You're sort of right Karen in Kimi no Uta being ballad-ish.

the preview of Kimi no Uta sounds really upbeat surprisingly

I hope a longer preview of it will be out soon

didn't i say that, melody? :laugh

i'm just playing melody, haha. and i'm just bored :tipsy

so...when does the anime premiere, btw?

I think the anime will preview next month ? my younger sister might be watching it after I told her Kimi no Uta's used for promo :laugh

Well, the both of you were right! Are you happy now, lisa?

well for me I'm !

They haven't released a ballad since Nephilim (if you count it as 1)

:laugh i actually wanted something more upbeat originally, but i guess i'm good :P

btw, the anime airs on july 9th. it was written in that preview with the song and i just noticed it now :dead2

if it's true that Kimi no Uta will be released as their next single , maybe the release date will be late July or Aug ? :shrug

in anycase I want to hear Kimi no Uta in full soon

"キミノウタ" (Kimi no Uta) 2009.08.26

CD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-3279
CD DVD http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ESCL-3277

OMG

yes yes yes ! :thud :thud

at least the chances of getting a 2nd album this year's pretty high ... I hope

til then I can't wait for Kimi no Uta to be out :heart

ahhhhhh why august :scry

but next week we can hear a preview of the song from the anime :D

LOL

it's already July 1st at my end now Lisa so it's a month & a 1/2 away before Kimi no Uta's out

I really hope that they can release a 2nd album this year man

they better include BLADE CHORD , their cover of Luna Sea's Sweetest Coma Again

that's interesting!

abs releasing another album would totally make my school year more enjoyable.

yeah totally Melody

it has been 2 years + since their debut self titled album was released & this year's fitting to put out their 2nd one

hell yes :cool i totally agree, lol. but thank god it's my last school year! :laugh

ESCL-20025
T.M.Revolution/1000000000000[Blu-spec CD] [Limited Release] CDA
2667 yen US$28/96.76 Release Date:2009/09/02
Description:Reissue features the high-fidelity blu-spec CD format (Fully Compatible with standard CD players).
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=ESCL-20025

Blue-spec - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-spec_CD

since there's no T.M.R thread in AHS , this will do

T.M.Revolution too? %)
Is it stylish now, to reissue old CD on Blu-spec? %)

yeah for Sony BMG that's

I don't know if the other record labels are going to start doing it , maybe soon ?

don't know... I think dvd-audio with 5.1 much better

that lion....:grumpy

Mufasa is back!!!

LOL.

lion once again =)

i really do like the song so far. maybe it's not as good as previous songs, but i'll judge that when we get a full version :P

Just like Simba, we've never forgotten him.

kimi no uta sounds good during the verses...It's just the switch off between the bridge and chorus that sound awkward. It's definitely no J-A-P, but it's still good.

Anybody looking forward to Tokyo Magnitude 8.0?

T_________________T at the Kimi no Uta cover

wtf's up with the back to back lion door knob covers ? T_T & you have different colours too

MAJOR DOT

anyway the preview for Kimi no Uta sounds very promising :yes

what's the title of the B-side , STEALTH -零号式***- ?

the *** is a bit o_O

LOL sorry karen. the dots are supposed to say J-A-P :P

the OP of tokyo magnitude 8.0! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c70zTqunrzU

thanks for that Lisa

you don't happen to know the Romanji for 零号式 ? :dead2

why yes, i do! ....i think. i just read this from a user's comment on JPM...

:shrug dunno if it really means that, but maybe it's another version of J-A-P? or STEALTH will sound similiar to it :shrug

o_O

STEALTH - Type Zero J-A-P - ?

it doesn't make sense to me but oh whatever lmao :laugh

I want to fire that graphics designer who has been doing the covers from STRENGTH. to Kimi no Uta man :grumpy

creativity brain drain much ?

haha it's something for now! :P

I kinda have a feeling that STEALTH might be an Eng version of J-A-P ? it's hard to say but I look forward to hear it as well as the full version of Kimi no Uta

I hope that abs can release a 2nd album this year , it has been way TOO LONG since their 2007's debut & I think it's about time this happens

hopefully they wouldn't forget BLADE CHORD & their Luna Sea's cover Sweetest Coma Again in the tracklist

I'm gonna watch it! The main character's name is Mirai, LOL. :P

LOL :laugh

my younger sister might watch it though , I don't know

then again she's the one that got me started in my abs's music journey after she kept on playing INNOCENT SORROW & HOWLING on repeat mode initally

I initally didn't like INNOCENT SORROW for some dumb reason/s but not anymore

regular edition cover:

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/45/jacketw.jpg

......is there even a difference? LOL.

T_T T_T T_T T_T

compare both supposedly different editions side by side together

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/45/jacketw.jpg http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/246/jacketvus.jpg

I'm guessing both the CD & the CD + DVD editions's covers will be the same this time round for Kimi no Uta

same thing happened to J-A-P too

T_T T_T T_T , aiyo Epic Records , why you so lazy on this grr but I'm surprised this time round , DVD wise , they didn't put the Kimi no Uta PV in unlike for J-A-P which you will get the PV for it

weird

Whoever it is, stop toying with us. The joke has gone on long enough.

I know grr

once's ok but omg 3 times back to back ? :irked :grumpy

okay so...i can't stop watching the tokyo magnitude 8.0 OP because i'm actually loving "kimi no uta" right now. i hope that won't change with the full version :P

true & hopefully the promo pic of the guys will be great too :yes

Oh, they have a thread? :P Sorry didn't know. :tipsy So, any new releases announced as yet?

new single "kimi no uta" out on August 26.

heh look below on what Lisa wrote , Alicia

I think it's a ballad judging from the previews that have been aired on youtube

eee I want another Nephilim part 2 please !

Okay thanks for the information! That's quite far away.... :thud

Takanori's on the cover of July's CD Data magazine alongside with L'arc~en~ciel's tetsu , UVERworld's TAKUYA & HOME MADE KAZOKU's MICRO

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6703/43666721.jpg

oh TAKUYA....:no

but takanori looks great, lol.

ahh, full version! but horrible quality :weep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDXVZ...&fmt=18&fmt=18

ugh you can say that again T_T

I wait for a better quality to be up

Takanori should have sat down if you ask me :laugh . He looked so petite & I heard he's only 1.6m aka 5ft3 inch :thud

Thanks! But I'm not spoiling the surprise! I'll wait for a better one :D

I guess this's abs related but anyway

D'espairsRay is celebrating their 10th Anniversary on September 9th this year.

To commemorate the day, they will release their new single "FINAL CALL" & it's produced by Toshiyuki

in case you're wondering who's Toshiyuki , he's the awesome programmer/pianist/synth dude in abs :heart .

Toshiyuki composed many of the band's songs so yup . Guitarists SUNAO & Shibasaki do compose from time to time but it's mainly Toshiyuki that does it

Takanori mainly writes the band's lyrics

He's the same height as me. yah for fun sized people!

LOL :laugh

I hope a new promo pic of the guys will be up soon

that & also the airing of Kimi no Uta's PV too

I'm only 5'2", so he's barely any taller than me! :D

he is so small =) I'm 5.5

same here! my mom and i are actually both 5'2 also, haha. :P

lol you guys , I will tower you in case you ever meet me in future & let alone Takanori (yeah right I wish xD)

I stand at 5ft9 inches :dead2 :dead2 :dead2

Kimi no Uta that I ripped from the youtube link that Lisa gave - http://www.mediafire.com/?rzzt2dzoa2z

ahh I thought it might be another ballad judging from the horrible quality but it's another kick ass tune from the sound of things

I hope a much higher quality will be out soon

I don't know who's autor :(
http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/2009/07/17/b...79730e2343.jpg

http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/2009/07/05/3...76b93f7688.jpg

aw those drawings of the guys are so cute :love

I wonder who's holding the red & black guitars respectively hmm

they capture the good sides of Takanori & Toshiyuki though haha :laugh

omg so nice and lovely *.*

The fanart is based off of K-ON, an anime about a group of girls who start a band. :P

ahh so cute! :P there should be an UVERworld version too, lol.

Sunao with red guitar, I think...

Mirai Noah, really? Time to watch this anime =)

^ Yeah, K-ON is a really cute anime. :)

You're right. Hiroshi is one holding the black guitar. Must say Hiroshi isn't a bad looking guy in real life.

so is there any word as to when the PV for Kimi no Uta will air on TV ?

a bit impatient while playing the crummy LQ quality on repeat mode for the past few days already :P

The images don't work for me... :( :headache

Karen to the rescue , Alicia :laugh

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/366...26195a7267.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/803...97419ddab7.jpg

^Lol. Thanks Karen! :D they ARE cute <3

i'm so late to post this, but there's a bit of news :P

they will be covering a song (don't know which song, though) from "Monster Hunter" (a band, i assume) for their 5th anniversary. the song will be included in the remix album for the 5th anniversary. that album will be released on September 30th.

it's like when they covered "dress" from BUCK-TICK and "sweetest coma again" from LUNA SEA. :P

wow that sounds very cool

I wonder if Monster Hunter will make the cut in their future 2nd album in which I think it's about time that they should release it after Kimi no Uta

"dress" was included in the first album, right? so maybe it'll be a bonus track in a (hopefully) second album after kimi no uta :P

i really wanna see the PV already :weep

yes dress's included in the album , go & check your copy of their debut album haha :P

it's track #11 on their 1st record :)

Great! I loved their take on BUCK TICK's "Dress". Hopefully, this cover will be as good :yes

http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/2009/07/27/d...fd020822ba.jpg
*_*

^ OMG OMG OMG

@_@ @_@ @_@

I can imagine the Kimi no Uta PV being really AMAZING now :smitten

EEK Shibasaki looks great in there :dead2 :luv2 & I love guys who're dressed like that :thud *points to Kame in those stylish awesome outfits he donned in the Kami no Shizuku photobook :smitten

HOT :lech now i wanna see the PV!

seriously I cannot wait to see the Kimi no Uta PV now

I bet it will be great & hopefully on par with Nephilim & INNOCENT SORROW

Wow, love that promo pic! :D

Very very very cool!!! :heart

Scrump diddly umpous promo pic! Kimi no Uta will be an eye candy PV from the looks of things.

Ooh, Monster Hunter is a video game.

dammit I can't stop staring at that promo pic @_@

they all looked great & I have added it in , in the 1st post

omg *.* nice promo pic

seriously it feels like FOREVER that Kimi no Uta will be released man T_T

any word on when the PV will be up ?

i'd say sometime in august :shrug

STEALTH preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ueK9K2Hno

so..it's like the english version of J-A-P :P but i see a youtube comment saying that it's a totally different song, but it's in english, and it's just set to the same instrumental as J-A-P :shrug

thanks Lisa

yeah it's the same melody as J-A-P o_O

maybe the lyrics are different ? I don't know :shrug

Pretty sure it's just an English version. I hear the same English phrases in the original J-A-P in this preview.

I don't know if it's a good or bad thing in that we're getting J-A-P in 2 different languages

I'm personally fine with it :shrug

Interesting, an english version of J*P. I personally love that song so an english version of it sounds pretty cool!

It kinda reminds me of when Takanori (as T.M.Revolution) did the Web of Night songs: one in Japanese and one in English. :P

http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/2009/08/04/f...bb7280deb0.jpg

http://keep4u.ru/imgs/b/2009/08/04/5...8481a81266.jpg

they are so cute *-*

omg those are so cute *____*

those banners make very cute banners I say :yes

OMG, so cute!! I want them! :D

Ooh! They're cute!! What are the called? abs-pans??? :laugh

Yes they do!! They look ultra kawaii on your sig Karen :D

Absolutely adorable :heart

cuteeeeeeeee :tipsy

:D

If I have my way , I go with both banners to be used as my signature banner

but since I can't , I go with the more cuter one :heart