“Melon Kinenbi FINAL STAGE MELON’S NOT DEAD” DVD Cover and Tracklist Released

DISC 1
01. Melon Kinenbi no Theme
02. Kousui
03. Natsu no Yoru wa Danger!
04. MC
05. Girls Power, Aisuru Power
06. Saa! Koibito ni Narou
07. Natsu
08. Enryo wa Nashi yo!
09. Akai Freesia
10. Unforgettable
11. Koi no Shikumi
12. LEATHER
13. Kawaii Kare
14. Denwa Matteimasu
15. sweet suicide summer story
16. Seishun on The Road
17. Melon Kinenbi Live no Kiseki
18. DON’T SAY GOOD-BYE
19. Ai da! Ima Sugu ROCK ON!
20. Romanchikku wo Tsukinukero! ~Break it now~
21. ALL AROUND ROCK
22. Kisu Shite Hoshii
23. Onegai Miwaku no Target
24. Melon Tea
25. This is Unmei
26. Pinch wa Chance Baka ni Narouze!
27. Saa, Sassoku Moriagete Iko ka~!!

DISC 2
(ENCORE)
28. Amai Anata no Aji
29. Sakurairo no Yakusoku
30. MC
31. ALWAYS LOVE YOU
(W ENCORE)
32. MC
33. ENDLESS YOUTH
(T ENCORE)
34. This is Unmei

Bonus Features
01. Skip! （FINAL TOUR Ver.)
02. Pinch wa Chance Baka ni Narouze! （FINAL TOUR Ver.)

The cover and tracklist for Melon Kinenbi’s final tour DVD titled Melon Kinenbi FINAL STAGE MELON’S NOT DEAD have been released on the official Melon Kinenbi blog.

The cover seems to be a collage of pictures from their performance in black and white with the words “Melon’s not dead” in punk type letters under a skull with a heart, and I have to admit that I like it very much since it looks like a great final DVD cover with the pictures in black and white (most likely to symbolize past memories) as well as the hard rock feeling of the letters.

As for the tracklist it seems to be full with Melon Kinenbi performances as well as bonus features which include two “Final Tour Ver” of Skip! and Pinch wa Chance Baka ni Narouze!, which is great since fans will get a lot of content for Melon’s last concert DVD.

Overall the cover and the tracklist are both incredible since it seems like it is full of great content for fans, so hopefully all Melon Kinenbi fans can buy a copy to support them since this will most likely be among their last DVDs.

The release date is set for 7/14.

Official Melon Kinenbi Blog Post About Tracklist and DVD

“Melon Kinenbi Final Stage Melon’s Not Dead” DVD Announced

The DVD for Melon Kinenbi’s Final Stage MELON’S NOT DEAD has been announced.

Here is the setlist:

SE．Melon Kinenbi no Theme
01．Romantic wo Tsukinukero～Break it now～
02．ALL AROUND ROCK
MC1
03．Girls Power ・Aisuru Power
04．Saa！Koibito ni Narou
05．Natsu
06．Enryo wa Nashi yo！
MC2
07．Fuwa Fuwa Fuu
08．Last Scene
09．Namida no Taiyou
10．Natsu no Yoru wa Danger!
MC3
11．Akai Freesia
12．Sakura Iro no Yakusoku
13．ENDLESS YOUTH

Video Corner (Melon Kinenbi Live Tracks)

14．DON’T SAY GOOD-BYE
15．Ai da! Ima Sugu ROCK ON!
16．キスしてほしい
17．Onegai Miwaku no Target
18．Melon Tea
19．This is Unmei
20．Pinch wa Chance Baka ni Narouze!
21．Saa, Sassoku Moriagete Ika ka~

En1．Kousui
MC4
En2．ALWAYS LOVE YOU
MC5
En3．Skip!

Their last concert tour was most likely one of the most memorable for fans since it will be one of the last times where they will perform their many songs, and with the performance of their newest songs as well as some of their classics this makes it a must have DVD for all Melon Kinenbi fans.

Hopefully we get a chance to see a preview of the concert sometime soon since this will most likely be one of their best with a great variety of songs as well as great performances making it a must have for fans.

The release date is set for 7/14.

E-hon Page For Melon Kinenbi Final Stage Melon’s Not Dead DVD

Melon Kinenbi – “URA MELON” Cover and Tracklist Released

[CD]

1. Skip!
2. Fuwa Fuwa Fuu
3. Mou Mattemase~n!
4. Wa! Kaccho E na
5. Girls Power ・Aisuru Power
6.Ai Meramera Koi Yurayura
7. Renai Restaurant
8. Enryo wa Nashi yo!
9. Natsu
10.Futari no Paradise
11. Hatsuyaki
12. Saa, Sassoku Moriagete Iko ka~!!
13. Koi no Shikumi。
14.Hotondo ga Anata Desu。
15. Sakurairo no Yakusoku
16. Onegai Miwaku no Target (Original new ver.)
17. Onna Zakari
– Bonus Track
18.Crazy Happy!

【DVD】
– 2/19 SHIBUYA-AX Live
– 「ALWAYS LOVE YOU」 Music Video
– Bonus Features

The cover and tracklist for Melon Kinenbi’s last album titled URA MELON have been released.

For the most part the tracklist isn’t that surprising since it is basically all of the c/w’s from their singles, but the surprising additions are the videos that are included in the DVD.

Among the two announced DVD tracks we can see that they will release their 2/19 SHIBUYA-AX Live (apparently the entire live, although it may only be a few performances), the music video for ALWAYS LOVE YOU which is the collaborative track between Melon Kinenbi and Beat Crusaders and also other bonus features.

The cover on the other hand really surprised me since they used somewhat of a unique 4 color pop art theme for pictures of every girl in a 4 by 4 grid, and for the most part it looks interesting especially with the stencil letters on the title.

Hopefully fans buy their last album since it looks like it will be a great collectors item for fans since it features the c/w’s to all of their singles and many other DVD bonus features.

The release date is set for 4/21.

Melon Lounge Release Information Page

Melon Kinenbi Coupling Best Album “URA MELON” Announced

A coupling best album from Melon Kinenbi titled URA MELON has been announced. The album will include all the coupling songs of the 17 major singles and a DVD with live performances and a couple of PVs, including a PV for their song Always Love You from their last album.

It’s great news that we are getting a coupling best album for Melon Kinenbi with a PV and a live since it is a great last gift to fans before they disband some 2 weeks after the release.

The tracklist hasn’t been released but it will probably include all of their coupling songs so fans of Melon Kinenbi while they were in H!P will probably like this album, especially with the amount of tracks that will be included (probably about 19).

Hopefully all Melon Kinenbi fans get a chance to buy the album and support them with their last release.

The release date is set for 4/21.

Neowing Site For Melon Kinenbi’s URA MELON

Melon Kinenbi To Disband

Melon Kinenbi have announced that they will disband after their Spring concert tour.

H!O has translated the announcements (Credit to epifanes for the translation)

News on the important matter regarding Melon Kinenbi

As always, thank you for supporting Melon Kinenbi.

Today, during the stage of Melon Kinenbi’s 10th ANNIVERSARY LIVE ‘3654 days since birth’ which was held at SHIBUYA-AX’, the members announced that Melon Kinenbi is going to disband.

Keeping their idol status for 10 years, the members gave their united statement, “We would like to end Melon Kinenbi’s activity at this 10-year milestone”, and after numerous discussions and assistance from the staff, it was decided we would be announcing it publicly today.

This March’s stage performance, “Melon Kinenbi Story” (12 performances at the Ikebukuro Theater Green, all tickets SOLD OUT) and the final tour in April~May are the group’s final activities until official disbanding.

Furthermore, February 21st (Sunday) the Osaka performances which were planned (Nanba HATCH noon performance 15:00 START/night performance 19:00 START) will be held without any changes.

Please keep supporting them until the end.

Upfront Agency

Comment from members

Thank you, as always, for your warm support!

On February 19th, 2010, we’ve reached Melon Kinenbi’s 10-year anniversary of existence!!
The Melon road had both mountains and valleys to cross, but together with our wotamodachi [wotamodachi = wota (fan)+tomodachi (friend)], the staff, and our families who have supported us during good times and bad, we were able to build up a 10-year history. And all that without a member change!!

Before we reached the 10-year point, the four of us talked thoroughly about the future. The result was, “10 years is a good turning point, where we should get new challenges in our real life”, so we firmly decided to disband the group.

We think that there will people who will be shocked, thinking, “Oh no, so it’s really happened now…” , but we promise we will keep running in Melon-style until the very end. Everyone! Please keep running with us with all your energy!!

February 19th, 2010
Melon Members

Source: Hello! Online

To be honest I’m surprised to see them celebrate their 10th anniversary, but I’m glad they managed to be one of the most stable groups H!P has ever had since they had no lineup changes from their beginning right until their end 10 years later.

The future of the four members of Melon Kinenbi (Saito Hitomi, Murata Megumi, Ohtani Masae, and Shibata Ayumi) is somewhat uncertain but hopefully we find out soon what they will do.

I wish the best of luck for the 4 members with their future careers whether in the music industry or in any other.

Melon Kinenbi will disband on 5/3, after their Nakano Sun Plaza performance which starts at 19:00 (JST).

Official UFA Announcement About Melon Kinenbi Disbanding

Official H!P Announcement About Melon Kinenbi

Official UFA Announcement About Melon Kinenbi

Natalie.mu Article

Melon Kinenbi Article on Nikkan Sports

Melon Kinenbi – “sweet suicide summer story” PV Released

The PV for Melon Kinenbi’s 3rd collaborative single titled sweet suicide summer story has finally been released.

I have no idea why their PV was released so late but I’m glad to finally see a non-live PV. To be honest I’m somewhat confused about the PV since it seems to be completely random with the members playing the instruments (similar to Buono) and singing calmly to the camera.

The start of the PV features Melon Kinenbi appearing alongside a pixelated Midori after which they start playing instruments with Ayumi at the piano, Megumi on bass, Ootani on drums and Saito on guitar.

The PV mainly consists of many interesting shots such as a shot of them standing around a revolving camera, dancing in front of a camera, and close-ups of them looking bored.

I have to admit that it was a great PV and even though I don’t like the song that much I did find the shots interesting and I managed to watch the entire PV many times (I was distracted by Saito many times who reminded me of Biyuuden for some reason).

Overall the PV was great, there were many shots and Melon Kinenbi showed us how much fun they have performing. The PV is included in the album release so fans who buy the album should have the PV as well.

The single was released on 8/12/2009.

Melon Kinenbi – sweet suicide summer story PV

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Dohhh-UP Link To Melon Kinenbi’s sweet suicide summer story

H!P Releases February 17

• C-ute – Cutie Circuit ~Five~ (DVD)  CDJapan YesAsia HMV
• Mano Erina – Koisuru Hello Kitty (DVD)  CDJapan YesAsia HMV
• Melon Kinenbi – MELON’S NOT DEAD  CDJapan YesAsia HMV

Three releases today, C-ute’s latest concert DVD, Mano Erina’s DVD for her Koisuru Hello Kitty play and Melon Kinenbi’s 1st album since graduating from H!P:

C-ute – Cutie Circuit ~Five~: C-ute’s latest concert DVD which is featured outdoors, similar to Morning Musume’s Yomiuri LAND DVD.

I haven’t had a chance to see the concert completely but I did see some performances and I really like what I have seen so far. Since the concert is long I will only review one performance:

C-ute – Wakkyanai (Z) (Cutie Circuit Live)

Video uploaded by: marioshingai

Before today I had never seen this song performed so I was glad to find out that this was among my favorites because of the energy C-ute showed as they performed.

Maimi smiles throughout the performance which is a great thing to see since she seems to be enjoying performing in front of all of the fans. The costumes for the song are obviously just the t-shirts for each of the members, but they are a great addition since they mix in well with the upbeat sound.

Overall the DVD is a must have for C-ute fans since it is one of the few live performances they have done outside, and even though the concert is somewhat short it’s still an incredible concert.

Mano Erina – Koisuru Hello Kitty: DVD release for the play Mano Erina was with S/mileage members about a girl who helps others as Hello Kitty.

Not many previews have been released but here is a video which is included in the DVD which should give you a good idea of what happened during the play since it basically shows the staff for the play rehearsing, performing and having fun:

Koisuru Hello Kitty Backstage

Video uploaded by: youkahren02

In the backstage video we can see most of the staff practicing their lines and dances and it also has some previews of the cast on stage before the play starts where we get to see Mano crying and the cast of the play posing for pictures.

The video also shows us the end of play where they all perform a musical number and after Mano thanks everyone for coming.

Upon seeing the video I was surprised since I was expecting them to at least perform on a wider stage since they perform in a circle which is in the center of the room.

Despite that I liked what I see and it seems that the cast had a great time performing for everyone. I would recommend this DVD for all Mano fans since it is a great opportunity to see her act, and also to all S/mileage fans since they do an incredible job as well.

Melon Kinenbi – MELON’S NOT DEAD: Melon Kinenbi’s first album since graduating from H!P which features all of their collaboration singles plus some new songs.

Since the album features many songs, both new and already released I will only review a couple, so first:

Melon Kinenbi – Ai da! Ima Sugu ROCK ON!

The song is incredibly upbeat and it features all of the members singing along to a rock instrumental with happy lyrics. I have to admit that I was impressed with how well it came out since the melody and rhythm of the song are both catchy.

This song is definitely among my favorites for the album since it is a nice reminder of their new rock image which is both hard but still upbeat.

Melon Kinenbi – Romantic wo Tsukinukero～Break it now～

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Compared to the previous song this one is somewhat more calm but it still has their great rock sound. This one is also among my favorites since it has somewhat of a Jpop sound to the lyrics combined with drums, guitar and basically a great sound.

Overall the album is a great addition to any Melon Kinenbi fan since it features many great songs with their new rock sound, I definitely recommend it to all H!P fans as well who like rock since the songs are very impressive.

The next release date is 2/20 with Buono’s Winter Fiesta concert tour PB.