[Pictures] A WORLD IS ONE - A fanbook for Ayu

[nanakopy87]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

They would lose money not earn money most likely. Many artists that have performed overseas have done so in conjunction with anime conventions so for them its not a financial risk since the con foots the bill. The few Japanese artists that have done concerts overseas without the help of conventions do not have big stage shows to begin with and have a larger euro and american fanbase than Ayu does. To stage a concert overseas is very expensive. It would only maybe work if she did a show with just her and the band but I don't see that happening..

hmm,maybe she can do another show like TA show in A COMPLETE DVD
like what hikki did recently

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

They would lose money not earn money most likely. Many artists that have performed overseas have done so in conjunction with anime conventions so for them its not a financial risk since the con foots the bill. The few Japanese artists that have done concerts overseas without the help of conventions do not have big stage shows to begin with and have a larger euro and american fanbase than Ayu does. To stage a concert overseas is very expensive. It would only maybe work if she did a show with just her and the band but I don't see that happening..

Even without the US album Hikki would still be able to have a couple of smaller concerts, so I pretty much don't think that Ayu needs an English album, even less popular Japanese bands have performed in Europe (including GOTHIKA, heck they even sang in front of 80 people in Serbia...). Doing a smaller concert tour without dancers should be possible, even Olivia had a concert in France and to be honest (even though I love her) compared to Ayu her fan base is WAY smaller and she is simply less relevant. I doubt people expect her to carry a ship or a merry-go-round all over the planet so that a few thousands of people could see it...

[amorphose]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I doubt it'll ever happen. This is probably a lot like the Paris meetings, just they seem to have happened at a higher frequency, and she seemed to be just as surprised/happy then...

I think Ayu might remain in Japan/Asia for quite some time, even though it is rather obvious that she has quite a few international fans in other places. There's probably a very very very very very slim likelihood of a tour ever reaching outside the boundaries of Asia, but I wouldn't count on it until maybe a 15th/20th anniversary...

Haha, yeah... maybe not this year, but I don't think it's totally out of the question. Maybe avex will notice how successful Utada Hikaru's US tour was and decide to give it a shot too. Hopefully they don't write her tour's success off as being because she makes US releases-- cause I guarantee 90% of the people attending this tour don't know her exclusively from her American stuff. I'd actually be shocked if 10% of the attendance was just fans of her US releases.

But one day, I'm hopeful... at least two major cities in Europe and North America will be visited by Ayu for concerts. Even if it's for her big blow out at the end. haha

[aura~]

Paris... ok... London... How to say...3/4 of the people waiting in front of the hotel are not from London/UK... I only met 4 english fans out from +20 there... and I don't know the other days... When we send her the bouquet we were only waiting
french, spanish and belgian... and from the letters she could see that...

So if we can expect an international date... it will be in Paris.. she knows that there's a lot of fans, now she knows she has a lot from other ountries that are able to move from other countries to see her only for 5-10 minutes (LOL), and Paris is quite central...

so... that xD

[LinMeiVonn]

Originally Posted by walking.proud

Paris... ok... London... How to say...3/4 of the people waiting in front of the hotel are not from London/UK... I only met 4 english fans out from +20 there... and I don't know the other days... When we send her the bouquet we were only waiting
french, spanish and belgian... and from the letters she could see that...

So if we can expect an international date... it will be in Paris.. she knows that there's a lot of fans, now she knows she has a lot from other ountries that are able to move from other countries to see her only for 5-10 minutes (LOL), and Paris is quite central...

so... that xD

I live in UK (England) and personally couldn't go see Ayu because my uncle who lives there keeps being busy. :e Anyway, if she made a concert in London, I come to it for 100%. :3 Oh and also, I know a couple of people who listen to J-Music and introduce them to Ayu, and maybe they'd come with me too!

[Ayumi27]

Well, probably theatre-arena sized venues in NY, California, Singapore and Paris could be sold-out just with people from this forum

[~angel*ayumi~]

Originally Posted by walking.proud

Paris... ok... London... How to say...3/4 of the people waiting in front of the hotel are not from London/UK... I only met 4 english fans out from +20 there... and I don't know the other days... When we send her the bouquet we were only waiting
french, spanish and belgian... and from the letters she could see that...

So if we can expect an international date... it will be in Paris.. she knows that there's a lot of fans, now she knows she has a lot from other ountries that are able to move from other countries to see her only for 5-10 minutes (LOL), and Paris is quite central...

so... that xD

I whould also prefer Paris, the only reason I wasn´t there when she was in Paris that I didn´t got free days from my work. Paris is not that far, it can be also reached by car more easily than London, plus as you said allready, J-pop community there is bigger than in any other country in Europe.

[Mari-chan]

Has she received the book?
Are there any pics, where we can see it?

[Diana]

Originally Posted by Mari-chan

Has she received the book?
Are there any pics, where we can see it?

In this thread, few pages behind Just try every page, i don't really remember where they were

[Mari-chan]

Originally Posted by Diana

In this thread, few pages behind Just try every page, i don't really remember where they were

Thanks.. I found it.
Nice pic... and so much people over there. Wished, I also could stand beside her. (^_^)
Hope she has fun with the book!

[yuki_unmei]

Wow, to see her really holding the books is just amazing!!
holding all of our letters! too awesome

thanks soooo much Maxker and zoomzoom!!

can't wait for her next message ^^

[aura~]

^haha, well, I'm not saying she doesn't have fans in UK XDD only saying that ther 3/4 were from other countries. If Ayu think about it she will notice more fans from toher places than London... whil in Paris 90% were french ^^

That's what I mean ^^ From Ayu's ponint of view she would probably think that where she has more fans is in France ^^

[aura~]

^LOL yes XD

sad she seems not to know that XD

[Cherry Dynamite]

I think a concert in the US won't hurt her much. I mean Utada's doing it and she's not doing very well.
I'd rather watch Lady Gaga awesome performance than Utada's singing :O I'll probably fall asleep in Utada's concert.

[emi♡]

^me too omg it's killing me.

Originally Posted by BanaCherry

I think a concert in the US won't hurt her much. I mean Utada's doing it and she's not doing very well.
I'd rather watch Lady Gaga awesome performance than Utada's singing :O I'll probably fall asleep in Utada's concert.

No offense to anyone...but hikki has more fans overseas than Ayu does...

she hooked all the otakus O_o

Besides, think about it, there are only 20,000 members at this forum...thousands of whom are leechers, lurkers, or not active.

I personally don't see Ayu doing a small venue tour....and she wont sell out the bigger venues...I mean, as much as I want it...I really don't see it happening.

and about Moriko said, I mean, anyone who knows me will know how proud I am of the book and how much I love it, but the reality is, the book had barely over a hundred entries from here, and I think Maxker said it ended up having "several hundred" pages?

Several hundred is not enough to warrant an international tour in several countries...maybe like uh what L'arc en ciel did when they went to Baltimore? I think her best bet would be Paris, like people said, or maybe New York, or LA...

[Mai82Go]

Originally Posted by emiko

^me too omg it's killing me.

No offense to anyone...but hikki has more fans overseas than Ayu does...

she hooked all the otakus O_o

Besides, think about it, there are only 20,000 members at this forum...thousands of whom are leechers, lurkers, or not active.

I personally don't see Ayu doing a small venue tour....and she wont sell out the bigger venues...I mean, as much as I want it...I really don't see it happening.

and about Moriko said, I mean, anyone who knows me will know how proud I am of the book and how much I love it, but the reality is, the book had barely over a hundred entries from here, and I think Maxker said it ended up having "several hundred" pages?

Several hundred is not enough to warrant an international tour in several countries...maybe like uh what L'arc en ciel did when they went to Baltimore? I think her best bet would be Paris, like people said, or maybe New York, or LA...

I really have to agree with this. I don't know why there is a ll this talk about an international tour. I think the Internet and especially AHS is a good representation of the international, especially western fanbase. It's simply put, not that big. I would honestly say, save for a concert in Japan, if you want to see Ayu live, it won't happen and it makes sense that it doesn't. The numbers of Fans cannot compare to Japan. And I hate it when people go like "Why is she ignoring international fans?" She isn't. She is a japanese artist based in Japan who has a few hardcore fans over the world. But not enough to go completely crazy over it and start having activities over here. And Europe for example is even harder. She has Fans in Uk, France, Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Germany, Eastern Europe. And when she is in London it's not like every european fan has the opportunity to go there. USA is also big. And if she holds a concert in NY, people in L.A. will complain. I just don't see it happening.

And I'm quite happy about it. For me Ayu is Japan. She should focus on Japan and try to keep her career stable over there instead of coming here and start loosing japanese fans in the process. People should be glad that a very few selected people know her here. If that wasn't the case I doubt we/the fans could have gone close and personal with her, like in London.

[jean-baptiste]

^actually i think Utada's doing pretty good.
almost every one of her shows are sold out.

[TheBaronAndAyu]

^ Yeah, I read that her London concert sold out in 5 hours or something.

Anyways, I guess we should take the book snd everything with a grain of salt, in regards to Moriko's post. ):

[AyUta]

I'm anxiously awaiting a TA message >_<

[Lanz16]

Originally Posted by AyUta

I'm anxiously awaiting a TA message >_<

This! I wonder what's her reaction on reading our fanbook!