A translator by the name of deltafour (who has been creating a very awesome English mirror of Maaya Sakamoto's all-Japanese site) has translated into English an interview between Maaya and CLAMP made for Maaya's 15th anniversary, which she's been celebrating this year. It's a VERY cute interview that talks about dating, taste in men, life in one's ( Read more... )

Darkmirage has a nice post about Maaya Sakamoto's 15th Anniversary concert at his blog. He shares some photos of the concert booklet which contains an illustration of Maaya by CLAMP seen below.


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Maaya Sakamoto's website has some sample clips from her new compilation album, everywhere. Tsubasa's ending theme, Loop's new sunset side version is up. (youtube clip in case the website stalls)

Slightly OT, but here's Maaya Sakamoto's 15th Anniversary album tracklist (which includes a handful of CLAMP anime theme songs)--
Title: everywhere
Release date: March 31st

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Kobato. OST 2: 桜咲くころ/Sakura Saku koro will be out March 24th. It will contain a new ending song (tv version) by Megumi Nakajima.

Maaya Sakamoto's 15th Anniversary album, everywhere, will contain a new version of Kobato's opening theme, Magic Number. The album will be released March 31st.

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A tiny amount of new CLAMP news from NYAF 2009:
FUNimation will re-release X TV and the X OVA in 2010. Geneon had originally released the series a few times (regular release, remix, box set, thinpack, etc, etc). The original dub will be used. [credits: ann]


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Gotten from the Maaya Sakamoto Thread in JPOP Music Forums:

From her official site:

Title: Magic Number
Release: 11/11/2009
Code: VTCL-35077
Price: ￥1,260

１．Magic Number　（Theme of Kobato）
　　　Lyrics: Maaya　作曲・編曲：北川勝利　ストリングス編曲：河野　伸
２．Private Sky　
　　　Lyrics　Composer：TABO　Arrangement：Nakamura Taichi
３．kazamidori -Live Version-　(2009.1.24 from Tokyo live）
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Maaya Sakamoto had a Kazeyomi Special radio show for her new album. You can listen to the hour-long program at Nico. There are full samples of many of her new songs. This album will be out this coming Wednesday, Jan. 14th.

For those wanting to hear the Tsubasa Shunraiki OAD opening, SONIC BOOM, it plays around 19:34 minutes into the program. The ( Read more... )