Cute Cutie Circuit 2008 - September 10 wa Cute no Hi -

This is an odd C-ute concert. It's shorter than usual (under 90 minutes) and it's shot on a small, narrow, cluttered stage, with dark, erratic lighting that does the girls no favors (e.g. red lighting on red costumes, which means you can't see the girls!). Huge speakers block some of the camera angles, making the dance routines hard to see in some shots. There is only one costume change (unlike the five they had in the summer 2008 concert) and it comes right at the half-way point. But it greatly improves the concert. The bulky, unattractive red plaid outfits worn in the first half of the concert give way to these really snazzy white-and-red sequined numbers with white boots that get the girls motivated to cut loose in the second half (about 45 minutes) with one dynamite fast-paced number after another, including some of my favorite C-ute songs, such as "Edo no Temari Uta II," "Namida no Iro," and "Jump." Preceding the good set, which starts at Chapter 11, is a very cute skit at Chapter 10 with Mai Mai appearing as "DJ Mai Mai" ("Check it out, check it out") and joined by Chisato and Airi in trying to do covers of older songs, such as "Morning Coffee" and "Fly High." For future viewings, I'll just skip to Chapter 10 and watch the concert from that point. The first half is saddled with weaker material, the wrong outfits, long skits that slow things down, and bad lighting, while the second half is easily one of the best things they've ever done, almost on a par with the C-ute concert from summer 2008, "Wasuretaku nai Natsu," also reviewed here. This DVD comes with no extras except for an alternate audio track featuring the girls commenting on the concert themselves. If you don't understand Japanese (and I don't), you can just enjoy hearing the girls laugh at themselves and try to pick out who's doing most of the talking. (I hear a lot of Chisato.)

a nother excellent dvd of C-ute, with a great song and a beautiful show as well. a must have for fan's