MUAHAHAHAHA

[kyanited]

Oh, oh, ooohhh...

I just purchased a legal copy of "Time To Love" for 150 Yen, with no Japanese address or Japanese iTunes card required. \o/ All it took was to register an account/email address and a regular, simple credit card (mine is a Master Card).

From MUSICO.

They also have a pretty promo pic up that I have been looking for. Yay.

Wednesday the song ranked 7th on MUSICO's sales-based hitlist, but yesterday they weren't in the top ten anymore...


Important Note: What you get is a DRM protected wma file (unlimited playbacks, limited number of burns, 1 license reissue). However, there are [legal and somewhat-legal] ways to get rid of the protection, like burning the file on CD and ripping it in whatever format you want or using FairUse4WM, which I can confirm works with this file. Or you use GoldWave (or any other wav-recording software) to record the wave output and save it as mp3 (or whatever you like/need).
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ETA: D'oh. Musico is officially listed on the tca pictures website as one of the online music stores where you can get takarazuka music. I thought with everyone just talking about iTunes, this was the only option for us to purchase zuka music online. Since I keep anything Apple far, FAAAAR away from my PC, I wasn't really interested in this option. But Musico obvioulsy works, too, and for everyone who doesn't have a Japanese address it's even easier than the iTunes option.
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ETA2: [Link Dump] A picture of shiny, happy OSASA people.

Comments

[ladybretagne.livejournal.com]

Do you know if the DRM on the WMA file you get prevents you from using something like Switch and converting it to an mp3? Because I'm in the opposite boat you are (have a Mac, work for Apple, detest WMAs and can't put them on my iPod, thus no point in paying for one if I can't convert it) but am desperate to be able to get ahold of some of this stuff.

[kyanited.livejournal.com]

I just downloaded Switch and tested it, and no, it doesn't work.

But if you want *some* of that stuff (assuming that means more than one song), wouldn't it be better if you actually bought a Japanese iTunes card?

It seems to be pretty easy with jbox - no Japanese language skills, Japanese credit card or Japanese address required:

http://www.jbox.com/PRODUCT/ITUNESCARD

You don't even need to have it sent to you, they'll scan it for you and you can use it instantly.

[ladybretagne.livejournal.com]

Thanks for testing that for me. It looks like I will end up just ordering an iTunes card from JBox. I had been avoiding doing so since for awhile with the exchange rate and the prices JBox was charging it was really pretty criminal (I swear last time I looked it was going to end up costing almost twice as much as the card was actually worth if you bought it there). Either I'm just misremembering or their prices have dropped, because that's actually not too bad now and I probably will just end up doing that.

[kyanited.livejournal.com]

Hey, please ask Jenn to check her email.