3 posts tagged “news”

A new banner! *yay* Seriously, this guy is more recognisable from his lips than his eyes... o_O

I'm writing Yamapi a fanletter and I thought I should draw him something... Since I'm supposed to be "artistic" (I go to (well I've almost graduated ^^) a visual arts high school)... Then I also thought I should draw him a pic of himself since it's a fanletter after all. So I made a skecth of him with pencil. This is what it came down to:

(The scanner messed it up like they tend to do with pencil sketches. T_T) I'm actually pretty satisfied with the job I did... Don't know if it looks like him though. X_X What do you think? For people who don't know how Yamapi looks (shame on you!) this is the photo I draw it from: I'm sorry I can't credit for the scan but I seriously can't remember where I got it! It was someone in news_jpop community over at lj and I really tried searching for the uploader but couldn't find it so no credits, sorry. T_T If this is your scan then please tell and I'll credit (/take down). (As if she would ever come across my blog...)

As you can see I pretty much just copied that photo... So calling it "fanart" might be a little overstated. Although that's what portraits are right, copying a person's face... Anyway I chose this photo because I seriously LOVE his smile over anything! It's so gentle!!! There are people like Massu and Tegoshi who always have huge smiles on their faces and look really cute but there's something different with Yamapi... Like everybody knows he rarely smiles in photoshoots because he can't bring himself to fake a smile so you can really see him smile like this only at concerts! He really loves his fans! ♥ Of course he smiles at variety shows too since they're a lot of fun but in concerts his smile is somehow different! So lovely～ ♪♫♪

BTW, the covers of Koi no ABO are out and also a full radio preview (it aired like an hour ago :D)! Here's the covers from Johnny's official site:

And of course the limited version cover doesn't even include the members... Well, what do I care, it comes with a 12-page photobook and well, I'm buying both versions anyway! :) Everybody''s been reacting to these with one word: HOSTS! And also complaining that the poses are the exact same that they had in their concert pamphlet.

And finally, here's the song (of very poor quality unfortunately):

(Credits to pinkujisatsu) For some stupid reason vox doesn't let me embed songs I've uploaded myself. The code is all messed up :( Anyway to better stuff: OMG Tegoshi sounds so good!!! The bridge he sings is ♥♥♥! I'm looking forward to this 100%!!!

I HAVE to post a few more photos of Yamapi. And I'm again sorry not to credit (it's so easy with H!P, people don't seem to care much about crediting! :)). I'm a horrible person for not remembering where I got each scan... But I really need to put up more photos of him! Oh well, they are probably from this community anyway: news_jpop... And maybe several random places...

Cause we all just love that one... ^^

...and my birthday. But let's get to the NEWS right away!

And that's that NEWS' new single Koi no ABO (恋のABO) is now up to preorder on CD Japan and YesAsia! ♪♫♪ Released on April 29. ^^ It's about the time - they haven't released a single since October 31 (okay, well they had an album in November), during which period KAT-TUN had three singles! But what makes me really worried is the fact that their LE single includes a DVD with this stuff on it:

New single release from NEWS featuring discotic numbers. Limited edition includes original Karaoke of "Koi no ABO," 12-page booklet and bonus DVD featuring footage from their live stage perfomance ("Happy Birthday," "weeeek" "Gan Gan Ganbatte," "Hadashi no Cinderella Boy," "Summer Time," and MC) on December 31, 2008 at Tokyo Dome.

(From CD Japan)

Having a DVD to accompany their LE single is appreciated since they haven't had one since Hoshi wo Mezashite which was released two years ago. But why couldn't they just include a few PVs or something (the only PV they've ever released on DVD is NEWS Nippon from 2003!!!)? Why concert material? Does this mean they are NOT going to release a concert DVD?!! T_T Please don't let it mean that! NEWS has released only three concert DVDs so far (in five years! Just compare with H!P) and of them is only a mini concert. *cries*

It's so easy in H!P; you can always be sure they're gonna release everything: all songs on CDs and all concerts and PVs on DVDs. Stupid Johnny's sing a lot of songs only live and don't release them, especially solo songs and if you're not a Yamapi or Ryochan fan it's practically a given that your favourite's solo song won't be released on a CD. And now this T_T I'm gonna cry if they don't release Winter Party Diamond concert! I've been waiting for it so eagerly!! I can't go to their concerts so I want to at least watch them on DVDs.

I can only hope now that they recorded the concert on some other venue besides Tokyo Dome and release that one on DVD. Maybe the last concert of the tour? :) Or the one where Tegoshi dressed as a girl? (DO WANT!) :D

(Credits to tegoshi1054@forum and yamapi85@livejournal)

After this I've got no chance to argue that JE are not gay? :D Awww, Tegoshi! She, no wait HE has got so pretty and thin wrists!

But maybe this isn't as bad as I thought. Maybe they're just going to release the DVD with a concert in another venue. Yes. That's right. I'm gonna believe it like this. As someone pointed out at lj, the LE single's DVD doesn't include any songs from the new album... So that might mean something? Maybe they're just teasing us to get exited and then buy the concert DVD when it's later released? (Like every fan wouldn't do that anyway!)

Now I'm happy again. :)

Just ain't it my blog? What's this place? Really, osashiburi! It's hard to even recognise this place after such a long time! ^^

I havent' been writing at all but I haven't really been keeping up with the H!P wota crowd or blogosphere any other ways either. I've been reading only a few of my favourite blogs and of course I'm somewhat familiar with the newest releases from H!P but since I haven't been checking IntlWota I don't know what happening or what the latest trend. Actually my carzy devotion to SHINee came to an end also, I don't even watch their reality show anymore although it's hilarious. I plan on catching up with it in the future though. ^^ It's something that can't really be missed!

But why am I writing now? I'll be honest form the beginning. Prepare yourselves for the fact the the worst case scenario has come true. Okay, here it comes...

Tataan!

I'VE STARTED LIKING JOHNNY'S. AND NOT ONLY ONE GROUP BUT ALMOST LIKE HELLO!PROJECT, THE WHOLE THING. Whooh, now I've got it out. But really, I never expeceted this. I guess my likings tend to change really fast... First to SNSD and SHINee and then to Super Junior and Big Bang and then to Arashi. Right now I'm most into NEWS (YAMAPI～～!!!) but also lightly strating to like Kanjani∞ naturally because of their hilarious nature and the fact Nishikido Ryo is there (who's also in NEWS). And their songs are at the same time so much fun but also nice to listen to!

It all happened because of Hana Yori Dango.Or actually let's got a bit more back: the first jdrama I watched (okay actually third, first was Yanpapa and second Densha Otoko but they don't count) was 1 Litre no Namida (1 Litre of Tears). Nishikido Ryo stars in it. He's one of the most handsome guys in this whole world. But that's not the point. The point is, I loved the drama although it's horribly sad and made my cry literally every 5 minutes. But that's where I fell in love with jdrama and since I really wanted to watch some more I remembered hearing about Hanadan and it being crazy good. So I watched it. And I fell in love not only with the drama but also the theme songs of both seasons, Wish and Love so sweet, which are both sang by Arashi (since Matsujun plays the lead male role). So I started recearching Arashi. And because I also loved the drama I started wathcing more jdrama too (beware if you haven't started doing this yet: they completely absorb you in their own little world, so easily!). And after a while I watched dramas with Yamapi (for people who don't know Yamapi (shame on you for that!): Yamashita Tomohisa is his whole name) in them. And god, he's just as if not more handsome than Ryochan. But also the sexiest man I've seen in my whole life. Since I'm a girl, I never really saw any sexiness in H!P - well I knew what other people thought it was but I didn't sense it. As for SHINee, they're so young that they're mostly cute and good-looking and handsome too in my opinion, but not very sexy at all. But now I totally now why some male fans follow H!P (although the age factor is something I don't really understand but I guess women are usally attracted to older men whereas it's the opposite for men. °C-ute and Berryz are still too young for me to understand but well... let's just drop this subject.)! Yamapi is just so drop dead gorgeous!!! How my answers for the survey in my last post would be different now... ^^

So then end result is here: groups I'm a fan of right now are (not in any particular order, but right now it'd be NEWS in the top I guess. It changes a lot)

1. Momusu and collectively the rest of H!P (how am I supposed to call the after the Elder Club graduates? You can't suppose me to list every single one of them, for god's sake. I guess I'll always just call them all H!P)
2. SNSD (When is their next album being released?! It so overdue. After all the original plans were last summer!
3. SHINee
4. Arashi
5. NEWS

And artists I'm a little bit fan of:

1. AKB48 (but this is very little. I just erased almost all their stages I had downloaded and most of them were still unwatched. But I still enjoy their music from time to time)
2. Super Junior (quite a lot)
3. Big Bang (only their music, not the members. I guess that's called a casual listener? :P
4. Kanjani∞ (a beginner so I haven't got their music yet, only seen some performances)
5. Wonder Girls (a very casual listener. I don't like their most recent song Nobody for some reason so the only CD I listen to is So Hot since it includes Tell me too.
6. BoA (lately she's really starting to attract me... I wish her all the best with her "conquering America", who knows what it could lead to if she succeeded!)
7. Who doesn't listen to Utada Hikaru?Ikimono Gakari (They have something others don't. Clearly because all the others are idols, stupid. Except for Hikki of course.)
8. KAT-TUN (I'm not into their music very much, the way they sing is annoying and their style is off most of the time  and the whole gangsta image doesn't really suit me but I love Kame's acting T_T Why does he have to annoy me so much while on the stage? He's not a bad singer after all (I love Kizuna!). It's just the style!)

In addition to this, in these past few months I've watched way too many dramas. I'll say it aloud: I'm addicted.

Maybe I'll be now returning to blogging. I've got lots to write about, since I haven't dropped any of my interests but only grown more of them. And alhtough I don't follow any of these groups as actively as many other fans, such as for Arashi watching their regural TV shows, I'm very much into all of them. So look forward to my "comeback"! If there is anyone interested in my blog anymore, it's been so long. Well as if I cared. :P I'm just gonna talk to myself then.

And still waiting for Gocchin's comeback! Not to speak of those promised minialbums from Aibon.


PS. One thing's almost for sure. For some strange reason I don't find DBSK appealing at all～!