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Just visited Hollywood during Christmas and New Year and felt the special atmosphere there. Stardom is a 
weird thing. It does not always go to the most talented, it is more like a 
reflection of the taste of the public.
So Seiko enjoyed this super stardom in Japan, failed to conquere Hollywood.
Not because she is not good enough, just the majority of Americans have
a different taste than the majority Japanese. Not to compare which is better,
because I think both have a few excellent artists, and many bad ones. To release
another US album/single and hoping not to fail again, Seiko needs a lot of luck.
Not only she needs to work with big names in the music industry in Hollywood,
she also needs a wholehearted support from the record company. For foreign
singers like her, promotion does not guarantee success (like Coco Lee got all
the explosure but still an unknown in US), but no promotion guarantees failure.
It's a big risk to take, because even if she produced a very high quality 
album, and there is lot of promotions, how the general Americans receive her
is still a big unknown.
Being international recognised is certainly tempting. But Seiko's status
has been confirmed in Asia many years  ago. It's senseless for Seiko
to take roles like those in Ammargardan and Drop Dead Gorgeous. She is 
a singer, not so much an actor. So it seems all she/her management wanted
was to make her name in Hollywood. Wrong move, wasted Seiko's precious time.
Other substandard US music projects also wasted time and money. Unless Seiko
has a good plan in penetrating the US market, personally I would rather see
her investing such time and money in producing a kickass Japanese release.
I know she does not want to win the public by changing her style. I totally
respect that. But being a pop singer, record sales is an indicator for
success. So keep your style Seiko, make an excellent release that would appeal
to non-Seiko fans too. She is almost 40, although she is already deemed
as a national treasure, it's too early for her to give up hard work. She
always work hard, but some energy was diverted to bad projects.
With that heavenly voice, all Seiko needs is some good muscians to make 
some big hits. No matter what style she chooses to do, I know she can do
way better than what she has been doing in the past. I have very high
expectation of Seiko, because I know she is capable. And I am not the kind
of fans who will take whatever she delivers. The last song that I really 
really love is the Boat of Sadness, which was released in 1999. I am looking
forward to something even better. And I know I will get that soon.
Eric