Well, it always has been, but would have taken a lot of data to load our beautiful site. Now the site blog has been optimized and formatted for the iPhone/iTouch! Just visit the site with it’s normal URL and it will automatically switch to iPhone/iTouch format for you. Though, if you don’t have one, you can visit a Mac store and try to see for yourself. :P

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

*This update only affects the site blog. The forum is still unchanged.

Now you can follow live Perfume updates and bit-size news blasts on Perfume City’s own twitter account, perfume_city! We’ll include news about the girls themselves, as well as any news involving the Perfume City community and the site.

Stay tuned to our blog and forums for the latest Perfume news!

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!

It was announced that Perfume will return to the 60th annual Kouhaku Uta-Gassen variety show, marking it as their second time. Usually only the best of the best J-artists of that year are recruited, so it just goes to show how well the girls are doing! The show is a competition between the White Team (boys) and Red Team (girls). They will be joining fellow female artists like Kimura Kaela, Hamasaki Ayumi, Koda Kumi, Morning Musume, Ootsuka Ai, Angela Aki, Ikimonogakari, and, Perfume’s beloved, aiko. See the full Red/White Team list here. Perfume’s appearance at last year’s 59th Kouhaku is posted above, the performance is on YouTube (reversed, for some reason). The White Team won last year and has been doing so for the past few year, but with the up in J-pop divas & bands, the tables might just turn this year.

Announced prior at their Osaka leg of the 2009 Tour (image above), Perfume officially announced a special “live house tour” exclusively for their fanclub, PTA. It will take place in Spring of 2010, entitled 『パッと楽しく遊ぼうの会』/”Pa- to Tanoshiku Asobou no Kai”. No specific dates or venues have been announced as of yet, but I’d imagine the venues to be small and intimate, just like the good ol’ days. I’d say, if you have a chance to join PTA, you should do so as soon as possible.

And finally, the Sekai no Perfume Fan Letter project has now been completed! The video letter has been sent to Japan, where all three parts (including cover album & written letter) will be handed over to Perfume shortly. The video has also been uploaded onto YouTube. Thanks to everyone that has participated, and we hope to make another project soon! In fact, an X’mas gift project is in the works in the BBS as we speak, so check it out if you’re interested.

By the way, I’m sure many of you know that Perfume’s expensive DVD box set of their variety shows has been released. I was going to do a post entirely on it, but ended up posting a condensed review on the forums, so check it out if you’re interested.

Hasta la pasta for now!

From all of Perfume City, we wish Nocchi a prosperous new marking in life, and of course a wonderful 21st birthday! If you can imagine what kind of year it was for her, this is a video from last year when the girls were on their 1st own variety show, HAPPY! It seems like only yesterday, doesn’t it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpJq_m0eW6g

Image courtesy of juin @ pixiv.net

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!

via Natalie.mu

Nakata Yasutaka deleted by accident the data from the computer.
In the radio program Magical City on September 6th 2006 Kashiyuka said:

Kashiyuka: “At that time that was Perfume members favorite song”.

Nocchi: “Perhaps the company have the CD. A~chan is humming the tune.”

Even though it was played live it wasn’t yet registered at JASRAC.

• Source: Quick Japan issue #74 page 34.

In addition, I’ve cut that part of the program Magical City (20060906) so you can listen to the whole part about the song with A-chan humming it while Kashiyuka and Nocchi talk about their favorite and missing song.

Perfume released the PV for their latest single on air just a day or two ago, and rips of the video are up on the internet.

Due to constant monitoring of youtube/other streaming video sites, I’ll only post links to direct downloads and torrents:

Jpopsuki (thanks to doobie)

PerfumeCityBBS (thanks to 1337rice)

Can’t wait for the single to be released!

Electropop trio Perfume are keeping up their chart-topping streak with their new DVD, “Perfume First Tour: GAME.” After achieving their first #1 album in April and their first #1 single in July, they have managed to also take #1 this week on the overall DVD charts.

The release sold about 65,000 copies, setting this year’s record for first-week DVD sales among female artists. This surpasses both Kumi Koda and Namie Amuro, who each achieved 60,000 earlier this year.