There is a whole thread about Maro and his mess in the Asian Artists and Bands section.
I don't care whether you guys talk about him, because he is one ignorant douchebag and he is hilarious. But, I guess the ARENA TOUR ain't the place to bring up Maro memories. Why not bring that old thread back to life? :)

http://www.ahsforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121466

^^^THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Please ayu release some news :(

Probably as the tour starts or mid-tour.

She is preparing the tour > She is releasing some news

Somehow I don't think they will announce anything until the whole earthquake crisis settles down.

Knowing her it's even greatly possible that she postpones the initial plan in order to redrafted what was already made (album and setlist of MADE IN JAPAN)! it would not be the first time something like that happen !
It would be quite inappropriate of her to announce anything now ...

^ the MADE IN JAPAN concept seems like it'll stick. The album though - who knows.

I don't think she'll postpone the concept of the tour cause it has a complete different idea than HOTEL Love songs had, it was much more personal for her but MIJ seems to be about celebrating Japan (she might even take the idea further imo)

she probably will sing A song is born during the encore

The album concept will be changed due to the unfortunate tragedy and this next album will be the most critically-acclaimed ayu album since I am... back in 2002.

Actually Made in Japan title fits what has just happened in Japan..

She might need to write new songs.

I agree. MADE IN JAPAN is too good of a theme. I can't wait to see it in Nagoya!

I can totally see her changing the concept of the album based on what happened in Japan. I'm not saying that in a bad way, but for example I always wanted to know what was her first idea for the I am... album, before the whole 9/11 happened in the US :(

Yeah I was thinking that she might change the theme of the tour as well... I hope she doesn't though. And I think MADE IN JAPAN still fits, despite the earthquake. In fact, I think it's even more fitting now.

album concept. not tour concept. we still don't yet have any sort of title for the upcoming album.

Yes me too !!! I wonder if the covers of ayumi x 4 was the original concept of I am...?

I always thought so ....

It was something similar, if not that. Ayu described the concept as initially being "fake Japanese/Japan through the eyes of a foreigner".

That's what I mean, album not tour..

I really like the album name Made in Japan.

I have a feeling she will perform End roll in this tour. it is from the A BEST album and she hasn't perform for a while.

I hope the set list for the concert is more "Japanese" than the CDL. I didn't get that theme at all. The intro was a little bit Japanese but more circussy than JP

news on topic =)

ARENA TOUR2016A 〜MADE IN JAPAN〜 trailer

Really wish I could go to this :( Love the theme and I think it's gonna be a great show. I'll just have to settle for next years tour (if there will be one lol)

Didn't she plan for the I am... cover to be the same as/similar to Dearest's? Kind of like how appears/LOVEppears and SURREAL/Duty covers are similar.

If the initial plan for the covers was the ayu-mi-x 4 covers then that's awesome because those covers are the shit.

I find that whole thing confusing...she says in the Time interview that she planned a very grand and fabulous shoot typical of herself, anyone would then expect the album artwork for I Am... to be very A BEST or portrait simple style, yet the photos are Ayu portrayed as some sort of deity Eve figure looking unworldly gorgeous and glamorous even wrapped in ivy.

I doubt it, because if that was the case, it wouldn't have been changed : the cover style of Dearest is quite peaceful and pure.

She planned a "fake" Japanese /Japan as a foreigner would think of it theme and that seemed to be carried over to the remix albums. The concept was suddenly changed after 9/11 to the actual I am... concept because she thought it'd be too tacky to be opulent after the terrorists attacks happened.

come on Ayu, announce the tour goods already!

trailer? I can't open that youtube video...

It says the video has been removed by the uploader :/ Gotta wait now to see it...

You can't watch it from here, go to her channel, it's working fine there.

You can watch the trailer here.

I forgot she wore that bunny outfit during the CDL. How embarrassing was that... :no

I love the bunny outfit so much, imo I was cute and fun of her to do something random like that.

didn't she say something about them being released soon iirc

The goods probably will look similar to CDL's

I asked Timmy and he said he didn't, but maybe he has since.

Sorry for going back to old posts.

I hope the goods aren't similar to the CDL ones, those were pretty uninspiring.

And it's also extremely japanese!

May have been thinking about his Jpopmusic posts.

Then you would get all the blah about how its to similar to Kuu's japonesque, though I guess no mater what ayus does someone will complain :P I would love it. Or even like ayu-mi-x 4 style, a mix of modern and old

I really hope that "MADE IN JAPAN" looks more forward to Japan's hi-tech craziness. She's done traditional themes throughout many songs...

IMO the CDL was a complete let down compared to the previous CDL. There wasn't a big showy act.

Also I'm being super selfish because I'm flying all the way to Nagoya to see her and I want a WOW spectacle. If she sits on stage strumming a samisen I would have stuck with YouTube

She tends to add the showy act in AT now.

ah..I can see it now..I really want to watch the documentary...I love documentary...

http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4509564526

about the magazine said ayu the new album call "made in japan" in july 13 release
and the Tour will sing new song and a lot of B-side song(same PCDL 08-09)

Nice!

A lot of B-sides... this is gonna be an AMAZING tour.

is it from Numero Tokyo? I hope someone can translate and confirm

Yes, it's from the Numero interview.

Let me underline the portion.

http://i.imgur.com/A5adTCs.png

For those interested in why the tour is titled MADE IN JAPAN:

I wonder will she keep rare songs at the entire tour or going to change them from town to town...

Knowing Ayu, I think they're gonna be changed every stop and then the final MADE IN JAPAN shows will have the "most desired" tracks that are not performed much.

I already imagine her singing all her angry songs !!

yeah, that happend everytime ) But I would be happy to see even 1-2 songs at the final day

I'm expecting her to do all the songs that we want her to during the initial part of the tour and then swap to the ones we don't want as much for the final show, sadly.

And the final show would probably also have a new summer single track too if she follows other years. Or something like how Step by step was done pre-sixxxxxx.

I see her singing supportive, uplifting songs
something about "everything in your own hands"

I'd say maybe POWER of MUSIC songs mixed with some darker stuff to make people think about what they've done. alternas and stuff.

I'm praying that Marionette will be switched to Dolls with the same theatrical performance. Dolls suits the scene well, and have ayu stated many years ago that she wanted to emphazise the beauty of Japanese language when she wrote the lyrics to dolls?

B-side song?

I feel like she will perform End roll.

I hope she will sing.. and then, Dolls, Life, Everywhere Nowhere,Close to You, Will, Energize, etc...again

I just don't want Winter Daily in the album ...

Just got myself a ticket for the Nagoya show on the 15th May - anyone else going to that show? Would be cool to meet up with some ayu fans before/after.

I've been in and out of the ayu loop for a while now but I'm pretty keen for this tour, especially if she's bringing out some B-sides.

I'm a bit confused.
Ayu doesn't have that much b-sides, does she?
Guess, you mean album or rare performed songs.

B-sides is not what she said.

"Songs that I have not performed often" is what was written.

Me! I'm attending 5.15 show, but i might be there on the 14th too to buy goods.

I'll be there too!!

I have my fingers crossed for kanariya even though I know it will never happen

I only pray for songs like monochrome, End roll

I wouldn't expect she sings, kanariya, still alone, It was. Expecting she performs kanariya is like expecting she performs her songs from NOTHING FROM NOTHING.

Mind blown if she performs PRESENT, FRIEND II , Wishing, Like a doll, GUILTY.

"Hey guys, ever free was on the final vote for AT13!"
"You never said I had to sing it though!"

She trolled us well. :D

Hoping for Next Level!

I'm not putting many hopes on these ""b-side"" songs, there is usually a discrepancy between our expectations and her Japanese fans', and maybe she's saying this from their point of view. Let's wait and see, tour is starting soon! :)

btw I also hope for BALLAD and Will, not only cause their sound fit the tour concept but also because both songs are so beautiful :heart

Do you think we'll get theme of a-nation? It's her most japanese song. Would be a fantastic song to end a tour with, especially since this is going to be a tour through summer~

^ I hope so! I could lisen to it on repeat forever and not get tired. :yes

^ I second (or third, I guess.) that notion. I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove Theme for A-nation. It'd fit this concert so well.

that whould be awesome <3

homg that would be soooooo good! Now you make me wanna hear it

Theme of a-nation at a-nation 2012 made me disappointed. I don't want it to happen again.

I suppose the new facebook background is an updated logo of the tour. Should we expect sth grand?
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...8a60b1dd28aa66

IT'S THE (MISS)UNDERSTOOD HEART!!!! LOLOL
*teasing of Will*

It is. I like the logo, no billion elements, plain but also fresh.

I just really want that she doesn't keep the cdl stage and cdl base for making the tour
i want something really new, but don't change marionette performance, switch for Dolls, and keep Ivy

Logo reminds me of her slightly blind MTRLG logo back then!

I like this better than the actual logo...

the logo reminds me of (miss)understood + Secret

The logo looks cheap and tacky. Not what I was expecting or hoping for. It's like something on par with Hannah Montana. Lol.

I have to agree with you, Zeke.
Normally I wouldn't mind that logo that much, but together with the theme of "Made in Japan" it doesn't really fit (unless she wants to emphasize their love for kitsch and tackyness in modern Japan, but I don't think so, rofl). I'm really interested now to see the goods. Hopefully there won't be too much glitter and flash. :laugh

The new typography is muuuch better, but the diamond effect also looks tacky to me :dead2 Maybe it'll look better on the goodies

Still trying to understand the parenthesis around her A logo btw

That logo is fucking horrendous. NO.

I agree, I like the new typography so much better.
The diamond pattern... oh well, hopefully they won't use it for everything.

I am expecting black/gold/silver/sparkly goods.

Personally it looks like that logo was literally made in 2005. I'm all for nostalgia, but I don't think that was intentional lol. For an artist of her caliber, it really frustrates me that she still has such cheap stuff. Those sparkles best not be on the actual tour goods.

I don't despise it, and it's certainly better than CdM, but the japanese aesthetic that the tour is seemingly going to utilize is completely lacking in the logo. Like 100% lacking.



Would love goods that were red black and gold in design.

Mm, yeah, Ayu needs to hire an actual design firm for her stuff nowadays.

(miss)understood has Secret.

:luv2:luv2:luv2:luv2:luv2:luv2

(mhttp://i.imgur.com/ArKeyz2.pngde)injapan

-insert SMILE here-

I was expecting something like this:
http://i.imgur.com/SAiqz7B.png

But eh.

Also with calligraphy A.

^Ooh a caligraphy A would be nice! or if she could make several A that represents the evolution of Japanese culture

The sucky part is the goods have definitely already gone into production so even if we showed her that there's no way she'd adopt it as the logo lol

Eh, could always rework it potentially for the final set... maybe? If Ayu likes it enough, she could probably get what she wanted.

I dunno, I just like making things, haha.

http://i.imgur.com/zHFb6iz.jpg

This is probably the real shoot for the tour. Pop art retro + MADE IN JAPAN? Hm.

Red/gold/sparkle/black goods incoming for sure?

The goods still haven't been announced?

Is it because they are still working on the 2015 ayupan?? LOL


I hope that AT 2016 will not be based on CDL 2015-16. But from the video that was just released, my hope seems unlikely...

Goods are probably gonna go up next week.

That might be the album cover.

The logo is nice. I really don't get the tacky feeling that most of you have. If there was more sparkles and the words 'arena tour 2016' was all glittering it'd be too much. But here everything is well-balanced. I also like that she uses the red heart that reminds the red circle and that symbolises her love for her country.

That would be awesome :luv2

Thank God, and I thought I was the only one finding it tacky.