you're probably right on that Kaori & yes I do hope that Sept 11th's the date too :yes

PLEASE BE 19 AUG!! I CANT' WAIT ANY LONGER. LOL! :D

actually, i can take the wait. because i don't wanna rush my summer for school :laugh

LOL :laugh

I hope HMV's able to import both editions of All the BEST when it's out in Japan on 19th Aug man *prays

if not , I will wait for a month + to get the OS

think positive, karen! :D

lol yeah I'm I'm :laugh

I know recently both editions of KAT-TUN's Break the Records were brought from Japan to be sold here , especially the limited edition as it does NOT contain a DVD

so I'm quite sure that the same thing will go for All the BEST as thank goodness it doesn't come with a DVD & the same thing goes for the limited edition of NEWS's colour too

That's why I'm quite hopeful about this lmao

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I watched this week's VS ARASHI earlier on & ooh a lot of things going on

I better put it in the spoiler mode in case Lisa's going to watch it . It's just 2 anyway

xD

but this time round , the shorts that he wore in the latest VS ARASHI , made me go o_O . The pattern going on in his shorts was weird for my liking

for One Love's PV , it took me quite a while to realise he was the only 1 wearing shorts

omg 5x10 is officially stuck in my head! after listening to it quite a few times, it's grown on me and i LOVE it. :love

yeah guys

somemore the fact that the guys wrote the lyrics for 5x10 together as a group , it's even more <3

:love

ZERO x Election 2009

Arashi's Sho Sakurai (27) is going to appear in a special election program titled "ZERO x Senyko 2009," airing on NTV on August 30. After Arashi finishes a 10th anniversary concert at the National Olympic Stadium, Sakurai will join the show's "Part 2," which starts at 12:15am. This is his second appearance on an election program, after the House of Councillors election in July 2007.

"ZERO x Senyko 2009" will have talento Shinsuke Shimada (53) and "NEWS ZERO" caster Nobutaka Murao (53) as its main emcees for the first half (starting at 9:00pm), but Sakurai will appear in the second half (starting at 12:15am), which comes after the general results are in. Representing the youth generations, Sakurai's duty will be to explain the election results in an easily understandable way.

The show is an election special based on Sakurai's "Ichimen" corner from "NEWS ZERO," which he is a regular on. He will analyze the election results and explain the data on-screen. "This is very important election for the 'future Japan.' I'll be an intermediary between the many viewers and politics... I certainly aim to become a navigator. And after the elections, even if by myself, I want the program to make the many youths understand and feel the 'future Japan,'" he said enthusiastically.

On election day, Sakurai is performing in concert with Arashi at the National Olympic Stadium starting at 5:30pm. After the show is over, he will rush to NTV in Shiodome. From the concert, Sakurai will be accompanied by his producer, who will prepare him for the TV program by updating him on the election news. In addition, reporters from the network's politics division are giving him lectures about topics such as the significance of this election, the fundamentals of the lower house elections, and the party manifestos. He will undergo 4 of these study sessions to properly prepare for the actual show.

Shinsuke Shimada commented, "I feel happy to witness this turning point of this era. More than being a caster, I plan to be like a 'passing-by commentator.'" Murao said, "There's a big difference between this election and previous ones. That's because this is an election that will decide the political administration. You can't help but pay attention."

Source - http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertain...OHT1T00255.htm

translations - migimaru@LJ

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I'm not a politics person myself but to see Sakurai to take up such a task , it's cool I guess

Japan's having an election right now? i don't know much Japanese politics but i have heard some opinions on the current regime...lol. :P

"5x10" is a pretty nice song. i like it better than their latest efforts on slow/ballad songs. the lyrics are better than the actual song itself, though.

wow, go sho! :D i'm happy for him and his news duties.

edit: from 2ch...

so it's longer on the RE? hmm...

^Either that or something follows it? Another song or talking?

maybe it'll be a secret talk or something (i kinda hope so, lol. i love those talks)

Limited Edition - 5×10[5:28]
Regular Edition - 5×10[8:18]

o_O , OK that's quite unexpected & yes I suspect it's a Secret talk going on once more after Beautiful days's

it's ok because I can do without it

& ARGH just 11 more days before the album's released in Japan T_T @_@ :dead2

Heard 5X10 a few days ago and I still can't get over how awesome it is. And I love Sho's rap and the translation is so beautiful.

If it's talk, it probably will be something like this. It better should be. lol

yea it better! but too bad we can't understand it, unless someone translates it afterwards.

isn't it the 12th already? only 7 more days before the release.. :lech

yup it's exactly a week before the album will be out , can't wait can't wait

I hope avex Taiwan will update their site on when the Taiwan press of All the BEST ! will be out

I mentioned Sept 11th but I want avex Taiwan to double confirm on that

can't wait either! wanna get hold of my copy NOW! :luv2

me too

I just hope that the local HMV will be importing both editions of All the BEST ! to be sold here

I have a feeling it's possible since the LE doesn't contain a DVD

Just contacted CDJapan through email to tell them not to cancel my order coz I just paid for it today. They agreed to do so. So happy! I'm surely getting my copy! :D

good for you ! I did thought of ordering the LE from CDJapan the day when the email was sent out to preorder it but I didn't do so because my gut feeling's telling me that it will be imported to be sold here locally since it doesn't have a DVD

I'm dreading to know how much HMV will charge me locally though ick @_@

you know...i wish the album had a DVD with special footage or whatever. i think it would've been a nice feature. KinKi Kids had one on theirs with con footage with fan favorites & CMs.

& it would be easier to beat Mr.Children's "SUPERMARKET FANTASY" for the #1 yearly spot with that, you know. :innocent

kinda like what avex did for A COMPLETE , Eirynne ?

frankly I'm surprised that J Storm did not choose to stuff all the guys's PVs from A.RA.SHI all the way to Crazy Moon , that will be madness & crazy :laugh

Well as I said before, it's a totally different case for me coz Arashi stuffs don't get released here. So I immediately ordered the album no matter how EXPENSIVE it is! I know it's going to be worth it! Haha! :D

I am thinking that is going to be NEXT... 1st was the "BEST" album, next is the 10th anniversary book. So it's only logical to expect a "BEST" DVD... I really hope so... :D

J Storm still owe me the Dream"A"live tour to be released on a DVD though :grumpy

i thought for A COMPLETE, it was just a-nation perfs & Limited TA Tour. not necessarily fan favorites, but unreleased performances.

JE's not avex trax, LMAO. they wouldn't put all the PVs on something like that, even though i would think that the fans wouldn't mind at all. they want fans to suffer by making them getting the LEs with PVs. :laugh

JE's LEs is the true definition of ~Limited Edition~. if you don't get it, you fail at life. :lmfao

don't you think it's too late now to be relased on DVD though?

kinda especially since the tour started last year but you never know

:lmfao at them dressed up like sea creatures xD

I think J Storm can do that if they want to since they have been consistently putting the guys's PVs in the CD + DVD of singles from Step and Go onwards

at least they have limits haha

xD xD xD

exactly. ayu's PVs were released on a DVD though not on A COMPLETE but on A BEST 2 -BLACK- & -WHITE-...

CDJapan replied again, telling me that THEY DON'T HAVE THE CDs IN STOCKS yet as of this moment. They will be receiving their stocks on the release date. They also told me that they're keeping 1 sure copy for me! :)

top 50 singles

*1 *,652,779 ***,398 Believe/曇りのち、快晴 / 嵐、矢野健太 starring Satoshi Ohno 09/03/04
*2 *,615,710 **1,131 明日の記憶/Crazy Moon～キミ・ハ・ムテキ～ / 嵐 09/05/27

*4 *,399,995 **2,991 Everything / 嵐 09/07/01

yay Everything will cross 400K soon :heart

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the guys are in the latest TV Guide - http://sella90.livejournal.com/20914.html

:luv2

omg, a korean TV network copied "odoroki no arashi"! :P

http://community.livejournal.com/ara...58.html#cutid1

that must show how known arashi are, i guess? lol. but just look at the pictures! it's like the exact same thing. how do these koreans just use the exact same thing? i find it so funny :tipsy

edit: and omg, the same guy who did the music for Maou will be doing aiba's "My girl" music! and guess who will sing the theme song....LOL. it's just a rumor, though. but the tentative title is "kiss".

YOU GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO SING FOR MATSUJUN'S DRAMA INSTEAD?! :weep fuji TV better confirm this. i need that drama to be true!

lmao yeah Lisa , I saw that on LJ , I can't help but find it amusing

guess it's a form of flattery of sorts

& OMG the same person who composed for Maou will be doing for My girl ? that will be epic !

i know! epic :D but...i want arashi to actually sing the theme song, but i REALLY need to them to sing for jun's drama, lol. I KNOW - it's not confirmed but i'm hoping each day! :weep either way, i'm sure we'll get a new single this fall, though.

but anyway, i watched 4 episodes of D no Arashi today. i didn't watch it since..the beginning of the year! one episode had nino and ohno doing backward skits, and i was actually crying at how funny ohno was :laugh

before a new single , they will drop All the BEST !

argh 6 more days , can't wait @_@ :thud :dead2

yea...if only i was getting it, though :(

BUT I WANT FIRST DAY SALES ALREADY! i'm just so excited :tipsy

the thing that worries me's that they haven't done any form of promo which's quite the norm since Johnny's doesn't tend to do an insane amount of promo for their albums

I just hope the sales for All the BEST ! will be great . 1 thing's for sure , it will sold over 100K+ , cos that's the amount that their 1st 2 compilations albums sold lol

lol yea, it'll definately go over 100k, but i wonder where it'll stop at.

mmmm

worst case scenerio - 100 - 200K+

best case scenerio - above 200K+ or better yet , million status haha xD

btw Lisa , shouldn't you add your twitter a/c URL to your signature ? :shrug

best case scenerio PLEASE :cool

oh yea, i know! :tipsy stupid me. i'm add it now! :D

I THINKKKKKK it will be 650k first week. :D

just based off hype & just...they're Arashi. LOL.

Yep that's pretty much what I've been thinking. I was hoping for more TV promo. I'm sure the sales will be great, but I don't know if they will be out of this world high like they could be with more promotion.

from what I know , there's virtually no form of promo going on for All the BEST ! at the moment , except for a few extra magazine promos for the album

that & also additional off topic promo of the guys's upcoming new dramas/butai's & etc

pity as I really would love them to go back to HEYx3 or Utaban to get insults thrown at them by Downtown & SMAP's Nakai (for Ohno's case LOL) & also for them to perform some of their older hits

IRENE. i knew you'd eventually make a ryuzaki/tackey set! HOT! :smitten

ANYWAY, i agree with a 650k first week :yes or somewhere in the 500s. ugh, the suspense is making me so anxious :tipsy

Ninki:

ALBUMS:
575.00 嵐 - Ａｌｌ　ｔｈｅ　ＢＥＳＴ！　１９９９－２００９
63.00 ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ - ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ
62.90 アークティック・モンキーズ - ハムバグ
59.00 ＭＩＮＭＩ - Ｓｕｍｍｅｒ　Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ　ｗｉｔｈ　Ｍｕｓｉｃ　Ｃｌｉｐｓ
56.90 ＢＩＧＢＡＮＧ - ＡＳＩＡ　ＢＥＳＴ　２００６－２００９
33.30 ジェット - シャカ・ロック
28.90 電気グルーヴ - ２０
27.30 Ｈｉ－Ｆｉ　ＣＡＭＰ - １ｓｔ　ＢＥＳＴ
23.50 アイドリング！！！ - Ｐｅｔｉｔ－Ｐｅｔｉｔ（プチプチ）
21.30 ＳＡＬＴ　＆　ＳＵＧＡＲ - Ｉｎｔｅｒａｃｔｉｖｅ


lol lol lol. If Ninki actually is accurate, Arashi could have the number 1 album of the year.

LOL OH YEAH! :cool

Wow.
This gets my theory that the NINKI poll isn't limited for 400 points, it might be unlimited but almost no one, or no one but arashi pass the 500, let alone 400 points.

People most likely revealed it already though :P

It's great for them. ^_^

And no I'm not an arashi fan/listener but their NINKI amazes me. :D

i know this clip is old but omg at jun's face :smitten
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR98dc2jTcE
LOVE. :luv2

I know, I'm still confused as to how the Ninki can be that high if only 400 people are polled. (Unless a whole bunch of those people said they were going to buy two copies or something.)

Lisa - LOL. i was waiting for the perfect scans. :mischief

i know first week is going to be huge. that's just given, i think. BUT. 2nd+ weeks are pivotal to see whether it passes Misuchiru (heck, that album is still charting, LMAO. & Mr.Children also has a DOME TOUR coming up promoting "SUPERMARKET FANTASY").

i wonder if it can get 100k+ 2nd week.

is that the highest NINKI's number ever?LOL

most likely, yes :cool

omg o_O , it's even higher than NINKI's for Everything

this's crazy I think All the BEST ! might have a shot at becoming the #1 album of the year

after all how often you get compilation albums in celebration of being in the business for 10 years ?

every JE artist does. :laugh

but anyway, the showdown's next week! we'll seeeeee. :)

a bit off topic Eirynne but do you remember how KinKi Kids's 39 compilation album sold ? :shrug

I know it was released 2 years ago & it went up to #1 but where were the sales like ?

that might give a rough gauge of sorts on how All the BEST might fare

yeah, but KinKi Kids didn't have the hype that Arashi does now during their 10th (they were amazingly famous from debut, like KAT-TUN). "39" sold around 450k, i think?! that's from off the top of my head, though.

KinKi Kids have an album or 2 that crossed the million marker though. i think it was "A Album" & "KinKi Kids Single Selection".

but SMAP is the motherload of JE. hahaha.

All the BEST is gonna be highest sales JE Album ever
lol

Except Everythings sales ended up being lower than the other two singles. Hopefully all the best though will make it to a million. :)

that's if it can suppress SMAP's greatest hits sales since SMAP's the best selling Johnny's boyband of all time (with 30 million + copies worth of material sold since their debut)

I don't think All the BEST ! can accomplish that but million status ? quite likely

"SMAP Vest" crossed the million-marker first week (from what i've read).

yeah I saw that , er on wikipedia I mean haha

I was going o_O . if All the BEST !'s able to accomplish that , man I don't know what to say at all

i'd faint from excitement if that ever happended to arashi, LOL. but i'm not that delusional. i know it's not possible...in the first week at least :tipsy

ninki (O_O). holy moly! that's just too awesome
I can't wait for the release, can't believe it's actually next week!
I'm going to be at school, but I'll definitly find time between my classes to check the sales on oricon :P xD

upclose shot of the limited edition of All the BEST ! taken from the latest 17th-24th issue of Only Star

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4159/orista24.jpg

scan credited to step_n_go@LJ

OK interesting o_O , it's like they're being surrounded with plastic that has been covered & coloured with silver & somewhat glittery ink -_-

but oh whatever LMAO , I can't wait to get my copy soon <3

HOTNESS. look at jun! his hair makes me so happy :weep

I thought that was a bottle of wine at first glance, but that's the shoe of MatsuJun. lol

aw the wifey's proud :shughug

:roflmao :rofl

lmao , just what I need before I go to bed :lmfao

LOL that's priceless, aga-chan :laugh

MatsuJun's shoe frankly does look like a beer bottle from afar o_O

& sadly they will not be on MUSIC STATION this coming week sigh :(

:scry i should have known, lol. oh well.

:( :(

oh well I kinda expected it since they're currently preparing for their upcoming tour T_T

5x10 ARASHI CON GOODS LIST

http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/jshop/go...i/c_goods.html

pamphlet - ¥2,000
poster (6 types) - ¥800 each
clear file (6 types) - ¥500 each
photoset (6 types) - ¥600 each
jumbo uchiwa (5 types) - ¥500 each
penlight - ¥1,300
Tshirt - ¥2,500
eco bag - ¥1,000
bath towel - ¥3,500
charm + strap - ¥1,000
charm - ¥500
mini radish kit - ¥800
mini uchiwa - ¥300
blank notebook - ¥500

credits - taiwanf4sale@LJ

the one that make me go o_O is the mini radish kit

like what's that all about ?!?

yeah, but Ninki's number really promising..hehehe

wooow.. speechless.. then I change my mind again if 1st week sold million then Arashi doesnt have a chance to suppress it.. IMO

yeah their NINKI index's awesome but it doesn't mean that it will sell what the NINKI no. stated

if it's true that All the BEST ! can sell that kinda amount within a week , they will have a triple home run in the Oricon chart since they currently have the yearly #1 spot for the single & DVD charts

It seems they are solely relying on the latest popularity. Even without much promo the NINKI is like rocket high. lol We will see if this tactic will pay off.

Yeah. xD It does look like a bottle of alcohol. I didn't think MatsuJun has his leg on the table-like thing. ^^;

true , there's virtually no promo coming from the guys's part except for extra mag shots in TV Guide , Only Star , TV Pia

even if so , I'm sure that All the BEST ! will fare much much better than their 1st 2 compilations , sales wise

xD xD

oh wow this thread's going to be done soon , come on Kaori , come up with a whack & great thread title for their 22nd one <3

I do hope that the local HMV's able to bring in the 3CDs limited edition next week from Japan

if not I wait for the Taiwan press to be released on Sept 11th (supposedly , not confirmed yet)

LOL I don't know xD it's kinda weird
jumbo uchiwas (*-*) oh! and an eco bag! I would love to have an arashi eco bag !!!


I'm pretty sure that without promo they can do really great
afterall, it's super Arashi :P

^It's a mini-radish cultivation kit. lol It probably means that you can cultivate mini-radish with it. ^^

It might be something like this, either in a bag or in a plastic case. Cute. ^^ I want one. lol

LOL that's cool, but at the same time kinda weird xD
that was my idea: a fake mini-radish that represents each member (so like you have mini-radish jun XDDDD)

LOL That made me think of something.

Arashi Mini-Radish Kit

Grow your own Arashi member radish. To make it grow please consider the following instructions.

Aiba-radish: Let him be around kids and animals. He's kind of naive, but just laugh about it. As well as his attempts to speak English.
MatsuJun-radish: Let him wear lots of clothes and hairstyles. Change them on a weekly basis.
Nino-radish: Let him play lots of videogames and do magic. Beware, he likes playing pranks, but just let him get away with it.
Ri-da-radish: Let him sleep the whole day. Wake him ocassionally to take him fishing to become even redder.
Sho-radish: Let him be a newscaster. Take him to lots of places to comment what's going on. Beware, he's afraid of heights.

Something like this? ^^;

:laugh lol no mine were like this:

mini-radish in plastic that represents each member (but you have just the head of the member LOL)

but I prefer your idea ! XD

^I was just being silly. ^^; I thought you meant a stuffed, well, radish. lol It would have been funny to see them as radishes. Wonder what each of them would have looked like. I can picture Ri-da- the most, with his I-want-to-sleep look. xD

ROFL. :laugh this post made my morning, lol.

i know! the time goes by too freaking fast :tipsy who's gonna do graphics for the next thread?

Seems concert tickets are extremely hard to get. I've only seen one pair on the resale market so far and it is going for $3,000.00! I was planning to see their Tokyo Dome show in December (first time seeing them live). But now I'm worrying that I won't be able to!

:thud wow. sucks that it's so high! i hope you can see your first arashi concert live :( i'll never ever get to see them with a price like that :weep

LOL I think that means I have to do them ? :P XD

aga-chan ~ omg XD arashi-radish plushies XDDD I LOVE that idea


3,000 $ ? (@_@) holy moly
that's all I have to say

:roflmao at what Aga said

HQ file of VS ARASHI can be downloaded via http://community.livejournal.com/ara...eam/12832.html

to get password - http://arashixdream.com/2009/08/vs-a...-20090815.html

& with that , hello 22nd thread !

YAY #22! :tipsy who's making the thread...karen? :innocent

nah I'm not going to make the 22nd thread , Kaori will do it , it's always her that has been doing it since thread 1 so why spoil the 'fun' :laugh

New Aiba CM - http://community.livejournal.com/ara...80.html#cutid1

LMAO LMAO LMAO at that weird vehicle he drove initally at the CM :roflmao