[ARASHI] The STORM isn't over, so don't Refrain...*thread #30*

[KarenPang]

Covers of Lotus !

CD



CD + DVD



http://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/...co_single.html

so it's true with regards to both covers of Lotus in that it doesn't look like anything similiar to what they wore in the PV

I'm still wondering what're those sparks at the back ? Lotus flowers in bloom ? xD

[Midori-chan]

^ I think the sparks in the background are lights. Maybe the lights of a city or fireflies maybe.


I don't like the covers. They're a real let-down. I was looking forward to something great, because the song and the PV are so great, but these covers are just


Well...whatever.
I didn't buy the single and I only care about the song/PV and not about the hideous covers!

[KarenPang]

eh correct me if I'm wrong but I thought you preordered the CD + DVD of Lotus o_O :O

ARASHI seldom have covers that miss the mark . The others that I can think of which I really dislike include We can make it ! , Dream"A"live (erugh) & the 2CDs LE of Time :p

Then again the songs & PV matter to me the most , no point having the best cover artwork around but if the material of the artiste stinks big time

[Midori-chan]

^ No, you're right. But I cancelled my pre-order again, because I simply don't have money right now!

Mhm, I was just expecting a bit more, because all their last covers were so great. "Monster", "Love Rainbow", "Dear snow", "Hatenai sora"; these covers are all so very beautiful (even when I sometimes don't like the songs! ).
So "Lotus" is really a big let-down.

But yes, covers are not so important.
I mean, it's great if they look nice and everything, but when the songs/PVs suck then even a great cover can't make up for it!


Now I'm looking forward to the full PV and the first episode of Aiba-chan's new dorama!!!

[Bigtop]

Okay, so apparently the covers look a little bit too plain for some of us... Including me, and I already know that some people ahead of me are not liking it...

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by Midori-chan

^ No, you're right. But I cancelled my pre-order again, because I simply don't have money right now!

Mhm, I was just expecting a bit more, because all their last covers were so great. "Monster", "Love Rainbow", "Dear snow", "Hatenai sora"; these covers are all so very beautiful (even when I sometimes don't like the songs! ).
So "Lotus" is really a big let-down.

But yes, covers are not so important.
I mean, it's great if they look nice and everything, but when the songs/PVs suck then even a great cover can't make up for it!


Now I'm looking forward to the full PV and the first episode of Aiba-chan's new dorama!!!

oh no wonder

hmmm maybe all the good graphic designers all went to design KAT-TUN's ULTIMATE WHEELS & left the not very good ones to do Lotus ? xD

I don't know but it goes to show that not every artiste can have fantastic cover artwork all the time & with Lotus , it's evident

In fact for all the artistes I listen/support , I haven't come across anyone that I really like all of their cover artwork for their stuff from their debut all the way to now

it's possible but it's a rarity :O

[dreamland2.0]

Okay they are much better now without whatever that ugly red border was~~ They're still a bit meh though

[Mami-chan]

I'm really disappointed with the covers ;__;
Also, I wonder why they didn't put the making of this time... I loved them so much!! T_T

[Beauty4123]

at least their smiling in the CD only cover! that's so cute!

although they aren't the best covers, i'm kinda over it now, i think. i'm more interested in the songs, for now. Lotus is still in my head!

[KarenPang]

Usually , the cover artwork for the CD only of anything tends to be much better than the CD + DVD & guess it also applies to Lotus too :p

Three official Guinness World Records awarded to Arashi commercials

Mobile company KDDI released a press release today saying their 60 Arashi commercials for Android au’s smartphone had officially broken three world records, reports PR Times.

On January 27, a multitude of commercials starring Arashi members were broadcast on TV, which have now been officially recognized by the Guinness World Records.

The records are:

1.“Most versions of a TV commercial for the same product broadcast within 24 hours – Free-to-air (Terrestrial TV)” – 60 Android au commercials were broadcast on January 27

2.“Most versions of a TV commercial for the same product broadcast within 8 hours – non Free-to-air” – 60 Android au commercials were broadcast from 00:00 to 08:00, January 27 on Space Shower TV

3.“Most versions of a TV commercial for one product broadcast in a single 30 minute programme” – 12 Android au commercials were broadcast during “Music Lovers”, 23:30 – 24:00, January 30.

http://momoedgewood.wordpress.com/20...i-commercials/

[Beauty4123]

omg congrats arashi!!! what an amazing world record!

[Bigtop]

Finally the world records! Congratulations to them!!!

[KarenPang]

Arashi appears on Music Lovers for “Arashi Premium”



NTV’s music show, Music Lovers, had an episode titled, “Arashi Premium“, for January 30th, and of course, it starred none other than the Johnny’s Entertainment group, Arashi.

Check out the videos below along with explanations of the content and translations!

- Arashi Meikyoku Live Collection : It shows many of Arashi’s live performances from the previous episodes on Music Lovers.

- Arashi’s First “Male Limited Live” : This was also from the previous episode in which Arashi held their first “Male Limited Live” on Music Lovers. As the guest lover, Yashima Tomohito also made appearance. Furthermore, there was also a never-released talk part during the show in which they asked the audience (who were male fans), “Which member do you want as your boss?” The winner of the poll question was Ohno Satoshi.

- Arashi members were then asked what kind of live they wanted to hold on Music Lovers.

• Sakurai Sho said he wanted a “Kids Limited Live”.
• Ohno Satoshi said he wanted a “Foreigners Limited Live”.
• Aiba Masaki said he wanted to “surprise a random person at their house and sing there”.

- For the never-released talk segment, there were quite a few highlights.

1. “Who is Arashi’s troublemaker?” (Asked To The Other Guests)
2. “Matsumoto Jun’s drinking friend is Oguri Shun.”
3. “Staffs have trouble dealing with Ohno Satoshi’s suntan.”
4. “Ninomiya Kazunari complains about a yakiniku dinner with Aiba.”
5. “Sakurai got confused by a mail from Ohno.”
6. “Who is the biggest sugar boy towards women?” (Asked To 100 Arashi Fans)

- The “Android au“ Guinness World Record CM Challenge

- At the end, the members were asked what kind of year they want to make 2011?

• Aiba Masaki – “I want to appear on Music Lovers this year as well.”

• Ninomiya Kazunari – “We have been able to do everything ‘Arashi-like’, so I want to thank people around us. Also, I think it’s best if we continue being just as Arashi, and enjoy all the work we do.”

Ninomiya actually apologized for saying stuff as if he was the leader of Arashi, as other members jokingly told him that it’s as if he was like the real leader of the group, which led to Ohno Satoshi’s answer…

• Ohno Satoshi – “I will try to be accepted as a leader.”

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/02/ara...rashi-premium/

The clips

[KarenPang]

Arashi members struggle to explain the 3D effect of the “Nintendo 3DS”



the members of Arashi tried to explain Nintendo’s new handheld, the “Nintendo 3DS“, to all the viewers sitting at home.

Yesterday, they have released a new batch of commercials starring all five of the members, but it doesn’t seem to get any easier for them to answer the questions. This time they had to explain the 3D effect further, especially what it is like to experience 3D without the need of some special glasses. Aiba Masaki eventually came up with “4D” and “5D”, making the commercial fun as usual.

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/02/ara...-nintendo-3ds/

lol only Aiba can come up with something like 4D (aka the official name callsake here , lottery wise xD) & let alone 5D -_____-'''

[Bigtop]

Oops... Apparently some trouble here... I think Arashi should have done more research on the technology before movin' on...

[Beauty4123]

i love their faces on that picture!

i also love aiba's response, LOL. just continue 3D with 4D, 5D, or even 6D. he's so crazy!

anyway, i've just read on twitter that the first week sales of the BnMF tour was 600k copies! more or less, lol. i'd like oricon to publish an official article or ranking on it.

also, this is random, but i got a worksheet in one of my writing classes today & i saw the name "Mr. Matsumoto" written in one of the sentences, LOL. i know it's a common japanese last name, but you know who comes to my mind instantly.

[KarenPang]

Oricon Weekly - Music-DVDs (25/1~1/2/2011)

*1 618,278 618,278 Arashi - ARASHI 10-11 TOUR “Scene” ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM
*2 *17,227 *17,227 Acid Black Cherry - ２０１０　Ｌｉｖｅ　“Ｒｅ：ｂｉｒｔｈ”　～Ｌｉｖｅ　ａｔ　ＹＯＫＯＨＡＭＡ　ＡＲＥＮＡ　＆　ＯＳＡ ＫＡ－ＪＯ　ＨＡＬＬ～
*3 **4,170 *88,675 EXILE - EXILE LIVE TOUR 2010 FANTASY (Total since 1/12/2010: 403,728)
*4 **3,731 **3,731 THE PREDATORS - ＴＨＩＳ　ＷＯＲＬＤ　ＴＯＵＲ
*5 **3,116 **3,116 SOL - ＳＯＬ　１ＳＴ２ＮＤＬＩＶＥ　ＣＯＮＣＥＲＴ　＜ＨＯＴ＞　＆　＜ＳＯＬＡＲ＞
*6 **2,692 **2,692 JAM Project - ＪＡＭ　Ｐｒｏｊｅｃｔ　ＬＩＶＥ　２０１０　ＭＡＸＩＭＩＺＥＲ～Ｄｅｃａｄｅ　ｏｆ　Ｅｖｏｌｕｔｉｏ ｎ～　ＬＩＶＥ　ＤＶＤ
*7 **2,676 *23,740 Shojo Jidai - New Beginning of Girls’ Generation (Total since 11/8/2010: 107,418)
*8 **2,534 *83,684 Hey!Say!JUMP - SUMMARY 2010
*9 **2,279 143,637 Amuro Namie - namie amuro PAST<FUTURE tour 2010
10 **2,236 *24,826 Arashi - ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10 (Total since 7/4/2010: 811,129)

http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dm/w/

lol this's crazy , the sales gap between ARASHI & ABC is just so if not very big D:

[Bigtop]

Well, there's no comparison here...

[KarenPang]

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Arashi’s latest live DVD sold 618,000 copies in the first week!

Popular group Arashi released their 8th live DVD, “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM“, on January 26th, and it topped Oricon’s latest weekly DVD ranking. The result might not be especially surprising, but the sales for the first week totaled an amazing 618,000 copies!

This live DVD recorded the live concert from their nation tour at National Olympic Stadium on September 3rd, and it consists of performances for over 40 song, mainly from their latest album, “Boku no Miteiru Fukei” (released in August 2010).

Although Arashi’s previous live DVD, “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10” (released in April 2010), which sold 477,000 copies in the first week, was the previous record for the amount of copies sold in the first week, they have now broken their own record with the new live DVD. This also marks the 7th time a music DVD from Arashi has topped the chart, and it’s the 5th consecutive one that has done so.

Below is the Top 5 all-time highest selling music DVD sales for the first week:

1. “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR ‘Scene’ ~Kimi to Boku no Miteiru Fukei~ STADIUM”- Arashi : 2011/1/26 (618,000)

2. “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5×10″ – Arashi : 2010/4/7 (477,000)

3. “5×10 All the BEST！ CLIPS 1999-2009″ – Arashi : 2009/10/28 (428,000)

4. “Real Face Film” – KAT-TUN : 2006/3/22 (374,000)

5. “EXILE LIVE TOUR 2010 FANTASY” – EXILE : 2010/12/1 (274,000)

http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/02/ara...he-first-week/

[Nackar_91]

Holy ****! That's the big fat finger to all those who were saying their popularity was already faltering XD. They just outsold their own previous record with 150k or something XD.

This DVD will sell more copies than many artists can ever dream their albums will : o