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Arashi members drawn in Manga Form

by Fiona

The February 3rd issue of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper featured a special collaboration between boy band Arashi and a few manga artists, titled “ARASHI meets MANGA.” The 8-page feature included illustrations of Arashi’s five members, drawn by the artists who did the original works behind some of the dramas and films that they have starred in. Each of the members also gave their thoughts on those works.

The illustrations were drawn by:

* Taiyo Matsumoto (“Tekkon Kinkreet”) – Kazunari Ninomiya
* Chica Umino (“Honey and Clover”) – Sho Sakurai
* Yoko Kamio (“Hana Yori Dango”) – Jun Matsumoto
* Kenji Nagamoto (“Bartender”) – Masaki Aiba
* Fujiko Fujio A (“Kaibutsu-kun”) – Satoshi Ohno

From Tokyograph

Additional pictures can be found at natalie.mu.

All of them were nicely drawn, however, I am found Jun’s and Sho’s to be best among the five. Also, Matsumoto Taiyou’s art style is very unique and feels very Nino-ish. I would love to get my hands on this, I wonder where it can be purchased.

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Music DVD sales top 600k for first time with new Arashi release

by Fiona

Arashi’s latest DVD not only makes its debut at number 1 on the weekly charts, it has sold more than any other music DVD in Japanese history, figures released on February 2 show, reports Oricon and Mainichi Shimbun Digital.

The group’s eighth DVD, “ARASHI 10-11 TOUR “Scene” ～君と僕が見ている風景(Kimi to Boku ga Miteiru Fukei)～ STADIUM”, sold 618,000 copies in its first week of sales. The figure is much larger than their last DVD, “ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5 X 10″, which had sold 477,000 copies in its first week of sales last April.

It is also the first time music DVD sales have topped 600,000 in its first week.

The group’s latest release is their fifth consecutive number 1, and their seventh number 1 in total.

The DVD shows footage from the group’s concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo on September 3 2010, where Arashi performed 40 songs for their fans.

From momoedgewood

Sasuga!! This is quite impressive, I expected excellent sales, but there never this high. Arashi is certainly the best, congrats to them!

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Three official Guinness World Records awarded to Arashi commercials

by Fiona
Photo credit: PR Times

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.

From momoedgewood

Omedetou, Arashi and KDDI!! Those boys always makes us so proud, now they really have been recorded in history! Sugoi ne! I haven’t gotten around to see all 60 versions of the CM, but the ones seen are extremely cute.

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