New single coming out! :D

Maaya's official website today announced that a new single called More Than Words will be released on July 25.

The song More Than Words will also be the theme song for Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito, which will premiere in selected theaters across Japan this August 4. Maaya also voices the character Layla Malkal in this series.

＜Tracklist＞
1. モアザンワーズ (More Than Words)
    Lyrics: Iwasato Yuuho   
    Composition & Arrangement: Kanno Youko

2. デコボコマーチ 隊列は君に続く (Dekoboko March? - Tairetsu wa Kimi ni Tsuzuku)
     Lyrics: Sakamoto Maaya
     Composition & Arrangement: Kanno Youko

3. (secret track)

Limited Edition of the single will include the PV of More Than Words.

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Finally! A new single :)
And yay for a Kanno Youko song! I'm really curious about the secret track. I can't wait for this single to come out.

I have yet to find any excerpt of this song. Will update if I find out anything more.

Maaya-san, i love you so much! Happy Birthday ♥ I hope you keep singing with your beautiful and angelical voice for many years.

The news has been out for a while, but there are more stuff to post lately, and since nobody has posted about it here yet, I thought I'd do so.

Maaya will be starring in the musical Daddy Long Legs - Ashinaga Ojisan 『ダディ･ロング･レッグズ～足ながおじさんより～』 which will start this September.

The musical is based on a novel by American writer Jean Webster. Maaya will play the heroine, Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, and Inoue Yoshio will co-star as Jervis. The musical will be written and directed by John Caird, with music by Paul Gordon.

Daddy Long Legs Musical Official Website

Recently, some videos were uploaded on Youtube at TohoChannel featuring comments from the lead actors and John Caird.

Sakamoto Maaya's comment

Inoue Yoshio's comment

John Caird's comment

It seems very interesting. I will try to see if there are any other news I can add to this later :)

Found through Maaya's official Youtube channel, maayasakamotoCh

They're pretty short though. I was hoping for the full PV. I'm not sure whether Flying Dog's channel will upload the full PVs separately or what, but for the time being this is all we've got I think.

In case I did some mistake with the embedding, here are the URLs for the videos:
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Okaerinasai

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Both are reading letters of fans congratulating them to their marriage.
The best part is when they finally called each other 'my husband' (danna-san) and 'my wife' (oku-san) .XDDD

Maaya-chan:"I like guys wearing glasses. However my husband isn't a megane-type (megane (jap.)= glasses) at all. The type I favor and the person I love are eventually totally different . Funny, isn't it."

Suzu: "Yes, yes! My wife is performing the theme song (for the Anime 'Last Exile'). It's an awesome song! Please, you should listen to it."

x-posted in suzu_ken

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Hi guys, sorry to have kept you waiting (although you have to admit the pace is better than it used to be!) here's the next part of Maaya's essay on playing Eponine in the Japanese production of Les Miserables for your delectation. Enjoy!

http://maayasakamoto.blogspot.com/2011/04/id-essay-book-i-met-les-mis-part-4-of-6.html

http://maayasakamoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/id-essay-book-i-met-les-mis-part-2-of-6.html

Hurrah! I actually got something up quite quickly after the first piece :D

This part is really interesting, hope you enjoy it!

I've finally gotten the I.D essay book out again after all the YCCM promotional interviews I've been putting up over the past couple of months. I think I might not have posted them all here...? Anyway, they're all archived up on my blog so check it out if you've get to see everything.

Anyway! The first part of a long essay from 'I.D' is up now:

http://maayasakamoto.blogspot.com/2011/03/id-essay-book-i-met-les-mis.html

And I've just finished the second part by hand, so once I type it up and proof-read that'll be up to read as well. Maybe over the next few days or beginning of next week.

Thanks for all your support guys, I've noticed a spike in hits/comments/subscriptions recently and it's really nice >_< I'm glad you're visiting.

Gambarimasu!

Anyone heard about Maaya's condition?

Crossposted @ yoko_kanno