Author: Fiona

Arashi announces largest tour record ever with 50 concerts and 2.37 million audience

by Fiona

From AramaJapan

Arashi held their Tokyo leg of  “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5 × 20” at the Tokyo Dome on the 23rd. On this day, the unannounced “and more” phase of their tour has been announced! Their anniversary tour will total 50 performances and bring in 2.37 million audience, the largest tour record in Japan. With more than 2 million registered fanclub members, it was difficult for fans to score a ticket to an Arashi concert. The latest scale of the group’s tour will be able to accommodate a huge number of their fans.


Sakurai Sho comments “It was difficult to meet all fans. Finally we can announce it. I would like to see fans who we were not able to see until now, until the end of next year. We are holding the biggest tour in the history of Arashi.”


Matsumuto Jun “Since we haven’t done 50 concerts until now, I wonder what will happen? I hope you can see it while looking back on the past 20 years. I hope the power of our songs can be conveyed.”


The group has collaborated with Japanese visual and tehnical teams such as teamLab and WOW. There are plenty of contents such as an opening production using 2 million Swarovski crystals in costumes, gondolas, and an “ARASHI MOVING STAGE” that runs around the arena.”

Wow, it’s already their 20th anniversary! I have been kind of a sluggish fan lately (shame on me lol), but I will definitely be on the look out for their activities. I cannot wait for their DVD to be released on this.

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DramaFever shuts down :(

by Fiona

As you all know, DramaFever closed a few days ago without any notices whatsoever, kind of frustrating! Okay, more than just a little, I am sure most of you were?! I remember it being the very first Asian entertainment channel/source available on Roku and was sooo excited. I had no idea it was owned by Warner Bros. and with their AT&T mega-merger, DramaFever got axed, betting it was all about the numbers and being a niche genre.  :( How unprofessional they were to just pull the plug right there and there! That shows how much they care about their history and the little people that supported them throughout the years. It would have been nice to get a notice in advance, even a small countdown would have been fine. Hopefully, they will refund everyone and nothing happens to Crunchyroll, which is owned by them as well. :(  Crossing my fingers and toes. LOL As you can see, mega-corporations are a big no-no!! I’m glad that OnDemandKorea is starting to pick up some of DramaFever’s collection…hopefully Goblin, which I still haven’t watched yet. Well, I might need to go back to my old ways with other sources, but will see. For now, let’s support OnDemandKorea and Viki until something better comes along and sign the Petition for Dramafever to come back!

Just food for thought, maybe there is slight chance, WarnerMedia will move all of the Asian entertainment to Crunchyroll?? There’s definitely a wider audience and better revenue can be generated. It would be just easier to add a few more to the existing collection. Thoughts, anyone?

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