Latest July releases and future August releases

Hi everyone! Since it’s four days before August, and there’s some releases in July left – I’ve decided to join two news posts into one and tell you about current releases and upcoming ones so you could decide on what you want to spend your money. ^_^

Already released – Kusumi Koharu’s new photobook “Koharu Nikki”(i.e. Koharu’s Diary) – I didn’t see it yet, but I saw previews and I must tell you that it’s great – I think you should definitely see this, because

Koharu looks a bit different than her usual self. Later on – a special DVD is to be released on 20th of September(but since it’s not an August release, not much information on this one, sorry).

You can order this photobook at yesasia.com

And here’s the cover of the photobook.

Next upcoming release is C-ute’s single “Edo no Temari Uta II” – which I’ve already told you about a dozen times, so I’ll just tell you something new about it. As you may already know, the limited edition of the single comes with eight interchangable covers. Thanks to Nouciel from JPH!P forum we now know how they look like.

As you see – if you have limited edition of this single, you can choose cover with your favorite member. All these covers are included into the limited edition(though I’d stick to group cover, because I like them all too much to choose only one favorite). May I remind you once again that both regular and limited editions will be released on 30th of July  and pre-orders at yesasia await those who would like to buy. If you don’t have an opportunity to buy it(though I strongly recommend this) go to Hello!Online – I’m sure you will be able to find the single yourselves, because it is already available there.

Next release that awaits us also on 30th of July Morning Musume’s new dvd “Concert Tour 2008 Haru  ~Single Daizenshu~”
Can’t tell much on this, because I didn’t see it, nor did I read anything about it. But I can show you it’s cover and give you a link to yesasia.com preorder.

Another release is also on 30th of July – it’s Kusumi Koharu’s single V for her new single “Papancake”. As usual, you can pre-order it at yesasia.com

The Possible are going to release yet another great single. It’s called “Ijiwaru Crazy love” and it will be released on 6th of August. There’s pre-orders available at yesasia.com for both regular and limited editions, grab them ’till they’re there. ^_^

Regular Edition Cover

Limited Edition Cover

Single V for C-ute’s single “Edo no Temari Uta II” will be released on 13th of August. No cover’s available yet, but you already can preorder the Single V at yesasia.com

Buono!‘s new single “Gachinko de Ikou!” will be released on 20th of August. And covers are already available(as well as full previews at Hello!Online, but you will have to find them yourselves ~_^)

Yesasia.com pre-order.

Regular Edition Cover

Limited Edition Cover

And on 27th of August we will see Berryz Koubou new single(though I can hardly call this a new single) “Dschinghis Khan Tartar Mix“(it was before called Onko Chishin Remix). Since no covers available and the preorder on Yesasia.com wasn’t updated to a new name of this single – I will not post any links to it, until there’s something new about it.

That’s all known releases for August. If something new comes up, as usual I’ll post it here. Please also note that this list does not include some of the releases. It’s either because of their H!P unrelated nature(J-pop releases aren’t listed here – there’s too many of them) or because of lack of interest in some of H!P groups(for example I’m not interested in Abe Natsumi for now, and she will have some releases during August).

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

July releases

Since there’s not very much going on in H!P area, I’ll post the centralized information on the upcoming releases for your convenience. Special thanks to JPH!P forum and Hello!Online site.

So the closest release is Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger~ dvd – this time it’s “Berryz Tracks” edition. I already explained the difference in one of my previous posts on this concert. This dvd will be released on 16th of July. And the pre-order is already available on yesasia.com – you can click here if you want to pre-order it(if you didn’t do it already).

If you somehow have no opportunity to order it(though I strongly recommend you to – because that way you support your favorite group) – go to Hello!Online tracker and search there(see the link above).

Next upcoming release is Kusumi Koharu’s 5th single under Tsukishima Kirari – It is called “Papan Cake”. Two editions(limited and regular) will be released on 16th of June. Pre-orders both for limited and regular editions are available at yesasia.com

Regular edition(click here for yesasia.com)

Limited edition(click here for yesasia.com)

Also, promotion video is available at Dohhhup! Click here to view it.

Single V dvd for Berryz Koubou single “Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance” will be released on 23rd of July, and it’s also already available for pre-ordering. Click here to go to yesasia.com

Kusumi Koharu’s “Photo Diary” photobook will be released on 25th of July. No cover art is avalable yet, but pre-order is already open at yesasia.com – click here to go there.

C-ute new single “Edo no Temari Uta II” will be released on 30th of July. Covers and some more information are posted here a few posts ago(look for it). Here I will give you links to pre-orders, that are open at yesasia.com

For regular edition – click here.

For limited edition – click here.

By the way. For all of you, who look for Edo no Temari Uta I – there is no such thing. Don’t know why though… We’ll see if some comments will come up.

Also on 30th of July – Single V of Kusumi Koharu’s “Papan Cake” will be released.

Click here to go to yesasia.com for pre-order

Also on 30th of July – a new concert DVD from Morning Musume will be released. This time it’s Concert Tour 2008 Spring – Single Daizenshu. No cover available yet. Pre-order, as always, is open at yesasia.com – click here.

Please note, that these news include only July releases and only the groups I’m interested in… Feel free to add more information on these releases or on any other H!P releases in the comments. Take care!

Berryz Koubou & C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Spring – Berryz Kamen vs Cutty Ranger

I’ve just watched this concert. I must say that it was great! I’m still under impression of it. I decided to watch on my big screen TV and I wasn’t disapointed at all! It was too great to tell you how great it was. Oh my God… what am I saying… Oh well, as I said I’m still under the impression of it and can’t tell you how was it. Also can’t tell you what was there. Go watch it yourself!! Ikenasai! Too bad that I couldn’t go to the Yokohama Arena to the concert… Too bad I’m not in Japan. These “too bads” came to my mind while I was watching the concert. Though they couldn’t spoil it, it is very sad that these too bads occured to me… Ah well… I hope that we’ll probably see Berryz Koubou and C-ute on some other stage, some other time and some other concert. Because I definetly want to see them together again! And this time, I hope I will be lucky enough to actually go to the concert, and not watch it at home, because no big screen can substitute real live event atmosphere and impression.

For now, I’m waiting for another edition of the concert to be released – the Berryz Tracks edition, it will be released on 16th of June. These two dvd’s(I mean the one I watched – C-ute tracks and Berryz tracks editions) differ in the after concert video. On the C-ute tracks one – there is focus ups to C-ute in songs, where two groups are on stage and also it has footage of the backstage video. Same is for Berryz tracks edition – only that the on stage and backstage videos are focused on Berryz Koubou.

Oh and another too bad came up. Too bad – that I can’t order the dvds – I want them really badly but my postal system is too crapy to order somthing like this. It will take ages to come to me and there’s a possibility that it will be somehow damaged, or worse…

So I am really grateful for those people at the Hello-Online tracker, who made it possible for people, who for some reason can’t order the dvds, to still be able to enjoy the concert! Domo arigato gozaimasu!!!!

Um for those of you who are still thinking whether to buy the dvds or not – buy them immedeately! That is if you are either fan of Berryz Koubou or C-ute. But I think that all fans of Hello!Project should see this, because it’s a one-time experience, because you won’t see anything like this in any other concerts.

Once again, I hope to see Berryz and C-ute together again.

Oh and by the way – they are together off-stage they’re taking part in Berikyuu! Tv-series. That’s for those of you who still know nothing about it. Watch it – you will probably like it.

That’s it for now, check my blog for news and updates on the already present news.

Also I will put some screencaptures from the concert, to tease you up a bit. ^_^

This is an interesting duet – Airi and Risako – if you didn’t watch the concert then what are you waiting for! Watch it! ^_^

Special guest – Buono!

Cutie Circuit 2008 ~LOVE ESCALATION~, some more on Berryz Kamen and Cutie Ranger concert and some more singles info…

Hello! Today I watched C-ute’s concert called “Cutie Circuit 2008 ~Love Escalation~ and I must say, that after this concert I finaly rethought my attitude towards C-ute. They’re great! Even though I didn’t had a chance to watch the concert without any interruptions, but I have chores to do so I don’t blame it… But I really liked that concert.

This is actually the first concert of C-ute that I watched. I’m already thinking about watching their earlier concerts, because I had a lot of fun.

Berryz Koubou 17th single ~Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance~ is already available at Hello!Online! This is really great! And also, the Berryz Koubou & °C-ute Nakayoshi Battle Concert Tour 2008 Haru ~Berryz Kamen vs. Cutie Ranger~ – with C-ute Tracks dvd has finally came to Hello!Online!!! I’m already waiting for it to download… I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS!!!!! IT’S GREAT!!!! Um… sorry for my emotions it’s just that I’ve waited for this way too long…

There’s also some more information on C-ute 6th single ~Edo no Temari Uta II~ which, as you already know, will be released on 30th of July. Nouciel from JPH!P forum has pointed out some pictures of the costumes used in Music Japan event. I will put them here for your conveniece.

You can use it as you wish, but if you post them at your blog, please give credit to JPH!P or Nouciel.

Also jompuan from JPH!P has also posted a picture, maybe it is from comment to single.

I’m very sorry that I hadn’t performed any research on my own, my Internet is currently very busy downloading concert for me ^_~

Also I have told you about an upcoming Berryz Koubou single ~Genghis Khan Onko Chishin Remix~ a song list is already available at CDJournal.com I will also post it here.

1. ジンギスカン （温故知新 リミックス） （仮）
2. ジンギスカン （Berryz工房Ver.）
3. ジンギスカン （ジンギスカン オリジナルVer.）

Romanized:

1. Dschinghis Khan Onkochishin Remix (provisional title)
2. Dschinghis Khan (Berryz Koubou Version)
3. Dschinghis Khan (Dschinghis Khan Original Version)

Special thanks to tiny from JPH!P forum for pointing that out.

As we can see there is yet a lot interesting things to wait during summer.

That’s all for now, thanks for your attention! ^_^

Suzuki Airi in one of two costumes from ~Love Escalation~ concert.

Berryz Koubou & C-ute – ~Berryz Kamen vs Cutie Ranger~

There was a link on JPH!P on Dohhh UP! video. It was “Darling I Love You” performance from the concert Berryz Kamen vs Cutie Ranger. As I can see, there is two stages, Berryz Kobo on one of them and C-ute on the another one. These stages are connected with a bridge, on which girls from both groups gather at about middle of this video.

I think that this concert will be the best one ever. Can’t wait till the release of the dvd version.

By the way. Two photobooks will be released tomorrow. C-ute and Berryz Koubou – Berryz Kamen vs Cutie Ranger – stage version and live version.

Dvd’s will be released later. The “C-ute tracks” version will be released 8th of July and “Berryz Koubou tracks” version will be released yet later – on 15th of July.

yesasia.com

For now I am listening to mic-rips of Berryz Kamen and Sakura Chirari songs. As I hear, during Sakura Chirari, Chinami is crying. Well at least it sounds like it. Once again, can’t wait any longer! I want to see the concert!

And here’s the video I was talking about at the beginning. Click to watch from Dohhh UP! It has stereo sound and better picture, but for your convenience I will embed youtube video here. Enjoy!