ARASHI ニューファイル・ベスト (ハリケーンboys)

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

Would anyone happen to know what this book is all about, exactly? My sister picked it up for me at Kinokuniya (Singapore) and I know just a bit of Nihongo to be able to tell you that it contains profiles, interview-like questions, answers from the boys, etc. I'm not sure this is official, though. Possibly something like the Otakara photobooks?

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[hisa-no-nikki.livejournal.com]

yupe..it is something like their otakara photobooks..i think they called it "minimum"..they also sell the members minimum..aiba,matsujun,nino,ohno & sho version..some people say that otakara photobook is still better than the minimum..hope this help..

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I see. Thank you! =)

[arashi-johnnys.livejournal.com]

is not that
sorry for to tell you but is no otakara photobook----first have not photo in there and there all in japanese language only-the book is about the arashi`s history -
be carefull becouse there are a lot of books like that in that store

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

Ahh, I know it's not an Otakara photobook. :) Sorry for the confusion. I meant if it's something compiled by non-official media agents like the Otakara photobooks.

Thank you for the heads-up, though. ;) Do the ones who made this book get their information from magazines and such?

[minamichan03.livejournal.com]

i just found it funny.. in the written one.. ハリケーンboys.. "hurricane boys"??
ahmm.. they're actually stormy boys... where did that hurricane come from??

sorry..but. is this official??

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

is this official??

Precisely what I've been wanting to know, haha. I guess it's not.

[aishizuki.livejournal.com]

From the way the editing looks, I'm pretty convinced it's an unofficial one. :))

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah. I told my sis she should have bought me some magazines with Arashi in them instead. XD

[aishizuki.livejournal.com]

:)) you're in SG, lah? XD

[hontowa.livejournal.com]

As people have already answered, it's not official, but so you can tell in the future - all official photobooks will be promoted either on the J-storm site or the Johnny's main site. Sadly wiki.theppn is down, but I used to have a list of all their official photobooks up there. If you go to their Japanese wikipedia entry (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B5%90_(%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA)) though and scroll waaaay down past the list of singles, albums and concerts, you'll see a section called 写真集 (Photobooks). This lists every official all-Arashi photobook. As for individual ones, only Nino and Jun have had official ones, and they were tied in to movies (Ao no Honoo, BokuImo, HanaDan). The other way to tell just by looking at the book is to flip through the pictures inside - if they look mostly like paparazzi shots then it's not offical. All official photobooks will have photos that actually look professionally taken or staged - Arashi won't look like they're trying to hide from the camera.

[absurdfroufrou.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) Makes me glad to have bought Arashi is Alive instead of the Otakara ones.

[keijitakao.livejournal.com]

hihi, my friend bought it for me when she went to Malaysia, however, i have to tell you that it's fake.really. nino's birthday was WRONG. i was totally O_O but I appreciated her gesture. Please dont buy it or something, cause the cover page itself is distorted, so it's totally not worth.