is there a way to turn avi into vob tho? it's much easier to burn vob than avi or sometimes iso..

Y'all should buy a DVD player that supports Divx, you can just place the video on the disc like you would copy it to a memory card. It'll change your life, trust me.

And otherwise Nero will probably do the job!

One question, though. If this is released on iTunes, what kind of file would it be? Would it be some strange copy-protected Apple file?

Because I wanna put it on an USB stick so I can play it on my Playstation 3, is that possible if I buy it on iTunes?

I thought iTunes stopped all that copy protection crap, but maybe not iTunes japan.

LOL.its very easy to burn the files into DVD video format.just convert them to MPEG2,and then drag it to the dvd authoring software (i believe nero can support MPEG2 also).and then,you can proceed with burning the dvd or make a menu for you.


anyway,i begin to love hymne ,especially the clap hand part.can't wait to listen to my CD rip (which i believe will be at least a little better quality than this? :P)

Well... it'll definitely be released on the US and UK iTunes. I'm sure Japan will get it too, but she's tweeted about it in English and it'd be pointless to only release it for Japan.

it depends on the dvd player.

the iso's I've been writing to disc play in mine...but I know they don't work in all.

I really think she's being kind of stupid to release it this way. They should just make a dumb dvd and release it like an official dvd. It'd sell tons.

well, can someone tweet her to release it on dvd? if ayu fans convinced max to release an ayu trance 4, after not having one for 7 years, I don't think it would hurt to hint to them that we would love a dvd.

A little something I did while "studying" for midterms. Its a bit sloppy but all in good fun.

^ THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE

Everything is so sparkling.. the booklet, the case, the discs.. :yes

I hate saying this, but has Hikki actually cared for her fans?

I can't remember her ever doing anything for her fans, or even expressing her love for us.

Or maybe I missed her big confession? :laugh

lol yeah..so next time she comes on I'm gonna spam her again.

Any help is welcome.

I was surprised no one was spamming her about the tour in the first place. She wouldnt have even said anything!

Oh. But she will definitely know now that we want a physical dvd.

i think she responded "i love you too" to a fan during a concert who screamed "I LOVE YOU HIKKI" or something :laugh

Yeah, I remember this.
But she has no songs about her fans, and I don't remember her ever addressing them (I've been following her since First Love). She may have in some magazine interview though.

address her fans?:roflmao maybe is not written in the contract ack ack.

what she could have done is say I'm taking a break and not release anything at all.
so yeah

^Or she could have just not said anything and went on hiatus for a few years and make us think she disappeared or died.

Final Distance is dedicated to a fan who died and wanted to be like utada when she grew up. That's something. :/ It's not like utada has to say anything. My parents would get pissed at me if I didn't say "hello" every time I walked in the house. they know I'm not trying to ignore them, but I don't feel like saying it every time. Why does utada have to say anything? It's not her style to be all open to the fans. It never was.

To be honest, I don't even need a song written about "us fans". They tend to be overly sappy "THANK-YOU-OMFG" songs. XD

^ I agree
EXACTLY!

^Has this been discussed before in hikki's thread? :P

Anywayz I agree that it's not hikki's style to openly address her fans. All I need is new stuff from her :P. She can then hide for another half a decade and release something new by the time I hit 35... lol.

Hikki seems like a cold and distant person at times. I've seen on TV shows like heyx3 that she laughs and smiles so idk how I've come to that conclusion...

With some artists like Ayu and Lady Gaga for instance there's practically a visible chain attaching them to their fans, but Hikki doesn't really seem to give a crap, haha.

I find that to be fine. I don't want the sweet untainted Hikki to start becoming an attention wh**re or releasing low quality, generic material to satisfy the fans.

Anyway, there is no way in hell this album is becoming the Oricon #1 for the year. 5 weeks is just not enough. HEART STATION only did like 750,000 in 5 weeks....plus that was 2008, her sales will probably be lower this time.....so congrats to Arashi i guess. -_-

Utada Announces 2 night Yokohama Arena Concert Series “WILD LIFE”

http://blog.utada2.net/?p=1811

Hot title.

Hopefully she won't release a song like that.

There are times where her personality pisses me off...but I think she's just not a "famous" person...like, she doesn't really care to have that aspect of her life controlled by her fame...

and fame does tend to control your life. There were times where, I thought I'd totally love her if I knew her, but...I mean, I'd still love her, but I probably couldn't be around her 24/7.

Like, I could probably be around Ayu, koda, or alan 24/7 lol She kind of reminds me of Namie but more intelligent.

I'm glad she's doing another show though, and I hope she releases THAT on dvd.

Beautiful World fits with that title of the concerts

Hmm for me it's the other way around. I always have fantasies about Hikki being my best friend, and us hanging out and having intelligent discussions and stupid talk about noodles and bears together.

She reminds me of myself.

But of course I only know her from her blogs, so she might not be anything like me at all. Although I'm pretty sure she's a lot more like me than Ayu or Kuu or any other popstar.

^well, I love that part of her personality...

I don't care for the uppity, sometimes self-centered part.

People will probably get mad at me for saying that about her...but they don't have to believe it. Meh. We all have ups and downs in our personalities...still I won't disturb them in magical happy hikki land.

I really can't say anything about Utada's personality.

I like, but not love her music and I really don't know how she is like in person....

Hikki radiates an aura that belongs to those "intelligent but incapable of socialize" people. I dun think her personality is going that far, but for sure it's a bit incompatible with entertainment industry. In addition, she belongs to the group of "real musician". Her music talent is surely above standard, but her performance (i.e., something besides singing) is quite poor. It's actually quite rare to see such an artist can be at the very top of the industry. I mean, how often do you see an artist, always hiding herself, get loads of love from the general public? The hiding of course will extend an artist's "freshness" from the public. At the same time people will forget about one's existence.

IMO tho, once you strip away her singer/artist identity, her "aura" may not be that obvious. She could be just a wise lady that you can chat with, be friend with, etc.

^that's true, and honestly, it's something I've seen and have had experience with...but...I think sometimes, she ought to take some of her intelligence and look more into modesty and diligence.

I think as she ages she'll probably discover this stuff...as most people do...so...meh.

I think her and I would actually be great friends, especially since her personality mirrors a lot of those of some of my best friends...but, I think...those small things about her personality might prevent me from being as close to her, as I could.


but whatever lol we'll most likely never even meet.

I do agree...that personality is a bit incompatible...but, there are some things I wished, as an intelligent person, she would have handled differently.

I think actually, it's because she is so intelligent, that I expect more out of her, and feel more comfortable to talk to her in certain ways.

I kind of find Hikki a little anti-social at times? Look at Kouhaku for example, she always declines! Meddle with your peers for once! D:

[EDIT] And come to think of it, I love Hikki for her music - I'm happy with that.

Well... she is the daughter of one of Japan most popular singers and of one of Japan's biggest producers ever (considering he produced two of Japan biggest stars) and she was a demi-goddess pop singer since she was 15... IMO the only things that really prevented her from going all Britney and freaking out like most of children big stars, are:
-She lived on a place where she was the biggest star of the decade but also lived in a place where she was pretty much nobody
- Her mother had already given up on fame, what means that her family most likelly knows it's dark side...


She herself said she was pity for Britney cuz she knew she herself could grow like that and have similar problems, didn't she? She isn't very different from any other child start raised and produced by money hungry parents IMO... the good thing is that she was able to handle it pretty well considering everything...

She's so pretty

http://www.emimusic.jp/hikki/profile/image/prof_ph.jpg

wwwwwwoooo
so dreamy

Gorgeous.

A photo book(let) bundled with SC2 would be a dream come true for me.

http://web23.twitpic.com/img/1801453...f1200-full.jpg
http://web12.twitpic.com/img/1801457...f1200-full.jpg

Booklet pictures? Please.....

Cool jacket! I want it!

And she looks GORGEOUS :luv2

Beautiful pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't she look like YUI? I dunno but I get that vibe....

It's definitely the haircut :yes and actually the outfit kind of looks like something YUI would wear :laugh

the pics won't show for me ;_; could someone please reupload them? (to imageshack or smt)

I think most fans can agree that she isn't the most likable entertainer out there. But it's true what someone else said about her being a brilliant person but lacking social skills. She has such an incredible amount of talent, but she's not a celebrity or an idol, not that she even cares to be one.

If she really is anything like the way she's presented herself in all of her American interviews... I don't think I'd be friends with her if say we went to school together... She'd be the girl I admired for her talent or something but didn't want anything to do with if that makes any sense.

^ That's not the only one. I saved both full-size pictures, so here you go :)

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4219/20101i.jpg
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/2742/20102bg.jpg

^ thank you~ she looks great <3

Those are GORGEOUS.

Breathtaking.
: O

The pictures are really nice.

Oh I didn't know she had talked about Britney (English interviews I assume?). Her parents are weird as well. Six divorces, mom got caught at the airport with a bag of money... I remember that when she was around 16 - 17 (?? it's from her Addicted To You --> Distance period anywayz), she didn't like her dad cuz he was controlling + he didn't in good terms w/ her mom. Then later on she was with her dad side all of the sudden. I'm kinda confused for that. I think she must be lonely when she was young. When she married Kiriya she thought she would be protected and had someone to lean on. But then she realized that she was still alone and could not depend on kiriya. With additional reasons (like... their thoughts were not in the same direction?) they divorced in the end.

I guess she handled it pretty well, consider she didn't shave her head, didn't locked herself in the house for hours until the cops and firemen took her away. :P


Agree with you. She seems to be able to separate the surreal (artist) life from personal life. Her blogs may look weird sometimes (always talking about kuma, talk about her cooking, etc), but that kinda looks like a normal person's blog. And sometimes I love that she uses kuma to reveal her ideas and thoughts.


Edit: is that mount fuji in her profile pic?

So those are the covers?

This gets repeated a lot whenever the subject of her "personality" comes up -- in (indirect) reference to interviews, tv appearances, what have you -- yet I still don't have any idea of where it comes from. Seems like it's one of those "everyone knows" fan axioms that are just thrown out there ("perception is reality", etc., etc.).

So natural. <3

the cover of the collection album revealed long time ago.so,this will be for the promo or they keep it for future use

those pictures are just....amazing! utada looks amazing! :D i really love her haircut.

oh my god at the new pictures...finally!

It's like Passion, but, mellow and pretty. Although I think passion is pretty...these are more pretty lol

omg those are so ******* beautiful! it took my breath away!

YAY finally get to see Utada again..I like the concept of the photos. Gives off the serenity no doubt.

Well, ayu's fashion standard is way higher compared to hikki (we all agree with that rite? :lech). If ayu's taking a shot with a natural background like that, it'll be fine. But then she's gotta wear something trendy yet capable of blending in with the nature :P.

So... anywayz is that Mount Fuji?

If Ayu ever did a "natural" shot, it'll look just like the S/S cover. But Hikki's new pics give me bittersweet feelings no doubt.

*random appearance*


I like the new french song lol
reading most of the commentaries made me think it was gonna be crap, but nope, its alright

utada has certain quality of music, which doesn't really go down, or too up, it stays the same

and its cool that she tries new things, like singing in french a lot more this time for example.

cool cool



what

another compilation cd???!!!
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/d.html?KEY=UICL-1110

"Utada The Best"

Pointless release. :S

[EDIT] Another hint of retirement?

I like those pictures! Very fall like and peaceful... ethereal... :)

so,the photo shooting she did early on might is for this compilation cd :s

Just saw this... LOL only two albums worth :/

New Album: Utada The Best

http://www.neowing.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UICL-1110

2500円
2010/11/24
UICL-1110

1. Come Back To Me
2. Easy Breezy
3. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence - FYI
4. You Make Me Want To Be A Man
5. This One (Crying Like A Child)
6. Exodus '04
7. Apple And Cinnamon
8. Automatic Part II
9. Devil Inside
10. Kremlin Dusk
11. Sanctuary opening
12. Sanctuary ending
13. Exodus '04 (JJ FLORES Double J Radio Mix)
14. Devil Inside (RJD2 Remix)
15. Come Back To Me (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Radio Edit)
16. Dirty Desire (Mike Rizzo Radio Edit)

The title is good but the tracklist is just :no

I see they're really milking her for every last penny >< I'm still probably going to end up buying the US version (which is obviously....soon to come)

EDIT: well....I take that back....it does have all the good English songs she's ever done....

A radio show host tryed to make her bash Britney in the USA, saying that Britney had no talent and specting Hikki to agree with him, and she said something about being pity cuz she could see herself on the same situation or something...

One of Ayu's most beautiful photoshot is very natural actually... one from (miss)understood era...

God how can you release a best of album after only 2 albums? Basically combining both albums together with a bunch of remixes. Completely pointless. :/

That's soooo ridiculous. smh

Because she never intends to come back and make anymore albums.

So in a way it's viable. Besides. It has been years since Exodus.

I wish there were more exodus songs on the tracklist...but I guess I can see why she only included those...

You know what would be better?

UTADA the Best + In The Flesh live CD

But again, they half ass everything and think every little thing she releases is pure gold...and again the fans will lap it up...so :shrug

Would have been nice to have some extra english songs too, but I guess we can't ask for too much really. :/ The only thing that will make it worth buying is if the In The Flesh dvd was coupled with it.

^ack you reminded me I'm supposed to spam her muahahaha


yeah extra english songs would have great. This all is just....meh....

I wouldnt call that Best

Spam hikki time when she's on twitter? Oh yes.

I concur. SPAM TIME.

I'm loving this release, who's with me? :luv2

The more CD's she belts out, the better!

And besides, I don't actually have the song Sanctuary in my physical discography (I bought TITO JP version), so that's a nice addition.

(but I do admit.. an In The Flesh combination would be a lot better)

I mean...
Where is Simple and Clean..?
And WUT!? No Hotel Lobby!? *NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO* :no

I mean i purchase that **** cause i'm a Hikki Fan, BUT can we just spamtwitt her for adding those songs too and In The Flesh Tour 2010 with this!?

LOL....what should be done is.....only the people who buy this album will have an access code to the ITF concert footage on iTunes :P We all know this album isn't going to sell itself.....but yeah....even though she didn't become a hit in the US doesn't mean that the 35,000 people who did buy the album are worthless to the company....its kind of Hikki's fault anyway for not putting in any effort to promote....I hope IDJ will learn and drop her for good. It'll be a relief for the both of them. For now they'll still milk her for every last cent. Even BoA with her flop released a deluxe edition so this actually isnt quite a shocker....

I think this "The Best Utada" will be the end of her EPop conquest. I'm actually happy about this because I dun really like her Epop. Also, it's meaningless to release new English songs in the future if she's not doing better promotions.

This makes me think... is she the one taking control of what promotions should be made, or a team design such (poor) promotion tactic for her? The tactic they use in Japan obviously doesn't work with the US market.

I just bought This Is The One last week and the songs are pretty catchy but I was right the lyrics are just atrocious (for Hikki).


Hikki looks so gorgeous~

yea she went a little bit mainstream on TITO with the lyrics, I think.. Exodus was a masterpiece lyrical-wise :)

I will not accept another negative word about her Utada career!!

Hotel Lobby, Kremlin Dusk and Animato.

Isn't that enough quality to convince people her E-pop was definitely worth the trouble?

^lol not particularly when you compare them to her Japanese songs :/

I mean, dont get me wrong, I love her Utada career...but...I have to say, her Japanese stuff does own it. I guess that's what people say mostly as well...

I don't think she went too "mainstream" with the lyrics though. No one in the mainstream industry has lyrics like she does, nor would ever have, because they kind of sound like one big joke.

Meh, she had the opportunity to do whatever she wanted, and she took it lol I probably would have too...


anyway, the saving grace of her Utada career, for me, is YMMWTBAM, Kremlin Dusk, and Devil Inside lol

I LOVE her English stuff! Actually, percentage wise (of what she has in each language), I think there are more English songs I like, than Japanese.

ugh.. automatic part II on the best?

No?

LOL what a useless release. Whatever, let her do whatever she wants. Although, I wish she included In The Flesh with Utada The Best rather than make it ~online stream~

How many people here think she herself decided on this release? She might have her own management, but that doesn't mean she has full control on EVERYTHING she does. This was most likely a move by the record company, as was the case for Gackt's Eleventh Day Single Collection, right before he made the move from Nippon Crown to Avex.

Me too! Her English songs are great. She had great jpop songs too, but a lot of not so great ones are mixed in.

I hope her English career doesn't totally end, altho it would not surprise me.

TITO songs shouldn't be in the best just ewww

:rolleyes Lol, JK if you can't catch the sarcasm. I agree.

this

http://img.hmv.co.jp/News/images/top...1_news_uh4.jpg
http://img.hmv.co.jp/News/images/top...1_news_uh5.jpg
http://img.hmv.co.jp/News/images/top...1_news_uh3.jpg

It'd be such a shame if these weren't released in a booklet :o

More *____*

I especially like the last one. Her face is like "oooo I'm going to haunt you for the next six years until I release something agaaaaain..."

1st Shot: LOL nothx
2nd Shot: Gorgeous, actually
3rd Shot: LOL nothx