User blog:JoshuaJSlone/Morning Musume music video aspect ratios

I know: exciting topic.

Usually when something transitions from one format to another, it's a one time change. But not so with old Hello! Project music videos and aspect ratios. For reasons I don't know, I notice for a long time they kept using both 4:3 and 16:9. I just thought it was worth documenting this, so I ran through the old Morning Musume videos. To differentiate in the list below, bold means they're 16:9.

I'm guessing the early widescreen of Daite! HOLD ON ME was because of the movie Morning Cop meaning it would play in theaters, but the other switches I don't know.


 * 1997
 * Ai no Tane
 * 1998
 * Morning Coffee
 * Summer Night Town
 * Daite HOLD ON ME!
 * 1999
 * Memory Seishun no Hikari
 * Manatsu no Kousen
 * Furusato
 * LOVE Machine
 * 2000
 * Koi no Dance Site
 * Happy Summer Wedding
 * I WISH
 * Ren'ai Revolution 21
 * 2001
 * The☆Peace!
 * Mr.Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~
 * 2002
 * Souda! We're ALIVE
 * Do it! Now
 * Koko ni Iruzee!
 * 2003
 * Morning Musume no Hyokkori Hyoutanjima
 * AS FOR ONE DAY
 * Shabondama
 * Go Girl ~Koi no Victory~
 * 2004
 * Ai Araba IT'S ALL RIGHT
 * Roman ~MY DEAR BOY~
 * Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari
 * Namida ga Tomaranai Houkago
 * 2005
 * THE Manpower!!!
 * Osaka Koi no Uta
 * Iroppoi Jirettai
 * Chokkan 2 ~Nogashita Sakana wa Ookiizo!~
 * 2006
 * SEXY BOY ~Soyokaze ni Yorisotte~
 * Ambitious! Yashinteki de Ii jan
 * Aruiteru
 * 2007
 * Egao YES Nude
 * Kanashimi Twilight
 * Onna ni Sachi Are
 * Mikan
 * 2008
 * Resonant Blue
 * Pepper Keibu

From there out it seems consistently 16:9.