Happy 20th Birthday, Eri! [12.23.08]

Does she have THE most beautiful smile or what?
Best wishes to our lovely Kamei-chan.

Kamei Eri 7th photobook [20Hatachi] (Cover)
Release date: 12/23

Up To Boy scans:

Tanaka Reina “Very Reina” PB Previews + Pepper Keibu EVENT V + Others

VERY REINA [PHOTOBOOK]

Release Date: 10/24/08
Purchase: Yesasia

Tell me that isn’t just the greatest mixture of cute, sexy and cool. Reina + Goth lolita = <3 <3 <3!!! Not too sure about the…presstogetherofthechestarea part. So far so good! I am so looking forward to this photobook. I am actually going to order a copy right now and you should too (well, if you get a chance to)! My wallet hates me with a passion haha. Oh, just to let people know (I had just paid for my order), yesasia is slow (really obnoxiously slow). So if you’ve got quicker ways of getting it, go for it.

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PEPPER KEIBU EVENT V

(Click titles to download)
1. Pepper Keibu (Another Ver.)
2. Pepper Keibu (Takahashi, Kamei, LinLin Close Up Ver.)
3. Pepper Keibu (Niigaki, Kusumi, Mitsui Close Up Ver.)
4. Pepper Keibu (Michishige, Tanaka, JunJun Close Up Ver.)

Credits: H!O Tracker
(Note: After I had finished uploading, I realized that I might not be allowed to reupload these files. If that is the case, let me know (nicely) and I will take them down.)

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Stuff that came in the mail recently…

Morning Musume 2009 calendar. Very lovely~! Bigger than what I had imagined…but I’m not complaining. One of the main reasons why I bought it, was for the two small Tanakamei pics on the “November and December” page. Yes, you can say that’s weird and perhaps pointless, but overall it’s a good calendar to have. I love how they made it “collectors friendly”. By that, I mean the pages detach quite easily (it appears) when you go to switch months, that way you’ll end up with many posters~! Not that I need anymore posters with the direction I’m heading. The second copy will be used to whack anyone in the face who tries to steal the first copy. No, I’m kidding…it’s someone’s xmas/b-day present. But I bet it would work!

(Ai, blank, ReinAi, 07 Tanaka (Reina Tanaka), Tanakamei)

I had some cute little custom buttons made. They’re each 1inch buttons, so they’re definitely blown up in that pic. The blank one in the middle is actually not blank, but I decided it was best to cover it up to avoid copyright problems (or whatever). I have 10 of each (50 total). Not sure what I will do with them, right now I just put them on everything I wear haha! Perhaps I will give them out in the future if people are interested? But definitely not like, “Hey, have this” for no reason. Oh well, we’ll see. They’re shockingly well done for such a low price, yay bargins (I’m a cheap-o)!

Well, keep the Tanakamei love alive! OTSUKAREINA~~!! *Ahem* yeah…I won’t do that again.

Update

It’s been a long time since my last update. I guess I just took a break (to put it lightly). But hopefully, I will update more often from now on. Gotta keep the Tanakamei love going~~~! Although Tanakamei love doesn’t seem too lonely anymore because– well, it’s probably just me, but I’ve discovered more and more Tanakamei fans these days (on forums, sites, etc). So even if I disappeared some more, it wouldn’t matter…so I’m just gonna leave now…Just kidding. Honestly though, it wasn’t cause there wasn’t enough Tanakamei fans, it was just me not looking hard enough. But I will make my contributions to keep the love alive nonetheless.

I’ve made some small updates:
- Updated the Photo Gallery with new pics and a new section. I always feel so spazzy when I find a new (or old Tanakamei) pic that I haven’t saved. It’s like if your hobby was collecting rare flowers that bloomed once every three years.
- I’ve deleted all of the dead Haromoni@ DL links and added the link to the final episode. I’m not sure what I will do with that page. I might just leave it as it is. The episode is hosted on Megaupload, so it will last a long while.

That’s it for now~!

High-King Single Covers + CM + Kindai Scans

Limited Edition w/DVD

Regular Edition

HIGH-KING 15sec CM (LQ)
DOWNLOAD HERE!

Kindai Scans (Thumbnail):

From the CM, you can get an idea of what the PV will look like, as well as the choreography. So far, so good~! The choreography is a bit slower than I had imagined, but nonetheless not bad. Also the PV doesn’t look ridiculously cheap. I’m very much looking forward to this!!

[EDIT]

FULL PV (LQ Cellphone vid)~!
DOWNLOAD HERE!
(Credits to ampedechoz @ JPM)

High-King – C/C (Cinderella/Complex) (LQ Radio Rip)

DOWNLOAD LQ RADIO RIP HERE
(Credits to ampedechoz @ JPM)

So far as good! In my opinion, it’s a catchy song and I just know the HQ rip will be awsome. Hard to make out people’s voices, but as guessed by many, Ai-chan and Reina are leads. No kidding about the “gotta have a sense of rhythm” thing, the beat is crazy. I just cannot wait to see the choreography (I’m expecting lotsa back flips and aerial stunts Jk)! ENJOY!

Morning Musume – Resonant Blue Event V (Event DVD)

RESONANT BLUE PV (One Cut Dance Shot Ver.)
DOWNLOAD HERE!

RESONANT BLUE CM COLLECTION
DOWNLOAD HERE!

MAKING OF JACKET
DOWNLOAD HERE!

*DVD was available at the Resonant Blue event.

Cinderella the Musical Special Unit: High-King

(Left to right):
Top: Maeda Yuuka, Yajima Maimi, Shimizu Saki
Bottom: Tanaka Reina, Takahashi Ai
Pic #2 (thumbnail):

I’m sure most of you already know about the upcoming Cinderella musical (another collab with Takarazuka, like Ribbon no Kishi, but this time just with MM). Well, High-King is a unit created to promote said musical (this was announced some time ago, but I was being a bum about posting info). Here’s some basic info about their single:

Title: C/C (Cinderella/Complex)
Tracklist:
1. C/C (Cinderella/Complex)
2. Kioku no Meiro
3. C/C (Cinderella/Complex) Instrumental
Source: Here
Cdjapan: Regular | Limited

Just take a moment to look at the outfits (everyone looks very cool and gorgeous btw). I’m gonna put my money on this not being a ballad (talking about C/C). Slowish R&B, maybe. Well, according to Tsunku, members were chosen due to their abilities to be able to dance to R&B style tunes (other than being good singers). Also mentioned that having a sense of rhythm was very important. Lets just hope for a catchy upbeat song with kick ass choreography.

On another note, Ai-chan will be playing the role of Cinderella (darn, I was hoping she’d be the prince). And it appears that Reina will get the role of one of the evil step sisters (Joy..no, I mean that’s her name)), though I’m not quite sure. I was actually hoping that Reina would be Cindy and Eri would be the prince <3. But realistically of course, I knew Ai-chan would get one of the lead roles. Now I’m hoping either Gaki or Eri will land the role of the prince. Gaki would be a better match for Ai-chan. Maybe Eri will become the other evil step sister, but it’s more likely that Sayu would get the role. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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Looks like I haven’t posted in a while. Been running around a lot and wasn’t sure what to post, and such. For those who visit/visited my fic journal, things are slowly being updated. And I thank those who checked it out! Ah, speaking of fics though, I made a new trailer for one of my fics (INDIGO BLUE LOVE):

(Music from Taiwanese film, “Spider Lilies”. Lovely movie, check it out!)

Anyways, hope to post more often in the near future (gotta show my TK love). I’m out~!

Resonant Blue Single + PVs Download

MORNING MUSUME 36TH SINGLE: RESONANT BLUE
Tracklist:
1. Resonant Blue
2. Sono Bamen de Bibiccha Ikenai jan!
3. Resonant Blue (Instrumental)
DOWNLOAD FULL SINGLE!

RESONANT BLUE PV (Another Ver.)
DOWNLOAD HERE!

RESONANT BLUE PV (Lesson Studio Ver.)
DOWNLOAD HERE!

PREORDER: REGULAR | LIMITED EDITION A | LIMITED EDITION B

Resonant Blue PV (Another ver.) + “ERI” stuff…

Seems like the PV included with the LE A of the single has been leaked.

This proves that UFA CAN produce high quality PVs…well, elements of a high quality PV. They’ve got all the right stuff, but it just doesn’t really match the song. It would of been better if they just didn’t include footage from the other PV. Keeping it strictly sorta behind the scene and like shots of the girls going about in their “everyday lives” would of been great (also, try watching this with a mid tempo R&B ballad playing over it instead). Other than all that, wow everyone looked great. They should make a MM drama (it totally seemed like that was gonna happen when I first saw Reina walking). Speaking of Reina, she was so cute with that last shot of her smiling and then turning around to walk away. Eri, can’t forget her! She looked damn good with a hat. I’m just so loving this version of the PV, but at the same time I’m getting a headache from the little off points. They’re almost there…almost. The next PV will be better if they keep this up! Looking forward to the other versions (from the Single V and LE B).

(Crappy webcam pic)
GOT MY COPY OF THE PB!!

So lovely. Eri is a goddess (course many of you already know that). Looking through this starting from her 1st photobook to the new shots, really showed how much she has grown. I would say to my friend, “You know she’s turning 20 this year, right?” Feels like it was only yesterday that she was 16. I thought she was beautiful then, now she’s a word that haven’t even been invented yet. Ha…wish I had the money for Reina’s Re:(Return).

Okay, did you think I was gonna be selfish and just post a pic of myself holding the lovely treasure without sharing SOMETHING (at least) haha? I made a few decent-ish scans to share with you all (I have a crappy scanner and I’m not used to scanning photobooks, plus a slow comp). Lets hope a kind soul will scan the whole thing pretty soon (same with Re:(Return) *cough*).

(Thumbnails)

Yeah, no “sekushii” shots, but ENJOY!

“ERI” PREVIEWS!!

Previews from the lovely PB! So, so, so glad I had pre-ordered yesterday! She’s incredibly beautiful in those shots. I can’t wait until this arrives (which is hopefully on the day I get back from Memphis…yes, I’m going to Memphis for a couple of days…meaning no updates -_-)!

ENJOY~!