Is Play-Asia a good online cd site to use?

I took a look at it before, and it seemed to me they specialize more in video games than music. (is this correct?)

I don't know a lot of people on AHS who use Play-Asia, so I'm just curious about your experiences with the site, like how fast the shipping was, delivery, etc. :)

For now, I will just stick with HMV and YesAsia to get J-pop CD's, but I might add Play-Asia to my list if it's good, lol.

Play-Asia is okay. I only buy from them when they have a sale, if I have a coupon, or if I'm looking for an OS press that I can't find at YesAsia.

Their prices are usually less than YesAsia and their shipping is not too expensive: it usually costs around $3.50-5.00 USD for a single album (depending on how many discs it has) and is also pretty fast. I always go for the cheapest option (Air Mail) and usually get my items in 6-8 business days - which is about the same length of time that it takes me to get my orders from YesAsia.

My only complaints with Play-Asia are that sometimes you might get an album with a broken case (this happened to me twice), they won't cancel your order if they can't find what you want (they'll just keep on looking for it, even if it's impossible to find), and that they charge your credit card up-front even if they have to search for an item from their suppliers.

^ @ FirstKlas: I see, thanks for the info about Play-Asia.

I think for shipping on HMV, I pay around the same as it is on Play-Asia. I don't like
how they charge depending on how many discs there are, hmm... so if I order like a CD+2DVD or 2CD+2DVD, it will be more expensive than a 1 CD. :/

And you got broken cases twice? :eek

Hmm... I guess I'll use Play-Asia if I can't find what I am looking for on HMV or Yesasia, thanks again for the info. :)

^No problem. :)

I found an old scanner and decided to scan the MYUSIC booklet to try it out.

The scans turned out pretty good, IMO. ;)

^thanks!! Love the scans!!! :luv2

Thanks for the scans, firstklas. :)

Thanks for the scans! I like all of her different styles in the booklet.

Thanks for the booklet!!
Ohh and I really like free, it's really catchy!

OMFG thank you for the scans! i needed yu scans so badly :laugh

free PV up :)
http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89529

^ Thanks for the link

Yu looks fantastic with short hair :love

the "free" PV was AMAZING. yu looked fierce while singing with that microphone, lol. and she looked just STUNNING in the dancing scenes. this is her best PV sice, like, REAL YOU? :laugh but i think this is my favorite yu PV ever. :love

i gotta agree kaori. meisa (as much as i like her music) is just waay too sexy with her music and overall image. yu is more real and not over the top. she beats meisa 110% :yes

haha, i like meisa's music, but i don't love it or anything. yu really CAN sing, though. you can't deny that :yes

i just wish she'd be more active in her music. so far this year, she is. but i hope we get one more single and then an album by the end of '09 or '10.

You're welcome, everyone. :)

"free" is really good. It's got a neat rhythmic stomp-stomp thing going on.

I'm tempted to buy the single, or rather, to be more exact, I'm tempted to buy *it* and the rest of Yu's singles since it looks like she's moving forward with her music career. I was always worried that since she's an actress, she'd just quit singing if she wasn't as successful as she'd hoped - but even that doesn't bug me as much anymore: even if she does eventually quit at least she'll have given us some great songs, and hopefully another album, beforehand.

I agree with this. Meisa is a little too sexy with her image and it's a shame because she's so beautiful and she doesn't have to be. She doesn't need to be rolling around a bed in red lingerie for anyone to look at her. :P

I loved "free". The song is great and the PV is her best, imo.
Thanks for the MYUSIC scans!

I agree so much. Yu looked really hot and fierce even if she messed up on her arm movements. "fietsa!fiesta!" is still my fave Yu Pv but "free" is now number two. I gonna go watch it again.

I listened to and watched her new song and pv. I really don't like free. I feel like it's a mix of bad amrecans songs like I hate

I also watched the new pv, and I don't really like it.

Hmm... maybe it might grow on me eventally/later, and I'll have to play it some more times.

ugh...

-- -- -- -- -- --初44　山田優 「free」

:grumpy

Not too bad. She really doesn't chart fantasically well.

Only 44.....Will she be performing on any shows?

yup, on utaban this sunday :D

GAHHH!!! :thud What???!!!!

Aw, I wish it charted higher!

It doesn't matter to me how she charts, as long as Yu keeps on making music, I'll be happy. :)

...I just hope that her label is happy and doesn't drop her.

My All's peak was #125.

luckily it just dropped one place today...

-- -- -- -- -- 44＼45　山田優 「free」

^ Are we gonna have a repeat of JYONGRI's Maybe Someday?

hopefully not :irked

i really hope not. :x

did the single leak btw?

#47 today...:(

and i don't see the single uploaded yet.

the single is up here! :D http://community.livejournal.com/win...ony/42046.html

great, thanks for the link! :D

Thanks for sharing the link howtousesexy. I hope the b-side song is good.

Weird how it doesn't have any instrumentals.

Wheee!!! Thanks! (finally........)

Yeah. Then again, not a lot people really listen to them.

Thanks howtousesexy!

"free" @ utaban: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27IeI9qJ1kQ

So, today I was browsing through HMV HK, and I came across her "MY MUSIC" album (CD+DVD) Overseas Version.

If you want to buy it, get it here: http://www.hmv.com.hk/product/japanese.asp?sku=152641

It's sold out at YesAsia, so I think HMV HK is the only place to get it now. Not too sure about Play-Asia.

Oh, and they made a funny typo on the album title, as "MYUSIC", lol. :laugh

it's not a typo. the album really is called "MYUSIC".

^ I love how the CD is spelt though, it's really creative...

Really? :o

I always thought it was MY MUSIC, oops. ^^;

Yu looks a bit confused lol. Like she's guessing what dance move is next.

Fierce Supergirl Yuu Yamada and Shun Oguri are getting married. Yay, what a couple! I love them so much.

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omg congrats!!! :heart i love them as a couple too. :)