23 Feb 2010
by JustMeMikein Reviews
Mai Ayukawa – Juicy Fruit (February 19th, 2010)
Japan Media Supply
Catalog # – JCF-026 – All Regions Disc – 4:3 Aspect
Running Time: 84 Minutes including the Making of Segment
The Skinny – A very well done DVD for Mai Ayukawa. This is just her second DVD release and her future looks bright. And speaking of bright – they shot this DVD at a rather new resort in Bali, and the weather was superb. Bright and sunny everyday.
The video has an opening montage, followed by 8 main chapters, then a Making Of segment. Let’s have a look.
The montage was excellent – high energy, plenty of revealing shots, and a fast pacing that served well in building up your expectations.
As the main chapters begin, Mai is wearing a white sweater and blue shorts with a cute floral bikini beneath. She’ll make her way down the stairs and ultimately end up on a black leather sofa.
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19 Feb 2010
by JustMeMikein Reviews
Yuko Oshima – To: Yukoto (December 6th, 2009)
Wanibooks
Catalog # – WBDV-45 – Region 2 Disc – 4:3 Aspect
Running Time: 65 Minutes
The Skinny: Yuko Oshima aka Masako Ooshima is more of a pop idol than a gravure idol. She’s a member of the Tokyo based AKB48 singing group. This DVD is about a trip to Guam.
I wasn’t kidding when I said this DVD was the record of a trip to Guam as we first meet her on a Tokyo street as she tugs along her suitcase to board a bus to Narita Airport. Then she’s at the airport checking the departures, then aboard the plane, then arriving at Guam airport, boarding a van, and finally entering her hotel room. They say getting there is half the fun. Maybe this is so in life, but not in a DVD. In the DVD the fun hasn’t begun yet.
Next is the Night Festival according to the menu, but it is really just a carnival complete with rides, games with cheap prizes, and junk food. Between leaving Japan and this chapter, we’ve already used up a little more than 14 minutes, so basically nearly the 1st quarter of the DVD is wasted. Sure Yuko is quite cute, and has a beautiful smile and amazing dimples, but this was far too lengthy a segment.
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14 Feb 2010
by JustMeMikein Reviews
Mayuka Okada – Memoron Mayuka Okada (January 25th, 2010)
Air Control/Melon
Catalog # – OME-75 – Region 2 Disc – 16:9 Aspect
Running Time: 82 Minutes
The Skinny: The prolific Mayuka Okada returns to our pages. It’s not that I don’t like her – I really do admire her bold and brash style. It is really that keeping up with all her releases is nearly impossible. In fact, in 2007, Mayuka had 6 DVDs released, in 2008 there were 11, and in 2009 she appeared in 5. The fact that she has appeared in so many videos means that the producers like her. And they would like her to this degree ONLY if her products sell. The numbers must add up. And there you have it.
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04 Feb 2010
by JustMeMikein Classic Reviews
Harumi Nemoto – Oasis (March 20, 2003)
Line Communications/I-One
Catalog # – LCDV-20052 – All Regions Disc – 4:3 Aspect
Running Time: 40 Minutes
Note from JMM: I wrote this review sometime in the latter part of 2003. Basically the text is unchanged except that the references to other videos that would be reviewed in the same issue have been deleted. We were in magazine format back then. All of the photo captions were written by Al-The-Editor with his inimitable British sense of style and humor.
Our next Classic DVD comes to us from Japan, and we have one of our favorite Japanese Idols for your pleasure. Harumi Nemoto appears here in lots of scenes on the beach, or in the ocean or the pool. Yes, repeat after me : we love Busty Babes on the Beach.
I ordered the DVD featuring the spectacular Harumi Nemoto, as well as the other two featuring the Japanese models, from an online vendor. Got the e-mail Thursday night in New York that the items had been shipped from Japan on Friday. And they arrived on Monday. What more could you ask — an express mail service that worked. Thank you to the postal gods in two countries. I-One Productions in Japan has entitled this one Oasis, and while I can’t quite figure what the connection is about the title, it really doesn’t matter. More
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The Skinny – A very well done DVD for Mai Ayukawa. This is just her second DVD release and her future looks bright. And speaking of bright – they shot this DVD at a rather new resort in Bali, and the weather was superb. Bright and sunny everyday.