Kalen Anzai cast as Ayu in the drama adaptation of "M 愛すべき人がいて"

[Aderianu]

The DVD BOX of the drama will be released on Friday, October 30, 2020.
In addition to the main part of the drama, special videos will be recorded

▽Content▽
・All 7 episodes
・Bonus video
4-disc DVD ¥16,720

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

The DVD BOX of the drama will be released on Friday, October 30, 2020.
In addition to the main part of the drama, special videos will be recorded

▽Content▽
・All 7 episodes
・Bonus video
4-disc DVD ¥16,720

Only DVDs? Come on, why no Blu-ray???

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

Only DVDs? Come on, why no Blu-ray???

Maybe they'll do a VHS as a tribute to the era?

[truehappiness]

I wonder if they'll try to include the "director's cut" versions too.

[jiarongisme]

I wonder what the bonus video would be.

MORE Reika shenanigans? A supercut of Masa screaming at virtually every other person? M PV?

[Toniayu123]

Originally Posted by jiarongisme

A supercut of Masa screaming at virtually every other person?

LOL. I hate him. He needs therapy.

[truehappiness]

They mention CMs/PR videos as one of the bonuses in the order page. Based on other dramas, it'll probably be interviews, press conferences, and maybe some special making stuff. Maybe commentary as well?

[ExodusUK]

I think they didn't include Loveppears because Kalen doesn't want to be topless? The top she's wearing in the mock Boys & Girls cover is more like a tank top than the bikini Ayu is wearing on the actual cover.

[pedronekoi]

Don't know if anyone noticed but comediam Ringo chan made a cameo on the last episode lol She is a transgender comedian know for doing impersonations and have been openly a fan of Ayu (people often thinks she will do an Ayu impersonation - because of her cute voice and similar Ayu haircut from 2015 - and then she always do male impersonation with very rispy voice.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTAT7QhMFg/

Also there's this one video about Ayu:

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by pedronekoi

Don't know if anyone noticed but comediam Ringo chan made a cameo on the last episode lol She is a transgender comedian know for doing impersonations and have been openly a fan of Ayu (people often thinks she will do an Ayu impersonation - because of her cute voice and similar Ayu haircut from 2015 - and then she always do male impersonation with very rispy voice.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CCTAT7QhMFg/

Also there's this one video about Ayu:

lol I noticed at the end, the lady kissing the poker face poster, I thought it must have been a crazy extra and no one noticed on set

[truehappiness]

Oh, that explains all the "RINGO CHAN!" reactions I saw with a picture of a lady trying to kiss the poster, lol.

[Andrenekoi]

Ayu released a new very ayuish track.

And Kalen released something that doesn't feel Ayuish for once (besides the Depend on you sample at the intro lol):



I'm pretty sure she was set to play Ayu on this drama since her debut.

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Ayu released a new very ayuish track.

And Kalen released something that doesn't feel Ayuish for once (besides the Depend on you sample at the intro lol):



I'm pretty sure she was set to play Ayu on this drama since her debut.

She or Avex just can't help herself, they found a track that mostly sounds the most distance from Ayu yet but they had to stick in the thick riff from Depend on You in the intro. I want to like her a lot but her version of Vogue in the final episode was trash too.

Reading the comments on the video, it seems Matsuura made a blog post defending Kalen and dismissing the Ayu copy "nonsense"?

[oaristos]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

I'm pretty sure she was set to play Ayu on this drama since her debut.

Yep, 100%.

[Andrenekoi]

^Funny enough, this PV is the first time ever i felt any interest on her as a singer. When I need Ayuish songs, I can simply listen to Ayu. When I need Ayu pvs (what I usually don't), I can go for Ayu to watch those as aswell.

And yeah... The Vogue scene was tragic.

[visionfactory]

For me, as a fan who is never planning to read the book, the drama itself was very interesting. It's a pity it couldn't have ended more smoothly due to COVID19 pandemic but I really appreciate everyone's effort put into this work.

Also I have this other bittersweet feeling about Avex new artists and groups lacking their own seal and charisma. I can't help but wonder where it all started going the wrong way... despite all the economic efforts put into Karen Anzai it seems she is nowhere near to success and I'm praying her Music Station appareance to pay off, she is really getting better but very slowly. Looking back at Ayu's poker face it impressed me how much Ayu can deliver at such an early era.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by visionfactory

For me, as a fan who is never planning to read the book, the drama itself was very interesting. It's a pity it couldn't have ended more smoothly due to COVID19 pandemic but I really appreciate everyone's effort put into this work.

Also I have this other bittersweet feeling about Avex new artists and groups lacking their own seal and charisma. I can't help but wonder where it all started going the wrong way... despite all the economic efforts put into Karen Anzai it seems she is nowhere near to success and I'm praying her Music Station appareance to pay off, she is really getting better but very slowly. Looking back at Ayu's poker face it impressed me how much Ayu can deliver at such an early era.

Comparing new artists to people like Ayu, Namie, Utada, etc is complicated because they were already very out of the norm during their debuts. Artists with this kind of potential as very, very rare anywhere in the world.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

Comparing new artists to people like Ayu, Namie, Utada, etc is complicated because they were already very out of the norm during their debuts. Artists with this kind of potential as very, very rare anywhere in the world.

Yeah, I'm sure there are many, many reasons for this and I'm sure someone could write a really long detailed analysis if they had the time. But I too find it a bit sad. Very few people are actually enjoyable to watch these days and most of them are people who are still around from the previous era.

I would say the tide started turning about 2008-ish? Avex also had Otsuka Ai, who was doing fantastically. Koda Kumi as well. And BoA was also a success for them in the early - mid 2000s. Then they gave Girl Next Door a good push, but failed. Since then who have they really backed strongly?

[ExodusUK]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Yeah, I'm sure there are many, many reasons for this and I'm sure someone could write a really long detailed analysis if they had the time. But I too find it a bit sad. Very few people are actually enjoyable to watch these days and most of them are people who are still around from the previous era.

I would say the tide started turning about 2008-ish? Avex also had Otsuka Ai, who was doing fantastically. Koda Kumi as well. And BoA was also a success for them in the early - mid 2000s. Then they gave Girl Next Door a good push, but failed. Since then who have they really backed strongly?

They've really backed FAKY a lot when you consider how everything they've released has flopped, if it was the late nineties or early 2000s, they would have been dropped already.

[mizuki-7]

I would say that in each decades and in all over the world there are always some singers that stand out thanks to their charisma & distinctive style or whatever but in my opinion it tend to be less and less the case in today’s music tbh I’ve difficulties to name someone really standing above others. It probably has to do with recording companies not investing much on artists like before and because of the evolution of the way of consuming music since the end of the 00’s. It's a global things.