Well, In case you guys didn't know, there are some other Taiyonouta merchandise / movie memorabilias available.



- Photobook

- making-off taiyonouta DVD called "Taiyonouta X Yui and Amare Kaoru" or something... My japanese is bad...

- Novel (this version got YUI's face on it ^_^)

yeah i'm ordering that dvd as we speak!

Hmm feel like getting the photobook :rolleyes:
What's the novel about? Taiyou no Uta story in japanese?

iyeah i wonder too, is that Kaoru's diary or just novel about that movie :huh:

From my 0 command of written Japanese... From my understanding of all those kanji in the novel... it seems like a novel of the movie or the novel which the movie is based upon.

For the Singaporeans, I'll bring the photobook out to the outing tomorrow.

haha 0 command of written japanese and you jump right into the novel?

i suppose our chinese lessons up till secondary/jc pays off to read the kanji XD

hmm.. i heard tai you no uta's story is based from a hong kong film.. is that true? cuz i searched it on wikipedia and it said something about it .. anyways nice merchandises. nice camera angle XD cool chin!!

taiyou no uta is based on a novel with the same title i think

ANYWAY FLARE

you order them or u get them in stores like kinokuniya?

novel? i bet its only available in japanese am i rite?? :unsure:

wow...nice XD

Wow, the YUI cover version of novel. I've got one but the normal version. :huhuhu
From what I konw, Taiyou the movie stroryline was original, the novel is a kind of extension from movie script, but it isn't exactly the same after I finished reading it. The character of Kouji & Misaki aren't the same in the movie. Kouji was as Inter-Hi surfing champion in the novel...(Takashi was just a novice in the movie). Misaki was genious enough to enter a medical college in the novel...(same here Airi don't seem to be a doctor in the movie).

Nope... I ordered mine from amazon.jp.

argh...
u have so many things i dont :huhuhu
ugh~
maybe...i shld break into ur house
and grab all those stuff...
including dat guitar :evil

I read somewhere a long time ago that it is based (loosely? entirely? can't remember) on the 1993 Hong Kong movie 新不了情 ("C'est la vie, mon chéri" or "Endless Love"), which won multiple awards in Hong Kong.

In the HK version, the female lead is diagnosed with a fatal illness and the male lead is a struggling jazz musician, where the female lead inspired the male lead for the better.

Link to Wiki here



Taiyo no Uta stuff on HMV JP:

Movie DVD: Taiyo no Uta (Premium Edition)
Movie DVD: Taiyo no Uta (Regular Edition)

"Making Of" DVD: Taiyo no Uta X Yui to Kaoru no Uta (タイヨウのうたx Yuiと薫のうた)
(Note: と is pronounced as "to" in Romaji and means "and" in English, so the title means "YUI and Amane's Song")

Soundtrack: A Song to the Sun (タイヨウのうた)
Picture Book: Yui In "A Song To The Sun" Good-bye Days
Invitation Book: Taiyo no Uta Invitation Book (タイヨウのうたinvitation Book)


Taiyo no Uta stuff on Amazon JP:

Novel: A Song to the Sun (タイヨウのうた (文庫))


Taiyo no Uta stuff on PopcornPop:

Chirashi: Midnight Sun / A Song to the Sun

darn... I missed the invitation one... but hahaha... no money liao...

how muchie is dat photobook??? :huh:

Photobook is 1300 yen, S$16.50 excluding shipping...

In conjuction of the movie's release in Taiwan on the 27th Apr 2007, and to revive this old thread, I'm having a tiny update with more Taiyonouta merchandise moonchild and I found;



Clockwise from top left:
Movie Production Book.
Post Card
Chirashi, alternate version
Chinese novel ; Limited Edition. Book Jacket opens to becomes a Taiyonouta poster.
Chinese novel; normal edition

Edit: Arg, I forgot the Invitation book when I took this picture, I may add it in the future.

Hmmm... actually, I think the YUI face version of the Japanese book and the non-YUI face version are not the same... The author is different... But both has the same reference to the original work of Kenji Bando. I'm guessing the YUI-face version is the novelization of the movie. But I can't read Japanese, so I'm not sure... Maybe I'll get YongHui to take a look at it...

The chinese novel which I finished reading recently is the same as the Japanese non-YUI version novel, as you described. It's stated that it's a translation of the works of Aya Tenkawa

Edit: Okay, the Taiyonouta by Kenji Bando:


And perhaps THE original Taiyonouta:

Flare can u take some pictures of the content of the invitation book? :)

Helix, you are treating me coffee next time we meet, Flare's express reply service presents:
Taiyonouta Invitation book


Left: Cover Jecket Right: Book




Movie intro


There's lots of wonderful screen caps from the movie


YUI's interview


There's really a lot of nice screen caps...


There's the Production Dairies too

The general consensus of Singaporean YUI-Lovers who has both books is that the Invitation book is prettier than the Photobook...

Thanks for the express reply hahaha. Really looks pretty XD
Should try to get it :rolleyes:

><"" i onli have the movie...XD i wish i could buy all those things too
kekek the invitation book looks so awesome!!
wahhhh so pretty

Aww man... I want ALL!!!!!!! But guess i shall only get the invitation book... No $$... And the month has only just started... :huhuhu

wow ur nails r long flare...

Guitar hands... Fingers of right hand to strum..

Left Thumbnail to peel open plastic wraps... hahaha...

err... the chinese version of the taiyounouta novel... where can i gt it...

I got the regular edition at Kinokuniya @ Ngee Ann City, can't remember the price. I bought the Limited edition online from Taiwan (hunted down my moonchild) from cheng ping () bookshop. I'm not sure of the URL, i'm @ my workplace, surfing on my phone.

edit:
The novel is not the same as the movie, so I find tat it's still a good read although I've watched the movie. Very touching, and a nice slightly different ending, touching. I so want to talk about it, but i should not spoil it for those who wish to read the book.

For those who's worried cos it's chinese, dont worry, It's an easy read. I failed my chinese through secondary school and some how managed to scored a B4 for my o-levels chinese and I still managed to read it through with no problem.

ok... ty for ur help... i jus bought the regular one... hehe... erm... it is really a good read... nice book... it is recommanded...

can u get these stuff in japan

Although I bought the Chirashis and the Production Book from a shop here in Singaporea, but they are shipped in from Japan.

Most of the rest of the stuff like the Photobook, the Invitation book, Japanese novel and DVD are bought from online merchants in Japan, either Amazon.co.jp or HMV.co.jp. I have no idea how and where moonchild got her paws on the post card tho.

In other words, All these (except the chinese novel) are from Japan, they should be available in Japan but I have no idea where you'll be able to buy them from... But, it may be difficult to find, since this movie was screened in Japan almost a year ago (13th June 2006 I think)

Haha... Help me buy some YUI Posters while you're at it... ^_^

OooH! man i would like 2 get my hands on those! :horny :)

i know how u feel
LOL XD!~

hey.. y no MO for invitation book?

I got the premium edition of the japanese version. She is so cute in the movie! I didn't know they had other merchandise....I wonder if they ahve a poster for the movie...