We need your help – AKFG X Yusuke Nakamura

Alright folks, we have now a French/German and an Italian editor for the news part on http://www.akfgfragments.com. We have added a lot of good stuff I’m sure you’ll like what we did for the V4.

And we need your help for the biography part and Yusuke Nakamura Part.

We are looking for informations/datas/location/dates, anything, that concerns Masafumi Gotoh, Takahiro Yamada, Kensuke Kita, Kiyoshi Ijichi and Yusuke Nakamura in order to make a description, I repeat, a description of them.

Could you help us please? You can work together between members of course.

Thank you so much!

[Unboxing] Package from Japan 01

Here comes the big box! Inside a lot of goodies/CD can be found. Here is the list of what I received:

• The Future Times Magazine 01 (Mint)
• The Future Times Magazine 02 (Mint)
• The Future Times Magazine 03 (Mint)
• The Future Times Magazine 04 (Mint)
• Nano Mugen Festival 2006 Re-print T-shirt (L Size) x2
• Fanclub Stickers + a little light thing (Mint)
• Yusuke Nakamura 9 postcards
• Illustration Magazine, 40-50 pages on Yusuke Nakamura’s life & work
• RED, Yusuke Nakamura card book
• Mada Minu Ashita ni Taiwan edition (offered by a Taiwan member of the site)

The Future Times Magazine

The state is mint, like new, this was the big surprise, I thought they were fold and all but no they are brand new!

L-size T-shirt:

Great bag, I have a lot of bags.

Goodies

They are official, the Fanclub stickers look like they are unofficial, bootleg.
Yusuke Nakamura

I believe it is the most interesting part of this article.

Postcards:

They are sold for 200Y a postcard, I got them all for 900Y

This book, is amazing, I wish I could speak Japanese because what you can find inside is just awesome. New arts, details, description, interview, this magazine is full of informations!

RED

This book is just a compilation of the post card seen previously. There are a lot of postcards inside.

You will soon be able to download all the postcards in HD.

Mada Minu Ashita ni – Taiwan Edition

This CD is the last I needed in my collection. This is the last AKFG Taiwan edition CD I needed. You cannot find it excepted on special Taiwan website shop. Thank you so much Ringo for sending me the CD! No pictures for the moment. Soon, I promise.

Thank you for your attention Ajikan fans! the next unboxing will be about Ima wo Ikite single, both limited and regular edition.

WARNING… WARNING…

Warning: the website is under construction and will turn into Version 4. You will may have difficulties to navigate, to have access to the website. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Thank you for your support!

Attention: le site est en construction et passera en Version 4. Vous aurez peut-être des difficultés à naviguer, à avoir accès au site. Nous somme désolé pour le dérangement. merci pour votre soutien!

Fanclub – Ki/oon records 3rd Album (LP/promotion/overseas releases)

Hello, today I want to show you the 3rd album of Asian Kung-Fu Generation called Fanclub. This album has been released the 15/03/2006 under the reference KSCL-945.
I own 2 First press of the album and they are both different.
When you see the Matrix Number, the number you have at the middle of the CD’s back, It is written XXXXX-XXX 1 on the first one and on the second one XXXXX-XXX 2.

That is to say, Sony have released Fanclub and maybe released 10.000 First press copies of it, and then because this album sold very well, they decided to release 10.000 more copies of it, with a different matrix number. It is like they were releasing a 1000 copies limited edition , sold everything and release again 1000 copies. Money money money…

Inside a sticker can be found. No English lyrics for the moment.

From top to bottom, left to right: Fanclub Korean edition. Same as the Japanese version.
European edition, OKCD-001, the first release of the label Okami Records.
And something really rare that can be found on Ebay, it is the promo CD of the European edition! Note that the European press has 2 bonus tracks, songs that were released after in Feedback Files album compilation.

And the common promotion CD along with the Radio CD of Fanclub. This one is really rare.

Last but not the least, Fanclub LP, which is very rare to found now.

Thank you for reading and I hope you liked it!
Feel free to visit the website in order to have more information about this album.

World Apart – Ki/oon records 8th Single (and promotion)

Hi again, this time same thing as Blue Train, but we are talking about World Apart Single, released the 15/02/2006.

Ki/oon did the same thing for World Apart. A different CD cover plus a sticker for the First Press. And they said their had no differences between them but just a sticker. hahaha.

This time, no Radio Edit. I like the Radio Edit, maybe the songs are better that way, less longer than the original song. I’ve never seen twice the Radio CD of World Apart.

And now let’s see the album you are all waiting for, FANCLUB!

Blue Train – Ki/oon records 7th Single (and promotion)

Hello Ajikan’s fans!

When I check my collection, and take pictures of it, everytime I begin with a a new set of singles, it is like we were entering in another generation. I think we can talk about a generation instead of a period when you gather everything releated to the album.

Well, now it is about the Fancub album generation. It will be very short.

Note: I didn’t speak about the Nano Mugen Compilation 2005 that was released before the Blue Train single. I want to make a topic only about the NMC CDs because there are not a lot to say regardings those compilations.

Blue Train is the seventh single released the 30/11/2005, under the reference KSCL 930.

The first CD is the First press. It included a sticker and a different CD picture from the Regular press that is just at the bottom of the picture.

The promotion CD is the same as the first press but the Radio CD is rather interesting because in it you can find the song Blue Train that is cut for Radio (Radio Edit).

You will find the same pattern for the World Apart Single.

Let’s Recap [12/02/2013]

The main goal of this blog is to show you the discography of Ajikan and other products.
I am writing this as a memo for me and you, to show you how the discography of akfg is big. To do that, I will first put the official Japanese releases of Ajikan, then the foreigns releases with promotions items. If I have the first press and the regular press of the same album, if the reference of it does not change, it will count as 1 CD and not 2.

Official Asian Kung-Fu Generation Japanese discography:

• Houkai Amplifier – Under Flower Records – Flower 047
• Houkai Amplifier – Ki/oon records – KSCL 542
• Mirai no Kakera – Ki/oon records – KSCL 609 (First Press)
• Mirai no Kakera – Ki/oon records – KSCL 710
• Mirai no Kakera – Ki/oon records – KSCL 905
• Kimi to Iu Hana – Ki/oon records – KSCL 620 (First Press)
• Kimi to Iu Hana – Ki/oon records – KSCL 711
• Kimi to Iu Hana – Ki/oon records – KSCL 907
• Kimi Tsunagi Five M – Ki/oon records – KSCL 629 (First Press & Regular press)
• Siren – Ki/oon records – KSCL 675 (First Press)
• Siren – Ki/oon records – KSCL 675 (Regular Press)
• Siren – Ki/oon records – KSCL 917 (Reissue)
• Loop&Loop – Ki/oon records – KSCL 687 (First Press)
• Loop&Loop – Ki/oon records – KSCL 687 (Regular Press)
• Loop&Loop – Ki/oon records – KSCL 919 (Reissue)
• Rewrite – Ki/oon records – KSCL 696 (First Press)
• Rewrite – Ki/oon records – KSCL 696 (Regular Press)
• Rewrite – Ki/oon records – KSCL 925 (Reissue)
• Kimi no Machi Made – Ki/oon records – KSCL 733 (First Press)
• Kimi no Machi Made – Ki/oon records – KSCL 927 (Reissue)
• Sol-fa – Ki/oon records – KSCL 737 (First Press)

Total: 21 CDs

Foreign press and promotion CDs:

• Houkai Amplifier – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Houkai Amplifier – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Mirai no Kakera – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Mirai no Kakera – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Kimi to Iu Hana – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Kimi to Iu Hana – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Kimi Tsunagi Five M – Ki/oon records (Korean press)
• Kimi Tsunagi Five M – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Kimi Tsunagi Five M – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Kimi Tsunagi Five M – Ki/oon records (Audio Tape)
• Siren – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Siren – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Loop&Loop – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Loop&Loop – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Rewrite – Ki/oon records – KSCL 696 (Sample Loaned)
• Kimi no Machi Made – Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Kimi no Machi Made – Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Sol-fa – Ki/oon records (Korean Edition)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (Taiwanese Edition)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (USA Edition)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (Sample Loaned)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (Radio CD)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (USA Sample)
• Sol-fa– Ki/oon records (LP)

Total: 22 CDs / 1 AT / 1LP

43 CDs, 1AT and 1 LP collected now. More tomorrow!

Sol-fa – Ki/oon records 2nd Album! (Overseas releases) Part2

Hello! We continue with the other CDs of Sol-fa. This time we are going to see the different version of Sol-fa released outside Japan.

There are not a lot to show. Just a little description.
The Taiwan version has Taiwanese lyrics inside.
The Korean version has Korean lyrics inside.
The USA press under the label Tofu Records (now closed), no English translations inside but a DVD with 2 live songs from the DVD Eizo 2.
And the Promotion CD of the USA press, this is a collector now, only one copy pressed.

Now let’s recap how many CDs are listed here on the blog.

Sol-fa – Ki/oon records 2nd Album (LP/Promotion) and a cat! Part1

Hello again everyone,

Sol-fa is the second album of Asian Kung-Fu Generation. A lot of you are from this 2004 generation since the song Rewrite can be found inside.It was released under the same reference, that is to say KSCL-737, but has a lot of different versions.
We will talk about the Japanese versions first.

Note: If some pictures looks blur or are not so good, please visit the discography part of the website: Here

Inside the First Press, a sticker can be found, but not a cover sticker, here you have logos, band name, etc. 10 stickers. The first press is now out of print since 2004,  this masterpiece is now very rare to find.

The promotion is the same as the First Press. As for the Radio CD, the cover is completely different from the original cover. It looks great for a Radio CD!

The rarest Sol-fa Japanese version that can only be found for approximatively 300-400€ on Yahoo AArrrrgh! God Damnit! Please get away from the table you bloody cat, you’ll get some hugs later. I promise.

Anyway I was saying that you can only find such a thing on Yahoo Auction Japan only. Or from me, because I have a second copy of it and if you are interested in, you have the pictures in front of you. (contact me if you are interested).Beautiful art inside, Japanese lyrics and a vinyl (no kidding?!).

Thank you for reading, the second part is coming right now.

 

Kimi no Machi Made – Ki/oon records 6th Single (and promotion)

Good day everybody.
Kimi ni Machi Made is the only single that I don’t really know what is its first press.
The single was released under two references (the second one is a reissue) which are KSCL-733 and KSCL-927.

Inside it is the same as a regular press single, but here you have a little card coming from the HMV.jp shops. Ho the light in the booklet looks like a heart. Nothing interesting here sorry.

The promotion is the same as above, no stickers inside or anything related to a first press. And the paper looks just like common singles.

No cover for the Radio CD, but this one was seen many times on Yahoo Auction Japan.

In the next hours, we will deal with Sol-fa 2nd album and there are so many things to say that it will requires me 2 posts.

Next, Sol-fa, LP, First Press, Promotion, Radio CD, Overseas releases and a CAT!!!