I feel that for Anecan... it's okay cos women in their late 20s probably have more spending power than say, teenagers or old men anyway.
I just can't get over how bad she looks most of the time in Anecan lol.
What avex needs now is to position alan in the most profitable market position. Right now, I would say teenagers and young adults spend the most on CDs/music. Probably that is why her music has been becoming more mainstream pop recently cos her VoE era of songs were really "old-sounding" and probably doesn't seem to hit teenagers much (remember Japanese eat R&B ballads and cutsey bubblegum pop songs).
But at least, even the change of direction for alan is something cool. Swear & Over the clouds