FIRST AND FOREMOST

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[WHAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST] Commercials, compilation by others that include his songs, PV/Concerts in video/DVD releases, TV appearances for other reasons other than hosting and drama series

[WHERE TO OBTAIN THE LISTED ITEMS] Several ways, the first and foremost is buying them. You can still buy some of his older albums, but would have to search a bit for it. Below is a short guideline on where to buy.

[ALBUMS, SINGLES, DVDs, BOOKS, MAGAZINES & CONCERTS] For those in Malaysia, you won't find these stuff anywhere. The best place to buy is online that usually delivers free. Such as Yesasia.com which I have used before & is efficient and cost saving since free shipping, US Amazon.com, Japan Amazon.com, CDJapan & many more. Just google and check around for the reputation. But to get that newly released CD such as singles or album or series re-released but mostly RAW version, I'm araid the best is still Japan based online store.

[DRAMA SERIES & MOVIES DVDs, VCDs] For those in Malaysia, Yesasia.com has the most items. Coolwin-Video has some (use FUKUYAMA MASAHARU in the search box) and I have used the service before where the shipping rate is flat rate if I remember correctly and it was efficient, fast and pain free.You will find some titles here but I can't vouch for the subtitles so be prepared to vomit blood. Another local based is Sensasian.com which will save you on shipping since you can collect the items in person but very very limited choices.

[TIPS WHEN PURCHASING DVD] CD and VCDs are all free for all, meaning it is not limited by region. You may not know this but only REGION 3 DVDs will play in DVD Players purchased in Malaysia, so please do check if it is REGION 3 before you buy unless you have a free region DVD which I heard you can buy online OR get your video shop to break the code or something. Just remember that. By the way Japan is REGION 2. HK and if I am not mistake Korea are thankfully REGION 3 so I suppose buying a DVD that can play in HK is ok. But always check the information listed with the item.

[ALTERNATE METHODS] I would't even label this as WHERE TO DOWNLOAD because well, I will be slapping myself if I do. But sometimes there are people who like to test it out before buying because let's face it, what if you only want one song? Or you bought and suddenly realised the subtitles suck? So for that purpose only, there are many places to get the listed items online. Take note, do expect major quality loss in terms of comparing purchased DVD or CD with the downloaded ones. Because for DVD, the release is usually DVD9 (9GB or so) but torrents at best if Full DVD is 4.5GB whilst individual files may be 300MB or lesser. You can imagine the quality loss.

[DRAMA SERIES & MOVIES] First stop is torrent files. For movies and usually the latest ones, there may be full DVD versions but I haven't yet seen one with Masha in it. Try isohunt.com or one with more items such as Demonoid.com (requires registration, if registration is closed, email me for an invite. But there are great fansubbers out there that fansubs the shows, hardcodes them & upload them as torrents, such as D-addicts.com (mostly RAW files). You will find such information in movies and drama series I have listed in the left panel. Unlisted ones mean probably there isn't any.

[ALBUMS, SINGLES, PVs & CONCERTS] These are indeed hard to find in torrents because the uploaders prefer megaupload, mediafire, etc where files are split into smaller ones to be joined with a Joiner such as HJSplit. You have to frequently check the fan forums as links may be time limited. A great place to start for all these and more is the site that I have listed at the bottom of this list, look for the word LIVEJOURNAL. She even have some TV appearances. Try not to be too excited once there because it is a goldmine which is why I am not going to post the uploader's name here. Other notable places are Jpopsuki.eu (requires registration, by invite only, invitation close for now), youtube (yes youtube, get the HD versions, quality is ok), fan forums (but you have to be discreet & if sharing amongst other fellow netizens, advise them not to upload until permission granted from original uploader) & for individual songs, try free MP3 sites or 4shared.com where it lets you search for songs. But remember, the title is usually in romaji version so try several style of titles before giving up.

[WHAT'S WHAT] DVD9 is the format when you buy a DVD, which is the highest quality. FULL DVD means it is a full DVD which can be DVD9 or the usual DVD with all or most features intact like those you purchased, with menus, extra clips, etc. What is or is not included depends on the ripper/downloader. RAW means it has no subtitles. FANSUBBED means subtitles by fans. HARDCODED SUBS means the subtitles are in the movie or series itself and is not in a separate file, so it is convenient for burning to DVD. SOFT SUBS means the subtitles are in a separate file like the Ryoma-Den series but not very good for those who wants to watch using usual DVD player. TORRENT FILES or those uploaded full DVD files are not affected by player's region since the uploader has already so called done away with that safeguard. Remember when downloading torrent files to exercise some caution. Fans from HK, China & some other places will not be able to access Megaupload & the likes. To know how to get around it, the links to the guidelines are all at the bottom of this site.