Mano Erina - "Song for the DATE"

[Anderei]

Source.



Mano blogged about it too. She said it's up-tempo and refreshing. Director is Ken Iizuka, if anyone knows who he is.



Shooting location:





And her new profile picture:





Preview should be out soon since it comes out in a month.

[kira]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBATFMu5288



Short preview from a TV program. There isn't a lot to see/hear so far, but it sounds kind of like the music her album had.

[masa]

MV

[Mugi]

Someone on Hello Online linked a video from youtube that the Full PV was played in on Nico Nico.

It starts at 10:07 if the video doesn't start there.

[Noa]

She is so pretty. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' /> And I really like this song/video

[kira]

I'm really liking this new direction Erina's music/PVs are going <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' />



When I saw the preview for the PV I thought it would be her "dark" self throwing her old image away (innocent) but it looked more like she was just trying to stamp out something she wanted to get rid of. Also, I found that that smile-> frown thing she does unintentionally hilarious <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... >/rofl.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[BonkyuAsh]

I forgot she existed. This is probably one of her best songs.

[Shoujo Q]

The instrumental sort of bothered me. And uhm so is this where all of H!P's PV budget went for the rest of the year? How come Morning Musume can never get PVs like that? :<

[Melon]

Simple! 1 girl v. 10, 1 young adult idol v. 8 girly idols, umm... umm.... Mano's always gotten offbeat PVs (err, offbeat by helloproject standards because we all know the formula) though and umm... didn't she have different film directors advertised with her PVs too? Or was it just 1 and I'm just making things up when I should be sleeping. Yeah, probably that.





I liked the PV. She's so gorgeous. I liked the song on the first listen, but it also sounds like a song that I'll quickly become annoyed with if I overplay it. Her hand wave face expression change made me laugh. It was rather cute. Jumping to rip off the ManoFace shots and the shot of her walking with the posters all triumphant, coming up to poster armageddon, standing still, taking it in, throwing them down in frustration also made me laugh. I'm sure there's some meaning to this that can be puzzled out when I feel like puzzling things out.

[Anderei]

Here's another link for the MV. It's just the MV so you don't have to skip ahead to it.

[Anderei]

Covers for this single are out, and they have some sweet-ass font:



Regular

LE A

LE B

[Pucchi-Mo]

I like how the covers all go in different directions, designwise.



An H!P first, photos of the artist being burned and torn apart. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... /weeeh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':weeeh:' />



When it gets to the ending, I'm waiting to hear the stage ranking music of Rhythm Tengoku.

The chorus reminds me of a song made for Goto Maki. Maybe, during the era right before they sexed her up.



Actually, it's quite like a lost Tokito Ami single. Tsunku must have had this one in storage. If not, I would really like to see Mano get fun stuff like Ami, but not vanish suddenly.



Screw your piano gimmick, I perform with glasses and a keytar.

[Mugi]

I really love the LE A. When I saw it I knew if I ever get this I want to get that cover.

[kira]

The covers for the single remind me of magazine photo spreads because of the font they chose and its placement. I like them all <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' />



It looks like there's another version of the music video - the limited edition A has the Song for the DATE music video on the DVD, but it's listed as "sideB", whereas the music video that was posted on youtube is "sideA". This might be why some of the shots in the CM aren't in the released music video; I was wondering where they could have gone (like the one of her standing on a balcony singing, with the PVs of "Haru no Arashi" and "Kono Mune no Tokimeki wo" in the background).

[rob]

I like it.... I like it A LOT!



It's a shame really, imagine if she had released genki mono de ikou, doki doki baby and this in semi-quick succession, she'd have a truck load more fans!!



Why do we have to put up with the bleh between the awesome....

[EmEl]

[quote name='Pucchi mo' timestamp='1339123284' post='126837']

I like how the covers all go in different directions, designwise.[/quote]

[quote name='kira' timestamp='1339188577' post='126893']

The covers for the single remind me of magazine photo spreads because of the font they chose and its placement. I like them all <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... #>/wub.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':wub:' />[/quote]

The reason for this is that they are just taken directly from the unused shots they had lying around from the photoshoot for the photobook that came out last month.



This is the same thing they did with the covers for "My Days for You" from the book entitled "Mano Days" (released around the time of the concert named "801 Days")



This time it's pretty much the same. With amazingly unimaginative names!

Song: Song for the Date

Book: Mano Date

Concert: Date

[kira]

http://www.helloproject.com/news/1206191100_mano.html



Posters that come with certain purchases. I want the one that goes with HMV, but I have no idea how to order from there <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':cryalot:' /> anyone have an idea of which one goes with CDJapan? I always forget...

[Melon]

[quote name='kira' timestamp='1340122102' post='127719']

http://www.helloproj...91100_mano.html



Posters that come with certain purchases. I want the one that goes with HMV, but I have no idea how to order from there <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':cryalot:' /> anyone have an idea of which one goes with CDJapan? I always forget...

[/quote]



The last one.



2nd, 3rd, and 5th are the best. Hm, maybe I should try HMV...

[Shoujo Q]

[quote name='kira' timestamp='1340122102' post='127719']

http://www.helloproj...91100_mano.html



Posters that come with certain purchases. I want the one that goes with HMV, but I have no idea how to order from there <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticon ... ryalot.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':cryalot:' /> anyone have an idea of which one goes with CDJapan? I always forget...

[/quote]



It's not difficult, this is their english page. You order like usual, but you need a credit card. They usually e-mail you to change the shipping if it's not the same in check out, so I always make sure I have extra cash set aside for when that happens.



Shipping sucks BTW, but it's super fast so I guess I shouldn't mind.

[roddyreta]

First day estimated sales for Song for the DATE: 3,236



Compared to recent singles:



First day estimated sales for Doki Doki: 4,312



First day estimated sales for My Days for You: 5,205

[NekoKaiSai]

^Why is it so low? The song and PV for this are much better than Doki Doki, which I know is personal preference but still...

[Anderei]

Lack of promotion, I'd say. Mano hasn't done anything for this single.

[Anderei]

She ranked at number 7 with 11,720 copies. So, you know, pretty standard Mano sales.