Matt started with the posting of several pictures from the "Aya Matsuura in Hello! Project 2003 Natsu" photobook, hoping that someone could fill in some missing ones. He later was given them by a friend, so the complete PB is now in the RS folder.
He also bragged
about his beloved wallclock, sent to him from Japan by HO's own kawaiii (thx
buddy :-) 
This was obviously
some merchandise byproduct from her Suzuki campaign (the commercial can be found
in the
RS folder as well).
The big topic this week was the US release of the "Sukeban Deka" DVD. Or should we say "Yoyo Girl Cop"? Everyone who had ordered was in a day-before Xmas mood :-) Some members do enjoy online ordering as shown by our friend Alienpyon: I am happy that I will have to order this one from the US and not track it in local dvd stores. The idea of seeing local Greek gorillas grabbing this dvd with their stinking hands makes me sick. Now now, my friend :-)))) He did to our enjpoyment post some lovely images he encountered whole going through some of his stuff:
Matt then
repoprted the upload of the "Haropuro Captain Kouen" concert from
2005 to the
RS folder.
Coming back
to the movie DVD release it was widely agreed upon that the US title sucked
eggs. As to why they chose to "translate" it that way the wise old
cat (ahem) replied: Well, given the fact that (except
for a very few weirdos like us) not a soul knows about the original source or
HP and its members outside Japan I guess they needed something catchy to generate
at least a bit of curiosity amongst potential viewers. Not that it will help
much I'm afraid. And kitamurafan added:
They have to try to get the widest audience possible. It's like the blurb they
have on the cover "The action is fast and furious" which relates to
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift which goes back to the first movie, which
tons of people saw. It's sad they have to do a six degrees of seperation marketing
scheme.
N4S was hoping that someone would tell him where to find a shop
to rent the DVD. Matt suggested "Osama's Little DVD Heaven" in Bagdad,
but usagi_no_kami's answer was probably more helpful: the
best bet to find a copy would probably be one of the superstores like Best Buy
or Circuit City. Another discussion then centered about the valnues
of dubs vs subs. To each his/her own was the compromise here. Some simply prefer
to hear Aya and Rika's real voices while others find it hard to follow the action
having to read the subtitles.
Quintaxos request for the "Zutto Suki De Ii Desu Ka"mp3 was kindly answered by Nights4Saturn. And kitamurafan was hoping for a rip of the "Sukeban Deka" opening theme which Matt edited out.
From Pilika's wonderful Aya site came most of the baby and kids pictures that Matt posted. Aya was not the most beautiful baby in the world. But she has developed nicely...
sville1999
had found a clip
with Tsunku on kokuchi.net commenting on Aya's stage production "Sukedachi
(which can be found in this
torrent as an avi),
and ILoveMico discovered a
marvelous site with thousands of Aya wallpapers!!! Here's an example (not
in the thread): 
while Xacur reminded us of the beautiful rendition of "Scarborough Fair" (from the Folk Songs 5 album) for which Matt provided some links: 1 2 3
tern made
a nice return visit to the thread (don't be a stranger, mate :-)) and Matt reported
the upload of two interesting files: A
Hello Morning performance of "Kiseki no Kaori Dance on a 2004 edition
of "Hello Morning" with Aya wearing a flashy uniform (looking good
for a change....) 
. Plus
a rar
with pictures of Maria Takagi who has quite often been compared (looks-wise)
to Aya. Maria herself has played around with the resemblance as evident in these
two pics:
Needless to say the images in the rar are NOT censored, so kids beware of nudity
:-)))
Finally, the
new Meringue was aired, and not surprisingly Matt just HAD to voice his criticism
again. Because of this: 
Matt
capped this And next on the catwalk is Matsuura Aya
with Detlef Versacce's (Gianni's illegitimate son) creation "Creamcake
toppings at the senior's home" to which Quintaxos added
On a closer look, her hair do kinda looks like a dog turd! While
WyldKat became quite (self-confessed) dramatic: She
is such a beautiful woman and has a golden voice, but she dresses like the biggest
dork I've ever seen. And it's constant too. Mismatched outfits that my 3rd grader
(who loves to play dress-up) wouldn't do. Outfits that cause
your eyes bleed and make you want to scream out to the heavens "WHY?"
And compare that to how delicate Aya Ueto looks who is one year older. Our Aya
could easily look just as cute (or elegant as she did in the acoustic sections
of her last two concert tours). But I guess Fumi is right: This
is "old news" and we give up about this already! When I visited to
Japan during May and June I tried to persuade her to go shopping with me and
Fujimoto, I am Rooster Year girl, we are very vanity but anyway we are best
for clothes and appearance! Tiger Year like Matsuura are terrible for this.
Anyway she did not go, she was always some reason busy. So shoga nai, ne? it
cannot be helped. My cousin is also Tiger Year, he looks like a rag most times.
And then one that inspired Mercello to make a nice cartoon:
Finally Xacur
was wondering whether he was right remembering Aya from a Playstation commercial.
He was, proven by these caps (and I promise to upload the three spots to the
RS
folders tomorrow :-) 
Cya next week :-)))