new ayupan --> alterna (pink dress)

[Qt Mashi]

Originally Posted by Chibi_Venus

Aw, so cute! I love the, "You are the STARS!!" card! I sometimes like fanmade ones better -- they're smiling. ^^

yeah i wonder why the real ones dont smile~~

[ImpactBreaker]

The last official ayupans all smile so the smile is not a criteria to tell whether it's an official product or not anymore.
The letter is pretty cool!
And with her devil smile, I bet there's some trick (lethal poison) hidden inside that rose j/k

[Echiko]

very cute! ^^

[Delirium-Zer0]

Originally Posted by lotusoka

That is cute actually. I don't quite know what "ayupan" is. Could somebody explain please?

Poor lotusoka never had his question answered

"ayupan" started in mid-2002 as little dolls that ayu sold in concerts. Ayu called them "ayupan", short for "ayu-panda", because she thought they looked like pandas with their huge eyes. The original line had ayupan of the Dearest cover, UNITE! at Dome Tour 2001, and the Daybreak cover, among several others.

Since then, ayupan have been sold at just about all of ayu's concerts (including limited ones at a+nation and the Limited TeamAyu Live Tour), in varying designs paying homage to ayu's album & single covers and concert costumes.

Not long after the ayupan were created, a file went around of a CG ayupan screen test. Fans got excited in anticipation of a future animated ayupan series, which eventually took shape in the form of 19 2-minute episodes (I believe it was a bumper before & after commercials during the "ayu ready?" talk show) and a sequence of ayupan teaching the Trauma dance. Ayupan also showed up on the big screen at one of ayu's concerts teaching everyone the independent dance.

Ayupan also had a short lived store in the shibuya district. It went out of business after a short time of operation as the merchandise was too expensive. Most customers left buying nothing more than a sheet of stickers, although various things such as towels, pencil cases, lunchboxes, stationary, coffee mugs, and even candy & christmas box sets were available.

Ayupan have shown up on a few of ayu's cds including ayu-mi-x 4 and Daybreak, and were included in the form of coasters found in Mr. Donut's "AYU Combo".

The legacy lives on still today as, as you can see, fans continue to take old ayupan and repaint them into designs for her latest singles

You can see lots of aypan pictures at http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/ayupan ^_^

[orenji_jaro]

i like the outfit!! and it's the card thingy! ^___________^

hmmm that made me to make a card like that one too! i bigger one! ^_____^

[[taskin.ayu]]

Wow thats amazing! I love these fan made Ayu pan. xD Pity they stopped making new ones. D:

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by A Biography

That's so Cute, I want it, They should also make a Very White-Ayu and Singing Machine Robo-Ayu too!

i like that idea, haha! ayupans are always so cute, but i don't own any. lol.

[ph33r]

Ooh thanks for the info delirium-zero

Never knew about store thing o_O

[heyrill]

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[A Biography]

They need to make more Ayupan! Or At Least include them in limited edition CD+DVD combos...

[Mad_Cactuar]

Its cute, but the eyes are as usual, scary..

[angela]

kawaii