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7th March 2009, 06:00 AM
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yeah I agree with what you mentioned Eirynne , it's the amount of extensive promo that the guys be it individually or on whole as a group has done & it didn't hit a peak until last year if you realise
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#282
7th March 2009, 06:20 AM
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=== And about Arashi's growing popularity - I think that they just managed to be really really popular because the members have been in various big projects for the past few years. And I have to say, thanks to Matsujun starring in Hana Yori Dango, Arashi's become more well known for their music and other work. They deserve their 'big break' for their hard work over the past years....
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#283
7th March 2009, 06:23 AM
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 & yeah I guess you can say that HYD kinda played a part in pushing their popularity up especially from the 2nd season onwards the 1st season was a stepping stone , single sales wise but after Love so sweet onwards , they were given a big boost in popularity there was a gap period sales wise from We can make it ! to Happiness but after Step and Go , it's
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7th March 2009, 09:36 AM
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7th March 2009, 11:39 AM
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^Gosh, you can't be more right about that. It's not only their music we love and it doesn't matter how handsome they look - it's their personalities that got non fans to become fans of Arashi. Where else can you find idols who do embarassing things like put stockings over their heads and wear nipple revealing shirts?
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#286
7th March 2009, 11:42 AM
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^ lol. What episode was THAT?
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#287
7th March 2009, 11:56 AM
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Well their nipple shirts and stocking date back to, I don't know, 2006? Some examples would be episode 30 of G no Arashi, or Arashi no Shukudaikun episode 74.
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#289
7th March 2009, 01:43 PM
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nipple shirts and stockings on heads is from G no Arashi! they do it as a part of aiba's dice game in some G no Arashi specials, lol. god, its just too hilarious! i recently watched an episode of D no Arashi and jun wasn't there because he had a drama shooting, so instead they used a carboard cutout of him, LOL. IT'S SO CUTE! he has the best smile ever. at the end, he comes back and gets pissed at ohno because he lost points (or "ninomiyas") from the show.
i gotta take caps of carboard jun later, it's beyond hilarious.anyway, i totally agree with your post, SunshineSlayer.  so have the sales outsold truth/KnMe's sales yet? either way, it's higher than i ever expected, so that's amazing. hopefully yatterman will help sales. |
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#290
7th March 2009, 02:35 PM
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lmao I always love those antics they pulled in Arashi no Shukundai-kun or in Himitsu , you can trust them to come up with weird stuff like cosplaying (Sakurai in that french maid outfit is still a CLASSIC
 )& Lisa , truth / Kaze no Mukou e's 1st week sales was 467,288 . They still have 2 more Oricon day sales before 1st week's finished I do hope Believe / KNK can be on par if not suppress truth / KnMe slightly since its current total tally's 428,127 but it doesn't matter , it's already the top selling single for the year , be it 1st week or for overall
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#291
7th March 2009, 03:09 PM
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jsyk, i wasn't saying that Arashi would pass KAT-TUN next week. and the whole number one deal doesn't matter much to me. it's just that i think it'd be pretty amazing. i never said it would or was going to happen. and well duh, any artist can do well w/ the right promotion. it's not just arashi or JE. the tie-ins or promotions don't mean anything, NEWS have gotten tie-ins with Kurosagi which was a pretty big drama, yet their sales have never been spectacular. i wouldn't say Arashi has more face value than others at all.
but yeah, HYD was definitely something big for Arashi. It didn't KINDA help them out, it really did. it was a good thing Matsujun decided to take that role because it really picked things up for them again~ and the thing i love about it was that with HYD it wasn't instant success for them, it grew gradually and gradually until today. i love that. and it hasn't only helped their single sales, their album sales have picked up too! although D"A"L didn't sell too much over Time, it was their second best selling album! i'm just glad people like them for their music, acting talent, looks and personalities b/c i feel they have the best ones. they're probably the easiest group to get into, i think.
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#292
7th March 2009, 03:19 PM
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talking about HYD Kaori , I do know for a fact that MatsuJun didn't want to take the role of Domoyoji provided if the staff gave the role of Hanazawa Rui to Shun Oguri which's cool & MatsuJun wanted to play Hanazawa in which thankfully that didn't happened because he portrayed Domoyoji extremely well
& I said a few posts ago in that the 1st HYD season was a stepping stone for them but thankfully the 2nd & HYD Final did even better than the precessor which's great Quote:
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#293
7th March 2009, 03:24 PM
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^ the commoner's idol charm, right? Their fans can relate to them in a way. Plus one good point is their relationship with each other. The fact that they weren't really close at first is a good thing, it shows that they really put effort to get along with each other - which I think should be the case in any relationship.
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#294
7th March 2009, 03:29 PM
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well NEWS & KAT-TUN couldn't get along in the beginning of their formation just like ARASHI but unlike the 2 groups I mentioned , at least for ARASHI's case , I can see a bond onscreen/offscreen when they appear together on TV or not . There's a sense of belonging going on in them if you know what I mean
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#295
7th March 2009, 03:30 PM
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plus its easier to get to know them as a group. whereas other groups do too many things separately and only show up as a group for performances. seeing a group acting as a group and caring and loving one another lets the fan easily fall into the same thing, y'know? i don't think it's easy to get into a group where one or two members are the prime focus, but one where everyone shares the spotlight pretty evenly is better. that's what i will forever love about Arashi.
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#296
7th March 2009, 03:33 PM
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yeah that's also another strength of theirs in that each of them are equally popular in his own right which you don't often see that happening to other bands , be it boy or girlbands & that's a rarity
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#297
7th March 2009, 03:33 PM
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your all bringing up such amazing points, it makes me wanna cry
 call me dumb, but arashi really didn't get along with each other in the beginning? it's so hard to believe because their all such dorks, lol. |
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#298
7th March 2009, 03:38 PM
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Lisa & yes everyone was so reductant to debut at the beginning of the group , they even said so themselves in HEYx3 5 years ago in which I saw the clip of it myselfI was scratching my head when everyone all said that but luckily all of them stuck together & ta dah
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7th March 2009, 03:56 PM
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Sakurai & Nino were the ones who wanted to quit & that goes for Ohno tooI still can't believe that Aiba joined Johnny & Associates because he wanted to play basketball with SMAP -_-'''
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