(To find out more about the group, simply copy & paste "アイドリング!!!" (without quotation marks) into the YouTube search, and there should be plenty of videos on them.
Even though Idoling!!! has never performed outside of Japan, there are many overseas fans around the world who became to know the group through the internet.
However, there is a big obstacle for the overseas fans in getting access to the official web content of their TV show episodes because they can't access the content from overseas IP address. The overseas fans also can't join the official fan club either because they need to have a mailing address within Japan.
To describe in a word, the whole system is not overseas fan friendly.
Add to that is the current crisis, where the production company of Idoling!!! which is FujiTV (a public TV station), has forced to shut down a fan site that has been providing overseas fans with the web content that they otherwise couldn't have access to.
Why would FujiTV do that? Because the web content is not free but the fan site is distributing it for free. However the overseas fans don't even have a choice but to rely on a fan site because they can't even access the web content from an overseas IP address!
So this is a plea video to FujiTV and anyone who is interested, intrigued, fascinated and such, to simply join in on the cause and help spread the word so that a change can be made.
The first step in helping the cause is to sign the online petition here:
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions...
Next step is sending a message to FujiTV if you want to go after them on the corporate level. This is through an English version site, so type away and send them a message in English:
https://wwws.fujitv.co.jp/safe/en/fip...
The last step is very much OPTIONAL, but you can contact the producer, the director, and the MC of the TV show via Twitter. (CAUTION: Do not send a tweet in English, they won't understand it, only send it in Japanese, and please be very courteous, this is not about seeking a confrontation but simply a discussion for a resolution, for all we know they may be on our side on the matter as well.)
Producer's twitter: http://twitter.com/seitakadosawa
Director's twitter: http://twitter.com/omap2
MC's twitter: http://twitter.com/BAKARHYTHM
You may also leave a message on the TV show page here (You may use English for this one but it probably wouldn't help much.):
https://wwws.fujitv.co.jp/safe/idolin...
You may already know about the members' Imatsubu and individual blogs, but I highly advise not to bother them about this unless you can mention it really discretely in Japanese. My recommendation is leave them alone.
As for spreading the cause, you can favorite this video, send it to all of your friends, click on "I Like This" button, and leave a supporting comment. You can even attach a video response if you want.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-lJmGuKxpw
Let's reach the viewing count of 100,000 together!!!
Thanks for the support and hopefully Idoling!!! will be accessible to everyone around the world soon!
This pictures were captured from Idoling!!! episode 161 & 162, subtitled by OF!!!
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