Shigeaki Kubo’s Best of 2009 – Never say die MV

Never say die MV

Firstly, who is Shigeaki Kubo?
A well known director for Music Videos and CMs, he has directed a total of eight YUI MVs so far (official version):

>>2007
『My Generation』, 『jam』,
>>2008
『Laugh away』, 『SUMMER SONG』, 『I’ll be』,
>>2009
『again』, 『It’s all too much』, 『Never say die』

In his latest blog post, he listed his personal Best 10 MV of 2009 and 『Never say die』 made the list!

Best 10

・EXILE『Futatsu no Kuchibiru』
・Amuro Namie『Fast Car』
・Koda Kumi『SHOW GIRL』
・Dream Come True『GOOD BYE MY SCHOOL DAYS』
・HOME MADE Kazoku『YOU~Anata ga iru shiawase～』
・YUI『Never say die』
・Katou Miliyah『Aitai』
・Kuroki Meisa『criminal』
・Beni『Kiss Kiss Kiss』
・Nakashima Mika『Over Load』

>>Source (special thanks to yuistalker)

Looking at the amount of effort that went into this MV and the fact that it contains one of the better ‘live’ scenes yet, I don’t doubt that 『Never say die』 is one of the most enjoyable YUI MV so far. What do you think? Further thoughts and comments are welcomed here.