Sexy Zone New Single Release Information

[faded_lace]

In an update from yesterday, here's a quick translation of the fanclub mail that I got today. As always, this is from a mail, so I have no way to prove that I actually got this,

◆ Sexy Zone Family Club member-limited　info mail ◇『mail bulletin』July 16th edition

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　Sexy Zone 7th Single「otoko never give up」9/17 (Wed) On Sale!!　　 　　　

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It's been decided that Sexy Zone's first single in four months,
「otoko never give up」will go on sale starting September 17th (Wed)!
This work sings a cheering message of "Cheer up!" "Don't give up!"
towards a member of the opposite sex who's a little depressed.
While being the sparkling support song you'd expect of Sexy Zone,
it's also a song directed at Sexy Zone themselves, cheering them up with a message of "let's face forward and progress onward!"

With a characteristically easy to remember chorus, the upbeat and lively melody
will brighten the listener's mood！ Please wait for previews with raised expectations!

The limited editions will be S・K・F versions, and will each have Sato Shori, Nakajima Kento, and Kikuchi Fuma's solo songs on them, respectively.
「Keep The Challenge」will serve as the image song
for Fuji TV's 『Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix』
for which Sexy Zone are the official supporters.

There are limited special videos, as well, so make sure to check out Sexy Zone's new single!


■Limited Edition S (CD+DVD)・・・1,296 yen plus tax
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☆ Special Present： Sato Shori interchangeable jacket (Includes 1 out of 3 varieties)

［CD］
01. otoko never give up
02. Keep The Challenge
03. Title TBA (Sato Shori Solo)

［DVD］
「otoko never give up」Music Clip


■Limited Edition K (CD+DVD)・・・1,296 yen plus tax
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☆ Special Present： Nakajima Kento interchangeable jacket (Includes 1 out of 3 varieties)

［CD］
01. otoko never give up
02. Keep The Challenge
03. Title TBA (Nakajima Kento Solo)

［DVD］
「Keep The Challenge」Image Clip in USA


■ Limited Edition F (CD+DVD)・・・1,296 yen plus tax
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☆ Special Present： Kikuchi Fuma interchangeable jacket (Includes 1 out of 3 varieties)
☆ Special Deluxe 12 page photo booklet

［CD］
01. otoko never give up
02. Keep The Challenge
03. Title TBA (Kikuchi Fuma Solo)

［DVD］
Making of 「otoko never give up」Music Clip ＆ Jacket Shooting　


■Regular Edition (CD)・・・1,065 yen plus tax
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☆ First press only:
＊ Picture Label
＊ Original trading card (Includes 1 out of 3 varieties)　

［CD］
01. otoko never give up
02. Keep The Challenge
03. Ashita ni Mukatte Ute！
04. Boku wa Kimi no Subete ni Naritai
05. otoko never give up Inst.
06. Keep The Challenge Inst.
07. Ashita ni Mukatte Ute！ Inst.
08. Boku wa Kimi no Subete ni Naritai Inst.


□Venue Limited Version (CD)・・・926 yen plus tax
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☆ Original Sticker Sheet included

［CD］
01. otoko never give up
02. Keep The Challenge
03. Ashita ni Mukatte Ute！
04. Boku wa Kimi no Subete ni Naritai
※ The Venue Limited Version will only be sold at the locations for「Sexy Zone Summer Concert 2014」
　Please note in advance that it won't be sold in stores.

※The jacket photos will have a unique design for each version.

☆ For more details on the CD, please check the Pony Canyon Official Sexy Zone homepage.

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Some things to consider:
1) They never once mention the exclusion of two members. I don't really understand the point of this, since everyone must have heard it on the news by now…?
2) Of course they included solo songs >__< Since being a hardcore fan of one member is quite common in Japanese fandom, I'm afraid that this will make the single too hard to pass up to a lot of fans, even if they're unhappy with the situation.
3) I guess Fuma's versions don't sell anymore, since they're including another extra in his. I have a lot of feelings about this, but… I don't know if this is the place for them.
4) I haven't officially seen anywhere in Japanese that it's supposed to be read "otoko" so take this with a grain of salt. Other possibilities for the character before "never give up" include "dan," "oto," and "o." I'll report back if I see anything.

So, Sexy Girls, are you buying this CD or not? I'm curious to know what foreign fandom's reaction to this will be. Remember that CDs bought through CD Japan and Yesasia being shipped out of Japan don't get counted into the Oricon rankings, but they do, in the end, affect the company's revenue, etc etc etc.

Comments

[ichigobanana]

That's true indeed. Luckily she didn't succeed with her methods. I'm wondering in general what she's trying to achieve, is she ignoring the fans completely? The groups are only selling that well because they're a group, not because one or two members are popular and would be on their own too.

I really dislike Arashi, sorry XD They have the most horrible fandom ever (that is, for persons who only follow Arashi and basically dismiss all other groups). For HSJ only Yamada really ever sparked my interest. The others always have been like meh, but I have no idea why. I don't know, some of them seem to be so unsatisfied with their positions that you can feel it. And I'm not happy with how many of them have girlfriends openly. Sometimes it even feels like some of them show no interest in the group or changing the situation/putting some work into it (for someone who's not following them and only sees them on the dash or in the news sometimes). I don't know, I'm really happy with Ebikisu XD

I probably made the worst people of some of the Johnny's-fandoms on Tumblr, the most negative one is a fan of a junior though. There are really some weird people out there.

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I'll agree with you about there being some really weird people out there XD

But I guess I'll just stop here and agree to disagree with you about JUMP. I really disliked Yamada historically (I'm okay with him since about mid 2013) and love every other member of JUMP, but I don't really see any point in shoving it down your throat XD; So I'll just say, I really strongly disagree with you there. XD

I do agree that there are some super ridiculous Arashi fans out there though. =___=; I never really participated in mainstream Arashi fandom for that reason. But I still think the group are all really great guys.

[ichigobanana]

It's only my opinion as person who never followed HSJ actively. Maybe it's the image I got when I joined the Johnny's fandom because at that time they barely were publishing anything. I really don't care about them tbh since I barely get to see them lol (not like Sexy Zone for example, they appeared so much on Shokura together that I started liking them). Doesn't mean I have a negative view of them, I just really don't know them well enough XD

Actually I started out as Arashi-fan. I followed them for one or two years and I was one of those people who maybe acknowledged NEWS and Kanjani, maybe HSJ because of Chinen if I had a good day. I honestly didn't even know about junior groups or most of the senpai groups because Arashi-fans simply don't talk about those. Arashi is everything and omg I'm so happy I'm out of there XD I left after the year when they published a single like every month or something, the fans were so annoying. It's like they're in a completely different part of the Johnny's world...

[faded-lace.livejournal.com]

I understand XD It's just incredibly frustrating to a HSJ fan, because that whole time the members were wanting to release things and were really frustrated by the management not letting them, so hearing other people think it was the members being lazy makes me really sad. They all tried really hard and the management just shut them down for reasons no one understands. But I'm not trying to fault you for not liking or knowing about them XD; I'm just explaining my perspective.

Ah, I see. XD;