[News] Calendar 2012 (11/16/2011)

[YUKARI]

cool, but it makes me miss old times now even more ><

[jbrat2219]

Buying it! Or at least requesting it for Christmas

[dzinup]

I like it!

[rusuke]

I'm excited about it but it's the eyes from the 2012 cover are kinda scary but with the first look only.

Leslie Kee photo shoots are always promising!

[freedreamer]

omg this is so cool!!! its like paying a homage to the photoshoot..hope to see similar stuff. I like this idea.
dun get why some people dont appreciate the intent of this...hmmm
and i see an expression in her face too..so..maybe thats just me. instead of squinting at the light, Ayu is facing it full on.

[Zeke.]

I hate when Ayu wears contacts. Her super DARK eyes are whats so hypnotic about her. I love them.

But on a side note, there has never been a calendar I liked or felt like I "must" have so I'm not expecting much. Only calendar I ever felt like I had to have was Kumi's from 2009. Now THAT's what I call a calendar.

[truehappiness]

The colored contacts really change the look. She probably should've not used them, but heeeey product placement.

[channy]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The colored contacts really change the look. She probably should've not used them, but heeeey product placement.

I think those contacts look awesome on her. She used them in New York for the calendar, but also at Music Station (did anyone else notice?):





Looks like the eye colour of a deer, brownish with a slight amount of red, like a chestnut ^. ^

[Kanzaki]

Originally Posted by channy

I think those contacts look awesome on her. She used them in New York for the calendar, but also at Music Station (did anyone else notice?):





Looks like the eye colour of a deer, brownish with a slight amount of red, like a chestnut ^. ^

I always thought that deer-eyes/Bambi eyes were dark brown? This looks like hazel to me.

[koumori]

^ Mm, it depends...



I can't believe I just posted deer eyes

[YUKARI]

Originally Posted by channy

I think those contacts look awesome on her. She used them in New York for the calendar, but also at Music Station (did anyone else notice?):





Looks like the eye colour of a deer, brownish with a slight amount of red, like a chestnut ^. ^

Originally Posted by Aderianu

best artist year ago

tbh I always thought coloured contacts don't suit her at all! I don't know why since my favourite gyaru model always uses contacts and she looks amazing wearing them, but it is not the same with ayu. that's so strange

[Ayumi_Hamasaki902]

It's very nice! I'm definitely buying this when I get my Christmas money.

[Neko★munication]

I like the concept, but not the execution. As others have said, it just emphasizes how unnatural she looks lately.

As cool as the idea of a "sequel" is this is just...

[waterballoon]

i love her eyes in the 2012 cover... so beautiful, what nice contacts!

[Catfisk]

It's cool but the eyes are so scary D':
I like the idea of a sequel *-* Hopefully it'll be as good as the 2003 calendar

[Suteisi]

I don't like the eyes but the concept is cool, Leslie Kee always does gorgeous photoshoots with Ayu so there's still some hope!

[Tom Punks]

I love the concept and colors of the cover (which is weird, because I usually hate yellow/gold covers). The only thing I don't like is the contacts and the total emptiness in her eyes, but her pictures are usually like that nowadays so meh.

[PoetGirl]

what people here call 'plastic' I call diva-ish. I think it looks amazing.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

The colored contacts really change the look. She probably should've not used them, but heeeey product placement.

I kind of like the contacts. Make her eyes pop.

Originally Posted by PoetGirl

what people here call 'plastic' I call diva-ish. I think it looks amazing.

I don't understand why Ayu has to be plain and boring in a photoshoot when she looks plain and boring enough in real life . She doesn't look like this in her day to day so why not have a little fun and look supernatural in photos. As long as she's not plastic in reality, I can deal with whatever she wants to look like on her covers/photoshoots etc.

[Corvina]

Like the cover. Especially those nails!
Though her eyes are bad, I was never a fan of colored contacts and I'll never be one.

Don't know if I like the concept, depends on how they "redo" it; the same places in NY or even the same poses? Or just similar in styles. I actually hope they don't imitate the 2003 calendar as a whole just with her current self, cause that would be pretty boring, at least for me.