Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo explained

Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo
Type:video
Artist:Arashi
Cover:Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo.jpeg
Recorded:September 6, 2008
Genre:Pop, rock, hip hop
Length:3 hours, 30 minutes
Label:J Storm
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Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo is a DVD release of Japanese boy band Arashi. It was released on March 25, 2009 by their record label J Storm. Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo documented the second day (September 6, 2008) of Arashi's first concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo.[1]

Concert tour

Concert Tour Name:Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008
Artist:Arashi
Start Date:September 5, 2008
End Date:November 16, 2008
Number Of Legs:4[2]
Number Of Shows:8
Last Tour:Arashi Marks 2008 Dream-A-Live
(2008)
This Tour:Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008
(2008)
Next Tour:Arashi Anniversary Tour 5x10
(2009—2010)

Tour information

During the group's performance in Tokyo Dome on June 15, 2008, it was announced that they would hold their second Asia Tour by the end of the year. Titled Arashi Marks Arashi Around Asia 2008, the tour began at the National Stadium in Tokyo, in which the group became the third musical act after SMAP and Dreams Come True to hold concerts there. The tour then continued to Seoul, Taipei and Shanghai, a Johnny & Associates first.[3] [4]

Tour dates

Set list

Special Footage

  1. Arashi's Fight in Kokuritsu

Set list

  1. "Overture"
  2. "Love So Sweet"
  3. "Oh Yeah!"
  4. "Kitto Daijōbu"
  5. "La Tormenta 2004"
  6. "Happiness"
  7. "Hadashi no Mirai"
  8. "Aozora Pedal"
  9. "Hello Goodbye" (Masaki Aiba solo)
  10. "Subarashiki Sekai"
  11. "Tomadoi Nagara"
  12. "Still..."
  13. "Lucky Man"
  14. "Take Me Faraway" (Satoshi Ohno solo)
  15. "Niji" (Kazunari Ninomiya solo)
  16. "Smile"
  17. "Wave"
  18. "Carnival Night Part 2"
  19. MC
  20. "Kaze no Mukō e"
  21. "Re(mark)able"
  22. "Truth"
  23. "Step and Go"
  24. "A Day in Our Life"
  25. "Tell Me What You Wanna Be?" (Jun Matsumoto solo)
  26. "Ichioku No Hoshi"
  27. "Sirius"
  28. "Hip Pop Boogie" (Sho Sakurai solo)
  29. "Arashi"
  30. "Pikanchi Double"
  31. "Asu Ni Mukatte Hoeru"
  32. "One Love"

Encore 1

  1. "Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi"
  2. "Fight Song"
  3. "Kaze"
  4. "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono"

Encore 2

  1. "Sakura Sake"
  2. "Wish"
  3. "Gori Muchu"

Chart performance

The DVD sold 230,000 copies in its first week and held the record for highest first week sales of 2009[5] until the release of the group's music video collection DVD 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009 on October 28, 2009.[6] It is also the fourth in history for first week sales among music DVDs to date (behind their own 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009 of 428,000, KAT-TUN's Real Face Film of 374,000 and SMAP's Live MIJ of 281,000),[6] the first DVD to top the comprehensive sales category for three consecutive weeks,[7] and the first music DVD in history to hold the number one spot in the first half of the year in Japan.[8] [9]

By the end of 2009, Oricon announced that the DVD was the second best-selling music DVD of the year in Japan, right after 5x10 All the Best! Clips 1999–2009.[10]

In 2010, Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo sold another 85,453 copies, making it the thirty-eighth best-selling DVD overall for 2010 in Japan.[11]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Japan Oricon Weekly Music DVD Chart[12] 1
Japan Oricon Yearly Music DVD Chart[13] 2
Japan Oricon Yearly Comprehensive DVD Chart3
Chart (2010)Peak
position
Japan Oricon Yearly Comprehensive DVD Chart38

Sales and certifications

Release history

RegionDateFormat Distributor
JapanDVD (JABA-5046)[15] J Storm
South KoreaDVD (SMDVD031)[16] SM Entertainment
TaiwanDVD (JAJDV57018/9)[17] Avex Taiwan
Hong KongDVD[18] Avex Asia

Awards

Japan Gold Disc Awards

|-| 2010| Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo| The Best Music Videos| [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo . ja . . 2010-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100327190728/http://www.j-storm.co.jp/arashi/disco/dvd/d_07.html . 2010-03-27 .
  2. Web site: Arashi announces Asia concert tour. 2008-06-15. Tokyograph. 2009-11-23.
  3. Web site: Othello's Matsushima to Wed Marsas Sound Machine Singer. Japan Zone. October 5, 2009.
  4. Web site: Johnny's group Arashi to tour Asia from September . Japan Today . October 5, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907034919/http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/johnnys-group-arashi-to-tour-asia-from-september . September 7, 2008 .
  5. Web site: New Arashi DVD ranks 3rd ever in first week sales. Tokyograph. 2009-04-01. 2009-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090427095727/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4594. 27 April 2009 . live.
  6. Web site: 嵐、音楽DVD史上初の40万枚超え　3年半ぶり歴代記録更新. ja. Oricon. 2009-11-03. 2009-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20091105003553/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/70304/full/. 5 November 2009 . live.
  7. Web site: 嵐がDVDで新記録樹立！ 3週連続の総合首位は史上初. ja. Oricon. 2009-04-15. 2009-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20090419093111/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/confidence/65215/full/. 19 April 2009 . live.
  8. Web site: 上半期DVDランキング総合1位は嵐、映画DVD部門でも松潤出演作"花男"が1位に. ja. Oricon. 2009-06-17. 2009-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20090620205720/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/66995/full/. 20 June 2009 . live.
  9. Web site: EXILE tops sales ranking for first half '09. Tokyograph. 2009-06-18. 2009-06-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090621173206/http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4947. 21 June 2009 . live.
  10. Web site: 嵐、史上初の"CD、DVD4 冠"達成～シングルTOP3独占は光GENJI以来21年ぶり. 2009-12-18. ja. Oricon. 2009-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20091219194124/http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/71742/full/. 19 December 2009 . live.
  11. Web site: 年間ランキング特集 DVD. 2010-12-20. ja. Oricon. 2010-12-20.
  12. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo. ja. Oricon. 2010-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100301104314/http://www.oricon.co.jp/cinema/release/d/811513/1/. 1 March 2010 . live.
  13. Web site: 2009 Oricon Yearly DVD Ranking . ja . . 2010-03-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100402071012/http://contents.oricon.co.jp/music/special/091218_01_05.html . 2 April 2010 . live .
  14. Web site: http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200903.html. ja:ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2009年3月. ja. RIAJ. 2010-03-15.
  15. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo. CDJapan. 2010-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100311232520/http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JABA-5046. 11 March 2010 . live.
  16. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo . https://web.archive.org/web/20090511074500/http://j-pop.smtown.com/arashi_AAA2008inTOKYO/ . dead . 2009-05-11 . ko . . 2010-03-15 .
  17. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo. zh. Avex Taiwan. 2010-03-15.
  18. Web site: Arashi Around Asia 2008 in Tokyo (Hong Kong Version). zh. YesAsia. 2010-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100329023227/http://www.yesasia.com/us/arashi-around-asia-2008-in-tokyo-hong-kong-version/1019711353-0-0-0-en/info.html. 29 March 2010 . live.
  19. Web site: The 24th Japan Gold Disc Award 2010. RIAJ. 2010-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323163034/http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/data/gdisc/2010.html. 23 March 2010 . live.

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