hey fellow newbie,
i must agree LJ is one great tool, i get the best updates from those JE & arashi communities too

Wow thanks! I love watching old clips of them, it's so heartwarming to see how much they've grown

Hey! Hey! Hey! Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTy8tTMwgzI...feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27X7XsQOkXM...feature=channel

Performing Ashi.ta no Kioku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_-OhjAIrHg...feature=channel

I love this episode of Hey!x3, Arashi were so funny- I almost died from laughing.

And I'm loving both of the PVs, Crazy Moon has great choreography while Ashi.ta no Kioku is very meaningful.

yeah the Heyx3 Music Champ this time is funny....

and the poll thing i guess the results were obvious..hehe

Best Father -> Sho-kun
Best Person to Hire -> MatsuJun
Best Boyfiend for new-half -> Riida

haha..definitely funny esp when you see Ohno's reaction and all the other guys too..

ORICON CHART!

Amini coopera no Kioku / Crazy Moon ~Kimi wa Muteki~ -day1- 1th with 230022 copies !!


i am so happy!XDD

OMG.....
I'm so happy
no.1 in oricon chart....yipeeee
BANZAI.....
Arashi the best....
230,022 copies in just a day...dats crazy.....
sugoi....

OMG.....
I'm so happy
no.1 in oricon chart....yipeeee
BANZAI.....
Arashi the best....
230,022 copies in just a day...dats crazy.....
sugoi....

hontou?? wow sugoi ne...subarashi!!!

can't believe they could reach almost a quarter of a milion in their first day of sale..haha
i'm so proud of these guys!!!

hope to see the song reach no.1 in the charts in the next few days..hehe

Oh wow! Damn, way to go Arashi-tachi! : D I can't wait for my own to come in. Its a birthday gift from a friend <3 -happyhappyhappy- Kangeki no Arashi! - A RA SHI no 10 Nen is also shipped : D I'm so glad I got it early, because it was a limited edition I heard, and they're out of pint now o.o

OMG 230,022 for 1st day sales is CRAZY. I think this even beat out Truth and Believe's first day sales. I didn't think this single would sell so much considering the tie-ups for this single is not as strong as the tie-ups for Truth and Believe, but Arashi are just AMAZING~ they can sell anything. Arashi's 10th year anniversary is turning out to be their best year yet.

I'm still waiting for HMV to ship the CD and Kangeki no Arashi booklet to me~ I hope it'll come soon, don't know how much longer I can wait...

And HMV now has the LE of the followings:

Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon - Kimi wa Muteki
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail/3574155

Kangeki no Arashi! -a・ra・shi no 10 Nen
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/product/detail.asp?sku=3606592

Get them before they run out... again.

Someone posted the sales for Truth and Believe for comparison.

Truth: 216,939
Believe: 214,618

They just keep getting better and better.

This just sold out! They are so amazing. <3


Arash's new AU theme song is titled "Everything." It's for their summer collection. You can find pictures and download a preview of the song here and watch the conference here. Those phones look so nice. I want all of them. I love the chorus of the song. ^^

yuckie_chan posted a translation of this week's Weekly the Television here. Looking at Nino's circle, I want to cry. Please sleep, boy. T-T <3

I really hope the rumors that are floating around of a 10 year anniversary tour are true. I would love a DVD of that.

Oh! I love their MV for "Crazy Moon." The song is really nice and the dancing is amazing. I want to see them perform live in Tokyo Dome again. I was watching their previous concerts and I get chills every time I see the sea of fans. They are really gaining a lot and seeing the huge number of increase on sales just leaves me speechless.

I hope their single sells well too but I'm sure it will be a big hit. So has anyone seen Sho's new TV Drama yet? His acting is just fantastic.

*wipes tears*
they're selling more in a day than they used to sell in a year...and they've been doing this consistently for the last few singles

YAY ARASHI!! But can you guys just imagine the fight for concert tickets? The tickets were already going for sky-high prices on yahoo.jp auctions last year, can't imagine how it'll be like for the tour this year!

Arashi's Press Conference for new AU CM on Zoom In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNKiXBEXGKU

Ohno kun looks so adorable in the CM, who would have thought that he's already 28

yea i also realli hope there'll be a 10th yr anniversary tour...and yea i also wish i can go if there is..

the new AU CM song is nice...hehe

aniwae is the phones similar to Sony Ericsson's phones...??

and plus wow i was shocked to see their ingles were sold out and also the Kangeki no Arashi sold out too...
i wish i was in Japan so i can buy it then rather doing it through online cos i got to wait for it..hehe

ORICON CHART

they are still 1st with 130905 copies! that amazing! XDD

Wow... 2 days total sales of 360,927

I'm so proud to be an Arashi's fan right now~

i really didn't think they'd get higher 1st day sales than "Believe"! i'm so happy. today's sales were great, too.

i also love the preview of "Everything". i wish it'd be a single.

anyway, tomorrow is their second MUSIC STATION performance! i can't wait.

ORICON CHART

they are still 1st with 45413 copies!

3 days total sales of 406340 copies!!°O°

^Hopefully this single will remain strong and sell over 500k in the first week.

Music Station

Opening - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFtT4kkH0T8
Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agm8yZIvEYM
Performance of Ashi.ta no Kioku - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNe0pZ1wt7o

I love this performance and song so much.

Himitsu no Arashi-chan - new format episode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2sltFDMPu4...feature=related

I LOVE the new format for HnA~ this was one of Arashi's funniest show ever. The mannequin segment was my favorite, I really hope they keep with this format but seems like next week will be a little different than this week.

heh the MS performance..SUGOI!!!

i like them in white..and Jun with that hat!!! and yea Sho's solo!! haha..love it love it love it!!!!


yes i also like the new HnA format....

Arashi on Osama no Brunch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnyTbDrXgMg...feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbswQPC5QVQ...feature=channel

So funny~ and it seems like the format for Himitsu no Arashi-chan will be different each week.

yea watching the OnB...the new HnA is funny..haha...

Omg yay! My Arashi photoboek Kangeki no Arashi! - A RA SHI no 10 Nen arrived (really fast Japan to Europe in only 4 days O_o) I'm so happy with it, it really small, but the pictures in there are simple ador(k)able!

ORICON CHART

they are still 1st with 24544 copies!

the total is now 430,844

the new HnA format looks really funny, i'm gonna watch the episode tonight! and the music station performance was really good! i thought everyone sounded great live, but sho was looking the best for some reason, haha.

and thank you for the osama no brunch videos!

Is it me or is the sales for this single slowing down much more than Believe? But I hope Arashi will still break 500k by the first week.

Translation of Nino's recent MORE photoshoot is here. He talks about his "fine with being cheated on" comment and how it was taken out of context and why he didn't join the boys in sliding at Kokuritsu. I love this interview, especially there part where he talks about how answers are usually set since the questions are the same and how he wants to expand outside the box. Nino, our little contradiction. <3

Translation of Weekly the Television magazine that tests Arash's memory is here. LOL OHMIYA.

The Music Station performance was live and great. I could hear Sho the clearest, lol. The talk part was funny. In the intro part where they talk to Shiina Ringo, Ohno moves behind her and starts nodding. Aiba and Sho are laughing at him. AIBA'S SMILE OMG SO CUTE. <3 The part where Hirai Ken talks about Sakurap had me smiling. Sho's reaction was so adorable.

I am loving this new HnA format. As long as the guys are involved and participating, it will be funny. (:

The Quiz Show 2 is almost done. One more episode left to go!

The shop photos for Crazy Moon are so pretty. *-*

thanks for sharing Nino's interview and Arashi's test translation...

the Arashi memory test, funny....yea esp during Ohno's qns..haha....


hehe The quiz Show 2 is ending...how sad...but yea i just can't wait to see what happened actualli

Quiz show is ending?
SO nxt week is the last epi???

ORICON CHART

First with 30694 copies!*O*

The new 60 second AU CM is out! You can watch it here and for translations go here. Aiba is so precious. The hopscotch part is so freaking cute. I could watch this over and over. SAKURAIBA. <3

The CM songs are going to be released on July 1st! (source) New single? No wonder Aiba can afford a Porsche, lol.

Translation of the June issue of MORE magazine where Nino was playing catch is translated here. I love when he talks about Arashi. ^^

I haven't seen Utaban yet, but I hear it was a special with other celebrities. I hope there was some Nakai vs Ohno. XD

^ Thanks for the Nino's article links. Nino is such a fascinating and deep person. I was really touched after reading those articles, they make me like Nino more and more. And Aiba chan was so cute in the new AU CM & Sho kun was being his lovable self- I'm loving the new AU song Everything, but I think I like Season a bit more.

Arashi on Utaban
Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NPlx_Gfors...feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9gsH0plDlY...re=channel_page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTfIf67XMg...feature=related

Performing Ashi.ta no Kioku
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ko2YlILz-8...feature=channel

Guess what? It will be released as a single

Copied e-mail from CDJapan:

woah more singles frm them..haha...

amazing...in one year to date 3 singles...this one with 'Season' also..haha

hope they too will release full albums also...

and yea i like the phone..too bad not selling here in Singapore..lolx...

and yea the Utaban talk is pretty funny..i think among all the skits, Aiba's skit was hilarious..haha...and Sho's skit i was laughing hard...and of cours the return of Ohno VS Nakai...haha...hope there'll be translations.....

found dis in dbsk thread....
so cool....right.....
both are good but-----
i wish Arashi will be no 1....hope so
yai cross fingers....i have faith on them....hehe

This is crazy, another single already? I'm super happy to see Season put on a CD, I've been wanting this song so badly but I was really expecting these 2 songs to go on their next album. So the big question is, since this single is NOT a double A-side single, can it sell well enough to get the #3 spot on the 2009 Oricon single ranking? It'll be so amazing if Arashi can get the top 3 spots on the yearly single ranking, but I'm not sure if Everything can beat out Ai no mama de for 3rd place.... I'm seriously hoping that it will though. And is Arashi going to release a new orginal album or best album or both for their 10th year anniversary? I'm hoping they'll announce it soon, the anticipation is killing me.

And congrats to Arashi for getting the top 2 singles on the 2009 Oricon Single Ranking!!!!

#1 Believe/Kumori nochi Kaisei 642,051
#2 Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ kimi wa muteki 488,781

Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon only needs 12k more to break the 500k sales mark. I think Arashi will get this by tomorrow. I'm so happy to see Arashi breaking 500k in its first week sales again.

^ Just as you said it, first week sales are out!

According to http://www.ntv.co.jp/zoomin/enta_news/news_166168.html,

it's 502,000 502,487!!! I can't remember how much Believe did, around the same?


Oricon only counts the first six days for first-week sales, and there's a minor sales index as well to account for sales by shops that were not able to submit their figures daily during the week, so first-week sales are first 6 days added together multiplied by a very low index of just slightly over 1!
Hence 488,781 multiplied by 1.03(?) to get the 502,000 approx.!

Congrads Arashi! Hope this single can continue to sell well too, like Believe. Believe was back in the Daily Top-50 charts the last two days!


Everything only has 2 versions and is only a single A-side, so it won't sell as well as the latest 2, but it'll do well enough, maybe around Beautiful Days' level or slightly below? BD's first-week was 360,000 and total sales are now 460,000+. I am remembering these figures off the top of my head so correct me if I'm wrong!



PS: Has anyone watched tonight's Shukudaikun episode yet? The guests were Hatori-san (host of Zoom In!) and Kobayashi Mao. Heard it was a really good episode since Arashi is good friends with Hatori-san but I haven't been able to watch it anywhere yet =/

v yes, that very Kobayashi Mao, haha.

^ woah, first week numbers are out already? Thanks for clearing that up, I forgot that Oricon only count 6 days sales for the 1st week. Congrats to Arashi for breaking half-million sales in the 1st week!! I hope this single will continue to sell strong like Believe did.

And Kobayashi Mao as in Sho-kun rumored gf? I actually like her quite a bit, she's very well grounded and likeable...

I like watching Hatori-san together with Arashi, I'm looking forward to this episode. And I saw a clip on last week's Music Station on YT (but I can't find it now) where Hirai Ken was talking about how he really likes Kitto Daijoubu and sometimes he would sing the acappella version of it during the MC segment at his concert. Then he said that Sakurap is really hard for him and Sho-kun bursted out laughing. MatsuJun then suggested the three of them~ Hirai Ken, Shiina Ringo and Arashi go karaoke together and Hirai Ken seemed so happy about it. It's really cool to know that Hirai Ken is an Arashi's fan boy

Rough translation:

They are so amazing. \o/

wat can isay..i'm so proud of ARASHI!!!!
haha....OMODETTOU!!!!!

this year is realli the peak of Arashi's career...i hope they will blossom throughout this year...

haha..and yea i hope the next single will be a s powerful as Believe and Crazy Moon..hehe

GAMBATTE GUYZ!!!

that is some crazy number ;_________; so proud. their pv's were totally precious too ♡ ashi.ta, omg they all had such shineeeeey hair :Q_____ and as for the DBSK and Arashi releasing on the same dates ... Arashi is Japan's number one idoru, riiiight? so I seriously doubt they won't be number one. yanoee?

I didn't see any yt links, am I blind?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEAtKnhXloA : ashi.ta pv.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnAtR2kXap0 : crazy moon pv.

Arashi no Shukudai-kun #137
http://vimeo.com/4956995

Ohno-kun was so cuteee in this episode. He went fishing again so he was so tanned... and his impersonation of Sho-kun was really really good. There were a lot of cute Ohno x Sho moments in this ep

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Ohno's New AU CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXn1LVLsqK0

So funny~ ^^

Making of Aiba and Sho's AU CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9Rbh9IYKmo

Nino at the Galaxy Awards ceremony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tYacdcUrOA

He chose Arashi. <3

Ohno's talk with his little admirer, Chinen Yuuri, from the July issue of Duet has been translated here. Chinen is so adorable. I hope his love for Ohno never goes away. <3 The scans can be found here. Such a cute photoshoot! ^^

Scans for the July issue of Potato, Wink Up, and Duet are also here. Nino looks cute in the Wink Up shoot.

Nino is playing the guitar while Aiba is playing the harmonica in volume sixteen of Non no. If they ever did a duet, I would cry from happiness. *-*

Their recent appearance on Utaban has been translated here. It's being hardsubbed soon. (:

ohmygosh.
SUPPPERRR CUTE <33
the Chinen and Ohno interview
i want a solar phone.

well i like the AU CMs...and yes i want the Spotio Waterbeat pone but too bad its only in Japan..
and yea Ohno's CM is so funny.hehe


hmm and yes Arashi-Amini coopera no Kioku is placed 3rd in the international chart...u can view it below....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BET-om-rLag


how can i not be so proud of the boys..they are placed among international artistes....haha

Download their song "Green" from Touch! Eco here. You can also find the video there. They sang it at Dream "A"live last year. You can watch the fancam here. You can find the kanji, romanji, and translated lyrics here.

Listen to the full version of "Everything" here. LOVE IT! <3

Translation of Sho's Wink Up: Sweet & Bitter is here. It's so cute that he was bitter about not being recognized as Yatterman by a bunch of kids, lol. He also talks about wanting to go back to India. ^^

I could have sworn episode eight was the last episode of The Quiz Show 2. It doesn't look like it was. Ugh. I fail. :/

yea i also tot so but guess there's still more...

And just becos Saejima did tat report, she became a victim of Honma...haiz....sumtymes i think Honma should be the one in the asylum

Congrats to Nino for winning the Galaxy Award. Nino is undoubtedly one of Japan's best actors, I'm so happy that his talents are being recognized. And it was so sweet that Nino chose Arashi over being an actor because it'll probably be the opposite if they were to ask him this 10 years ago.

Ohno-kun is too cute for words in the new AU CM. I can't believe a 28 years old guy can be this adorable

Green is a really good song and I'm starting to love Everthing. I wasn't sure how I feel about the song from the preview, but the full version sounds really good. And Season is already a winner for me; this is going to be another strong single from Arashi!!

I'm happy for Nino, and so touched he chose Arashi.
Nino once said that if Arashi did not consist of this same group of 5 members, he would have quit long ago. He loves them very much
All of them love this group very much!

Still haven't really gotten into Everything yet, but I'll definitely buy this single just for Season!