[ARASHI] Don't stop the Circus ★ thread #27!

[KarenPang]

if I said neither or either one , does it really matter ? I don't think it's a logical question that you have asked me on this thread to begin with ~_~

For the record , I have tried JAL's some 5 years back when I went to Japan but haven't for ANA yet

but since I'm Singaporean biased , I go with Singapore Airlines

[Beauty4123]

that arashi jet looks soooo cool! but even they couldn't get me to fly on a plane, LOL. petrified for life.

i liked that article about the tour, though. i respect arashi even more than i already do (if that's even possible ) when i read that they wanted to go back to their roots and when matsujun said they don't need to do big concerts in the future and stuff. so humble and totally real.

i found 2 videos of the arashi jet taking off!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXwkIbZ-B64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPG84KiogAM

and here's the Love Rainbow PV making!
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMjA0MDE5NzUy.html

[KarenPang]

From this morning's Mezanyu



that's a LOT of water they used for the awesome fountain water shows

it so beats the ones that I'm used to seeing here somemore ~_~

Julia is somewhere out there in the crowd from Sat's Tour 10-11 gig at the National Stadium xD

[Bigtop]

^ Whoa, that sure is a LOT of water there!



Just came back from Gameworks today, playing Derby Owners Club horse racing simulation, and look what I've got - a horse named Arashi:

• No Grade 1 wins at beginning of day
• FIVE (yes, that's right - FIVE - one for each member of Arashi) Grade 1 wins by the time the day ended
• Very close finish at the Stayers Stakes
• As-expected winner in Mile Championship and (supposed NOT to) Japan Cup Dirt
• Final-drive finish to win the Japan Cup and the Derby Owners Cup

That's FIVE Grade 1 wins in a row - and all on the same day!!! Just in time to wish Arashi a good luck on Love Rainbow later this week! They're going #1 110% - or maybe even 1000%!!!

Also, after that, went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and they had a board to post comments after done eating (mine was great!), and here's what I said:

At Five Guys Burgers and Fries: "Thanks so much Five Guys! Great burger! (I wished if #ARASHI were the Five Guys...)"

Yeah, what happens if the five members of Arashi were the Five Guys?

Anyways, I hoped you enjoy my talk of today, and let's go Arashi!

[Beauty4123]

LOL a horse named arashi? that's hilarious. out of all names, why did they name a horse arashi?

anyway, i love all the water they used in that clip! everything just looks so amazing

....but what are they flying on during the circus performance? with a song like that, i should have known it'd be a crazy performance, lol. also, i don't like how jun has his hair. i wish he'd just leave it long and not put it in some bun

[Bigtop]

Hey, he's really whipping up a BIG storm there!

[dreamland2.0]

wah scary clown head during Circus
Crazy fireworks!!!

[KarenPang]

Aimiya fanservice kiss 8D

http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/3257598.html

lol it's 1 for the fans but I wasn't turned on by it surprisingly

[KarenPang]

JAL version of Boku no Miteri Fukei





http://community.livejournal.com/arashi_on/3259030.html

omg seriously , that's so cute & it really wouldn't surprise me if such copies are already floating on the net to be sold on online auction sites :O

ok it's true , prices are starting from 10,000 Yen onwards on auction sites damnnnn O_O

[Bigtop]

I think someone needs to scan the cover!

[nanakopy87]

wow.its cute!
i saw from yahoo auction,cheapest will be 4200yen.4 more days to go.i believe 4 days later,the price will be @@

[Beauty4123]

aww, those covers are so cute! the plane in the back cover looks a bit random, though, lol. i think i prefer the actual cover now

[Mai82Go]

Textbooks for school, airplanes with their faces and stadium concerts at this size...mmh, I don't know but this is all too much somehow. I love Arashi, I really do. But lately, I don't know - they are so overexposed and I'm not even in Japan. Everything they release breaks records, sells even more than the single before, and it doesn't even matter if the song is any good, anymore.

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by Mai82Go

Textbooks for school, airplanes with their faces and stadium concerts at this size...mmh, I don't know but this is all too much somehow. I love Arashi, I really do. But lately, I don't know - they are so overexposed and I'm not even in Japan. Everything they release breaks records, sells even more than the single before, and it doesn't even matter if the song is any good, anymore.

I agree too. It seems that Arashi is too much spreading Japan - it might be a bit unfair, especially when the spread usually does NOT include websites officially (to Japanese news outlets, corporate web sites who promote Arashi/Johnny's artists), and even JAL's site on the Arashi jet does not even include the picture of how the airplane looks like because they have to comply with Johnny's regulations on images, which we might not usually like, unless someone leaks out on some kind of social networking site.

[Mai82Go]

^Yes, but that's just JE and not Arashis fault. I really think they deserve their success, they worked hard to get there. But this superstardom that they have now....it makes me miss the old times. I cannot even imagine them doing TV programs like Mago Mago Arashi now. It just seems like they moved on to bigger things and they slowly start to loose the "Boys-next-door" charm that made them so big. It is hard for me to explain. But I felt them much more in 2006/2007 than I feel them now.

But that's success - it always comes with a price.

[Beauty4123]

for me personally, having their own jet, having their own textbook, and all of those things are not the issue. at the end of the day, arashi are still the exact same people that they always were. this crazy popularity hasn't affected their personalities. they are still humble, dorky, and themselves. to me, that is the most important thing. i have no problem at all with all that their getting now. IMO they truly deserve it, so why should it be a problem? the only time when all of this could be a problem is when the popularity gets to them and changes them as people. but in the past 2 years, i don't see a change in them. so until then, i'm good. arashi is still arashi at the end of the day.

that's how i see it.

[Mai82Go]

I think that this level of success changes a person, if they want it or not. It's not only Arashi, everyone that has success like this changes. Even though famous people always seem to deny this. I don't really get why? It's only natural.

[Beauty4123]

it may be natural for some people, but i highly doubt arashi would just fake their personalities on their variety shows or music appearances. i feel as if they are genuinely the same (i may be biased, lol, but i'm not THAT biased). of course we don't know them personally, but from what i watch, read, etc...i just don't think they would be people who would be fake like that. i really don't. i may be gullible or naive at times, but i can't see them faking themselves for the camera, and acting completely spoiled or whatever outside of that. sure, maybe popularity has changed them in some way, but i can't see where from what i watch of them. they still act like dorks to me.

i'm not mad, btw. just sharing my thoughts, lol. this is just what i personally think.

[Mai82Go]

Don't worry, I understand where you come from with what you are saying. I also think it would be extremely hard to fake their personalities and reactions on their TV shows, that wouldn't be possible because they don't have the time to think about how they're going to react ect.

Maybe it is because back then their TV shows were so much better, at least to me. When they interacted with real people on location shoots instead of celebrities in a studio, I felt them so much more, and it's these shows that made me love them.

I also think that the success they have with, imho, lacklustre songs like their latest single is unjustified, but I have to accept that this is the Idol culture and it's not exactly the music that makes people buy their CD's.

[ll moments ll]

yeah, idol culture, when at its peak, can seem so manufactured. i really think it's at the point where Arashi is just shelling out singles for the sake of "because they're popular". you see $$$, rather than just a group of guys with great personalities trying to make it big now. however, i'm not too shocked. it's the type of thing you have to expect when you like idols or learn about idol culture. they were trained to do this type of stuff, you know?

i used to be mad over idols, but now it's more like...i try to weed out the unnecessary aspects. key word: try, lol. like i could care less about the jet, textbooks, whatever. that comes with fame and success. i do care about the music. Arashi's still funny, but i sort of came into the JE fandom for music (yes, i did! it's the most accessible part of their idol career, imo) so once that becomes watery for me, that's where i start being critical.

it's sort of been on & off for me with Arashi the past couple of years. but it's not because they're famous, it's more because of their music. lol.

/coolstorybro

here's some overall sales of JE groups.

CD総売上(2010年9月6日付現在)
位　ｼﾝｸﾞﾙ総売上　　ｱﾙﾊﾞﾑ総売上　　トータル売上
*1 21,833,294 (45作)　10,453,208 (25作)　32,286,502　SMAP
*2 16,911,103 (29作)　*7,764,282 (14作)　24,675,385　KinKi Kids
*3 11,933,216 (31作)　*4,709,271 (12作)　16,642,487　嵐
*4 *8,747,984 (36作)　*3,311,986 (15作)　12,059,970　V6
*5 *6,679,131 (43作)　*1,511,791 (16作)　*8,190,922　TOKIO
*6 *5,600,066 (12作)　*1,813,452 (*5作)　*7,413,518　KAT-TUN
*7 *3,429,865 (15作)　**,834,652 (*4作)　*4,264,517　関ジャニ∞
*8 *3,376,496 (12作)　**,764,822 (*3作)　*4,141,318　NEWS
*9 *1,344,913 (10作)　**,611,325 (*4作)　*1,956,238　タッキー＆翼
10 *1,371,200(*5作)　**,186,501(*1作)　*1,369,052　Hey! Say! JUMP

8 million till they overtake KinKi Kids.