lol what's the difference between chinese and english? they mean the same thing XD

^ When I read it in Chinese I just :laugh... it's so cute and funny!

That's so cheap. Well it does say "Bargains" anyway, but, that doesn't matter for us :laugh

Wow, thanks for sharing. The numbers and side noises are quite annoying though but I love Ai no Uta the most. I wish that was the original PV. :yes

Alive performance was pretty!
She sung it almost perfectly.
I'm really looking forward to more performances from Alive and Physical Thing.
(I'm glad she promotes both songs, it's a double A side)

Kuu @ Kamui Gaiden Premiere:

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...20Gaiden/7.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/10.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/19.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/20.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/23.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/25.jpg

Credit: Mainichi

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...252837243c.jpg

Credit: Oricon

Edit: More photos... ;)

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...347_03_400.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...021_10_400.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...701_11_400.jpg

Credit: Walkerplus

:luv2:love

:love

She looks stunning!

she looks beautiful!! i loled at the 5th pic though, shes so short!!! XD

The other women aren't that bigger, they're just standing a step above Kuu (litteraly). XD

Added more photos to my original post... ;)

thanks for the photos of her

she looks great & so beautiful <3

Thanks, Luver! :heart

I'm just wondering...isn't Anna Tsuchiya in the movie?
Why wasn't she on the premiere?

Thanks Luv!
absolutely gorgeous!! :luv2

Totally gorgeous!
Thanks!

she looks great in that red carpet

Ahh I love her dress :heart

Wow! She's gorgeous! Lovin' that dress.

Kuu looks gorgeous in the photos of Kamui Gaiden Premiere! She looks really beautiful and her smile is really sweet. The dress is pretty nice too. And the Alive performace is just... :heart Too good for works. Her dress was sooo beautiful and her vocals were nearly perfect! I want more performances like this!

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/n...0Gaiden/23.jpg

"No I don't wanna see how short I am! :no"

omg she looks so beautiful... :heart

EDIT: Holy who's that hottie right in the middle?!

^ Well said! :cool

P.S: If you look at it carefully (I mean the words), the "u" will look "lower" than the rest... lol optical illusions ftw!

I love that dress! She looks so pretty!

haha XDD +10000000000000000000.. :luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2 :luv2

btw, your avatar make me laugh forever :laugh

kuu looks beautiful in those pics. very elegant dress :D

HOLY **** SHE LOOKS GREAT! :thud

kumi looks amazing :luv2.

i love how kuu looks in those pictures! the hairstyle isn't that great, but it's a lot more elegant than the spikes.

there was a fancam posted by hikkikun on JPM from Alive on MUSIC JAPAN. she sounds so good, even better than the first!


EDIT: the first press of this single was really limited! first press editions of both versions are already sold out on CDJapan.

omg :thud

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More Pictures of Kuu @ Kamui Gaiden Premiere :

http://i25.tinypic.com/215vh4.jpg


:heart

Her smile makes my heart melt... thanks!

She's so beautiful :cry

I like the dress from the movie premiere, it's so beautiful. And Kuu-chan looks great in this pics, too.

i downloaded the entire episode of MUSIC JAPAN just to watch Alive and it was worth it! i watched it on my LCD with the surround sound and i was just amazed. she sounded so great. :heart i hope she can sound half as good for Physical thing and not do the lazy voice thing she does with her dance songs.

thanks for those pictures, Tsubasa! her facial expressions are funny :laugh i love her tan! she looks like the darkest person there.

uploaded by Negi :heart

^ I LOVE MY QUEEN :luv2 very good performance :cool

she looks so pretty in the talk segment! i love that outfit.

i am really impressed with these performances. i hope this single is a hit:love

these Alive performances are great. i really don't like the dress, but whatever, she's singing really good :yes

I just wish she didnt have the veil with the dress lol But wow are the lives amazing <3 <3 <3

@cutieismylife: I know...I'm kinda expecting it for physical thing...but I'm hopeful that it won't happen since there wasn't that much choreography...

Man I love her skin color so much. It's so versatile.

I'm so happy, all of my favorite artists are doing so well!

...well Koda Kumi and Namie are doing so well!

that was another stunning performance :yes

GOD!! she looks prettier than at the MF one!!
her dress is more beautiful than the MF one!!
her vocal is also way better than the MF one!!

aww kenichi matsuyama!!! hahaha

that dress seems like it's from HERMES (hence the H H H H H H). I dunno ^^

anyway she looks better than the butch style

Wow..loook at her. She looks so damn beautiful at the premiere..it truly makes me happy to see her looking like that. All elegant & whatnot..*sigh*

& she's doing fantastic, performance-wise. This has been a great week for Kuu!

dying for the 320kbps single!! O.O

omg i didn't even notice him :thud

..when does the single come out?

September 16th

^Yeah...same day as Angela Aki's new single :weep


I want both to get #1 :headache

Aww..Poor Angela..I love her too. :laugh

What does first press come with again? @_@

first press of the cd only come with bonus tracks from TRICK tour live
cd+dvd edition comes with video footage, no bonus audio.

both versions have access to a special site where the taiwan live will be available for streaming... there isn't much detail about this, but i assume it'll have something to do with a serial number. hopefully this isn't japan only.

This reminds me... when is the Taiwan concert?

october 3rd and 4th.

cdjapan updated the first press info

CD+DVD
digest footage of Kumi Koda's live performance "Trick Tour 2009," serial number to watch her performance in Taiwan on the Web (until November 4, 2009 4PM (Japanese Standard Time))

CD only
bonus track "Koda Kumi Live Tour 2009 - Trick -," serial number to watch her performance in Taiwan on the Web (until November 4, 2009 4PM (Japanese Standard Time))

too bad it's sold out for those who would've wanted it :P

^ Thank you... interesting. So it's a serial number... not limited to Japan then, I suppose? And aww I thought CD-only would have the audio track of TRICK... not a serial number to watch a performance... lol.

^ CD-Only First Press will have the audio tracks of TRICK TOUR... :P

is it true cover of new callendar, or old photo?
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...koda_r2_c1.jpg

^Pretty sure it's a new photo...but that bottom part is kinda...unconvincing. I hope it's the cover though.


@Tsubasa: I :heart that picture of kuu in your ava! One of my favorites of all time.

that's the cover of her 2009-2010 calendar :)

@ Jun Xiang - I was told that you will get the audio live tracks of TRICK & Joyful with regards to the 1st press CD only of Alive / Physical thing

I'm very sure that HMV will be bringing the 1st press copies of the single . I have to call & ask them this week on your behalf ;p

@LostHeaven: Lol, the bottom of the calendar is really fug... but I'm pretty sure it's the real one.

@Karen: Whoa thanks! If they do bring in the 1st press... will it be more expensive than usual?

if it's the 1st batch of singles then no since they're able to charge at the bulk rate price like S$20.95 that sorta thing

after the 1st batch of singles that they brought in are sold out , the next shipment of the single , might not be 1st press & they will for sure jack the prices up

I know for MOON's case , they still have 1 copy left in Heeren's & it's 1st press but gaaa at S$35 :dead2

initally when they 1st brought in MOON , all were 1st press copies & it definitely wasn't going for S$35

Ah okay I've gotta buy it asap then. :cool

why????? I love it :cry




Physical thing @ Music Station SP (2009.09.25)

http://i25.tinypic.com/6h82ep.jpg

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More of Kamui Gaiden Premiere:


Credits: I Love Kuu Forums

omg kuu totally looks like a dwarf among the artist :tired

and YAY for MS performance!

wait a minute, NIGHT FLIGHT?

Kuu looks great at the premier:yes
The only thing I hate about her outfit is her hair~ It just doesn't look right to me...

She sounds amazing in the Music Japan live:luv2

the girl in white dress on the back is short, too. even more than Kuu XDDD

thanks

the lineup for next Fri's awesome

ayaka - might be her final live performance before her hiatus :(

Takizawa Hideaki - !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Having a fit right now because he's going to do Hikari Hitotsu live :smitten

Ken Hirai - hoorah Ken Ken :laugh

Koda Kumi - Physical thing live will be HOT :lech :innocent

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According to avex Taiwan , seems that the Taiwan presses for Alive / Physical thing have been delayed til late Sept - http://www.avex.com.tw/4th/artist/ar...=1430&cateid=2

it was supposed to be released on 23rd Sept but because of some issues , it has been pushed back to late Sept

OK for a moment there , I got scared & thought avex Taiwan stopped producing OS presses of her stuff @_@

it's like Physical thing VS CANDY for "HOTTEST PERFORMANCE", XD

@Tsubasa: Cos it's all white, and the font is... :dead2 lol

Oh did anyone tell me who the cutie with the stubble is, in the movie premiere? :heart

Wow, Kuu nailed the second Alive performance!
It's brilliant! :love

I adore this single, it's her best single this year for me by far.
I'm really looking forward to the TRICK live audio!
If it doesn't sell well japanese people don't have any taste.

honestly I will be surprised if Alive / Physical thing sold less than 3 SPLASH :tired

& is it just me or am I feeling an 8th album coming from her before 2009 wraps up ? @_@

i think we will get an album early next year. i don't know if we will get an album before christmas... i hope so though :D

if it's true that we're getting an 8th album from her , then probably email updates & etc will be sent in Oct itself & not now

I'm glad she will perform Physical Thing.

3 SPLASH
ALIVE/Physical thing

Probably one more winter-ballad single, before an album in Spring 2010.

eh you forgot It's all Love ! & Faraway leh , Jun Xiang -_-

those were released way before 3 SPLASH & Alive / Physical thing

which already makes up 7 songs , singles wise

^When you guys put it like that..she has released a lot this year..

That are many songs._.
I think it would be a bit strange to release more singles.
Trick got 15 tracks, if the next album got 15 tracks as well she would have realeased almost half of the album as a single.
Isn't that a bit too much?

black cherry had more single tracks than album tracks, not including the bonus tracks.

i think the only reason trick had so many new tracks was because her scandal that happened early in 2008 prevented her from releasing a lot of singles.. she was on a hiatus for quite a while

i don't think it's guaranteed that faraway is an a-side, is it? i only consider IAL to be one

so till now she have 7pvs this year and maybe another winter single that maybe 8

Maybe she'll realese her 8th album in 20-1-2010

@ juicy i'm quite sure she'll add faraway in her next album :yes

Oh yeah I forgot about It's all Love! I prefer that as a hidden/bonus track though...

And faraway should be in... with that and ALIVE, the next album would have solid ballads.

look what i got an hour ago!
http://i28.tinypic.com/5l3wqb.jpg

i'll make scans and rips later.

^ you're so lucky cutie :thud :weep

cutieismylife : WOW *O*

omfg you got it already :weep

Gyaaaaaaa so beautiful!

OHMAHGAH.

:thud

How'd you get it so soon?

It's sooo pretty..
..can't wait for the scans & rips! :tipsy

Omg, can't wait for the single in 320kbps, and TRICK live extended version. *_*

*jealous*

I just found this vid on ILK forums.. It's very funny :laugh Kuuchan is soo cute =3


on the other hand, I want to hear TRICK full so baaaaad :weep :weep :weep


edit::.

OMG~ cutie.. your avatar... :thud

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/custom...ar16318_22.gif

^ haha, chubby looking kumi :laugh

she does look a little bloated there, i will need to see the full picture :shakehead is that from the alive booklet? the color scheme is the same but i haven't seen it before!

thanks for the video tsubasa! so cute

yeah! Alive/Physical thing booklet scan :luv2

I love this


:laugh LOVE the JPM Kuu fans

^ haha.. I was laughing so much when I saw it :laugh

Cutieismylife is "online" right now *O* XDD

LOL that's just plain hilarious :laugh

:roflmao i'm glad that isn't a real kuu pic. she looks soo weird with that ayu hair

wow awesome , the packaging looks great for both CDs

I await for scans & what's not from you in due time :D

:roflmao :roflmao

@cutie: you're so lucky!!
i'm waiting for the scans & rips!!

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...93#post2095093

here we go :) the Alive instrumental is so beautiful!

does anyone know a good video converting program to make an .iso from the DVD? my mac is too old to handle it and i don't know any good PC software.

dude thanks a lot :D & you can try using this software - http://ahsforum.com/forum/showpost.p...39&postcount=5

it's very useful . I'm using it whenever I got singles & albums that have DVDs :)

i want to make a direct copy of the DVD to .iso format so you can watch it as a disc image.

by the way, here is the site for streaming the taiwan live. as i thought, each first press copy comes with a serial number to stream the live. although if i'm understanding correctly, streaming becomes available on the 21st.

http://rhythmzone.net/koda/taiwan_live/

Ahahaha! It looks so good! Is her face from Freaky?

I wonder what the chances are of her actually releasing something like this.

Oh and yay! A Physical thing live!

3, actually! MUSIC FIGHTER, CDTV and now MUSIC STATION.
hopefully she makes an appearance at HEY!HEY!HEY! and if she sings Alive, it'll be even promotion, 3 and 3. :D

here's the link again to download the CD rip since it's a new page. :P

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...93#post2095093