Rie fu: PRESENT Covers (600 x 597)

This cover’s been out for a while, but only in small. The StyleJapan Report now brings you a 600 by 597 version of the cover, screencapped from YesAsia (the quality is excellent, don’t worry). Click on the image for the full size. The image is in .png format.

I’m really glad she’s (or rather her label is) sticking with the style that was previously demonstrated with the absolutely lovely cover for romantic. However, because the next thing is really complicated, I will not be changing my banner to a PRESENT banner. Besides, the romantic cover has the “Style” of StyleJapan because of the modern city landscape and the “Japan” because… well, it’s from Japan. Enjoy the gorgeous cover. Too bad it wasn’t m-flo produced and it had to be such a boring song. *sigh*

Filed under: Covers, Rie fu

Ayumi Hamasaki: Rule/Sparkle Covers and Preview

The reason I’m posting this is not because it’s new—the first time I saw these covers, all three of them, was about a week ago. No; the reason I’m showing these covers is simply that I want to make sure that I’m not the only one who thinks that they are all (not just two of them A-L-L) horrible. Sure, Jacket A is better than Jacket B which is better than Jacket C, but they’re all in the “absolutely horrible” category of my list of covers. I was expecting something completely different; more epic. The previews of Rule and Sparkle that I heard gave me the impression, and therefore also the expectation, that these covers would be plenty of dark colors, and with a far less Madonna-like look than what Ayumi is sporting here. Just the title implies awesomeness. Not cheesiness. So please comment so that I can confirm the fact that I am not the only one who is in a state of ocular trauma from these covers. God, just look at that pose on Jacket C. Ugh.

Before you scroll down, here are the previews, just to make you feel better about the covers, because the songs sound pretty good: Rule (full song/PV clip) / Sparkle (CM Preview)

Filed under: Covers, New Releases, Ayumi Hamasaki