:laugh


so what items have you guys bought?

^ i bought keychain and mobile strap XDDD
and the real pictures of those two goods are so niceeee..
the colors the models so perfect!

can't find new pics of ayu for osaka's a-nation~
heard many friends who went there saying Ayu's vocal is GREAT~

Her vocals were awesome at Osaka! ^^ She performed crossroads, too. \(^o^)/
I thought it was great that they had her close the concert. No one gets a crowd going like Ayu!

^ everyone cheered in her parts?
omg, so dying to hear crossroad..
gosh..no one dares to record the shows? T__T

Also, what is the policy for uploading concert recordings? I have a very lq recording of her segment of a-nation and I was wondering if it would be okay to post it...
>.>
<.<

It's okay to post it here! Please upload if you can! You recorded crossroad too?!

i'm surprised you haven't been stormed by people begging you to upload it. i would love to hear the recording.:lech

you can upload it o_O We had MOON live rip right after it was performed.

It's perfectly fine to upload. You should do it though, if you can, because statements without proof = lies on the net.

okay, I'm currently ripping the songs onto separate files. I'll upload them to the downloads section when I'm done so keep an eye out! ^^

Do crossroad first <3

OMG THAnks!!!!!

Bringer of the sun i love you!

Oh that's a great news ! Did you record crossroad entirely ?

I hope bringer_of_the_sun is telling the truth. I'm kind of tired of people trying to mess with us.

In case you people haven't noticed it's been 3 hours since that post has been made...need I say more?

Yeah.. and they said they were very LQ so the file sizes should be really small. Even with a really slow connection it shouldn't take that long to upload them..
They could just be busy doing other things, but IDK.

Yeah one could upload them relatively fast regardless of the connection speed, so they were either busy or just another attention freak :(

edit: I guess I should apologize for having doubts!

a-nation'10 DVD
Release Date 2010/11/24
Limited edition includes a T-Shirt. Packaged in a box
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview...._campaign=jpop

I just want to say thank you again so much bringer_of_the_sun for the live rips! I'm so grateful. I feel bad I doubted you for a bit. Now.. people who listened to the new live rips, do you notice how much her voice has improved live or is it just me? I can't believe how nice blossom sounds, it sounds almost as good as the original recording.

YAY for July 1st and SURREAL!!

what kinda outfit she wore? OMG

woww..biased or not.. i love crossroad :)
it does feel nostalgic :)
and ayu's vocal is nice :)

I was so happy that her voice was back to normal! A Song for XX and SURREAL are two of my favorite songs. As much as I love piercing/squeaky Ayu, I thought the version at a-nation sounded even better. ^^

Ayu's performance was definitely the most high-budget of all the artists, even though JYJ had the most goods stands. She was the only one w/ costume changes and even though Koda Kumi had a float too, Ayu's was much more sparkly(?) and she went around the whole arena instead of just the first row. She sang boys & girls and evolution during her "tour" (to thunderous cheering and much singing-along XD). Yappari Ayu da nee! It was also hilarious when she introduced her band and dancers. Most of them got polite clapping, but Yoshio and Shuya definitely got "KYAAA"'s, even from the older women in the crowd. XD


identity and njanjayrp- apologies accepted. i know how frustrating it can be when people lie online. i wanted to upload the rips earlier, but work got in the way. T___T

^ thanks a lot!! u are so sweet...
are u Japanese?
u sounded like a Japanese... *i just have a feeling, but could be wrong lol*

yeaaaa her vocal is getting better n better :)

@bringer_of_the_sun

Thanks so much for the recording and uploading. That's so sweet of you. crossroad even in LQ sounds really beautiful. Can't wait for the single. Even though it'll be overshadowed by the release of the following week.

I couldn't get any pictures and I was sitting pretty far back, but here's what she wore from what I can remember (until official pictures come out! XD)

microphone- crawled out of a black coffin embossed in gold with her "A" in a shiny,flowy black shirt, sleeveless on one side, and matching black shorts (?), hair loosely curled (like the cover of blossom, but longer), backup dancers in creepy mummy/zombie outfits (kind of like a cross between a dirty mop and something out of Thriller lolz)

A Song for XX- same outfit as microphone

costume change while her backup dancers showed of w/ large rainbow feather fans (like in Moments performances). dancers wore light blue, extended BLUE BIRD intro plays in background

Greatful days/glitter/BLUE BIRD- runs out in long, yellow dress of flowers (or thick ruffles, i couldn't really tell) w/ wide straps (also w/ flowers), hair curled and piled to one side w/ a large pink/yellow flower bouquet

blossom- yellow flowers/ruffles layer ripped off (the standard ayu velcro costume change =P) to reveal a satiny long pink dress, empire waist and spaghetti straps

crossroad- same as blossom

boys & girls ~ july 1st- white graphic T, jean shorts, pink (suede?) knee-high boots w/ chunky heels, pigtails (?), and headband w/ large, pink bow made of sequins (definitely a JYJ goods item XD)

AyUmiXx- lolz, I'm not Japanese, but I'll take your question as a compliment. =P It means all my Japanese-nerding is paying off ^___^. Now if only the Japanese children on the street will stop pointing and saying "look! a chinese person!"...XD

^ wow by ur description, it seems like ayu's concert instead haha..
i hope to have all ayu's performances on DVD..but i feel guilty with other artists..so whatever to avex..but i wish avex should consider bout it..

haha i love ur joke..hihi :)
u watched both days in Osaka?

I thought that bow was an AAA Goodie?

was it? my bad then! ^^;;; i saw a lot of people w/ JYJ towels wearing the bow, so I thought it was for JYJ.

So they were zombies in the Microphone performance!

anyway, the headband is belong to ayu's own accessory rite?
not related to AAA or JYJ i think~~

I thought Ayu's part of a-nation did seem like a separate concert since she sang so many songs and had so many props. XD The style was so different from everyone else, who just got on stage and sang. It was also night time by then, so everyone was feeling rejuvenated. (and ready for MASSIVE cheering ^^)

I wanted to go to both days since different artists were performing, but as fun as a-nation is, I don't think it's something I have the energy for 2 days in a row. >.< it was SO HOT and just the concert itself went on for about 5 hours. when you factor in waiting in line in the boiling sun for goods, waiting in line to get into the stadium and fighting the crowd just to get home (the trains are packed like sardines O.O), it's really an event that takes up the whole day. =]

bringer_of_the_sun, how was the audience there? hyped up when Ayu show up?
bcoz from what i could see pics of the audience, all were covered with ORANGE n RED! LOL...that means it's mostly JYJ's fans.. and that somehow made me worried >.< ..even though I'm a huge fan of them too.. but i just want to know for sure... n i heard that Ayu's goodies also sold out very fast rite?

So she didn't sing full SURREAL?? Just the La la la parts?~
Anyways, she sounds so nice! it's great!
And the notes at the end of SURREAL, the ooo ooooo~~??
Anyways, she usually messes them, but this time they sound great!!

Thanks so much!

My dream is it to visit a-nation one day. I suppose it's not as fun when it's raining either, even though that produces great, dramatic Ayu performances. But burning in the sun a whole day, you must really like avex, or you just go to see your favourites.

I just checked MuMo.

AAA have these bows:
http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/item1?j...g_id=200003031

And JYJ have these:
http://shop.mu-mo.net/avx/sv/item1?j...g_id=232503002

The Bow Ayu was wearing looked like the pink AAA bow. But maybe now she changed it to the JYJ Bow. :)

Hm...well, I only know about Osaka. the JYJ goods stand was the only one that actually had a lot of stuff sell out. The line was so long it extended out of the venue and the a-nation staff had to make a special waiting area just for people who wanted JYJ goods. XD None of the other artists' stands had a very long line. One of my coworkers who goes to a-nation every year says that ayu's stuff usually doesn't sell out anymore, but they also stock a lot more Ayu items than they do for, say, Do As Infinity (~6 stands vs. just 1, see?). I will agree that there were DEFINITELY a lot of JYJ fans. A lot of the crowd came from Korea just to see them, since the members of THSK/DBSK/TVXQ now officially operate in Japan. There was a Korean lady behind me who was probably over 50years old and she was "kya"-ing just as loud as any of the young women.\(^o^)/ Still, when Ayu was performing, a lot of the people in the crowd had pink glowsticks and uchiwa from her Rock 'n' Roll Circus concert.

ah man >.<
I'm holding off to hearing it T.T

^ oh..
but reading the a-nation_navi twitter plus ayu's tweet, both saying their goods sold out fast too? haha XD
but that's ok..from what heard, the live recordings...Ayu sounded so HIGH and the audience too!

less than a month b4 we get crossroads i held off 2 months without listening 2 Moon/Blossom i think i can do 1 XP :D

bringer_of_the_sun - did Iconiq performed on the day you attended A-nation? how is she?

Thank you so much for uploading the songs for us! ♥ But which date did you attend in Osaka? :)

I really don't like crossroad, still. x.x The verses aren't bad and Ayu's vocals sound good, but it's the melody of the part before the chorus and the chorus. I just hatee that melody. I won't be able to enjoy the song because of it, I know.

Oh well, I still have 4 other new songs and a ton of remixes to look forward too! xD

a lot of people also buy goods online. and there wasn't enough time for people to buy JYJ goods and attend that concert, so they had to buy them in person~

bringer_of_the_sun, wow, I like your review :D

i can't wait to see the zombie-coffin Microphone performance!!!

found fancams guys :)

greatful days + glitter + BLUE BIRD



blossom



boys & girls



Credits: the uploader + jejungto @ Twitter

^thank youu!!

Thanks for those! Sticking in first post now.

Wow, thanks so much!! Fancam, wow, never thought we get to see this.

Very good.. I've noticed how different her vibrato is beginning to sound.. somewhat not as dragged out? I don't mind about it either way, but it sounds different to me.. either way, I love these videos, thanks! :)

found ASfxx

and Microphone


on the same account

no sign of crossroad :l

She's sooo cute in the Boys & Girls/evolution/surreal performance and yeah that Greatful Days dress doesn't look as bad in motion. Wow.. the blossom performance was beautiful. I loved the flashing lights with the dancers and then it coming back to focus only on ayu singing beautifully.. god that looked amazing!

EDIT: OMGOMG HOLY CRAP MICROPHONE!!! *DIES*

blossom sounded pretty good until the chorus, then it all fell apart. the ending ad-libbing; ugh dnw. but thanks for the fancams Leny!! :D

She should upload crossroad!!!

someone should rip these off youtube before they go down, hurry!

her voice sounds really good in this fancams:yes i'm so glad <3

AAH these fancams are SOOO awsome!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing

Those are only fancams and ayu sounds so great!! :D

Someone knows if that user has twitter???Or anyone has youtube account to ask him for crossroad???

Her voice is freaking amazing!!

someone should tweet ayu and tell her that her voice has really improved and that we're all proud of her. :)

the ship look GIANT!

I thought people are overreacting about her voice, but really, her voice is soooo good.
Im proud.

Her voice has improved a lot!!! *O*

And what a difference in Greatfull Days, from last year where we could hear that wasn't her voice live, and now where IMO it's 100& sung live!

Love love it!

But damn... the sound is pretty good!! He/she could have recorded&uplaoded crossroad!! We would have a better quality rip =____=

GRACE, OMG..thanks !
gosh how could i not realize there are asfxx and microphone wahaha XD
thanks!!

Iconiq was pretty good too. I think avex has high hopes for her b/c they gave her TRF as her backup dancers. XD

is it only me that can't watch the videos? it says they are private :/

we have a video? I didn't notice it before %) can't watch it too... anybody can upload them again?

everyone now is unable to watch the videos anymore since the owner set her videos into private, so You need to be her friends to watch the videos, if u have youtube account though..

but, one of our friends (fuawas) gonna upload all the videos into download links, so check the download section a while later :)
so let us be patient :)

edit: that's our friend appeared LOL ~~

I don't know who upload them to make him friend =)

thank you, fuawas

TRF as her backup dancers?!?!?! O_O wow that's huge...
how many songs she sing? and what song?

i really want to watch a-nation someday, because it's one package, we can see all artist...hahaha...

by the way i just manage to watch microphone performance from that youtube link, and wow...she really did an amazing job...her vocal is so strong, the performance is so strong, she messed up the lyrics on the last part after interlude...LOL...the ending part is so cool, when zin or who is he? shu-ya? subaru? become the vampire that want to suck her blood from neck

^
hahaha oh yeaa.. it's on the youtube channel nananyanco

but that's ok now, fuawas gonna share with us :)

Can't see the fancam X_X

thanks fuawas.

Thanks for fancams... I luv Microphone^^

Waiting for the uploaded videos, I'm dying! >_<

EDIT: ^ LOOOL, I should have said it before XDD

I alrerady saw them and i was very extited. Her vocals are REALLY good. I loved the preformance:luv2

Thanks fuawas~~ XD

thanks fuawas ^^

Thx! Gonna take a look at them right now!

GOD the a-nation looks so dynamic & nice. I've just finished to watch the fancam.

looks like youtube axed the person's account. no crossroad :(

i missed the vids xD

The vids are AMAZING! She sounds awesome and I love how colorful the stage is!!

thank you so much fuawas ^^

I love it how Princess and Peko have to ruin the blossom performance! hahaha

As for Ayu's vocal, I don't really see any major improvements to be honest...

I think her vocal is good at a-nation.

& yes the stage is really colorful & nice. Love it.

Her vocals have been pretty "steady" since the last CDL - means she didn't have any major screw ups ^^ Imo the improvement isn't huge, but it's still quite obvious, I can't remember the last time I heard her scream badly which is a good thing.

Hmm PCDL TV ver was pretty bad from memory, in that regard there has been a minor improvement, but it's sad she will never sing like she did 4-5 years ago.
I just squirm when I hear those "HOOOOOOOO" bits at the start of Microphone.

Yeah, those are always bad when she sings them lol. But everything else besides those few little parts sounded amazing. :D

i enjoy the audios from the live recordings of her a-nation parts..
she sounded almost all amazing <3

Thank you fuawas! She has so much energy during evolution! For a fancam, her voice still sounds good. It certainly has improved in the last couple of years, but of course it will never be quite how it used to be but then again her voice has more power than it used to...
I actually quite like the 'bin bag dress'! It contrasts well with what is underneath and visually works with the coffin and the song and makes it more dramatic, less Mirrorcle World style which was a bit over the top glamour instead of drama I think. Wonder if the coffin will replace the chair for the 7 day special?
The last 3 years of A Song for XX have never failed to blow me away and remind why I love Ayu!

thank you fuawas for the video rips!!

the coffin in Microphone reminds me of ever free PV. i guess it's the same one?

oh i want that coffin LOL

As it has been said so many times the TV version's sound was totally off, however in DVD version you can actually hear Ayu.

^ And she sounded really good. I was quite surprised when I watched the DVD.
Her vocals have certainly improved, not as much yelling and her breathing seems steadier as well.

just noticed the pink yukata outfit..so tenderly cute

I downloaded the PCDL DVD version and didn't feel the total need to watch it after skimming through and hearing the vocals. Lol.