[ARASHI] Get Lost in the Spiral - 26th thread of Arashi.

[Beauty4123]

well, of course it's not that high of sales compared to the first week. this is the start of their second week, after all. sales eventually drop.

but arashi did amazing for the week & i'm so proud of them!

[dreamland2.0]

Crazy sales!!
And really this time around there wasn't much incentive to buy both versions but I guess because it's such a strong single!
And Spiral is just so amazing <3

[Beauty4123]

from Sanspo:

松本潤、嵐初の月９主演“売れない俳優”
グループもソロ活動も絶好調のマツジュンが、いよいよ月９初進出を果たすことになった。
　月９は、主演はもちろん出演歴もなかった。同局では４月に３夜連続放送のスペシャルドラマ「わが家の歴史 」に出演しているが、連ドラ主演自体が初めて。さらに嵐のメンバー５人ともこれまで月９出演歴はなく、松本 が初出演となる形だ。
　松本は「小さい頃から見てきたフジテレビ月９ドラマに出演させていただくこと、とても光栄です。プレッシ ャーもありますが頑張りたい」と意気込む。
　「夏の－」は、昨夏の月９「ブザー・ビート～崖っぷちのヒーロー～」などで知られる脚本家の大森美香さん （３８）のオリジナル作品。松本が演じるのは、大物俳優を父に持ち、偉大な父にコンプレックスを抱える売れ ない二世俳優という珍しい役どころだ。
　同局ドラマ制作センターの三竿玲子プロデューサーは「圧倒的なかっこよさと女心をくすぐるかわいらしさを 持つ松本さんが演じれば、視聴者が毎週応援したくなる愛すべきキャラクターになると思う」と、大きな期待を かける。
　松本演じる楠大雅が恋に落ちる年上ヒロインが、０５年の「不機嫌なジーン」など月９主演歴もある竹内結子 。元気だがある問題を抱える訳あり美女、という謎めいた役だ。松本とは顔合わせ済みで、「松本さんの真摯な 姿勢と頼もしさに、私もついて行こうと思いました」と初共演を楽しみにしている様子。
　「ツンデレ男子Ｖｓ元気女子の２人の掛け合いが見どころの１つ。とにかくしゃべります。毎回キュンとする ２人のラブにもご期待ください」と三竿プロデューサー。
　「ツンデレ」とは、ふだんツンと澄ましているが恋人といる時はデレッと甘えるようになるギャップが魅力的 な人を指す言葉。松本の“ツンデレ演技”も見どころとなりそうだ

from aramatheydidnt@livejournal:

It has been confirmed that Arashi's Jun Matsumoto (26) will star in Fuji TV's Monday night drama series next season. He will be the first member of the group to appear in a drama during that time slot, and this will be his first lead role in a full-length Fuji TV series.

The drama, titled "Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku," is an original love story by "Buzzer Beat" screenwriter Mika Omori. The female lead is being played by Yuko Takeuchi (30), who starred in "Lunch Queen" and "Fukigen na Gene," both also written by Omori.

In the show, Matsumoto plays a struggling actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor. The character is described as being "tsundere," a term referring to people who are normally cold in personality but become overly fawning when they are around their love interest. In this case, that love interest is an older woman being played by Takeuchi, whose character is said to be spirited, but also mysterious due to certain circumstances.

"Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku" will air Monday nights at 9:00pm, starting in July.

Source: www.tokyograph.com/news/id-6146

matsujun and takeuchi yuko will be in a new drama this summer! on FujiTV's timeslot of mondays @ 9PM! that's like...THE timeslot, so i'm sooo happy it's finally confirmed!

[dreamland2.0]

ooo Jun playing a tsundere much like Domyoji!!
I will definitely check out this drama!

[ll moments ll]

ohhh i love Takeuchi Yuko! Bara no nai Hanaya = definite recommendation!

i'll check it out.

[Mai82Go]

Yes, really looking forward to that one. It's more my type of drama than the dramas they all did recently. Though I think I like Nino's acting best out of all Arashi, Jun does the best dramas. I liked him since Kimi wa petto. And I like it if his characters are a bit more fierce. This seems to be the case here and Yuko Takeuchi - mature beautiful lady....what more can you ask for?

[Beauty4123]

usually i do not approve of the lead lady being older than the actor, but she's only 3 years older than jun, so..i don't mind, haha. i seriously can't wait. this better get higher ratings than Smile!

[Mai82Go]

Jun's character in Smile was a bit pathetic. All that crying. I like him in more fierce roles. And I like him with "older" woman. His chemistry with Koyuki was amazing in Kimi wa petto. I hope to see that pattern here, hot kisses and stuff.

Arashi and MS were cute and funny. Actually I was kind of not so interested in Arashi for a while because they've become too popular for my liking. They have this big presence now, I don't know how to describe it but it made me like them less. But on the other hand they still seemed to be the same dorky Arashi on MS. Wai!

[Beauty4123]

i honestly think that, despite their newfound popularity within the last 2 years, they are STILL the same dorky arashi. i can't really tell if this popularity has gotten to their heads, but i believe in them 100%, so i know that they are still the same humble & funny arashi that they've always been. i watch old clips sometimes and i really don't see a difference, except for their looks, which haven't really changed at all either. i just think they look younger and hotter as they get older, lol.

but you know, i'm sooo biased but regardless, i'm still thinking straight (really, i'm not delusional!) so this is my honest and humble opinion. feel free to disagree, though, lol. but that's just my view on it.

ANYWAY. here's today's performance:


the camera showed a few good shots of nino & aiba smiling. and jun and sho were making really sexy faces, IMO

edit: matsujun will be guest starring in the last episode of kaibutsu-kun! which reminds me, i need to watch episode 5 tonight

[dreamland2.0]

Oh sweet a Jun cameo!!! Great I can't wait to see that one!
EDIT: lol I just saw the mini music station segment and it was so funny!! Arashi grabbing each others butts, Nino hugging Oh-chan and everyone doing the Monster pose
Performance was super awesome!! It made me all hyper XD and I want Jun's jacket!!!!!!!!!

[Midori-chan]

I LOVED their "Music Station"-performance! They did a VERY good job!

And I'm still in love with their "Monster"-PV outfits, especially Riida's! And Aiba's new hairstyle looks so great too!

[dreamland2.0]

So as I was watching my AtB clips DVD tonight I was wondering what my favourite songs of Arashi were and what other peoples favourites were.
Yes I know people do this in every thread XD
anyways my top 5 is this:

1. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella
2. Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono
3. PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE
4. Happiness
5. Oh Yeah!

Though it's hard to narrow it down. Anyone else care to share?

[Midori-chan]

My favourite songs...mhm...let's see:

1. truth (the reason, why I became an Arashi fan!)
2. Beautiful Days
3. Everything
4. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella
5. Attack it!


But only place 1 and 2 are really certain.
The others kinda change from day to day! ^.^''

[Beauty4123]

this is such a hard decision to make so early in the morning

umm....
1. Love so sweet
2. Tokei Jikake no Umbrella
3. truth
4. We can make it!
5. WISH

okay, i know 3 out 5 songs have to do with matsjun's dramas, but...i can't think right now, lol. i just love sooo many songs

EDIT: so..nino will be making an announcement on his radio show next week. i think jun is supposed to make his announcement next week, too (even though i thought it was supposed to be this week ) so...maybe their teasing us with something? lol. i think they'll announce an arashi project. please new album i gotta try not to get my hopes up, though.

[ll moments ll]

01 A Day in Our Life
02 きっと大丈夫 (Kitto Daijoubu)
03 サクラ咲ケ (Sakura Sake)
04 時代 (Jidai)
05 Right Back To You

old school fan here.

[dreamland2.0]

Ooo I love Right Back to you!! <3

[Mintkisses]

MatsuJun~
Sorry, had to throw that out there :3

[Beauty4123]

Originally Posted by Mintkisses

MatsuJun~
Sorry, had to throw that out there :3

haha, i don't blame you! matsujun is love

are you an arashi fan also, by any chance?

[KarenPang]

31st single - To be free
Release date - 7th July 2010

Single release from Arashi featuring catchy pop tune and instrumental for two tracks total. Includes a bonus DVD featuring music video and making-of. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.

tracklist
1. [CD] To be free
2. [CD] To be free (Original Kraoke)
3. [DVD] To be free (Music Video & Making-of)

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JACA-5227

O_O

What ...... & just 1 song only ? eh eh eh eh eh & it only be released in CD + DVD edition too hmmm

I smell a new album after this

[Beauty4123]

OMG i've loved that song ever since the CM came out in march

yup, this definately looks like a single to promote a new album with! i hope we're not wrong!!

i never even got Monster and now this new single comes out