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| hiro |
 Posted: Nov 05, 2007 10:39 pm |
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ネコに風船
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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^ i see. no one in my family has accounts of those sites... yet.  i had a job during the summer so i have enough money, but i wanna save most of it for college.
i have not heard of Kusumi Koharu, but i recently heard of hello! project.
she's only 15?!  wow that's kinda crazy. i'm older than she is. i feel old 
i dislike the whole changing your look with plastic surgery to get huge eyes and look prettier thing, but i digress. i found some of her PVs on Veoh and Youtube. i guess bubblegum pop isn't my genre 
within the whole jpop umbrella, i prefer the styles of hikaru utada and ai otsuka.
i'm definitely a piano jpop, piano rock, and piano pop fan  |
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| october |
| Posted: Nov 06, 2007 2:20 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Posts: 266
Location: America
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^ Lucky. In California you can't work legally until you're 16.
Oh, maybe you won't like H!P then. It's idol pop basically. Koharu does songs for her anime "Kirarin Revolution", so they're more anime-ish, I guess. Her song "Balalaika" is sort of Russian, and "Koi no Mahou wa Habibi no Bi!" is sort of Latin.
Koharu didn't get any surgery for her eyes.  Or are you just saying that you dislike it in general? I think she was 12 or 13 when she joined/auditioned. Her audition tape is horrible, it hurts my ears more than usual. Hagiwara Mai, the youngest of ℃-ute is currently 11. I don't love Hikki's older stuff, but I like almost every song of "ULTRA BLUE". |
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| hiro |
| Posted: Nov 06, 2007 6:48 pm |
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ネコに風船
Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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i replied in a new thread since we were getting too off-topic
see H!P Chat/Ramble |
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| KiRei_KaWaii |
| Posted: Nov 09, 2007 11:06 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 13 Mar 2007
Posts: 260
Location: Monterey, CA
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| I always prefer Japan versions, because I don't like the Chinese texts that are added on to the CD covers and so forth. Plus, I'd rather get the original Japanese versions, with DVDs that are in Region 2. |
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| Sukachu |
| Posted: Nov 14, 2007 1:18 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Posts: 146
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Tdclarke wrote: Cool I just got all of Ai's albums last night:
Love Punch - Japanese Edition
Love Jam - Overseas Edition
Love Cook - Overseas Edition
Love PiECE - Hong Kong Edition
You guys are totally right though - I only bough those versions because they were the cheapest ones (except Love Punch which was nearly £17 (~$35) because there wasn't a cheaper version  )
Anyways, they're all CD+DVD editions, so me very happy
It's also really nice to finally have decent quality CD rips of her albums! Sounds so good
Tom
You could have gotten the overseas version for Love Punch. I think the overseas edition for Love Punch is still available at playasia (see my signature). But what's bought is bought. |
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| hiro |
| Posted: Nov 14, 2007 5:30 pm |
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ネコに風船
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KiRei_KaWaii wrote: I always prefer Japan versions, because I don't like the Chinese texts that are added on to the CD covers and so forth. Plus, I'd rather get the original Japanese versions, with DVDs that are in Region 2.
i like having chinese text because then i can practice my chinese (my chinese literacy needs work for someone who is ancestrally 100% chinese)
but i suppose i could always practice my chinese somewhere other than reading a cd cover |
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| Meitantei L desu |
| Posted: Dec 03, 2007 9:32 am |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 18 Sep 2007
Posts: 232
Location: Tokyo
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| Like most people i only buy the overseas version because its cheaper. Another reason is the overseas version is the only version available in stores in my country. As for the Chinese words, i do not usually read them but i can read them without a problem. |
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| bumble.bee |
| Posted: Mar 17, 2008 3:18 pm |
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金魚花火
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 159
Location: Vienna
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thx for asking that question ...so i don't have to  |
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| AiiR |
| Posted: Mar 18, 2008 10:47 am |
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上塩タン焼680円
Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Posts: 287
Location: Canada & Taiwan
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I think it's just the matter of how ugly the obi is for the oversea's version
in my own ai-chin's collection I have a mix of Japanese and Taiwanese editions
(because some first press only come in Jpn edition)
The Japanese editions look so pretty when I line them up onto my shelf but the Taiwanese ones look....ugh..because it's all blue and white (avex's colour) and they all look the same  |
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| bumble.bee |
| Posted: Apr 09, 2008 6:40 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 159
Location: Vienna
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| i just wanted to say.. i bought one jpn and one overs version and they are both pretty and nearly the same ^^ |
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| Casadiva |
| Posted: Apr 13, 2008 6:34 pm |
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桃ノ花ビラ
Joined: 13 Apr 2008
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Location: Sweden
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Can't tell any real differences between my overseas CDs and my japan version CDs, so I guess I'll take anything haha!
As long as the CDs work by the time I get them and that they're no bootlegs >< |
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| Thai_Ai_Fan |
| Posted: Apr 26, 2008 6:14 pm |
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さくらんぼ
Joined: 17 Apr 2008
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They said that Japanese version of CD music usually have THICKER both of CDs and the jewel case.
Another thing that I know is that the Japanese CD music plays music a little louder than most of the overseas version. I mean the clarity of the sound is better.
I don't know if it is true.......
I'm thinking of buying Dir En Grey Greatest Hits, Aiko, and Utada Hikaru and they seem to have NO significant advantages than overseas version.
when I go to Narita airport in the next two weeks, I'm thinking of buying all those CDs, but you guys make it look like I could just go ahead and buy the cheaper version as long as they are official released. |
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| bumble.bee |
| Posted: Apr 28, 2008 7:08 am |
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金魚花火
Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Posts: 159
Location: Vienna
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Thai_Ai_Fan wrote: They said that Japanese version of CD music usually have THICKER both of CDs and the jewel case.
Another thing that I know is that the Japanese CD music plays music a little louder than most of the overseas version. I mean the clarity of the sound is better.
I don't know if it is true.......
I'm thinking of buying Dir En Grey Greatest Hits, Aiko, and Utada Hikaru and they seem to have NO significant advantages than overseas version.
when I go to Narita airport in the next two weeks, I'm thinking of buying all those CDs, but you guys make it look like I could just go ahead and buy the cheaper version as long as they are official released.
I have one of both and i can't see any differential in between, so don't worry, you can buy wathever you want i think  |
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| Meitantei L desu |
| Posted: Jun 18, 2008 7:04 pm |
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大好きだよ。
Joined: 18 Sep 2007
Posts: 232
Location: Tokyo
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| Haha, my overseas version works fine for me too. |
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| tsumetai.ame |
| Posted: Jun 27, 2008 2:23 pm |
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Planetarium
Joined: 07 Apr 2006
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On the Japanese edition, the little paper on the spine matches the color of the cd Case. For overseas edition usually (of course there is some labels who don't, but for artist under Avex and JE) the paper is always just white with blue text. Personally, the matching color is cooler but I'm not too strict on that. Usually I buy Japanese edition for Artist I'm really into and collect their discographies of (because of collectors reason), and for the artist that I maybe downloaded a few of their songs and kind of like I buy overseas edition.
And seriously, even if there is a different in sound, it's not really enough to notice. And if it is quieter, it's not going to be a lot, it's just like turn up your music player one sound level up then. |
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