That's been pretty clear from the get-go...:rolleyes

or maybe on the PV she kill someone?

Yes, thank you, for correcting my post when I was pretty much saying the same thing except with the word maybe. That was very helpful.

hmm,i don't think so.its like not so related to her precious doggie :P
i think her precious doggie MIA?

Anytime~

Knowing the director of don't look back did this video, the "twist" has yet to be seen! There's hints that she's done something bad.. that she's upset over. cant wait to see the rest!

This is a really cruel marketing strategy from avex. I don't think its going to get more sales. Eventually, the full PV will be released to music TV or people are going to download the video when the single comes out. I'd be surprised if anyone thought after seeing that "OMG MUST BUY DVD TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS".

Looks like they're going to do this with the 49th and 50th singles too.

LOL...yeah...maybe something happened to her dog...
because so far we just saw a flash memory about her dog, but there is zero clue about another human...hahaha

Thank you!

Just saw it and it makes me want to see more!!:heart
I am just a bit disappointed with the chorus, I thought there would be a bit more action giong on, a scene change or something. But the rest will be great, I think :D

it looks so boring.. just sitting there -_-

I agree..it's cruel and silly in the illegal download era...once the PV helped to sell the single, not the DVD.

In my honest opinion, I believe that launching so many singles and PVs won't help album sales.
If 3 A side singles are released in one year, there are more chances the singles and related album sale much more then releasing 3 or 4 singles with 2/3 songs each.

I don't know if my thought was clear.

Anyway the PV it's interesting, but a lil bit static.

i don't know, but it definitely creates buzz among the Japanese public.

whether buying the single or not, the short edit version of MOON and the trilogy thing have gained more attention back on ayu compared with the usual TV or billboard promotion strategy.

what if the DVD included in the single is "full version" while there will be an "extended version" after the 50th single is released?

and then 3 extended PVs will be combined together to make a short movie and be released as a special DVD set?

I just finished watching it..
I still can't say more..
i need to see the whole PV first~

i don't think they will do any extended version as this has never happen on ayu before :P
you can see that all her stuff for the single are remain untouched and just burn it into her next new album.

Does anyone think that it could just be short edit for the whole time? I mean, usually they don't premiere short edits and not the full PV, espicalley since the white writing that tells the name of the artists and the company and the song title says MOON ~short edit~.

it's creepy! darn them, letting us hang like that at the end of the teaser :laugh.

So far I really love MOON. *__*
Can't wait to see a full PV. I'm sure it will be great and I will love it even more. X3

I wonder if her dog died.... :(

I love the short version. Can't wait to watch the full pv. I think this pv reminds me Moments and Marionette. I guess the room is the same of Marionette =)

omg no please ;_;
I'll burst into tears if it will happen.

Nooooo!!! I hope Princess Cocoa will live!! :weep

I just wanna see the full version...it's killing me inside :thud

^yea but that was the vibe I got from the caps...not sure. I dunno how the other caucasian girl comes into play...

its gonna be very intriguing and I CANT WAIT

^ It really did feel like that, I just don't want it to be true :cry It's so sad when animals die, even if it's only in a PV (TT_TT) We're left with all this speculation all because of this new promotion idea.... Grrrrr....

but why Cocoa will die?what is the relation with her dog? XD

yea i wanna see the full version too,i hope they had something reli good for the ending :yes


seems like there still have doubt about this PV,i mean we gonna get the full version right??this short version is just a teaser right?? :thud

I found these while browsing:
http://ameblo.jp/saaya-chin/entry-10578267272.html
http://ameblo.jp/pp-cotton/entry-10578257383.html
Anybody can translate it? looks like its the continuation of the PV..
I wonder why ayu want her face to be covered by ink..can't wait for the making TO BE honest.. :D

^ ^ Oh, everyone's just speculating, and the mood and everything~ I hope Cocoa has a different part in it, though (;_;)

I agree, I think there is definitely a longer version. Especially because it was called "MOON ~short edit version~" and not just "MOON." I don't know why everyone is worried! Don't worry, guys~! :heart

^ Oh, that's interesting~!!!! I wanna see full version nooooowwwww :bawl It's funny, even with half her face covered in ink...she still looks beautiful <3

wowww that looks just epic!! xD


ayu covered with ink!!!!

ummm :luv2 i can't wait!!!!!

:thud
Honestly I feel so sorry for the people who think this is boring because holy ****, it's ANYTHING but that to me. I don't think I've ever been this excited for a PV.

^I agree...sad for them

Seems like the TWIST is ONCE AGAIN premiered on Japanese entertainment news...IM NOT GOING TO WATCH IT!

that looks AMAZING
ag, if before i was excited for the full thing, now i'm desesperated xD

You're the best!! thanks!!

wow!nice find wonder where n how they got these?

that's RELI scary anyway :thud

@freedreamer nooooo!

Spoilerish news shots (Sorry, Misa-chan!):

In before some sort of GaGa comparison. They showed some of the PV on the Japanese news shows.

ETA: The GaGa image:
http://i39.tinypic.com/ih6q0o.jpg

I just watched it and I thought it looked interesting. Whoever the director was sure knew how to set the mood! I'm really excited to see Ayu covered in ink O_O Haha~

hm what?? what u on about lol

oh please dont start it again,dont bring Gaga here XDD that is a big different between ink and sunglasses

OH MY GOD :luv2

It's funny how two preview pictures can turn around my excitement completely!!!

It went from lukewarm to OMG I WANNA SEE THIS PV NOW!

To Ayu: I am sooo sorry for thinking this PV is boring, I should have known you had a surprise for us!

LOL I didn't even think of Gaga... I still don't think it's similar. I think Ayu is much cooler than Gaga, and I love both. :yes

I know that she's not wearing sunglasses, but it's the general silhouette / shape of the inkblob around her face.

For anyone who did not know, "In before or inb4" are used when people want to mention something that they think people will probably say because of whatever reason. Like MOON seeming like Don't look back or something. It's not like I was saying "Oh no! GaGa copy!" but pointing out that someone might possibly mention it and was mentioning it first to get it out of the way.

If anything it reminds me of Sparkle when the paint came down and her face was visible...

@truehappiness: Erm, spoiler tags please? I had no intention of seeing that. Now I can't unsee it. :shakehead

Please stop judge everyone xD When someone says it's boring - it's their opinion. If you love it - then good for you! Don't try to make everyone love this in a second just because you think so~ Even i started to like the short edit, lols~

Ahhhh! Sorry!

Let me get on that now.

I'm sorry, but if you're going to say that, then it also goes for someone else's "opinion" about your "opinion". If you're allowed to say what you want about something, someone else should be allowed to say what they want about what you have to say. It's only fair after all.

^th is right

I can't wait. The ink looks so cool. Yet so intoxicating

I hope her health didn't suffer too much because of the ink... Didn't she say she had trouble breathing?

^we don't want ink poisoning *chills*

Wow =OO Now I'm excited =DD. Jezz \o/ I don't know what to think lol

If you really don't wanna see anything from now on, you could use the strategy me and some people used before the release of Rock'n'Roll Circus, because people are definitely gonna have stills of the MOON PV in their avatars / sigs :)

Just go to User CP --> Settings & Options > Edit Options --> Thread Display Options > Show sigs / avas / images.

I personally won't do this for MOON because I just can't wait for singles, but I do this for every album! :yes

HOLY ****ing CRAP! :luv2

So it's ink instead of mud, huh? This has got me so much more pumped! Gah! One more week left.... will we get the full before then? fufufu T.T

Yes, those new pictures with the ink O_O If I wasn't excited for it before I definitely am now :D

God, she has gotten me so pumped up for this PV! I'm really worried for Ayu's health, though... If she had trouble breathing...that's really scary :cry And like Strawbari said, we don't want her to get ink poisoning! (>_<)

:love
Now I'm even MORE excited!

Why avex!!! Why you show us the boring part!!!??
The pic looks interesting and now i can't wait for the full PV.

For me this is a bad marketing strategy

Are you kidding me? You yourself are proof that this is a good marketing strategy.

You yourself said you are now SUPER excited for the rest of the video! What good would it do to show the interesting part first and the boring part later.

I think Avex knows EXACTLY what it's doing and I think it's working.

damn it avex!! show us the whole pv!!!!

Yes, because i'm an ayu-fan :lech and i'm SUPER excited now XD because i saw that pic here.
but for the other people is a bad marketing strategy, they only see ayu in a sofa during two half minutes

I think the problem is still there.
People will think "it's boring"/"uninteresting" (I don't feel they will say "she's so beautiful, it's amazing"...)
Fans will think "I'm excited now" because they saw other previews.

Well everyone can watch TV news, but the short PV in itself is a failure to me.

Bring back full length PV already!

(and I personally think it's not really fair to cut a PV like that... Poor directors)

edit:
@adantatu2 Sorry, you answered before me ^^"

Haha, I guess you're extra excited because you're a fan.
But let's not forget most people won't really give a crap, as long as they can hear the song on the radio. I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, but we'll see if it works when looking at the sales.

And of course I'd prefer a full PV, I don't think anyone here would rather have the short one, it's just that we're probably still going to get one ; P

well we can judge the marketing strategy fully when we see the sales, yeah?

im okay with this. just waiting. . .*sigh*

You seriously think it will help sales :/ ?
For me it will go down as usual, which is normal. That's why it's pointless IMO.

Well, that sure is really UGH to my appearance standards... :thud

Did someone just say "down as usual...?"

Sales went up after S/S.

You mean the single sales. Ok, sorry then. ;)
I still think this "short version" won't make any miracle.

edit: I just understood your post -_-
Well, S/S has done not as good as the other singles, but her sales are still declining, that was my point. She sure has "miss" and "hits".

^Well, they're still getting #1 every time, so it's reasonable to say that they're relative hits.

Of course! I think she is doing very well as regards sales and won't say the contrary.

Sunrise was her highest selling chaku uta since Together When... so I'd wager that the Japanese public did like it a bit.

It's a bit weird that popular tracks on chaku uta doesn't seem to do all that well physically, but eh. That's how things work, I guess.

I think ill just wait for the full version lol. i have teasers!!!!

So I finally got to watch this... and yeah, it definitely had a "Moments" feel to it, but I mean... what's the story? I guess that's what the "to be continued" is all about. I'm very intrigued though to see where the story goes!

It appears as though the story of the PV...

^ That's really possible :yes

i feel that's very bloody and cruel, ripped fingernails :thud

I want to see the whole thing!! It's like leaving me on a cliffhanger! When will the full version air?
I really like where the PV is going so far. :)

i don't think it will be broadcasted until the single is release.1 week to go,and we will have the DVD rip XD

It's a short version of the full PV...do you expect them to give everything away in a short version? What would be the point?
And as for that whole GAGA glasses thing with the ink on Ayu's face...really? I don't think that is the first thing I would have jumped to, but I do know that some obsessed GAGA fans will go to great lengths to prove their point, even if it has no validity. If anything Ayu in Sparkle was more like GAGA's The Fame cover.

Oh, I'm sorry, did Ayu offend your delicate sensitivities?

It looks bloody amazing.

Omg i wanna watch the full MOON PV already it looks so amazing!!!

holy --------------!!!!!!! wow i missed a lot... ayu looks HOT covered in ink guys and idk why everyone says it's boring...geez it's not like a ballad pv is going to have action scenes or something... a pv can take place in one room and still be amazing. you could look at HEAVEN, which is a very deep pv but ayu stands in the same spot the entire time. or BALLAD, where ayu is just sitting in the meadow with flashbacks to the motorcycle, and how is that any different? or You were... , where she's just standing in the same spot the whole time. but i digress. we're not talking about HEAVEN or You were... , we're talking about MOON. i don't mean to sound rude or anything, just stating my opinion... i just think everyone sets their standards too high. (although i still don't know why anyone's making judgements now, when we haven't even seen the entire pv) this looks very interesting, and of course ayu looks beautiful. i'm really interested to find out why she's covered in ink (:luv2), what part her dog plays, and why her fingernails are bandaged. this is so promising; i'm so freaking excited (and you all should be, too! jk :P)

Well then I can't wait until next week when I get to see the entire PV. I already know it's going to be awesome. :)

That's not necessarily true. Just like here, there are some who will think it is interesting because they look beyond what she is or is not doing. Others will find it boring as well. But at any rate, releasing the "interesting part" or possibly the "twist" could spoil any reason to anticipate the full PV. It's like seeing a movie trailer that tells you everything that happens in the movie, why pay $10 to see it? :shrug

hmm seems like that was how I thought it might be...and my dog passed away only 2 weeks ago..i can sympathize that feeling so much

comparison between that gaga pic and MOON pv screencap is so stupid...it's not even close...

Not even close? Are you sure about that? Haha.

I'm pretty sure we are all sure about that.

:yes

in fact,it reminds me more of the latex scene in Sparkle pv :P

wahaha Gaga covered her eyes by wearing glasses...where Ayu is poured by mud/chocolate/whatever that is.. so IT'S TOTALLY STUPID COMPARISON LOL...

That's what I thought of, too~! :yes

lolololol

The "Don't look back" PV / "MOON" PV comparisons are more understandable than the Ayu covered by liquid / "The Fame" cover comparisons. Some of the shots in the PVs are similar - and it's by the same director, so there will be a few similarities most likely. But, Ayu's ink covered face and Gaga wearing glasses... eh.

And, even if Ayu had trouble breathing during the filming due to ink poisoning or whatever, if she were to have ink poisoning or something like that, she would've had it by now =) There's nothing to worry concerning the filming of the video at this point.

The Gaga comparison furthur shows how stupid stans are & God what a desperate attempt to do a comparison...picking bones in an egg seriously.

no one posted it before??
dunno
http://image163.poco.cn/mypoco/mypho...882174_001.jpg
http://image163.poco.cn/mypoco/mypho...882174_000.jpg

^ it's been posted before..therefore some ppl saying Ayu looks like to Gaga on her The Fame cover~

^
I see XD
apparently SHISEIDO MASK = = where's GaGa =_= I can't find any

Oh, GOD, will some Lady Gaga fans stop at nothing to try and make her seem like the only original artist out there?

Anyway, I wouldn't worry about ink poisoning. I'm sure her PV director wouldn't be stupid enough to pour ACTUAL ink on her.

ok,can we not to bring GAGA here,it's like everything is weird or extravagant are created by her,she's not the only person who did that kind of PV or wore something different from others,it's not even Ayu but others like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Lee Hyo Ri,they said she copied gaga too XD

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just saw this btw,

masatomatsuura

why do they have to delete this,so what's the point to aired the preview earlier if u dont want fans outside japan to watch it *sigh*

Foyuki: Could you edit your post in put those in spoiler tags please? There's some people here that's trying to avoid spoiler pics and stuff. :)

And lol guys no need to be upset about the GAGA thing, truehappiness is the only one who saw the *possible* similarity and bought it up "just in case". No Gaga stans have actually said this... yet. :laugh

True true XD.

Also, I'm going to ask this before I go crazy : What does stan even mean? XD. I've seen it being used so many times now and it's really driving me nuts : P.

^It's a combination of "stupid" and "fan". Like Ayutard is a combo of Ayu and retard lol :laugh

I hightly doubt they poured real ink over her face. It's called a computer.

and lol @ spoiler. If you take that theory, every screencap ever posted here is a potential spoiler.

OMG LOL That GaGa comparison is just stupid.

Actually is it REAL ink!!They said it in the news!!!That`s why it became news.
Oh and why is lady gaga coming up again?Every thing ayu is doing is lady gaga?....She is not lady gaga...

I also heard it's from the actual song Stan by Eminem. Either way it makes sense lol.