Mr Postman will be arriving in an hour's time with my album and DVD!!! *excited*

Tonight will be AT2009 DVD night!!!

:love :love :love

wow.misa,can you take a pic of the DVD posteR?

^ Misa!!~ Can you please show us what the Type B poster looks like???
Im so eager to see since I don't think its been clarified as to what that poster exactly looks like yet--

sigh... I'm so envious lol. I can only wait for the OS presses to come to local HMV stores...

^^ No probs!! I'll probably get a little trigger-happy myself anyways (I always do when I receive new singles and albums lol), will upload some photos up!! ;)

^ thank you soo much!!~
<3
you are always such a big big help !

My YA orders are now Ready to be shipped too^^
btw I have one time a AC Random gift, and 1 time a AC Special gift O.o

actually,i think the CD only cover is ok.just that the flash is *ahem* too bright
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j3.../pa1754751.jpg

oh monthly sales RNRC has been TOP 6 now(jbook)

another pic of the amenity pouch

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3...mg600x4501.jpg


and this is the actual IC Sticker Prize:
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6...g450x60012.jpg[/URL]http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/6...g600x45012.jpg

^ This sticker is fanmade and has been bought by the YJA seller outside the concert venue, as stated in the auction description text.

What was the sticker I found yesterday then o_O XDDD
EDIT : just read your post. Sorry for bringing a "fake" price -_-
Thanks for info!

I've tried setting it as a gift many times, but i find unless it's only 1 or 2 small CDs i still get customs charge. Also, I find CDJ when filling out the shipping forms always lists the full value of the items and the shipping amount i paid on the package. I spent over $60US on YesAsia and when my parcel arrived they'd only marked the value as $6US. Still, thanks for the suggestion.

Oh, and the poster's kinda nice, but Ayu's only taking up like 1/4th of the poster itself, which i dont like. Also, I wanted the one to come with the NL Tour DVD to be of the DVD cover. oh well, i guess.

MASSIVE Image overload! Don't click if your computer is slow, or if you don't want to be spoilered!

Free goodies and stuff:


R'n'RC album + booklet:


London photobook:


NEXT LEVEL Tour DVD + booklet:

there are no images of the poster that comes with the '09 tour dvd yet. -EDIt- Never mind, thanks Misa awesome pictures, i think i like the DVD better then the CD now :P really can't wait to get mine, it finally got shipped ^^

@SoldierofSilence: I think you can argue w/ the post office later on. If the "gift" value is less than $60, the duty and tax will be exempted.

(Oh my.. I forgot if I checked the gift option when ordering R'n'RC this time... ahh... non-gifted items are $20 max for tax exemption...)

@Nandokanji actually i posted the posters in the "cdj has started shipping thread"... but i think that may have been wrong one.

EDIT I Just checked YA and the posters, prize draw gift and Special Limited Box Set all now say "Ready to be shipped". I guess I'll wake up tomorrow to find out they've been shipped out.

Thanks again TH, it's the nerves gettin' to me :roflmao

P.S. Like my new sig/av set everyone? :D

^theyre nice.:P but ur siggy wont load for me. stupid thing's being a pain right now.

Thanks Misa-chan!! I love the Tour DVD design, it's really cool. I want the poster so bad ;O;

has anyone been into this yahoo! event page?

http://event.music.yahoo.co.jp/hamasaki/

it's opened already..

Me too! Finally I won something :P
Yesasia now also lists everything in my order (two posters, cd+dvd and NEXT LEVEL dvd) as "ready to be shipped", so I'm guessing it's just a matter of time now.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1..._wo/status.jpg

^ wouldn't mind watching that, actually.

@ SOS Thanks! SDhame you can see the sig, the av isn't even the correct resolution :D

Oh right, the album comes out today in Japan! Lucky!

Those who got the album CD+DVD.. in the DVD making ofs is there any footage of ayu receiving the A WORLD IS ONE book?

Oh wow.

Shinichi Hara really is gone!

amana's people were in charge of the AT09 DVD design!

And also, I want that Ayu toothbrush, haha.

what happen to ayu's nail artist?i realize the name on the booklet isn't bacho(or bancho?) anymore o.O

I don't think so :no
Hatix said that he saw crea_spain, emily and blasterion in the making of Microphone :D But no footage of other fans or the fanbook :(

That makes me so sad ;_;

yupp!i saw crea_spain in the making of microphone.no.they didn't showed the footage of the fanbook.

Bancho's assistant appears to have taken over?

However, I think Bancho went to London with Ayu... so perhaps it was training for the new guy?

Whats the "A WORLD IS ONE" book?

Yeah, but I'm happy for my 3 friends :yes They are really nice people and they deserve this :heart

i was like o.O 'where is bancho's name on the booklet?its gone!' lol

Yeah, maybe this time, she let her assistant take over for her so she could just relax with Ayu? Haha.

It looks like Shingo Sano is now the official A NAILIST. And Bancho is "retired" since 2009. (AT09's nailist along with Rock'n'Roll Circus and the latest shoots are all Shingo.)
http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6919/twentyfive.jpg
Bancho in London with Ayu.

I finished the "credits" for the album tracks.

Listening to my album. Microphone doesn't sound that much better, but DLB is just so so so so much better HQ!!!!! IT'S AWESOME!! *_* I'm so glad I waited for the album :D

i love last links and meaning of love and also lady dynamite!!!keep on listening to this 3 songs right now XD

ah,bancho is 'retired' T_T :(

thanks for the photo's, misa-chan ^-^ the photobook & booklet look so pretty :heart

Oh god help!! ^^; I just received this email from playasia



Help, what do I do O__o how do I even let them know which option I want? Send an email to customer's service? Call them? I already checked my order but it's simply "on hold", there are no options to choose..

Also, what's the difference between all those shipping methods? Does anyone know which one is faster to Europe? The difference is only 10$.. doesn't really matter now on an order that in the end is turning out to be over 150$...

I swear to god Playasia better include some posters! :laugh

But anyone, please help! :D

just email back them.either you reply their email or go to Play-Asia.com Help Desk ,click contact us and state your order number and tell them which shipping courier you want to choose.

this is weird i remembered i tried to check out before.they don't let me choose normal/registered airmail.they directly charged me for FEDEX/EMS

About the AT09 booklet.. I really don't get why they don't have pics of her singing Curtain call/Sunset on this page?
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4760/dsc05138i.jpg
Is it usually like that in those booklets? The pics don't match the songs?

As it's so close to the release date, I'm listening to my downloaded copy to bring me into the 11th xDD

It's my first time hearing some of the tracks and the instrumentals and I love it. this really has the potential to be her new MY STORY...a real benchmark album.

Check out my preorder....anyone else getting am A COMPLETE gift? lol xDD

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3...sasiaorder.png

=___=" mine has not yet shipped by CD Japan..
still in shipping process..
i wonder when I'll get mine~~

same here. I live in the US and ordered a boxset so maybe that's why?

^yeah,s eems liek for everyone (CDJ, YA...) the box arrives later so they could ship earlier the CD and CD+DVD ver.

oh god! I hope YA won't do anything like this... seems like the only one without this problem is YA for now >.<

its normal.she's wearing the encore shirt when she's singing curtain call.thats why they are showing the encore outfit picture.

One of those A Complete gifts isnt listed in my order....

Also, to everyone else, I haven't received anything from YA about needing to change my shipping option.

Wow~~ I just noticed that amazon sent my limited box since 12/4!!
It would be arrived tomorrow. So happy!

thanks Misa-chan for the pics! <3

oh really?
because we all order the boxsets that's why it'll come the later? woahh~~

I also have an AC random gift... YA give more prizes than other sites like CDJ cause they included in the lottery this AC gifts they still have... this way more people have gifts...

I only pray and hope it's not the sticker... I got the ******* sticker with the AC, and if they give me it again I'l cut it in 1000 pieces...

better let it be the magnet.. or the mini mini super mini towel LOL

Thank you.

And do you know which one is faster? EMS is pretty fast, right?

And also how would they even charge me? Do I have to send my paypal address?

How did you paid to them when you pre-order it?
you just email them first and let them know which courier company you choose(i have no idea which one is better)
then they will adjust the amount on your order site.There,you'll see something like 'pay using credit card'.
From there,they will direct you to payment page.Then,you choose 'paypal' and the procedure is the same with how you paid to them earlier on.hope it helps

woow misa-chan the pictures are great. i love the stuff

@Keiichi_JPU I find sometimes EMS is fast. had a couple times around holidays though where EMS took longer than basic airmail. Fedex is quite fast. My mom likes to use this option the most for her business. UPS is extremely fast. However, i find for some reason, you get higher customs charge when using UPS.

Yes lets cross our fingers for a big gift! :innocent

:roflmao

I love how YA was the "worst" place to shop because of the slow shipping and jacked up price but it seems to be the only place that's not charging a million dollars for shipping all of a sudden LOL. They were prepared!

The making of Microphone is AWESOME!

"What the ***** Why did you do that!" - haha, my fav part!

http://www.wideo.fr/video/iLyROoafvWbW.html

lol.yes!that is the funniest part XD. did she said 'f..k'? or something almost similar to that? :P

^ YAY! HIKARI after a long time! Since Moments right?

that's right ^^

Argh, so many dead animals on her back. >_<

So the album is out today! I'm going to call up kinokuniya and see if they managed to snag a couple of box sets when they were given to companies. Wish me luck ;).

^whats kinokuniya?

^ It's a bookstore here in San Jose that originated in Japan. They have a couple of stores here in Cali, actually. They have anime, mangas, CDs, magazines, basically everything. It's where I go to buy ayu's and others releases :yes.

^oh cool. wish i could find something here, but any time i find something theyre only doing burns and bootlegs... that or i've found 1 shop that sells authentic, but they have very little japanese. is mostly chinese and they ask too much for everything anyways.

They are originally japanese book stores. You can find them EVERYWHERE in Japan. But they also have a few locations overseas such as California and Hawaii. I know there's more but I forget, you can find them on their website...

But there are none in Canada. I checked already. Lol

I love that "WTF" part xDD

Thanks for sharing the video :) I'd die to be part of her filming though >_<

Better pic of the Spangle Bag:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8...0x60012711.jpg

Too bad the poster given with RNRC first press features the CD only cover -_____-
I was really happy to put the the CD+DVD cover on my wall. Then GUILTY's one will still remain!
And I don't know what they were thinking making the poster from the lottery! This is so bad, 70% of the image is plain black. Do it yourself!
I can't wait to receive my copy XS !
The back of the arena tour box and the whole is great! I can't say the same for the front though haha!
I'm curious what prize I won with YesAsia (glad it's not the poster - "1 shipment unit").

I was standing next to Stan and behind AJ (guy with blue sweater) :laugh I hate being small :eviltongu Oh well, I am in one of her TA pictures ;)
For those who wonder who Emily is, she is the girl with glasses in my profile pic :innocent

Goldcat@Ayuchina found these pictures on some blog.
That person got Sunrise's lyrics sheet!

http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/8061/2utg2s3.th.jpghttp://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5604/bf1h14.th.jpg

i would die if i won a lyric sheet. :dead

Same here, didn't make it to the making of, but I'm in that picture as well! :)

@SoldierofSilence: I don't know where in Canada you live, but a Canadian friend bought me both versions of A BEST 2, new, authentic Japanese press in a Book Off in either Toronto or Vancouver (sorry I forgot which). You could try and google that! It's called "Book Off".

ooh tell me if they got anything, I feel like I could quickly swing over to the one in new york and grab one. I'd be all over it. lol So wish I preordered.

also @ whoever got the sunrise lyric sheet. 1 down, 11 to go.

Hey I'm only 1 hour from San Jose!

Let me know if they got some RnRC stuff, I'm really curious. :)

I think the closest one to us on our end of Canada is in NYC, which isn't convenient in the slightest, but probably the best we're going to get. :(

There's one in Vancouver (according to google and wikipedia), but not one in Toronto (for a moment I thought there was one local to me and was excited...). I've only ever been to the one NYC, but Toronto probably doesn't have a large enough Japanese population for one. Lots of Chinese, but the rest of Asia has a much smaller representation.

oo, i am so jalous, i want the lyrics.

Wow that person is so lucky!!

I wish I could have it but getting one is like winning in the lottery. =P

i'd die if one of those lyrics comes to a person who buy Ayu's album just for having it and doesn't care about all the stuff around. I know that when my mother buy a CD, she misshandles it so much o_o there're parts all over in the car! lol If she'd get a sheet in her CD, she'd throw it up in the trashcan >__<

It'd hurt me if something like that would happen...

My CD+DVD just arrived from CD Japan, all the way here in California, U.S.! WOOOOOOOO!

Going to open it now :D :D :D

OMG where is that person from?? 11 to go.. I wonder if we will know the 12 lucky fans!!

I hope someone here will get one!!

So Avex already placed the special box in a box... cool :D Really looking forward to receive mine :heart

Vancouver's on the opposite side of the country. I live in Mississauga. It's rather decently close to Toronto. Just since I don't have a car or know anyone around this area we take the GO Train into Toronto once in awhile, but not often. I haven't really found too much even in Toronto though.

Book Off in Canada is only in the Vancouver area. I've looked into it, there aren't any anywhere else *sad panda*

It was my favorite store in Tokyo~

^I'll have to check one out someday. I have a couple friends in Osaka, and sometimes I ask them to do things for me, but I don't like to ask all the time and seem like a bother or as if i was using them.

^They're quite easy to find too, their sign is big, bold with blue and white.

You can find LOTS in there. I got some Ayu CDs for as cheap as 400Y there. 4$!!! It's ridiculous!! Lol

^I guess I'll just have to first get on a plane. Never been outside this province my whole life. Heck, until August last year I'd never even been in a city. But I've started really saving as much as possible, so I can finally do something interesting.

Will do :yes.

Nice, I'll be sure to let you guys know if they got anything RnRC :D.

Hamasaki Ayumi A Complete -All Singles- Special Gift Shipment Units: 3

Does that mean that my gift is something big? It takes 3 shipment units ._.

^Well if u get a note saying they shipped it separately then chances are its a poster.

3 shipment units is the standard number of SU's for posters.

making of Microphone - it's the first time I love the editing! I love that not only making of video was showed, there is also making of song, meeting with fans, short commentary about PV (finally)... and OMG her english was hilarious:laugh

^I really liked the showing of fans and commentary as well.

Since Secret actually.

Moments -> walking proud -> Secret.

Do you think they'd have any? I mean the box set really was just supposed to be a preorder thing only. Their website is out of stock of it too. v_v If there is a slim possibility I wonder if you can reserve one over the phone.

I don't think that's true. The box set is just a special limited box. No one ever said anything about it being preorder only. It's just that all of the online retailers sold out before there was ever a chance to actually sell it in stores. Tsutaya, Tower.jp, and other merchants all probably carry limited amounts of the box.

You know, it could be faux...

Gosh, the guy who found Sunrise's lyrics has probably fainted !!! He is so lucky ! But I can't complain, I just learnt from yesasia that I won something at the lucky draw ! First time ever for me !!

http://ameblo.jp/svchqn15/entry-10507952887.html

He was from mixi.jp, it looks like.

In the Microphone PV making, what in the world was that? Why did she even say the F-word in a scene!? (At least it's OMITTED by Ayu continuing singing in the PV...)