^ "Kitto Daijoubu"! it's my favorite!

i also like "A Day in Our Life" from their album "HERE WE GO!" i also like most of the "Time" album, such as "Love so sweet" & "Cry for you".

Cry for you is probably the most hardest rock no. they possibly do & it's a nice one !

I realised that ARASHIC & Time are quite strong & the non singles tracks on both albums are really good & I can remember some of them right now

I still need somemore time to listen to One & DAL though

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think any of their singles which went to no.1 stayed on top for more than 1 week ?

i loved the REMIX performance during the HYDF SP! ^^
it was really neat seeing Mao, F4, and Arashi all together on the same stage :)

J-pop colaborations>>>>>anything western
infact anything J-pop>>>>>>>anything western :P

Thank god they are first. Cannot let Shuchishin outsell.. no way
OMg I just saw their first single at no 7!
Argh...

2 ARASHI songs make apperances in this list called MUSIC STATION Natsu Uta (Summer Songs) 2008

Happiness - no.50

A・RA・SHI - no.95

you can see the full list via http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/music/cont...natsu_uta.html

translated site - http://books.google.com/translate?u=...F8&sl=ja&tl=en

hey all! i'm in Tokyo now! ^^ I'm going to the Johnny's shop in Harajuku tomorrow! ^^ (and yes, kaori, i will be looking for ur calendar lol u gotta PM me ur address so i can send it to u if i find it lol)
I bought a mag w/ Arashi on the cover a lil bit ago. i also bought a mag w/ Pi on the cover and there's stuff about Maou inside ^^

-tip-toes back into Arashi thread after mixup with Massu-

SINGLES
x->1->1->1->2 - Arashi - 74,610 + 46,713 + 17,831 + 9,889 (x1.75) = 260,825
x->2->2->2->1 - Shuchishin - 32,080 + 23,828 + 17,749 + 14,316 (x1.75) = 153,953

- slipped below Shuchishin today as I'm sure most people thought, that's okay though

-quietly tip-toes out of thread-

Hope you're having fun, Raye-chan!! And that trip to the Johnny's shop had better be fruitful, LOL!!

Which mag did you buy? I got Oricon Style with the boys on the cover... but found there were SO MANY mags with Arashi!! Kyaaa!!

***

Ah, yappari, Shuchishin outsold Arashi today... *sigh*... WHY?? Oh well, hope our boys get overall #1 this week!

damn shuchishin :eviltongu arashi still better be the weekly #1!

DARN SCS

scs's index must not higher than 61,070

lol you can say that again

since HYD Final movie has officially opened today in Japan , let's hope in the next 2 - 3 days to come , sales will pick up

it will be silly for SCS to debut at no.1 on the weekly chart as they downright don't deserve it

big time

I have heard both their songs before & it's really bad

I rather hear MatsuJun's solo songs all day than to hear Shuchishin's stuff

EDIT ::

oh man you have no idea what I have found on the net ...

Dream-A-live Marks 2008 Pamphlet Scans (they're really <3) - http://nkarupin.multiply.com/photos/..._2008_Pamphlet

not sure if this has been posted before but the scans are quite pretty

oh ok

I think if suddenly SCS were to sell 100K more in the next 3 days to come , I will be stumped

then how about this set of scans - http://nkarupin.multiply.com/photos/..._from_Calendar

lol I didn't realise that they can cook :laugh

ah ok & yes I wasn't around during the 1st 5-6 threads of ARASHI , I missed out all the fun :(

I don't think One Love can suppress the 1st week sales of SCS but as long as it's no.1 , it's good enough

I don't suppose any of their albums/singles that went to no.1 stayed on the top spot for more than 1 week , Kaori ?

ooh ok

bummer

Reg Step and Go , I'm surprised that despite a lack of theme in , it can sell about 322K copies in the 1st week it's crazy O_O

I just now heard the B side of the single & it's a pretty cool 1 :D

aww man i hope they still get no.1 for the week >.<

yay i was so happy at the end of this weeks VS arashi!
They finally won again :D

i hope your having fun raye-chan ^^

i keep on playing that "truth" preview from the maou press conference, lol. i seriously love it so far. thankfully we'll hear about 1:30 of it next week on maou's opening! :

Truth's really nice!!! I can't wait to hear the whole thing but... I'll try to wait until my single ships before hearing the whole thing (that is, unless a PV comes out, LOL! Then I can't resist!).

SCS beat them? japanese girls is so blind

longer clip of that press conference for maou, with "truth"

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=jPVX9Jn-K3A&NR=1

i'm so excited for the drama for some reason? lol.

oh the possibilities, haha. but besides for ohno being in it (i admit he looks more..manly? with black hair :laugh) i'm excited just to watch it, really. cuz it looks dramatic. and i LOVE "truth" so far, so it's all good, lol.

(btw, isn't it funny how maou is on fridays at 22:00, kaori? :laugh)

and nino pushes ohno against a wall? sounds great. :D

oh, i can't believe it starts on Friday!

i'm watching it for Oshinari Shugo!
...and Ohno & Toma too. XD;;

You pretty well summed it up!!

It starts this week... WOW!! Already!! I'm going to have myself a little Riida/Toma party on Friday night!! Yeah!!!

VS ARASHI - oh they finally do ?! like about time after losing for 9 straight weeks , it got to a point where Ohno said that he will quit the show if they continue to lose again :laugh

I'm planning to watch Eng sub titles episodes of HYD 1 & 2 . Anyone can recommend me a good site to watch the videos or to download them since I will be on 2 weeks break thanks !

veoh.com has all of season 2 of HYD english subbed:

http://www.veoh.com/channels/HYDsecondseason

omg yay-ness :D thanks Lisa !

how about Season 1 ?

EDIT -- ok never mind I found the 9 episodes of Season 1 on veoh already lol

no problem karen. :P

i found another maou CM with ohno and nino:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzTOJ4kkOD0&feature=user

ohno and ikuta toma on an interview for maou:
http://fourlc.com/channel1/9/08fc/20080628_2107.html
(more of "truth" is in the background, too! i'm in love with this song! :tipsy)

i'm so bored tonight. all i've been doing is watching arashi videos and looking up maou info, lol. :dead2

^ he's in the press conference, LOL. but, i didn't see him speak.

Shugo's my favorite underrated actor. he was so hot in Ayu's "About You" PV too! :heart

I'm waiting for an OS press of the limited edition of One Love single to be out real soon on HMV HK

quite a pity that OS presses of JE's stuff are not brought here due to no distributor but at least the local HMV brings over Japan press

but it's expensive :(

im loving Truth even more now with the longer preview ^^

aww i really hope the ending of the japanese version of Maou will be different from the korean >.<

^ xD! im sorry, i wont say anything more about it ^^

yes it really does ^^ can't wait to see what the PV will be like :)

im so happy right now, I just ordered the DAL photobook :D
almost 50$ o_o

it does

at least from what I see/hear in truth , they're not recycling stuff music wise

EDIT ::

HQ scans of One Love - http://crystalove87.livejournal.com/14302.html

you need HJ Spilt to join the files together

SINGLES
x->1->1->1->2->2 - Arashi - 74,610 + 46,713 + 17,831 + 9,889 + 12,986 (x1.75) = 283,551
x->2->2->2->1->1 - Shuchishin - 32,080 + 23,828 + 17,749 + 14,316 + 16,275 (x1.75) = 182,434


oooohhhh noo

again?! :eviltongu kill shuchishin, lol.

which show of arashi's is this? they speak about maou, lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6QM-NDP9g

(sorry to spam with videos? :laugh)

wild and ~SEXY~ :laugh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw04C...eature=related

anyway, i hope "one love" gets weekly #1. it BETTER get the weekly #1, lol.

the wild and sexy is hilarious :laugh

I still haven't hread truth :weep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnxpd1vl_hs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z08LX9NWz8

truth. :D the way the melody is in the song sounds so dramatic, lol.

I can't watch them now :weep
because the computer with whichI'm writing to you guys, well I can't watch YT videos with it
it's too slow (it's a windows 98....XDDDDDDDDD)



eeeh? I did some cleaning in my PM box :yes

what does truth sounds like???

truth sounds like a dramatic song, literally, lol. it's still pop, it's not a very fast paced song, and i dunno. i can't explain good. all i know is that i love it. :P

:laugh

ok so it's not like a ballad, and it doesn't have the pop sound?
so it's dramatic ? woo I seriously can't wait to hear it :yes

lol

this's like in a very long time that ARASHI has lost the top spot on the daily chart but I don't care , look at the sales !

at least the sales gap between both of them are quite big & it's gonna crack 300K soon yay

:roflmao

yes please Lisa :innocent

*nods head*

Oricon decides overall where you're being placed on the weekly chart on sales & not positions

wow, Arashi's been getting awesome sales! i remember the days they got 150k openings, not even close to 300k. even if they're #2 on the dailies, they're guaranteed the #1 position for the weeklies, so who cares about Shuyuaskdghjasd?

:laugh

that's the spirit, irene! go arashi, go away shuchishin. :yes

Gawddammit! I give up! I can't keep the **** up! :headache Everytime I think I can keep up with my fellow Arashians, I get left the **** behind. UGH! Please....just slow down just for once. :weep I have no idea wut's been going on with Arashi except that they are about to hit 300k and shu(?) beat them today. :cry Is there anything else that I have been missing? :irked

YAY~ MAOU ON FRIDAY! :D
i'm really excited.

ohhhh, i went to the Japanese market today and snatched the last LE of "One Love" MUHAHAHA. :)

yeah, my Arashi friend was jealous. :innocent

...i still need to watch Tantei Gakuen Q. LOL. YAMADA RYOSUKE~ :luv2
it definitely looks intense from all the CMs~

I *also* try to visit here at least twice a day (morning and night), but darn... this thread's growing fast!!

I wonder if Arashi will get the #1 sales for this week... I think they should, but the damn Shushishin (or whatever, can't remember their name)... argh!! Can't believe they're popular! They're so lame (er... I know, I'm bad, sorry Shushishin fans. To each his own, eh?).

I saw Hana yori dango Finale last night... JUN is GORGEOUS!!! Kyaaaaaa!! I'm not a Jun fan, but damn!!!!!! But the crowd that was watching the movie was so quiet I didn't dare squeal, LOL!

^ Yatsuda-san, can you tell me where i can go see HYD F? I'm in Asakusa right now.

i can't wait for Maou! I saw a HUGE poster at the station near Yoyogi last nite ^^ and i saw a poster at a 7-11 for it today ^^ i'm gonna watch it live here at my hostel

gomen ne, Kaori-chan, i went to the Johnny's shop in Harajuku yesterday and they had like EVERY Johnny's calendar EXCEPT Arashi! >.<

http://www.tohotheater.jp/ For the Toho Theaters... It's bilingual, so you can "find your theater", LOL! There's one in Shinjuku, O-daiba, and another in Roppongi Hills... the other kanji I can't read at first glance.
There's are a few cinemas in Asakusa, but they're not showing Hana Yori Dango F... unfortunately.

No more Arashi posters!! That's crazy!!!

Yay, 10 minutes until Tokyo Friend Park II starts!! Can't wait to see Leader & Toma-kun doing the Wall Crash, among other things!!!

Okkkk folks, I have returned to the Arashi thread...
x->1->1->1->2->2->2 - Arashi - 74,610 + 46,713 + 17,831 + 9,889 + 12,986 + 11,332 (x1.75) = 303,382
x->2->2->2->1->1->1 - Shuuchishin - 32,080 + 23,828 + 17,749 + 14,316 + 16,275 + 13,259 (x1.75) = 205,637

very nice boys :)

for me I'm real happy with the sales of One Love & looks like it's a knock out punch for SCS after all :love

at the moment it's only about 20K less than the 1st week sales of Step and Go so it's all good boys

I'm looking forward to see the HYD movie when it opens in S'pore

if not , I just wait for someone to upload the whole thing via the net

Well thank goodness they got the first position in sales. Okay... so it's not so important because I KNOW that One Love is an awesome single. But if they had been beaten by that baka-boy group... NO!!!

arigatou, Yatsuda-san! I will try to go see it tomorrow! ^^ i'm going to Shinjuku tomorrow so i'll try there prolly ^^

:roflmao

of course Yatsuda , I will hate to see One Love lose out to Shuchishin as it's not logical to begin with since it has been a long time that I have enjoyed a single throughly

I know you have seen the HYD Final movie . May I ask how long's it ie. if you can remember

Argh!!! I can't remember!!! When the heck did I get out of the theater?? It started at 8pm and ended at... hmmm... around 10pm?? I was home at 10:30pm, so it would make sense.

And when TFPII is out on the web, go watch it!! It was such a fun show!!! Riida was so kakkoii!!! Toma-kun was adorable!!! Lots of "happenings" too!!

i found tokyo friends park! :D

the newest videos in this youube profile: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=fumipen

and yay, thank god one love is over 300,000! i'm very happy for arashi.

btw friends. i just found something shocked me..
I dunno you have seen this or not?
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2483/ryojunle4.jpg
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4926/ryoojunmc3.jpg

haha I can't blame you since I believe the movie was really great

I'm hoping the movie will open in S'pore real soon as I got word that it might be opening here on 21st Aug or at most in Sept

me too Lisa

some artistes takes forever to clear 300K worth of singles & for ARASHI to be able to maintain popularity & growing from strength to strength after so many years , they got my respect & they have prove to me that they're not just a band with pretty faces

haha :laugh

I have Ryo , in fact it's from an.an magazine the very same one that Yamapi did that racy photospread from

except MatsuJun did it even eariler than Yamapi . MatsuJun's was last year on the 7th Feb & yes I have the full photospread of the pics that MatsuJun did on my computer :innocent

ooww.. so they're from ANAN magazine,arent they?
hoho

oh yeah the 2 pics are from an.an magazine

the rest of the pics on there are quite hot especially the cover

EDIT -- does anyone have single scans of both versions of the Step and Go single ?

yay congratz to Arashi for getting 300k :D

Maou seems like it's going to be so popular ^^
im hoping it gets like 20% ratings for the first ep :yes

congrats for Arashi hitting 300K in the 1st week!!!
Hopefully they'll stay in top 3 next week or at least top 5 :)

when i went to Book Off yesterday, the only Arashi stuff i found was a couple of copies of DAL. no singles, no DVDs, no nothing >.< but I guess thatz good cuz it means they are really popular ^^
I'm going to the BIG Book Off in Harajuku today so hopefully I'll find some good stuf there ^^
I'm gonna watch Maou here when it comes on ^^ i've seen several big ads for it at stations and konbinis here in Tokyo and itz in every TV/Johnny's mag i pick up so i'm excited ^^

I didn't like One Love much at first but it is growing on me ^^

I just went down to a konbini and saw a mag w/ pics of Ohmiya from Maou lol and off-shot stuff of them walking in a park and being silly/lovey-dovey lol i didn't buy it cuz it was almost $4 and it only had 3 big nice pics so... i just took pics of em w/ my camera (i'll post em when i'm back in the states cuz i don't have my camera comp. hook up cable)

OH! btw, I forgot to tell you guys that I may have seen Nino in disguise in Akihabara yesterday! lol he looked kinda like the disguise he wore on Himitsu no Arashi-chan (long hair, glasses, hat, etc.) AND he was playing his DS!!! lol I should've been like "Ninomiya-kun!" to see if he'd look around but I didn't think fast enuff! >.< and i didn't even get a pic of him! >.<

congrats on the 300k Arashi! :D

early first week numbers:

just 10k lower than step and go.

ooh thanks for that Kaori <3

I'm going to get the regular edition/Japan press of Step and Go at my local HMV so it's ok bcos I don't have plans to get the limited edition as it seems silly to get the CD + DVD as only Step and Go's in the CD & the PV + making of it in the DVD & I wouldn't waste my $ on it

besides I can find the PV on the net real easily

I know I shouldn't be picky & etc but what on earth was Nino wearing in the PV ??? If he took off that yellow sweater he will look waay better & I don't like it when MatsuJun pouts :laugh

& let me guess Riida = Ohno ? I rather call him Captain it's easier

Lisa - Thanks for the estimated finally tally sales of One Love , it's only a mere 9-10K lower than Step and Go pretty good

EDIT :

HYD Final Scans from T magazine - http://white-remus.livejournal.com/265363.html

there's just something about black & white pics which's just really mysterious & nice .

They should have smiled though

yeah Aiba looks great in the green sweater but wish I can say the same thing for Nino , I think it's the hair that's talking in there :laugh

but Nino looks great now after he got a haircut so yup

I know!! I've been visiting my area's Book Off stores (there are 3) and there's next to nothing Arashi-related. I did see a RE Step and Go single, that's it (but I already have it).

LOL, you're going to have a hard time stopping yourself from buying mags feat. Arashi!! There are so many of them!!!

^ i would be completely broke right now lol

omg raye you might have seen Nino? That is so awesome :D

I somehow missed Raye mentionning seeing Nino. If that's the case, it's INSANE!! I've never seen a Japanese celebrity walking around incognito.

I don't buy magazines too often now. Ayu and Arashi are draining my wallet!!! I'm thinking of getting Arashi books, like Arashigoto...

My copy of the OS press of the 2 CDs limited edition of DAL that I ordered from HMV HK came just now together with KAT-TUN's QUEEN OF PIRATES (OS press CD + DVD limited edition)

:love

EDIT :

finally the total 1st week sales tally ...

**1 313,976 嵐
**2 211,783 羞恥心
**3 *61,232 ポルノグラフィティ
**4 *46,637 ゆず
**5 *34,501 ランカ・リー=中島愛
**6 *23,990 DREAMS COME TRUE
**7 *22,961 GReeeeN
**8 *21,978 チャットモンチー
**9 *14,354 羞恥心
*10 *12,870 misono
*11 *12,748 倖田來未
*12 *12,621 童子-T
*13 *12,496 TUBE
*14 *12,255 テゴマス
*15 **8,301 UVERworld
*16 **8,229 DOES
*17 **7,696 可憐Girl's
*18 **7,472 Aqua Timez
*19 **7,435 キマグレン
*20 **7,164 HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
*21 **6,498 MONKEY MAJIK
*22 **6,183 GLORY HILL
*23 **5,832 彩冷える-ayabie-
*24 **5,798 鼠先輩
*25 **5,640 T.M.Revolution
*26 **5,568 リア・ディゾン
*27 **5,208 GLAY
*28 **5,101 鏡五郎
*29 **4,626 秋元順子
*30 **4,402 ジェロ
*31 **4,383 永井裕子
*32 **4,181 松田聖子
*33 **4,165 島谷ひとみ×相田みつを
*34 **4,047 PureBOYS
*35 **3,989 BAND for"SANKA"
*36 **3,965 宇多田ヒカル
*37 **3,932 天童よしみ
*38 **3,917 Dragon Ash
*39 **3,776 いとうかなこ
*40 **3,681 RYO the SKYWALKER
*41 **3,600 Hey!Say!JUMP
*42 **3,513 TETRA-FANG
*43 **3,021 清水翔太
*44 **2,995 Revo&梶浦由記
*45 **2,944 ORANGE RANGE
*46 **2,849 真木ことみ
*47 **2,692 谷村奈南
*48 **2,673 K
*49 **2,492 絢香
*50 **2,354 LM.C

so it's official , One Love's no.1 sold about 313,976 in the 1st week . It's about 10 - 11K less than Step and Go

impressive & congrats boys !

beat me again Karen :yes ^^
But good job Arashi, keep steady sales :)

this's probably their 2nd consecutive single to sell 300K in the 1st week

er ie. if I'm correct

I'm listening to the OS press / 2 CDs limited edition of DAL which just came from HMV HK now :love

I didn't realised that the booklet's so thick :laugh I almost had trouble slotting inside the album

haha i feel so bad for not trying to talk to my supposed Nino lol

in other Raye-chan news, I SAW HANA YORI DANGO FINAL!!! I finally found a theater in Shibuya that was showing it ^^
omigosh it was good. i loved pretty much all of it!


and Yatsuda,

oh, yeah! i forgot but in Shibuya, there was a big window display ad thing for Maou ^^ it was HUGE and in the middle of it was a TV playing an AWESOME sneak peek of the drama ^^ and a BUNCH of ppl were stopping and watching! I think alot of ppl will watch it and I hope it'll be REALLY popular! ^^