Thursday, July 10, 2008

News tidbits 10JUL2008

Doing another quick round-up of news in the JE world.

Probably the biggest news would be the announcement of Arashi's newest single truth/Kaze no Muko e. truth is the theme song for the drama Maoh that stars Ohno Satoshi and Ikuta Toma and Kaze no Muko e is the theme song for the Olympic broadcast in Japan. With Arashi's current popularity it's no surprise that both LE editions are 'out of print' at cdjapan already. But they could be open for pre-orders again at least once before the sale date.

Here are the links for the singles at cdjapan:

truth / Kaze no Muko e [Regular Edition] / Arashi

truth / Kaze no Muko e [w/ DVD, Limited Edition 1] / Arashi

truth / Kaze no Muko e [w/ DVD, Limited Edition 2] / Arashi

I can't help but think that with there being two different LEs if JE is trying to grab the number one spot for the singles of 2008. At the moment Aoyama Thelma holds that spot and is still selling steady. KAT-TUN is right behind but don't look like they'll be able to catch up let alone pass her sales. Arashi's singles may not be One Love has been as big as a seller as KAT-TUN's singles but it is a steady seller and should easily beat Step and Go and if it keeps selling strong could nab the top spot for the year itself.

The covers for the new NEWS DVD are out now. I kinda like how it seems to be in the same style as the last concert DVDs. The LE is the blue and the RE the pink.



Also Hey! Say! JUMP will be appearing on Music Station tomorrow, the 11th, and that will be the first performance for their new single. Also the preview is out for their PV for Your Seed. The set looks quite cheap but I'm not surprised about that. We should be getting the full PV soon, most likely early next week.

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