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New Anime Role in
Canaan: 428 the Animation
Thanks to a tip from duckroll, I found out that Maaya has a part in the upcoming anime Canaan. She will voice acting a character named Sadaka, who is the black haired woman on the homepage of the official show web site. The anime is based on a a visual novel for the Wii titled 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~. Unlike typical visual novels, 428 uses live action photos and digitized images. To be more specific, Canaan is based on a bonus/extra scenario produced by Type-Moon for the visual novel. Here are a couple trailers for the anime.

Kazeyomi Sample Clips
Victor Ent. / flying dog added a splash page on Maaya's official site for her upcoming album Kazeyomi. Currently, the page only has sample clips, but more content should be added soon. There are clips for every track on Vitor Ent's servers, but for some reason they didn't link a few of them. For people that prefer streaming Flash format over Windows Media, I captured the samples and encoded them in Flash format. I also uploaded a zip file containing the clips in mp3 format. I didn't bother encoding Triangular, Ame ga Furu and Saigo no Kajitsu since I already have samples of those on my site.

Download Kazeyomi Sample mp3s

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I'm really enjoying the sample clips and think this might be Maaya's most diverse album to date. Kazeyomi is out in about 3 weeks, but the wait is still difficult considering I want the cd right now. I hope all you good Maaya fans have preordered the album already. I know money is tight for a lot of people these days, but that's not a good reason to be a pirate in my opinion. For people who haven't ordered Kazeyomi yet, here's links to various on-line stores again.

• CD Japan - Regular Edition
• CD Japan - Limited Edition w/ DVD
• YesAsia - Regular Edition
• YesAsia - Limited Edition w/ DVD

Kazeyomi Full Track List
Victor Ent. posted the full track list for Maaya's upcoming album on her official site a few days ago. The remaining 6 tracks look to be completely new songs.

1. Vento
2. Triangler
3. Kazemachi Jet ~ kazeyomi edition
4. Remedy
5. Ame ga Furu
6. Get No Satisfaction!
7. Ao no Ether
8. Shitsuren Cafe
9. Sonic Boom
10. Peanuts
11. Saigo no Kajitsu
12. Colors
13. Kazamidori
14. Guitar Hiki ni naritai na

Macross Frontier Songs
Yesterday I posted a partial track list for Maaya's upcoming album Kazeyomi. The track titled Ao no Ether is a cover for an insert song used in Macross Frontier (the song was originally performed by Megumi Nakajima). Maaya also performed a couple different versions of Aimo for the anime. One version can be heard very briefly on Macross F OST 2 as part of a track named Nyan Nyan Service Medley. Thankfully a full version of Maaya singing Aimo will be included on the upcoming Macross F: Nyan Tama vocal collection. She also performs a duet version with Megumi Nakajima on the vocal collection.

Here is a streaming clip of Maaya's Aimo from Macross F OST 2.

6th Album Title and Partial Track List
According to Maaya's official web site, the title of her upcoming album is Kazeyomi. The album will consist of 14 tracks total and the dvd included in the Limited Edition will contain promo videos (PVs) of the following songs.

• Saigo no Kajitsu
• Triangler
• Ame ga Furu

Based on the partial track list that Victor Ent. posted, the album looks to be mostly a collection of previously released and upcoming anime songs. Maaya will perform another song for Kurogane no Linebarrels and also the opening theme for the upcoming Tsubasa Shunraiki OAV (good news for fans of Maaya and CLAMP). Here is a translation of the partial track list on Maaya's site.

• Triangler (Macross Frontier OP)
  Lyrics: Gabriela Robin
  Composition & Arrangement: Yoko Kanno
• Ame ga Furu (Kurogane no Linebarrel ED)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition: Kano Kaori
  Arrangement: Saito Neko
• Kazemachi Jet ~ kazeyomi edition (Tsubasa Chronicle ED New Version)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition & Arrangement: Shoko Suzuki
• Saigo no Kajitsu (Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations ED)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition: Shoko Suzuki
  Arrangement: Saitou Neko
• Ao no Ether (Macross F insert song cover)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition & Arrangement: Yoko Kanno
• Remedy (Kurogane no Linebarrels ED2)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition & Arrangement: solaya
• Sonic Boom (Tsubasa Shunraiki OP)
  Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
  Composition & Arrangement: Yuichi Ichikawa
• Colors (Konica Minolta Planetarium "Manten" in Sunshine City "Planet cafe Aozora no Niji" image song)
  Lyrics: Tim Jensen
  Composition: ACO
  Arrangement: Kouno Shin

More Details on 6th Album
I still haven't discovered the title of Maaya's upcoming album, but I noticed that CD Japan now provides some details on their site. On their listing for the cd, the description contains the following text: "The album produced by Yoko Kanno, Shoko Suzuki, Kaori Kano, ACO, Koichi Tabo (former Superfly,) and more." The inclusion of Yoko Kanno in the description leads me to conclude that either Triangler is one of the songs on the album or Kanno is composing a new song(s) for Maaya. CD Japan also lists that the Limited Edition will include a dvd with 3 promotional videos. Looks like my wish came true.

Ame ga furu Official Site Updates,
New Album Details & Preorder Links
With the release of Ame ga furu this week, Victor Entertainment / flying dog has updated Maaya's official site with some new content. The umbrella now has links to web radio programs (podcasts) and pictures from the promo video production shoot. The video message clip has also been updated.

On-line retailers are listing two versions of Maaya's upcoming album, however the title has not been revealed yet. In addition to the usual regular edition, Victor Ent. is releasing a limited edition that includes a dvd. I hope the dvd will include PVs from Maaya's recent singles (cross your fingers). Here are the catalog #s and prices.

• Title: N/A (Limited Edition w/ DVD)
• Catalog #: VTZL-8
• Release Date: 1/14/09
• Price: ¥3,400

• Title: N/A
• Catalog #: VTCL-60085
• Release Date: 1/14/09
• Price: ¥2,900

For fans that like to preorder early, here are links to both versions on CD Japan and Amazon.co.jp.

• CD Japan - Regular Edition
• CD Japan - Limited Edition w/ DVD
• Amazon.co.jp - Regular Edition
• Amazon.co.jp - Limited Edition w/ DVD

New Album out in January
Maaya will be releasing her 6th album on 1/14/09 according to her official web site. It's been a long wait since she released Yuunagi Loop, over 3 years in fact. No other details are listed on her site, but more info will probably be out soon considering Ame ga furu is out next week.