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MeineKatze said:
haha looks like the Asada sisters are godzillas now~ also it's cool to see Mao doing a high jump!

that face of happy Mao at the end after defeating her sister lol the commercial is so funny
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The article I cited above mentions Godzilla but I just couldn't imagine comparing Mao and Mai to Godzilla so I didn't mention it. I always liked King Kong a lot better and rooted for him, to win, like I do for Mao now, when I was a kid. But, Mao and Mai are much more beautiful even more beautiful than Faye Wray.
 
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gotoschool said:
I left a translation under the video Maxim Trankov's commentary, which is close and sometimes I have seen English subs beneath the video. But, it appears that now it has Japanese subtitles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C62RN3YikFQ
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Thank you so much. I might have watched it at that time but hadn't noticed it was him. :)


gotoschool said:
The article I cited above mentions Godzilla but I just couldn't imagine comparing Mao and Mai to Godzilla so I didn't mention it. I always liked King Kong a lot better and rooted for him, to win, like I do for Mao now, when I was a kid. But, Mao and Mai are much more beautiful even more beautiful than Faye Wray.
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Cutest Godzilla's ever :laugh:
I immediately thought when I watched the CM that wow Mao as (female version of) Ultraman?!? Her silver outfit and the giant presence reminds me of it so.
 
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gotoschool said:
I am embarrassed and amazed to say how emotional I got watching Mao's 2008 4CC's Fantasie Impromptu performance last night after not seeing it for a while. Weepingly beautiful. That may be an oxymoron to admit how embarrassed I am, but hasn't it been said how much Mao helps people release emotions they find it hard to reveal unlocking the door to that which has long been concealed? Her performance of this at the Grand Prix Final 2007 is just as great but I can't find a video with this high a quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5aoeVYcHg
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I'll always remember this program with the bravest performance in figure skating history when she fell at the Worlds and then skated that program. I mean what mental strength and concentration.
 
Here are the highest quality videos I could find of some of Mao's more recent performances from this season and a lot from last season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HwQVd_kSFE Skate America LP the choreographic sequence is astounding from 2 to just short of 3 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P30Ujkg6zM0 Skate America SP

Cello Suite Fan Cam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY0V2OSiYCw

Cello Suite regular broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbhxrlLBNCQ

Mao's most viewed videos of this SP performance at Skate America with the most comments and some of the best quality videos have been removed as I posted earlier.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H1fTQw08Zo Trophy of France FS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2asVE5esWo Trophy of France SP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnXKuTAiZ1k

Finlandia Trophy

SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1afB-0R0Vk Quality isn't as good as the others but nice closeup of Mao during her interview

LP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIYJIRsN4eo

Worlds LP 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHt8fsEwG4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuyDNPT8iFI same video broadcast but with Tarasova's commentary translated in subtitles.

Worlds exhibition 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEFvrzZaFq0

Nationals LP and practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlMjzl3pD1k

2015 China Cup SP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpfgCzS2k-Q

2015 Japan Open https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n8odc0iymo
 
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gotoschool said:
I am embarrassed and amazed to say how emotional I got watching Mao's 2008 4CC's Fantasie Impromptu performance last night after not seeing it for a while. Weepingly beautiful. That may be an oxymoron to admit how embarrassed I am, but hasn't it been said how much Mao helps people release emotions they find it hard to reveal unlocking the door to that which has long been concealed? Her performance of this at the Grand Prix Final 2007 is just as great but I can't find a video with this high a quality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5aoeVYcHg
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Here is the extract of her jumps from the performance.
3A +3F-3T +3Lz +3Lo +3F-3Lo +2A-2Lo-2Lo +2A

I know she tried such layout(s) and she used to do but still :eek:
 
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gotoschool said:
Here is video a little short of 2 minutes of Mao and Mai's amazing new CM for Stona medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcHPF_DoXM&feature=youtu.be

Good to see that Mao was happy and laughing while making the video. http://www.stona.jp/mov/stona_making_0928_LIGHT.mp4


Here is video a little short of 2 minutes of Mao and Mai's amazing new CM for Stona medicine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkcH...ature=youtu.be

Good to see that Mao was happy and laughing while making the video. http://www.stona.jp/mov/stona_making_0928_LIGHT.mp4


I found the article first and liked it so I am including a brief synopsis from google translate: Mao has made a new CM for Stona medicine in which a giant Mao bigger than a skyscraper portraying good medicine chases a giant Mai portraying the flu or cold through throughout Japan. The article says many different places in Japan are shown in the video to show how the virus spreads across the country as Mao portraying Stona medicine chases her sister as the cold and flu across Japan form Okinawa, to Beach Boulevard Park in Hokkaido, running at highway speeds with landmarks in all 47 prefectures of Japan, and going through the side of Mt. Aso, Shikoku, Honshu-Shikoku bridge, and ZAO Lake Biwa water and climaxing with a battle in Tokyo. It appears that it lasts for 120 seconds.



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That advert with Mao & Mai :laugh: Such clips can only be from Japan!
 
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gotoschool said:
Thanks for giving us this website yhmafan. I don't know if I should post what I wrote or not.
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Welcome gotoschool. They have so much cheer words already. I'm not sure if Mao can read all of them..sooner or later.. probably she does when she has enough time though.
 
yhmafan said:
Welcome gotoschool. They have so much cheer words already. I'm not sure if Mao can read all of them..sooner or later.. probably she does when she has enough time though.
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I sent a couple already. Not many in English so hopefully it will be noticed like finding a needle in a haystack though considering how many there are overall. It's just good to know that so many people are cheering Mao on and that she is so beloved.
 
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