WOW AMAZING.

nice cover esp cd+dvd
i dont mind as long as the covers is not horrible as sunrise/sunset

i thought she's TA member?no?

srsly I'm sooo loving the CD+DVD.. I just keep staring at her and her EYES. It's so pretty. I also think that not only the pic on the CD+DVD is better but the design >>> the CD only design :yes

BETTER.....than Guilty....a little worse than NL. The CD+DVD is plain horrid. Gigantic bug eyes...logo on her face....and plus it looks like a blog picture she shot holding the camera to her own face...CD Only version is much better and looks great.

The wild angle imo is very "Rock'n'Roll"-ish.

She looks great in both, but CD+DVD is the best as far as Ayu looking good imo.

Like I said before, I was hoping for a more fierce look, like R/S single covers. But yeah, the CD+DVD is by far the best one of the two. Looks very blog-ish like said before.

I like the covers :) I'm sooo getting the CD+DVD. So that means the limited box set will just have the CD+DVD cover?

I think we still might get some sort of special "large" cover on the limited box set...

I wonder what it'll be though. A wider shot?

This, totally! :D
Aww, I SOOO love the CD+DVD cover..

covers are so lovely.. It makes me want to buy it now

I said this before, but these are some of her best covers in a long time!

absolutely amaizng covers, i like secret's cover but i hate miss, NL, and guilty's covers so seeing an album cover I like in a while is great.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!!! This will be the second CD that I will need to have both covers (I have the 2 versions of (m)u... I think that I'm the only who like the both xD)

I love them, and seeing them has made me buy the CD only version! :D

I love how the title is on the Union Jack in the CD only. Looks really good. I just love everything about the CD only cover. The hat, the cute expression, the phonebox! Aaah <3

Covers are out already !! They're just GREAT, this album gets more and more interesting !! Thank you AYU !

Her hair is interesting. short bob look. and it's brown. lol i wonder if it will be like that for either pvs.

My order of CD+DVD covers (the edition I always buy):

NEXT LEVEL>GUILTY>Rock'n'Roll Circus>(miss)understood>Secret


The new covers are good. Not amazing, not terrible!

COVERS ARE ALREADY OUT?! OMG.
...I like them. It's good that they have that London theme. So photos from Deji Deji were from covers (and maybe booklet and photobook) shooting!
CD+DVD is so cute.

She's a TA member n so am I, I had saw it on the TA site.

Secret > (m)u > RnRC > (GUILTY, NL) for me :D

I'm so excited for the release date right now >< I love the london look this covers are awesome !

i LOVE the cd+dvd cover. SO CUTE.

woo the covers are put sooner than I expected!!!
although I think her expresion is a bit wierd ...i still like them both
I think the cd + dvd is my favorite XD

Wow, not what I expected o_o I like the CD+DVD better.

Love them! I love the CD+DVD image way more but I love the title/text layout in the CD-only more lol. I also love how some were genuinely releaved there were no clowns LOL!

I HOPE SO! O_O.... I don't just want it all compacted in some cheap (hate that word but there's no other way to put it) see-through box for $150! That box better be hella decorated lol. xD; I wonder if they'll post that next?

Buy it riozz! But only if you like the music. :yes That's the best part of an Ayu album, not just the covers. :)

I love secret's covers, in fact that's why I never took the poster off my wall lol. (miss)understood and GUILTY could have been better, I agree. But I SERIOUSLY don't get the NEXT LEVEL hate... I effin' LOVE those covers, fit the theme perfectly, just like these. :yes

cd+dvd better than regular....anyway thanks for the info!

for me

secret>memorial>RnRC>story>iam/rainbow>guilty>duty>NL>Lp/asfxx

so... very good for me *-*

I also want to have a CD+DVD poster, like a larger version!! I wanna have it on my wall so badly!!!

for me the CD only, the inly thing I don't like is her mouth, looks weird...

OMG yes! I would buy this poster in a SECOND! I hope they make one.

I actually like the covers. I think she looks good in both, but I prefer CD+DVD one.
I also would just like to say how offensive I found this comment... I mean really, that's your maturity level? Gross. :shakehead

noooow we need that tracklist :D think it'll come out this week? I mean, they usually appear about the same time right?

Rating covers? Okay, here's mine...

MY STORY > NEXT LEVEL > Secret > GUILTY > (miss)understood > Memorial address > Duty > I am... > LOVEppears / Rock'n'Roll Circus / A Song for xx

Yeah, I think RnR is one of Ayu's worst album covers. I don't absolutely hate it though. I don't hate any of her covers.

Rating covers? fun!

A Best> RAINBOW> Secret> I am...> A song for xx> GUILTY> Rock N' Roll Circus> Memorial Address> NEXT LEVEL> LOVEppears> MY STORY > Duty> (miss) understood

there :)
they're matching their theme and dont look dreadful so I'm happy :D

Here's my rating. Was kind of tough to think about! :D

Secret > RAINBOW > A Best > RnRC > I am... > NEXT LEVEL > (miss)understood > MY STORY > Duty> Memorial Address> LOVEppears > A Song for XX

OMG THE COVERS

They're not AMAZING as some previous album covers from her, like Secret but I like them :yes.
The CD+DVD is my favourite :D and finally her nose isn't overphotoshopped!
The CD only looks so cheap :| it's like a pic taken with a normal digital camera in the night lol the Deji Deji's Diary pic was better imo.

I want the tracklist.. NOW D:

For me...

Secret > MY STORY > GUILTY > Rock 'n' Roll Circus > Memorial address > NEXT LEVEL > RAINBOW > (miss)understood > I am... > LOVEppears > A song for XX > Duty

doesn't rank bad with me :D

I say the tracklist will come out by this Wednesday. I dunno, I just feel really good about that day.

oooh ranking covers :D

hmm lets see...

Duty > MY STORY > RAINBOW > Memorial address > I am... > Rock'n'Roll Circus > Secret > NEXT LEVEL > A song for xx > GUILTY > (miss)understood > LOVEppears


iunno, my tastes change haha. so as of right now, that's pretty representative of how I feel :P

The only covers I really dislike would be Secret's cd only and (m)u's cd only. Secret's is just way to boring and (m)u's is horrid. :D

conceptually speaking, I think I am... is great. I just wish the vines and bird weren't so dollar store plastic (teehee)

and ironically, when I first got into Ayu, I despised Duty's cover o_O.
but now looking back on it i don't know why xD
I think its so representative of Ayu haha.

they still haven't updated the main site.... I wonder if the tracklist is coming really soon and they're gonna wait for that to update the main site?

The tracklist could be out in a day or two...

I pray for a 15/16 track album... -rubs hands together and prays-

Not majestic like secret, not flashy like NL, not gorgeous like Guilty but still passable, I mean look at Sunrise/set

To European for me!

I agree! haha It's a great cover, but the props take away from the effect a bit. I wonder what a high budget version would look like? :luv2

I would be one very happy camper if these predictions of a tracklist being released this week turned out to be true! XD

Hope there will be higher quailty covers coming out soon.=D

^ I knooow omg :D They will be so gorgeous, and I will get to use them as wallpapers :luv2

Wow, uh... some TeamAyu members seem to be arguing on a BBS about how TeamAyu members leaked the covers and appear to be blaming each other for leaking it and stuff on overseas sites and so on when it should be "TeamAyu exclusive"....

-crazy-

^ ....Whoooops. :X Well..... I say, thank you, TA! XP

Wahh. Get over it TA. Lol.

Wooooow. Because international fans can't be as dedicated as holy TA.

Red Line ~thanks TA for leaking my new album art~

^LMAO :roflmao

seriously. :rolleyes

No no, I think it's because they have rules against leaking the information, but it all ends up coming out anyway, haha.

Yes, I remember she was really angry about people writing about her diaries in other websites, when she believes TA is supposed to be just for her and TA.

I think people really have to get over the hating of TA... it doesn't make any sense, and it sounds like really a lot of people are jealous about TA because they can't join it. Just be glad you can get this information from people in TA, because really, they don't have to give you information. Why can't people be glad about it?

And yeah, I understand about why TA is saying that, because Ayu herself asked that we dont to share information outside of TA.

Ayu actually said she was "really angry" about it, seriously? Can you cite your source please I wanna see that...

^ I second that I want to see that.

It was during the hearing loss incident (as well as her breakup with Tomoya) and basically everything that reported it sourced her blog, which was supposed to be private between her fans/her.

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showth...hlight=private

"Freedom of the press... etc... stuff."

yes.i remember that.ayuchina did the same also after the incident.no more TA blog post translation is allowed to post at ayuchina.

Ohwow thanks for the info~

For most of us, like at AHS, the only way to know new information about her work in Japan/wherever is to read her blog entries via translations, so it should be okay since we're all fans to some degree...

It's pretty obvious that TeamAyu exists primarily to make some extra cash. I doubt Ayu or Avex really care whether or not any information leaks. The hardcore fans will all join regardless. I doubt anybody will be like, "oh well, the information will leak eventually so I just won't join..." Besides, the people from TA already get tons of special privileges, especially when it comes to concerts and CDL, so I don't want to hear it. Being stingy about information is so ridiculous.

Idk, I still think avex purposely leaked all that information.

Did you not see the conversation before? When stuff was being published about her blog in internet sites and stuff, she was really unhappy. She has said many times how much she feels TA is a special place. Of course, you have to pay for it, but I dont think that it is just to make the cash. But of course, your opinion is your opinion, so that's great. They are not being stingy on information, they are simply trying to follow what Ayu said for them, to protect this sacred place.

Even if its a cash place, isnt the thought that at least one person believes that TA is a sacred place for them good enough to respect the fact that they wish to protect it? Its the place where they can be full fledged Ayu fans, and not worried about being judgement, so I could understand why they wanna hold the rules of TA. Besides, sooner or later, people will find out, the album is coming soon.

There is no way Avex released the information, because Ayumi doesn't like her private information to be released. She is very private person, who wants to protect those people close to her, and I doubt Avex wants to make her unhappy.

Anyways your opinion is obviously your opinion, however, I really respect and like TA, and of course I like the information that we receive here in AHS because I cannot view TA anymore, but I dont like when people are complaining about TA, because really, they dont HAVE to give us information, even if its JUST information.

if they are doing that just to gain profit,they can actually open the fans club to international fans.i believe many international fans will join :P
other than that,i agree with maikaru

Ok well I would gladly pay the fee to join TA but...

I'M IN AMERICA.

I'm willing to pay but it wouldn't get me all of the perks of joining if I were in Japan. So it's kind of like, a disregard for us other fans...?

I'm in the U.S. too and ABSOLUTELY would join TA if it was allowed. So I don't feel bad in the least for getting info or leaks from them.

That said however, I do NOT want to hurt Ayu in any way shape or form, and if she wants it kept to herself and TA I would have to try and respect that. Now I almost feel guilty. I love Ayu and appreciate her so much, and I don't want to go against her wishes...

^yeah, you're right. I really wanna join TA very much. But if Ayu wanna keep it with the Japanese only also I wouldn't mind.

Not saying this because I'm in TA myself, but I don't understand all this sarcasm and TA-bashing.

http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/6647/64040779.jpg

This was the information update posted on TA site itself. The 3rd line says very very clearly: Jacket covers LIMITED to TA. Of course, when people still leak them after reading this, some members are going to get angry. It's like a direct violation of ayu's and avex's wishes.

Think about it, TA members pay to be the first to receive information and release updates. Whether they choose to leak it out, it's up to them. They have the right to withhold the information, and no one has the right to say they're stingy/selfish. They paid for the privilege, afterall, and it isn't cheap.

Same goes for her TA blog entries, they're supposed to be exclusive for TA members. That's why I always only post translations, never her original Japanese text. Even so, if I ever get found out, I'm 100% sure I'll lose my TA membership.

Yeah, I understand it's sort of unfair that TA is only limited to Japan, but that doesn't give us foreign fans any right to bash the members. At the end of the day, TA is exclusive (rightly so), and there's nothing anybody can do about it.

That's all.

My post was just bringing up the arguments that people were having after finding it on BBSes. It seemed to be getting pretty crazy before people stopped. I see where the TA members are coming from when they're a little irked about what's going on with information, but I suppose it happens a lot. It's the first time I've been reading this BBS during a release, so it was interesting imo.

means the covers we saw yesterday is for TA members only?

Yes...? That's usually the case for these early releases like for NEXT LEVEL's covers and etc...

usually TA will update covers some hours before official website(or at the same time)
But if TA added "LIMITED to TA"
then official update will be later than usual

i see.does that means they might change the cover layout etc?

avex always do updates like"squeezing the toothpaste."
and they seem don't worry about ayu's sales volume.
=,=
I've never seen any ayu-rips leaked out in JP.

for some reason I thought this 'limited to TA' means that they will get the album with those covers, and the rest of the world will get some others XD

Haha, same. I was thinking, "MOAR COVERS!"

that is not an european cover style,
it looks cheap: if they make an picure and photoshopped the background.

HAHHA..actually..im thinking probably 19th or maybe the coming sunday.

Soo..those two covers are NOT the official covers?! o dear...i realy like the cd+dvd wan..hopefully we get something better..
Im thinking those will pop up this week..

i think by "Jackets only limited to TA" means, it's ONLY TA members who are supposed to be the 1st to see the covers, and the rest of the world got to see it on days after~
i don't think there will be different covers?

well who knows~

Now I'm totally confused. [even though it is not truly confirmed] TA members are receiving different jacket covers? If that is the case then I think they rightfully deserve it considering how much $$ they contribute to avex's and ayu's back accounts. (not trying to sound sarcastic)

Oh well.

No, these are the jacket covers. The limited to TA means that it's only uploaded to the TA website so only members can see it first before the public (official website).

That's pretty much true and I understand what you're trying to say. Japanese people generally seem to think that way, which is in a way a good thing.

However these are just the covers that everyone will get too see in a couple of days and we all know that the TA members do get their money's worth in many other ways (ie tour lotteries, extra bonuses, TA magazine...) which the majority of us can only dream about. So while I understand some might feel they got cheated in a way, I kinda think that the fact that the 2 very small pictures got leaked isn't that big of a deal :)

On the other hand it's pretty unfair that we don't get the chance to legally join TA from our countries.

I don't think it's unfair we don't get to join legally, After all Japan is her main market.

a question here.
YA has the lucky draw thingy or not?i pre-ordered mine from taiwan site and they still haven't confirm about this yet but they said they won't send it to me even if they had the lucky draw because its only for walk in customers and not for online purchases

^ I asked them the other day but they have't replied yet.

i see.i have no chance/luck at all T_T
but what to do.thats the cheapest price among all other online stores XD

Wow at TA!

Now I feel guilty. Hahaha well that thing of ayu being angry was more because of the media. Afterall we are only fans which only purpose is to enjoy ayu's more personal side. You are not going to be able to go to her tv shows, pv recordings like sunrise, get tickets earlier nor get gifts with releases or ta mag. Even I that i'm paying can't have some of this.

I don't feel like doing anything wrong, ayu knew that has international ta members in london (a french fan and me) and even asked if we saw our pic in her blog, and also knew that we could know her hotel because of her pics.

I really hate when people with leaks say they have them and doesn't share. I'm not going to do like this. At the same time I understand what they may feel, but again they are getting more than me, that pay. What we are supposed to do? We are not the rubish of ayu fandom lol

Well, i'll keep giving info if there are people who want.

Ah! And nobody made me read any rules ta members have lol
*hides from japanese ta members*

Btw, truehappiness, where can I see that BBS?

ok I didn't see this in the 1st post of the thread so ...

Other than 1st press bonuses , there will be an external bonus aka a B2 sized poster Type A being given away for both editions of the album via CDJapan

CD

CD + DVD

so I assume both posters will use the same picture ? I'm not sure on that

^ YAY!!!!~ I can't wait to get a nice poster!!~

Woah, thanks for the info Karen. I hope YA will give them too.

wow.nice!got poster!i don't know if i'll have it or not

I hope it's of the CD+DVD cover, I'd love that adorable pic on my wall <3

Poster with such a beautiful photo *_*
I'm just hope that box will have it also

who forgot - B2 500 x 707 mm

album and concert DVD will have two different posters

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eeen/fp-01.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...eeen/fp-02.jpg

edit: now I hope that BOX will have both =)

if you preorder both the album & DVD then yes CDJapan will add both posters in naturally

wah

sly way of marketing avex :o

karen,i did not pre-order from cdjapan T_T
i pre-ordered it from 5music because the price there is cheaper.i emailed them ask them about the lucky draw thingy,they said 100% no lucky draw for online order.
so,i don't know if they will give me the poster or not.

But the poster is not Lucky Draw, right?

:no it's not

it's stated external bonus so even if you didn't win anything in the lucky draw but if you preorder the album early , you will get the poster

Oh does Play-Asia gives the poster? I'm still not sure if I could pay my CDJapan order so yeah.

no need to email them.they wouldn't know it.hahaa.but usually if you pre-ordered it after they put it on site within 2 weeks,you'll most probably get the poster

yes! cdjapan gives away poster this time haha! I hope type A = cover of CD+DVD.

well off topic but will we get any leaks soon? because i cant live anymore without Microphone PV XD

what?? B2 poster, diferent in AT 09 and for the album?? WTF, and the box? as they don't have more boxes they don't edit the info!!??

please don't say me it!! I want both psoters with the box ¬¬
and YA have to give them!! NAWW