it is... The colour yellow... Lame.
3) this one's tough, i dunno if i can pick just one powerful weapon.... i mean goku's spirit bomb, Nick Fury's arsenal of goodies, superman is a pretty strong weapon himself... Then there's the master sword... And a BFG... Charle's telepathy and telekinesis.. Which brings up jean grey's phoenix:.. Oi.. Too many options :(