D will terminate management arrangement with SMILE COMPANY

[Trombe 22025]

D will terminate management arrangement with SMILE COMPANY at 2011/06/30

http://www.d-gcr.com/

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

Asagi sent dat bitch a sad face. Bitches hate sad faces

[Pretsy 1343]

What the heck is going on

Asagi shows no respect

[MY BFF HEIDI 7]

maybe there was a conflict w/ avex or someth

[Furik 832]

Good.

[CAT5 9075]

FIGHT THE POWAH D! ;D lol...

Seems like a good move...the artists associated with SMILE COMPANY are nothing but Jpop fodder.

[D.L.S 11]

Is the contract not being renewed or is it being ended early?

[Zeus 7997]

Sounds like it's being ended early/D wants out. Trombe would have just said "leaving SMILE COMPANY" if the contract wasn't being renewed.

[sebbivism 134]

Interesting, although this is not unusual at all!

[D.L.S 11]

Sounds like it's being ended early/D wants out. Trombe would have just said "leaving SMILE COMPANY" if the contract wasn't being renewed.

Thanks. I asked because I read a translation that said that the contract ended, but not that it was early.

[sai 868]

Wasn't Smile Company the group that did their management and their webpage? Also, this doesn't affect their contract with avex in any way?

Asagi sent dat bitch a sad face. Bitches hate sad faces

You know he does them best.

[Furik 832]

Wasn't Smile Company the group that did their management and their webpage? Also, this doesn't affect their contract with avex in any way?

http://www.smile-co.jp/

I know smile company manages them. I think avex just distributes.

[Tokage 5930]

inb4 the members all have 'accidents'

[Guest]

Quit before they're kicked? Good plan.

[inartistic 1151]

Hmmm, I wonder why though! They've been releasing very steadily, and only two or three singles seemed very label-is-forcing-us-to-be-pop. And I don't think their sales have been bad, have they?

Well I'm sure they'll be fine anyway, they did very well with just GOD CHILD RECORDS before.

[Radical Dreamer 0]

I hope that will not affect their new Single "鳥籠御殿 〜L’Oiseau bleu〜", scheduled for the End of July.

[nekkichi 6043]

Hope it means no more over the top slutty visuals for them.

[sai 868]

^LOL. I still wonder how on earth they came up with those Akaki Hitsuji outfits.

Well their sales have been decent, so I don't think avex is willing to ditch them just yet.

[saishuu 3220]

I hope this means they go back to indies status with GOD CHILD RECORDS instead of signing with another major label.

[sebbivism 134]

Since the new single hasn't got any catalog number yet, I guess they're releasing it on GOD CHILD RECORDS, because the announcement is saying that from June 30, all contact should be made to GOD CHILD RECORDS' e-mail address...

Although I still think they're getting a major distributor.

[薔薇の末裔 157]

The new single is charity self-produced and sold at their indies stuff webshop only, so it's definately God Child Records.

Also their sales have been very disappointing recently so I'm not surprised they kicked them out/they left.

[rosalyrica 30]

Sounds like it's being ended early/D wants out. Trombe would have just said "leaving SMILE COMPANY" if the contract wasn't being renewed.

Thanks. I asked because I read a translation that said that the contract ended, but not that it was early.

It doesn't say anything about ending early, only that it ended. So who knows.

[sai 868]

Maybe we should contact avex for certainty.

[Furik 832]

Sounds like it's being ended early/D wants out. Trombe would have just said "leaving SMILE COMPANY" if the contract wasn't being renewed.

Thanks. I asked because I read a translation that said that the contract ended, but not that it was early.

It doesn't say anything about ending early, only that it ended. So who knows.

They were still on contract, it never ended, the band terminated the contract.

[rosalyrica 30]

Ah ok, I read it again and does appear that the band ended the contract. I'm guilty of not reading carefully enough.