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Arashi Toublemaker!

So in lue of Sho-chan's drama I am once again writing in Red.
翔チャン!!　さすきです！！

So yeah guys, I installed the jpanaes text thing on my computer so now I can type in japanese, but thats not the point, the point is Arashi's new single!

やった！

I should have bought it and not KAT-TUN's Love Yourself, but it was a very tempting offer with Arashi's still so far away. Now I am sad...for I cant get it most likely.
IM GETTING THE NEXT ONE.

Anyway the point of my talking...though I never have a point on here, is that I foudn the short version of Troublmaker PV on youtube!!!

やった！

Ｔｒｏｕｂｌｅｍａｋｅｒの嵐。どぞ！！

嵐 「Troublemaker」 PV(short ver)

左目探偵ＥＹＥ

Almost forgot to post about this
The Drama season of Hidarime Tantei EYE

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• Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-23 start
• Air time: Saturday 21:00
• Theme song: Hitomi no Screen by Hey! Say! JUMP

Synopsis

Tanaka Ainosuke, a third-year junior high school student with a strong sense of justice, underwent a cornea transplant of the left eye. However, after that, he received news that his older brother, Yumehito, the donor of that cornea, had died in an accident. Furthermore, Ainosuke was shocked by the images in his left eye which he had never seen before. Deducing that these images were connected to his brother’s death, Ainosuke began to search for the truth surrounding the death of his beloved brother and only immediate family. But as the investigation progressed, Ainosuke discovered that Yumehito’s death had been fake and that he is actually the leader of an evil organization. This sets the stage for a clash of fate between the two brothers. Ainosuke, the young sleuth armed with a special left eye and Yumehito, the genius criminal who has carried out many criminal plots.

Cast

• Yamada Ryosuke as Tanaka Ainosuke
• Yokoyama Yu as Tanaka Yumehito
• Ishihara Satomi as Sayama Hitomi
• Okada Yoshinori as Kato Takashi
• Katahira Nagisa as Komukai Noriko
• Haruna Ai as Akikaze Miruku
• Watanabe Ikkei as Yoshida Ichiro
• Sano Shiro as Fukuchi Yuya
• Crystal Kay as Kokusho Akira

Source: Dramawiki

I hope I can stay awake through all of Bloody Monday 2 so I can watch this. If not I guess its uploads for me =/

ブラッディ・マンデイ

So watching Bloody Monday 2 is really exciting!!
Im loving every minute of it even without subtitles.

God watching it live is nothing like watching it days after online.
The CMs give it that amazing feel><

Im about half way through the two hour first episode.
And it was just the second Cm break and Haruma was in a CM for CASIO cameras.
Pretty epic

And right before the who started I got to see the new Arashi CM
The one with Oh-chan MatsuJun and Aiba-chan. So cute =]

Anyway the show is really good so far.
Almost as good as season one I think.

Ja ne~ Gotta finish watching before I fall asleep

Bloody Monday 2

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So after long anticipation, Bloody Monday 2 is starting. Im so happy. Im trying my best to stay up till (what is it? 6 am?) to watch it since...America has to be a loser and be a totally off time zone. ILL LIVE THOUGH AS LONG AS I GET TO WATCH IT. Im totally skyed though! I dont care if I see it with subs or not, just happy I can see it live. =]

• Broadcast period: 2010-Jan-23 start
• Theme song: Zanzo by flumpool

Synopsis

Whereas the first series dealt with a deadly Russian weapons-grade virus, the new season is set two years later when an aircraft bearing a new kind of nuclear weapon threatens Tokyo.

Cast

• Miura Haruma as Takagi Fujimaru (Falcon)
• Kawashima Umika as Takagi Haruka

Newspaper Club

• Sato Takeru as Kujo Otoya
• Fujii Mina as Asada Aoi

THIRD-i

• Matsushige Yutaka as Kano Ikuma
• Ashina Sei as Minami Kaoru
• Yoshizawa Hisashi as Kirishima Goro
• Nakahara Takeo (中原丈雄) as Sonoma Takao

Terrorists

• Narimiya Hiroki as J (Kanzaki Jun)
• Kichise Michiko as Orihara Maya

Officials and Police

• Ryu Raita as Kujo Akihito (Minister of Justice)

Others

• Kurokawa Tomoka as Mizusawa
• Takashima Masahiro as Hagiwara Naotaro

Source: Dramawiki
Ill give you guys info on what I pick up from watching it without subs. (or at least if it was good or not but Im pretty sure it will be =])
WOOT LETS GO MIURA HARUMA!!! Sexy beast! Haha

Artist you want to kiss

A site revealed the ranking of 'The Artist You Want to Kiss' couple days ago.
Though there were some changes in the process, Johnny's members finally topped the ranking! Is there anyone you like in the list? Let's take a look!

1st: Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN)
2nd: Jun Matsumoto (Arashi)
3rd: Shigeru Joushima (TOKIO)
4th: Koichi Domoto (KinKi Kids)
5th: Jin Akanishi (KAT-TUN)
6th: Kazunari Ninomiya (Arashi)
7th: Sho Sakurai (Arashi)
8th: Satoshi Ohno (Arashi)
9th: Toma Ikuta (Johnny's Jr.)
10th: Masaki Aiba (Arashi)

Top ten were all Johnny's members! They are really popular!
In addition, the 11th was Tomohisa Yamashita, member of NEWS, which is still Johnny's!!
TAKAHIRO of EXILE was in the 12th place, but Ryo Nishikido took back the 13th. Meanwhile Takahisa Masuda (NEWS) was 20th, Tsuyoshi Domoto was 22th, Takuya Kimura was 26th, Hideaki Takizawa was 28th, and Subaru Shibutani was 29th..

I am very happy with seeing this!!! Kame and MatsuJun taking the first 2 spots!!! YESH>< My life is amazing.
This whole list make me happy though =]

Sakurai Sho's Tokujo Kabachi

Arashi's member Sakurai Sho is going to play the lead role in the drama 'Tokujo Kabachi /特上カバチ!!', which will be aired from Jan.17th 2010. In the blog, it is said that "Sakurai's character is full of passion which might be quite suitable with his own image!" "There will be love scenes with Horikita Maki in the drama. Though I am very looking forward to it, I feel a little bit confused..." There still one month to go but the drama already becomes the hot issue.

It's a story about the growth between a administrative scrivener (Sakurai), and a female administrative scrivener who hates male. The highlight of this drama is 'the real-time phone call from the actors/actresses'. In a special corner of the program, audience can talk with the actors/actresses in real time while they are watching the drama. A lot of fans held a high expect that Arashi will sing the theme song. But it is not yet officially announced, and no one knows about the truth.

Starting with the drama 'Saigo no Yakusoku/最後の約束', ten years after the last drama having all five members acting together, Arashi, coming with dramas in the spring and movies in the autumn, seems could not be stopped easily. Arashi, literally meaning the storm, is supposed to take the entertainment industry by storm. Let's see how large the storm they will bring to us.

Source: Asian Fanatics

NInomiya Kazunari in Ooku Film

Arashi J-pop group member Kazunari Ninomiya and singer/actress Kou Shibasaki will star in the live-action film adaptation of Fumi Yoshinaga's award-nominated Ōoku: The Inner Chamber manga. ASMIK Ace will release the film in Japan on October 1, 2010.

The historical science fiction story takes place in an alternate history version of medieval Japan, in which a bizarre disease has dwindled the male population. This has led to a matriarchal society where women outnumber men by 4 to 1. The shogun and de facto ruler of Japan keeps her own harem of men, or Ōoku. The film will adapt the story in the first volume of the manga.

Ninomiya (Tekkonkinkreet, Letters from Iwo Jima) will play Hiroyuki Mizuno, the young man rising through the ranks of the Shogunate, while Shibasaki (Battle Royale, Dororo, Sekai no Chūshin de, Ai wo Sakebu) will play Shogun Yoshimune herself.

Fuminori Kaneko, a director best known for the live-action Kisarazu Cat's Eye and Ikebukuro West Gate Park television series, is overseeing the Ōoku film project. Natsuko Takahashi scripted the animated television version of another Yoshinaga work, Antique Bakery, before tackling this project.

The manga has been running in Hakusensha's Melody magazine since 2005, and Viz Media began releasing the manga in North America in August. Ōoku was nominated for Japan's prestigious Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for the third year in a row this year, and it finally won the Grand Prize in April. The manga was also nominated for the first Manga Taisho Awards last year.

Source: Asian Fanatics

Sakuaibe on last episode of My Girl!?

Arashi member Aiba Masaki is playing the lead role in the drama series 'マイガール / My Girl'. Fellow member Sakurai Sho will guest star!
It has become something of a tradition where fellow Arashi members appear as guest stars in the final episodes of dramas that feature one (or two) of the members as lead actors. For 'よい子の味方 / Yoi Ko no Mikata' with Sakurai playing the lead, Matsumoto Jun, Ohno Satoshi and Aiba appeared as guests. Ohno also guest-starred in '山田太郎ものがたり / Yamada Taro Monogatari'; the lead actors were Ninomiya Kazunari and Sakurai. Ohno played the lead role in '魔王 / Maou (Maoh)', and Ninomiya made an appearance in the final story.

For the upcoming episode Sakurai will become 'Sato', the new employee at the photo studio where 'Masamune (Aiba)' works. Sato will be crucial in showing Masamune's feelings. Sakurai soon became a natural part of the cast. "Everyone was cheery and kindly welcomed me in."
Aiba in between rehearsals discussed extensively with Sakurai about the timing and pace of their characters' conversations to better ready themselves for the filming. Aiba said that their talk renewed his love for the group. "Arashi is superb." Their consulting each other also showed how passionate and serious Aiba was about the drama.
The filming of Sakurai's scene started at 23:00. When he appeared at the film set the staff and cast members loudly applauded. After an hour, the filming was complete. While taped music played in the background Sakurai was even handed a bouquet of flowers. Since it was the final day of filming for the entire drama, he joined the staff and cast members when they took a group photo.
Sakurai later talked about it during an MC at a concert held on December 4th. Ninomiya asked "Did you actually join them [in the photo]?" Matsumoto took a step closer and said "I hope you had the decency to stand to the side." Sakurai smiled shyly and replied "Well, uh, everyone said I should go ahead..." He revealed that [despite having only a bit role] he stood dead center in the group photo alongside Aiba.
The drama's official blog also recounted Sakurai's guest appearance, and made a surprising announcement! "We succeeded in including a scene where we have a rare close-up of his eyes. Sakurai-san said it was a 'great honor' to have that scene included. We hope you enjoy watching that part." Fans can't afford to miss that crucial scene.

Source:Asian Fanatics

Ikuta Toma talks about MatsuJun past and present

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Johnny's member Ikuta Toma talked about his recently meeting with Arashi member Matsumoto Jun.

Ikuta "For the first time in ages I went out to eat dinner with Matsumoto Jun. Afterwards we ended up going to Matsumoto's house...I had a great time talking about lots of different things. Matsu-Jun [Matsumoto] is a very earnest person. He's a great source of motivation. While we were talking we discovered that we were using the same perfume. We 'argued' who should switch to a different one! 'I'll change first!' 'No, I will!'
That reminded me of when we had costarred in the theater production 'Stand by Me'. We quarreled practically everyday (laugh). We fought over the most insignificant things. But hey, we were just middle school students back then.
Now those 'brats' have grownup, and there we were talking while having a drink...gee, we've matured a lot (laugh)."

Fans would definitely have wanted to be there between them! The two longtime friends must have been surprised to find that have unwittingly been using the same perfume. Does anyone know exactly what brand they're using? As they grow older they are bound to continue being good friends and also be good influence for each other!

Source:Asian Fanatics

L`Arc~en~ciel to release new single

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L'Arc~en~Ciel announced on their official MySpace blog that they will be releasing a new single, titled BLESS, on January 27th 2010.

The title song will be used as the theme for the NHK Vancouver 2010 Broadcast. The release will be issued in both regular and limited versions, with the latter including a DVD featuring the PV for the title track and a different cover.

The band's leader tetsu has also decided to change his name to tetsuya within L'Arc~en~Ciel and TETSUYA for his solo project.

Despite the fact that the band promised to return with live shows only in 2011, they are continuing to delight their fans with new releases.

Source: Asian Fanatics