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“New Prince of Tennis” to be released as an anime
Arashi holds amazing live concert for 70,000 fans during a storm
U-Kiss’ ‘Neverland’ album takes first place right after release
New 5-Member B-group “Boyz” to debut

“New Prince of Tennis” to be released as an anime

Posted: 04 Sep 2011 12:09 AM PDT

It's been reported that Konomi Takeshi's popular manga, "New Prince of Tennis", will be adapted into an anime series!

"New Prince of Tennis" is the sequel to "Prince of Tennis”, and is currently serialized in the manga magazine, "~~Jump Square~~". The story continues after the nationwide tournament that took place in "Prince of Tennis". Seishun Academy and their rival schools are permitted to enter the U-17 Invitational Tournament by special participation, and will compete against high school students.

More information on the anime series will be announced at a later date by "Jump Square".

Additionally, the movie "Prince of Tennis The Movie – Eikoku Teikyu Kessen!" will hit theatres nationwide on September 3rd. Set in the Wimbledon, the movie portrays the story of the "Prince of Tennis" all-stars who challenge champions from all over the world.

Arashi holds amazing live concert for 70,000 fans during a storm

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:51 PM PDT

On September 3rd, popular band Arashi held a concert at the National Stadium in Tokyo amidst violent rain and strong winds.

For the opening performance, the members had planned to fly on wires approximately 50 meters high. However, this was inevitably cancelled out of consideration for the members' safety. Consequently, the boys appeared from underneath the stage in front of 70,000 fans, who were waiting in raincoats.

This was their fourth year in a row performing at the National Stadium. This year, due to typhoon number 12, their concert on September 2nd was postponed to the 4th. Member Sho Sakurai showed concern for their fans saying, "Not everyone could come to the postponed performance. It is very unfortunate."

On the 3rd, a typhoon landed in the Shikoku and Chugoku regions, and strong winds even reached Tokyo. As a result of a delay in stage preparations, Arashi wasn't able to hold a proper rehearsal, and so they hit the stage without a solid practice. There were possibilities for cancellation due to the weather, but the boys decided to fight the storm since there are only two performances in Tokyo, and this will be their last concerts of the year. Aiba Masaki even made a 'teru teru bozu' (paper doll to pray for good weather), and prayed for a recovery in the weather.

The three-and-a-half hour performance concluded successfully amidst the pouring rain, with Arashi singing and dancing to a total of 39 songs (their main focus being on their latest album, "Beautiful World"). Although there were concerns, they used balloons and fireworks as planned for their performance.

During the finale, Aiba said, "I am very thankful that we were able to do the concert," while Ohno Satoshi expressed, "I'm happy we were able to enjoy this big end-of-summer festival together."

This concert was a part of Arashi's nationwide tour, "ARASHI LIVE TOUR Beautiful World", which brought together a total of 525,000 people. Keeping in mind the power shortage effect from March's Tohoku Earthquake, they conserved energy by reducing last year's special feature of the stage fountain. They were able to reduce power consumption by about 70% from last year. It's said that 99% of their power consumption came from 20 car-powered generators

U-Kiss’ ‘Neverland’ album takes first place right after release

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:31 PM PDT

It's been revealed that 'Neverland' topped the Hanteo Charts immediately after its release! It is the 2nd album of popular boy group U-KISS.

On September 1st, U-KISS took 1st place on Hanteo Charts, overcoming the explosive popularity of Super Junior, Leessang and Teen Top alike . The actual album sales through retail sales are indicated by its position on the Hanteo Charts, showing the reactions of the fans to the different music style, giving U-KISS the number one spot

Congrats to U-KISS and their amazing progress over the past two years!

New 5-Member B-group “Boyz” to debut

Posted: 03 Sep 2011 11:05 PM PDT

A new 5-member boy band named "Boyz" is preparing to debut soon.

The group has signed a contract with VIP Entertainment. Originally, they were signed to the name ”VIP”, however, due to Big Bang's fanclub name being VIP, they decided to change the groups' name to "Boyz."

The names of the 5 members are, Enok, Noa, Yoondam, Junwon and Haru.

That’s all the info I have right now, but more is soon to be announced! Stay tuned