the picture is pretty kool but as a cover it wouldnt stand out for me

i prefer ayu on the cover~or at least some good screencaps on the cover~since it will attract more attention with her on it..

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agree with you..

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agree with you..
but i still love the cover nonetheless, even though the A logo is similar to the one from cdl 06-07

very pretty ^^

I love this simplicity concept!!! ^^

absolutely u got the words out of my mouth!

WOW! so simple and nice! haah

Some of you guys really have the wrong idea for covers.

It really could've gone really bad, or really good. And judging from previous covers... really bad was a 99% possibility. D= Would you really have rathered an avex collage? O_O

You get simplicity, and some don't like it and call it boring. You get a hot mess of photos and almost no one likes it. You get one photo from the tour of Ayu in a red wig and almost no one likes it.

D=~

Examples:
AT06 - VERY few people liked the combination of sparkly red wig + Ayu's face on that cover
CDL05-06 - very few people liked the yellow collage idea, too messy and recycled
AT05 - a few liked it, but for the most part, no one really liked it due to the "I have to put everything on the cover" look
CDL04-05 - people kind of liked it, but again, not a standout cover by any means. Liked the font, but the picture was "bleh."
AT03-04 - no idea about reaction, but the cover was a reprint of the goods from AT03-04, recycling old material

My idea on the point of this cover is that they don't need to visually see Ayu to know it's her's. Just the "A" is sufficient.

pretty simple, but it's nice. thanks.

I like this cover! Very simple yet elegant.

it is indeed classic literally since the dvd itself supposed to be released a few months ago

I love it as a slipcase, but not as a cover ¡

To supplement what truehappiness said, I think Ayu has established a reputation good enough that when people see that 'A', they will know it's Ayu. I mean if you don't... then I wouldn't consider you as a fan of Ayu, since of her most symbolic symbol is the 'A'...

And on the cover: Very classy! Seems like she's really liking that A Palace thing... a good improvement from the MY STORY Classical cover!

Everyone's idea that "screencaps" or "an image from the tour" would attract more attention would probably work if this was like Ayu's first DVD, but what is it, like her 10th? O_o She doesn't need that sort of thing necessarily. :\

It's looking like this is the LIVE DVD cover or something. :o

LOVE IT! I like the color and it reminds me of My Story Classic so it's good.

Yeah, iirc, Madonna's Confession tour DVD cover wasn't really flashy and filled with screencaps too... she's as famous as Ayu and one symbol from their career is enough to let fans know that 'A' = Ayu.

Well, people always have both sides of response to the same thing. So it's pretty normal. Relax no need to be so uptight about it.

Personally, i wouldnt wan a collage. I like AT 2006 cover because it captured the essence of the whole concert and thats the birthday cake stage. I guess people didnt dislike the cover as a cover. but rather dislike the red wig. i can only say the red wig was special. :)

But honestly, i was expecting it to be the photo of ayu at the end with all the colourful feathers. You know, it's ayu's first ASIA TOUR, so people expect something very GRAND and WOW! but then what comes out is jus a logo on a black background so people get pretty disappointed..

This is also rather true. But if a non-ayu fan just saw the A symbol and says "Hey! that's ayu!" and walks away, that isnt very nice. Perhaps a picture would make the person say "Hey! that's ayu on her ASIA TOUR!".

thats provided that they have no eyes to read what the title says.

EDIT: I went to ayu's website this evening and the cover was updated. But now its gone. Am i the only one??

simple and nice :)

I think this is a beautiful cover.
I was dreading another mess like the (miss) understood or MY STORY arena tour covers.

Very stylish ^.^
Thanks for sharing~

realli beautiful.. simple yet classy.. loved e details..