～大石恵「白い一日ー Ｊｏｕｒ Ｄｅ Ｎｅｉｇｅ」

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Here’s just a quick post before I go out tonight…デート～♥があるよ(*´∀｀)！、。。as I was speaking with MikeNeko earlier today about Nacchi’s new single he said something which I thought was interesting in how Nacchi could have “whispered” her vocals in the title track and that got me thinking about a most catchy~♥ J~pop song from awhile back….August 25th, 1999 to be exact as Oishi Megumi who’s best known as an model/actress in dramas released~* a mini~album which is also sort of like a maxi~single but anyway like many of Japan’s talents she also ventured into music with this release which was a most new aspect for her career back then. This is a most special~♥ song to me…..brings back wonderful memories (*´∀｀*) ♪♪！！The mini slide~show just above is showing the five shashin included with this mini~album and it’s really creative as instead of a CD booklet these five photo cards serve as the album’s liner notes and lyric sheets on each of their back sides~.

Oishi Megumi “Shiroi tsuitachi -JOUR DE NEIGE-” mp3

Her mini~album is titled “Koibito” (“lover”…which often is used for “boyfriend” or girlfriend” in context) and track one is my most favorite♥ here!!! “Shiroi tsuitachi -JOUR De NEIGE-” features a bit of French in its lyrics which sadly I do not understand but this song is so sooo instantly catchy~♥ and yes~! it features a styling of ‘whispered’ vocals which is so sweet~ly♥ sung by Megumi~san! Model turned actress turned singer….love love Japan’s talents~*and their versatility and their willingness to venture and even take risks!…..please enjoy her song ♪♪～ I love the verses the most just something wonderfully haunting about that melody。。。。and now I must be going!! Getting a look* from my bf♥…..bye~bye ー(*≧∀≦)ノ。。。。。

~Today’s arrivals….

Cdjapan order

Very bitter~sweet today as what may be Kamei’s last shashinshuu arrived (´⌒｀。)。。。

..interestingly it’s a soft cover Wani Books release as it’s much more typical for H!P and Wani Books to release hard cover photo books and yet this helps so much with the price coming down from 2800 yen to 2200 yen =). The new issue of FRaU features~* a gorgeous cover with Yuko and Acchan!!!…so so pretty here and there’s also Mayuyu, Yukirin, Sae and Kasai inside….will scan soon =)! I’m yet to post Watarirouka Hashiritai’s latest single….and gosh~*! isn’t S/mileage’s single covers so so cute~♥! They’ve become pastry!..and makes me wonder what their pv’s♥ going to look like!! I may listen to Manoeri~♥ first though and there’s a director’s cut version included….a first!

~Idol♥ pop quiz #1 「Idol cooking」正解は。。

…if you answered “the cameraman forgets about the food and just focuses on her butt for like 4 seconds”, yoku dekimashita ＼(^o^)／☆！！！

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A~h! I just thought this was so randomly funny…(^q^)!..like for the most part Yuichan’s clip seemed to be about “food” and “how to prepare a cute & yummy breakfast” and well she is wearing an apron w/ a bikini~* so maybe it’s not so unexpected although I was like Ehhhhhh?! I can’t learn how to cook~♥  from her butt (。ーωー。)笑！

If you’d like to see much more of Yuichan~♥ please help to support idols♥ by purchasing her DVD (*´∀｀)．．．．

“Yui’s Collection” DVD can be purchased here @ Amazon Japan.

“Yui’s Collection” DVD can be purchased here @ HMV Japan.

I think this is one of the cutest~♥ idol DVD covers!!!…and just the colors are so perfect~* as doesn’t the custard background make Yuichan~♥ look so pretty here and sort of yummy* ne～～(*´∀｀)♥。Not that I would eat* her and neither should you (*´艸`)！！

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~Abe Natsumi♥ 「雨上がりの虹のように」

I’m ecstatic~♥!!!..Nacchi’s back!!! ヽ(。´▽`。)ノ。。！！。。。。。and while her hiatus away from music seemed so long her first solo single away from H!P was sooooo worth the wait!!

While multiple LE releases surely seems to be the wave of the current and future I do miss in some ways the days of singles being literally “single” as Nacchi’s “Ame agari no niji no youni” LE is all inclusive in a single jewel case with title track, coupling with, title track (karaoke) and pv~♥ ＾　＾。Nacchi’s natural voice has always had such a gentle and sweet~♥ tone with the nuances of control much like her fellow ex~H!P members Gomaki, Ayaya and Mikitty and here with her return we’re treated to a most sweet ♪♪～ lullaby~♥ of a ballad o(*´∀｀)o゛。Strings like curtains with a gentle acoustic ambiance all to cradle vocals as soft as your favorite♥ fluffy pillow…..kiite ne~ っo(*´∀｀)o。。。

Abe Natsumi’s “Ame agari no niji no youni” LE can be ordered here @ Cdjapan.

Abe Natsumi’s “Ame agari no niji no youni” LE can be ordered here @ HMV Japan.

Abe Natsumi’s “Ame agari no niji no youni” LE can be ordered here @ YesAsia.

Such a wonderful~* pv♥ too!….as it’s all shot like a day~in~the~life as Nacchi has gone OL =)!

Really one of those songs that you readily fall in love with from the very first listen!…goes for the coupling with track too ↓↓↓

~Jacket scans~

Love love~♥! the coupling with song too and this one has a most positive~* and upbeat message and melody!

“Yume wo akiramenaide” (“don’t give up on your dreams~*!) mp3

~C-ute 「Ｄａｎｃｅでバコーン！」

Mmm…and array of words came to mind while watching C~ute’s new pv♥ for the very first time and I’m so so far behind on posts well with Vox closing and moving here to WP was strangely like moving in real~life with so much happening although there was no heavy lifting….um not that I’m capable of lifting anything heavy for that matter :P! I was thinking…..60’s~funky~psychedelic~sexy*~mixed in a progressively modern pot!! C~ute’s “Dance de bakon!” offers not only some of the best choreography but in so many ways it’s also a statement song! There’s a cool retro aura happening here all the while its rock energy and the vocal arrangements of “Dance de bakon!” are not only sassy~sweet but they also lend to an illusion perhaps that rather than C~ute’s mainstay of its front two in Maimichan and Airiin being ever present here, they are now two sets of main front vocals with the trio of Nakki, Chisa and Hagitty holding very much their own~. Chisa in particular has always been overlooked perhaps by many of C~ute’s past vocal arrangements but here she makes the most of her solos~ and you gotta love Hagitty’s still not quite maturing and bit nasal adorable vocal styling~♥ =). The coupling with track “Kore ijou kirawaretakunaino” however does fair in comparison and this single really had the feeling of an A~side being an A~side while the latter while still a good song perhaps suffers here just a bit from having been set beside such a memorable and strong opening “act.”

C~ute track 2 “Kore ijou kirawaretakunaino”  mp3

C~ute’s type A LE includes the “dance shot version” while type B LE includes the “close up version” of the pv♥ and while the “dance shot ver.” is shown in a single take without any editing which I really love!, I still found viewing the original version to be best as the “close up ver.” was standard fare and in the original version you get the very best of it all including even the “”2s 3s Mix Ver.” which appears on their pv DVD single which is actually a very close second~♥! as there’s a wonderful candid energy with C~ute being presented in duet & trio fashion~ っo(*´∀｀)o。Love~love~love! everything about “Dance de bakon!”….visually dynamic, memorable and this is truly seeing C~ute in so much a very different light~ and you can really see the joy and fun the girls had during the filming and in every production stage just knowing that Tsunku has written and produced for them a single that is very special~*.

C~ute’s “Dance de bakon!” can be ordered here @ Cdjapan.

C~ute’s “Dance de bakon!” can be ordered here @ HMV Japan.

C~ute’s “Dance de bakon!” can be ordered here @ YesAsia.

~Jacket scans~

~Making of peek….

It’s too bad about the giant~shades……would have loved to have seen just what the producers had in mind =)!

(*≧▽≦)♪！！！

~French Kiss 「Zutto mae kara」

Upon opening the debut single by AKB’s newest unit French Kiss, I at first was really puzzled as to why the first press extra was a trading card ↓↓↓ depicting members Kuramochi Asuka, Kashiwagi Yuki & Takajo Aki in a baseball collage. For one there’s no hint~* of anything baseball on the outside packaging and I had no idea of what a treat I was in for っo(*´∀｀)o！It turns out this baseball theme serves as the backdrop to not only a most inspired music video with a storyline, but also a full production mini~drama!!..and the drama itself runs 39 minutes and is even divided into 8 separate chapters =).

Funny thing is that while it’s noted that these randomly inserted trading cards come in three types….you just know I would end up receiving two of the same (*>ω<)！！。。okay~* but more important is what makes getting both LE’s so worth it!! Beginning with jacket type A in addition to the “random” 😛 trading card the included extra DVD is 60 minutes!!!..and includes the pv♥ for the title track “Zutto mae kara”, its making of and the aforementioned mini~drama!!!

French Kiss’ “Zutto mae kara” can be ordered here @ Cdjapan.

French Kiss’ “Zutto mae kara” can be ordered here @ HMV Japan.

French Kiss’ “Zutto mae kara” can be ordered here @ YesAsia.

~Jacket scans~

It’s wonderful that a song♪♪ can inspire so much!! And all of the perfect idol♥ ingredients are here for a mini~unit…with a most catchy song, three girls with cute chemistry together and the backing of Avex to put everything into the production~. Think of the music video as being a sort of highlight reel while then the mini~drama becomes the main course so to speak. And while Yukirin has so much been a stand~out member in AKB it’s so so nice to see so much more of Mocchi and yes~! especially Akicha~♥!! And while I love all of their vocals I surely love Akicha’s~♥ voice the most in this unit! She’s also the most wacky and animated so that gets lots and lots of bonus+ points~* for sure ー(*≧∀≦)ノ！！And there’s something overall about her personality that really gets me…and while I’m still trying to place a finger upon it I just know that my attention gravitates towards her whenever she’s on the screen~ =).

LE types A & B also feature different coupling with songs:

Type A’s coupling with song “Yokaze no shiwaza”

Type B’s coupling with song “Aru aki no hi no koto”

Jacket type B also includes a “randomly~randomly~” 😛 inserted trading card and the bonus DVD here includes also the music video for “Zutto mae kara” along with French Kiss’ special stage comedy skit “Hana no san shima” and its making of~. The DVD runs about 28 minutes total and while I was hesitant to upload their performance of “Hana no san shima” here as I wasn’t sure if anyone would be interested….but on second thought I must say emphatically that it’s really funny and so so enjoyable so if you get the chance I think you’ll crack up too~!! I mean their sense of comedic timing is spot on and French Kiss is so cute here dressed up  with Yukirin as “Himawari”, Mocchi as “Kosumosu” and Akicha as “Momiji.”

And has maple ever looked so adorable~♥?!..but wait hold the phone or the banana 😛 as at the end of their stage comedy clip is the real gem of this release~* as French Kiss receives lots and lots of advice from a variety of stage pros and it gets so funny, odd, out there* and candid reaching that often sought after but not always realized plateau of pee~in your pants funny…..um not that that’s ever happened to me (*´艸`)！。。。

Yep~! it’s surely a must see!!..and whom is revealed to have the most natural comedic talent?

Hmm….hint~* hint~*…..”maple” (*´∀｀)♥！

~Making of……

You may think you notice an abundance of Akicha~♥ here, however I assure you that it’s all part of your imagination~* as surely I don’t have an Akicha~♥ infatuation..really I don’t I swear! (。ーωー。)笑。

～きゃぁーっっっ(/∇＼*)！

I’m so sorry I just got home not too long ago and I’ve only been able to be online for a short time so I know I’m missing comments but I hope to be home much earlier tomorrow (._.;)! Thank you~* so much everyone for being so sweet~♥ even though I’ve been so clumsy here at WP XD! Vox is closing this Thursday and I hope my transition here has been okay~* Minna arigatou~♥!!! WP daisuki♥!!

えぃえぃ、ぉー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ

「Featured Post」~French♥Kiss goes Gravure….!

So today I’m doing a bit of a test with images I’m using here @ WP =). And I’ll be using a most sexy* issue of “Gravure The Television” which I purchased recently =)! In the past @ Vox I would just upload anything and everything without every altering size in any way but now that I’m paying for additional space here I was thinking about trying to possibly save some space by not uploading images any larger than they need to be.

So here’s where you can help~* me please! In the post below this one for UTB whenever I group photos together I would keep them to a smaller size than what you see here in this post as otherwise no more than one image would fit in a single row horizontally…so then they wouldn’t appear to be grouped together :/. If you click on those images I don’t think they change size at all but I think for the smaller images they may enlarge a bit? The original size of my scans are usually between 1.25~2.75 MB in size which may be too large ne~? So when uploading here they’re a bit scaled down automatically….so my question would be are those images are too small you think in the previous UTB post? In non photo book posts like with “Seifuku♥101” the smaller thumbnails can be clicked on they become larger a bit and do those look okay you think at that size? If I were to enlarge them though, I wouldn’t be able to keep them in horizontal lines next to one another like that so the post would become longer and wider looking. I thought the images in Seifuku♥101 were clear when viewed directly or clicked on but I know you can’t enlarge them any further without them pixel~ating. But I was thinking that maybe I’ll only post larger images for photo book scans here?..and not their original full size as that may be too large I think. And for other posts like with Seifuku♥101 I’ll keep with the middle sized images for those. Dou~desuka? What do you think, and would that look okay? Any feedback is greatly appreciated….loved really (*´∀｀)♥！Yoroshiku ne~*! Oh and does anyone know how to have to images side by side but have them centered in a post? I seem to only be able to have them next to one another on the far left side here on WP…..if anyone knows please help~♥! (an example of this can be found below for the first two photos of Abe Asami (Mini~Nacchi) and then again in the SKE48 photos of Jurina and Manatsu…..these are the photos where it takes two scans to make one image as the magazine has them as a two page gate~fold style photo.

Today’s gravure comes from a self proclaimed “gravure” publication and “Gravure The Television” is a fairy newer magazine and if you love wonderful~sexy* photos of your favorite idols♥ then I’m sure you’ll love this magazine making it well worth getting a subscription to. Today’s issue is volume 17 and just with AKB’s newest sub group French Kiss it was so much a must have!! “Gravure The Television” features some of the most awesome photography on paper stock which is “gravure” as in “glossy” with a nice thickness to it’s stock…not really thick but nonetheless very good quality paper. The issues often feature a double~cover which makes them doubly~awesome sorry that was cheesy :P!! Seriously though it makes these issues that much prettier~* them having “front” covers on both sides =). An average sized issue is just over about 100 pages and there’s usually an extra included with each issue….volume 17 here having a two~sided poster featuring French Kiss on one side and SKE48’s Matsui Jurina and Mukaida Manatsu on the opposite side ↓↓↓。。。

Also it’s notable to say that featured articles are quite extensive in this magazine…and I mean lots and lots of photos as you’ll see a bit below with French Kiss’s pictorial~. The back cover features Matsui Rena and perusing from the back of this issue you’ll find lots and lots of SKE48!!!..and a lot meaning 31 pages of SKE48♥!!! I scanned in entirety the pictorials of French Kiss (where Yukirin looks edible I think and that’s coming from a girl’s perspective (。ーωー。)エ～へ♥！）、but even so I find that Akicha~♥ is my most favorite in this group but I can’t tell you why just yet =)! Then there’s a cute pictorial of S/mileage♥……and did I mention that the photography is so awesome in these issues?!! Momoclo…seifuku♥ and some of the cutest of poses!! And does anyone else wonder what ever happened to Mini~Nacchi? And this isn’t the first time I’ve wondered that but now I’m seeing her in this issue of “Gravure….” and while in the past Mini~Nacchi (Abebe) was heading into a music career so so much has changed since..I mean…well you’ll see! My most favorite song by Mini~Nacchi as I was collecting her CDs and singles a few years ago…(lol sorry I have to keep calling her that out of endearment~♥ as she is Nacchi’s sister o(*´∀｀)o゛♥） is one of her album tracks titled “Mamotte ageruyo” and you can listen just below ＾　＾。

It’s from Mini~Nacchi’s album titled “Wishes” which was released on November 5th, 2003….just love♥ love♥ this song so much!!! And just by its title don’t you get that warm and fuzzy~♥ feeling all over (*´∀｀)！！It’s such a sweet song….kiite kudasai~ ＾　＾。

Abe Asami from “Wishes”…..”Mamotte ageruyo” click~* to play ↓↓↓

And to give you an idea of the rest of this issue and what “Gravure….” is all about they also have pictorial/articles on SDN48, Adachi Rika, Idoling!!!”, Chihara Minori (who’s really gorgeous!), the 2010 Nittelegenic finalists and Aizawa Rina. I would have scanned much more of SKE48 out of their 31 pages but by the time I had reached their article after scanning UTB also yesterday, I been scanning for about 4 1/2 hours straight (/∇＼*)！。。。so I ended up scanning just the SKE48 Matsui Jurina and Mukaida Manatsu feature~.

I don’t know what happened to this scan above but part of it’s missing =(!!

It’s Mini~Nacchi!

~UTB Vol.199 Oct. 2010 Covergirl Yukorin, Airiin offshots, Manoeri & lots of Gyu♥ Gyu♥ Gyu♥!

With all of my recent panic of moving (゜ロ゜ノ)ノ！！。。。I’m sorry I’m posting this so late! And my heart~♥ went thump~thump~thump upon seeing UTB’s latest covergirl! It’s top senbatsu girl Yukorin♥….I must say that as often as possible as I haven’t any idea of how much longer I’ll be able to, I mean surely Acchan will ascend back to the center and then there’s the Jan~Ken senbatsu which played out just a few days ago and if anyone knows of the complete results please link~* to me as I’d love to attach them to a few AKB Jan~ken fighting poses ＾　＾。

I’m usually pretty set on a particular trading card set when I first see the three possible sets you could receive in each issue but this time I really wasn’t leaning on hoping~* for any particular set…..hmm…with no Yuko♥ card I thought they were pretty equal :P!….no but seriously the covergirl didn’t get a card?!!! E~hhhhh nande (・c_・;)？Okay I’m okay…really XD!..so I received trading card set A and it’s a perfect balance of Momoclo, C~ute, AKB and S/mileage~ (*´∀｀)♥！Well every set is really equally balanced so…..um what am I talking about :P.

A wonderful aspect of UTB is how they always include off shots from their photo books and with Wani Books being both the parent publisher of UTB and an abundance of H!P shashinshuu we’re always assured lots and lots of off shots with this issue coinciding with Airiin’s latest shashinshuu “Toukoubi.” So much of this new issue was scan~worthy…very much a guy being “sponge~worthy” (lol sorry I was watching old Seinfeld last weekend :P) so you can find the complete UTB scans of Yukorin (her new pb is so sexy* amazing cute♥!..will scan soon =) ), Matsui Jurina (wearing what else? seifuku…oh and her white one~piece is adorable too ＾　＾♥！）, Momoclo (in….um…..seifuku♥ :P!), S/mileage (so adorable! and remember to hydrate! hydrate! hydrate!), Manoeri (so so many “Mano~isms” from Mano~piano to Mano~Hello Kitty to Mano~Bug..Mano~bucket & Mano~Laundry) and I’m sure there’s more on the way plus I think red♥ really suits Manoeri best!, UTB’s and I quote “real long interview” with Yukorin♥ where it was so great to hear her reminisce about her early UTB appearances including her very first appearance! (which reminds me that I must get back on track with the “AKB48 in UTB flashback” series :O!!), Miyazawa Sae (looking kick~your~butt cool….wait is there such a thing :P?…..u~n! I think soooooo!), Watarirouka Hashiritai bringing the Gyu♥ power ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ！！）、a most awesome AKB Undergirls feature (with Komori Mika..Umeda Ayaka..Sato Sumire..Yonezawa Rumi..and Nito Moeno…..can you say it’s about time that they’re getting so much more well deserved attention!), Murakami Yuri….(I scanned because she was just too sexy*~cute not too and there’s something really pleasant in her eyes♥!) and last but not least are the off shots from Airiins~♥ newest photo book “Toukoubi.”

~Idol♥ pop quiz #1 「Idol cooking」~

One of life’s joys surely is cooking!…and whether it be the artistic touch of fine dining, preparing something special~* for a loved♥one, the occasional odd snack or just out of pure necessity the food we prepare and enjoy defines us as much as anything else in our daily lives~.

I for one am admittedly not a very good cook to the extent that I used to believe that it would lead to and have direct negative implications upon the likeliness or rather unlikely~ness that I would one day find a mate♥ whom would still love and adore me despite this shortcoming (・_・)．Makes me wonder what have I been doing all my of life so far (・c_・;)？。。。！、 and now in my late twenties progress in the kitchen has begun to sprout~* as I have a yet tiny array of recipes in heart~♥ but more importantly they’re now today completely edible っo(*´∀｀)o！。。。although it’s be known to have happened on occasion but I promise~* it’s only occurred very very rarely that the reaction of……

“オーマイガット神様プリーズヘルプみ〜(´。・д・。)”

…has been heard nearby to something* I’ve cooked (´⌒｀。)。

So I know I’m heading in the right direction (￣▽￣)！

So today is my very first time trying to add a poll here and like @ Vox I sometimes can’t help myself from creating most random ones it seems (´-ω-`)。。and I’m hoping that Polldaddy, which I have used in the past on occasion is most easy to embed here @ WP as you know you’re first time* can be so awkward where you’re really nervous and you’re not sure where everything should go and if the results will be satisfying or end pre~maturely and if you’re doing it right to begin with (・д・`*)？？！！！。。you know the end dates of polls and where it would be best to insert it* so that you’re satisfied with the results. Mmm….I’m sure you weren’t thinking that I was speaking about something* else were you lol (。ーωー。) ♪♪。。。？！

So please watch closely the following idol♥clip so that you may know the answer to the quiz which appears afterward at the very bottom of this post or just because idols + cooking = cute~♥! And on a final random note it’s so cute when she adds potato chips to her omelet and says she’s “Americanizing” it (<–gosh* I didn’t think that was a real word but those red squiggly lines didn’t appear below and you should see one of my posts in its editing stage as there are always lots and lots of red squiggly lines beneath words :P)….as I’m Japanese but American born and I’ve never had potato chips with an omelet…(^q^)! Also reminds me of how pizza eateries here have declared a pizza with pineapple on it as being “Hawaiian” and while on some level it could be true in my personal experiences I’m yet to meet any friends whom 1) like pineapple on their pizza or 2) think it’s Hawaiian style that way XD……but now I’ve just opened up an entirely new can of pizza or um…..box of worms so I’ll leave it at that and no offense to any pineapples or pizzas out there who may be reading as I like you both…but just not at the same time together and then there’s also the problem with cheese on pizza as I’m lactose intolerant with a capital “L”, makes me feel badly but I won’t elaborate any further I promise (´-ω-`)。

The “correct” answer will be revealed in a later post and you thought I was going to ask a completely normal question ー(*￣Ｏ￣)ノ。。。。