C-ute - Chou Wonderful 6 Album Limited DVD

The limited DVD was finally uploaded (thanks to afa4004). On it is Aitai Lonely Christmas (White Christmas Ver.), Kiss Me Aishiteru (Dance Shot Ver.), Chou Wonderful 6 jacket making, and Kiss Me Aishiteru dance practice.

C-ute - Aitai Lonely Christmas (White Christmas Ver.) PV

C-ute - Kiss Me Aishiteru (Dance Shot Ver.) PV

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H!P Weekly Roundup #7

Doing another one of these to condense all of the new news into one post.

• Aitai Lonely Christmas 2nd Week Sales

They sold 2,239 for their second week, bringing the total to 25,921 copies sold. This puts Aitai as C-ute's best selling single of 2010. It also has a real short of surpassing Everyday Zekkouchou, which would make Aitai C-ute's best selling single since July 2009.

• DAWA gets a photobook

S/mileage member Wada Ayaka will be getting her first photobook sometime next year. The actual date is unknown, but the accompanying solo DVD releases on March 2nd.

• Manoeri's new single PV uploaded

The PV of Seishun no Serenade (Mano Erina's 9th single) was uploaded to the official Mano Erina channel yesterday. I will probably do a full review soon.

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Aitai Lonely Christmas 1st week sales, rank

Ranked at #6 for the week, C-ute's 14th single Aitai Lonely Christmas sold 23,682 copies.

This is C-ute's highest selling first week since Everyday Zekkouchou. In the coming weeks, it will definitely surpass their other three singles from this year and become C-ute's highest selling single for 2010. It is also the second highest selling first week for a H!P single that isn't a Morning Musume song (Otakebi Boy/Tomodachi holds first place).

Good job C-ute, way to end the year strong.

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The biggest CD purchase I've made in three years

A couple of months ago CD Japan had a pretty awesome sale where if you spent more than 5000 yen (can't remember the exact number) at their online store, you got free shipping (in order to celebrate their new shipping method - FedEx International Express).

Now that may not sound like much, but most websites that offer free shipping ships it by the slowest method possible. I'm talking about shipping, that when shipped, takes so long to get to your house you completely forgot you ordered it when it does arrive. This wasn't the case with CD Japan's sale. They allowed you to pick any shipping method you wanted, for free. Naturally, I chose the most expensive (and therefore fastest) method - FedEx International Express.

I've had my quirks with FedEx in the past (I'm more of UPS guy), but this package was delivered in record time. CD Japan shipped it on the 29th and it got to my house around 9 AM today, the 30th. Also keep in mind that this package had to go all the way from Japan to the United States East coast. Talk about fast.

Anyway, onto the CDs

8 awesome singles

I bought mainly new releases so I could finally catch up with the singles I missed out on buying when they released.

Obviously one of those singles isn't Hello! Project, so we'll take a closer look at that one first.

Perfume's VOICE single

I very rarely buy non-H!P CDs these days (being broke 99% of the time contributes to that), but I fell in love with both songs on Perfume's 11th single.


The A-Side (VOICE)


The B-side (575).


Now onto Hello! Project.

S/mileage's Ganbaranakutemo ee nende!!

Manoeri's Genkimono de Ikou!

Risako/Ogawa Mana Anime single

The Oshare My Dream (Ogawa Mana) and Elegant Girl (Sugaya Risako) double A-side single is one of my favorites of the bunch. Originally I loved the Ogawa Mana song more, but recently Elegant Girl has been growing on me.

Also, I am now in love with Ogawa Mana's voice after hearing Oshare My Dream.

Eri, Junjun, and Linlin's last single

If you look closely in the very first picture in this post, you'll notice something on top of Onna to Otoko no Lullaby Game.

For buying (pre-ordering?) from CD Japan, I got a small photocard. Awesome.

Kaiten Zushi

The back is awesome. Eri and Linlin especially looks great.

Inside

Finally onto C-ute.

Campus Life

Aitai Lonely Christmas

Inside Aitai

With Campus Life and Aitai Lonely Christmas, I finally have every C-ute single, including their six indies singles. Now all I need is five of their albums to have all of their CDs.

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Today is awesome news day

It's been a while since I did a news roundup post, but so many great things have been announced lately (especially today).

• Former C-ute member Kanna opens a Twitter account

I'm not a fan of Twitter at all (my long blog posts and the rules of Twitter do not agree with each other), but with so many people that I care about opening Twitter accounts, I may just have to give in one day. Kanna's message in her first tweet is clear: "i am kanna!!! ^^follow me ^3^". I reckon those with Twitter accounts should do what she says.

It's definitely real because she announced it on her blog. For those that can't read Japanese, let me attempt to translate.

"Twitter

I have opened a Twitter account. ^^

The account is

kanna93_coco

♪"

•  Chisato continues to be a hot topic

Pictured above is the cover of the limited edition of Chisato's first photobook. To get that special cover, you must pre-order the photobook from the Wanibooks store for 3000 yen. You also get three other extras for ordering from Wanibooks, but I can't read the kanji to figure out what exactly they are. But any Chisato extras must be awesome right?

Also, the official C-ute channel has uploaded yet another Chisato dance cover. This time it's Massara Blue Jeans (complete with a pair of jeans in the background). How much more awesome can one girl get?

• Shimizu Saki to finally get a photobook

I never thought the day would come. I seriously didn't. So when I heard the news, I had to let out a yell of joy. It was announced on her blog as well as some staff member's twitter account. All of these new releases makes me wish I was rich (or at least not broke). It is set to release January 12th, along with a DVD that will soon follow.

• Aitai Lonely Christmas Ninki Poll

 Just in case you missed my explanation of what the Ninki poll is, you can read up on it here. As you can see, C-ute is ranked 5th. Kinki Kids will definitely get number one. T.M. Revolution usually sells in the 60,000 range and will probably take the #2 spot, but Sid (#4 on the Ninki poll) and Yuzu (#3 on the Ninki poll) both have hit 60,000 before. #2-4 is really a toss up. C-ute will likely get the 5 spot, which is good considering the competition.

• Morning Musume Alo-Hello 4 Blu-Ray

I had given up all hope on finding more H!P Blu-Ray isos (or even Blu-Ray DVD rips), but some kind wota uploaded the Morning Musume Alo4 BDISO a couple of days ago. Looking forward to watching it in full 1080p HD (and uploading it to Youtube sometime later). If the Shocking Live Blu-Ray ISO would be uploaded, today would be as close to perfect as possible.

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Aitai Lonely Christmas radio rip

One word: AWESOME.

I was a bit worried about this single because Dance de Bakoon! was full of all kinds of win and I wasn't expecting Lonely Christmas to be anywhere near Bakoon!'s level. This time, I am so glad I was wrong. I think I might like Lonely Christmas more than Bakoon! Airi's solos are amazing.

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