Kalen Anzai cast as Ayu in the drama adaptation of "M 愛すべき人がいて" - Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai
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Old 28th February 2020, 09:28 PM
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Kalen Anzai cast as Ayu in the drama adaptation of "M 愛すべき人がいて"

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歌姫#浜崎あゆみ 誕生に秘められた出会いと別れの物語『M 愛すべき人がいて』初のドラマ化、主演は #安斉かれん&#三浦翔平 に決定

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4月、毎週土曜よる 11時15分より放送開始
https://twitter.com/tv_asahi_PR/stat...81998930329600

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They attempted to remake the A BEST cover with the promo shot. The drama airs on Saturdays in April at 11:15PM.
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Old 28th February 2020, 09:45 PM
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You couldn't make it up, I guess if u can't be Ayu then the next best thing is to pretend to be Ayu

Avex just said "fuck it" and casted their "make it Ayu but peak Ayu" droid to play Ayu.

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Old 28th February 2020, 09:47 PM
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Wow. I'm surprised but also not. I think it's an interesting casting that is quite smart. I hope this will help boost Kalen's career.
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Old 28th February 2020, 10:00 PM
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Tbh I'm nor that suprised that she already gave some Ayu vibes on her Instagram pictures
Might be the reason why we got the remixes from Kalena first three singles and nothing really new. It will be interessting to see how good she is at acting. Iirc that's something she hasn't really done before.
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Old 28th February 2020, 10:27 PM
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I am a bit concerned about the casting since we've never even seen Kalen do interviews or anything. I think a lot of people were expecting Kalen to get cast but then who knows how she'll perform as Ayu.
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Old 28th February 2020, 10:33 PM
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I am a bit concerned about the casting since we've never even seen Kalen do interviews or anything. I think a lot of people were expecting Kalen to get cast but then who knows how she'll perform as Ayu.
Same, also somehow she only has 10k followers on IG which seems really low for someone with a MAC campaign and obviously a lot of money behind her from Avex.
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Old 28th February 2020, 10:35 PM
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It's true that we do not know anything about her acting ability. Playing the role of Ayu and her rise to fame will be a pretty demanding role. But this is also going to be a j drama type show as I understand it, not a biopic. So high quality acting skills may not be the top priority when casting. We won't know how it will turn out until it premieres.
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Old 29th February 2020, 12:19 AM
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I love this A BEST cover imitation. Lets just hope that drama will be good and received well.
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Old 29th February 2020, 12:36 AM
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First promo video?
https://twitter.com/maxmatsuuratwit/...31403209510913
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I legit thought this was fake when I saw it on Twitter.
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Old 29th February 2020, 03:03 AM
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My only concern is if someone will sub this I actually love the concept they went for.
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Old 29th February 2020, 07:58 AM
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Wait wasn't this already expected by members here? I remember I first found out about Kalen cuz members had stated her whole career was started as a front to be Ayu in the drama. I love the image and so excited for this! Been loving Kalen's remixes of her singles.
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Old 29th February 2020, 11:05 AM
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Why so many butthurt people? Did you expect ayu to play herself or something? It‘s gonna give her the biggest promo boost since the book came out. Especially if the drama is actually good.
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Old 29th February 2020, 11:46 AM
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This is a super interesting project and I'm quite sure some subbing group will translate it. They really did Max a favour here
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Old 1st March 2020, 02:59 AM
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Not super sure though if a group will sub it but it seems like it'll be easily accessible in raw form at least.
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Old 1st March 2020, 06:21 AM
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I was hoping for a recognized actress to play the drama so it can attract non-ayu fans easily. So Avex is giving all their push to Ms. Anzai? It better turns out good!

Imagine this was planned years ago and Ayu herself was a judge on the audition to find Avex's "new ayu"

Ok.. so when the drama is over Avex can you please give us our precious ayu tribute album right?
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the bitterness in here... lmao!

super excited for this!
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Ironically I think she looks more like Ayu in her videos than she does in an image trying to imitate her haha.

I’m excited for this though.
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Old 1st March 2020, 07:16 PM
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It doesn't help that the A BEST look is so iconic and then here she has some hairstyle that Ayu's never really had. I'm curious when we will see the first glimpses of the drama.
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