yeah, i think it's the xmas one? i didn't even know there was a xmas one, haha.

WHERE IS MY SINGLE? :weep

I gave some of their singles a shot & they're not as psycho as I thought they will be except for Wahaha :laugh

so no news of another new single yet ? it has been like what almost 7 months + since Wahaha was put out isn't it ?

oh, i checked Music Station for October 3rd, & K8 is scheduled to appear on it. WTF. perhaps they will sing a new song? GOSH, I HOPE SO.

i guess Ryo's gonna be busy. :laugh

yeah, it's bordering 7 months since the release of "Wahaha". :grumpy

FOREAL? amazing, i can't wait for next friday. :P

I know my god that's very long for not putting out a new single . I felt a bit stupid after listening to Wahaha though :roflmao

I kinda am digging It's My Soul & Kanfuu Fighting :laugh

^ may i suggest "Zukkoke Otokomichi"?

FAVORITE K8 SONG. EVAR. :lmfao

oh yeah I downloaded it & it's inside my mp3player now & yes I admit it's quite a good song for that matter

not as psycho as Wahaha for sure :roflmao

my younger sister was turned off the very 1st time she heard Wahaha

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ni8_group1.jpg

we miss you, rangers. :weep (wait, i JUST remembered their on MS this friday, lol, but still. NEW SINGLE! :eviltongu)

anyway, is it just me or is "PROPELLER" very country-ish? lol. i love it. :P

LOL. i can see why people would be turned off to K8.
you would have to be clinically insane to like them. *a.k.a. people like me :D*

to keep this thread running, let's have a discussion!

question: WHY IS OHKURA SO HOT?
my answer: he looks similar to my husband (Kame, if you don't know. SHAME ON U IF U DIDN'T KNOW THAT) in some pictures. DOESN'T HE? and he's also quiet! and loves food! AND PLAYS DRUMS! omg, soooooo hot. ...and he's a pervert. XD

if you don't agree. be free to name another member of K8. :)

no i think ohkura is very good looking, too. :lech what about subaru, irene? lol.

and i also don't think i need to state the other obvious hot guy in K8. :innocent

YOU FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

HE IS CLOSE WITH JUNNO@@@@:smitten Ohkura should be more popular unless he is but i just haven't noticed.

i thought Maruyama was close with Junno. i remember reading an interview WAY BACK WHEN saying if they could, they would be a 2nd "Tackey & Tsubasa". :laugh

BUT HAY. IF OHKURA IS CLOSE WITH JUNNO, THAT JUST MADE HIM EVEN MORE HOT. 8D

Subaru. hmmm, i wouldn't call him "hot" but i love that enka voice of his. :smitten

YOKOYAMA YU. I LOVE HIM. MARUYAMA, I LOVE HIM TOO. AND THE ORIGINAL SEXY OSAKA MAN, DUH. :heart

my least favorite is Hina. :O

Awww, I thought there was a new single announcement :(

we are all wishing for a single announcement. :weep

or album. whatever, just as long as there's music (& a crazy K8 PV) involved.

WE WANT NEW MATERIAL, JOHNNY!!! :cry

LOL :roflmao & talking about power rangers , I saw Space Patrol Delta yesterday on Kids Central :laugh

I'm a power rangers closet at heart for that matter & regarding wahaha Irene , I'm OK with it now although I must say that I like Zukkoke Otokomichi

I actually don't think "WAHAHA" is that weird. O_o The only weird part must be KanEi going "WAHAHA~" several times in the song, but the lyrics seem quite uplifting and cute overall. There's crazier stuff out there. Like "IT'S MY SOUL". Looks innocent, but some parts of the lyrics are just "LOL?". xD

Wahaha is not weird to me but rather I find it brainless/senseless :laugh

definitely a song that you should NOT listen to if you're pissed :roflmao but it does you good if you're happy haha

i saw aiba's (:smitten) but not yokoyama yu's, lol.

anyway, i started listening to sukiyanen osaka soo much today, that it's stuck in my head. this performance is just amazing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE8P5...eature=related

i LOVE when ryo says "SUKIYANEN!!!" :laugh i couldn't stop laughing like crazy. and i also laughed at when he promoted 1 litre of tears :laugh

^I only know about Yoko being blond. Or it that over already?

I want the mid-length-Naniwa Iroha Bushi-or-Seishiro-hair-Yoko back. ;_; But I don't mind his short hair.

kanjani8 is gonna be at domoto kyoudai! i smell a single announcement soon, hopefully. :tipsy

^W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for telling. KinKi Kids + Kanjani8 = LMAO.

We seem to have similar taste. We're born on the same day after all... ^^

NEW SINGLE: 無責任ヒーロー ( Musekinin Hero)
October 29, 2008 RELEASE! :D

OMFG TORN. :smitten
i'm excited you guys. FREAKING FINALLY.

more info on the link to kanjani8@LJ. :)
Radio Rip is on an entry too. (friends-locked)

OMFG I KNEW IT. YATTA! :laugh

OMG finally :thud

aahhhh I wanna see torn! My two favorite members..:heart

wait, irene, did the full song link, btw?

Finally!!!! :weep

OMFG i love the song. so funny and happy! :weep i'm so happy, lol.

oh man about damn bloody time for a new single :laugh

you can hear a preview of it via http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6y...nin-hero_music

ok a bit confused here but is their upcoming new single something like a triple a side thingy ? cos I can't find the words Musekinin Hero on the 3 CD tracklistings

here's the link to the entry w/ the radio rip: http://community.livejournal.com/kanjani8/1828023.html
remember, it's friends-locked! :)

Karen, i think it's only a single A-side. the tracklisting hasn't been released yet, though. i believe the info thus far has been released on Recommen (Yoko & Hina's radio show).

EDIT: Johnny's Net Official Update! HERE

■初回盤A：TECI-807
¥ 1,500(tax in)
・特典：Live DVD
■初回盤B：TECI-808
¥ 1,500(tax in)
・特典：Live DVD
■通常盤：TECI-809
¥ 1,000(tax in)

※初回盤A・初回盤B・通常盤でジャケットのデザインが異なります。

LIMITED EDITION (VERSION A;; CD+DVD)
[CD]
01 無責任ヒーロー (Musekinin Hero)
02 ケムリ (Kemuri)
03 ∞ o'clock 08
[特典：LIVE DVD]
01 fuka-fuka Love the Earth
02 BJ

LIMITED EDITION (VERSION B;; CD+DVD)
[CD]
01 無責任ヒーロー (Musekinin Hero)
02 fuka-fuka Love the Earth
[特典：LIVE DVD]
01 desire（渋谷すばる/安田章大）
02 torn（錦戸亮/大倉忠義）
03 ホシイモノハ。（村上信五/横山裕/丸山隆平）(Hoshii mono wa)

NORMAL EDITION
01 無責任ヒーロー (Musekinin Hero)
02 道標 (Michishibure)
03 無責任ヒーロー（オリジナルカラオケ）(Musekinin Hero -Original Karaoke-)

...there are different songs on all singles. WHAT. :weep
gah, JE. so meannnn.

^ thanks for that Irene & omg that's crazy , 3 different editions of the same single T_T

looks like the A side is called 無責任ヒーロー (Musekinin Hero) then

yup, it's a single A-side. :D
i hate how they distributed the b-sides though. DIFFERENT B-SIDES ON ALL SINGLES. :weep though, i think i'm gonna get LE ver. B because of that "torn" performance. RYO & OHKURA, OMG. *dies*

omg, i'm excited. no. REALLY EXCITED.
the song's crack!-y, per usual. BUT I WANNA SEE PV SO BAD.

oh hey, isn't this their first CD+DVD single release?

^ :roflmao poor you , I feel your pain Irene because I know how it feels like :dead2

I'm listening to the radio rip of MH , it sounds great

at least it's less psycho than Wahaha :roflmao

this's 1 song I'm feeling & it's great that they're finally coming back with something good

THE MUSIC STATION PERFORMANCE IS AMAZING! they look SO GOOD with those suits, omg. :thud

i hope they dress like that in the PV! LOVE IT!!

my guess is probbably KAT-TUN. their waaay overdue, lol.

watch the MS live on youtube, too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcplFRo5fCg

waaay Lisa & also T&T too :weep

thanks for the MS live link :D

thanks for the link, Lisa! :D
the sexy osaka men are looking good.

i would want T&T to be next actually, but i don't think that's gonna happen, LOL. they release sooooo slow. :dead2

I know this's a K8 thread but I really want T&T to pull out something new , they really take FOREVER to release something which sucks

anyway ...

I'm feeling K8's new song , at least I like it on 1st listen & can remaine sane after that :roflmao

haha! i go crazy & start singing out loud when Zukkoke Otokomichi starts playing on my iPod. :laugh

YEAH YEAH YEAH!

K8 makes me laugh in general. it's why i love them a lot! :D

:roflmao

assuming you just know someone who's a K8 noob , how would you describe their music to the person ?

for me I have no idea man

i would describe it as crazy-funny-enka pop music. :P

they were more serious-sounding with Naniwa Iroha Bushi/Osaka Rainy Blues. but they got their break with "Sukiyanen, Osaka", which set off the "crazy" following A-sides we hear today.

their single "Mugendai / OH!Enka (Sakura Enka) / Sukiyanen, Osaka." almost beat out Ayu's "HEAVEN" since they were released on the same week if anyone remembers (or was around at the time. AHS was freaking out, LOL!)

omg really ? I didn't know that because I thought her straight no.1 record streak was almost broken when she put out B&D / Pride & most recently MW with that infamous group Shuchishin

yup, K8 had #1 for like the first 2 days?, i think. but Ayu got the weekly #1.
yeah, Ayu almost lost the #1 w/ "Bold & Delicious / Pride". oddly enough, the single that almost beat it was Shuuji to Akira's "Seishun Amigo". :P

LOL. oh JE. giving Ayu fans heart attacks. :lmfao

:O

maybe after this , JE stop putting in direct competition with ayumi since then :laugh & for the record no I didn't know about Seishun Amigo so ya

on CDTV, t5hey just played a clip of musekinin hero, but it was concert footage instead of the PV. i hope the PV won't be concert footage or anything, lol. it's probbably too early to show anything.

Eng subbed episode of MS via http://newshfan.livejournal.com/2008/10/05/

umm can someone download & reupload the clip via MF ? I can use HJ spilt to join the files because I already exceeded my MU download limit T_T

single cover preview: HERE
it also has a promo CM for "Musekinin Hero" (YasuxHina Focus). :)

it's colorful, i guess. LOL. it's probably the cover for the Normal Edition.

looks colorful! the CM isn't scenes from the PV, right? lol.

i don't know. :laugh
i haven't seen the CM yet.

& here's the MS perf. subbed on YouTube: MUSEKININ HEROOOO~

EDIT: LOL YOKOYAMA. i love him. i want him to be a commentator? of my life. :lmfao

LOL at the CM :laugh

Music Station (03.10.2008) - http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=PK1QRD81

credits to http://aipop.wordpress.com/

I'm waiting for the HQ to be leaked out in due time then

It's kinda funny how there was like no news at all for all these months and then: BOOM! Single announcement, song, covers(?)...

Maybe tomorrow we'll get the PV then? xD

I HOPE SO. :O

but anyway, all the covers are up on Johnny's Net.
Limited Edition A, Limited Edition B, & Normal Edition, if you can't read the kanji. :D

i like the emphasis on either Ohkura or Ryo on the LEs. :lmfao
but omg, i kinda like the political theme on the NE. i'm a such a geek for politics. :3

^Well, no surprise actually. Don't they have the most uchiwas on lives anyway? xD

I loled a little at お待たせしました！written in the describtion... xD;

Thanks Irene

I like the Normal Edition outta the whole lot , the rest mmm no lol

in fact my younger sister commented that the 2 LE's ones , it looked like the guys are in jail taking their mug shots or something :roflmao

funky covers. :cool

I thought they are?

^ oh is it ? I couldn't tell til she pointed it out to me :laugh

anyway , CDJapan links are up & running to preorder the single :

LE Type A - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TECI-807

LE Type B - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TECI-808

RE - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=TECI-809

this's crazy , 3 editions of the same single , the fangirls will go broke including Irene :dead2

that's the power of the eito rangers...to bring in the money. :lech

i dunno if i can order it now. :weep
stupid financial crisis right now. >O

i really like the jajajajajyan? part in the song. cracks me up. XD

LOL :laugh

what does that mean in the 1st place ? it's just so weird

isn't "jan" part of "kanjani8"?

at least that's what i think, lol.

looking at the Normal Edition cover more closely:

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/1...0753oe2.th.jpg

KANJANI8 ENDORSES OBAMA, Y/Y? lol.
idk. i thought that was funny.

haha, that's very clever of them. i love it :laugh just in time for the election :P

LOL :laugh

ok I still make my stand in that I still like the RE cover more than the other 2 LE's

IT'S BETTER THAN "BEAUTIFUL DAYS" (IMO). :vevilol

but i think it's more upbeat & energetic than "Wahaha".

yeah, their single stuff is the same material over & over, but i feel with KANJANI8, that's their most strongest point. crazy crack inspired music. they're comedians, so the funny stuff's gonna go on & on~

it's like how KAT-TUN's singles been mostly rock-inspired, or NEWS with their generic pop music.

THIS IS WHY YOU GET K8 ALBUMS. :lmfao
in fact, the singles usually are the only ~FUNNY HAHA~ songs on there. :O

Eden? All Of Me For You? Misetekure? Heat is on? Explosion (well, this is a b-side, LOL)? DEF. NOT ~FUNNY HAHA~, LOL.

what was the sudden change to happy pop music, though? when they started out as an enka group in the first place.

just curious :P

because the happy pop music sells. and JE loves the $$$. :P
their debut single only sold 100k. :weep
but "Sukiyanen, Osaka" was the turning point and we see the sales they get today because of that.

i kinda wish they went back to their enka/traditional roots though. at least for album tracks or something. BECAUSE "NANIWA IROHA BUSHI" WAS AMAZING. i love it.

ohh, i knew money should have had something to do with it :tipsy

well, i honestly never heard anything before sukiyanen osaka, so i can't say if i like their enka music. but i'm personally more of an upbeat kind of song person, so i dunno, lol. i like their happy crack music, so it dosen't matter.

now...when does kanjani's PVs usually air? like 1-2 weeks before the release? because i really wanna see the musekinin hero PV.

yeah, JE PVs are usually 1-2 before release date.
unless it's like a debut or something.

well, they only had 2 singles & a mini-album prior to "Sukiyanen, Osaka", so the enka-ish theme wasn't there for too long. but yeah, if you listen to the singles "Naniwa Iroha Bushi" or "Osaka Rainy Blues", it's nothing similar to their recent stuff. XD

but yeah, happy crack is awesome! but you know, i'd like to see sexy, ~serious~ K8 every once in a while too, LOL.

I agree. I'm still waiting for an enka inspired song...

DAYUM. UCHI. Y SO HOT?

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/180...ellooi8.th.jpghttp://img90.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif

hello~ :heart

i miss ~DRUNK DIVA~ so effing much. :weep
but, i'm so glad he's appearing on the JE magazines. at least i have my Uchi fix each month.

i want "Musekinin Hero" PV plz.

from LJ
YAY!

PREVIEW: http://community.livejournal.com/kan...37.html#cutid1

OMFG RYO WHY ARE YOU SO HOT :luv2

LOL at the screencaps , the guys looked really funny & yeah Ryo's hot <3 :luv2

MUSEKININ HERO PV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zs4V5QOV6k

ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT :smitten it's HILARIOUS!

^Thanks for sharing.

I really really like the PV. ^^ It's crazy, but not over-the-top.

Just imagine they'd hire you..... =3

the other youtube link went private, so here's a new link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl4-LORA5Qs

LOL. Ohkura and his eating habits.

TORN & YOKO LOOKED MIGHTY GOOD~! :D

gosh, imagine working at that office. i think i would faint. :laugh

Thanks Lisa , off to watch it now :)

PV download - http://community.livejournal.com/kan...29.html#cutid1

the PV's so cute & entertaining . Don't you wish your office looks like this all riotty & etc ? :laugh

The guys will be performing at MUSIC STATION next Fri :D

will they be appearing on HEYx3 next mon , any clue ?

i hope they do. i want more performances of musekinin hero :tipsy

when's the Domoto Kyoudai appearance?
i love that show, especially when it's with Johnny's too.

KinKi Kids + K8 = really loud. and really funny. xD

THE SINGLE'S COMING OUT NEXT WEEK YAY~! :D

me too

yay I'm excited for it , hopefully it will be able to sell decently

since JPM is on maintenance, does anyone have the NINKI number for the new single? :shrug

関ジャニ∞
#1 194.30

pretty good, i think. i'm sure they'll get #1 next week regardless :P

thanks Utena

pretty decent no. for the single

Single Download + Single Scans: MUSEKININ HEROOOOO~!

:D

that was fast! thanks irene! :D

wow that's fast Irene , thanks !

i really love "fuka fuka Love the earth"! :)
it's cute~!

yeah, i think i'm going to purchase the LE ver. B, though i really like the cover to the Normal Edition.

guh, JE. always ruining my life, LMAO.

^ just curious Irene , what other TV apperances will the guys be appearing in aside from next Fri's MUSIC STATION (once more)

UMMMM, Domoto Kyoudai.

that's all i know. D:

i'll go check their schedule.

EDIT;; according to this : Johnny's Net, there's also going to be an Utaban appearance! on 10/30/2008.

EDIT2;; omg, the thread reached 400 posts. i'm so proud. :weep
100 more to THREAD 2, YOU GUYS, LMAOOOO.