[News] ayumi hamasaki 21st anniversary -POWER of A^3- DVD/BD Release

[holy_arrow]

Where is Engerize performance guys ??? It isn't included in the DVD, is it ?

[maxikot]

Originally Posted by holy_arrow

Where is Engerize performance guys ??? It isn't included in the DVD, is it ?

Sadly it doesn't seem to be.

[mi|kshake]

Thanks for the reviews guys! I watched the live broadcast only so looking forward to watching the Blu-ray!

[_dandy_]

I'm truly impressed. Amazon Japan sent me an email on Tuesday saying the Blu-ray had shipped, and I had it on Friday here in Canada.

Why some orders from other shops who sell through Amazon take weeks, or even months, I don't know.

Anyway, the disc is being ripped as I'm writing this. I only play copies to preserve my original purchases.

[ExodusUK]

Someone here could probably do it in a day without proper access to the raw content. Avex/Ayu simply don't care enough to mislead us to that extent. The only difference I've noticed in the editing style over the year is that the closeups aren't as frequent - could be to hide editing/sync issues or because they're not as flattering to Ayu.

[hidekirby]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Someone here could probably do it in a day without proper access to the raw content. Avex/Ayu simply don't care enough to mislead us to that extent. The only difference I've noticed in the editing style over the year is that the closeups aren't as frequent - could be to hide editing/sync issues or because they're not as flattering to Ayu.

In a day yes... If you want an awful result.
Believe me it's really not that simple! AJFmzk explainded it pretty well. (thanks!)

Originally Posted by Chris85

Also she barely improvises, so some songs won't suffer from replacing vocals at all, the lip movements should be fine.

It is easier and less obvious to lip sync than replacing an entire audio. Even if she doesn't improvise (like at all) you'll notice something is off and doesn't work. Move the sound by 2 frames and it's off. Unless they spend weeks on editing with obvious cuts / weird angles.

[LOGMAN]

So the DVD is selling well but the blu-ray isn't?
I hope that doesn't influence further blu-ray releases.
Though I was amazed we even got this one.

[Aderianu]

How come in 2019 dvd sells better than blu ray


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[RealLight]

1st Week

General DVD Charts:
Day 1: #2
Day 2: #4
Day 3: #4
Day 4: #7
Day 5: #2
Day 6: #8
Day 7: #5

Music DVD Charts:
Day 1: #2
Day 2: #2
Day 3: #3
Day 4: #6
Day 5: #2
Day 6: #6
Day 7: #5

Music Blu-ray Charts
Day 1: #7

[Cahz-]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

How come in 2019 dvd sells better than blu ray


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It sold more than Arena Tour 2016 A ~M(a)de in Japan~ (8,815 copies first week)

[Corvina]

Originally Posted by Cahz-

It sold more than Arena Tour 2016 A ~M(a)de in Japan~ (8,815 copies first week)

10,335 are the combined sales of DVD and Blu-Ray.
It sold 6,601 copies of DVDs and 3,734 copies of Blu-Rays.
Made in Japan sold around 13,000 in combined sales first week, so about 3,000 more.

[truehappiness]

Originally Posted by Aderianu

How come in 2019 dvd sells better than blu ray


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The fanbase in Japan seems like they all still have DVD players and not BD players. It's also why CD+DVD is still the 'prime' version of releases among CD/CD+DVD/CD+BD too if it's even an option.

[mi|kshake]

My copy arrived today, yay! Can't wait to have a chilled day and watch it. Think I might save it for my days off.

[mi|kshake]

So I finally watched the Blu-ray and whilst it looked amazing and I loved all the little adlibs in the songs but...I found myself really missing the band. Great show but I hope the band does make a come back soon.

[BlackSilence]

The concert was amazing! But same, I missed the band too~ Especially the rock part with Yo-chan.

[_dandy_]

> Especially the rock part with Yo-chan.

That reminds me--I wanted to post about this...

There's plenty of Ayu video compilations on YouTube...10th anniversary...15th...20th...etc...and while some of these can rival (or easily exceed in some cases) Avex's own promotional material in terms of polish, why is there not a single compilation on YouTube of Yo-chan just rockin' out during Ayu's concerts? He can play these *amazing* guitar riffs during interludes...why has no-one (more talented than I) ever put together a nice compilation of him doing what he does best? The material is all there on the various concert discs...

That would, well...*rock*. :-)

[LOGMAN]

Yo-chan is the best. I was watching a movie the other week and was so happy when he appeared, having a guitar duel with another person. It was great!

[kendelle]

That's such a cool idea I don't think I'm the one talented enough to do it justice but I'd like to try when I have some free time! I really miss the old days of Enrique and Yo-chan together.

[ExodusUK]

Ayu's Japan fans are too young or poor to have blu-ray?

[Norrel]

Originally Posted by ExodusUK

Ayu's Japan fans are too young or poor to have blu-ray?

What an assumption.

For context, this is the same country where fax machines are still widely used, and it's nothing to do with poorness.

The simplest answer for why DVD still reigns in Japan? Most likely - people just don't have any feasible reason to upgrade, so upgrading would be excessive/unnecessary.