Hey! Dan, you are a Rock-man fan? Gezzzzz... and the other members of CDJapan staff have interesting taste. I don`t meet "Manababy" Who is this person? and I suppose "Yukarin" is Yukari Hashimoto: ne, ne? and Who is Ryu? too...
Definitely tastes just share with my friend Toshi, Je,je,je...
But you and the others are still my great friends, too. So don`t worry.

I congratulate you for this pretty blog.

Miho-miho has good taste ^_^!

Ken007> Not all the time, I'm just super duper into Guitar Hero III (the game!) right now!

You are right about Yukarin, Ryu and Manababy are the two semi-new additions to the team. They both work on the figure/apparel side of things though sometimes Manababy helps out a little on the main pages as well.

Tophie> Yes she does. I swear she's been watching the video for "Lyrical Sympathy" on youtube every day since Versailles really made it big last year. Still, you can't fault HIZAKI!

. . . Now if only they'd include some stuff from "Curse of Virgo" in Guitar hero.

my...this is so very interesting!!XDXD,well Miho,Dan and Tahei has good choice there!hahaha,,well more of my choice,HAHAHAHAHA!!well i've never heard of some so cant really say much hahahahahaha!XDXD,i like these kind of stuff..like knowing what others listen to hahahaah!!!cheers!!XD

Any idea what the first press is gonna be for the new vamps single?

...and the first press for versailles - noble?

v.v> Thanks! I was really surprised by how much non-Japanese music everyone was listening to and tried to get them to say Japanese music too ("Come on, we're CD . . .JAPAN!") but sadly, no one was swayed.

wohjai> we don't have anything in our systems yet (the description on Neowing is just "Special Features Available (Undetermined)" in Japanese), but I'll have someone contact the labels tomorrow to see if they have any more info.

Hello my friend Dan.

Excuse me again but talking about music one more time, did you know if the opening of Namco X Capcom game "Subarashiki Shin Sekai" comeS in full version at the soundtrack of this game? and what is this thing that the familiar character theme songs contains rearranged versions. Are not the original songs for the game? BE HONEST, PLEASE.

Thank you for the help, Dan

Hi Ken007,
First, the character themes are the regular themes from the "Namco X Capcom" game (they are rearranged from the themes from the original games like "Street Fighter 2").

As for the title theme "Subarashiki Shin Sekai," it comes in a full-length version, piano version, instrumental version, long version, and karaoke version on the disc ;) The only thing I can't tell you is what the differences between each version is.

Tohie> Thank you!

v.v> Thanks (^_^)

wohjai> I've took a contact with the labels about first press bonus items.

About VAMPS's "Love Addict," I am sorry to tell you that the person of the label has told me this time there is no first press bonus. The original information we had received before had changed. Sorry about your disappointment.

About Versailles's "Noble," they say the detail hasn't decided yet. I will add the information on the item description page as soon as I hear from the label.

Ken007> Hi, how are you? Thank you for giving comments every time!

Dan> It's funny how you tried to sway the staff into choosing Japanese music for this "What CDJapan is Listening to..." but yet you yourself has also chosen non-Japanese music...haha...cool! I haven't listened to the pumpkins in a long long time...

Miho-miho> Thank you for finding out the information for me. And yes, I like your taste as well...<3 Visual rock baby!

All> I think everyone should list what they're currently listening to...

Dan> Thank you so much for clarify the situation of the themes my friend and this opening have many versions? Oh, God! It´s perfect for me. I hope the ending also comes in several versions!!!

Miho> Hello again Miho-san. IRASSHAIMASE!! So long without seeing on the blog Eh! Thanks for the greetings. I´m fine, very fine and you.... Daijobou desu ka?

Ken007> Daijobu desu, I'm fine, Thanks!

I'm happy you remember me (^o^)

wohjai>yah!Dan himself didnt even choose any japanese songs!!XDXD!!

Miho-miho>welcome!!XDXD,by the way is there any Dir en grey fan in the staffs??XDXD (**huge Diru fans here**)XD

alice nine. insane fan here! woot alice nine!!!

Dan or anyone from the staff> Any updates on that possible solution you were previously talking about on getting international shipments to escape from custom import charges/duties/taxes? Sigh...I just got dinged by customs again :(

btw...where's Dan?

I'm still alive! Sorry, Miho-Miho's been talking to you guys so I've been busy away behind the scenes.

Anyway, to make up for my lack of Japanese music, I give you two links to what I'm listening to now:
Sound Horizon (crazy anime/visual/opera/something--make sure to watch until the end)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3FUXvfcio

Miku Furukawa (indie rock fun)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGSwmP5jZRY

v.v> believe it or not no one's a really big Dir fan in the office though Sr. Uchino listens to them on occasion.

wohjai> We've already made some changes, and I think we're getting a new shipping box variant soon, but I'm not sure how much that will help. I'll see if there's anything else we can do.

Would you still have the poster for "Nightmare - Killer Show" still in stock? Was that the first press item?

wohjai> the posters are a little different from normal first press items. Sometimes, as is the case with the posters, the manufacturers just include bonuses along with our orders without actually notifying us beforehand. We still run them like a normal first press bonuses, but obviously we aren't able to advertise them beforehand since we don't know they're coming. We are in the process of adding the descriptions to product pages though, and they should be up sometime soon.

As for "Killer Show," unfortunately the posters have sold out.

Hope to hear about Noble's details soon and yea, I've been listening to Versailles for the past few weeks...

SFORZANDO is a bit different but it's still nice enough to be on repeat on my iTunes haha

Was wondering if anyone knows if vids of hide's memorial summit will ever be released on DVD...I love Versaille's new outfit

oh furukama miki is awesome!XD...she reminded me of shiina ringo..hahaha..girls playing guitar..well i preety much enjoyed it..haha..the video goes well with the song itself!XDXD..as for the other one...was..weird..O.O..and its 6 min!!didnt finish the video...its toooo long~~hahaha

Iletia> The only reason I can think of for why they wouldn't release the summit on DVD is that the band's are all on different labels. However, we get inter-label compilations all the time so there's definitely a possibility the hide memorial summit will be released on DVD.

I don't know when we'll get more details on Versailles (minor labels can be unpredictable) but I can say there's a slight possibility we'll get a chance to interview the descendants of the rose sometime in the next couple of months ;)

v.v> ooh! If you like Miki Furukawa be sure to check out her old band Supercar. They have a male singer, but they we're huge on the Japanese indie scene and international college radio.

And while Sound Horizon is definitely weird, you're missing the best part. Just skip to the last minute or so (5:00 mark) because the singer gets crucified and set on fire. Watching it I felt like I was playing Xenogears again.

okay,i'll check out supercar..haha..oh!!..O.O..the last part was cool!!!the effect was good!!XD