New Type-Moon Dollfie - Aozaki Aoko

Her nickname is Miss Blue.

I quite like her, but not this much. I think I'll enter 1 time for her and Melty in the Dollpa, and if I lose them for this round I'm safe!

 

In Japanese, according to the Hepburn transliteration system, the vocal are pronounced like italian:

A is Ah (sAkura)

E is Eh (mElissa)

I is Ih (nadIa)

O is Oh (Orihime)

U is both non pronounced and pronunced (Sasuke is read Sas'ke / Yuuko is YUko)

 

while the consonants, especially the H, are pronounced in the english way.

 

So Aoko is more Ah-Oh-K-Oh ^^

It is 蒼崎青子, kana あおざきあおこ. Each of those is one syllable, so you get ah-oh-za-ki ah-oh-ko.

 

Interestingly, 蒼 is an outdated version of 青, with both meaning either blue or green (depending on context). I guess since her name had "ao" in it twice, they wanted to have different characters. Perhaps Type-Moon takes advantage of the double meaning to write "green (e.g. w/ trees) peninsula, blue child" as her name characters? I know nothing about her at this point though, so that's a guess.

 

Anyway, with a name like Aoko, is it any wonder she has some of the brightest blue eyes we've yet seen?

Ill be putting in four entries in the international lottery so if I win more than one they'll be up for grabs to take the orders ^__^

 

 

I'll be doing the same thing XD'

I'm moderately tempted to get Aoko, then change out the wig to the match Tsukihime version of her character...

 

Anyone know of a place that sells a long red wig?

I'm moderately tempted to get Aoko, then change out the wig to the match Tsukihime version of her character...

 

Anyone know of a place that sells a long red wig?

CollCat sells some. ( http://us.sk-coolcat.com/front/bin/ptdetail.phtml?Part=s6_s04 )

Maybe they're a bit to dark though?

http://www.cancan-jseries.net/ has such a variety that it's hard to find something there

 

(They have, for example, quite nice Yoko style wig. In red too)

There are some on formydoll.com including some dark red ones. We got Yuriko's current one from migidoll.com although they call the color "Chocolate" (it's anybody's guess as to why ). I'm not really sure what color or style your looking for but since Yuriko has red hair I've been trying to keep tabs on where we can find more.

 

~Sister Kyoya

Leeke will be selling red wigs for their winter event this year (starts next week)

http://www.leekeworld.com/En/Product/p_view.asp?it_code=5026&B_catalog_num=28

 

And I can second formydoll, their red is a gorgeous color and the quality is very good for the price. I got a wig there for my Yoko :3

I only want her winter outfit )

I really like the outfit she comes with!

The boots and jacket is very nice >///<

Very very tempted.

To join in on the name pronounciation debate:

 

I'd say her name, said in an actual speaking situation would more closely resemble "ao-ko" simply because people aren't going to take the time to specifically say each syllable in "Ah-Oh-Ko" due to the fact that it doesn't flow. They're really technically the same but yet completely different in true practice. There's no stoppage of airflow when speaking as "Ah-Oh-Ko" tends to imply. It's a fluid motion of the mouth: Starting open to make the "A", Closing slightly to make the "O. "(Singers and musicians should be familiar with the concept of "opening your throat" to get a better sound. This is a good way to think of the "O" sounds in Japanese. The "O" sound is produced in the throat. Not in the mouth as it is in English.) Now the back of your tongue should then be very close to the positioning for the "K" sound. Touch it to the roof of your mouth for the "K" then return to "open" position you were at before to produce the final "O."

 

Some dialects of English tend to exaggerate the cut offs on their "O" sounds. Take care to prevent this from happening and to utilize a clean, pure "o" sound. Think of a legitimate "hahaha" laugh. The "a" is cut short by the stoppage of air. Not the closure of the mouth. This is the way that a Japanese "o" should be cut off. You can speak most of the language without really closing your mouth much. Except for M- and B- syllables.

 

So...No stoppage while saying the name. Keep your O open.

 

Yes this was a bit long for what it was meant to do...but proper pronounciation is something I've spent many months focusing on. My Japanese grammar's not quite up to snuff but my pronounciation is top notch.

Yes this was a bit long for what it was meant to do...but proper pronounciation is something I've spent many months focusing on. My Japanese grammar's not quite up to snuff but my pronounciation is top notch.

 

Japanese is like any other language though. Even the natives pronounce it slightly different, depending on where they come from and also lazyness. For instance, -san attached to a name is pretty much always pronounced with a definitive N sound at the end. But I've actually heard a few people here in Japan pronounce it as -sa. Yes, they drop the N sound completely at the end. Of course, the main guy I know of who does this told me he's from Okinawa, so...

 

I wouldn't be surprised if there's someone who says Aoko as "ah-oh-ko". My Japanese sucks and I pronounce it out loud as "ao-ko", with the first two syllables sort of slurred together. Most Japanese people seem to say it that way though.

I'd have to agree that the AO is probably mushed together. The reason being is that my Japanese teacher (who is actually from Japan) has corrected our pronunciation on some things that as Americans we were trying to make more difficult. She said that in general when Japanese speak they don't like to make things hard to pronounce. Your mouth shouldn't be getting a workout when you are having a conversation.

 

An example is one of the exceptions in telling time: the number four is yon and o'clock is ji, but four o'clock is yo-ji. Yo-ji is much easier to say than yon-ji. Mikiko Sensei said that Japanese speech patterns pretty much take the path of least resistance.

 

So for the name pronunciation I'd think the AO would be a seamless sound, like if you said only the ou part of couch.

 

~Sister Kyoya

Aoko's page is up: http://www.volks.co.jp/mahoyo/

 

Dress set pictures are cuuute.

it looks real nice but the dark socks and the non lined skirt scare me

^ You could just put one of the Coolcat full body suits underneath. You'd never see it and the doll would be protected.

i had that polanned for my sakuya some time back but then i thought if i gets a bodysuit then i wouldnt get to admire her cleavage crack anymore. and then i got really sad

i had that polanned for my sakuya some time back but then i thought if i gets a bodysuit then i wouldnt get to admire her cleavage crack anymore. and then i got really sad

 

 

Well, Aoko's not showing cleavage, so nothing hurts by covering her up. Unless you put her in different clothes, of course.

Aoko is so pretty!! I love her outfit too. But I don't know if I can justify getting her when I am already getting the HDD-07 and another custom. I guess I will find out when she becomes available if I can resist pushing the button!

 

Linda S.

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Crossing my fingers I am able to get her! Her school uniform though as many noted looks very similar to an outfit Volks released previously....

Has anyone heard from Volks USA about Aoko yet?

Has anyone heard from Volks USA about Aoko yet?

 

Nothing so far!

Nope, nothing here either- but the order hasn't been cancelled, so they probably haven't sent the messages out yet. I think only WLD has and KL is in the process... which means Volks will probably be today if we're lucky!

I went in for her with KL and WLD. Hoping one of them is in my favor.