Maeda Ami (Aamin) / 7th Generation

She's releasing a photobook.
source: https://twitter.com/ami__maeda0601/status/1302592864874950656?s=20

 

Yep, still absolutely gorgeous.

And I said I was going to cut down on photobooks, but this is one I never thought we'd see.

 

Here's to hoping that Amazon.jp will ship this one out to the US. They've been hit or miss lately with books/magazines.

 

Yes, me too. If the grads keep churning out photo books, I'm never gong to get my credit card paid off, because I use DHL to get the books out of Japan to the U.S. and the shipping, while extremely fast, costs more than the book itself!!!!!

 

I wonder if it's because it's an Amazon.co.jp limited edition that's causing it to not be shipped to the US? Iso Kanae's was the same deal, although for some reason, Umezawa Minami's isn't an Amazon Limited, but is being tagged as not being able to ship to the US. Although, I wonder if these restrictions drop after a book's been out for a while. I was able to get Kawago Hina's book, that came out March of this year, but I didn't order a copy until last month.

Thanks for the link in any case, I wasn't able to find it using her name in either English or Japanese.

 

Because fault of the rebound they cannot send it in my country.

 

Once I send a mail to Amazon and asked them why they coldn't send used AKB DVD:s to me in Sweden when they could send me a Movie DVD? The Answer:

"Regarding your inquiry, I checked the item you mentioned in your e-mail and confirmed that this item is not eligible for international shipping.

Amazon.co.jp can only ship items that are cleared for international sales, and we’re constantly reviewing items to verify the international shipping eligibility.

For this reason, there are some items that was used to be shipped internationally become non-eligible item for international shipping.

The item you asked about is currently not available for international shipping as it’s been considered not qualified under the export regulations on our site.

I'm sorry for this confusion it may have caused to you but I hope this information would be helpful."

So, that's it. It's lucky we have @Sakuraism.

 

Just for the heck of it, I checked CD Japan, and sure enough, they have it for order with no restrictions. One AMI book ordered.

 

I just pre-ordered Maeda's book through cdjapan. I used DHL because they are the best and the quickest (and, unfortunately, also the most expensive). I had a bunch of reward points to use and the final price was a tad under $45. I was on the fence until I saw those pictures posted a few days ago by @sscria. Seeing them, made it a no-brainer. Waiting for October!!!!!!! (Thanks to all for the heads-up on the book's publication and the pics.)

I just checked to make sure that my PayPal order went through without any problems and noticed on the cdjapan website that the book really is now temporarily out of stock. I must have gotten the one and only..

 

Encounter with the unknown, called examination. ~ Start of 'Space Engineer Approval Course' ~

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I think this is closest to the mark. Takahashi Kira and Iso Kanae's books had to the same restriction to every country outside Japan in their pre-order phase and up to 2 weeks after onsale date but they are now open to ship to my country. These shipping oddities seem to have gotten worse since Corona-chan, I wonder is it due to products not being made open for foreign sales on time due to staff shortages or some other restriction. Maybe Amazon have to manually review some books to make sure they aren't too spicy as they won't ship spicy books to dirty gaijins.

Amazon use DHL too though but amazon shipping always seems to be cheaper than CDJapan's?

 

I find that CDJapan uses more substantial packaging than Amazon so maybe the heavier weight of that means a higher shipping cost? However ever since an Amazon delivery arrived at my workplace with a damaged box and a bikini-clad Mirurun visible through the gap I've always used CDJapan.

 

Yeah, for books and magazines at least, Amazon's a lot less expensive than CD Japan, by $10-15 almost. That's why I almost exclusively bought my PBs and magazines through Amazon. I'm willing to believe that there's some sort of technicality that Amazon uses to get their DHL shipping fees lower somehow on books.

I'll see in a couple of weeks how CDJ packs books along with other merch, since I did a combo order for Ami's book along with Kanae's plus the Hinatazaka albums.

 

Short presentation video for her new PB:


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I got my Maeda Ami photobook today. Yesterday it was in Tokyo. Today it's in my apartment. Amazing. DHL is, in my humble opinion, the best international shipper worldwide. Never had a single problem with them in the age of Covid or before.
The book is exactly what I anticipated in that it's more of a ''beauty'' book than the product of a gravure shoot. Aamin is not Owada Nana or Jonishi Kei. None of the usual ''at the beach'' shots. No cleavage shots, bikini shots or photos of Ami in explicit lingerie. And the girl really really does like her flowers. There really are flowers in almost every photo. The book is small at 7'' x 10''. (I tend to like oversized books more.) But Aamin looks absolutely amazing on virtually every page. No surprise that she has morphed from pretty idol into beautiful woman. I don't know when she got her eyebrows under control, but it took me years to realize Itano Tomomi had gotten her smile taken care of. (I guess I'm not very observant.) All in all, beautiful girl---excellent book. No regrets whatever.

 

Thanks for your review. My copy is arriving on Monday. I probably would have had it now like you, but mine's in a combined order. I'm sure it'll be worth the wait.

 

Joltfiend, let me know next week if you agree with my assessment. It strikes me as the kind of book that Paruru would put out.