iside89: (The Artist)
If you speak enough Japanese to read Japanese Hyphens’ tweets, you’ve surely seen that in the last months they are being quite active: writing to TV stations to let KAT-TUN have a program, or write to radio or FC for the tour and similar.

One of their biggest projects so far is trying to have a DVD/Bluray of DREAM BOYS; they are basically spamming the fanclub with postcards requests.
It seems (from what I read from their tweets, so I don’t know the details) that SHOCK, Koichi’s butai, has a DVD release this year after 4 years because FC received lots of requests from fans, so KAT-TUN fans are trying to do the same with DREAM BOYS (because dream boys has no DVD since 2007). I remember you that DBS 2011 had not only Kame but also Koki and Nakamaru, therefore you might want to join this project too, even if not Kame fan.

Chatting with some of the Japanese fans, we came to conclusion that, despite most of us foreigner hyphens speak English and not Japanese, sending requests even in English wouldn’t be such bad, on the contrary it might be a good appeal since we could emphasize the fact we have just DVD to see the stage plays and well, more postcards, more possibility of success ^__^
I also saw that someone was translating how to do it into English for international fandom on Twitter (Muffy, here: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rl5pst ), and I also saw that there may be someone who wants to help and try this out, so here I basically translated what Jp fans are doing and wrote a small tutorial if you want to do it too. :D

I guess you can do it all together during fan gathering and stuff :D


1) Write to Family Club using postcards
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2) Request to Toho.
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iside89: (KAT-TUN Songs 2013)
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(c) on pic

"Until now there have been really a lot of happenings, we've made you feel uneasy and worried a lot. There's been a period we've felt uneasy a lot too. But who saved us that time are you, who face us with a smile despite waiting for years, who support us being our center.
Thank to you all, this place called KAT-TUN that in the past I hated so much has become such a precious and irreplaceable place. Until we've properly paid you back for everything, I want us to be the KAT-TUN that can make you say 'I'm glad of being a Hyphen' even 10 years from now. Please follow us forever."
Tanaka Koki -  KAT-TUN CHAIN Live Tour 2012
iside89: (KAT-TUN 5nin)
Oricon announced EXPOSE obtained #1 spot in the weekly chart. It's the 20th single and they are the second group obtaining #1 spot since debut for 20 consecutive singles after Kinki kids (32)!
Congratulations, KAT-TUN!!! May there be many more #1s to come. ♥

Since my previous post spreaded more than I imagined when I wrote it, I think I must celebrate too :)
I am very happy and touched that my previous post reached many fans' hearts! As expected, Hyphens are great! ♥ Didn't betray my expectations.
As I wrote in many replies, my main message wasn't "buy Expose because we're in danger" (well, that was implied), but it was "If you've never done it before, from now on please buy their singles, stop just downloading".
I strongly believe that the main way to show we're appreciating their songs and efforts is buying the products. Do you like their lives? Then you buy the concert DVD, right? Then same goes for singles and albums: do you like their rock song? Then you buy it, at least one version, to show you like their choice and the project behind.
This is particularly true for international fans. Most of us don't live in Japan to send them fanletters, or attend their tours buying tickets and goods, or watch TV to pimp the TV program audience share when they're performing. We have just this method to show we are appreciating them as artists... and we also have to be grateful that present technology allows us to buy CDs and DVDs even from the other side of the planet! 
So the question isn't "why buy?" but "why not buy?".
Numbers themselves aren't everything
But #1 is the actual proof of KAT-TUN and fans' bond, therefore I wish international fans finally take a step further and start taking part actively to make this bond shine. It's the CHAIN with the boys ^_^

Thank you all for commenting to the previous post, sharing it around the web, agreeing with what I wrote, buying the single (←Have I suddenly become their manager? lol)! Let's continue supporting KAT-TUN together! Many many beautiful singles are waiting ahead! Let's make them the 21st, 22nd, 23rd... consecutive #1!
iside89: (KAT-TUN KZM)
Hey out there! Long time no see :) it's a lot of time you don't see me posting something that isn't a translation, so you must have already guessed that what I am about to write here is quite important.

If you haven't done it yet, please, *BUY EXPOSE SINGLE*.
You have probably already watched the PV, the making, the jackets on the net. Now I ask you to really, practically support KAT-TUN. 

Why am I writing this? You know I am living in Japan right now. I assure you that J-Storm is making zero promotion for this single. On the contrary, our rival, an AKB48 girl, had a handshake event, around 7 versions of the single, her posters are EVERYWHERE around Tokyo and she's slightly catching up KAT-TUN sold copies total. She's too close. I believe in our boys but this doesn't allow us to just leech without supporting.

The #1 record is kept only if KAT-TUN are #1 for the WEEKLY chart, NOT the first day as many think.
Right now, KAT-TUN need their hyphens.
This is their 20th single, they're aiming to break a new record after KinKi Kids (who are currently the holders of the World record). You don't want to let them lose it, right?! If they lose now, they have to start from the beginning once again. And it means losing 6 years of efforts. Said it in a cruel way, they won't obtain this record anymore.

A Regular edition is just 1000 Yen. It's like 8 €, a bit more than 10 $. A dinner out with friends. Show them some love buying the original version! They deserve it! (and possibly do it before Sunday, since online purchases take some days to be counted...)
Buy it for yourself, or buy it as a present for your friends to make them know KAT-TUN!


The reason I translate interviews - and videos, like I have translated KAT-TUN's zettai manetakunaru TV or the making ofs till now - for free (because no one is paying me), is because I want them to be popular and known all around the world, and I want to help the fans. I am doing this for free, so please, if you don't want to do it for them or J-Storm or whatever, do this for me ;_; don't waste my efforts in helping KAT-TUN and YOU ALL, letting them going down. I translate makings because I want to help who bought the copy to understand what they're saying.

I want to believe that this CHAIN really exists. I want to believe that my translating for fandom for free has a meaning, that being a HYPHEN has a meaning. Don't betray my expectations now!

CDJapan: LE1.LE2.RE
YesAsia: LE1.LE2.RE
Amazon: LE1.LE2.RE
HMV: LE1.LE2.RE



I have bought mine, what about you? :) Take a picture and show me your copies! XD
iside89: (Tego FTW?)
This is a sort of vademecum that I wrote for [livejournal.com profile] krysyuy (♥) about "how to go shopping Johnny's stuff in Japan". It turned out being long so I've decided to share it, in case it can be useful for your JP tour looking for KAT-TUN stuff xD If you know something else, please go ahead and comment telling it :D
Of course it can be applied to whatever other JE group and not only :)

Living in Shibuya, people would think I was every day at Harajuku. Actually I wasn’t and I am not really so informed about all the idol shops you can find in Takeshita street, but I’ll try to give you useful infos (I’d have loved to have these infos before xD).

JE SHOP

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IDOL SHOPS


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CDs And DVDs


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GOODIES

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I hope this was useful and... have a nice research xD
iside89: (KAT-TUN UW style)
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iside89: (Default)
I promised this post time ago when I started to use the word "Kamenashi Effect" in my entries. Read it carefully because I hid many gifs/pics as links all throughout the post. :Dv
**NOTE: it's a post made for fun to make fun of Kametards written by a Kametard Kamefan, so yeah, it's ironic**
I was partially inspired by [livejournal.com profile] scorch66 's Kame love posts and [livejournal.com profile] simourva 's picspam, so go and read them :D
Finally, after months of researches, notes and observation of KAT-TUN fans and Kamestans, I wrote my "essay" about the amazing, bewireling, shocking...

The Kamenashi Effect
(awesome since 1986)
Or, how KAT-TUN, especially Kame, can change your life without making you realize it

21+ reasons to hate&love this man :D and what he did to his fans. )

Because just an awesome man can call for awesome fans, right? :)
iside89: (Chuu!Kokame)
Why I had no KoKame tag? *creates* I need a post to scream to the world KoKame exists to show what I noticed recently XD Yesterday evening I rewatched CUW performances... and wonder what I found?

[MS] 2010.11.19 CHANGE UR WORLD
vs [MS] 2011.04.01 PERFECT 
 
Same show! Same HAND! it's clearly a KOKAME EVIDENCE!!! XDD *irony*

And then: Kokame peace sign COMBO. [MS] 2011.05.20 WHITE

What do you want more from life, when you have KoKame? Because we need more KoKame in our lives.

When I was reading magazines, there are some scenes I can't really get over, too much is the cuteness.
(1&2) Tvfan11.07 - Really, Kame's satisfied smirk and Koki's happy face are so precious XD ♥ (3) The television 11.05.21 - Family pic! XD (4) Tvguide 11.05.21 *cling cling*


By the way, you can find many other over-awesome KoKame posts, way better than mine, at [livejournal.com profile] capslock_turtle  (here), at [livejournal.com profile] jokame and [livejournal.com profile] redina 's journal.

(Before someone thinks I've suddenly become crazy. I'm being ironic/sarcastic. I just wanted to share that funny thing about the "peace" sign :D)

ピース

May. 29th, 2011 06:49 pm
iside89: (KoKaNa)
Sometimes people need to face hard times to learn that there are awesome guys around them.
Yesterday was a long and stressful day, but I learnt 3 important things.

One is that colleagues may be friends, and that I'm surrounded with gorgeous people, that managed to make me smile in unexpected situations and are absolutely wonderful, inside and outside (voice included).
The second is that I know many, many other gorgeous people that will listen to me not only when I fangirl and spazz, but even when I'm angry or depressed for an exam; but most of all, they will always believe and support me.
The third is that it doesn't exist such a bad situation that can't be settled up decently - and maybe be the start of a renewed friendship? - with a personal, open-hearted discussion.

You know who I am referring to. Thanks for showing me that I took the right choice, that day, to join this fandom.
(I hate being sappy but this time I will ♥)

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