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Old 3rd February 2009, 12:45 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
Those are Dragonball designs.. it totally fits the image of Dragonball~

And yah, Toriyama drew the CD designs for this special occasion~
I really love them.
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Old 3rd February 2009, 03:15 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.

She looks great, but.. pink plastic? Green gloves? Yellow top? No no no. So many great covers she has had and this is what she does for an international song.
Sadly, I must agree. This jacket art just seems really badly done. I really hope it's not Jacket A or I will be thoroughly disappointed lmao. The colors clash horribly. It looks really quite amateur and plain...like she's trying too hard. It lacks a quality most of the CD covers she's done up until now had. It just doesn't seem like Ayu-calibur work to me. The question is...is she responsible, or is the photographer or whoever came up with this responsible? Man, it just seems like this picture was specifically made for the movie or something. There is no reason a run-of-the-mill movie should have to ruin this single =|.

On another note her look reminds me of "Because of you" PV. It might be that thick and heavy eyeliner she's wearing in addition to the hair. If you cut the hair dangling down it would totally resemble that look 100%...without all these bright colors of course.
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Old 3rd February 2009, 04:04 AM
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Holy crap, that is.. bad. Wow.
I'm going to agree with zoomzoom, I don't like this cover.

The main problem I have is her hair. I like the front since its reminiscent of the Because of You PV hairstyle, but the idea with the sides was terrible. By letting it hang out, it makes the whole thing look like a wig and she looks like shes bald underneath. I don't have much of a problem with the tacky outfit and colors, but I would prefer something more plain like MW or D/G.

They were obviously going for a more Western appealing look since this single will be internationally released, but the cover just gives people more reason to look at it and say "oh look, its the Japanese wannabe version of Britney Spears"
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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:04 PM
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I think she looks hot. I always have a thing for bright retro looking outfits lol Can't wait to see the other covers!
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Wow! I'm happy that this single seems to be completely focused on creating Dragonball image. Her style is similar to Akira Toriyama's designs. It's very very cool. I wonder why she had to go to Hawaii to shoot these photos though... I'm kinda confused.
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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:04 PM
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wow akira made the CD Pictures!!! that's SUPER COOL! wow!
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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:12 PM
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WOAH I think that cover is really something! I find it really easy to either hate it och love it.

I simply LOVE it! Most because its sooo much attidue going on there, her eyes is awesome!

Also, her hair and style reminds me alot of 02-03-04 Ayu that I looooved. ^^
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OMG! Akira Toriyama made the CD design! This is HUGE! =X *_* =D
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Thanks for sharing! But I think this is preliminary...
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Old 2nd February 2009, 10:25 PM
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oh I did not expect the cover to be like that...I like it~ but the hair is a bit too messy. I prefer the because of you hairstyle in the today's photos. I think I know who the photographer is...>_>

The cd and dvd pics was a surprise! I really like it! Ayu as Goku! XD
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This is for CD+DVD version !
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Old 3rd February 2009, 12:56 AM
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This is for CD+DVD version !
(source : AyuAngel.com)
that is obviously an edited pic bc ayu's official site looks nothing like that.

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/090113.html
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that is obviously an edited pic bc ayu's official site looks nothing like that.

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/ayu/jp/news/090113.html
Melrose is correct in his guess that that cap is from TeamAyu.
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WOW the colors are sooo cool! i love it ayumi looks beautiful.
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This cover is strange. Ha ha.

.. It reminds me of BoA ~ Vivid single..

Colorful.. striking..

I don't get why the hate for the CD's though. XD They're funny.
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HELL YEAHHHHHHHHHH

so #$&%^#@ amazing!

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And, OMG? Is she wearing the orange dragonball costume in the cd pictures?? very clever from the draw artist.

lovesit!
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WOOOO YEAAAH!!!!

This is SOO different!!! AND OMG Ayu is going to have a song in the genre of CHIPTUNE!! That's so cool!
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Akira Toriyama draw the cd pictures for CD+DVD first press edition, so awesome *_* Thanks for the news!
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HOLY **** O_O ! LOVE IT
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at first, i really didn't like it. but the more i look, the more i like. i'm especially fond of her eyes, with that intensity and makeup!
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