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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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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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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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