[News] "Rule", Dragon Ball movie theme song.

[amorphose]

I doubt that having Rule as the theme song is going to do anything for Ayu's popularity overseas. It might rake in a few fans here and there but it's not going to be anything major or amazing.

Look at Utada-- Kingdom Hearts was super, super popular and Simple and Clean / Sanctuary were both in English, but all it did was create a larger fan base for her overseas.

I don't think Rule will do anything more than that for Ayumi and Rule probably won't gain her as many fans as Simple and Clean or Sanctuary did for Utada because...

a.) A lot of the times, people don't pay attention to the theme song (and if it's played in the credits and not the beginning, people will be leaving.)

Whereas in a video game setup like Kingdom Hearts you hear the song at the beginning and end of the game and for any fan of the game, it made the song a classic.

b.) Again-- it being in Japanese isn't going to spark as much curiosity. Americans, for the most part, just aren't interested in foreign music. Had Hikari been used for the American release of KH1, I can't say I would've looked it up. At the point I had never heard a Japanese song in my life.

Idk... I just think people seem to be either totally against this or way too excited about it.
I just wanna hear Ayu in the theater~

[Ayu-roBeat 13]

No offense I like Ayu and the Dragonball series but this is ridiculous. X_x Even though there isn't a solid American fanbase for Ayu, people who hear her for the 1st time (if they even pay attention) might get a bad first impression...Mostly this is me being overreactive, but I have a bad feeling about this.

Well, at least Ayu will be heard by the American public for the first time. ^^;

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

I think its time to get a bit more positive.

[lfe.]

Originally Posted by emiko

You guys, honestly how many movies do you remember the theme song for?

People around the world aren't going to give a crap the theme is by Ayu, except for people who are waiting for it.

Actually it depends how the song sounds. Some of my Caucasian friends listened to "is this LOVE?" and they were like "hey, this song is pretty badass" and they never listened to Asian music before.

It also depends where they place it. I hope they don't just make this an ending credits song, cuz hell, everyone leaves once the credits roll. If it could play during the opening credits and maybe like a small verse during one of the battles, that would be awesome.

Originally Posted by henrique

Here the new trailer....looks great!

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/dragonball/trailer

It actually doesn't look half-bad, and thas coming from a non-DB fan. Looks like a better version of Mortal Kombat lol. I almost didn't recognize James Marsters, though he is playing Piccolo so I guess I should have expected as much haha.

[Kaiouforever]

Ugh. I can't believe she's singing the theme song for this garbage...at least it'll get a lot of attention since it's being released in so many places, and I'm sure she'll get a lot of media coverage in Japan for it.

[njanjayrp]

Could someone please close this topic as it's getting pointless? ~ it seems people are more into bashing the movie rather than being happy that Ayu is releasing a new song.

[Ayu_no_tenshi]

Originally Posted by taskinillusion

And I can't help but think of sifow's "RULE!"

LOVE that song!!! lol

[Aga-chan]

Originally Posted by GRACE

But I honestly think that the people who are going to want to go see this movie are the kind of people who would at least have an idea who Ayu is to begin with, because they'd mostly be fans of the anime, and therefore, anime fans, and what anime fan in the US HASN'T watched Inuyasha?

I agree. Most people, who will watch the "Dragon Ball" life action movie, probably already have an interest in Japanese popculture. And many of them probably already heard of ayu. So the actual impact she could make is questionable. Though it's a HUGE tie-in for Japan, I'm not so sure about the rest of the world. A more "neutral" movie could make a greater impact, because how many people who aren't the least into Japanese popculture would watch the movie? What could help, though, would be good promotion over the "anime became movie" border and good reviews.

[Papaya.Shimbun]

I got the gist of this forum and I second it. I don't like the idea of the movie and I'm not even a big fan of the series. I figure there will be another single or two before her next album, which will give her the opportunity to revamp some more of her older songs + lets not forget about those 4 jacket covers ＿|￣|O

someone said before and I'm not sure whom but I figure any viewer who isn't familiar to J-Pop won't care less about the song or the person who sang it. but I'm sure it'll be a generally positive response from her fan-base and the fans of the movie.

as well all know Ayumi writes her own lyrics so I'm a little disappointed to see that this song is about her impression of the film's protagonist after reading the screenplay. I hope this song won't be released as the A-side to her next single. in fact I hope it won't be on her next album. then again, I'm sure its something we'll all be able to relate to on some degree. alterna anyone?

verdict: I think I'll support Ayumi by buying the single instead of paying $15, waiting 2 hours for the end roll.

[maaya]

i'm just saw the trailer and i think it doesn't look like dragon ball in the anime - -+ too modern

[tanachu]

FYI, the trailer that was leaked wasn't supposed to be. At first I watched it and obv thought "the ****?" like everyone else, but it wasn't meant to be seen by the public obv so yeah.

[tinka69]

OMG. I used to LOVE Dragon Ball Z!!! Whoa...and an international live action film? This is going to be bad. I can feel it lol. Defs going to see it though. XD

[Yukitora]

eww.


goku is supposed to be buff

what is this skinny crap

i hate the direction this film is headed. Whilst the transformers film took heaps of liberties, at least it looked decent and realistic. This looks so surreal and well, silly, it's kinda saddening that ayu is taking apart of this film.

looks like that speed racer movie all over again. bad reviews to be expected.

[crea_spain]

Originally Posted by GRACE

But I honestly think that the people who are going to want to go see this movie are the kind of people who would at least have an idea who Ayu is to begin with, because they'd mostly be fans of the anime, and therefore, anime fans, and what anime fan in the US HASN'T watched Inuyasha?

I knew about Ayu after listening to her song "Dearest" in one of Inuyasha´s ending, maybe now many more people around the world knows who she is thanks to DB evolution

[ayu_fantasy]

Cool for ayu!!! but i do think that her song should be be starred in a more popular hollywood flim.. haha

[~Tsubasa~]

This is so cool!!!! And I love the title of this song!!!!

[ayu_fantasy]

The trailer looks cool... but a japanese song would be abit weird... still i hope singapore will be featuring the movie..

[forevertakumi]

thank you. waiting for this song

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by Idealist

It certainly does seem that way, and it's a little silly, seeing as how Goku was an alien anyway, so why should he look Japanese? As it is, I'm just taking a wait and see approach. A tie-in with a big budget, internationally marketed movie could be just the thing to help jump start Ayu's exposure worldwide, and even if the movie is a bomb it's unlikely to do any harm to her.

That is true :O

But it's still weird ^^;

[Jwiz]

Omg if it's showing in singapore i will go watch it for sure!