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With the COUNTDOWN LIVE DVD dropping tomorrow, Ayu’s official site has updated with a special preview movie of the DVD.

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• Official Site: ayumi hamasaki COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary」 発売告知

The official site has updated with the cover of Ayu’s upcoming concert DVD COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 Anniversary. The DVD is set for release June 18th. Additionally, the tracklisting was amended with a 30 minute “Making Movie” (or I just missed it earlier).

• See COUNTDOWN LIVE 2007-2008 in Ayu-VogueNET’s Discography
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After 2006-2007 was released as part of her second single collection, the official site announced today that COUNTDOWN LIFE 2007-2008 Anniversary will be released to DVD next month.

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Ayu’s official website has been re-designed to reflect the release of her latest concert DVD: ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A 〜Tour of Secret〜 “LIVE + DOCUMENTARY”. In addition, the tracklisting for the second DVD is now available as well as a commercial hyping the release.

• ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A 〜Tour of Secret〜 “LIVE + DOCUMENTARY” CM Spot

The official site has updated with the cover of the 2007 Arena Tour DVD being released next month.

Ayu’s stint in Paris is presumably over. You can catch the highlights courtesy of visitor WaKe.

Ayu’s official site made back-to-back updates announcing three new releases. Ayu’s first international tour, 2007 A ~Tour of Secret~ is finally coming to DVD March 12th! It’ll be packaged with a new documentary about this milestone concert tour.

The next two are part of a collection: the sixth ayu-mi-x. Nearly five years after the release of the last ayu-mix, ayu-mi-x 6 is finally set to be released March 26. ayu-mi-x 6 will be available in two formats: gold and silver, each with a different tracklisting. Unlike many of the past ayu-mi-x collections, both versions have dance mixes.

• 3/12 LIVE DVD『ayumi hamasaki ASIA TOUR 2007 A 〜Tour of Secret〜 “LIVE + DOCUMENTARY”』
• 3/26 Remix Album『ayu-mi-x 6 - GOLD-』『ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER-』

CDJapan has posted pre-orders for Limited Edition, low price re-releases of some of Ayu’s concert and PV DVDs. These Limited Edition DVDs will only be available between December 5, 2007 and March 31, 2008.

• Ayumi Hamasaki/Hamasaki Ayumi[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000Vol.1 [Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/Ayumi Hamasaki Concert Tour 2000Vol.2 [Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/Ayumi Hamasaki Countdown Live 2000-2001[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/ayumi hamasaki Dome Tour 2001 A[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/A clips[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2002 A[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/Ayumi Hamasaki Stadium Tour 2002 A[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/ayumi hamasaki Arena Tour 2003-2004 A[Limited Pressing]
• Ayumi Hamasaki/ayumi hamasaki Countdown Live 2005-2006 A[Limited Pressing]

CDJapan notes in its Artist Alert e-mails that you must pre-order before October 17th to obtain a First Press edition, though these doesn’t appear to be any First Press extras at this time.

The DVD-release of Ayu’s 2006 Arena Tour has a release date! According to Tower Records Japan, it’s expected to ship out November 1st. In addition, Ayu’s official 2007 calendar is now available for pre-order at online vendors such as CDJapan and Yesasia. It’s expected to ship out November 04, 2006! See the Ayu-VogueNET-maintained Google Calendar for more upcoming releases.