Maaya news

Unfortunately, it looks like the second Macross Frontier OST came out without a Maaya version of Aimo. But the fans still have hope that an OST 3 will be released with said track. *fingers crossed* (I'm not sure if these are Macross fans or YK fans or Maaya fans, but the more the merrier.)

On the flip side, it looks like there IS a new Maaya album in the works. Unfortunately, it is without an album cover, title, or track listing so far. (But it does look like Yoko Kanno is at least partially involved this time. I know some other fans were not happy when Maaya's last album was done without YK's involvement, but I liked it fine, and got some stamps I will never use out of it.

Kazeyomi [w/ DVD, Limited Edition]

Maaya Sakamoto

Of course, there's the requisite affiliate link for me to get a cut back from my own purchases. Not surprisingly, no one has purchased anything from CDjapan using my affiliate links. What is surprising though, is the number of clicks:

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2008-04 9 1 12480 yen 624 yen <== that's me!

I wonder if it's just random bots or people who came via google somehow clicking through. Don't worry folks, cdjapan doesn't show me what you bought: I can only speculate what you spent that x amount of yen on.

this made my day.

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Finally, Maaya and YK collaborate again. I think a lot of people were sad when they went different ways in 2005, but it's not like her work has gotten worse (though that is the opinion of some people). It does have a slightly different feel now, but I still enjoy it.

Anyway, the probably biggest draw for this on the anime side is that this the return of an anime produced by Shoji Kawamori, scored by Yoko Kanno, with an opening sung by Maaya. Last time this happened, we got Escaflowne. Previous Shoji Kawamori and Yoko Kanno works (without the presence of Maaya) have ranged from the somewhat cult-ish and strange (Arjuna) to the rather episodic, but fairly fun to watch (Aquarion). Oh yeah, and this is for Macross Frontier, the new series for Macross's 25th anniversary (which is probably why the new fighter is the YF-25). So, hopefully we can get some more fans from the Macross-watching pool.