It will be released on 2006/09/27!!!!!!!!!!!! :bunspark:

credit: http://doasmap.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index2.html

Hurray! Can't wait for it.

CAN'T WAIT!!! OMG!

AVCD-31043

i want more details!

edit: i have!

TRACKLIST!!!! (yay! first to post)

http://www.avexnet.or.jp/van/news/060825.html

CD

1.閃光
2.Mosaic
3.閃光 -instrumental-
4.Mosaic-instrumental-

DVD

閃光 Music Clip

*loves the kanji of "Senkou"*

only one DVD clip like all her singles (well she only had one, and now two)

Wow,wow~~~
seriously looking forward to it!!!!!!!!

hm, i smell a 2nd album.. thats fast, doesn't she rest or take time off to promote her album?

awesome!

haha...i guess she takes pleasure by being a workaholic...lol.

way to go ban chan! :bunvv: :superbun:

That's two days before DAI Anniversary... if I'm wrong, correct me~ xD

Well, go Ban-chan!!

That´s right, 2 days before......i want more song of ban-chan ASAP :foxhi:

Haha, I think it would have been really funny if she released it on DAI's anniversary..lol.

:bunlove: GANBATTE KUDASAI, BAN-CHAN!

THANK YOU FOR THE INFO, ANNA-CHAN!

whoa, that's fast! thanks for the info [ANNA]. is that website a fansite or something?

i think maybe this next one's gonna be a ballad. maybe. :?

Already? Yayyy! :foxhi:

ANNA~! Thanks for the news!

i like the songs made by sin. hold me... and horoscople was made by sin, and i hope he does more

i am subscribed to a newsletter, and apparently CDJapan updated their description of the 2nd single (i just received it 2 mins. ago!)



medium tempo track?

Maybe it's a ballad? :?


Limited edition?! That's it I'm buying this baby!! :rolling:

Lol jokes, well, let's just wait for a few more updates. :mrgreen:

thanks for the info!

i think medium-tempo would be like [Essence], [morning glory], [nue no naku yoru], and MAYBE [Brave] or [urara.]

something like DAI's [WADACHI] would be perfect. :bunspark:

a lot of her solo songs have this weird habit of being really slow during the verses and fast (or louder and more interesting ) in the choruses, like [Brave], [morning glory], [complacence], [HOLY PLANET], etc.

I LOOOVE [Wadachi], [morning glory] and ESPECIALLY [HOLY PLANET]!!!

i wish that her 2nd single will be like those :foxtt:

horoscope-like please!

:foxlove: That would be wonderful.

well i guess anything would be okay for now, i just hope her 2nd album wont be filled with ballads again, that kinda killed the FAREWELL, not a lot of variety

A nothing-like would be great

Touff-Ray ~something new please!~

horoscope-like? requesting SIN to be composer :foxhi:

OMG i can´t wait for that =D o *_*

Thank you for the info Anna and totosquirt!
Whatever kind of song it will be, I can' t wait for the PV so that I can listen to the A-side as soon as possible

Lots of people disputed D-A-I composing for Tomiko (but too much like DAI)... well how about Ryo composing for Tomiko? That would be pretty interesting.

it would be interesting, but it'd be like DAI, so that doesn't make sense
I don't think they will work together as three persons again, maybe as two.
I want her new single to be something like nue no naku yoru... I love those mystery songs!!
I think it could be something like a really "POPPY" song, I noticed that her first single wasn't really so much the style of her first album. what about something like a dance? well, that wouldn't be her style...
so, surprise!!!!

i am looking forward to surprises.. but quite frankly, FAREWELL was boring so to speak..

i wish her 2nd single would be like "mellow amber" or "Hi no Ataru Sakamichi" i ♥ those songs

That would be perfect. I also love those.

Yep, I definitely hope to hear something with Massive Arrangements...something that feels EPIC, but isn't necessarily that long...

You can preorder her single now on YesAsia!!

*Wishes for a sack of money to drop any second .-. lol*

wow, this is really early to be pre-ordering.

just before you preorder, just note this:



well, that's what I heard from a couple of forums. YesAsia doesn't count on Oricon.

CDJapan (under the name NeoWing), HMV and the 3rd guy (i forgot) count on oricon as well as the local japanese music stores.

just to let you know :roll:

hey!, this is the reason why ban-chan/DAI albums never do as well as i expected they would!

[quote=totosquirt]just before you preorder, just note this:

[quote=Forumer]I think the way it works is that yesasia's sales don't count toward the copies sold, however, I think that the copies yesasia buys from whatever distributing company do count. Correct me if I'm wrong.[/quote]

And this is what the topic starter said:
[quote=Topic Starter]^ that should be correct X3 >_> unless yesasia orders their supply through Avex HK or Taiwan >_> XD i dunno, but it should count! I mean like Yesasia DOES take up a lot of sales too >_> =.='[/quote]

I'm thinking this could be true, but if it doesn't, well that's too bad.

actually, what happens is that all the music resellers like HMV and YesAsia and CDJapan and the others do is get a certain amount of copies of a product so that they do not have to keep on reordering it.

what Oricon does is that they go to the japanese stores and ask how many of a certain CD has sold. For example, CDJapan might have bought a ton of "Flower CD+DVD" and "Flower CD" copies, but only sold about 1/2 or more

if they did just buy one bulk amount and gave that result to Oricon, the number of CD sales would be a round number, right?

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I just found that YesAsia and Oricon stuff recently, but before I found out, I bought from YesAsia.

Now I am thinking of buying from CDJapan even though it might be harder just to boost the numbers. YesAsia is easier for me than CDJapan because I don't have to pay customs for YesAsia stuff, the shipping can be free if I order enough, and they accept money orders.

I only buy from CDJapan when I really need to. I heard they are reliable with their stock. (I had to wait 3 weeks for a CD on YesAsia that says will arrive in 7 days)

Hm... you might have a point.

However I didn't clearly understand the way you explained the method of gathering the info of one certain product that has been sold. Like, you said Oricon goes to the Japanese store to gather the info for the product. Your example is an online service :foxconf: Unless CDJapan is really a store, I would like to hear another example if you don't mind. :mrgreen:

I recently looked at the packages that I recieved from YesAsia, and it looks like their mailing address comes from Hong Kong. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the fact that they don't support Oricon IS because of that. xD They're from Hong Kong, or somewhere in China I think. :?

And hey, maybe YesAsia's supplier is probably a Japanese store. Correct me if I'm wrong with this too. xD

Anyways, I wanna hear more info for Ban-chan's single. >.< A cover wouldn't hurt... :rolling: hehe

Well, basically all the japanese stores, online or local real-life stores, give their sale information to Oricon. They don't give out how many CDs they have ordered because that doesn't reflect the amount of actual CD sales. For example: Tangerine Dream was already tallied up in 1999 when it first released, but it is still on sale on CDJapan - Not all the CDs were sold so they can't say that the bulk CDs they bought will all sell ( but I know that Tangerine Dream will sell out soon go DAI!)

and I think the reason YesAsia doesn't count is because it is not in Japan. Oricon only asks the stores how many CDs have sold. Oricon doesn't ask the CD providers because they just sell in bulk and it doesn't reflect on the total amount of sales. Even though the Japanese CD providers might be in japan, YesAsia isn't, therefore YesAsia and the CD providers aren't asked by oricon at all.

in short - Oricon asks these ppl their #s:

-Online and Local Japanese CD stores that are in Japan

Oricon do not ask these ppl their #s:

-CD Bulk Providers in Japan
-CD Bulk Provider not in Japan
-Online and Actual CD stores that are not in japan

each point on that list has their own reason which has been explained above

hmm...i am not sure if i made myself clear :oops:



I am not sure about this one Maybe ppl should ask how many of the "Flower" CDs have sold in YesAsia during their first week, including preorders. If it is more than 14,000 (which will be AWESOME!!!) it will not count.

I am just hearing the "YesAsia does not count on Oricon" from other forums, which I have lost the link from. I can ask them myself if they do :wink: ...via email

Alright, thanks for explaining again for me.
I have asked other forums too, so yeah~ XD

btw, I sent an email to YesAsia asking if they are counted in Oricon. The first customer rep. didn't know the answer so she sent it up to the ppl who migh know more!

Does CDJapan give away free posters when a new single/album is out? I've been buying from Yesasia actually and I think their service isn't too bad.

Wooohooo!
Wish it was released sooner though.

MY EMAIL ARRIVED JUST RIGHT NOW! (I shall bold out the main parts of this email)

Thank you for purchasing at YesAsia.com.

Referring to your enquiry, after checking, the sales record for counting in the oricon chart is counted in terms on the record of sales in the shop, but not on the quantities which are sent out by the suppliers. The figure is calculated by a system called POS system. This system is only available in some specified Japan's CD shops and online stores only. So the sales in YesAsia is not counted into the Oricon.

We hope you find the above information useful and we look forward to serving you soon.

Please do not reply to this email directly. Should you have any further enquiries or comment, please refer to http://yesasia.com/help/Index.aspx?lang=en


Best regards,
Linda Sze
Customer Service Department
YesAsia.com (HK) Ltd.



There Confirmation directly from YesAsia

*That* is what you can call a Customer Service Department

Well, even though it isn't counted in the oricon charts, I like Yesasia's service, so I'll continue buying my import stuff from them. 8)

Ya, I like how they ship my stuff...without Customs Tax

I am thinking that I would buy all non-new items from YesAsia...that is, anything that isn't newly release...but since I want my purchase to count on oricon, I shall buy one copy from CDJapan and another from YesAsia.

Lol...two copies. When I buy from YesAsia, I shall buy the CD version of "Flower" and "Farewell" since I don't have the CD only verisons...just the cd+dvd.

YesAsia = God with one o

They ship soo fast; too bad the delivery is always the max of the range specifed

oricon smoricon

we can't make a difference

Too bad
I must stick to Yesasia for some years anyway, unless I decide to get a part time job (I' m not very willing to do such a thing since I' m already waaaaaaaaay behind with my studies, because I have to study something I hate), because I need to save on shipping charges.
Thank you for giving us those info totosquirt ^^

you're welcome, michele

they say it here, too:
http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music.../1138711240/808
this site is always right. ^^ (I think)
and there'll be a DVD~~ hope it'll be two PVs... >///<

I also see ayumi hamasaki...she's releasing something on the same day. Oooh...another Nagao work?