[depressionalism]

the recent Utaban is funny..i pity sho..he seem to be the favourite among the comedians...haha

i like Jun's comedy skit...funny and yea tat sort of rmind me of Gokusen..

the performance is nice!!!!...

hehe...

and yea congrats on Arashi for taking 1st and 2nd for the Best Singles...haha

and yea hopefully it'll stay that way till end of the year...

[zashibear]

LE is just selling out so fast! It's a must have though. But the 10th year concerts are something we all look forward to. I hope the set list is really good!

[jeniez]

The 100 Q&As cracks me up. I never had so much fun reading an article before.

These are my favorites~ LOL, does Nino even want to do this interview?

Full name: Employee number 1004
What�s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? Rise from my bed.
What do you do before sleeping at night? Lie down on my bed.
On a scale from 1 to 5, your ability to wake up is? 38
If you have something you�re obsessed with, please tell us: I won�t tell you.
Something you�d like to try in your job: Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Something that was upsetting recently: My aerobic-class-going mom isn�t getting any thinner.
Something that�s been on your mind lately: My aerobic-class-going mom isn�t getting any thinner.
Something you�re wondering about now: When is my aerobic-class-going mom going to get thinner?

[ellopauline]

I love Arashi!
The PV "everything" is really nice.
the lyrics are beautiful!

[lovebum4life]

The 100 Q&As cracks me up. I never had so much fun reading an article before.

These are my favorites~ LOL, does Nino even want to do this interview?

I just read that interview and Nino just cracked me up! It was the hilarious interview I've read.

[squallie]

Everything PV was beautiful. I just loved it. Is it just me or does anyone else prefer Jun to have dark skin? I find him so much more good looking with dark skin for some reason. And that specific hairstyle.

[Oh My Mochi]

^ I think Jun looks very good with dark skin. 8D The hair definitely does play a factor in that.

Ohno, on the other hand, is getting too dark. Rofl. I liked his Maou look while he was slightly tan. It was to die for. DX

[jeniez]

Everything is #1 on the Oricon Daily chart with sales of 135,053

Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~Kimi wa Muteki is #1 on the Oricon Monthly chart with sales of 587,734

What happened here? The sales for Everything is a lot lower than I expected, considering the first day sales for Arashi's previous 2 singles were so high and the Ninki's numbers for Everthing was off the chart. I was worried about the sales for this single since it's not a double A-side single and it's not as strong of a single as the last twos, plus the Regular Edition (the only edition left I think) doesn't have any bonus materials or sticker so I guess there's less of an incentive for people to buy. But Everything and Season are really good songs, I hope the sales will pick up tomorrow and the rest of the week. But I'm happy that Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~Kimi wa Muteki will break 600k soon.

edit

2009.6.30　『嵐！』

というわけで、嵐のみんなとの打ち合わせも終了♪

いやぁ、、、ホントに仲いいっすね。

From Music Station blog. MS staff had a meeting with Arashi and said that "Arashi really are close/get along with each other well". I love how they're so close with each other not only in front of TV but off camera as well and it's cool how everyone always say this about Arashi. I've never seen any group that are as close with each other as Arashi.

[artful_DODGER]

Everything is #1 on the Oricon Daily chart with sales of 135,053

I think the album and the upcoming tour have something to do with it. Fans are busy trying to get a hold of tickets and are on a search for the limited editions of the album since they are selling like hotcakes. The priority seems to be to be on these instead of the single. Arashi is going to be breaking records at Kokuritsu though. The sales for "Everything" are decent considering all the other stuff that Arashi has going on.

@Music Station blog: Aw, they charm everyone with their closeness. ^^

J-mail from Arashi - Everything
They all took pictures of the beautiful sunset while Nino took pictures of them taking pictures, lol. Too cute.

Aiba's new Vermont Curry CM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iag-zVx5msg
He is so adorable!

VS Arashi with Ikuta Toma, Matsumoto Jun, and Kato Ai (English Subbed)

Fanclub Pamphlet #44
The Aiba pictures were cute. Toma mentioned in VS Arashi that Aiba has plants and he talks to them, lol. The "Everything" pictures are pretty. Their smiles are precious. They looked like they had fun shooting.

Latest Utaban appearance has been translated here. Someone needs to send guards to Ohno's house to prevent him from going fishing or smother him with sunblock because he is looking more and more like a burnt biscuit. T-T

[depressionalism]

haha nino's 100 QNS...some parts are realli funny

hmm i think i agree abt the sales of 'Everything'....yea i also think it is due to their new album and concert tix...but #1 in the charts is still better than nothing...

and yea thank's for sharing the J-mail...

haha Sho so random on 'One Love'..lolx...and yea Riida and fishing...

aniwae has anione seen the latest AnS?? i fell in love with Sho's 'Perfect Body'...haha

[jeniez]

Oricon Daily Chart

#1 Everything 86,462 (Total 221,515)
#10 Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki

The drop in sales was not as bad as I thought it would be so I'm relieved.
Oh, and Arashi is #1 & 10 on the daily singles chart, #9 on the weekly chart, #1 on the monthly chart, and #1 & 2 on the yearly chart~ how cool is that...

I was able to catch Himitsu no Arashi chan today and it was SO FUNNY. The Mote Arashi Dame Arashi (Popular Arashi Worst Arashi) segment was hysterical and the person who was voted to be Dame was plunged into cold water (with ice) and they said it was the first time this has ever happened to a Johnny's . I'm not going to ruin it for you guys but I thought it was hilarious how "a certain member" keeps trying to sabotage the other members so that he wouldn't be voted as Dame LOL. I'm liking how Himitsu no Arashi chan is turning out now, I hope they keep doing more funny segments like this.

edit: Himitsu no Arashi chan#55 (2009/07/02)
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM2Cjqjs_Aw...feature=channel
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Eiy0imtUro...feature=channel
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_zha2qoJg...feature=channel
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rT-fRBuexY...feature=channel
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK6NM8V5E3c...feature=channel

Aiba-chan new CM is so cute and so full of energy. I love it~ I'm seriously going to start buying Vermont brand curry from now on. I always buy other brands curry, but that's going to change now that I know Aiba-chan does CMs for Vermont.

I thought the last Arashi no Shukudai-kun was funny as well. I think one of the charms of Arashi is that they can make anything funny and interesting, just put the 5 of them together and you'll have a good show.

And I seriously want to send Oh-chan a box of sunscreen spay cans so that he can spray himself when going fishing. I don't think he even uses sunscreen because if he did, he wouldn't be peeling and getting burned like he kept mentioning. Oh-chan needs to take better care of himself, skin cancer is serious business.

[jeniez]

Oricon Daily Chart
#1 Everything 42,575 (Total 264,090)

from 2ch:

【嵐】　　　Everyth(2　明日(3 Believe(3 Beautiful(2 truth(3　One(2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---
火 　　　　　135,053　230,022　214,618　154,617　216,939　135,127
水 　　　　　*86,462　130,905　135,103　*91,349　120,212　*84,602
木 　　　 *42,575　*45,413　*51,063　*38,438　*51,031　*32,294
金 　　　　　***,***　*24,544　*27,343　*21,931　*30,181　*17,910
土 　　　　　***,***　*30,694　*38,015　*21,233　*25,865　*23,519
日 　　　　　***,***　*27,203　*31,214　*24,291　*23,061　*20,523
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
推定売上　264,090　488,781　497,356　351,860　467,288　313,976
週間枚数　***,***　502,487　501,988　351,860　467,288　313,976

Everything's 3rd day sales is actually not bad. Everything is selling along the line of Beautiful Days and One Love, so I'm predicting first week sales of 330K?

Music Station
Mini Ste - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvRwY9OE0w
Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AQIH6ivJQ...feature=channel
Performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pl-5YmsSnM

I absolutely love this performance, this is my favorite performance of Everything thus far. Arashi did amazing here. Sho kun's hair cut is so dramatic that even Tamori san took notice I think Tamori san said something like Sho kun's hair doesn't suit today's style or something like that LOL. It was hilarious that on Nino's birthday, after he finished with works, Nino said to Aiba chan that he's doesn't have anything to do afterward so Aiba chan felt sorry for him and gathered the members to go eat yakiniku to celebrate Nino's birthday , lol only Nino will say something like that and Aiba chan really loves Nino a lot I think . Arashi ranked 9th for Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki and 1st for Everything on Music Station Ranking. Congrats to Arashi!!!

[lisaaa]

jun looked the best (as always ) in the MS performance. but he's gotten kinda skinny, i think. plus, he looks really tall, and isn't aiba the tallest of the group? but anyway, overall it was a great performance, and i love the part when they all sing the "hashire! hashire!" lines. they all look so happy (especially jun and his hand movements :lol)

[artful_DODGER]

Himitsu no Arashi chan#55 (2009/07/02)

Poor darling. He ran out of there so quick. He was such a good sport about it. I think he mentioned that he was wearing his own personal clothes? It was such a cute outfit. I liked the second segment since no one gets punished, and it showed their acting abilities. Aiba looked so hot in that suit with the gun straps. *-* I really hope someone spots Aiba's talent and offers him a drama or something. It was sad when they all got nicknames like "Galaxy", "Maou", "Quiz Show", "Smile", and Aiba got "Zoo".

Music Station
Mini Ste - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzvRwY9OE0w
Talk - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AQIH6ivJQ...feature=channel
Performance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pl-5YmsSnM

Aiba and Jun were really cute during the Mini Station talk. Jun kept messing with Aiba who was swatting his hands away, lol. Aiba looked gorgeous. I really loved his outfit. Really adorable! Jun always looks so happy during his part with Ohno, lol. The talk part was sweet. Aiba is sweet for wanting to do something for Nino's birthday since Nino had no plans. I think Aiba is the person that holds Arashi together the most. He has so much love for them. Leader being traumatized by his own bandmates makes me laugh.


Sho's recent Shounen Club Premium episode has been subbed here. Sho doesn't try to look intelligent. He IS intelligent. I really loved his episode. He seemed eager to ask Taichi for advice and stuff. He always seems to want to learn. He's very mature and he chooses his words carefully as expected from our newscaster. He knew that he wanted to continue his education from a young age. Really admirable of him.

Pikanchi Double Extra Talk DVD can be found subbed here. Very cute talk! They talk behind each other's backs, and it's really hilarious because they just love each other enough to tease.

Ohno Satoshi - Miss (August 2009) I love when he talks about how he can't ignore fans that have fans that say "Give me a peace sign~" and how he makes sure they know that he is looking at them. That's why I love watching Ohno during concerts. He really does give the fans all the attention he can.

Ohno's Wink Up (August 2009) messages to Toma and Nino are here. They are too cute!

Partial translation of Arashi on Shukudai-kun #140 is here. Ohno's drawings were rather...strange that day.

Gackt and Miyasake Daisuke are today's VS Arashi guests. Nino is wearing a hat today, haha. Very...pink.

[jeniez]

^ I agree with you that Aiba chan is the one holding Arashi together, he's the mood maker of the group~ although he rarely gets recognized for it. I'm hoping Aiba chan will get a lead in a drama too, I feel bad that all the other members have gotten their own dramas, but not Aiba.

Music Station - Talk (English Subbed) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lcFXzjgD08...player_embedded
Full Music Station show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8cReCbTGQ...feature=channel

Oricon Daily Chart
#1 Everything 21,948 (Total 286,038)
#10 Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki

【嵐】　　　Everyth(2　明日(3 Believe(3 Beautiful(2 truth(3　One(2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---
火 　　　135,053　230,022　214,618　154,617　216,939　135,127
水 　　　*86,462　130,905　135,103　*91,349　120,212　*84,602
木 　　　 *42,575　*45,413　*51,063　*38,438　*51,031　*32,294
金 　　　 *21,948　*24,544　*27,343　*21,931　*30,181　*17,910
土 　　　　　***,***　*30,694　*38,015　*21,233　*25,865　*23,519
日 　　　　　***,***　*27,203　*31,214　*24,291　*23,061　*20,523
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
推定売上　286,038　488,781　497,356　351,860　467,288　313,976
週間枚数　***,***　502,487　501,988　351,860　467,288　313,976

edit:

VS Arashi #66 (2009/07/04) with Gackt (lol no wonder Gackt was acting all funny at MS Mini Ste yesterday )
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qNxsg3SQ8E...feature=channel
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43YlhP0Cos...feature=channel
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONbopWgnQQ...feature=channel

[depressionalism]

hehe i like the recent VSA..yup Gackt is exceptionaly great though he wasn't in a suitable attire..haha

and yea he was literally "attacked" by Jun and Nino during Jumping Shooter..
and i among the best is Sho's expression during Falling Pipe..haha

and HnA...i so pity Aiba...and i tot it was Sho frm the preview..but it was poor Aiba-chan..and yea the next segment, their nicknames esp Aiba's which is 'Dobutsen' kinda funny...hehe

and the MS Talk..haha poor Riida spending so much for Yakiniku becos of Sho and Aiba..haha..it was definitely hilarious..haha//and yea i love the performance..so nice..love the background effects ...hehe and yea i agree Jun is as energetic as ever when performing..and also i love the JunToshi moments... <3<3<3

[jeniez]

Oricon Daily Chart
#1 Everything 22,750 (Total 308,788)
#7 Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki

【嵐】　　　Everyth(2　明日(3 Believe(3 Beautiful(2 truth(3　One(2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---
火 　 135,053　230,022　214,618　154,617　216,939　135,127
水 　 *86,462　130,905　135,103　*91,349　120,212　*84,602
木 　　*42,575　*45,413　*51,063　*38,438　*51,031　*32,294
金 　　*21,948　*24,544　*27,343　*21,931　*30,181　*17,910
土 　　*22,750　*30,694　*38,015　*21,233　*25,865　*23,519
日 　　***,***　*27,203　*31,214　*24,291　*23,061　*20,523
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
推定売上　308,788　488,781　497,356　351,860　467,288　313,976
週間枚数　***,***　502,487　501,988　351,860　467,288　313,976

Music Lovers (2009/07/05)

Step and Go/Everything/Hadashi no Mirai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQNsYqDDfHg
Season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJuTnMOw2M
Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDmoxekarE
One of the guest is Kitagawa Yujin from Yuzu, a highly respectable band in Japan and he's actually a fan of Arashi.
Arashi finally performed Season I love this song so much. And I'm so happy they performed Step and Go~ this is my all time favorite Arashi song.

[cheldee]

I LOVE MUSIC LOVERS!! Those fans are so lucky, it's only on shows like these they get to be so close to Arashi. They hardly perform at small venues anymore so they probably look tiny to fans at the Domes and at Kokuritsu....
Loved Season! Thought I would never get to watch them perform it!

The guy from Yuzu, his niece is a big Arashi fan and he went to watch the Kokuritsu con with her last year! Guess he became a fan too


Someone subbed the VS Arashi episode with Gackt already!! (The episode was very enjoyable to watch)
She also subbed the VS Arashi ep with Toma and the latest Utaban episode as well as The Quiz Show eps 9 and 10!!

DOWNLOAD ALL of these @ http://arashi*tengoku.livejournal.com/1272.html


Soompi won't let me post the link without modifying it into youknowwhat so remove the asterisk in the url above..

[jeniez]

Oricon Daily Chart
#2 Everything 21,181 (Total 329,969)
#7 Ashi.ta no Kioku/Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki

【嵐】　　　Everyth(2　明日(3 Believe(3 Beautiful(2 truth(3　One(2
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---　---,---
火 　 135,053　230,022　214,618　154,617　216,939　135,127
水 　 *86,462　130,905　135,103　*91,349　120,212　*84,602
木 　　*42,575　*45,413　*51,063　*38,438　*51,031　*32,294
金 　　*21,948　*24,544　*27,343　*21,931　*30,181　*17,910
土 　　*22,750　*30,694　*38,015　*21,233　*25,865　*23,519
日 　 *21,181　*27,203　*31,214　*24,291　*23,061　*20,523
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
推定売上　329,969　488,781　497,356　351,860　467,288　313,976
週間枚数　***,***　502,487　501,988　351,860　467,288　313,976

x->1->1->1->1->1->2 - Arashi - 135,053 + 86,462 + 42,575 + 21,948 + 22,750 + 21,181 = 329,969
x->2->2->2->2->2->1 - Tohoshinki - 94,838 + 24,946 + 12,725 + 6,935 + 12,112 + 29,278 = 180,834

The reasons for Tohoshinki unusual high 1st day sales and the high jump in sales over the weekend:
credit: zusshi12 @jpopmusic

Tohoshinki released a Dome Limited Edition of their single as well as promotions with free gifts offered if one purchases the commercial regular edition of the single as well at Tokyo Dome.
Hence the sudden increase in sales.

First-day sales were boosted because of the fanclub edition of the single, and this effect is very apparent when compared to the plunge in 2nd-day sales. So in effect, this single had 4 editions. Mystery solved.

Everything sold around the same as Beautiful Days and One Love, so it's steady sales for Arashi. But since Arashi have gotten so much more popular recently, I was hoping that Everything could pass 400k in the first week and beat the sales of 1 A-side singles like BD and OL. Let's hope this single will continue to sell strong and have a long charting life. I still think there's a possibility for Arashi to go 1-2-3 on the yearly single chart.

[cheldee]

Was hoping Everything could hit 400k too but guess the normal edition of this single has very little appeal to fans who already bought the limited edition! I'm actually very surprised J-Storm released the single this way, without anything extra in the normal edition. Even the covers are so similar! I always only buy the limited edition, though I know of fans who used to buy multiple editions but who only bought one this time (although it's nothing to be proud of if they sell more just because fans buy multiple copies, but it's not just the Johnnys groups who sell this way anymore so what the heck...) Just to save up for the Best Album and concert tour.

Happy that it hit nearly 330k though. Higher than One Love's first-week sales!


And speaking of concert tour, anyone going/intending to go? The ticket battle is very worrying though