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Brings back memories ^^
The ship was so awesome ^^
Can't wait for the DVD, but I guess it will be a long wait again...

Have a look: http://www.veoh.com/videos/v14552478ssYZheMT

And also have a look at this thread on AHS: http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76177 for more pictures & info.

Together with the announcement of the album, also comes the information about the concert tour of this album.

There are 3 dates planned:

October 24th 2008: O-EAST in Tokyo
October 30th 2008: DIAMOND HALL in Nagoya
November 14th 2008: Namba HATCH in Osaka (right on my birthday ^^)

Doors open at 18h and concert starts at 19h.
Tickets are 5000yen (standing, no seats)

After 7 singles and some anime character singles, Hirano Aya is finally releasing her first full album. Title and track listing is still unknown, but the album will be released on July 16th 2008. As bonus a special AYA pack is included, of which the contents are still unknown as well. She has already quite a repertoire of songs to fill 2 albums. Will she just stick to (a selection of) the official singles? Will there be new material on the album? Still many questions ;p

Update June 2nd 2008:
On her blog, Aya announced the title of her first album as "Riot Girl" with accompanying PV (is Riot Girl also a song on the album?). From looking her webpage, songs included in the track listing are: Breakthrough (album version), Bouken Deshou Deshou?, Asu no Prism, Yorokobi no Uta (Asu no Prism's second track), LOVE GUN, NEOPHILIA, MonStAR, Maybe I Can't Good-bye, and supposedly new tracks as well. So the album will include all of her solo single A-tracks, one B-track and one B-track from an anime ED single.

Update June 17th 2008:
Again on her blog, Aya posted what seems to be preview of the album cover. She also mentions that the PV is ready. Only one month to go until the release ;p

Update June 18th 2008:
Aya just posted a bigger image of the cover, which I think is very cute ^^
Also new picture on her website & blog.

Update (2) June 18th 2008:
After consulting with the official Lantis website, it seems that the full track listing has been published! And also a preview of the RIOT GIRL PV

1. LOVE GUN
2. HERO
3. MonStAR
4. Asa no Prism
5. Breakthrough (Album version)
6. Bouken Deshou Deshou?
7. Aimai Scream
8. Yorokobi no Uta
9. Maybe I Can't Good-bye
10. NEOPHILIA
11. Harmonia Vita
12. For You
13. Hoshi no kakera
14. RIOT GIRL

Keep you updated on more info ;p

Support Hirano Aya!

It seemed like a dream come true. X Japan were finally together again, did some awesome concerts after almost 10 years, AND announced an international world tour with a concert in Paris, Taipei and New York. But now the sad news comes that Yoshiki has problems with his health.

Yoshiki has long had a chronic herniated disc and tenditis. Doctors ordered him to wear a corset during the concerts in May, which he did not. And it also worsened during the tribute concerts in May for Matsumoto "hide" Hideto.
This explains why he wore a neck band in the past concerts, as I didn't know about his actual condition, although I expected something like this.
He is supposedly recovering in his home in Los Angeles, but the concerts are postponed until further notice...

Gambatte Yoshiki!!

Source: ANN

Hirano Aya, the famous seiyuu of Haruhi & Lucky Star, will be releasing her first trading cards.
They will be out in July 2008.
Aya will also be releasing her first album "Riot Girl" on July 16th.

The official site of the trading cards
12 preview cards (aren't they lovely ^^)

With the immense title "Tour 2007-2008 Stacked Rubbish Grand Finale [Repeated Countless Error] In Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogiba Daiichi Taiikukan", the GazettE will release the dvd of the finale of their last concert tour on August 6th 2008. According to CDJapan, the main concert will have 18 songs and 2 encores with 8 additional songs. They will perform nearly every song from the album Stacked Rubbish and from their latest single Guren. And with a nice personal favorite, also Cassis <3 (which they didn't perform in Germany or Shizuoka when I attended their concert there). So I can't wait to see it!

The dvd will be released in two formats: a regular 2-dvd version and a limited 3-dvd version with poster and 60-page booklet. There is also a third version, a European version of the regular 2-dvd edition with English subtitles.

Regular 2-dvd edition:
Catalog no: KIBM-177
Price: 6090yen

Limited 3-dvd edition:
Catalog no: KIBM-90177
Price: 9765yen

Hirano Aya's newest release is an anime character single called Unnamed World. It is the ED song for the anime Nijuu mensou no Musume (or The Daughter of Twenty Faces) in which she also voices the main character Chiko. Because it is a character song, it is not part of her single series as a solo artist, so it's not her 7th single.
This single also features her new look, which we had already seen on her photo blog. It gives her a less playful and a more serious style and look.

Release date: April 23rd 2008
Catalog number: LACM-4485

Tracklisting:
1. Unnamed World
2. Maybe I can't good-bye
3. Unnamed World (OFF VOCAL)
4. Maybe I can't good-bye (OFF VOCAL)

Support Hirano Aya :
Hirano Aya - Unnamed World on YesAsia

Here's a piece of the PV:

So the signs were true about a new singles: shooting PV for extended version mirror and her recent recording of a new song called Life.
Ayumi Hamasaki will be releasing a special anniversary single called "Mirrorcle World". It will be released in 4 versions: 2 CD and 2 CD+DVD. They will all include "Mirrorcle World" and "Life" (and the PV and making of for Mirrorcle World on the DVD). The difference is that one CD/CD+DVD version will include a 10th anniversary version of YOU and the other CD/CD+DVD version will include Depend on You. Both songs will have been rerecorded for her 10th anniversary. Also, the CD+DVD case will be a DVD portrait box, just like DVD movie box.

Chart Update:
She has done it again, it was close but she did it again! She got the weekly number 1 position. It was close by just 5000 copies with number 2. She sold 145576 copies in her first week, that is more than her previous single in total. But this makes her #1 single streak to 18 consecutive number #1 singles and her 30th number #1 single.
Week 1 sales: 145576 copies (#1)
Week 2 sales: -

Updates:
April 16, 2008: Chart positions week 1
March 13, 2008: Covers added
March 3, 2008: added

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