[Koda Kumi] The 182nd Thread - Celebrating the WINTER of LOVE

[tenshi no hane]

I love the last ViVi photo love her hair

Nice to see her in so many long interviews. The bottom line in all interviews is that she really loves singing and performing live. She'll continue as long as people are willing to listen.

Also, I translated NMWY, if anyone's interested: NO ME WITHOUT YOU lyrics translation

[Gustavopc]

Dang, she looks gorgeous the Dance x Kumi pic I need scans asap hahaha

[KarenPang]

The back covers for WINTER of LOVE are the same for both the CD + DVD & CD + Blu-ray editions :x

I'm sure many photos of Kuu were taken when they shot the covers/photos for WINTER of LOVE , it wouldn't hurt for avex to use different photos for the back covers at least

[Isicio]

^and for the booklet, with only one sad photo in SoL

[Minttulatte]

I love the photo with Kuu and the kitty. So adorable. I didn't know she is a cat person.

Also, those ViVi photos are fabulous. I like all outfits very much. My favorite is the second pic. She looks so badass there.

Btw, am I the only one missing her EDGE STYLE photoshoots? Those were so gorgeous every time she was in them. I wish she could do more of them but I guess she won't.

[Corvina]

Recochoku ranking for 01/22:

Single track/ Chaku Uta full
#42 On And On (30)
#174 Ai no Uta (-)

Album
#1 Winter of Love (1)

Chaku Uta
#14 On And On (9)
#54 NO ME WITHOUT YOU (27)

RBT
#71 WALK OF MY LIFE (-)
#79 Anata dake ga (85)

Video
#4 On And On (3)
#32 NO ME WITHOUT YOU (14)
#46 Moon Crying (56)

@drdolce:
EDGE STYLE was discontinued sadly.

[Minttulatte]

Originally Posted by Corvina

@drdolce:
EDGE STYLE was discontinued sadly.

That just sucks. :'< It was one of my favorite magazines to include Kuu's photoshoots. She was always so glamorous in them. It makes me sad that there won't be more of them. :<

[Corvina]

Limited_yan from Baidu made scans of the DVD/Blu-Ray edition - gonna share them, but he did put watermarks all over the most of them (you can download the full set without watermarks, but Idk the pw). Nevertheless nice to see them.





Recochoku ranking for 01/23:

Single track/ Chaku Uta full
#78 On And On (42)

Album
#1 Winter of Love (1)

Chaku Uta
#20 On And On (14)
#95 NO ME WITHOUT YOU (54)

RBT
#70 you (-)

Video
#20 On And On (4)
#69 Love Me Back (-)
#77 NO ME WITHOUT YOU (32)

[Gustavopc]

^ The second pic looks SO MUCH like a L'Oreal Paris ad ROFL Thanks for sharing!

And it's great to see WoL getting some straight days on #1 at Recochoku, this was indeed a much popular release.

[salina]

thanks for the scans looking good

[kaled kalil]

@Corvina The full set still has watermark all over her face, so it's not worth it. I wouldn't even bother the trouble just to get the scan with watermark ruining the images.

Does anybody here already got their copy of the album?

[Gustavopc]

^ Mine will be shipped to Brazil this Monday, so I wouldn't expect it until mid Febdruary

[Diva_br]

The mine will shipped this monday too, so... x_x

[Next_Level29]

wow at winter of love #1 !!
get it girl

[Princess_Of_Roses]

Originally Posted by kaled kalil

@Corvina The full set still has watermark all over her face, so it's not worth it. I wouldn't even bother the trouble just to get the scan with watermark ruining the images.

Does anybody here already got their copy of the album?

I got mine !! I think tuesday. I have a scanner but im not sure of its quality.

[Isicio]

Finally I listened the album and I like it, On and On is a ballad but with R&B flow and in NMWY kuu give all the power to the song.

I don't think in buy the album, but I would like to have it 'cause I have SoL xD

[Cloudsoldier]

Limited_yan has uploaded Kuu's 15th Anniversary a-nation Premium Live. Does anybody knows the password?

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/-5zwJV4un0E/

[pimenta]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

The back covers for WINTER of LOVE are the same for both the CD + DVD & CD + Blu-ray editions :x

I'm sure many photos of Kuu were taken when they shot the covers/photos for WINTER of LOVE , it wouldn't hurt for avex to use different photos for the back covers at least

tbh I'm kinda glad they decided to make CD+DVD and CD+BD with the same pics, I very much prefer when artists use the same pictures for those two versions. Fans may like to get all versions because of the different covers, but buying both CD+DVD and CD+BD is so pointless that making them the same sure helps fans choose which one they want purely on media type alone. I only got SoL CD+DVD because I liked that cover way more, but if they were the same I would have chosen the CD+BD without thinking twice.

[maze]

^I agree with you about having the same artwork for dvd and bluray versions, but isnt the content more important anyway? I prefer HD videos over dvd quality videos anyday. well to each his own

[pimenta]

^ Yeah, but with Kuu it's pretty easy to find for download the HD music videos, so I went with the choice that I'll prefer to look at on my shelf (I'll probably buy the CD only version of WoL for the same reason)... When I buy the physical copy of a CD it's more for the collecting value, so sometimes the pictures weight more on my decision (besides, blu-ray sometimes is so much more expensive). But I only do that for CDs I don't care much about the DVD content to begin with, like for SoL iirc the blu-ray was only truly HD on the newer videos, so I didn't care much about it. However, if there's a concert included I'll definitely go with the blu-ray version if available, or if the HD version of the music videos is nearly impossible to find I may get the blu-ray version so I can rip it...