NEWS

My dolly is NEARLY finished!!! I just started painting and when I glue stuff and put the screws in, FINISH~!!

(Posting at school :mrgreen: )

I really wish that NEWS would do SOMETHING together again. Now.

i think yamapi is like a toy for the old man. he kept putting yamapi in different groups, duo, and solo.. just to make more money out of pi [which sure was a success].

i will be really glad to see yamapi pairs up with toma, but i do understand why so many NewS fans wont agree with this.

Harukamaru wrote:My dolly is NEARLY finished!!! I just started painting and when I glue stuff and put the screws in, FINISH~!!

(Posting at school :mrgreen: )

I really wish that NEWS would do SOMETHING together again. Now.

LOL now? Yeah sure, if Ryo can split himself into 2.

i'd like to hear if any of you guys heard about this rumour though..[/b]

hantuwriter wrote:
So, I assume everyone's heard of Shige being in a summer drama? Well, he's finally got something of his own, and I hope that his acting has improved, though from the tentative summaries that I've read, the drama doesn't seem to be the kind that I would like... though I'll keep my mind open :hehe:

Shigeaki Kato of NEWS will appear in this summer's drama series, "Papa to Musume no Nanokakan," which stars Hiroshi Tachi and Yui Aragaki. The series is a comedy in which an accident results in a father (Tachi) and his high school daughter Koume (Aragaki) switching bodies.

Kato will play the role of Kenta Osugi, an older student that Koume has fallen for. He's the ace of the soccer team, but he is unfortunately shy and a poor talker, which makes him unable to express to Koume that he likes her.

Kato's last appearance in a drama was TBS's one-shot "An Automaton in Long Sleep" last September. The new series will also air on TBS, at 9:00pm on Sundays, starting on July 1.

Source: www.tokyograph.com

luv4evaluv wrote:btw i read from a blog that kurosagi movie is coming out next spring 2008.
first movie for yamapi ne?

i wonder if this is true though?

Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS has been given his first starring role in a movie. The film is based on the "Kurosagi" drama series that aired on TBS last spring. Yamashita and several others, including Maki Horikita and Yui Ichikawa, will reprise their roles from the drama. Yasuharu Ishii has been named as director, and the film is slated for release next spring.

tokyograph.com

Harukamaru wrote:My dolly is NEARLY finished!!! I just started painting and when I glue stuff and put the screws in, FINISH~!!

(Posting at school :mrgreen: )

Yokatta!!! :woot: *cant wait for the pic..Tegoshi desu!!! :rofl:

veela16 wrote:i'd like to hear if any of you guys heard about this rumour though..

yerp..heard bout that rumour..worse, one source (forgot where i read it) said that the girl, abiru yuu revealed the 'love story' herself :bleh: *cheap publicity, I must say*

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im not really sure if i have any interest of NewS love lives..If this rumour proven to be true..i would like to say to Pi.. 'what a taste' :bleh: :hehe:

now I feel the school break 2 pages for one day!

I want Tomapi!
I want NewS new single!
and... yamapi new movie...
and... shige new drama!
such a greedy I'am ne...

about the other rumor.. I just don't now who she is.. I love Yamapi as yamapi no matter who dated with.. but I heard that they are just friends...

Harukamaru: take a picture of it and show it to us ne?...

dymmamie wrote:now I feel the school break 2 pages for one day!

I want Tomapi!
I want NewS new single!
and... yamapi new movie...
and... shige new drama!
such a greedy I'am ne...

You are one greedy gal :hehe:

Yeah..waiting for the new single too..and the new drama and movie..I read in lj that Pi said 'later I will work with Toma' So I guess it is true..
What can I say..As long as Pi is happy and NewS will not be affected with the TomaPi thing..I will shut my mouth and enjoy their performance :hehe:

chiba wrote:Sure!Sure! :victory: I'm a student there but doing my research in Ipoh..I go to island often nowadays..Maybe we can hangout together and chat bout NewS :victory:

are you sure???... i wont bother your studies???... :bonk: ok, i'll let you know a few days ahead if i am going penang...

hope that we can really meet up and be friends... :hehe: ...

anyway, where exactly are you from????....

huichin wrote:

are you sure???... i wont bother your studies???... :bonk: ok, i'll let you know a few days ahead if i am going penang...

hope that we can really meet up and be friends... :hehe: ...

anyway, where exactly are you from????....

I'm finishing..so, trust me it WONT bother me :hehe: I'm an Ipoh girl.. :victory:

chiba wrote:

I'm finishing..so, trust me it WONT bother me :hehe: I'm an Ipoh girl.. :victory:

your reply is sure fast... :dancing: ok then... i'll let you know again... :victory:

I loved reading the small "debate" of TomaPi vs NEWS. I love NEWS, and I love Toma. From the perspective of someone who loves NEWS, I wouldn't want anymore separate units... from the perspective of someone who loves Toma, a TomaPi collaboration would be wonderful and, without a doubt, would probably sell more than any NEWS release ever could sell. (Which, as a NEWS fan, could be seen as dangerous and as a sign that the existence of NEWS is not needed. On the other hand, the existence of NEWS itself was at the expense of others, and if they're not making that much money anyways.... oh, arguing both sides can lead you to suicide :beaten:) It's probably a tough situation for anyone, but, let's all wait until the rumour is actually confirmed and we've all heard the song before making any judgement.
I, for one, was deadset against TegoMasu (especially after the joke that was Miso Soup) but, I've fallen head over heels for their song, Kiss~, and now have to eat my words... Well, okay, so this is a totally different thing, but, yeah...

On a not so different note, somehow, I'm not too excited about the Kurosagi movie ^^;;. Probably because I didn't like Kurosagi much, and I wasn't one of the many who were actually hoping for a sequel. The only thing that I liked about Kurosagi was Yamapi... take him away, and I wouldn't have watched it for the world :beaten:. I'll probably still end up watching the movie, anyway :hehe:. Congratulations to Yamapi, though, for finally landing a movie role :mrgreen:

yup let's wait for the confirmation, it should come very soon..

hmm a little off topic, but i'm just curious to know. Is it common for official group releases to do less well than releases by smaller groups within that same group?!

Say for yamapi, it's obvious that his solo single did so much better than any of NEWS' releases. Does that mean many of yamapi fans only support him when he has a solo release? Why not support NEWS as well since yamapi is in it? I just don't understand the great difference between sales and why

yamapi+ryo+tego+massu+shige+koyama+uchi+kusano<yamapi alone

if say jin has a solo release as well, will it do better than KAT-TUN releases?

jess wrote:yup let's wait for the confirmation, it should come very soon..

hmm a little off topic, but i'm just curious to know. Is it common for official group releases to do less well than releases by smaller groups within that same group?!

Say for yamapi, it's obvious that his solo single did so much better than any of NEWS' releases. Does that mean many of yamapi fans only support him when he has a solo release? Why not support NEWS as well since yamapi is in it? I just don't understand the great difference between sales and why

yamapi+ryo+tego+massu+shige+koyama+uchi+kusano<yamapi alone

if say jin has a solo release as well, will it do better than KAT-TUN releases?

Well, the other reason I think Daite Senorita did so well was because of Kurosagi. But yeah, been wondering too. I mean Tsuyoshi & Koichi Dohmoto singles sales are lower than when they are as KinKi Kids, which means fans love them as KK more than as solo artistes. But does this mean that fans actually like Yamapi more when he's solo than when he's with NEWS?

Anyway, half of Daite Senorita's sales is probably also generated by the casual dorama fans. I wonder how he would do if there's no tie-in whatsoever...

Well, my thoughts are that there are fans who prefer Yamapi solo and not tied to NEWS. And they buy multiple copies of his solo release, while for NEWS, either they buy just one copy, or they just download the songs off the internet. It is puzzling because you'd think that fans of all eight combined would be larger than the fans of one person, but, fans of NEWS would almost definitely buy Yamapi's releases, but fans of Yamapi would not necessarily buy NEWS' releases. Liking NEWS means liking Yamapi, but liking Yamapi doesn't necessarily mean liking NEWS... I think :sweat:. And of course, there's what WD said about Daite Senorita being the theme song for Kurosagi, and it was also his solo debut

If you ask me, I think that if Yamapi releases a single unrelated to a drama, although it might not sell as well as Daite Senorita did, it would still probably outsell some of NEWS' releases. Sign of instability of NEWS? Or of the fans? :hehe:

jess wrote:yup let's wait for the confirmation, it should come very soon..

hmm a little off topic, but i'm just curious to know. Is it common for official group releases to do less well than releases by smaller groups within that same group?!

Say for yamapi, it's obvious that his solo single did so much better than any of NEWS' releases. Does that mean many of yamapi fans only support him when he has a solo release? Why not support NEWS as well since yamapi is in it? I just don't understand the great difference between sales and why

yamapi+ryo+tego+massu+shige+koyama+uchi+kusano<yamapi alone

if say jin has a solo release as well, will it do better than KAT-TUN releases?

Let me try to answer this question:
There are so many possible reasons why Yamapi's solo single sold better than NewS:
1) It's special b/c it's Yamapi's 1st and only 1 solo CD so far, so worth to keep 1 copy
2) Drama effect......there are audience who are not NewS fans but watched the drama and love the song, specially those aunties and uncles who usually don't listen to teenagers' songs
3) Most fans are students who only get limited amount of money from parents, so they can't buy every single CD released, so they chose to buy some of NewS CD or just buy Yamapi's CD, whichever they like more.....
4) There are fans who really only like Yamapi but hate NewS, like the old 4Tops fans........
5) Simply b/c diff image btw NewS and Yamapi. NewS is young and fresh and some adults may consider them childish.....on the other hand, Yamapi's image in Daite Senorita is manly, mature, and cool. So it attracts older ppl or other types of ppl to buy the CD.
6) In NewS CD, Yamapi only takes up like 1/6 (or 1/8 b4 suspension) of the CD space. Like when you watch the DVD in his solo single, you get to see Yamapi all the time, but in NewS's Hoshi DVD, most of the time the camera is focusing on other members
7) There may be someone in NewS that some fans hate, so they don't want to buy the CD even though it has Yamapi in it. (That's why I didn't buy Seishun Amigo.....^^;;)
8) Most NewS fans are young children / teenagers who love dl online instead of buying CD

Yamapifans wrote:

Let me try to answer this question:
There are so many possible reasons why Yamapi's solo single sold better than NewS:
1) It's special b/c it's Yamapi's 1st and only 1 solo CD so far, so worth to keep 1 copy
2) Drama effect......there are audience who are not NewS fans but watched the drama and love the song, specially those aunties and uncles who usually don't listen to teenagers' songs
3) Most fans are students who only get limited amount of money from parents, so they can't buy every single CD released, so they chose to buy some of NewS CD or just buy Yamapi's CD, whichever they like more.....
4) There are fans who really only like Yamapi but hate NewS, like the old 4Tops fans........
5) Simply b/c diff image btw NewS and Yamapi. NewS is young and fresh and some adults may consider them childish.....on the other hand, Yamapi's image in Daite Senorita is manly, mature, and cool. So it attracts older ppl or other types of ppl to buy the CD.
6) In NewS CD, Yamapi only takes up like 1/6 (or 1/8 b4 suspension) of the CD space. Like when you watch the DVD in his solo single, you get to see Yamapi all the time, but in NewS's Hoshi DVD, most of the time the camera is focusing on other members
7) There may be someone in NewS that some fans hate, so they don't want to buy the CD even though it has Yamapi in it. (That's why I didn't buy Seishun Amigo.....^^;;)
8) Most NewS fans are young children / teenagers who love dl online instead of buying CD

Your no.7 :hehe: Yeah I know some of my friends are like that too.

ose!!! im super hyper now because of this:


KUROSAGI THE MOVIE: CONFIRMED!!!!

Kurosagi will have a Movie. YamaP in his first Movie leading role.

Premiere will be Spring 2008

The one who filmed it said that originally he wanted to make a movie but it turned out to be a series. now it's gonna be a movie.

Pi said that he wished for a long time to be lead role in a movie. It was his first drama as lead role and now it's become a movie as lead role.

Lead role: Yamashita Tomohisa
Cast: Horikita Maki (Yoshikawa), Kato Kouji (Shiraishi), Ichikawa Yui (yoshikawa's friend), Tayama Ryosei (bald policemen), Okunuki Kaoru (waitress and dealer in the restaurant), Aikawa Sho (Police men who follows him), Yamazaki Tsutomu (the old man who gives info)


well, as if this thread doesnt know... but anyway,
URESHI DESU!!!! yatta!!!

hantuwriter wrote:Well, my thoughts are that there are fans who prefer Yamapi solo and not tied to NEWS. And they buy multiple copies of his solo release, while for NEWS, either they buy just one copy, or they just download the songs off the internet. It is puzzling because you'd think that fans of all eight combined would be larger than the fans of one person, but, fans of NEWS would almost definitely buy Yamapi's releases, but fans of Yamapi would not necessarily buy NEWS' releases. Liking NEWS means liking Yamapi, but liking Yamapi doesn't necessarily mean liking NEWS... I think :sweat:. And of course, there's what WD said about Daite Senorita being the theme song for Kurosagi, and it was also his solo debut

If you ask me, I think that if Yamapi releases a single unrelated to a drama, although it might not sell as well as Daite Senorita did, it would still probably outsell some of NEWS' releases. Sign of instability of NEWS? Or of the fans? :hehe:

thanks everyone who tried to explain to me :D

hmm yeah i think it should majorly be because of the popularity of kurosagi? Perhaps if any future NEWS singles are released and the song is used for a popular jdrama that one (or even better more than one) member of NEWS takes part in, it will sell better? Wait a minute, hoshi wo mezashite was used for happy feet, but it didn't really improve the sale of HwM much did it?

i'd love to see how a pi solo single that isn't tied in with anything will do.

i disagree with the part abt how fans of NEWS will most likely buy yamapi's single :D i didn't :) And i would have thought instead that fans of yamapi, if they are really crazy over yamapi, would want to buy whatever related to yamapi. Oh well maybe there are many of the not-so-crazy yamapi fans out there, but it's still hard to imagine how not-so-crazy fans of yamapi>crazy fans of yamapi+ryo+tegoshi+shige+koyama+massu