Thoughts on ASIA TOUR 2007 ~Tour of Secret~ DVD

[Raiu-Ayu]

I just saw the kiss o' kill perfomance on YouTube and OMG! IT WAS AMAZING!!! THE INTRO WAS SO COOL!!

[polka-dot-jewel]

So, apparently, the DVD was delivered to my house, but since no one was home, they didn't leave it on the doorstep and took it back to the post office...I could have been watching that DVD now!!! =(

[ayumisrael]

Awww at least you'll watch it tomorrow!

I hope that someone will rip the DVDs and put them on jpopsuki by tomorrow T_T.

[Neo Daydream]

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

So, apparently, the DVD was delivered to my house, but since no one was home, they didn't leave it on the doorstep and took it back to the post office...I could have been watching that DVD now!!! =(

ME TOO!!! >.< and I'll be at work tomorrow when they come but my roommate is gonna be home so she'll get it for me... plus i'm too busy to watch it until tomorrow nite anyway (Bible Study, 2 doctor appoinments, work, and then i can watch it lol) *shrugs*

[polka-dot-jewel]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

Awww at least you'll watch it tomorrow!

I hope that someone will rip the DVDs and put them on jpopsuki by tomorrow T_T.

I'm surprised they're not already online. Some people have had their DVDs for a few days now... [shrugs] Someone put up a link to the documentary / DVD intro on the second page (it's super awesome!). I hope the DVD gets put up soon, too! I hope someone puts up a video of just the concert, and another of just the documentaries.

Originally Posted by Neo Daydream

ME TOO!!! >.< and I'll be at work tomorrow when they come but my roommate is gonna be home so she'll get it for me... plus i'm too busy to watch it until tomorrow nite anyway (Bible Study, 2 doctor appoinments, work, and then i can watch it lol) *shrugs*

Well, I dunno about M'boro, but I think here you have to request it to be re-delivered to your house. [shrugs] Haha, I wish I could watch mine during school - I know Ayu would probably get some new fans if I were to watch that during school! (Or at least, I lot of people would comment on how good of a singer she is and how pretty she is...)

[SheFliesHigher]

I watched the Kiss 'o' Kill performance, and I quite enjoyed it. The vocals were pretty good and I really liked how she appeared on that big ol' crucifix at the end. The dancers in tuxedos and eye masks reminded me of a song from a Sailor Moon musical called "Tuxedo Mission" where a bunch of Tuxedo Kamens danced around Usagi, confusing her. I'd like to buy this DVD for sure.

[milky_way]

I adore the special screen for taskinst

[kotora]

I wanna say this is another amazing Tour since MY STORY 2005.

Really want to see ayu to have AT08 like this great, or even more to suprise us.

[pop909]

Is it me, or is the ayu wearing the mask REALLY not ayu-looking. Throughout the whole time she is on everything is done weird. And when she is running back it looks even funnier!

[OogoeDiamond]

Is there a change to watch Concert first and documentary after this or I must to watch everthing as tracklist is?

[truehappiness]

Some quick notes:
taskinst's video is AMAZING. It's definitely alterna-status.

Ayu changed a lot of things around in this live it seems.. in M she had a candle before and took it out before the show started, and in 1 LOVE, she had her hair out before tucking it all into that hat.. :O

Lots of Ayu without makeup in the documentary. Hot.

[tethevo]

Is it just me or did she seem somewhat thinner in the early rehearsal videos...vs. how she looked later on?

In any case, I found myself more interested in the documentary than the actual concert itself. I think I've gotten so used to seeing most of these songs in her other concerts that I didn't really care to watch them on DVD anymore. That doesn't mean I don't want her to sing them anymore though. They are fun in concert...just boring on DVD.

I think the documentary, while not necessarily THAT in-depthed, is practically a sequel to the NTV special...though of course glossed over a bit by Avex. We frequently see Ayu cry at the end of tours...and we easily think "oh she's touched.." or some may think she's forcing tears out. But, seeing the documentary just reminded me just how much work and time it takes to put on a tour. And going to Asia was certainly a new challenge. (I feel for her when she saw how small the stage in HK was.) A significant moment is of course on disc 2...when Ayu cried during the last change at Saitama. To have so much weight on her shoulders...with everyone looking to her for direction...she probably had a lot of stress and pressure. There's no one she can turn to but to suck it up. It was especially showing when she was crying...and everyone just screamed her name to get her on stage. Once she was on, she had no choice but to pull herself together. At the end of such a long and exhausting process, it's no surprise she would be overwhelmed with emotions.

Can't wait for the tour in a few weeks.

[hiroshi_ben]

I've just watched some part of it in HQ dvd version and this arena tour really rocks to the core!!!Especially boys and girls!!!its go grand and spectacular!!the whole feel is just like ure watching a very grand circus show with those dancers with those fantastic outfits etc~!and the audiences look so happy and fun too!!The reopening and reclosing of the curtain in this performance makes the performance even higher!!

and those special screens really rock too!!i've watched not yet and taskinst's special screens and im speechless!!!Taskinst is too addictive to watch while Not yet's special screen is good to dance along with!!esp with those funny and cool ayu rotating around!LOL

overall,i will give this concert a 9/10!!It beats last year arena tour for sure!!

[leo_nardez]

^ WOW...

i was so excited to hear your reviews... it's so exciting..
i have to wait till i get my OS version of it then i'll watch all of it in once..so the surprise is even surprise-er then watching it separately..hahaha///

i think that AT06 is very good and u said it's even better than it..woah..i can imagine my self woahing in front of the screen when watching the DVD later on..haha

[Key ~eternal tie~]

I got mine yesterday.

I must say this is the best concert for me. Ayu's dancing has improved so much since her debut. She was so elegant throughout.

evolution & UNITE... great vocals as usual. Looked really fun, the opening was a balladish version of evolution. Her vocals were amazing.

1 LOVE & Until the Day... the 1 LOVE performance was a little like the a-nation performance, but the dancing was a bit better in my opinion. She looked really nice and her singing was spot on (but you can tell it wasn't lip-synched)

M & appears... For me, this was the best part of the concert. The emotion that Ayu and Shuya gave off was very touching. The dancing was very elegant and her green dress made her looking very feminine, she looked very pretty. And needless to say, her singing was beautiful.

Part of Me & Secret... Again, very emotional... It almost brought me to tears. Ayu's kimono looked very elegant (and very expensive, lol). The singing was very touching, although it reminded me a little of the moments performance in AT05 because of the screen behind Ayu.

kiss o kill... the intro part was amazing. It really showed how strong Ayu's vocals are, plus it was in tune! I was really impressed with that.

SURREAL... To be honest, I only ever liked the performance from Stadium Tour 2002 for this song. So I'll skip this part.

AUDIENCE & Boys & Girls... I thought she sounded a little off in AUDIENCE, but after watching the documentary, I realized that it was because she was crying in the dressing room. I think she didn't have enough time to get ready, and she was a little bit stressed out about that... I felt so sad when I saw that. Boys & Girls was pretty much the same as usual with the fans singing along.

SEASONS, Glitter, independent, Humming 7/4... These were really fun performances interacting with the fans. Not only was she really active, she was having a lot of fun with the dancers & band members.

Who... A great choice to end the concert. Her vocals still remind quite good even after all that running and dancing around.

Overall, I was really impressed with the concert. The only down side is, I would have prefered to watch the whole concert without the documentaries interrupting. I don't know if there's meant to be a way to switch them off, but I had to skip all the documentaries to watch the concert alone first. That was a little off-putting.

[polka-dot-jewel]

I just received mine today!! The packaging is AMAZING. I absolutely love the design and the booklet and DVDs and everything! Haha.

I'm going to watch it in a few minutes. I re-watched M and evolution and UNITE! last night (via the previews that were uploaded), and of course, I loved them, brought me to tears (haha, Ayu makes me emotional), but I can't wait to see them on DVD. ^o^

I did download the audio from the concert this morning, and me and my friend listened to them in class. She sounds EXCELLENT!

[truehappiness]

1 LOVE & Until the Day... the 1 LOVE performance was a little like the a-nation performance, but the dancing was a bit better in my opinion. She looked really nice and her singing was spot on (but you can tell it wasn't lip-synched)

Well, knowing that the AT07 performances were done 2-5 months before a-nation, it's probably because talkin' 2 myself was a planned single, so they wanted to use the harder songs from Secret

[milky_way]

taskinst/1 LOVE/until that Day... is my favorite performance from the DVD. I wish they had showed the full performances of JEWEL and Memorial address or at least cut independent (since I dislike that song) and performed one of the other ones instead.

[truehappiness]

Well, the fact is that independent was on the setlist from Fukuoka XD~

And it seems that they don't have many cameramen at the other performances [well they had quite a few at the overseas perfs..]


Oh yes, and it seems that Ayu considers MY ALL to be like Who... somewhat.. I mean it was just jammed at the end of the AT07 DVD.. XD

[milky_way]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Well, the fact is that independent was on the setlist from Fukuoka XD~

I know, but I still would've liked a full performance of JEWEL and Memorial address