[ARASHI] The 33rd thread ~ 45th single Sakura (25.2)

[KarenPang]

ARASHI will be on next Fri's MUSIC STATION

2014/02/14

1. ARASHI
2. HKT48
3. Kanjani∞
4. Kobukuro
5. JUJU
6. UNISON SQUARE GARDEN

No word on whether will Sakurai be present together with the others

[Beauty4123]

"Bittersweet" PV:


It's such a sweet PV, I love it! Arashi were all looking very nice in the PV, too. And I still really love the song, as well.

I'm also looking forward to the MUSIC STATION performance next week, too!

[KarenPang]

They look good in the PV but everything feels if not looks very fake to me since the whole PV is CG driven

They should have danced just like what they did for the 'live' performance , instead of standing/idling around . Even Love so sweet had dance moves in the PV

Doubt that Bittersweet will be a fave single of theirs , hopefully the B-sides will sound better

[KarenPang]

Bittersweet has leaked

http://www.j-mp3.info/2014/02/bitter...ttersweet.html

[KarenPang]

Bittersweet full PV has been uploaded on jpopsukitv

http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/Arashi-...1b313871e176d8

I think the B-sides are not bad , somewhat a bit better than what Bittersweet offers . The Sakurap in Sync is way too short

[Beauty4123]

I've listened to the "Bittersweet" single & I love it.

I love "Bittersweet" so much. It's such a sweet song! "Road to Glory" is a really great song, too. "Sync" is absolutely fantastic. The Sakurap is awesome, as always! "Motto, Ima Yori" is very nice, too.

[KarenPang]

ARASHI will be singing Bittersweet tomorrow on MUSIC STATION

2014/02/14

1. ARASHI - Bittersweet
2. HKT48 - Sakura, Minna de Tabeta
3. Kanjani∞ - King of Otoko!
4. Kobukuro - Ima , Sakihokoru Hanatachi yo
5. JUJU - Door
6. UNISON SQUARE GARDEN - harmonized finale

I wonder if Sakurai will be present tomorrow on the show as right now , he's not in Japan

[KarenPang]

1st 3 days sales for Bittersweet :

【嵐】　　　　 Bitter(2　
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
月 　　　　　151,204　
火 　　　　　140,329　
水 　　　　　102,304　
木 　　　　　---,---　
金 　　　　　---,---　
土 　　　　　---,---　
日 　　　　　---,---　
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
推定売上　393,837
週間枚数　---,---　
週間－推　---,---　

Tue was a public holiday in Japan so people could start buying the single a day earlier , that's why Monday's sales are included this time round

[Bigtop]

Definitely over 500,000 there - maybe 600,000?

[KarenPang]

Matsumoto Jun & Ishihara Satomi attend Tokyo Sky Tree lighting ceremony

On February 13, Matsumoto Jun and Ishihara Satomi attended a lighting ceremony for Tokyo Sky Tree's 'Valentine Special Lighting'. This was a collaboration event with Fuji TV's drama 'Shitsuren Chocolatier'. When Ishihara pressed the lighting button, the 645 meter tall Sky Tree lit up with a light brown color in the image of "chocolate."

Matsumoto gazed at Sky Tree and said, "It's an adult-like shade." He also shared that he received handmade chocolate from co-star Arimura Kasumi for Valentine's Day. "It was really good," he commented and told Ishihara, "You don't plan on giving me, do you?"

Tokyo Sky Tree will be specially lit until March 16. Aside from light brown, it will also feature purple and white lights.

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...hting-ceremony

[KarenPang]

393,837 + 46,578 = 440,415

and Sakurai did appeared in today's MUSIC STATION after all , wow for him to fly back to Tokyo , it's madness

[Bigtop]

Whoa, that's crazy! Having to come back from Sochi just to get to MS...is his Olympic job done already???

[KarenPang]

Ohno Satoshi to star in a drama adaptation of 'Shinigami-kun'

On February 15, it was announced that Arashi's Ohno Satoshi would star as a rookie reaper in TV Asahi's new drama "Shinigami-kun."

"Shinigami-kun" is a live-action drama adaptation of Endo Koichi's (best known as the author of "Tsuide ni Tonchinkan") manga which began its serialization in 1983 on Fresh Jump.

Though the protagonist is a reaper whose role is to send the dead soul to the spiritual world, it is a heartwarming fantasy that refers to parental love, friendship and even delves into social problems like bullying, therefore, the manga is known as Endo's "visionary masterpiece" among his fans.

Ohno's role is "Shinigami-kun" (aka "Reaper No.413") whose job is to pronounce death to expected people, and to take their souls to the spiritual world. His real name or other detailed profiles are not revealed. Dressed in a back suit with a bow tie,he appears in front of the expected person with his signature phrase "Congratulations! I'm here to call on you." As he is a rookie reaper, he tends to make a biased decision toward the human side, and break the rule of his world which always causes him to get reprehended by his boss called "Chief."

For the drama, filmmaker Nakata Hideo ("Ring", "Kuroyuri Danchi") is in charge of its direction while Hashimoto Hiroshi ("Jukunen Rikon", "Unmei no Hito") writes the script.

"Shinigami-kun" will begin airing in April on TV Asahi's "Friday Night Drama" tile slot (every Friday at 11:15pm).

http://www.tokyohive.com/article/201...shinigami-kun-

[KarenPang]

393,837 + 46,578 + 27,931 = 468,346

[Bigtop]

I'm saying 500,000 would be more realistic, but maybe not after all...could weather (the snow) to blame for something? Is the drop normal or not? Going 393,837, then 46,578 and 27,931...

[KarenPang]

468,346 + 17,625 = 485,971

Bittersweet has already suppressed the 1st week sales of Endless Game

[Bigtop]

Okay, that's pretty sure 500,000 for the week...just to need to wait 11 hours and 17 minutes for Oricon's official word...

[KarenPang]

485,971 + 16,415 = 502,386

Congrats to the guys , 1/2 a million in the 1st week with just 2 editions is no easy feat to attain at this point in time & whoever says that their popularity's dropping should just shut up man

[Bigtop]

Originally Posted by KarenPang

485,971 + 16,415 = 502,386

Congrats to the guys , 1/2 a million in the 1st week with just 2 editions is no easy feat to attain at this point in time & whoever says that their popularity's dropping should just shut up man

Agreed! Next SMAP somehow in terms of high seniority...? And despite the fact that snow disrupted much of Japan last week?

[KarenPang]

According to Oricon , Bittersweet sold about 512K + in the 1st week of release