ＡＲＡＳＨＩ Ｍａｒｋｓ 2008 Ｄｒｅａｍ-Ａ-Ｌｉｖｅ Info (incl. spoilers)
I have been so busy with my work and have not been able to come here to chek out Arashigoto...
But today...I knew I had to...because...ＡＲＡＳＨＩ Ｍａｒｋｓ 2008 Ｄｒｅａｍ-Ａ-Ｌｉｖｅ has started!!!!! Kya-!
Unfortunately I cannot get there...*cries* but thanks to the concert reports and lovely pics of concert goods etc., I am enjoying Virtual Concert reading reports, listening to Arashi songs (organised into concert set list!)...
I have noticed that lovely kikinini has posted concert goods pics already here AND amazing 嵐 has posted pamphlet scans here!!!! Aren't they soooooooo nice sharing those around with Arashians! I am so grateful!
My little bit of contribution...information gathered from various websites...I was doing the rounds anyway so I thought I would share what I have found out with you guys...
Please do not proceed if you do not want to find out information ...maybe because you are one of the lucky ones going to the concert!!!!!!
Warning: Information below may NOT be all accurate...
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Everybody...SCREAM!!!!!
ＡＲＡＳＨＩ Ｍａｒｋｓ 2008 Ｄｒｅａｍ-Ａ-Ｌｉｖｅ
Fri 16th May 2008 at Osaka Kyocera Dome
Start time: 18:00
Before the Concert...
On average fans queue up for about an hour to buy concert goods...
Many of the fans a little taken aback by the concert good design LOL
Some start a rumor saying the caterpillar design (apparently Aiba's idea) is drawn by Sakurai Gahaku (Artist Sakurai)LOL!!!
About an hour after the first report on concert goods appear on internet, a few start saying ..."well, after staring at the concert goods for the past hour, they started to grow on me a bit...when you look at the caterpillar closely...it is rather cute..." and yes...I think so, too...
Pretty average photos for the Fan/Uchiwa ... but I still would kill for Riida Uchiwa... not a great photo but still so cute...
Pretty hot day in Osaka...
Excitement builds up!!!!!!!!
Opening: member comes out one by one and do a little dance each, then gather together and dance...
1. Move your body
2. Happiness
3. Life goes on
4. Step and Go
Members Greetings
5. LOVE PARADE
6. Love so sweet
...seems like Fantasy/Disneyland sort of theme taken a bit too seriously???
7. Everybody前進
8. CARNIVAL NIGHT part2
Big lorries/trolleys in Fantasy theme appear with members riding them...
9. Ohno Solo:Take me faraway
10.Sakurai Solo: Hip Hop Boogie
11. Flash back
each member dances with a female back dancer - slow dance
12. Aiba Solo: Hello Goodbye
13. We can make it!
14. EYES WITH DELIGHT
15. きっと大丈夫
MC/Talk
Sakurai Drink Funny
Sakurai drinks out of a bottle and sucks the bottle in (like Time DVD)
Ninomiya said: 「ちゃんとﾍﾟｯﾄﾎﾞﾄﾙ直して！」Fix up the bottle, please!
Aiba got spotted at the airport
They arrived in Osaka the day before the concert.
At the airport, they encountered a group of school kids(junior high school students) on school trip of some kind.
They suspect they were on their way home, and not on their way to the travel destination.
They spotted Aiba and a student yelled out "Aiba!"(as in without "san" or "chan" but just Aiba)
Aiba was curious what his fans call him...
Arashi asked the audience 「ﾌｧﾝの子はﾌﾟﾗｲﾍﾞｰﾄではaiba さんのこと何て呼んでるの？」what do you call Aiba san in private? (private as in not at the concert etc.)
Most said "Aiba chan" and some "Aiba kun" and some just "Aiba"
Matumoto did a mimic of a schoolgirl encounter with Aiba (apprently Matumoto was having so much fan ding this) :
walking schoolgirl - realise its Aiba! - waves hand madly - says "it's Aiba!" to a friend next to her
Ninomiya Card Trick (like the one from himitsu )
apprently, Nino did a quick card trick ...a pretty simple one
Aiba and Ohno at Disneyland
Aiba and Ohno went to Disneyland together on invitation only 25th Anniversary or something special day.
They were not alone but with their manager as well (probably was not private thing but Johnny's jimusho related)
They only went on three rides - Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion
Aiba & Ohno: 「２人でDisneyland行ったんだよね～」we went to disneyland together
Sakurai: 「なんかちょっと気持ち悪い」It is a bit sick...
Sakurai or Nino (not sure) 「それは本当に２人なの？ 」was it really just the two of you ????
Aiba: 「２人っちゃぁ…２人？」well...just the two of us...??
Aiba:「ﾏﾈｰｼﾞｬｰもいたと言えば…いたかな」I guess there was a manager...
Aiba: 「俺おみやげにTｼｬﾂ買ったじゃん、まあ、皆着てくんなかったけど」I bought all of you Tshirt each but no one has bothered to wear them...
At the gift shop, Aiba was slapped on his shoulders by an older lady saying 「ああ～久しぶり～！」 "wow, long time no seen!" (of course not someone Aiba knew just a fan)
According to Ohno, Aiba was thrown about by the impact of the slapping on his shoulder...「aiba ちゃん軽く吹っ飛んでたよね」
Ohno Drama
Apparently, Matumoto kept patting Ohno's hair for a loooooooong time...
Sakurai: 「リーダーは松潤にとって何なの？」What is leader (ohno) to you?
Matumoto 「リーダーの黒髪超久しぶりだから」Well, it's been a long time since I saw Leader (ohno)'s black hair...
Members asked Ohno why he dyed his fair black (expecting a reply of for the TV drama)
but Ohno replied 「気まぐれです」I just felt like it...
Fans started booing...
Members said something like: せっかく振ったのに！ちゃんとﾊﾟｽ受けて！もう一回やるよ Hey, we've taken the trouble to give you the opportunity to talk about your TV drama...please take the opportunity! Try again!
Second take - why did you dye your hair black?
Ohno: Because I will be doing Maou drama...
Fans clap ...members start praising saying things like first time appearing in TV drama series and the main character!
Ohno was apparently pretty embarrassed...
Members asked Ohno something along the line of "are you feeling worried, excited or embarrassed the most?" in reply Ohno said 「全部です」ALL OF THEM
Sakurai: 「この人ね～ﾘｻｰﾁしてくるんですよ。ﾘﾊ中に2人で休憩してたら Shoく～ん。3ヶ月って長い？って聞いてくんの」
This person (meaning Ohno) try and do some research...during the rehearsal, we were both resting together...and Ohno went Sho ku-n...and asked me is 3 month long?...(the TV drama is meant to go for 3 months)
Matumoto「なんでそんな後ろ向きなんだよ」 why are you so pessimistic? (to Ohno)
Ohno「だって分かんないんだよ」 But I dunno (how long 3 months would feel doing TV drama)
Other Ohno related bits and pieces:
Ohno: When you found out that I was to do a TV drama series, you guys laughed, didn't you!!!!!
Ninomiya: Maybe the drama will finish after 2 episodes because you cannot get up early enough for the filming...
are you really going to be OK? early morning "roke" /filming
Ohno: I am a lawyer
Members: can you ? really defend people? really??
Sakurai volleyball
Sakurai 「僕の話させて下さい！」let me talk about my (volleyball reporting) story!
Ninomiya 「傘ちゃん、ちゃんと練習してるの？」Are you practicing hard (as a joke)
Sakurai 「だから（試合には）出ねーよ！」I do not play volleyball!! (just report the matches)
Other members keep teasing and joking around 「ちゃんと練習してるかどうか、ｻｰﾌﾞしてみてよ」「ほら、早く」Show us your move, go on...
Other members pretend to be waiting for Sakurai to serve a ball from the other side of the court
Sakurai pretends to bounce a ball then does a pretend jump serve
大宮SK/OhMiya SK!!!!!!!!!!
before the song started OhMiya said in the dark:｢ﾔｯﾃﾓ ﾔﾗﾅｸﾃﾓ ｵｺﾗﾚﾙｶﾗ ﾔﾙｺﾄﾆｼﾀﾖｰ｣ whether we do it or not, we are gonna get scalded anyway...so we are gonna do it
OhMiya fans cheered...!!!
They did a song about 御輿/portable shrine thing Japanese use for festivals ...
Nearly final love/kissed again...
Did some surreal dance moves...
song finished suddenly and the fans were a bit taken back...saying ｴｰｯ!!!???/what????????
OhMiya disappear from the stage and MC continued...
Afterward Ninomiya said "the audience was not satisfied so the blue one said (yuji?/nino) to the red one(taka/oh-chan) let's go and do a quick joke but the red one said really, better not...so they did not..."
Ninomiya :｢怒られるのは俺たちじゃなくてあの2人だからね｣ it is not us but those two (OhMiya SK) who get into trouble...(as in not Nino himself...)
Other members just ignored OhMiya...
MC still continued...
Matsumoto's Movie
Aiba: 「もうみたんですか？」have you already seen it? (Matsumoto's movie)
Sakurai「見ました」 yes I have
Aiba「ぼくは、あえてまだみてません。みにいったんですか？」 I have not gone to watch it yet ...on purpose...did you go and watch it (at the theatre)?
Matsumoto 「試写室だよね？」 it was preview room, wasn't it?
Aiba「なに？」What?????
Matsumoto 「いや、Zeroで話してくれるって言うから。」 Well...Sakurai said he would talk about it on News Zero...
Sakurai 「そうそう」 That's right
Matsumoto 「じゃあお前ShimuraZOOで話してくれんのかよ！」 Well...are you gonna talk about my movie on Shimura Zoo???
Aiba「いやはなせません！はなせません！」 well, no...no, I couldn't ...
MC ends...
16. One Love (New song - Hanadan Movie song)
17. My Answer
18. WISH
19. a day in our Life
20. Ninomiya Solo:Gimmick Game
Black with red flower print costume
During the solo, whenever the word 「首筋」Kubisuji/neckline came up in the song, he would touch his own neckline with fingertips seductively and fans screamed
At the end of the song, he licked his fingers and touched his neckline - fans screamed really hard...
21: Matsumoto Solo: Naked
Shiny white suit, no shirt
Dreamy kind of dance with lots of white drapes
During the solo, Matsumoto goes behind the white drapes back dancers are dancing with and when he re-appeared, he was TOPLESS ...well, half naked Jun singing "Naked"...
22. GREEN (New song with Eco theme - rumored to have some link to 24hr charity TV)
Riida appears on stage with the Eco shopping bag and talks a bit about it
During the interlude, each member says a word each (supposedly in relation to Eco concept...)
Aiba ｢希望｣ Hope
Ohno ｢勇気｣ Courage
Sakurai ｢決意｣ decision/determination
Matsumoto｢ｱｸｼｮﾝ｣ Action
Ninomiya ｢未来｣ Future
23. ONCE AGAIN (Ohno choreographed this one? )
Introducing Jr./MAD
24. Lucky Man
25. ハダシの未来 Hadashi no Mirai
26. Oh Yeah！
27. 言葉より大切なもの Kotobayori Taisetunamono
Members Farewell Greetings
28. YOUR SONG
アンコール /Encore
before the encore started, Eco Themed Animation with the Caterpillar was shown...
Encore 1. Do my best
Encore 2. ファイトソング Fight Song
Encore 3. サクラ咲ケ Sakura sake
ダブルアンコ /Double Encore
Double Encore 1. 感謝カンゲキ雨嵐 Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi
Other mini spoilers
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Are you ready...??????????
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Everybody...SCREAM!!!!!
ＡＲＡＳＨＩ Ｍａｒｋｓ 2008 Ｄｒｅａｍ-Ａ-Ｌｉｖｅ
Fri 16th May 2008 at Osaka Kyocera Dome
Start time: 18:00
Before the Concert...
On average fans queue up for about an hour to buy concert goods...
Many of the fans a little taken aback by the concert good design LOL
Some start a rumor saying the caterpillar design (apparently Aiba's idea) is drawn by Sakurai Gahaku (Artist Sakurai)LOL!!!
About an hour after the first report on concert goods appear on internet, a few start saying ..."well, after staring at the concert goods for the past hour, they started to grow on me a bit...when you look at the caterpillar closely...it is rather cute..." and yes...I think so, too...
Pretty average photos for the Fan/Uchiwa ... but I still would kill for Riida Uchiwa... not a great photo but still so cute...
Pretty hot day in Osaka...
Excitement builds up!!!!!!!!
Main Themes for the Concert seem to be
Dream/Fantasy
(Amusement Park??? probably Jun got a bit too inspired by CirqueDuSoleil he watched while in Vegas...? )
&
Eco
(...somehow the caterpillar is connected to Eco thing- probablu 24hr TV related...)
Drum roll.......
Drum roll.......
Drum roll.......
Dream/Fantasy
(Amusement Park??? probably Jun got a bit too inspired by CirqueDuSoleil he watched while in Vegas...? )
&
Eco
(...somehow the caterpillar is connected to Eco thing- probablu 24hr TV related...)
Drum roll.......
Drum roll.......
Drum roll.......
**********Concert Starts!!!!**********
Opening: member comes out one by one and do a little dance each, then gather together and dance...
1. Move your body
2. Happiness
3. Life goes on
4. Step and Go
Members Greetings
- Included Ninomiya's staple "Irasshaimase----!"
5. LOVE PARADE
6. Love so sweet
- Aiba: "Gift Box" costume with ribbon at back
- Sakurai: The queen from Alice in wonderland look costume with wide collar
- Ninomiya: Crysanthemum Doll (not sure what it is) like costume
- Ohno: Princess like costume (??????????)
- Matumoto ...???
...seems like Fantasy/Disneyland sort of theme taken a bit too seriously???
7. Everybody前進
8. CARNIVAL NIGHT part2
Big lorries/trolleys in Fantasy theme appear with members riding them...
- Matumoto on a white horse (like the carousel horse)
- Ninomiya in a flower basket a bit like Thumbelina sitting in the middle of a flower...
- Aiba on a gift box looking thing
- Ohno on Green Creamy Soda (Soda Float) with bubbles coming out from the back
- Sakurai on a heart shaped bug of some kind (maybe a lady beetle)
9. Ohno Solo:Take me faraway
- Golden vest buttoned up in front (maybe a singlet underneath - could not be seen) and black pants
- On stage is a chair
- Showed recorded tape of Ohno dancing on the background screen
- Pretty calm and relaxed kind of dance with a bit of hip swiveling - to begin with, on his own
- MAD (back dancers) appear midway through the dance routine/solo
- Towards the end, Ohno stand on a chair and sing
- The ending is a still pose on the chair...
10.Sakurai Solo: Hip Hop Boogie
- A hat (not a cap), quilted down vest (whiteish ...but pink on the back and the front was yellow and blue...omg)
11. Flash back
each member dances with a female back dancer - slow dance
12. Aiba Solo: Hello Goodbye
- a hoodie, casual style, pink checked top and bottom, shorts
- plays blues harp
13. We can make it!
14. EYES WITH DELIGHT
15. きっと大丈夫
MC/Talk
Sakurai Drink Funny
Sakurai drinks out of a bottle and sucks the bottle in (like Time DVD)
Ninomiya said: 「ちゃんとﾍﾟｯﾄﾎﾞﾄﾙ直して！」Fix up the bottle, please!
Aiba got spotted at the airport
They arrived in Osaka the day before the concert.
At the airport, they encountered a group of school kids(junior high school students) on school trip of some kind.
They suspect they were on their way home, and not on their way to the travel destination.
They spotted Aiba and a student yelled out "Aiba!"(as in without "san" or "chan" but just Aiba)
Aiba was curious what his fans call him...
Arashi asked the audience 「ﾌｧﾝの子はﾌﾟﾗｲﾍﾞｰﾄではaiba さんのこと何て呼んでるの？」what do you call Aiba san in private? (private as in not at the concert etc.)
Most said "Aiba chan" and some "Aiba kun" and some just "Aiba"
Matumoto did a mimic of a schoolgirl encounter with Aiba (apprently Matumoto was having so much fan ding this) :
walking schoolgirl - realise its Aiba! - waves hand madly - says "it's Aiba!" to a friend next to her
Ninomiya Card Trick (like the one from himitsu )
apprently, Nino did a quick card trick ...a pretty simple one
Aiba and Ohno at Disneyland
Aiba and Ohno went to Disneyland together on invitation only 25th Anniversary or something special day.
They were not alone but with their manager as well (probably was not private thing but Johnny's jimusho related)
They only went on three rides - Splash Mountain, Space Mountain and Haunted Mansion
Aiba & Ohno: 「２人でDisneyland行ったんだよね～」we went to disneyland together
Sakurai: 「なんかちょっと気持ち悪い」It is a bit sick...
Sakurai or Nino (not sure) 「それは本当に２人なの？ 」was it really just the two of you ????
Aiba: 「２人っちゃぁ…２人？」well...just the two of us...??
Aiba:「ﾏﾈｰｼﾞｬｰもいたと言えば…いたかな」I guess there was a manager...
Aiba: 「俺おみやげにTｼｬﾂ買ったじゃん、まあ、皆着てくんなかったけど」I bought all of you Tshirt each but no one has bothered to wear them...
At the gift shop, Aiba was slapped on his shoulders by an older lady saying 「ああ～久しぶり～！」 "wow, long time no seen!" (of course not someone Aiba knew just a fan)
According to Ohno, Aiba was thrown about by the impact of the slapping on his shoulder...「aiba ちゃん軽く吹っ飛んでたよね」
Ohno Drama
Apparently, Matumoto kept patting Ohno's hair for a loooooooong time...
Sakurai: 「リーダーは松潤にとって何なの？」What is leader (ohno) to you?
Matumoto 「リーダーの黒髪超久しぶりだから」Well, it's been a long time since I saw Leader (ohno)'s black hair...
Members asked Ohno why he dyed his fair black (expecting a reply of for the TV drama)
but Ohno replied 「気まぐれです」I just felt like it...
Fans started booing...
Members said something like: せっかく振ったのに！ちゃんとﾊﾟｽ受けて！もう一回やるよ Hey, we've taken the trouble to give you the opportunity to talk about your TV drama...please take the opportunity! Try again!
Second take - why did you dye your hair black?
Ohno: Because I will be doing Maou drama...
Fans clap ...members start praising saying things like first time appearing in TV drama series and the main character!
Ohno was apparently pretty embarrassed...
Members asked Ohno something along the line of "are you feeling worried, excited or embarrassed the most?" in reply Ohno said 「全部です」ALL OF THEM
Sakurai: 「この人ね～ﾘｻｰﾁしてくるんですよ。ﾘﾊ中に2人で休憩してたら Shoく～ん。3ヶ月って長い？って聞いてくんの」
This person (meaning Ohno) try and do some research...during the rehearsal, we were both resting together...and Ohno went Sho ku-n...and asked me is 3 month long?...(the TV drama is meant to go for 3 months)
Matumoto「なんでそんな後ろ向きなんだよ」 why are you so pessimistic? (to Ohno)
Ohno「だって分かんないんだよ」 But I dunno (how long 3 months would feel doing TV drama)
Other Ohno related bits and pieces:
Ohno: When you found out that I was to do a TV drama series, you guys laughed, didn't you!!!!!
Ninomiya: Maybe the drama will finish after 2 episodes because you cannot get up early enough for the filming...
are you really going to be OK? early morning "roke" /filming
Ohno: I am a lawyer
Members: can you ? really defend people? really??
Sakurai volleyball
Sakurai 「僕の話させて下さい！」let me talk about my (volleyball reporting) story!
Ninomiya 「傘ちゃん、ちゃんと練習してるの？」Are you practicing hard (as a joke)
Sakurai 「だから（試合には）出ねーよ！」I do not play volleyball!! (just report the matches)
Other members keep teasing and joking around 「ちゃんと練習してるかどうか、ｻｰﾌﾞしてみてよ」「ほら、早く」Show us your move, go on...
Other members pretend to be waiting for Sakurai to serve a ball from the other side of the court
Sakurai pretends to bounce a ball then does a pretend jump serve
大宮SK/OhMiya SK!!!!!!!!!!
before the song started OhMiya said in the dark:｢ﾔｯﾃﾓ ﾔﾗﾅｸﾃﾓ ｵｺﾗﾚﾙｶﾗ ﾔﾙｺﾄﾆｼﾀﾖｰ｣ whether we do it or not, we are gonna get scalded anyway...so we are gonna do it
OhMiya fans cheered...!!!
They did a song about 御輿/portable shrine thing Japanese use for festivals ...
Nearly final love/kissed again...
Did some surreal dance moves...
song finished suddenly and the fans were a bit taken back...saying ｴｰｯ!!!???/what????????
OhMiya disappear from the stage and MC continued...
Afterward Ninomiya said "the audience was not satisfied so the blue one said (yuji?/nino) to the red one(taka/oh-chan) let's go and do a quick joke but the red one said really, better not...so they did not..."
Ninomiya :｢怒られるのは俺たちじゃなくてあの2人だからね｣ it is not us but those two (OhMiya SK) who get into trouble...(as in not Nino himself...)
Other members just ignored OhMiya...
MC still continued...
Matsumoto's Movie
Aiba: 「もうみたんですか？」have you already seen it? (Matsumoto's movie)
Sakurai「見ました」 yes I have
Aiba「ぼくは、あえてまだみてません。みにいったんですか？」 I have not gone to watch it yet ...on purpose...did you go and watch it (at the theatre)?
Matsumoto 「試写室だよね？」 it was preview room, wasn't it?
Aiba「なに？」What?????
Matsumoto 「いや、Zeroで話してくれるって言うから。」 Well...Sakurai said he would talk about it on News Zero...
Sakurai 「そうそう」 That's right
Matsumoto 「じゃあお前ShimuraZOOで話してくれんのかよ！」 Well...are you gonna talk about my movie on Shimura Zoo???
Aiba「いやはなせません！はなせません！」 well, no...no, I couldn't ...
MC ends...
16. One Love (New song - Hanadan Movie song)
17. My Answer
18. WISH
19. a day in our Life
20. Ninomiya Solo:Gimmick Game
Black with red flower print costume
During the solo, whenever the word 「首筋」Kubisuji/neckline came up in the song, he would touch his own neckline with fingertips seductively and fans screamed
At the end of the song, he licked his fingers and touched his neckline - fans screamed really hard...
21: Matsumoto Solo: Naked
Shiny white suit, no shirt
Dreamy kind of dance with lots of white drapes
During the solo, Matsumoto goes behind the white drapes back dancers are dancing with and when he re-appeared, he was TOPLESS ...well, half naked Jun singing "Naked"...
22. GREEN (New song with Eco theme - rumored to have some link to 24hr charity TV)
Riida appears on stage with the Eco shopping bag and talks a bit about it
During the interlude, each member says a word each (supposedly in relation to Eco concept...)
Aiba ｢希望｣ Hope
Ohno ｢勇気｣ Courage
Sakurai ｢決意｣ decision/determination
Matsumoto｢ｱｸｼｮﾝ｣ Action
Ninomiya ｢未来｣ Future
23. ONCE AGAIN (Ohno choreographed this one? )
Introducing Jr./MAD
24. Lucky Man
25. ハダシの未来 Hadashi no Mirai
26. Oh Yeah！
27. 言葉より大切なもの Kotobayori Taisetunamono
Members Farewell Greetings
28. YOUR SONG
アンコール /Encore
before the encore started, Eco Themed Animation with the Caterpillar was shown...
- Member colored "balls" on screen - those balls start growing legs and transform into caterpillars...
- On screen, it shows a pile of rubbish...
- Caterpillars crawl and as they do, blue sky appear and start covering the screen (wiping out the rubbish)
- Caterpillar body parts (balls) start shining (each caterpillar with each member color) and sparkling and Encore starts...
- Very high up in the dome under the ceiling, there are cocoons (lol) and Arashi members are "born" from the cocoons...
- Arashi members hang by wires hanging from the cocoons - a bit like trapeze...moving from the front main stage all the way to the back stage...
- Some of the members do flips while dangling in the air...(apparently Sho could not move with fear!)
Encore 1. Do my best
Encore 2. ファイトソング Fight Song
Encore 3. サクラ咲ケ Sakura sake
- They sing Do my best & Fight Song in the air...not sure about Sakura Sake.
ダブルアンコ /Double Encore
Double Encore 1. 感謝カンゲキ雨嵐 Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi
- Members in Concert Tshirt
Other mini spoilers
- All up, the concert went for about 3 hours
- No sign boards, No sign balls etc.
- They did NOT sing ARASHI!!!!!!!!! Noooooooooooooo!!!!!
- Riida wearing a black arm band on left arm
- female back dancers as well as MAD/Jrs throughout the concert (many fans not happy about the female dancers apparently...oh well)
I SOOOOOOO WANT TO BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*cries*
But hey, it was not too bad dreaming about dream a live...
Big thanks to all fans who shared info on the net...
But hey, it was not too bad dreaming about dream a live...
Big thanks to all fans who shared info on the net...
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sugoi yo ne~ thank you for posting up this report!!!
ZOMG THIS SOUNDS WONDERFUL. ;_____; want to go want to go want to go.
~no ARASHI? noooooo~ I hope they do it for the concert that goes on DVD. ;-;
~GYAH *2* NEW SONGS??!! :DDDDDDDDDD
~I'm not too ecstatic about the catterpillar and the over-the-top fantasy thing per se but I'm really excited about the green theme! :D It can seem a bit pretentious, at times, I'm afraid, but it's still wonderful that they're trying to be environmentally conscious!!!
~I'm really excited about the setlist!! Other than wishing ARASHI was on it. ;-; Otherwise I really, REALLY like it. :D
~ooh hoo hoo~ female backup dancers~ 8D how hot. maybe even sketchy, heheh. I can see why some fans were upset~ pushing the envelop yet again, yay! :D
~The MCs sound totally fun!!!
Thank you SO much for posting this, I was dying to hear something! This has been a really rough, tiring day, but you TOTALLY just made my day wonderful~ yayyyy!
I dont like the female dancers too... XDDD I read that and well, I am taken aback... It's so SMAP.... Anyways, I cant believe they didn't perform A.RA.SHI, that's the biggest shocker.... They always perform it every YEAR!! T_T
This is really a new route Arashi is going into. I would still support them, of course.. After all, they are still Arashi but I cant help feeling sad.....Oh wells, G'luck with the tour boys.... Thanks for sharing!!!!
Circus concept: hahahaha...... Imagining them wearing all those ridiculous costumes had me laugh my asses off, let alone having Jun-kun on the white horse. ROFL!! =D I would like to see that.
MC: They never fail to entertain me through their MC talks. <3333 Now, I know why Aiba-chan and Oh-chan went to Disneyland together.
Jun's solo: seems to be artistically beautiful. Apparently, some reported that he did modern dance for his solo?
Aiba's solo: I'm just choo happy that he played blues harp for his solo. That's what I've been hoping he'd do for his solo. <33333333333333
Nino's solo: Hahahahaha.... OMG!!! I think I'd laugh just from hearing all those Nino fangirls screaming if I was there attending the con. XDDDD Nino, you naughty boy!!!!
Sho's solo: heard that the choreo for his solo was quite nice. Can't wait to see this as well. After all, it's Yaracchi's choreo.
Ohno's solo: I was hoping that it would be accompanied by a ballet or contemporary dance throughout the whole duration. But it's ok, I can be satisfied by just listening to his powerful voice singing one of my fav Dream "A" Live songs. =)
And last but not least, I wanna see the opening dance routines, and the choreos for move your body, flashback, and once again!!!! XDDDD
Thanks for gathering bits of con reports from here and there and consolidate them for us. *Chuuuus*
Ahhh~~ I don't know how I feel not hearing A.RA.SHI in their concert >.<
But I don't really mind the female backdancers as much. Probably because I didn't see it myself XP
LOLOL~~~ I love the MC.
I could so imagin Oh-chan asking Sho-chan if 3 months a long time or not. I wish Oh-chan could be more confident ^^ And Aiba-chan with the fans calling him just "Aiba"~~ <3
Thanks again!!!
Thank you for your complete entry. This is the best researched summary report I found all day of visiting various blogs and bbs. 普段めったに行かないmixiにも入り浸ってしまいました。女性ダンサーに反響が多いのに驚きました。昔からのファンの方はいろんな変化に複雑な思いなのでしょうね。
コンサートに行けない私達はネタバレを気にせずに初日からレポートを読みまくれるのがメリットですね？（ポジティブでしょ？）
ナイスなレポートありがとうございました！
^^ as always,arigatou for your elaborate post...*hugzzzzz I can totally pictured it...watching them inside the Osaka dome...
shockerZZZ...no A.Ra.Shi?!?!no waaayyy~~~ T.T I hope they will perform it for DVD recording.Kinda weird.....
I think being a fangirl,it's normal to get annoyed of any opposite sex creature hovering around them...XP..demo,they're professional ..our boys would not go beyond that.
Oh GOD,is there any creature cuter than our riida?!!??!?! I WANT TO SQUeee him so bad~~~ Giving up fishing for 3 months would too hard on him ><;; riida,i wish i could help T.T
*jumping and rolling of joy*
thanks for sharing <33
Many thanks for report ^^ Sugoi ne!!
sound fun ne
MC so funny.
Mitai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was so excited reading the reports and was thinking of many Arashians out there not being able to read the reports written in Japanese...
Although there are some English bloggers lucky enough to be at the concert, too!
I think ridiculous costumes are part of JE culture LOL
Look, I was into 80s hair metal band boys with make up and big hair...so nothing scare me that much LOL
Thanks for visiting and for leaving a comment!!! Your happy comment made me happy,yo!
Any changes (even for better) bring with it some feelings of grief,ne. Such is human nature. I also share your sentiment,yo!
It is kind of scary because it does feel like Arashi is changing so much so quick and some of the things they are trying, do leave us (well, me!) with slight impression that they are trying to be who they are not...(like Nino trying to be super sexy)...but it is all part of growing up...maybe?
Maybe it is Arashi teenage rebel time LOL - they will try a few new things out - maybe make some stupid mistakes - grow up and learn from mistakes - settle down - find their own way ...ne!
With the past concert tour, they have changed setlist & stage direction...they are open to that.
Many say the first day is sort of like open rehearsal...I am looking forward to reading more reports in later dates to see what kind of changes (improvements) they may make!!!
Well...those 5 charming, down to earth, lovable, funny, sometimes hentai, often dorky, yet often Kakkoii, cute, talented boys will always be our Arashi no matter what...and we all love them for who they are,ne.
As a fan, even I have changed heaps in the past 8 months or so...first Iwas only interested in their funny side...the shock of finding out that they are JE boys...OMG...and I actually gave them a go and now love their singing and dancing as well as variety show funnies.
...not sure what I wanted to say now...anyway...yeah, it does seem to be that they are trying out something new - they are all for continuous improvement...which is a great thing xxx
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I thought it was cute when Oh-chan did the dance with Minami in Tenseikunpu stageplay...I would not mind more of that kind of dancing...(hentai in me is really looking forward to Riida love scene in his Drama! he probably would not do it, though) but maybe I am one of a few...
Circus concept made me laugh a bit, too...carousel and castle and flowers and creamy soda (???) dream land...concept...and trapeze...well...LOL
But although I cracked up laughing reading the reports, I can imagine that once the dome was dark and everything lit up, maybe they were pretty cool...electrical parade, anyone LOL
I love the MC (why do they call it MC, though?????????) and I hope to (time permits) keep an eye out for new reports on different days and translate and post here as MC usually includes lots of interesting info and funnies.I would be very happy to pay $50 just to see MC part...
Aiba-chan and Oh-chan Disneyland story - yeah, although they did not specifically say it, it seems they went as a part of JE thingy cuz their manager was also there, ne.
So many people said Jun's solo was very beautiful ...and the ending sexy - as far as I know, he did do a sort of modern dance... a little bit of Momo from Kimi ha pet,ne!
I was excited about Aiba's blues harp, too!!!
Nino's solo...I prefer to refrain from voicing my opinion there XD
Sho's solo: yeah, I did not come across many report on his solo except many saying it was "nice" and typical (in a nice way) JE HIp Hop number with Sakurai seeming to be in his element rapping comfortably and having fun thrgouhout and yes... Yaracchi's choreo...cannnot wait until the DVD comes out so I can watch it...OH! BTW for the bits where Sho sang Yo yo yo , I think the big screen showed the other members also saying yoyoyo as in a bit of back chorus...and many fans did say they were cute...forgot to mention that...
Ohno's solo-I would be happy to just be in the same space as him one day...I don't think I would care if he sang or danced or whatever! I would be just so happy breathing in the air he may have breathed out...(am I crazy or just hentai?)
I am soooo interested in chreo for new songs, ne! especially Once again ...because its Ohno's...I think the other members saying chreo was too difficult...(my memory is failing me again...some mag?) no detailed report on the song's chreo either yet...I shall go hunting for more info...
Well...thanks for visiting again!!!!!!!! *Chu* back! xxx
So happy to spread Arashi love!
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I think everyone wanted to see them do ARASHI! Maybe they are gonna do a big surprise next year for the 10th anniversary...I wanna see them in THAT costume...hehehe
I am not fussed with female dancers at all...bring them on if having professional female dancers add to the entertainment!
MC...well...I melted when I first read the report about Ohno ...sooooooooo cute...well...many fans are worried that Oh-chan may try to escape if he does not get enough respite during the filming (cuz he has already attempted to escape along with Nino when he first became arashi )...
I am a little worried, too...please let Ohchan go fishing every now and then!!!!!!
Aiba being called Aiba...wasn't he talking about that on Music station or something? and maybe in AAA dvd, too??? Fans calling him Aiba----! Well, he has always said he was friendly everyday idol...LOL
Thanks for the comment!!!
this was something new, the concert's theme....interesting.
definitely interesting to be there ourselves ne ^^
for preparing & sharing this nice report, gokurosama deshita! *bows*
good luck with your ticket, ganbatte!!! ^^;
ＰＭもありがとうございました！お互い気を使わないで楽しくやりましょうね！なんだか親しみやすくて素敵な嵐友さんに出会えてものすごく嬉しいんですが...
私もコンサートレポ巡りしすぎて気がついたら朝だったみたいな(笑）。
mixi会員なんですか？面白いですか？
私も女性ダンサーに反響が多いのにびっくりしました。欧米だと、アイドルといっても平気で（？）というか普通に恋人作ってますよね...相手によってはスキャンダルですけど、あんまりファンはこだわっていないような...？ＪＥ特有なものなんですかね、あれは？私は今まで一度も好きなバンドのメンバーが結婚したとか彼女ができたとかでおちこんだりなんてなかったんですが...そういう対象として好きじゃなかったからでしょうか？あれ？嵐もそういう対象ではないな...うーん...ＪＥは奥が深いんですかね。
でも確かに、昔からのファンの方は今まで使わなかった女性ダンサーを使う、アリーナからドームになるなど、あまりに急激ないろいろな変化に戸惑いを感じるのはわかります。かなり新しいファンの私ですらおろおろしてますから(笑）！
ポジティブな考え、素敵です！レポ読んで楽しみましょうね！妄想力はいいんで(笑）。
Ｔｈａｎｋ ｙｏｕ ｆｏｒ ｙｏｕｒ ｃｏｍｍｅｎｔ！！！
yeah, if we cannot be there, we can still use our imagination and enjoy it from our computer...hehehe
I though Riida was so cute (MC comments) etc...so wanna see the solo dance/singing - not many reports on it but vest and black pants and white gloves...droolworthy...
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oh and the story about aiba & ohno in disneyland is so cute! ♥♥♥
Thanks for your comment - happy to spread Arashi love!
I would love to one day go to Arashi concert...if at all possible, maybe next year since it would be 10th anniversary...
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If just reading the concert report was that much fun,,,,I can just imagine what it would be like actually being there...!!!
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I would love to one day be there for sure...I am gonna do it!
Oh...It is not that I could not get the ticket...I live in Australia - a bit too fart to and too expensive to go to Arashi concert,ne! Better work harder LOL
Maybe there is a die hard Arashi fan who cannot speak Japanese wanting a personal interpreter to accompany him/her to Arashi concert...???All expenses paid plus concert ticket as the reward?
If you know anyone...please let me know! LOL
I feel thankful that u report them very much coz i don't no chance go to see them (so sad T T) but only reading or listening, I feel fun ^^ and happy already
I imagine arsahi's parade ^^ how's jun with white horse or aibachan in gift box and everything sugoi ne. I agree with blisscarnation and u. arashi try new style for fans always ^^
thanks again ^^
They are such a cute pair,ne!
With Aiba taking Ohno to Disneyland and OhMiya SK reappearing...Jun better watch out! hehehe
ヤバい！！マジ行きたい！:( :( :( If only they'd come down under too >//<
Thanks agaaaaainnn!!! (ps, i'm neighbourhood-adding you coz I'm enjoying your posts~~ ^__^)
you do sort of turn your back around and REBEl big time against all that LOL
So I was into the metal, the hard rock(think Sabbath, Maiden, Priest, AC/DC, Malmsteen, bit of G&R, bit of Meatloaf, a bit of this and that...mainly OLD SKOOL stuff from 70s & 80s and a bit of 90s), when everyone else was into JE stuff, I loved reading comic books like Akira when everyone else was into girly stuff, wearing long skirt when everyone else was into mini, reading "Olive" (a japanese mag) or other non-preferred kind of books when everyone else is reading "Myojo" or "Seventeen"...
So, yeah, you can say I was not really into JE when I was in Japan or well...until last year when I came across Arashi!
You never know what is around the corner in this life...
Now I am sort of tolerant of JE idols...meaning I do not just shun them as such...but not really into anyone else but Arashi...I would not really be able to match the names and faces of Kat tun or Kanjani or whoever else...LOL
So...I am probably a very very very odd one out here...but my love for Arashi is real,yo!
Ohhh..Thanks for sharing the story. It's like virtual concert for me too.:)
Thank you for sharing the translations of the concert reports...i really enjoyed reading them...the concert sounds soo exciting and fun...I wish I could be there! ^_^Y
I'm so happy Ohmiya Sk are back together and Jun is so cute petting Ohchan's hair! XD
I hope you don't mind me adding you...and could you add me back too? ^_^Y
Very nice love song,ne!
We just gotta hope that Arashi will one day do ALL AROUND WORLD Tour!
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Thanks for adding me to your neighbourhood - I have added you to my neighbourhood, too now!
Thanks for visiting! yoroshikune!
Well, until Arashi does the wrold tour, the next best thing to the real concert would be the virtual concert,ne!
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I can't imagine those Disney costumes at all.. -_-
I believe MC stands for Microphone Control? At events there is usually a MC person who announces the next act and so on.
Looking forward to more updates!
So glad you enjoyed reading the con report!
The next best thing to the real thing...well, it has to be!!!!
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We all want to be there, ne! But many of us cannot...so this is the best we can do...virtual concert! It is nice to know though that there are so many overseas fans out there following Arashi and cheering them on from far away...
Talking about far away...Ohno wishes to be taken far away...maybe I should just invite him to Australia...hehehe
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They are talking about Outdoor live - so maybe that legendary costume would come in handy in case it rains...XXD
Thank you for picking up on my curious comment about MC - well, I know at weddings and funerals and so on, MC (Master of Ceremony) is the person who does the time keeping and announcements and so on...
I just never heard of that expression MC being used for concert talk segment before...we usually just say "the talk bit" LOL...so I wondered if JE has special meaning for MC or maybe it is just another funny Japanese/English thingy LOL
Thanks for the comment!!!!xxx
Anyway...it was nice to know that there are other Arashians out there who have never been into JE or Jpop before Arashi...
I think...THAT"S ARASHI QUALITY!!!!!!
There definitely is something about the boys...to suck ME into JE!
I am hard at converting my hard core headbanger friends and guess what?
I am being successful XXD Contrary to common misconception, headbangers do like talented musicians (dispute me if you like! Old Skool rocks! and many of my friends are talented musicians including classically traineds & Music majors & professional musicians) and they(my friends) did see talent written all over Arashi. So, we go shopping or whatever, we may be listening to Breaking the Law (Judas Priest) then Happiness (Arashi)...
GO ARASHI!!!!!!!! (by the way, Sakura Sake and Fight Song heavy metal arranged sound grouse! )
never watch smap concert
but their attraction? or the atmosphere?
kind of smap-ish
well maybe coz they got full budget this time (the setting was @__@)
ozarashi-san:
at first, i don't like reality_world idol too^^ (more into animanga back then)
this is the first time i like real ppl and didn't get bored quickly.
they're amazing ne^^
sorry, i know this post got lots of comment but i can't resist the urged to put mine and say thanks! omg i love this con report so much so fast<33
juntoshi rabuu~
It is always nice to receive comments,ne! People here are soooooo nice xxx
So happy that you enjoyed the con repo!!!!!
JunToshi is very cute,ne xxD Rabu Rabu...!!!
Good to know there are some people out there who have not really been into JE idols before Arashi! I am starting to feel like less of a freak now LOL
Thanks for your comment and visitng here often *cuddles*
Thanks a lot for your report!^^ It really helps people like me who cannot go to Japan, to enjoy the concert!^^
I'm sooo glad they're using female dancers... finally they've grown up to be the not-so-typical JE band! >_<
I hope i can see at least some fancams... i wanna judge with my own eyes this "disneyland-parade" theme! XD
It probably would be better if they can do the real world tour...but at least if they do pay per view broadcast...everyone who want to watch their concert have better chance of watching the concert...even if it is through the TV screen ...at least LIVE!!!!!
Anyway...that is MY dream a live...
Well...thank you for visiting and am glad I could spread a bit of Arashi love! Ciao!
Thank you so much for this detailed report and the pictures! It seems like they really put a lot of effort into the stage setting this year to match the fantasy theme. I want to see Ohno in the green creamy soda with the bubbles XD
The two things that surprised me the most about this year's concert are the female dancers and not singing A.RA.SHI. It'll probably take some time for fans to adjust seeing them with the female dancers...they're grown-ups afterall...but you can't help getting just a bit jealous if the boys are dancing really close to the female dancers, eg. Jun's solo in the One concert.
I wonder why they didn't sing A.RA.SHI...I'd be really upset and shocked because the concert would feel incomplete as they always sang it every year. It's one of the songs that I look forward to when I attend their concert. They'd better sing it next year or else the fans won't forgive them. LOL
Their no-plan MC is the best!
hahaha, sorry for commenting so suddenly (I see you're writing comments with length that's enough to put my longest comment to shame XD) *hugs* yeay~ i think i've found my soulmate! in the 'long essay-writing dept', i mean XD.
Thanx for compiling and writing up such a detailed report of the first day con. Now I can actually imagine what I've read from other reports so far. To think that u havent been there yrself! I guess, that's the only way you can be objective abt it ^^. I hope u'll get to see them perform LIVE with yr own eyes one day, BELIEVE~!!
When I read abt the concept of the concert, I was very surprised. Coz it fits the image I had in my mind when I heard the theme song in the new album. It is a 'theme' song! (duh!)
Since u've brought up abt the "MC" thing (out of all ppl~ *tickles*). I really have no idea what that's supposed to stand for besides Master of Ceremony. But I just figured this one out for my own amusement XD --> Middle (of the concert) Chat.
P/S: Please tell more abt yr experiences converting yr head-banger friends to liking Arashi. I could use a few tips ^^ *hugs*
Just love hearing news about the concert and all. Because it is the next best thing for international fans who have a harder time to get to go to LIVE concerts. My wish is for them to stage something in a different country outside of Asia for the 10th Anniversary event. I think that would make getting tickets a lot easier. Thanks a lot again for your extensive report and hard work. Arashi love is spreading and growing.
yeah, Arashi MC talk is so funny...I would love it if they produced a DVD compilation of MC talks...uncut...
thanks so much for the infos!
I am now imagining the concert! *fairytale style* this is SUGOI! and i'm really happy about the con! but where's Koe???? and why is there no A.RA.Shi! and, i'm really amazed with nino's solo [about the seductive neckline part and the licking]! and i am uber excited for a fancam of jun's solo! I SO WANNA GO!!!!!! [but how? :) hehe] and, my imagination of jun doing the schoolgirl act! [kawaii!]
i cant say all my comments! and my thanks'. thank you agaiN!
Happy to spread arashi lovexxx Thanks for leaving lovely comment.
Anyway, I love your long comments (they're really interesting!), and totally agree with you on Ohno's voice---he has a very charming voice and quite talented in his vibrato... it just sounds so natural and definitely very appealing to me. ; )
now , Arashi concert= rainbows and circus....
despite some hits and misses, i still want to be part of it..
Thank you so much..i really love your blog!
And thank you for actually reading my bla bla bla long replies, too...did not think anyone would be reading them but maybe just the person I was replying to... *blush* Happy you found it somewhat interesting!
Will be trying to do trans of MC for other concerts in future...
Rainbows and Circus...they want us to be in dreamland,ne...*giggle*
They put so much effort and love into the concert...I cannot help but laugh about some of the costumes...but hey, that is part of Arashi quality and charm,ne xxx
So, you are going to the concert??????? ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nino can be really Do S sometimes but i guess that's how he shows his love for Riida. XD
Thanks for the con report. ^___^
about leader wearing the black band on his hand.. it is unusual?
cause i like saw him wore b4.... anyoneknow?
*PS i knw this is superlate responese HEES