Konomi Takeshi-sensei to appear for his single's release event

Before the Tenipuri Festa commemorative CD "Tenipuri tte Ii na / Smile" goes on sale, Konomi Takeshi-sensei will appear personally for a pre-release event.

Title: Tenipuri Festa 2009 Commemorative Single - Konomi Takeshi-sensei "Tenipuri tte Ii na / Smile" Completion Memorial Event
Date: 4 August 2009 (Tuesday)
Opening of venue at: 5pm
Event starts at: 6pm
Venue: Tokyo Animation Garage Specialized School (Takadababa, Tokyo)
Guest: Konomi Takeshi-sensei

To get tickets to this event, fans must purchase the CD at the following Animate stores where they will be given one ticket each. The stores participating are: Akihabara, Kichioji, Tachikawa, Machida, Tsudanuma, Kawasaki and Minamikoshigaya.

Iroasenai Ano Sora e by STONES

Title: Iroasenai Ano Sora e
Artiste: STONES (Oishi Shuuichirou, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Ishida Gin and Kite Eishirou)
Date of release: 22 July 09
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)
Catalog number: NECM-10130
Produced by: TY Entertainment
Distributed by: King Record

Update on Tenipuri Festa 2009

More details on Tenipuri Festa 2009 and how to purchase tickets:

Title: Tenipuri Festa 2009
Date: 6 September 2009 (Sunday)
Afternoon performance: 1100 (Venue open for entry) 1200 (Start of performance)
Evening performance: 1700 (Venue open for entry) 1800 (Start of performance)
Venue: Ariake Colosseum & Event Hall
Cast: Konomi Takeshi and 32 anime seiyuus (as confirmed on 6 July)
Tickets go on sale from: 18 July (Saturday)
Preorder sales period: 18 July to 26 July
Announcement of allotment: 29 July 3pm onwards
Price: 5000 yen (inclusive of tax)

For details on how to purchase the tickets, please go here.

Vol 1 of Shin Tennis no Oujisama to be released!

The first volume of Shin Tennis no Oujisama is to be released soon!

Title: Shin Tennis no Oujisama Vol 1
Date of release: 4 Aug 2009 (Tuesday)
Published by: Shueisha
Price: 500 yen

Special events held to commemorate the release of Konomi-sensei's single

In conjunction with the release of Konomi-sensei's single, "Tenipuri tte Ii na / Smile", there will be a series of events held for fans who purchase the single through Animate's website. Fans will have to bring their printed order receipts to take part in the lucky draw at 10.30am on the actual day of the event where they will choose whether to attend the first or second session. Each person can get one ticket only and this is on a first-come-first-served basis:

1) Photoshoot with Kusuda Toshiyuki (Shishido Ryou)
Date: 11 July 2009
First session: 11am
Second session: 12.30pm
Place: Animate Yokohama Store

2) Photoshoot with UZA
Date: 11 July 2009
First session: 2pm
Place: Animate Yokohama Store

3) Photoshoot with Iwasaki Masami (Hiyoshi Wakashi)
Date: 11 July 2009
First session: 3.30pm
Second session: 5pm
Place: Animate Yokohama Store

4) Photoshoot with Takahashi Hiroki (Kikumaru Eiji)
Date: 12 July 2009
First session: 2.30pm
Second session: 4pm
Place: Comic Tora no Ana Ikebukuro Store

5) Photoshoot with Masuda Yuuki (Niou Masaharu)
Date: 18 July 2009
First session: 1pm
Second session: 3pm
Place: Gammers Main Store, Game section 5th floor, Otome Floor (Akihabara)

Official opening of the Otopuri site

The Otopuri site was up and running yesterday when I checked it. Seems like the official opening was around 4pm Japan time which I missed when I was looking at the announcement. As such, I had the access problem which I mentioned in my previous post. Although this sounds like a great idea of having a one-stop portal to sell Tenipuri CDs, I'm kinda disappointed that they are just going to have future CDs available through this site. Past titles are not listed at all. In addition, going by the FAQ, this site is meant for people who are residing in Japan. It doesn't even mention whether overseas credit cards can be used. As such, overseas fans will not be able to use this unless you have a Japanese address to send the item to or are able to make payment through the designated method (most probably cash on delivery).

The opening of the Otopuri website

A new website, Otopuri which means Music Tenipuri, has been launched to provide a one-stop portal for purchase of Tenipuri-related CDs via the Internet. In celebration of the site's opening, the first 200 fans to purchase the latest Hyotei Eternity single, "Sakamichi no Hate e" will get an original postcard as a present. In addition, the delivery charges will be waived. For more information please visit Otopuri.

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I tried to access the site but it was asking for a username and password. I can't even get to the main site so there are no means of getting these items. I don't know whether this is a site problem or if this site is only meant for Japanese mobile phone users but I will keep trying to see if I can access it.

More details on Konomi-sensei's debut single

Title: Tenipuri tte Ii na / Smile
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi
Date of release: 19 August 2009
Catalog number: NECM-16001
Price: 1,680 yen (inclusive of tax)
Premium: Special CD Jacket bearing 70 Tenipuri characters illustrated by Konomi-sensei / Comic "Shin Tennis no Oujisama" printed in the CD lyrics booklet

Track List:

1) Tenipuri tte Ii na
Lyrics and Melody: Konomi Takeshi
Arrangement: Sasaki Shu (SCRIPT)
　　
2) Smile
Lyrics and Melody: Konomi Takeshi
Arrangement: Sasaki Shu (SCRIPT)

3) Adventure Hero (Bonus Track)
Lyrics: Konomi Takeshi
Melody & Arrangement: Sasaki Shu (SCRIPT)

Sakamichi no Hate e by Hyotei Eternity

Title: Sakamichi no Hate e
Artiste: Hyotei Eternity (Atobe, Mukahi, Ootori & Hiyoshi)
Date of release: 1 July 2009
Catalog number: NECM-10128
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)

Golden Pair to Hayaguchi Kotoba by Kuki Kiichi

Title: Golden Pair to Hayaguchi Kotoba
Artiste: Kuki Kiichi
Date of release: 8 July 2009
Catalog number: NECM-10129
Price: 777 yen (inclusive of tax)

Iroasenai Ano Sora e by STONES

Title: Iroasenai Ano Sora e
Artiste: STONES (Oishi Shuuichirou, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Ishida Gin and Kite Eishirou)
Date of release: 22 July 2009
Catalog number: NECM-10130
Price: 800 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri Festa 2009 - Update 01

Event title: Tenipuri Festa 2009
Date of event: 6 September 2009
Venue: Ariake Colosseum & Event Field (Ariake Tennis no Mori Park)
1st session starts at: 12 noon
2nd session starts at: 6pm

List of seiyuus from each school:

1) Seigaku - with the exception of Taka-san i.e. Kawamoto Naru
Echizen Ryoma (Minagawa Junko)
Tezuka Kunimitsu (Okiayu Ryoutarou)
Oishi Shuuichirou (Kondo Takayuki)
Fuji Shuusuke (Kaida Yuuki)
Inui Sadaharu (Tsuda Kenjirou)
Kikumaru Eiji (Takahashi Hiroki)
Momoshiro Takeshi (Onosaka Masaya)
Kaidou Kaoru (Kiyasu Kohei)

2) Rikkaidai - with the exception of Marui Bunta i.e. Takahashi Naozumi
Yukimura Seiichi (Nagai Sachiko)
Sanada Genichirou (Kusunoki Taiten)
Yanagi Renji (Takemoto Eiji)
Niou Masaharu (Masuda Yuuki)
Yagyuu Hiroshi (Tsuda Eisuke)
Jackal Kuwahara (Hiyama Nobuyuki)
Kirihara Akaya (Morikubo Shoutarou)

3) Hyotei - with the exception of Akutagawa Jirou (Ueda Yuuji), Ootori Choutarou (Namikawa Daisuke) and Mukahi Gakuto (Hoshi Souichirou)
Atobe Keigo (Suwabe Junichi)
Oshitari Yuushi (Kiuchi Hidenobu)
Shishido Ryou (Kusuda Toshiyuki)
Kabaji Munehiro (Tsuruoka Satoshi)
Hiyoshi Wakashi (Iwasaki Masami)

4) Higa
Kite Eishirou (Aragaki Tarusuke)
Kai Yuujirou (Nakamura Daisuke)
Chinen Hiroshi (Sueyoshi Kazuya)
Tanishi Kei (Ueda Youji)

5) Shitenhouji - with the exception of Oshitari Kenya (Fukuyama Jun)
Shiraishi Kuranosuke (Hosoya Yoshimasa)
Chitose Senri (Oosuka Jun)
Konjiki Koharu (Naitou Rei)
Hitouji Yuuji (Kumabuchi Taku)
Ishida Gin (Takazuka Masaya)
Touyama Kintarou (Sugimoto Yuu)

Remarks: Frankly speaking, this lineup seems to be a bit lacking. Many people are not around probably due to other work engagements. Even Seigaku does not have a complete lineup. It is still not clear what they are doing at Ariake this year but I'm quite disappointed with the missing characters here and there. It just doesn't feel the same especially when you see some famous pairs having to be alone this time e.g. Shishido without Ootori or Yuushi not being able to bicker with Kenya. Hopefully, there will be last-minute additions to this lineup.

Golden Pair to Hayaguchi Kotoba by Kuki Kiichi

Title: Golden Pair to Hayaguchi Kotoba
Artiste: Kuki Kiichi
Date of release: 8 July 2009
Catalog number: NECM-10129
Price: 777 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri tte Iina / Smile by Konomi Takeshi

Title: Tenipuri tte Iina / Smile
Artiste: Konomi Takeshi
Date of release: 19 Aug 09
Catalog number: NECM-16001
Price: 1,680 yen (inclusive of tax)

Tenipuri Musical Box - Apr 09

Title: Tenipuri Musical Box - Apr 09
Date of release: Early April 09
Price: 2,730 yen (inclusive of tax)
Description: Tune played is "Dear Prince ~ Tennisu no Oujisama tachi e". 4 photos to be used interchangeably in the photo frame-styled musical box
Produced by: Movick

Tenipuri Fastener Accessory - Apr 09

Title: Tenipuri Fastener Accessory - Apr 09
Total number of patterns: 8
A: Echizen / B: Tezuka / C: Fuji / D: Atobe / E: Oshitari / F: Yukimura / G: Sanada / H: Niou
Date of release: Early Apr 09
Price: 525 yen (inclusive of tax)
Description: Fastener accessory bearing the character's image in school uniform and the school emblem
Produced by: Movick

Tenipuri Photo Album - Apr 09

Title: Photo Album - Apr 09
Total number of patterns: 3
A: Seigaku / B: Hyotei / C: Rikkaidai
Date of release: Early April 09
Price: 630 yen (inclusive of tax)
Description: Comes with one free photo. Album can hold 26 photos.
Produced by: Movick

Tenipuri Seal Mousepad - Apr 09

Title: Seal Mousepad - Apr 09
Total number of patterns: 4
A: Echizen & Yukimura / B: Tezuka & Sanada / C: Fuji & Niou / D: Atobe & Oshitari
Date of release: Early April 09
Price: 315 yen (inclusive of tax)
Description: Seals can be removed and pasted multiple times on the mousepad which also works for optical mouse.
Produced by: Movick

Tenipuri Mini Clear Poster - Apr 09

Title: Mini Clear Poster Apr 09
Total number of patterns: 2
A: Echizen, Atobe, Yukimura & Sanada
B: Tezuka, Fuji, Oshitari & Niou
Date of release: Early Apr 09
Price: 473 yen (inclusive of tax)
Description: A3-sized with a clear background
Produced by: Movick

Tenipuri White Day 2009 Gift Set

Title: White Day 2009 Gift Set
Total number of patterns: 3
A: Echizen / B: Atobe / C: Niou
Date of release: Late February 09
Price: 1,890 yen (inclusive of tax)
Produced by: Movick
Description: Each set includes a knitted pattern necklace, a rose-scented candle and photo of the character