I see what you mean. When I think about it more, if there was such a rhetorical 'photobook' I've made up, this cover would probably seem most to be the actual cover LOL. I think I'll be able to decide exactly how I feel about it once the other two covers surface.

I so want a body shot, but at the same time, there are so few covers with just Ayu's face.

Simple and pretty.

Cover has a very warm and elegant look to it, curious how the 1st press poster is going to look like.

me too. she looked the best in Startin'/Born to Be and INSPIRE cover.

The cover is pretty. I'm kinda over the close up shots and would like something a little different, but this is just one cover. Also, it isn't ugly, so I can't complain.

OK, I'm gonna listen to the MOON song. Never mind the covers. After all, the songs are the reason why I buy her CDs, anyway! *stupid me*

.. I don't think she looks over photoshopped at all :/

Her already flawless skin + makeup and there really isn't much left to retouch. I mean, it looks exactly like her. She looks doll-ish, yea, but she probably does straight out of the camera.

Wow you're right! It does look like Moments a lot!

I think some people use "over photoshopped" as an excuse for not liking something. I would bet many people don't even know what they're talking about when it comes to photoshop.

I can go on iTunes Japan and buy Moon by itself I love the song and I don't want to be deprived of it, I don't want the ugly CD+DVD cover to taint my CD collection. It's just ugly. Why won't people wake up? What happened to the million dollar productions, no wonder her sales are dying she doesn't even try anymore to be creative. Maybe it's time she retires.

Don't tell me to "BECOME" a fan, I've been a fan of her for along time, I appreciate her older material from 1995 to part of 2009.. In 2010 its all going to down hill..

I only come on this once good site to find artist updates and stuff, But I think it's about time I leave. Ayumi fans are just childish idiots these days.

Probably. Seems like some people also don't seem to get that Ayu doesn't even really make creative/innovative covers. If you look at her discography, most (if not all) of her covers are Ayu looking pretty. What's so bad about having that now? Jeez. I feel like people were expecting moons and flowers just like how people were expecting guitars and clowns on Rock'n'Roll Circus. -rolls eyes-

And if she did that, people'd talk about how tacky and predictable Ayu was with the covers. So it's lose-lose with some people no matter what Ayu does! Haha!

i thought the same thing it took me some time to realize its ayu

Its a pretty simple cover...love her hair and everything...the only thing I don't like is the bright light shining on her left side.

So the other two covers will be up in like five minutes, right?

TeamAyu is apparently crashing as we speak, so... they might be uploading them now.

Internal server error for TA.. they should be putting them up now

she doesnt look like a japanese girl, she looks like a black girl

Er who lol?????????

I didn't see it at first but since a lot of people have mentioned it, she does look a lot like Miliyah Kato in the cover. Weird.

Uh.. you're talking about Miliyah Kato and not Ayu, right? She's the one with the, to put it nicely, painfully obvious fake lips after all.