No hope...?

I already mentioned about this in my comment on the previous post, but I'll post as a separate entry here.

In Game Nikki (the Nino diary/blog on the official JE mobile website), updated on 2 February, he mentioned that he'd probably NOT be going to the Academy Awards ceremony because the shooting schedule of TV drama Haikei is getting seriously tight now. Also he implied another reason for not going to the US; the new song ("Love so sweet" apparently) will be out (on 21 February) and Arashi will appear on TV show(s).

Ahhhhhh. I had a faint hope when I read the sanspo article about his appearance at the Berinale and the Paris preview, but it's shattered now....*sob*  Poor US fans....

I wished he'd go to London after the Paris preview and do some promotion activities for the Letters, as the film will be shown on screen from 23 February in the UK.... Though I know it wouldn't be happened as Nino is probably returning to Japan for the live music TV show Music Station, where Arashi will perform on 16 Feb....

Actually, I was really surprised to know the schedule for Haikei is tight now. From several interviews of Nino and other casts, I knew that all the scripts had been already written before the shooting started. This is rare thing in Japanese TV drama industry these days. Also, Nino even wrote in his Game Nikki that the shooting of Haikei went very smoothly and often finished earlier than planned. So I wonder why it suddenly get changed like that.... *sigh*

Anyway, Nino wrote about going to Berlin and Paris in the Nikki. So we can take it as confirmed. I hope many reports would come up from German/French/any other European fans...!