Have our prayers been truly answered? Well, it seems that someone has leaked an unreleased photo which is now floating around the internet, seeming to be a picture of A~chan advertising for the girls’ own perfume brand “Juicy Fragrance”. Perhaps a tribute to their “lost song” that Yasutaka Nakata accidentally deleted during their Complete Best era? Will there be different versions for Nocchi and Kashiyuka? I’ll let you be the judge of this.

April Fools! Please continue to the real news.

Well, kind of. At least, their record label, Tokuma Japan Communications, has had their official YouTube channel live for a few months, but most of us did not know of its existence (or would have cared, for that matter) if not for Perfume. But recently they posted a teaser clip from Perfume’s Isosceles Right-Angled Tour DVD coming out on 1/13/2010!

Click to go to their channel–it’s all Perfume-decked out!:

You can order their upcoming tour DVD at your usual import sites. Pre-orders are advised, as this will be for the first edition!

Amazon |  HMV | CDJapan | YesAsia

A list of contents in the DVD:

[Disc1]
1 Take off
2 NIGHT FLIGHT
3 Electro World
4 Dream Fighter
5 love the world
6 Zero Gravity
7 Macaroni
8 SEVENTH HEAVEN
9 Kiss and Music
10 Speed of Sound （Intermission）
11 edge(⊿-mix)
12 Secret Secret
13 Computer City
14 I still love U
15 One Room Disco
16 Ceramic Girl
17 Jenny Wa Gokigen No Naname
18 Chocolate Disco
19 Polyrhythm
20 Puppy love

―ENCORE―
1 Perfect Star Perfect Style
2 Perfume
3 Negai(⊿TOUR Ver.)

[Disc2]
1.NIGHT FLIGHT Multi-Angle
2.edge(⊿-mix) Multi-Angle
3.Nocchi Backstage
4.Kashiyuka Backstage
5.A-Chan Backstage
6.Dressing Room
7.Surprise!!

The girls performing Zero Gravity at their Yokohama Arena venue!

With the 2009 Triangle Tour at its end, the girls have finished their months of city to city sold out concerts. For now.

Their next live performance announced will be for the Act Against AIDS 2009 benefit concert at the Nippon Budokan on December 1st. This will be their 2nd time joining the AAA “The Variety” concert.

As for releases, their just finished 2009 Tour will be released on DVD will be out on January 13th, 2010! If it seems a bit too long of a wait, don’t fret for the 10/15 Yokohama Arena venue of the tour will be broadcasted on MUSIC ON! TV after X’mas (12/26 ).

As always, you can follow their latest news and more on Perfume’s Official Site news!

｢Perfume Livefolio｣

2009年12月17日(木)発売予定

価格 3,000円（税込）
ISBN 978-4-334-90161-5

From the title, you can predict that photos from Perfume’s current and past live performances will be featured. The girls have been known to express that one of their favorite times of the year is when they’re on stage in front of their fans. This allows them to be their selves and really let loose.

You can pre-order the book only on ASMART for now.

But as for performances on TV, the girls had one recently on a MUSIC STATION 3-hour special! Once again, Mステ had the stage done with special CG effects much like their previous performance with OneRoom Disco. But this time, the girls take the stage with NIGHT FLIGHT.

Mステ(NF)
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No matter how many times I watch these CG stage effects, I never get how they do it. As expected of Perfume and their staff.

Screen shot from Music Japan @ Sapporo Civi Hall

Greetings, Perfume City-zens!

First I would like to thank the Perfume City head-honcho, ekuseru, for giving me the opportunity to better serve the Perfume fan community by updating the site blog in his place. Due to his busy schedule, he was not able update the blog as much as he wanted to, but that’s where I’ll help out. Until further notice, I’ll be your navigator in the latest Perfume news, as well as adding some personal editorial/opinions/reviews regarding releases, media, and all that jazz.

Who am I? Well, I go by the alias of Meirin on the Perfume City BBS, or simply Mei elsewhere. I’ve been a Perfume fan since their ~Complete Best~ release came about. I was born & raised in California, obviously currently residing there and attending university. On the side, I own/participate in other blogs with various themes, from anime to idol voice actors to J-pop and so on.

But enough about me! How about some much needed Perfume news.

Since Triangle‘s release, the album ranked #1 on its ORICON weekly chart with 211,000 first week sales. This surpassed their previous album, GAME, which sold 154,000 during the first week. Another Gold Disc album and another #1 for Perfume!

Following their album release is, of course, their 2009 nation-wide tour, entitled the 直角二等辺三角形TOUR (Isosceles Right-Angled Tour), in light of their latest album. The stops feature various halls and small concert venues, as well as large arena-sized venues towards late Sept. – Oct.

8/7(金) 戸田市文化会館 (Toda-shi Bunka Kaikan) – 1,200 [seats]
8/12(水）・8/13(木) 福岡サンパレスホテル&ホール (Fukuoka Sunpalace Hotel & Hall) – 2,300
8/15(土） 広島厚生年金会館  (Hiroshima Kouseinen Kinkaikan) – 2,000
8/16(日) ひめぎんホール (Ehime Prefectural Culture Hall) – 3,000
8/21(土） 石川厚生年金会館 (Ishikawa Kouseinen Kinkaikan) – 1,700
8/22(土) 新潟県民会館 (Niigata Prefectural Hall) – 1,700
8/26(水)・8/27(木） 札幌市民ホール (Sapporo Civic Hall) – 1,500
8/29(土)・8/30(日) 仙台サンプラザホール (Sendai Sunplaza Hall) – 2,100
9/26(土)・9/27(日) 名古屋日本ガイシホール (Nagoya Nihon Gaishi Hall) – 10,000
10/10(土)・10/11(日) 大阪城ホール (Osaka Castle Hall) – 16,000
10/14(水)・10/15(木) & 10/29(木)・10/30(金) 横浜アリーナ (Yokohama Arena) – 17,000 ＊4 days

Tour goods and details are all provided on their newly renovated tour home page, complete with Flash and the works. And if you can’t attend one of their venues, you can still follow up happenings on their official report blog.

With the end of their loosely scripted comedy variety show, Perfumeのシャンデリアハウス (Perfume no Chandelier House), it was announced that all three of their variety shows, including HAPPY!, Perfumeの気になる子ちゃん (Perfume no Kininaru ko-chan), and Chandelier House will available as a DVD box set titled Perfume in Happyで気になるシャンデリアハウス (Perfume in Happy de Kininaru Chandelier House). *exhales* The set comes out 9/25 and is available at the usual online portals.

Box set art

Buy at: CDJAPAN | HMV | AMAZON | YESASIA

And in community news, the Sekai no Perfume Fan Letter Projects are in the final stages, and will hopefully be ready to be sent to Perfume sometime this month. We thank each and every person who contributed to the project in any way or form, and we are quite satisfied with the results! The only thing left to do now is translate all the letters and videos, so if there is anyone who would still like to help with the project by translating, please notify me at vivianttle[at]gmail[dot]com and we would highly appreciate your kind generosity!

Until next time, this is Meirin–signing off!