Category: Reading

  • Yu Aoi – Uso. 3D Exhibit Flickr Picspam

    Well, I was surfing through Flickr Yu tags, and ended up with a bunch of people who have attended Yu’s 3D Exhibit — someone, namely me is very jealous — ;P

    Credits and big thank you’s (and evil eyes~~~ xD) go to inucara, and himohu.

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  • Yu Aoi – Uso. – PARCO

    My order for Yu Aoi’s newest release of Uso. the Pop-up book is finally here. Even though shipping cost me a little more than I had intended. I will review this, and then reveal the surprise I had for all of you.

    First, let me tell you it is slightly weird to have an almost-real-life-sized photo of Yu’s face. It is just slightly bigger (I suppose), so it’s unsettling. The photo it’s so sharp and clear, and her skin is so flawless in it, I’m so jealous. But then again… that’s a well-lit photograph, so that’s unfair. xD

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  • Aoi Miyazaki’s OKAN no Yomeiri + Colorful Trailers

    ‘Tis the trailer season… too many of them, and they will probably keep on being released.

    This time around, it’s all about Aoi Miyazaki and trailers for two of her upcoming films. First of the trailer for her — tear-jerking — drama OKAN no Yomeiri, in which her mother (Shinobu Otake), after one wild drinking night, brings a younger man who apparently is ready to marry her… out of the blue – Seriously, this starts out like a comedy… until Miyazaki’s character discovers her mom is *dramatic music* dying.

    And the second one is an animated film based on the award-winning novel by Eto Mori, about a spirit who is placed into the body of a teenager who has just committed suicide, so the spirit is able to get a second chance at life. INTERESTING!

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  • Let Me In Trailer

    I still feel like this trailer is too loud. I don’t want to say I hate the music, but it’s not the type of music I like to listen to in a movie I thought was quiet. LOL Oh! I know what it is… it’s the placing of that particular song in the overall trailer. Looking just at the images, you get the sense of quiet, and they seem to have kept the scariness of Oskar’s character… even if they made Eli’s character a complete girl now.

    I still like both young actors. The Road was quite dreary in a good way.

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/qjavOLdPk1c?rel=0″]

    not tagging this as trailer because Harry Potter trumps this LOL

    *EDIT*
    Look! It’s s a Ain’t it Cool SPOILERY Review from someone who’s seen a screening.

  • Time & Again by Jacques Khouri

    Well, this is depressing.

    Interesting animation, but so SO depressing xD
    In comic strip style!

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I Trailer

    I want to say I have rekindled my affairs with Harry Potter fandom, but I still don’t approve of Warner’s decision of making this a 2-part film, as well as the Fake 3D conversion. I also don’t approve of the Epilogue. LOL

    I was talking to some friends last week, and they also disapproved the Epilogue. In fact, they said Deathly Hallows was the weakest book of the whole series — Testing the waters, I told them I thought Half-blood Prince was also weak, and to my surprise… they also agreed.

    My friend’s favorite book is Azkaban, followed by Phoenix. FYI.

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/_EC2tmFVNNE?rel=0″]

    I really want to feel giddy, but things that jumped out~~~ Ginny is taller than Harry. I feel sad for Daniel Radcliffe, whom I totally love, but oh! If he only were taller!

    Then there’s Ron protecting (or is he pulling) Hermione reminded me of Harry protecting her against the werewolf. I’m trying not to be shippy, but that just sort of brought back that scene.

    Harry has high on drugs eyes when he meets Voldie.

    And that snake looks like crap.

  • Who Are Yu? for H Magazine

    Yu-chan will be gracing the cover of H Magazine… again. She was previously on the cover with Ninomiya for a Tekkon photoshoot… and then she was on the Futari no H cover. I have never been able to find high quality scans of that Futari no H shoot… so if anyone has, let me know.

    Also, a quick reminder~ Uso. has officially been released. You can get it through HMV Japan… though I pre-ordered it, and they emailed me with a delayed message. BAW~

    On the Futari no H link, they mention Travel Sand and Yoko Takahashi. They say Yoko and Yu make up a dream team. xD They do create magic together. You can still buy Travel Sand [YesAsia][HMV JP][Amazon JP], and Dandelion [YesAsia][HMV JP][Amazon JP].

    I think both books are pretty big sellers… it always goes out of stock, and if I recall correctly, my Travel Sand book (or is it my Dandelion one?) is already a second print.

  • Preguntas Hermosas by Superfad

    A combination of “Poema X” by Pablo Neruda and “Under the Harvest Moon” by Carl Sandburg.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNDt_UNYHPg

    video on Vimeo.

  • Early YAM 010!

    MY85 made me realize that tomorrow is the 13th, so I decided to release this today.

    Thanks to Julz, who’s always a diligent writer.
    and MY85… and well, Maca who keeps tracks of her films.

    I just want you to head over here.

  • June 2010 Yu Aoi Short Takes

    Sorry for the lack of comment activity yesterday, there was a weird mixed up with me, my server, and my ISP… which was fixed NOT by Telefonica, but my server providers~~~ They’re the best. You should all work with them.

    Anyway, a lot of stuff… besides the World Cup,
    whose Opening ceremony I missed, because I couldn’t wake up for them…

    Toy Story 3 screening in the morning! So I’m making this short~

    First~ as you may (or not) have noticed, I have added a Yu Aoi Event Calendar to the right, below the Ads. That’s to help us all to keep track of what’s going on and when. As you can see, Flowers opened today.
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