I always get sick at the worst times, last time I was really sick it was during finals. Thankfully I just finished mid-terms but I have managed to catch a bug that my younger brother had, which if I suffer from it like he did I will have a fever for about a week (my temperature is already at 101.5F) and then will get stuck with gobs of mucus in my throat. And this quarter all my classes tend to cover a great deal of information in each class so who knows what important information I will miss. Perhaps I'll get lucky and will get better before Monday... though I somehow doubt it.
So I may not be updating much for a while as the energy I do have I need to put towards school work, but I will try to keep on top of the news as well as I can. Though tonight is out as I need to sleep as I just managed to get home from school and I'm having trouble doing just about everything.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tis the season for concerts
Well there will be yet another Johnny's concert series scheduled for the winter season. This time it is the Junior band FiVE, aka the one you don't see on Shounen Club. They will be having a concert tour titled FiVE LIVE TOUR 2008-2009, which consists of five shows, the first November 14th, 2008 and the last on January 9th, 2009.
There seems to be quite a few concerts going on for the winter. Currently there is the NEWS concerts that will go through to January, then there's Hey! Say! JUMP having a winter concert series that will be in December and January. Kinki Kids will have a second leg of their current tour in December and January. Plus Tsubasa is now having a solo concert in December and Tackey has his butai that Kis-My-Ft2 and A.B.C.-Z will be a in for all of January. As well and the Kansai Juniors winter concerts.
But it's good thing to see everyone so active, IMHO. Though it does mean there will be a ton of concert goods that I will be tempted to buy though.
There seems to be quite a few concerts going on for the winter. Currently there is the NEWS concerts that will go through to January, then there's Hey! Say! JUMP having a winter concert series that will be in December and January. Kinki Kids will have a second leg of their current tour in December and January. Plus Tsubasa is now having a solo concert in December and Tackey has his butai that Kis-My-Ft2 and A.B.C.-Z will be a in for all of January. As well and the Kansai Juniors winter concerts.
But it's good thing to see everyone so active, IMHO. Though it does mean there will be a ton of concert goods that I will be tempted to buy though.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Imai Tsubasa Osaka Shouchukoza 2008 Winter
Well is looks like Tackey won't be the only one from the Tackey & Tsubasa duo that will have something to do this winter. According to Johnny's net Tsubasa will have in the later half of December. The first show will be on December 19th and the final show is scheduled for Christmas day, the 25th. All shows will be at Osaka, and the location is the name of the concert.
It took me having to search my kanji dictionary to figure out how to translate Shouchukoza. Shou and chuko translate to pine and bamboo while za can be translated to either sitting, gathering or theater, and considering what this is theater is probably the right one for this.
It took me having to search my kanji dictionary to figure out how to translate Shouchukoza. Shou and chuko translate to pine and bamboo while za can be translated to either sitting, gathering or theater, and considering what this is theater is probably the right one for this.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Akanishi Jin's film debut
It has been announced that Akanishi Jin will be making his film debut in a movie called BANDAGE. From what I can understand from the Sanspo article about it, which is all in Japanese, the movie is about a band which Jin's character is the leader and of course is the vocalist of.
Filming is said to begin on the 3rd of November so I think it's safe to assume that the special program that Jin will be doing on the 4th is tied into the movie. And with his role as a band vocalist I wouldn't be surprised if there was a solo single released in conjunction to the movie, though like Johnny's members before him it'll probably be released under the name of his character/band in the movie.
I think this should be interesting even though I'm not really a Jin fan. But I'm still curious about the movie.
EDIT:
Tokyograph has the news in English and it looks like I was spot on about believing there would most likely be a cd release tied to this as the article confirms this. But the movie won't be out until 2010 so it'll be some time before we get any new news for this unless it's more cast announcements, though with shooting starting next week I'm sure they've finished casting, they just have to announce it.
Filming is said to begin on the 3rd of November so I think it's safe to assume that the special program that Jin will be doing on the 4th is tied into the movie. And with his role as a band vocalist I wouldn't be surprised if there was a solo single released in conjunction to the movie, though like Johnny's members before him it'll probably be released under the name of his character/band in the movie.
I think this should be interesting even though I'm not really a Jin fan. But I'm still curious about the movie.
EDIT:
Tokyograph has the news in English and it looks like I was spot on about believing there would most likely be a cd release tied to this as the article confirms this. But the movie won't be out until 2010 so it'll be some time before we get any new news for this unless it's more cast announcements, though with shooting starting next week I'm sure they've finished casting, they just have to announce it.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Akanishi Jin special program in Yokohama
Johnny's net updated again for the 27th. This time it's for Akanishi Jin and he'll apparently be doing a special program in Yokohama on November 4th. Like the Koyama & Shige event there really isn't any other information about what this about or for. Only information about the cut off date for applying to be in the audience for it.
One thing to note is that this does seem to be something different than what Koyama & Shige are doing as they are listed for doing an event while Jin is clearly listed for a special program. It doesn't mention a channel for broadcast either, but somehow I have to wonder if this could be connected to cartoon KAT-TUN, the program KAT-TUN has or something like that.
One thing to note is that this does seem to be something different than what Koyama & Shige are doing as they are listed for doing an event while Jin is clearly listed for a special program. It doesn't mention a channel for broadcast either, but somehow I have to wonder if this could be connected to cartoon KAT-TUN, the program KAT-TUN has or something like that.
Koyama & Shige event
Well I've been checking Johnny's net for information about Koyama Keiichiro's solo butai that has been reported to have been announced at the NEWS' concerts as their tour has begun. I still have yet to see that information be put up but something else Koyama related has popped up. There apparently is some kind of event scheduled for Koyama and fellow NEWS member Kato Shigeaki will take part in. It's been listed in the TV/event schedule page and from what I can understand it will happen on November 13th. It simple gives Tokyo as the location so it does lean to the fact that it isn't something for TV as those have TV stations listed with them.
I'm really curious to what this is. My first thought is that it would be a promotion for the new album but it's a week before that goes on sale so the timing seems off for that. I hope more information comes out about this soon.
I'm really curious to what this is. My first thought is that it would be a promotion for the new album but it's a week before that goes on sale so the timing seems off for that. I hope more information comes out about this soon.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Singing in Korean... or not?
This can probably be placed under strong rumor than actual news as I have yet to see the article that it came from but an Arashi fan over on Vox translated a Korean article about how popular Johnny's acts have grown in Korea, citing that the Arashi concerts in Korea sold out so quickly even the one they added after the first three sold out. At the end of the article it mentions that Johnny's Jimusho plan on opening an office in Korea.
Of course with that last bit of information there has been a lot of speculation on what that will mean for Johnny's. I think there is good reason to believe that it is possible, as I found an article that talks about the rise in popularity of the Johnny's acts in Korea, as the country is going through a Japanese-boom, akin to the Korean-boom Japan went through some years ago. As well as the fact there is an official Johnny's website for Korea already.
From comments I've read I've seen people argue that this isn't a good idea for Johnny's if they want cd sales as average cd sales in Korea is less than of Japan. But I highly doubt Johnny's is opening this office to dramatically increase their cd sales. Japan has the second largest music industry in the world, so unless they were trying to break into the American music industry every other country will be a smaller music market than Japan. If anything it just means Johnny's is doing what the Korean music company SM Town has been doing for years and is trying to branch out across Asia. Of course Johnny's in comparison is taking a slower more steadfast pace as only in the past decade have they been having overseas concerts while SM Town nowadays trains their acts for multinational careers.
I have the feeling the office is more to make it easier for Johnny's to set up concerts and events in Korea than any else for the moment. Also it can make it easier for the company to get an understanding of the Korean market before they make decisions on how to enter it. Maybe they'll see about recruiting some Korean talent, like how they recruited Golf & Mike from Thailand. Maybe we'll see some fresh Juniors with Korean heritage in the future, but I don't think outside of concerts and having their Japanese cds/DVDs released in Korea will the current Johnny's acts do much more in the country. Johnny's will get more profit from staying big in Japan than having that suffer while trying to break into another country.
Of course with that last bit of information there has been a lot of speculation on what that will mean for Johnny's. I think there is good reason to believe that it is possible, as I found an article that talks about the rise in popularity of the Johnny's acts in Korea, as the country is going through a Japanese-boom, akin to the Korean-boom Japan went through some years ago. As well as the fact there is an official Johnny's website for Korea already.
From comments I've read I've seen people argue that this isn't a good idea for Johnny's if they want cd sales as average cd sales in Korea is less than of Japan. But I highly doubt Johnny's is opening this office to dramatically increase their cd sales. Japan has the second largest music industry in the world, so unless they were trying to break into the American music industry every other country will be a smaller music market than Japan. If anything it just means Johnny's is doing what the Korean music company SM Town has been doing for years and is trying to branch out across Asia. Of course Johnny's in comparison is taking a slower more steadfast pace as only in the past decade have they been having overseas concerts while SM Town nowadays trains their acts for multinational careers.
I have the feeling the office is more to make it easier for Johnny's to set up concerts and events in Korea than any else for the moment. Also it can make it easier for the company to get an understanding of the Korean market before they make decisions on how to enter it. Maybe they'll see about recruiting some Korean talent, like how they recruited Golf & Mike from Thailand. Maybe we'll see some fresh Juniors with Korean heritage in the future, but I don't think outside of concerts and having their Japanese cds/DVDs released in Korea will the current Johnny's acts do much more in the country. Johnny's will get more profit from staying big in Japan than having that suffer while trying to break into another country.
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