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Let's commence with all the talk about lipsynching / backtrack usage, shall we? ;) Just kidding.
I do wonder when we'll get the DVD, though. Last year, the TV version aired relatively close to the release of the DVD, if I remember correctly. (Then again, the TV version was filmed during the last Japan shows, and the DVD was filmed in Taiwan.) I wonder if that will happen again this year, or if we'll get a DVD and TV version of the same show, and then a separate DVD for the rumored "NEXT LEVEL ~ASIA SPECIAL SHOW~" (or whatever it's supposedly called). |
Wow...that's a lot of pics.
I wonder when the DVD will be announced. |
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^I'm sure it's just another ballad featuring him. >.>
This concert seems really cool except the outfits. not too fond of them. I wish she didn't change them so frequently. imo 5 outfits is enough for a concert. |
Hehe nono I was there. Its NEXT LEVEL, the songs performance. I dunno what he is up to in the pic though... "wohooo, happy uplifting song bores me... Lets play ghosts!!! Fun! Come on Zin, join!"
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^:laugh looks like he's trying to do a HADUKEN!
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haha Shuya got evil smile on that pic..
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the outfits are starting to get repetitive, but i have no idea how creative you can be when you've had so many in the past and when mobility and speed-dressing is a huge issue.
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DVD comes out with the last show in Tokyo. And then with the next album, she has an extra DVD with one of the show overseas. Or different parts of the different shows overseas (cause we have no idea if it's more than one country... yet...) More money for Avex too! XD Hahaha! |
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well she hasn't attempted nude yet. I think that would be cool, I mean she's already attempted it for two album covers. and she wouldn't have the problem of coming up with costume ideas if she didn't change them every other song.
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I think the costumes just have to look well made for people to like them. For instance, Lady GaGa seems to wear a truckload of outfits just going to public events and I don't see her running out of ideas any time soon, you know? Then again, Lady GaGa also spends all of her money on tours and kind of looks crazy 60% of the time...
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The "made well" part is vital. Some of her outfits have cool ideas going, but something about them just goes completely wrong, with poor material choice, pattern choice, proportional choices or bad execution. It's a shame. When she does come up with cool outfits though, they're usually really awesome.
She just needs to work with some new people. You mentioned Lady GaGa, she usually has big name designers doing her stuff. I wish ayu would too. |
^I think Ayu has choosen to work only with friends...
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^ Mostly bad, in my opinion. -__-
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I don't have problem with most at09 outfits
Ayu always has at least one "WTF?" look for every show xD so... |
i still like the outfits besides the pants with the slits down them (i think that's what they have?) i even like the cotton candy dress and the EnergizE outfit that makes me feel like im 5. the identity/LOVE 'n' HATE outfit is my favorite though. she looks really hot there
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^ I'd say it's the In The Corner one followed by the rollin'/Sparkle one, imo nothing beats the gold costume she had on during AUDIENCE on CDL 02-03.
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nothing beats the Pride AT06 one...PERIOD xD(OK, maybe DT01 M, that was pretty much WTF?????? as well)
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^ lol i forgot about the ugly hat she had on for Pride, it was totally out of the place along with the dead wig she wore under. Of course there is always the strange thing she had on during B&D, UNITE and Startin' the same year and that even made it to the covers lol
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^OMG YES that horrible disgusting long red wig, i'm still recovering from the trauma of that one. :cry
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Speaking of concert outfits, I've realized it's really often the headpiece which ruins the outfit for me, lol. Like for this tour, the two dresses are very pretty but the flower thingy kills it for me. Same for BtB/pride(<-well, I wasn't too into these two dresses either though...)/rainy day, CAROLS AT05, fairyland/theme of a-nation CDL05-06... M from dome tour :tired
Maybe it's just me though :laugh Of course there are some really nice ones too, such as 1 LOVE/until that day... AT07. :yes And all "normal" hats/accessories. |
^ M at DT01 is a masterpiece xDDD in a bad way...
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I only like the outfit for identity/LOVE 'n' HATE performances, the others don't call me attention cuz some of them are repetitive, others are awful, others are nothing special, etc.
anyways, the outfits never have interested me about a tour I prefer good vocals live and amazing performances with a lot of energy *_* |
the white mermaid dress from PCDL is so much better than the pink one. :(
why didn't she just use that one!? ugh. she recycled alot anyway, 1 more outfit wouldn't hurt lol. and I actually like the red wig from AT06. It's so vegas lol<3 |
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imo sparkle outfit fits the performance (pretty much like pride one on at06) |
i agree with aloopy, she should've re-reused the PCDL white dress that was also used in the SEASONS+Days TV performance..there is something ugly about that pink mermaid dress in AT09, it looks really tacky and cheap
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Looks like doing this she's losing a lot of objectivity... (if not all) because of this. Honestly i think she needs new faces and fresh ideas. (in some points, im not saying she should change everything, because that would probably mean she would stop being ayu :s) Anyway... I like the outfits for the concerts. the gray miniskirt looks lovely ;) and she looks cute, the only think i totally hate is the wig where she looks like the guy from V from vendetta :roflmao lol |
another short clip
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thanks for the video.
still. gorgeous stage and bad outfits |
^ ^ evolution sounds so good!
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i wish they'd show a clip of rollin' or identity!
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Guy Hamasaki, yo! http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6533/awkward.png |
^OMG IT'S ANON |
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It's very strange to see the dancers in Rule outfits dancing the chorus dance of Unite...
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When it comes to the costumes that I would like to see again, well I personally loved the pink stuff from AT05 the best and the pretty dress she wore during HAPPY ENDING the same year, in fact the only costume that was out of the place that year was the one she had for CAROLS. Also the AUDIENCE costume she had on during the (m)u tour was a pure win. AT07 and 08 were really good costume wise and there wasn't really anything I disliked, besides the feathers during AUDIENCE in AT07 I never liked those kind of costumes. |
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The videos are getting me much more excited! I was like "Yessss!" when the showed some of Sparkle and it looks like it's going to be awesome. I really hope that gets aired (and it probably will.) I also really want to see GREEN.
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I feel that ayu's tour outfits are getting more and more simpler. nothing that WOWs!
i am pretty surprised that there was a purple shiny sequin outfit for Sparkle and also a golden shiny sequin outfit for evolution.. thats just -__- and also, her mermaid dress was used in AT08 (Japan concerts), PCDL and AT09. just different colours. -_- |
thanks for the video :yes.
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I just realized Shuya is wearing MC Hammer pants.....
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^ in the small pics I actually thought it was a skirt xD
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At the video on the previous page: I love how that guy gets all excited by her shoulder shaking move in Sparkle... xD and how the first lady mouths the lyrics to evolution. I dunno, I just love it whenever I watch those news clips and see some totally random people nodding approvingly at her. :laugh Makes me happy for her even if they're doing it just to be polite. That's how simple I am LOL.
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Thank you very much for the pictures!
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^not to mention the black side split pants (in the corner and sparkle/rollin)
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didn't she mention in a recent diary entry that she has the same person making her outfits all the time? a little variety wouldn't hurt
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Yeah, Akira Noda is her costume director (and has been since the beginning), so most/all of the outfits she wears for concerts/CD jackets are made by him. I'd always thought he was a she because there'd be the skinny woman with glasses in the DVD footage when Ayu would do fittings, but I guess she's probably a second-in-command or something.
http://jfw.jp/en/about/keyvisual.html The top left outfits that are designed for the 'hands' wearing them really remind me of Ayu concert outfits, haha. [They're Akira Noda works.] Spoiler:
I kinda wish she'd do a special collaboration with a super high fashion label for a concert, but I guess those will be CD jacket/magazine only. Oh well... |
Hand fashion modeling...... How...weird. >_>
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^ Fierce set baby <3
I don't mind the costumes... She can bounce around naked up there for all I care. The sparkly ones are extremely eye catching, probably work with with the lighting. |
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thanks! xD I don't care about the costumes no more... I guess its all meant to be sparkly after all right? :lech |
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woah..the greeny ayu is scary
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yuck @ the HOPE or PAIN dress
and I'm so glad she changed her clothes for the evolution/SIGNAL segment. The original black corset stuck so much from her dancers, and clashed with everything. |
the visuals really seem stunning ^^ The HOPE or PAIN dress is yucky.
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Those pics are definitely from some of the first shows... she changed her hair and outfits for a few of those. (edit: Aah, I see the Saitama Arena photo now. lol)
lol I actually like the HoP dress. It's actually really pretty (and sparkly) up close =) |
^ aah I would have liked her to have that hairstyle for the encore on the last shows :cry
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^ I agree, I love that hairstyle. I also love the second hairstyle she had for the encore:
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The picture where she's facing the empty chair creeps me out xD;; Great pictures though.
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Luckily, she changed her first Evolution outfit, because it didn't work with the colors and the theme tour. I don't hate the HOPE or PAIN dress, for me is just ok, the one that I can't stand is Days's outfit, because I stopped hating her disaster-wig in Sparkle.
I thought the thing hanging under the chair in NEXT LEVEL's performance was added at the final dates, but it was also when she was in Saitama Super Arena so... I have to focus a bit more on the pictures lol. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...20level/25.jpg I love this picture ^^ . |
Wow those were a lot of photos to save.
The tour looks stunning. My favorite would be the grey skirt outfit. ayu looks smexy in it. |
I love seeing some more pics of the old evolution outfit^^ we are not going to see it in video, so we at least get pics...though...im wondering, why are these pics of saitama? that might mean the TV broadcast features the saitama concert, dont you think?
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I love the chair photo. XD
Thanks for those photos from Max's blog. <3 |
ohh those pics are really cool thanks for sharing! |
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The chandelier thing under the chair was always there. During the final shows, there was this feather boa on top of the chair that wasn't there during the first leg of the tour. Here's a pic of it: http://i34.tinypic.com/2vvvq80.jpg |
i really hate most costumes ugh
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Awesome pictures, but weird that it's from the Saitama concerts.
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/605...0223050223.jpg Hahaha. They are so much more intimate than AyuxShuya or AyuxMaro. |
^that's hot. :angel
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:laugh now we are seeing the true shuya
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OMG that's like something out of my stupid comic! |
yes indeed very hot. |
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Shuya! Get off of Maro! D: I loveee Maro and I strongly dislike Shuya. (Can't express that enough.) Anyway, about Ayu's costumes-- I do miss the more elaborate ones, like that GIANT rainbow one she had for one of the No way to say performances (I think?) in one of her concerts. :luv2 |
then they are in love? :innocent
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LOL I totally forgot about that picture!
I want to say something like that happened at either the 6/20 or 6/21 show, but I can't really remember DX lol. |
^ well, was it some sort of declaration of love, or merely fanservice? XD
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i wonder when they are going to announce the dvd release date |
The pics of the concert look great!! I'm really eager to watch the DVD! I hope, it's coming out soon!! ^.^
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Ayu is about music not her gay dancers.
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Ayu isn't a book or a magazine lol (In defense to your "Ayu is music" statement)
Ayu's a person, a musician, who happens to rely quite a bit on her dancers (some of whom may be gay, who knows). Her recent tours / concerts have been choreographed only by her dancers; she really doesn't use choreography from other dancers / people anymore. Unless she decides to include a long documentary like she did with AT07, I think this'll be out early next year, like January or February. I wonder what kind of bonus features and such will be on the DVD... can't wait to hear the details =D |
lol okay x
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ayu is inspiration!!!!
ayu shldnt delay any more.. :( |
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