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WD wrote:
Goro in Hana-Kimi! :) But there will be so many people who's gonna hate him afterwards! He's the one who makes like miserable for Nakatsu! :grumble:

Oh man, if the teacher character is written the same way as the manga he's gonna be totally evil. Poor Goro-chan...playing the worst character from the manga.

Eh??? It's Simone's birthday? OTANJOUBI OMEDETOU, SIMONE! :woot:

I have to admit this is a really nice looking cover

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August 23, 2007

JJ and Johnny's

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Today is the 23rd, and I don't have to tell you that the 23rd is the sale date for the most popular women's fashion monthlies. Oh, CanCam, your 560 pages last month could hardly hold me over for thirty-one painful days!

I went over to the JJ site to check out the contents and noticed something odd about the cover. Just a white box with the logo? I had assumed this was a temporary solution to some sort of design problem, that the proper cover image would be up in no time. But I went over to the bookstore and noticed something extraordinary: Kimura Takuya from SMAP on the cover, sandwiched between two of the normal JJ models.
So the blank image was no mistake at all! Again we see the draconian and utterly ridiculous Johnny's Jimusho policy towards images of its stars used on the internet. Yes, JJ can use Kimura Takuya on its cover, available in newsstands across the land, but no, JJ cannot use its own cover image on the internet to promote the issue. Otherwise, people on the internet may be able to figure out what Kimura Takuya looks like. Or they will be so mollified by a tiny 155 x 193 pixel jpg that they'll cease buying those 3"x5"s of Kimutaku at idol shops in Harajuku. Or Johnny's is just so controlling that they even don't let their talents hang mirrors in the company dorm lest light reflect upon a surface and portraits be viewed without proper payment.

At a decade circulation low of 175,634 copies a month, JJ needs some sort of gimmick to get back in the game, and the Faustian bargain of Johnny's involvement is a surefire way to move paper. Johnny's in return gets some nice promotion for Kimura's newest Hero film opening in September. So Kobunsha can use Kimura's image to boost JJ sales, but not show evidence of this collaboration on the internet, where evil dwells and the 21st century naturally eradicates anachronistic and feudalistic business practices propping up the current oligopoly. Johnny's Jimusho has seen the future and their genius solution is to completely avoid it.

Happy Birthday Nakai..
Oh i'm so late to greet my darling.. Sorry..

And also, happy birthday simone.

Wow.. Thanks for the caps of Nakai in New York. He's so happy..

LivNagisa wrote:

Oh man, if the teacher character is written the same way as the manga he's gonna be totally evil. Poor Goro-chan...playing the worst character from the manga.

I'm kinda afraid of the crazy fangirls backlash come next episode :sweat:

today is your birthday simone?

Otanjyoubi Omedetou ^^ :hug:

Thanks for the caps of Nakai in NY Elaine. demo, he looks old there :puppydog:

I just checked hmv. The status of HERO official book is now "for order". Hayai desu ne ^^

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2607131

are? today is Nagisa's bday? so when is simone's? yesterday? :bonk:

anyway...

Happy Birthday Nagisa ^^

hope you'll have a wonderful birthday ^^

happy b'day Nagisa~~~ :dancing:

happy birthday Simone~~ :dancing: :naughty:

Kimura Takuya Tackles First All-English Role

With a major domestic film about to be released in a few weeks, SMAP's Kimura Takuya (34) had some other big news this week. In what will be his first appearance in an English-language movie, he has been named to an all-star international cast for the latest project by renowned Vietnamese-French director Anh Hung Tran (44). "I Come With the Rain", Tran's first movie in eight years, stars Josh Hartnett (29) as former L.A. cop turned private eye, Kline. Hired to find Shitao (Kimura), the son of a Chinese billionaire, he travels to Hong Kong where he teams up with an old friend and local cop (Shawn Yue). His search leads him to the gangster Su Dongpo (Korean star Lee Byung Hun) and his druggie mistress (Tran's wife, actress Tran Nu Yen Khe). But he is haunted by memories of the serial killer Hasford (Elias Koteas) whose crimes almost drove him insane and made him quit the LAPD. The movie is scheduled to open in the autumn of 2008, with a possible screening at next year's Cannes Film Festival. Director Tran is best known for 1993's Academy Award nominee "The Scent of Green Papaya". Meanwhile Kimura's "Hero", the movie version of Fuji TV's most successful ever drama, hits the big screens on September 8. He is joined by co-star Matsu Takako (30) and a host of major names.

From- Japan-zone

Simone and Nagisa - Happy birthday to both!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US NAGISA
DOMO ARIGATOU MINNA

I'm off that day,, watching his related shows,, haha~~

LivNagisa wrote:Haven't posted in awhile. Lot of catching up to do. Elaine, did you do something fun to celebrate Nakai's birthday?

And Happy Birthday Simone & Nagisa~~~ :woot: :woot:

Have a great days... :victory:

I cant wait to watch HanaKimi next week, too.. Just watched the clip and he's sooooo cool... Oh~~ :rofl:

WD wrote:

Exactly! *And I can see myself defending Goro come next week in various Hana-Kimi threads and forums!*

:beatyou: That's right defend our Goro :woot:

Us proud fangirls have to stick together! :dancing:

Happy birthday Simone & Nagisa :mrgreen:

Hey minna~~
Kimura-kun had just arrived in HK,,,
for the shooting of <<I come from the rain>>
whoa~~ those fanz there are so lucky.,... :rofl: :rofl:
How I wish he can come to Malaysia again...

out of all asian countries, apparently HK and Korea are the luckiest countries ne. So envy those lucky fans :hehe:

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HK Airport...