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Ai Otsuka - LOVE JAM

February 25th, 2008 by eyn · 10 Comments · ★★★★½

Ai-chin’s 2nd album, “LOVE JAM”, was released on 2004.11.17, that is less than 8 months since the release of her debut album, “LOVE PUNCH”. Despite the short time frame between these two albums, no quality of music was compromised, in fact “LOVE JAM” is arguably a tuned up version of “LOVE PUNCH”, showing improvements in both the arrangement of music and the depth of her ballads.

Second anniversary

January 24th, 2008 by eyn · 12 Comments

August 25th 2007 marks the 2nd anniversary of Channel-Ai Community Blog.

First anniversary

August 30th, 2006 by eyn · 10 Comments

If you’ve been wondering why we had so many articles published on August 25th, and a few more after that, then hopefully this entry’s title will give you a better idea! This is our own unique way to commemorate a special day, the day when Channel-Ai Community Blog published its very first article exactly one year ago.

Ai Otsuka - Frienger

April 30th, 2006 by eyn · 15 Comments · ★★★★★

“Frienger”, Ai Otsuka’s 11th single, was released on April 12, 2006, approximately 7 months after the release of her 10th hit single, “Planetarium“. For those of you who are curious about the title, “Frienger” is a word combining “friend” and “ranger”, which relates how a friend is like a ranger who will always fight for you whenever you’re in trouble.

Ai Otsuka - Planetarium

October 7th, 2005 by eyn · 72 Comments · ★★★★½

Ai Otsuka’s 10th single, “Planetarium”, was released on 2005.09.21. “Planetarium” gained the first place on the Oricon daily single charts on its first day of release. This single also managed to achieve the top position on the Oricon weekly single charts, having more than 121,000 copies sold so far. This is Ai’s first ballad single that has achieved such excellent results, which is quite a feat.