Arashi's Live Special Peaks at 29.8%
Japan Series Averages at 16.4%
Source: Yahoo! News
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ asianfanatics.net

Japanese idol group Arashi held a three hour live special yesterday to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The special, which began at 7pm, was titled 'Odoroki no Arashi! The Century's Biggest Experiments! Impossible Feats SP and Miracle Experiments Live Broadcast!' (from NTV). According to numbers from video research, the average ratings from the Kanto region was at 23.5%, peaking at a record of 29.8%. Airing at the same time was the Japan Series baseball game between the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Ham Fighters, which had average ratings of 16.4% on Fuji TV.

The three-hour live broadcast wrapped up Arashi CHALLENGE★week (from October 25th to November 1st), in which Arashi took over NTV studios for more than 50 hours of broadcast to mark their 10th anniversary. They specially prepared a flying stage and introduced 3D effects to their performance by using enhanced glasses.

In the Japan Series, Nippon Ham pitcher Darvish made his return to the mound after battling injuries. In addition, the drama 'JIN' airing on TBS at 9pm, maintained the same ratings from the previous week at 17.2%.

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO ARASHI!!!
I love you guys

woww, that's so good!!
happy anniversary 10th anniversary Arashi .. well in japan anyway :L
hope they are together for a long time to come

OMG
29.8?????
thats really really good!!!
OMEDETOU ARASHI ~~~~~

HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY FOR ARASHI!

wishing for your next 10 years to be together! <3

congratulations to the boys!!
and it's already November 3 in Japan..meaning..
Happy 10th Year Anniversary Arashi!! more stormy years to come ne?? love them so much!

woooooowwwwww!!!!! i knew they got a very high rating but i didn't know that they got this high DESPITE THE FACT THAT A BASEBALL SERIES IS AIRED AT THE SAME TIME!!

goodness, the experiment of Matsujun is soooo scary that it's a good thing they've placed a dummy matsujun in his place for the 3rd and 4th time in the swing or he might have broken his neck.

the boat experiment of aiba and sho is the worst out of all the boat experiments in all Odoroki shows! it barely made it past the dock that water began to seep inside! they've been paddling and taking out water from their boat using buckets from the very start and after 15 minutes the boat sank! hahahahahahahaha

and in the live show!!!! that sky stage is just freakin' hilarious! The moment Sho stepped into the balloon he kept on tripping!! when Jun and Nino stepped into the balloon they looked kinda cool but Sho fell flat on his face TWICE!! and when the song started and the balloon started to rise, he shouted his famous "KOEEEEEE" coz he's scared! What does "Takai" mean? coz sho kept on shouting it too even in the middle of singing....matsujun looks like he was really enjoying! he kept on smiling and waving at the camera! hahahaha

Oh and during the Wish perf, i noticed that there's a hole in the sleeves of Matsujun's jacket! haha. you'll notice it when he raised his right arm! haha

Edit:
Sparky!!!!!! thanks again for translating the news! yey

and oh yeah, Happy Anniversary Arashi!!!! how come there are so many dates for Arashi's anniversary? hahahaha can someone care to explain? there's this hawaii thing, the first cd released thing, etc i'm already confused. haha

This post has been edited by cassy_clim8: Nov 3 2009 3 16 AM

ah the power of arashi.
its like everything they touch is highly rated in japan so its normal for us fans to just read these news its not really a shocker anymore

cassy
LOL..i was so confused at first too..
September 15 is their hawaii press con, where they were formally introduced as a new group from Johnny's
November 3 is their CD debut (the release of their first single, A.RA.SHI.)

oh yeah, i think "Takai" means "high" hehehe..

This post has been edited by meoinkie2: Nov 3 2009 2 54 AM

Jing

oooohhh i see! thanks! so that's what it meant. and thanks for clearing up the anniversary thingy....

oh about Jun's sleeves, you'll notice the hole at 9:02 when he raised his arm.... i don't know if it's the style of the jacket (which i highly doubt) coz the other sleeve seemed to have a hole too although jun's movement is so fast i'm not sure....

WHOOO! Congrats for 10th anniversary and the 29.8!
Arashi Challenge weekkk <33

WOW! Almost 30% rating? That's absolutely great. I should watch it...haven't watched Arashi all together for over a year.

They deserve this, they've worked so, so hard this past decade. So cool. Haha, yeah, anything Arashi touches is gold.

Sho is known for his outbursts of 'Kowai!' (scary!) and 'Takai' (It's too high!). I guess 'Matte!' (wait!) can also be included during his sky diving experience.

I'm so happy they reached such high ratings! Omedetou!! They deserve it!

This post has been edited by sparkles_n15: Nov 3 2009 4 09 AM

sugoi!! omedetou arashi!

always & forever (:
<333 A R A S H I!