^ I doubt so since you said you are gonna recieve it on the 1st of August. There is no way the OS press would be produced so quickly.

umm what does OS stand for? @_@

It means Overseas, generally used for Taiwan, Hong Kong and China (and sometimes Korea). But for some reason the Hong Kong press is always cheaper than the Taiwan one.

I didn't think any OS presses were coming with a poster? But lucky for you I guess. :irked

oh i see, lol, so i'm getting the japanese version? i was thinking about that too, i thought, but since the songs have already been translated before, it would be released faster than a new album with all new songs...

edit: most OS versions have posters, well i know ayu does, but this is my first time with namie~

Posters do come with OS presses. However in some cases, it doesn't. Like 60s70s80s and Kuu's Kingdom. ;)

oh but i thought i saw a kingdom poster...actually 3 of them stuck on a box

edit: i'm picking it up from the store, it's not being mailed to me

What's in? What's out?

Maybe a bit late but I just have to say I really love Namie's A-Nation goods.
I think they are awesome. :yes

I'll have to disagree. I'm quite disappointed with her goods this year, in fact the only thing I liked was the hat, everything else was meh. :P

Papi, we r on the same road!!:yes
I did have a carefyl look at all the ITEMs of other artists, personally I think that Namie's are the best! I hate GIRLY stuffs ! At least Namie's ones look more Funky than the other(except the T-shirt)

lol. Changed your mind have you. xD You told me yesterday you hated them. :innocent

You hate them or you love 'em. I love 'em.
But personally I like Ayu's A-Nation goods the best!

Let's all pray Namie will perform DMM and Sexy Girl on A-Nation '08 (^0^)

Yeah, hopefully, I'm dying to see a live performance of them both. xD!

I doubt Warner SG will be so nice 1

it usually takes about a month or so for OS presses to hit the shops . I know cos I'm still waiting for ayaka's Sing to the Sky to be sold here :weep

for GUILTY it's a miracle the SG press of the CD + DVD edition of it hit stores 1 week after the release date in Japan which's a rarity !

I did!?! Nope, dear! Haha! Take a look at this:
aussie_dude91@hotmail.com (7/19/2008 10:25:35 AM): Oh, by the way. Eww...I don't like the Namie goods for a-nation 08. xD
aussie_dude91@hotmail.com (7/19/2008 10:25:59 AM): The good thing maybe is the hat.
aussie_dude91@hotmail.com (7/19/2008 10:26:04 AM): Everything else is blah...
Rocky Raven (7/19/2008 10:26:15 AM): well!? that r not NAMIE's goods
Rocky Raven (7/19/2008 10:26:21 AM): it's A NATION GOODs
Rocky Raven (7/19/2008 10:26:31 AM): so i dont care it beautiful or not!^^
aussie_dude91@hotmail.com (7/19/2008 10:26:37 AM): haha.
aussie_dude91@hotmail.com (7/19/2008 10:26:53 AM): I wasn't gonna buy any, I just wanted to mention it. ROFL

Anyway, when often will the A-NATION DVD be realeased!?!

Why did you post our convo in this thread!? ROFL. :innocent

Who knows when it's gonna release. Maybe early next year. =S

http://blog.pixnet.net/ayumi0410

look at the top, it says *BEST FICTION* 7/31 ON SALE (8/1 Taiwanese Version)

wow

if that's true that's VERY fast & efficient of Avex Asia to pull off the OS press !

Ah, so your copy will be the JP pressing then or are they taking orders for the OS presses now?!

Doesn't YesAsia ship pre-orders always earlier then the release date? *has hope*

I think so, well, at least they did that when I bought PLAY from them last year! =D

i would think it's the OS, cause 400 something bucks in Taiwan is WAY TOO CHEAP for a JP version
400 something taiwanese dollar is about $14
JP would be like $30, that's how much i saw a Secret CD was

I'm not sure because they don't tend to accept preorders of OS presses of items

I know bcos I emailed them regarding the OS press of ARASHI's One Love single

that's true

it doesn't make sense if the Japan press's more cheaper than the Taiwan press

it seems wrong

Ah, ok! Are we talking CD ONLY version? Because even $30 would be cheap for a CD+DVD JP Press.

just a CD only was $1000 taiwanese dollars, so US dollars is 30% less, so it would be about $30

Ok, ok! That makes sense. Yeah, well, that price is equal to the RRP for most of the CD ONLY releases.

I wonder if BEST FICTION will have a booklet? Namie's "booklets" have been lacking for the last 2 albums. D:

Really?! I wouldn't know seeing as I keep mine sealed. xD.

^oh my... are you sure about that?

yeah... play is REALLY lack of picture (but fortunately, the great songs in the CD cover up them), in QOHP, its still acceptable cause namie in pink, the female pink panther and the newspaper is really really cute!

Ah, thanks for that. Now, at least I have an idea what's underneath the sealed wrapping. I know I sound dumb for not opening them, but I only open CDs if I need to rip them, in this case I don't need to, hence my reasoning why I never took off the packaging.:innocent

LOL...You are like me ayu-mix =P

I can take pics of both booklets if you'd like, I really wish there were pictures in the booklet, but I do like that the PLAY booklet is a picture of a whip when it's folded out.

Would you do that!? Ah, Thank you very much. =]

They will be taken from my cell phone though, so they won't be the BEST quality.

hey papi we r same again!!!
Swear to God that I never open something important unless i really need them n i cant download them...!:yes <--- My Mom tell me that I was Crazy for that!Haha! She never understand!

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/4...0549un0.th.jpg
IN this pic I only took one shot of 2 lyrics because the rest of the booklet is JUST like this page.
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/3...0550aj0.th.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/4...0551tl7.th.jpg
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1...551aup7.th.jpg

Thank you so much ^^ =D

I really like the newspaper style of that pink panther picture. Coolness! =D

No problem...I really love the QOHP one especially the pic on the back.

Yeah the QoHP one was decent due to the newspaper. PLAY is just ugh. I was expecting MUCH more. Her STYLE album had a decent booklet, I don't get why she doesn't get good booklets now. D:
I am hoping BEST FICTION will do better with the packaging since it's a BEST album and now that Namie is getting attention again.

Also did anyone notice the fake ad on the back of the newspaper thing? It says "QOHP RADIO 87.5FM, BLACK MUSIC ONLY!!!"
I laughed so hard when I saw that the first time, I mean Namie isn't even black. XDDD

The First Press should be like this *:lech*:

- Digipack
- OBI
- Special glitter text
- decent booklet
- stunning poster

Did I forgot something?

That should be the whole package. Although I was hoping there'd be stickers or something as well though. =[ But still I'm happy with it nevertheless. =D

Stickers would be awesome. Or a keychain.

The picture on my "newspaper" is different. O_O

I doubt they will remove the digipak. And I'm pretty sure there will be a poster since its an album. Even Mirrorcle World included the poster

yeah something like the 1st presses of FUNKY TOWN where you will get the disco ball keychain which's really cool

i have the different pics too, yours is the pic of pink panther and namie pink panther dancing in the brazil view right? i think ours arent the first edition

Well, then, mine would be the same as yours because mine isn't First Press either.

Huh I never knew about that ;o Does it come with the CD or CD + DVD version?..or both?

I believe it came with both, one gold disco ball and one silver., and that's odd...about the QOHP version, but my stepdad and mom ordered it for me when I was out of town so it might be an OS version...I think it has a sticker on the front of the case.

Anyone got the QOHP US version only? I was lucky to have found it at a mini store here in my Japantown. Lucky find I must say. It wasn't for sale in Japan, only the US.

^ wat...Queen of Hip Hop had a US release? Does it look different?
Ohhh nice on yesasia/cdjapan etc. it doesn't say anything about Funky Town having first press bonuses...so I guess it comes no matter what :luv2 Funky Town definitely raises on the "stuff by Namie" I need to get list :o

Oh, so does it still come with the keychain!? I so want the single now, but hey, wait, is it for the CD ONLY as well as the CD+DVD!? I was planning on buying the CD ONLY.

CD + DVD comes with a gold one, while CD only comes with a silver. I was planning to buy the CD only one also :yes

& if I'm correct with regards to 1st press items of Queen Of Hip Pop , it comes with pink panther stickers

anyone has a pic of the stickers ? I haven't seen them before

It looks the same and all but this particular one was only meant for sale outside of Japan. I thought it was weird too O.o

Here's a pic that I posted in the 3rd asian collection thread.
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6852/p7180001tk3.jpg

That looks like a Chinese pressing to me because it has that CRSC logo on it. All my Ayu albums have that on it symbolising it's Chinese press. By the way, who told you it was a US Release!?

EDIT: I'll post a pic and show you what I mean! =P

EDIT II:
Here. Now you see the CRSC logo at bottom in orange, well, that's what I wanted to point out!

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/6469/image026fr9.jpg

^yeah ayuta! there's a sticker showing its a china version^^ i dont really like china version...

Namie's featured on the latest ViVi. She looks strange on the cover, but okay on the inner pages. Bad eye makeup and nose shadows on the cover are probably why it looks so weird and un-Namie. Here's the cover and a preview.
http://xs129.xs.to/xs129/08302/A272.jpg http://xs129.xs.to/xs129/08302/g531.jpg

Ooh pretty! She looks great on the cover except her face. :D

She looks so wierd on the cover.
I prefer the other picture, she looks better there ^_^.

Indeed, she looks weird, but even still, she looks gorgeous.
Thanks for sharing it.

I really like the outfit that she's wearing in the cover of ViVi but her facial gesture & the makeup's a :no

I honestly don't see a problem with her face, I think she looks great. :yes

Terrible face but yep the outfit Roks!!!
I really want to see a-nation now!

The outfit is definitely nice, although not to sure about the face! =]

I love the outfits she wears <3
So gorgeous.

The face for the cover is kinda badly photoshopped. :\

But the rest are gorgeous <3

I have some new scans of ViVi, Spring and PINKY up at NNN!!

looks out Pommy's right in that the Taiwan press for BEST FICTION will be out on 1st Aug !

They even listed down the serial no. for the CD only edition which's AVEX Music AVJCD10365 .

No word on a Taiwan pressing of the CD + DVD edition though

EDIT -- ok the serial no. for the CD + DVD edition's AVEX Music AVJCD10365/A

after seein' the HQ scan...I have to say that I feel sorry for that BEAUTIFUL outfit of the Cover +___+! Her face is...Monstery

Wow, she looks terrible! Plastic surgery gone wrong?

Only the cover...I wish they would never use that Cover +___+!!!

She doesn't look too bad. I just hate the hair. XD

I love the scans from Spring <3
She looks so gorgeous :)

the ViVi cover is nice, but the way she's positioned is just a bit awkward. :P

*Crossing my finger for no pigtails in the new tour*, and her face on the cover makes her look like an alien, I was trying to find some love for it but it's only for the outfit...not her:(

Chinese press?!
I looked it up and this site said it was a US release only. I was so surprised o_o
but you prove them wrong mike :laugh


Namie looks gorgeous on the covers! :yatta A tiny bit strange but still amazing looking.

28　22　***,657　119,888　21　NAMIE AMURO PLAY TOUR 2007 / 安室奈美恵

nice to see the PLAY TOUR DVD still selling

Namie looks like an ugly BOA on that ViVi Cover. This is what eventually happens when one hardly ever shows emotion in what they do.

^omg its not that bad... i dont see any mistake there... and i think she's pretty!

who's the sad sod who rated this thread 1 star :eviltongu

thanks for scans truehappiness
She looks weird on the cover Oo

I think overall, Namie's photoshoots are good. There's nothing that bad about them. :O

Yeah and someone tell me how do you get an obi and a booklet when the package is a digipak? o__o;

^good question... no idea...0____0

Cover for September issue of 'LUIRE':

http://www.rittor-music.co.jp/hp/jacket/RM290809B.gif

^WOW! namie looks so fiere there! hot!!

wah so fierce

look at the way she scorned :laugh

I love that cover. Cannot wait for the HQ scans! =]

somethings up with her jaw....it looks thinner

^ The wonders of photoshop~!

Forehead! :thud

she looks like she's about to knock your brains out. :laugh

Ooooh awesome pic! :yes

LOVE THE COVER!!!...:love and EXTREMELY BETTER THAN Vivi's COVER!

In the only digipak I have, the booklet was attached to the actual package. But it's an American one so I'm unsure how Namie's situation will be handeled.

I love that Namie's on so many mag covers at the moment ^^

Wow :laugh fierce namie! fierce!

Well I did a google search and this girl's album was a digipak + came with a obi
http://www.tokyorecohan.com/im/item/...8_Pict1243.jpg
this one too
http://www.tokyorecohan.com/im/item/...9_Pict0600.jpg
So I'm pretty sure it will come with one o_o. Not sure about the booklet though. It might be one of those that fold out and the back of it is a poster, that was the case with my Bjork digipak album.

Hmm, BEST FICTION is up at KMC... is it the real thing?

apparently not, since anyone can just pile up those singles (since their released already) and just stick in the promo rips of sexy girl and do me more, and poof, you've got yourself an unofficial rip of BEST FICTION.