I hope it's cheap (cuz I'm saving money for anime north. NOT gonna work there this year! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)

But knowing slavex, it's gonna cost a bill or so.

meh, starting with Love Songs I havent even opened everything I bought. I jsut get it to have it.
I download stuff to listen and watch.

I could think of the extremely original title for it too. A Box :yes:yes (Oh... I can imagine the commercial - Hamasaki Ayumi... new album. A Box)

Maybe we'll get the 16th album in March LOL.

I think April 8 would be appropriate for the A Best (These are "supposed" to be for the fans, so A Best would be more Avex designated) in my opinion. Remember Ayu didn't even want the first A Best!

I could see whatever it being, probably have the CDL 12-13 included in the &DVD/Blu version.

I have a feeling we're getting A BEST 3. Avex would save the biggest release to last and I can't see how the tour DVD is going to follow a new album.

Box set of her albums is also a cool idea, but that would potentially kill sales of individual releases. As well as that, these releases are for her fans and her fans would own some or most of her albums, so it's a bit of a dud release in that respect.

Watch it just be the tracklist of A CLASSICAL LOL! KICK TO THE FACE!

Don't give Slavex any "good" ideas.

coolness, Love again limited edition (both versions) is sold out on cd japan.
I hope this does well on the charts.

The Blu-ray with the figure/photobook edition is also unavailable from Amazon.jp!

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00AQUU8GK

The bonus for buying all five releases should be A BEST 3 for free.

But that doesn't make commercial sense.

I dont understand people being excited about a compilation album of songs they already heard and own. I literally don't understand people wanting A Best 3, it perplexes me. Lol seriously I don't understand.

I'd love this! A Song For XX definitely deserves a remake. Those 10th anniversary version songs sounded interesting, I wish she could make remake album out of them.

I think most people just know it's coming.

A BEST (ASFXX to Duty/I am... ish) - 2001
A BEST 2 (I am... to (miss)understood) - 2007
A BEST 3 (Secret to Party Queen? or FIVE?) - 2013~?

Personally, I don't really want it to happen, but there have been quite a few releases since the last one so it's definitely on the horizon. Also being her 15th anniversary, I can't help but think that it will be out eventually sometime this year if not in March or April.

We can only look forward to what will be in it along with the old 'remastered' tracks and etc... and if you can't even look forward to that, then why even pay attention at all during the release? I have a feeling we'll get some people saying "PFT WHY IS SHE RELEASING A BEST AGAAAAAAAAAIN" but probably nothing like when A COMPLETE was pulled out for the 10th anniversary. That was a rather confusing release despite selling well.

That's what i figured, but I wouldn't get my hopes up expecting there to be remastered tracks and even if I was EXPECTING something like a best-of album, that wouldn't make me want it anymore.

why was A Complete confusing when released?

A COMPLETE was also released near to A BEST 2.

A BEST 2 had just come out about a year before so it was a bit odd to get another 'compilation/greatest hits' album at that time, iirc.

"Hey, here's A BEST 2!" - in February 2007
People: Wow! That's pretty cool!

"Here's A COMPLETE ~ALL SINGLES~!!!!!" - in mid-2008 after Mirrorcle World
People: Oh...

However, the price was very good for the contents. It was priced similarly to how Yuming's best from a few months ago was for the amount of content that was in it.

No way... By the way not to be an a*hole, but are you pot? Can I get an answer too?

I'm glad you read it! I hate talking short and unintelligible... I'm very open-minded

so it wasnt confusion, people were just complaining, like always. lol.
honesty, ayumi doesnt release Best albums like the majority of the market, thankfully. But I was happy with complete singles and hopes she does another one now that it looks like she is done releasing them. I always like the extra content that comes with them since she always seems to pull out the stops for them.

Oh yeah A SUMMER BEST had a crapload of extra content. She really pulled out ALL the stops on that one!!

... Lol JK.

it did have some stuff we never had before...
but i dont really consider A Summer Best anything that special... it just seems like a last minute idea.