The week started
off with Matt reporting that accoording hurtwou the
News24 brief he had uploaded on the tracker contained the messages of a
new Aya single (but more of that in the days to come :-). Matt also as usual
posted some caps from the new Meringue, with japanese_boy following up with
another nice pic:
And then Fumi started the celebration, because - of course
IT WAS AYA'S 21th BIRTHDAY
and some official UFA birthday images (including Miki's message):
Pictures provided
by Fumi, Maiko^o^, Nights4Saturn, sintengpig, ILoveMico and Matt, with wishes
from a lot more people :-)))
Fumi asked whether I would throw a birthday party. Well I did, but I had only
invited Aya. And I'm not gonna tell you whether she accepted the invitation
or not!
Matt found Aya singing a Chinese version of Hyacinth. It was recorded while her "Live in Shanghai" concert served as bluescreen footage for a Taiwanese TV movie called "Aijou shin kokyuu". More info in the torrent description, but you can find both the video and the mp3 in the RS folder. (pic not in thread). blackwin commented: I think she's pretty good as singing chinese's song :-) In that live she made a lot of mistake and when she made it she's very CUTE!
rnwc reported the completion of "Aijou Ippon" episode 5's subs, nicely promoting the other episodes :-)))
There was a report about some GAM backstage special on kikaku.tvguide.or.jp, but nothing surfaced unfortunately.
sville1999 discovered that there was a blog for the stageplay "Sukedachi"
KaBluie made a nice first post with Aya's contributions to the Douyou Pops albums, asking for a singers' list of the Sougen no Hito OST in return. Here's a list of the Douyous:
The Douyou Pops 1 - Christmas And Winter
Song Collection (2001-11-29)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/The_Douyou_Pops_1_-_Christmas_and_Winter_Song_Collection"
01. (Jingle Bells) / Yaguchi Mari, Ayaka, Matsuura Aya, Ishii Rika
06. (Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town) / Yasuda Kei, Rinne, Ayaka, Matsuura Aya
14. (Tako no Uta)/ Goto Maki, Matsuura Aya
15. (Silent Night! Holy Night!) / All
The Douyou Pops 2 - Spring Song Collection (2002-02-20)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/The_Douyou_Pops_2_-_Spring_Song_Collection"
04. (Ureshii Hina Matsuri) / Konno Asami, Matsuura Aya, Ishii Rika
The Douyou Pops 3 - Summer Song Collection (2002-06-05)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/The_Douyou_Pops_3_-_Summer_Song_Collection"
14. (Hanabi) / Asami, Matsuura Aya
The Douyou Pops 4 - Fall Song Collection (2002-09-04)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/The_Douyou_Pops_4_-_Fall_Song_Collection"
01. (Omocha no Cha Cha Cha) / Inaba Atsuko, Country Musume, Coconuts Musume,
Melon Kinenbi, Matsuura Aya, Fujimoto Miki, Ishii Rika
15. (Ryosyuu) / Matsuura Aya, Fujimoto Miki, Ishii Rika
16. (Furusato) / All
Shinsaku Douyou Pops 1 (2002-12-04)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/Shinsaku_Douyou_Pops_1"
01. (Pineapple Paradise) / Matsuura, Ayaka, Mika, Satoda
14. (Happy Happi Princess) / Matsuura, Ayaka, Fujimoto, Ishii
Shinsaku Douyou Pops 2 (2003-03-26)
"http://wiki.theppn.org/Shinsaku_Douyou_Pops_2"
02. (Egao Banzai) / Abe, Maeda, Matsuura
03. (Haya~i Norimono) / Niigaki, Inaba, Asami, Matsuura
10. (Balcony jyanakute Engawa to iimasu) / Yasuda, Inaba, Matsuura
N4S and sville1999 provided information for the Sougen problem, and LaBluie ended up with this:
1. Sougen no Hito - Matsuura Aya
2. YOKOHAMA SING A SONG (Opening Version) - Matsuura Aya & Ensemble
3. Odekake Scarlet - Matsuura Aya, Toda Rinne, Ohtani Masae, Murata Megumi,
Yuka Eri & Ensemble
4. Eigakan ga Arukaresa! - Matsuura Aya & Shibata Ayumi
5. Shinminato Futou no Minato Uta - Matsuura Aya, Kato Noriko & Ensemble
6. Gokigennanameda Boogie Woogie - Shibata Ayumi & Ohtani Masae
7. YOKOHAMA SING A SONG - Matsuura Aya
8. Bokura no Nohara wa Yakenohara - Matsuura Aya & Kato Noriko
9. Murusaki no Tsuki - Matsuura Aya
10. Sayonara - Matsuura Aya
11. Kesshin - Kato Noriko
12. Itoshikoto no Baru no Ballad - Matsuura Aya & Shibata Ayumi
13 - 21 (Instrumentals)
Much appreciated by the editor who was looking for the same thing too!!
To close off
the week some new UFA images:
Cya next week :-)))