looking good for D'espairsRay , but i wish Dir will dominate the charts!!hahaharrr!!!but they are way too low~~does singles count?haharrr

Wow...I'm very surprised Miyavi was #2. That album must've been awesome to be #2 and already out of print!

I'm also surprised that Arashi isn't in the top 10 since you said their singles sell out soooo fast.

Question: How come a lot of the newer posters coming out have a "STOP! ILLEGAL COPY" message along the bottom? What does that message say?

Example: http://www.yesasia.com/us/nightmare-killer-show-original-poster-japan-version/1011039104-0-0-0-en/image-gallery.html#imageGalleryPage

Ohhhhhhh!!! It is incredible. Hikki is NO.1?(I DONT BELIEVE IT...) I think Perfume will be the no.1, but at least I am really excited to have this great album - Yeah! GO FOR IT UTADA!!!... You are a great singer.
J-POP WINS AGAIN. Je,je,je.

Ah! I forget one thing Dan.
Did you see the new anime of "Slayers Revolution". Geeezzz... This is fantastic! Lina is back! YES! So, HOW IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PRODUCERS DONT PUT SUBTITLES FOR THE FOREIGNERS LIKE US??? THIS IS NOT FAIR!!!

v.v> I'm sure Dir will make it to the top ten if not number one by the end of the year (particularly with the rumors of an album coming up), but their only release so far this year was just announced and isn't out yet, which is why they aren't in the ranking much.

wohjai> I don't know what's with the posters but it seems like Japan's making a big push to curb piracy. The Japanese just says "Eradicate Illegal Copying - Let's think about the music of the future. If we keep making illegal copies, we destroy the cycle of creation for the music of the near future."

Unrelated, but the reason Arashi doesn't make it to the top is because the numbers alloted to us aren't enough to make the top. They'd probably dominate the charts if we could get more limited editions in.

Ken007> Actually, I figured Perfume would top the charts at Neowing (not so much here) but it looks like they had the same thing happen as Arashi (who, ironically did top out Neowing). But yeah, Hikki for the win.

Have not seen "Slayers Revolution," but I had a friend who was in love with the original "Slayers way long ago. I wonder whatever happened to him. Sadly, very few things get English subs in Japan.

I would really like to see a top 100 for the idol DVDs. I know things have changed because of Paypal's rules. I did like getting the idol newsletter last month and hope you continue sending out more of them. Perhaps CDJapan could send the top 100 list in Vol. 2 of the newsletter.


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Respect the idols: Stop Illegal Copy ;)

Paper Sleuth>
Ooh! I'm glad you liked the newsletter. This link to the ranking will be included in the next newsletter, but if you want a sneek peek, you can view our slightly top-heavy idol top 100 for 2008 list right here:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/special/mid_charts/2008_idol.html

Hello my friend Dan.

Excuse for bother you again with another problem, but did you have other suggestions of stores that sell "Mana Khemia 2 game" because Playasia was really a complete disappointment (these people have waiting me for 17 days and I lost my patient...) but this time PLEASE DONT SUGGEST ME CHINESE STORES!!! = I think japanese stores are better.

Thank you and sorry again

Ken007>
Sorry to hear about your experiences with Playasia! Have you tried HMV? I don't know if they ship to where you are, but they do ship internationally:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2705240

There's also the ultra-cute limited edtion with super-deformed figure diorama/music box:
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2705243

YAY!!!! Oh!.. It`s perfect. They have the game a little bit cheap than Playasia and the better: ship to my country in 24 hours.
Thank you so much my friend. The diorama box and the figurines are really cute too... but I have the soundtrack so, don`t necessary music box...

PS: THE AYUMI CAMPAIGN HAVE GREAT PRIZES (I hope win a puzzle...) Thank you too for this new CDJapan`s promotion.

Great to hear!