Project: Happy Birthday Ayu! 2020

[koumori]

The Saigo no Trouble online live is being performed on Ayu's birthday (October 2nd)! It has inspired members on the AHS Discord to organise a message project. It's been a long time since we gathered together something like this and since Ayu is sharing her birthday with us, it feels like an appropriate time for that effort. We want an idea that is as accessible and easy to get involved with as possible, so no matter your current schedule, you can jump in and send Ayu your birthday wishes. This will need to be organized by the 24th September 2020 so there is time to organise this being sent to a member of Ayu’s troupe.

The idea:
A short video gathering together messages from Ayu fans to wish her a happy birthday. These can be text-only or handwritten.
We would like to keep messages short for readability, so we will ask participants to keep their messages between 300-500 characters. If you are planning to hand-write your message, please give us a text version as well in case the photo is hard to read in the video.

We will not be including any fan-made video footage, but small photos or pictures alongside your message can work if you’d like to include one! Just make sure your message is still a good size for readability. It is also likely that the video will be landscape, so please keep that in mind if taking a photo of your message.

Google Drive link to view current submissions, if you'd like some inspiration for your own message!

Please send your submissions to projectayu98@gmail.com.
Deadline: 24th September 2020


Update 22nd September:

Originally Posted by koumori

As an addition, if you want a longer message then we can do that by making the font a little smaller. This goes for anyone who has already submitted who may have more to say! We have had some Japanese fans write in who can fit a lot more into the character limit so I think it's fair to extend this to overseas fans as well.

[Katsuyuki012]

Cute idea!

[Evan Odinson]

I like this idea!

[visionfactory]

Do you have entries already? Can I see an example to make mine's please?

I participated in "under the same sky" project so I'm hyped by this one as well!

[koumori]

Thank you for the entries so far everyone!! It'd be great to have them as early as possible so we can edit the video together over the week

Originally Posted by visionfactory

Do you have entries already? Can I see an example to make mine's please?

Sure! Someone messaged me saying that I'm welcome to use theirs as an example, so thank you Mikytaryan

"Ayu-chan,

Happy Birthday from Romania!
Please stay healthy and don't forget we are always CONNECTED.

With lots of Love from under the same sky,
Miky"

At the moment, our template for the video does include a space for a personal photo and your country flag. If someone doesn't send a personal photo or feel comfortable disclosing their country, it'll default to an "A" logo.

[Mikytaryan]

This is really nice! I'm glad I can participate in something for Ayu with you guys.
Thank you for posting here as I don't use discord. Looking forward to the final version

[mi|kshake]

This sounds like a great idea!

[Miku]

a very cute idea

[koumori]

Today we finalized the template for the video, so here is the design if anyone is wondering! The top right box is for a photo (if you feel comfortable sending one) and the bottom right is for your country's flag.

[attractive nausea]

^ That template looks so good, thanks for your hard work!
Just sent my submission!

[koumori]

Thank you so much!
There's four days to go so if anyone is on the fence, please get one sent in! With the news of Ayu asking for TA photos to display during the tour, it would be really nice to try and surprise her with photos and messages from overseas fans as well

[Evolution7/4]

Submitted! Thank you so much for this!

[mi|kshake]

Submitted!

[Katsuyuki012]

Just sent my submission!

[oaristos]

That's such a lovely idea, thank you for organizing this! I just sent my submission

[lastminute]

Great idea! Sent my submission ^^

[visionfactory]

Thank you I'll send my entry soon!

[kobevalencia17]

Submitted!

[koumori]

Thank you everyone who has submitted their message! You should all have a response now with how your message looks in the template

Three days to go! Let's do this
Any late messages won't be able to be edited into the video, so please keep that in mind if you're planning on taking part!

[Katsuyuki012]

Thank you guys so much! This project is really well-organized!