Celebrate the New Year with the help of Ayu!

[Son_of_Sun]

Hi everybody!

First off, a quick introduction of myself. I'm a guy in my late twenties and been an Ayu fan since Oct 2003, I live in the northern part of Sweden where Ayu fans are few and far between. Been a forum member at Ayumi-Hamasaki.Net (previously Ayumi-Hamasaki.org) if anyone remembers me from that site. Other stuff I listen to in JPOP: Ai Otsuka, Shaka Labbits, 175R, SOUL'd Out, YMCK, Do As Infinity, CAPSULE and many more... In KPOP: SNSD, Crayon Pop, Miss A, KARA, Dal Shabet and a few more.

any hoodle poodle...

Since Ayu releases her Countdown Live concerts (almost) every year let's take advantage of the fact it is a countdown concert.

Below I've listed the New Years moments in the concerts (that I've found) and the exact time you should start watching the concert to sync the concert countdown with the one in real life!

For example, if you want to watch the CDL 2005-2006 concert, then you press play at 23:02:56. Make sure you've paused the DVD at 00:00:00 before doing the "sync-play" instead of pressing the [PLAY ALL] from the DVD menu (it might ad a couple of seconds before it really starts playing the concert).

Keep in mind the times presented below could differ a second or two depending on the source (DVD, Blu-Ray, downloaded) and how you play it (DVD player, PS3/XBOX360 or played on the computer). Maker sure you've checked the approximate time listed below and adjust the start time if needed.


- The first time listed is when in the concert the New Year happens and the second time is when you should start watching -

Countdown Live 2000-2001
XX:XX | XX:XX:XX

Countdown Live 2004-2005
XX:XX | XX:XX:XX

Countdown Live 2005-2006
57:04 | 23:02:56

Countdown Live 2006-2007
XX:XX | XX:XX:XX

Countdown Live 2007-2008
XX:XX | XX:XX:XX

Countdown Live 2008-2009
DISC 1- 1:23:01 + DISC 2- 27:14 [THIS CONCERT IS NOT RECOMMENDED SINCE IT'S ON TWO DVDs AND COULD BE HARD TO SYNC THE TIME]

If you really want to watch this concert here is a solution I came up with. To sync the countdown in real life and on the DVD start watching the second disc at 23:32:46. But when should you start watching the concert (DISC 1) in the first place? My recommendation is at 22:04, then you'll have about 5 minutes of bathroom break or other things to take care of. Just remember to start watching DISC 2 at 23:32:46.

Countdown Live 2009-2010
1:22:40 | 22:37:20

Countdown Live 2010-2011
1:15:39 | 22:44:21

Countdown Live 2011-2012
1:05:47 | 22:54:13

Countdown Live 2011-2012
BE IN TOKYO AND SEE IT LIVE


I've watch a CDL this way two times before and can say its really fun to do! If you own any of the CDL that I haven't listed the times of please reply with the play times so I can add them.