$40+ ?! :thud i mean, for me an arashi album would be worth the money and all, LOL, but this is just too expensive for a CD. and i thought $20 was expensive :dead

doesn't YA or CDJapan know that there are teenagers who are buying this, too? how do they expect students to pay this much? :irked crazy! i can only imagine how much it is is including shipping...

yeah because the album itself is already 3,800 Yen inclusive of tax & it's 2 discs somemore

1st disc contains the singles & album tracks while disc 2 will be the solos & this has the same release format as Dream"A"live & Time

this time round for Boku no Miteiru Fukei , JStorm was 'nice enough' not to release it in 2 editions so they only do it for 1 standard edition :P

I also find it ridiculous to pay so much & it's not including shipping . Imagine if you add in that , that will be though the roof X_X :thud

xD but if you get it though YesAsia , you don't need to pay for shipping fee as it's above US$39

then again it's not exactly free since you have to pay for extra costs for the album to arrive at YesAsia's headoffice from Japan to Hong Kong ~_~

ohh i didn't know that! well, i think the bottom line of this all is that....it's just too much money, LOL. :laugh it's a crazy business! :weep

LOL yeah so true

that's why I kept on saying all the time that OS presses are literally a lifesaver . I don't care waiting as long as I get an original copy at 2/3 as compared to what I might have to pay for a Japan press

anyway Monster is certified Double Platinum for shipment of 500K copies

http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201006.html

Maybe To be free will follow suit too ?

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To be free's 6th day sales - 23,376

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/

Total sales so far - 416,915

Nice very nice

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15 secs CM of NatsuNiji

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAuKh...layer_embedded

you can hear Love Rainbow in the background

ok it doesn't sound like it's going to be a ballad to me , then again I could be wrong

yea, it sounds upbeat! and a bit different, too. now i really wanna hear it in full!

i wish they'd air a CM with actual drama footage, lol. i really wanna see some scenes! :P

edit: here's the whole arashi part from today's HEY!HEY!HEY!:


edit #2: FINALLY! i found some footage of natsuniji:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DU_8...eature=channel
he looks so beautiful :heart

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Wahhhhhh, Maou-hair!!

And a laughing Naruse-sensei...excuse me while I drool! :love :luv2 :heart


I miss the Maou-era!! :thud

uck I disliked Oh-chan's hair like that XD lol
I prefer his Happiness hair :heart

anyways sorta kinda heard Rainbow in the background sounds nice so far!! Can't wait for cover art for the album!
I'm hoping it has nice packaging!

hard to believe they haven't performed/appeared on HEYx3 for close to a year O_O

LOL @ Downtown picking on them again , it's always so epic fail really 8D

& here's a link I'm very sure Lisa will bookmark 8D

http://arisa-draconis.livejournal.com/66608.html

MatsuJun started a JWEB for Natsu no Michi Shirube so :innocent

oooh a JWEB! i can read jun's writings, right? i was hoping a hot picture would have been posted though, LOL.

xD xD

well I assume this JWEB MatsuJun started in terms of updates will be everything anything related to Natsu no Michi Shirube .

I remembered Kame started one when Kami no Shizuku was on so I was a bit sad when the drama ended as it was the end of him updating the JWEB for it T-T

so enjoy that while it last , Lisa :P

Brother in law will be on the cover of Sept's MEN's NON-NO magazine

NEOBK-800504
MEN'S NON-NO Henshubu / Sho Sakurai/MENS NON-NO2010 September Issue [Cover & Close-Up] Sho Sakurai BOOK
714 yen US$8/89.79 Release Date:2010/08/10
Description:Cover & feature: Sho Sakurai. Comes with Paul Smith mens' pouch.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=NEOBK-800504

1st week sales for To be free

425,978

Also for that Ohno's solo song which I forgot the name again

#2 with 142,802

http://jpopmusic.com/forums/viewtopi...1288f#p3909553

it's still amazing how ohno's single got over 100k, lol. i guess we should never underestimate an arashi single :laugh but first week sales for to be free are really great! :D

That sure is a lot for both! But where's Ohno's single? I'm quite interested because I don't see it on AHS or even JPS...

~_~

I already posted the 1st week sales for both To be free & Ohno's solo single didn't you see ?!

zzzz :o

i think he meant that he couldn't find the single up for download anywhere, lol. it's on the arashi_on Livejournal, though.

Yes, I was talking about that - could you give me the link, please?

Great job Arashi!!!!
Too bad mine haven't arrived yet ;_;

http://saobang2211.livejournal.com/141571.html

the Nikkan Sports Drama Prix Awards were announced, and this is what ohno got:

Yay great job Oh-chan!!
Which reminds me I have to finish watching it ^^;