[Official Message] A CLIP BOX 1998-2011 on DVD & Blu-ray (1. January 2012)

[IYFreak]

I'm pretty sure there going to restore it, just like how George Lucas was able to restore the old Star Wars films in the Recent 2000's the quality is pretty amazing and HD. I didn't even feel like I was watching an old release, and since Ayu's videos aren't nowhere near as old, it'll probably be fairly easy

[FIRSTKLAS]

Originally Posted by Indie

I wonder if her earlier PVs were shot on film, I'd love to see some of the 2000-2004 PVs in HD.

Even if they were, the film would be developed and then transferred to video for editing because it's easier to work with.

If Avex wanted to make HD versions of any older music videos that were shot on film they'd have to find the original film elements, re-transfer them to a new HD format, and re-construct the whole video.

So, yeah, I think it's most likely that the older videos will just be upscaled and filtered - which will actually *reduce* picture detail.

[ohsixthirty]

is it for sale on team ayu yet?

[indyplus]

^No, not yet! It usually takes quite long before new releases go on sale on TA shop. :/

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by indyplus

^No, not yet! It usually takes quite long before new releases go on sale on TA shop. :/

yeah...thats what i thought. i'm thinking about buying the limited bluray from TA since it looks like its going to be sold out everywhere soon.

[ownsarai]

Funny that everyone says avex is milking Ayu fans, but they all seem to be buying this release. I would buy it if I could afford it since I don't have all of her PVs and would love to have them in BR quality.
Looks like this will be selling fairly well. Good news for avex and Ayu.

[ohsixthirty]

Originally Posted by ownsarai

Funny that everyone says avex is milking Ayu fans, but they all seem to be buying this release. I would buy it if I could afford it since I don't have all of her PVs and would love to have them in BR quality.
Looks like this will be selling fairly well. Good news for avex and Ayu.

yeah, i know! who cares if they are milking fans? i don't get why everyone gets upset about it...its much better this way than if ayu never released anything!

i'm more than anything curious about the unreleased things that will be included...soooooo intrigued.

[NintendoHTF1242]

LOL I wrote in the FIVE Blu-ray thread how expensive an Ayu PV DVD collection would be in Blu-ray quality. And looky at what we have here!

But ngl I'd probably buy it if I had the money. It'd be in such gorgeous quality. Yum.

[truehappiness]

I believe a lot of people said the same thing about A 50 SINGLES and look at how it's sold a TON compared to AT10? I think the Japanese just really like ~value~ compilations. Not that this one is a super good value, but it's a very "all in one" collection. I don't think there's anything missing besides the remix videos.

[Ayufan11]

Ordered =D

[jeffycue]

Will be saving up for this!

[Northerner]

This is the one re-release I have been waiting on for a VERY long time. I'm very tempted to go for it despite the expense, especially since I think those Japanese Blu-rays work in American players. (They do, right?!)

[Tony G]

Will it include Duty as part of the "special never released videos"?

[tinka69]

Hahaha. Even if I was the richest person in the world I wouldn't buy this hahaha!

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by amorphose

LOL. They are ON CRACK. The pricing is RIDICULOUS. I don't care how many clips it is.

They could've at least included that PV for Duty.

(More contents planned)

[Lady_Eowyn]

Originally Posted by Tom Punks

$300 would only be a reasonable price if this was 100 new PVs.

Originally Posted by joshohhhhh

i wish they would stop milking us and release something worth buying.

Totally agree guys

Originally Posted by kotora

If someone buys this product, he/she must have no financial issue and i would like to marry him/her.

I have no financial issues and i have NO INTENTION of getting this stuff

Spoiler:

i'd rather buy stuff on Agent Provocateur

Seriously, this idea is so lame in so many levels . It would be worthy to buy something that was actually completely new. What the hell was Ayumi thinking? -____________-

Someone stated that it's important because of the bluray and that Ayu is still on the market, but i'm am talking from the purchaser perspective. If she had no money,nobody bought her albums, and nobody went to her concerts i would understand, but this has been released and almost every cd and album of hers. In my opinion this is just to suck money to buyers. And i know that she has direct power to decide wht's released and what's not, so i'm really...disappointed

[Earth_maiden]

Ugh. Thanks... but no thanks, Ayu...

[emi♡]

maybe ayu will pull an utada and tell everyone not to buy this.


Wouldn't that be the day.

[truehappiness]

I think that they hit 100 PVs with FIVE, which is why they're releasing this kind of like how once they hit 50 singles, they released A 50 SINGLES. It's a nice round number to leave off on, but to be honest, this set would be way more expensive if they waited to release it. At least at this point they can cut it off from 2011 to whenever they will release the next one.

If you don't want to buy this and think it's expensive, then don't buy it. No one is forcing you to even THINK of buying it. I mean I doubt many people here actually purchased A 50 SINGLES (a waste, money milking, stupid, etc. were among the many negative things people had to say about it) but that was her highest selling DVD of recent memory.

If she had no money,nobody bought her albums, and nobody went to her concerts i would understand, but this has been released and almost every cd and album of hers. In my opinion this is just to suck money to buyers. And i know that she has direct power to decide wht's released and what's not, so i'm really...disappointed

I think the fact that people buy her albums, go to her concerts, and so on are the reason why they released this. They KNOW people will buy this because it's been in demand for a while and just look at how it's sold out of the Blu-ray Limited Edition already.

I do not think that the Duty "PV" will be included, but it's a possibility. It's possible that the pachinko company owns that footage and Ayu/avex doesn't really own it or care for it.

To break it down, you will get every PV and TV-CM she's released (minus remix ones understandably) in this set in Blu-ray format for 24,150yen. (I will use the suggested retail price since that is what we have for this set.)

In order to get all of this content, you would have to buy the following items (in DVD format):
COMPLETE CLIP BOX - 10,290yen
Memorial address - 3,465yen
MY STORY - 3,990yen
HEAVEN - 1,890yen
(miss)understood - 3,990yen
Secret - 3,990yen
A BEST 2 -BLACK- - 4,700yen
GUILTY - 3,990yen
Mirrorcle World - 1,890yen
NEXT LEVEL - 3,990yen
Rock'n'Roll Circus - 3,990yen
crossroad - 1,890yen
Love songs - 3,990yen
FIVE - 2,940yen

Which totals about 54,995yen.

You're getting the same (video) content as the releases you would have purchased for about half with some more bonuses that you normally would not be able to find in other releases -and- they're Blu-ray discs.

IMO, something like this is inevitable when you're a fan of an artist that lasts for a really long time. The way I think of it is that it's like a really long term version of how singles culminate with albums. Fans buy the singles and just about all of the material on the singles is also on the album that's released a year or two later, but with this it's 13 years in the making.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I think the fact that people buy her albums, go to her concerts, and so on are the reason why they released this. They KNOW people will buy this because it's been in demand for a while and just look at how it's sold out of the Blu-ray Limited Edition already.

I do not think that the Duty "PV" will be included, but it's a possibility. It's possible that the pachinko company owns that footage and Ayu/avex doesn't really own it or care for it.

To break it down, you will get every PV and TV-CM she's released (minus remix ones understandably) in this set in Blu-ray format for 24,150yen. (I will use the suggested retail price since that is what we have for this set.)

In order to get all of this content, you would have to buy the following items (in DVD format):
COMPLETE CLIP BOX - 10,290yen
Memorial address - 3,465yen
MY STORY - 3,990yen
HEAVEN - 1,890yen
(miss)understood - 3,990yen
Secret - 3,990yen
A BEST 2 -BLACK- - 4,700yen
GUILTY - 3,990yen
Mirrorcle World - 1,890yen
NEXT LEVEL - 3,990yen
Rock'n'Roll Circus - 3,990yen
crossroad - 1,890yen
Love songs - 3,990yen

Which totals about 52,055yen.

You're getting the same (video) content as the releases you would have purchased for about half with some more bonuses that you normally would not be able to find in other releases -and- they're Blu-ray discs.

IMO, something like this is inevitable when you're a fan of an artist that lasts for a really long time. The way I think of it is that it's like a really long term version of how singles culminate with albums. Fans buy the singles and just about all of the material on the singles is also on the album that's released a year or two later, but with this it's 13 years in the making.

Hmm...that makes good value sense - this might be worth it for Ayu collectors! (But still the price overall prohibits me from buying it personally...)