[Official Message] A BEST -15th Anniversary Edition-

[aliceshields]

I'm a little bit excited, as the date of releasing drawing near... =)

[Yoake]

I hope that the gold text will be print in relief or something like that because you can barely read the Anni of Anniversary.

[Brett.Mason92]

What is a good site to purchase it from for someone who doesn't understand Japanese? Thanks

[Aderianu]

Originally Posted by Brett.Mason92

What is a good site to purchase it from for someone who doesn't understand Japanese? Thanks

Originally Posted by ~angel*ayumi~

<Pre-Order Links>
Regular Edition @ CDJapan
Limited Box @ CDJapan
Regular Edition @ YesAsia
Limited Box @ YesAsia
Regular Edition @ HMV
Limited Box @ HMV
Regular Edition @ Amazon
Limited Box @ Amazon

[JesA]

I'm salty that there's not a vinyl release. Do you know HOWWWWWWWW many terrible things I would do to have classic Ayu tracks on vinyl?

[Brett.Mason92]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

Ah, thank you!

I want to buy the box edition for 8K yen, is it WORTH it aha and can I buy through amazon japan even though I'm fromt he states? Thank you so much and I ask as I'm sure many people here are international fans who wondered at first too. lol

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by Brett.Mason92

Ah, thank you!

I want to buy the box edition for 8K yen, is it WORTH it aha and can I buy through amazon japan even though I'm fromt he states? Thank you so much and I ask as I'm sure many people here are international fans who wondered at first too. lol

I believe you can order from amazon.jp even if in the states. I think that's how I ordered my USB edition of NEXT LEVEL. I could be wrong but that's what I'm recalling at the moment.

[chocopockymaster]

I prefer ordering from Amazon.jp--they use DHL to ship to the states, it's fast and inexpensive, and you have the option to view Amazon.jp in English so you should be able to figure out the rest from there.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by chocopockymaster

I prefer ordering from Amazon.jp--they use DHL to ship to the states, it's fast and inexpensive, and you have the option to view Amazon.jp in English so you should be able to figure out the rest from there.

I second this. I only order from TA when there is an exclusive, but then it has to go to tenso and then I pay for that shipping charge...so yeah, amazon is the one I'd go with.

[pimenta]

I prefer Amazon JP as well, but for different reasons. It has nice discounts and free shipping inside Japan, so I have my stuff sent to Tenso and from Tenso to me, because Tenso's cheapest shipping methods seem to be the only way I'm able to avoid taxing here in Brazil... and the taxes are ridiculously high.

[Brett.Mason92]

It costs too much so instead I bought FROOT by Marina and The Diamonds for $10.

I hope the only reason she isn't doing a 2CD with new vocals or demos is because new music is apparent and SOON.

[visionfactory]

I don't think ayu has a word in this release, it seems just avex making money so really don't expect anything

[douggn]

I still find it odd how the international site doesn't still doesn't offer international shipping. Maybe its for the sale totals since the charts don't include ones sold internationally, and being shipped through tenso keeps it in the chart sales in japan

[visionfactory]

^If that was done on purpose it would be very clever to use ayu's intl fanbase to increase her national sales

[Gustavopc]

^
^ The problem is that TA has gone internation but mu-mo has not... And the TA shop is just a part inside of it I don't know how close to avex's mu-mo's management is, but it could indeed be a great way to appeal to international fans.

[~angel*ayumi~]

mu-mo had english site before TA went global, because they noticed that many fans used tenso to order at mu-mo.
Maybe tenso is the reason (or one of the reasons) that TA finally went global, because avex was like "oh look there is someone that deals with overseas shipping for global fans, so we can make TA global now"

[Delirium-Zer0]

Pretty much. They established their official advertising partnership w/ Tenso because it takes the responsibility off mu-mo/avex to ship from Japan themselves. grumble.

[pimenta]

They're probably going with the logic that if international fans were willing to use Tenso before when it wasn't global, then they won't complain to keep using Tenso now that they made it easier to use it... I'm not sure they realize that, because we still need to use Tenso, the fanclub doesn't really feel global at all in some aspects.
Honestly, I feel global TA is just worth it for fans that are able to attend the concerts, because imo that's the only thing they've actually made easy for international fans, the rest is just the same, or worst (because they don't even send the magazine and goods anymore, they're now sold).

[Delirium-Zer0]

The fact that Tenso exists just allows avex to shirk responsibility. And we can all tell. TeamAyu DEFINITELY doesn't feel global at all. All avex have done is not make us feel unwelcome; they've done nothing to make us feel welcome.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by pimenta

They're probably going with the logic that if international fans were willing to use Tenso before when it wasn't global, then they won't complain to keep using Tenso now that they made it easier to use it... I'm not sure they realize that, because we still need to use Tenso, the fanclub doesn't really feel global at all in some aspects.
Honestly, I feel global TA is just worth it for fans that are able to attend the concerts, because imo that's the only thing they've actually made easy for international fans, the rest is just the same, or worst (because they don't even send the magazine and goods anymore, they're now sold).

I agree. Tbh the whole site suffers from negligence. You can tell they put little to no effort to keep it going. The Tenso thing is the tip of the iceberg, a very annoying one.