[News] CDTV reveals cover for 'M(A)DE IN JAPAN'

[Aderianu]

video from CDTV http://weibo.com/p/230444a9264c7b0d1...e1f21503e57c7b

[xLuna&1LOVE]

The picture did not do much for me, but I am glad it is not a beauty shot.
Besides, I am happy that the cover fits the concept.

[ExodusUK]

omg AHS is reaching again with these high concept theories lmao

[AyUmIXx]

i thought it would be traditional japan theme, coz of Made in Japan album title.
i like the cover though, it's pretty cool.
hope to see the other versions.

[Miduhyo]

I keep wanting to like it but I don't. There's just... something. I can't put my finger on it. Oh well, no biggie. I personally enjoy and have gotten used to the one that was included in the files I downloaded from here. I'll keep that one instead.

[inspire_rmx]

I love it!! finally something with concept. rather than the beauty shots we have been getting for the past few album covers

[Ryusei]

I like the picture. Don't really like the font and the placement it looks like a watermark rather than an actual font

[Surreal17]

When I first saw the font I thought its an watermark. Other than this, I'm satisfied.

[AyuWorld]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

It looks like she's been through a lot with this cover.

Like this is how the 'mad world' makes her feel.

Somehow this styling is very Ai Otsuka though.

haha I really thought that was Ai when I saw it this morning

anyway, still love the idea and finally a deep meaningful cover since I am/ Duty? so curious why Ayu chooses the concept

[pepper]

she looks like a child oO

like the concept, finally something diffrent

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by 4Seasons

Is the original pic a 1:1 ratio? That's odd. Usually CD version is 1:1 and CD+DVD is slightly wider than tall, right?

Looking at her cover history, this is my favorite since RnR Circus.
Love songs and FIVE are also good but the former is a bit too much ponytail and the latter is a shameless copy of True Blue.
LOVE again is pretty but it says nothing about the album content. (the album is quite good if you can look past the midi-sample sound) I have no idea what the connection between the cover and album is, or what her message or theme or point is.
Colours is nice but the shape of her arm always bothers me a bit..lol

The booklet is basically her rolling up the bed and, in the end, leaving the bed, waking up (Wake me up and the whole "this is the end of dreaming" stuff of the love trilogy of LOVE again clips). I see Love Songs -> Party Queen -> LOVE again as something like a trilogy, with the latest meaning she woke up after a dream (Ls) that turned out some species of a nightmare (PQ).

[4Seasons]

I have the LOVE again booklet in my hands but I only see beauty shots on and next to the bed lol.

There's kinda a shift in atmosphere at the end when she's sitting next to the bed, but if what you're saying really was the intention, it's not really working.

However, a "sleeping dream" concept kinda works for the album I guess.

[jean-baptiste]

The Ai Otsuka comparison is interesting. My mind didn't go there when I saw the cover, but I could see what people are saying.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by jean-baptiste

The Ai Otsuka comparison is interesting. My mind didn't go there when I saw the cover, but I could see what people are saying.

The hair gives me Neko ni Fuusen vibes.

I wonder if the watermark thing is intentional because... literally "MADE IN JAPAN" tends to be that.

[js_surrealism]

she looks like melody.

[Lumine]

This cover will be perfect if she release a Mad World single

[a❤martian]

It's an alright cover. I'm not in love, but I'm feeling it more than her most recent covers.

[pepper]

Free & Easy PV meets innocence from A Song For XX cover.

[mi|kshake]

Love the cover and can't wait to see the other versions!

[brener]

The first thing I thought when I saw that cover was Japanese bondage, that "rope" thing they call Asanawa