lol Lisa at least STRENGTH. has outsold BLADE CHORD

BLADE CHORD's sales - 26,922 which's their lowest selling single :( which sucks cos the single's amazing

Pretty good overall sales with them being gone for an eternity.

J-A-P full version in HQ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjUH1vqMRng&fmt=18

and....

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4968/photomfr.jpg

takanori shrunk?! :laugh i'm literally laughing. but i guess we now know what the setting of the PV will be like :P

It's a lot better than the last promo/profile pic. The one with the zeebra/prison outfits. Lol.

I love the new promo pic! Their tops looks so stylish!

thanks Lisa & YAY the original band logo's BACK :D

I was really missing the band logo after Simba came & suppposedly ate it :roflmao & er Lisa , Takanori's the shortest in the group , I think he stands at 1.6m ?

oh wow the link that you have provided's super HQ , awesome :D . Here's a 320kpbs rip that I did earlier on - http://sharebee.com/88c34254

enjoy

thanks for ripping the song karen! now i can put it on my mp3 player, lol.

don't mention it Lisa , I should thank you instead for finding the HQ version of the song

it's super HQ , even better than the radio rip that I had on hand

Thanks for the super HQ link!

Haha, first guy on the left head barely fits in the pic. :laugh

:roflmao

I don't why but the pic make me laughing!

:roflmao

why ? it beats having that stupid lion door orb pic for a cover , back to back somemore for a single too :dead2

Truthfully, Takanori is more eye candy than Mufasa.

:laugh

oh yes of course

for a guy that's pushing 40 it's saying something eh ?

Arigatou for the link of J A P

OMFG PV PREVIEW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC61-...el_page&fmt=18

it's kinda simple with an audience and all. i hope the full PV's better :P

O_O

is it just me or the fact that the PV preview really had some serious Linkin Park's Faint PV deja vu vibes going on when I 1st saw it ?

O_O

^ If there were orange flashing lights I definitely couldn't deny it then.
Can't stop thinking how cool it be to be in a PV with your fave artist/band.

it's the stage set up , Melody

I definitely can't help but compared the preview of J-A-P against Linkin Park's Faint when I saw the preview earlier on since both of them , concept wise , it appears to be the same for now

woot , the full PV for J-A-P is up for download via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89527

:D

the PV was amazing! i loved how all the people were dancing and ABS just jammed out to the music :cool very cool!

true but compared that against their other PVs , it's probably 1 of the more lower budgets PVs that they have on end

I don't know which's more lower budget though , I can't make up my mind between STRENGTH. & J-A-P

oh well now's to wait for the B-side , the awesome sounding Valkyrie & we're all set :cool

STRENGTH is high budget compared to J-A-P. or really, i should say that HOWLING has got to be their most simple/low budget PV, lol. J-A-P isn't as bad as HOWLING's PV :laugh but at least the songs are damn good :cool

oh yeah I totally forgot about HOWLING oops

I suppose so for STRENGTH. since with all the special effects going on

I say HOWLING & J-A-P are their more lower budget PVs at the moment

I tough exactly the same O_O

(linkin park and abs fan XD)

"valkyerie" preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGYSShr7hrY

very low quality performance of J-A-P from MUSIC JAPAN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ya9Qyk-irM

oh my Valkyrie sounds awesome & it's probably going to be another full Eng song just like their previous B-sides :cool

on jpopsuki i found MQ file
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...creeeeen/1.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/?kydr2nxjzow

ahh thank you! :D

ah awesome awesome , going to download it now :shughug

Must Takanori hide his cute face behind ugly glasses? ;_;''

LOL

he did that for INNONCENT SORROW , HOWLING as well

i actually like the glasses? :laugh

:laugh

& to think initally I thought that was Takanori's 'real' look -_-'''

I didn't know who he was. I thought T.M.Revolution was a game show. xD

:roflmao

his solo project did ring a bell & I didn't know he actually sang INVOKE til I found out much much later on after I came across abs

found this on jpopsuki

TV
2009/05/17(日) 23:30～23:59 NHK総合 「MUSIC JAPAN」
http://www.nhk.or.jp/mj/
2009/05/18(月) 20:00～20:54 フジテレビ 「HEY!HEY!HEY!」
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/HEY/index.html
2009/05/24(日) 18:00～18:48 NHK BS2 「大阪発疾走ステージWEST WIND」
http://www.nhk.or.jp/wednesday/archive/index.html

YAY for promo with regards to J-A-P :heart

Lisa has (re)uploaded the avi format of the PV via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90011

NINKI Index For J-A-P :

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/6969/singlesm.jpg

pretty good prediction , I hope it can do well

their gonna be on HEYHEYHEY! i think it's their first time?

but good NINKI :D

Cool. Three chances to see J-A-P being performed. Also, good NINKI.

I don't think so Lisa

when Nephilim was released 2 years ago , they were featured in the Telephone Box segment :laugh

you guys , you can download the J-A-P single via http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90219

:D

thanks karen! :D

Valkyrie's nice but it's a bit weaker as compared to their previous B-sides

it's a grower for sure

I look forward to get the single in due time here *__*

meanwhile I hope it will do well this week as it's released officially today in Japan

J-A-P debuted at #3 on the 1st day - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

3 abingdon boys school - 12997

pretty good! :D

edit: omg the lady voice from HOWLING is in valkyrie! i'm listening to it now and it's great! reminds me of their old songs.

it's Lisa :D & they're at #2 today with 10,170 copies

x->3->2

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

total 2 day sales so far - 23,167

yes man , I was like EH when I 1st heard Valkyrie . I was going deja vu ?

I'm going to collect the single tomorrow *___*

I will scan the CD only & uploaded it over the weekend

EDIT - I just checked my copy of the guy's self titled debut album & the voice of the lady , she goes by the name of Lynne Hobday .

You can hear her voice in HOWLING & also DOWN TO YOU when I was reading the album sleeve credits earlier on cos I just finsihed writing up my opinions on Valkyrie via my music blog

cool! thanks for the info, karen! and good 2nd day sales!

First two day's sales are awesome :cool

Agreed. Been listening to Valkyrie off and on for a while.

by later on today (since it's already Fri morning at my end) , they will outsold BLADE CHORD's total (26,922)

I don't know if J-A-P can overtake STRENGTH. (36,252) & Nephilim (35,715) total sales but we'll see

took me forever to catch hold on how it sounds like initally

it's OK now but it still needs a bit more time at my end to remember it

3rd day updates :

x->3->2->3

3rd day sales - 4,046

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

total 3 day sales so far - 27,213

awesome :D , I have a feeling that J-A-P will do even better than STRENGTH. overall in terms of sales & postion wise

I have got hold of the CD only , you can download the scans of it via http://ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88927

pic of it :

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5972/img1266y.jpg

:D

thanks for the scans, karen! the CD looks cool. and today's sales are still great!

no problem Lisa & I forgot to add this but because of the choice of colours used for the single (ie. red & white) , it reminded me of something

S'pore's own national flag

-_-'''

4th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4

because of GLAY's I am xxx which debuted at #1 today (another great single of the guys) even though the single's actual release date's on Mon so I'm surprised to see it entered the chart so soon

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

Aww, too bad at it being #4 since we won't the sales. Well, it wasn't bad the day before so no need to worry.

there're still 2 more Oricon days left Melody

but it's already more or less another top 5 single for abs :D

5th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4->4

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

still fantastic :yes (& GLAY's still #1 before ARASHI comes in to kick their ass haha :laugh even though by right I adore both artiste's music :cool)

LOL arashi will totally kick their ass :cool

but anyway, J-A-P seems to be doing better than STRENGTH's first week, right?

haha I know -_-''' . I don't know how will GLAY be charted at cos it's unusual for a Japanese single to enter the chart over the weekend . Then again KinKi Kids's Tsuyoshi single did that so it's the 2nd time it happens

& yes J-A-P's doing better than STRENGTH. maybe because it has a strong tie in with the Sengoku Basara anime as well as the PSP game Sengoku Basara Battle Heroes unlike STRENGTH.

but STRENGTH had a pretty popular anime tie-in, so i find it funny, haha. but it's great to see that the single is successful and they aren't dropping or whatever. even after a 2 year hiatus, abs still gets awesome sales! :D

oops I totally forgot that STRENGTH. was used to promote Soul Eater :dead2 but yeah all the singles that they have put out since INNOCENT SORROW have either really good/strong anime or game tie in's which's good

that & also Takanori's already famous as T.M.Revolution before he joined forces with Toshiyuki , SUNAO & Shibasaki to form abs

I hope I don't have to wait for another 14 months + for another single LMAO which was the time frame for the wait between BLADE CHORD & STRENGTH. @_@

6th day updates :

x->3->2->3->4->4->7

source - http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

quite a drop but it's another top10 hit for the guys :D

This single is so awesome, its reignited my love for A.B.S. :love Now I'm crossing my fingers for a new album release... :thud

me too

a while back ago when they went MIA , I was very worried & anxious on whether will they be releasing another new single or not

but after this year's STRENGTH. & now J-A-P , I'm back in full force in supporting abs :D After all they're 1 of the 1st few jpop acts I discovered when I started out my jpop music journey which makes things really special for me

now I really am hoping for a 2nd album & that they include BLADE CHORD & their Luna Sea's Sweetest Coma Again cover in the tracklist

ouch #7. but hopefully they got in the top 5 this week.

so has J-A-P's 1st week sales/chart position been released already ?

#4!

*4　*35,885　abingdon boys school

YAY YAY YAY :D

but next week it will outsold STRENGTH.'s total (36,252) & J-A-P already outsold Nephilim total sales slightly (35,715)

Maybe they can sell 40,000k.

quite possible

I'm real happy that J-A-P has done even better than STRENGTH. , sales wise

I just want to ask... where you find total sales? %)

From other people , it's JPM

for me it's wikipedia & Oricon haha

yea, go to jpopmusic.com/forums, go to the JPOP Central section, and find "Oricon 2009 thread".

ah thanks! finally I understand =)

Music Fair21 - 6 Jun 09
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ki-15507-1.jpg

^ o_O at Takanori's choice of outfit

I thought I was looking at a girl initally :roflmao

& I thought the Nephilim outfits were weird but cute T_T

^ Me too! I was like, did I click on the wrong thread?!

And then I realized it was Takanori, LOLz.

LMAO only Takanori dares to pull off such a stunt & he's going to turn 39 this Sept :thud

LOL those outfits :laugh thanks for the live.

I'm still staring HARD at Takanori's outfit , I can imagine someone else like ayumi , Koda & let alone Chisa can wear that hot outfit with ease LMAO LMAO LMAO :roflmao :rofl

ANYWAY :innocent , I hope that they can release another single or better yet a new album this year *__* , that will be awesome

:laugh :laugh :laugh
Totally thought it was a woman then looked up, yes it's the abs thread. Sad Takanori looks a woman and didn't need to put effort into it. I've seen men wear short kimonos and they managed to look manly.
:roflmao

:roflmao

oh Melody ILU on what you said :lmfao

found this on MUCC OHP

eee they're going on tour , I want to be in Japan now :grumpy

I hope they can release their 2nd album or a new single soon . I still love STRENGTH & J-A-P at this point in time :heart

I wonder who is all going? hmm
Takanori better not wear that kimono to either of the two days.

:roflmao

well they wore knits in Nephilim & at this time , nothing will surprise me I think

abs new song Kiminouta(?) will be opening for anime Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 !!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg omg omg omg

EXCITED now ! & my younger sister said that it's Kimi no Uta , it's not bunched together & I'm having a nagging feeling it might be a ballad . I want another Nephilim pleaseeee

My sister might be going to watch it when Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 starts airing next month because of abs xD xD

at least I will not be waiting for another 14 months for a new single now LMAO

I hope chances of getting a 2nd album this year will be high :heart

Woot, I'm excited for the new song! :D

and today i was JUST thinking that maybe UVERworld will get the OP :weep

LOL but yay for a new abs song! :tipsy i'm very happy.

LOL :laugh

I hope this means that abs will be releasing their 2nd album this year , I'm crossing fingers for that

TOP 100 SINGLES

60 *,*48,289 **3,466 J-A-P / abingdon boys school 09/05/20

86 *,*36,857 ***,*** STRENGTH． / abingdon boys school 09/02/25

woo for J-A-P overtaking STRENGTH. <3

very happy to see their sales increasing :D

Yay for a new abs song!

Karen, that guy's hair in your ava scares me.

:roflmao

Melody , he's the dude that's married to ayaka , Mizushima Hiro :heart

I hope Kimi no Uta will be released as a single . I kinda have a feeling it might be a ballad

I want another Nephilim please !

Wow, Hiro's hair bothered me so much I didn't recongize him :laugh
Wouldn't be too bad if Kimi no Uta was a ballad, abs doesn't really have alot (like 2?).

LOL LOL

yeah abs doesn't have much ballads in their discography . So far Nephilim's the only ballad single that they have put out

very small piece of new song

Me like! (I think all abs songs, actually, lols)

ahh it's kinda ballad-ish! but i love it so far :D

yeah, it sounds not so happy
but I like it )