^ That's what I was thinking. It's a good possibility she's already recorded the song, but because of You&Me/ASB, they'll want to let all this promotion blow through before promoting something else. We'll probably have some news in September, I'd say.

I wonder when we'll get more info on this. Has to be soon, right? Doesn't the game come out in September/October?

Will ayu actually be forced to release a new single after almost TWO YEARS?!

November 1st...

^Ah November...well, that's still not THAT far away...come on ayu, blow us away with an old-school single like M!

Gotta mention this here and it's not anything too big but at Tokyo Game Show, the OP (likely with the new Ayu song) may be shown.

^ coolness! Hope it is amazing
And LORD i hope we finally get a single!

^as the game'll be release in November, it's possible that we get a new single close to that date.
Now that ASB's promotion is over, I hope we will get a preview for the new song.

oh so excited to hear that!

but really i have this feeling that we may be not getting any single too this time =( maybe just A Winter Best, omg if it eally going to happen >_____<

Winter single?!?!
hope so

I want something like You were.../ BALLAD :yes

Please, gotta be a single, pleeeeeeeeeease

I would really really REALLY like a single... but if its true and her company wants her to get a number album this year, we might be looking at another mini...
But that would be crazy!!
3 albums in 1 year??? who would do that?
1 regular, 1 best, 1 mini....

according to @AbyssalC the opening PV will be shown at Tokyo Game show, or at least a part of it.

^^
FIVE (August 2011) -> Party Queen (March 2012) -> A SUMMER BEST (August 2012)
She just did EP, album, Best in exactly a year ;)

^
So...when exactly is the Tokyo Game Show?

Starts 20 September

For calendar year purposes... she hasnt done it.

Party Queen (March 2012)
A Summer Best (August 2012)
New Mini ( October-Dec?)

that would be insane to release 3 albums in the SAME calendar year. :rolleyes

So, where's a difference that matters there? Had FIVE been released on the first wednesday in January and the others followed with the same gaps they would have been in one calender year. Just that there is no meaning to calender years except for giving us a way of numbering years and having a clear way of telling dates, which is irrelevant for that.
Ayumi released 3 albums within one year, why would it matter if it was a calender year or just a year? Why would it be any more crazy to do it in a calender year than just doing it within a year?

Thank you :)

Because I think having 3 albums in 1 calender year is excessive.
Having TWO in one year is too much and I always found it dull when ayumi does that. I mean I LOVE it, but at the same time my wallet does not.

For the purposes of seeing Ayumi appear three different times in the oricon website for yearly releases is a bit much.

and for the record... saying have dates and years is irrelevant... whoa... man. just whoa.

Another 1st January release for sure

im welling to think that she will release something this year, but it be something like Love Songs.. it doesnt appear till the first week of 2013