Ueno Juri

bmwracer wrote:She looks better in the CM... But she's probably got more makeup piled on. :beaten:

Credit to the post production team, right. :victory:

OMG @ Anna... why is Shiseido making her so ugly? The press conference was recent, so what is up with these photos?! She looks a million times better in just her personal pics, and even this one: http://mainichi.jp/life/fashion/graph/20090115/86.html ! One wonders if she was just late to hair and makeup or something.

/major woe

As for Juri: Gorgeous! There's a LOT of makeup on her, but it doesn't look terribly overdone. I would prefer they use matte over glossy, but eh, not like I can help it.

As an aside, where did you guys order the ao akua combo? I was wondering if I could find it cheaper than the 8411 total (that's including shipping and handling) on Amazon JP. I won't do business with YesAsia after they completely messed up one of my orders, so any places besides them would be appreciated!

P.S.
Any downloadable, high quality versions of Juri's new CMs?

phlargo wrote:you guys can keep the other 4.. I know which one I like :smitten: (yes Beem, I see another there you may be fond of)

Nope, I don't think so.

roon wrote:As an aside, where did you guys order the ao akua combo? I was wondering if I could find it cheaper than the 8411 total (that's including shipping and handling) on Amazon JP. I won't do business with YesAsia after they completely messed up one of my orders, so any places besides them would be appreciated!

Try HMV ( http://hmv.co.jp )... The price isn't as good as Amazon Japan, but you'll save on the shipping... Amazon Japan's shipping costs are outrageous, bordering on robbery... At least to the States. :grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
Try HMV ( http://hmv.co.jp )... The price isn't as good as Amazon Japan, but you'll save on the shipping... Amazon Japan's shipping costs are outrageous, bordering on robbery... At least to the States. :grumble:

Thanks kind sir! I'll go have a looksee at what their prices are. Amazon JP's shipping was 3300... robbery, but it would get here within a day or two so it's "worth" it.

Oh, @beem, how long does HMV shipping usually take?

roon wrote:Thanks kind sir! I'll go have a looksee at what their prices are. Amazon JP's shipping was 3300... robbery, but it would get here within a day or two so it's "worth" it.

Oh, @beem, how long does HMV shipping usually take?

I've no idea... It's my first time ordering from them as well: it was recommended by some other Juri-chan fans over at D-Addicts. :victory:

Ah, 3300 yen... That was the same shipping cost I got from Amazon Japan. :bleh:

Jav_sol wrote:Credit to the post production team, right. :victory:

More like the Special Effects/CG team. :hehe:

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http://douga.nikkansports.com/entertainment/entry/74166.html

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again, anna is lookin pretty weird :nut:
juri looks gorgeous as always :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
More like the Special Effects/CG team. :hehe:

Aren't those post production. :headscratch: That's what I had in mind.

Those DVDs you guys are buying, do they play on regular dvd players, aren't the dvds from japan a different region or something.

Jav_sol wrote:Those DVDs you guys are buying, do they play on regular dvd players, aren't the dvds from japan a different region or something.

They're Region 2.

But my standalone Philips player can be hacked to play all regions... :victory:

And I run DVD Region Free when I play the disc on my PC. :victory:

judochick wrote:again, anna is lookin pretty weird :nut:

For sure. :bleh:

She's so overdone.... In more ways than one. :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
They're Region 2.

But my standalone Philips player can be hacked to play all regions... :victory:

And I run DVD Region Free when I play the disc on my PC. :victory:

I wonder if my Philips player can also be hacked.

Jav_sol wrote:I wonder if my Philips player can also be hacked.

What model is it?

Is it a recent model?

bmwracer wrote:
What model is it?

Is it a recent model?

The model # is DVP3960. I don't know how recent it is, but I bought it early last year.

Jav_sol wrote:The model # is DVP3960. I don't know how recent it is, but I bought it early last year.

Yup, I have the same model.


Here's the Region hack:

1. Press "Setup"
2. Scroll to "Preference" using the Left/Right arrow key
3. Press "138931" and a popup screen will appear
4. Use the Up arrow key and select 0 for a region free DVD player
5. Done.

xploring wrote:http://douga.nikkansports.com/entertainment/entry/74166.html

Thanks for the link...! :victory: :applaud:

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