Ayu at a-nation '10 - setlist, photos, and etc. [II]

[maikaru]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

Well, she's always around when her staff is editing it... like when they're working on MC footage or AT-insert years here- for TV or the DVD...

You know what, I agree with you here too, she's ALWAYS in charge of her editing, and they really can't believe that putting all Ayu performances will compel more people to buy the DVD. If this was like 7 years ago, then many people would want to buy it just for Ayu, but not in this time... It's common sense, Ayu's popularity is not what it used to be. Ayu fans would have bought the DVD whether the performances were broadcasted or not. Many people do not have the channel to watch A-Nation, so it doesn't even matter to many of them.

Of course, that thought might also be there, but I think that genuinely she didn't have time to edit the concert, and she might have wanted the other artists to get a broadcast of their concert, because if Ayu had all of her performances, it takes away from their performances. We know she's thought of this before in regards to awards.

Having Ayu not in the broadcast doesn't always have to have an ulterior motive. I genuinely believe that she really didn't have time to edit it the way she wanted, it was super last minute notice and it seemed like they tried to edit it in time, but they just couldn't.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by maikaru

Having Ayu not in the broadcast doesn't always have to have an ulterior motive. I genuinely believe that she really didn't have time to edit it the way she wanted, it was super last minute notice and it seemed like they tried to edit it in time, but they just couldn't.

Didnt the concert happen a month ago? I wouldnt call that short notice. Avex is a huge company with huge resources. The editing could be done in a day if it was deemed necessary. Ayu simply saying, sorry avex im busy, so just leave me out of the broadcast; wouldnt fly. They would edit it anyway. This was to try and make more money, plain and simple. They are a business afterall.

[Keiichi_JPU]

I don't think this is for marketing purposes. I don't know how these A-nation DVD's usually sell, but I can't imagine Ayu not being broadcasted makes that much of a difference? Above all, A-nation is her least interesting performance of the year. As a fan, I would much rather save my money for the Arena / Asia Tour, and if I have money left, the Countdown Live. DVD's are very expensive, I personally never buy the A-nation DVD's anyway.

Dunno about you guys though, maybe everyone always buys the A-nation DVD's and I'm just weird

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

Didnt the concert happen a month ago? I wouldnt call that short notice. Avex is a huge company with huge resources. The editing could be done in a day if it was deemed necessary. Ayu simply saying, sorry avex im busy, so just leave me out of the broadcast; wouldnt fly. They would edit it anyway. This was to try and make more money, plain and simple. They are a business afterall.

More money from what? A-nation DVD sales sux, and they always will xD even when they have non-broadcasted songs from all the artists, even Ayu, the sales are VERY low... If they did it to boost her sales, they are just dumb... A-nation big money comes from the festival tickets, everything else is just to make some naive fans feel special...
They most likelly cut her out cuz they showed her entire performance for 2 years on a row...

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

More money from what? A-nation DVD sales sux, and they always will xD even when they have non-broadcasted songs from all the artists, even Ayu, the sales are VERY low... If they did it to boost her sales, they are just dumb... A-nation big money comes from the festival tickets, everything else is just to make some naive fans feel special...
They most likelly cut her out cuz they showed her entire performance for 2 years on a row...

Thats why I said, try to boost the sales. The dvds dont sell well because most buyers have no incentive to get it. This gives an incentive. How much it will effect sales or not, who knows - but it is something to try. Also i dont know why they would cut her entirely from the broadcast just because she was shown in her entirety the last two years. she is their most popular artist, it doesnt make sense to cut her from any broadcast for that reason.

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by Andrenekoi

More money from what? A-nation DVD sales sux, and they always will xD even when they have non-broadcasted songs from all the artists, even Ayu, the sales are VERY low... If they did it to boost her sales, they are just dumb... A-nation big money comes from the festival tickets, everything else is just to make some naive fans feel special...
They most likelly cut her out cuz they showed her entire performance for 2 years on a row...

By airing the Short ver.s of Ayu's latest PVs and cutting all the PVs on her Youtube channel, avex has already proved how incredibly dumb they are.

[Andrenekoi]

Originally Posted by njanjayrp

By airing the Short ver.s of Ayu's latest PVs and cutting all the PVs on her Youtube channel, avex has already proved how incredibly dumb they are.

THIS is a good point

And I wouldn't be surprised if they cut Ayu out of A-nation just to control some fuss between jealous artists for the last two years... Ayumi is their most popular artist, but not the only one giving them money... If Avex was really worried about A-Nation DVD sales they would record the entire thing to appeal to all their big acts fanbase while promoting the less popular acts that also performed... Or release the performances on different Dvds focused on each artist aiming differet fanbases.... Cutting Ayu out is not really a good way of making money, she is not even the biggest DVD seller of the festival (Now, cutting Koda Kumi out of the TV Broadcast would make sense for marketing purposes)