Yes, as many had expected Arashi are confirmed to be singing the theme song to Nino's autumn drama, "Freeter, Ie wo Kau".
The title of the song is
"Hatenai Sora" (Limitless sky) and will be released just a little more than a month after "Dear Snow". Autumn is definitely Nino's season this year. This is their 6th single this year, and their 34th to date.
Release date:
10 November 2010There are
2 versions, Limited and Regular Editions as per usual.
Limited Edition comes with a
DVD as usual. Two songs in the LE:
Hatenai Sora and
Ano hi no Merry X'Mas [That day's Merry X'mas}. Price:
1 500 Yen (~US$17).
Now, the
Regular Edition has
Hatenai Sora with 3 other songs . This time J-Storm wants to make sure that us fans would actually buy both editions instead of just the LE. The RE also comes with karaoke tracks of all the songs bringing a
total number of 8 tracks for the RE.
J-Storm is really making it worth the fans' bank account abuse with 3 new songs in the RE.
Price of RE:
1 260 Yen (~US$15)
[If you're wondering, RE for Dear Snow was 1 000 Yen (~US$11). But it only has 4 tracks. RE for Hatenai Sora has 8 tracks yo~]
Details of RE from CDJapan:
Single release from Arashi featuring theme song to TV drama "Freeter, Ie wo Kau" starring Kazunari Ninomiya. Regular edition includes "Untitled B" and "Untitled C" which are not included in limited edition. Also includes Original Karaoke for each song. Features alternate jacket cover.
(All product details, including availability, images, language(s), special features, and bonus extras, are subject to change without prior notice. Actual item weight may be different from the one indicated above.)
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Edit:
Tracklisting:
1. Hatenai Sora
2. Story
3. Maboroshi {Illusion - until I see the full lyrics, I just chose to translate it as this. ^^;;}
4. Anohi no Merry X'mas {That day's Merry X'mas}
5. Hatenai Sora (Original Karaoke)
6. Story (Original Karaoke)
7. Maboroshi (Original Karaoke)
8. Anohi no Merry X'mas (Original Karaoke)
Pre-order for RE opens now on CDJapan. ^^
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Note for those pre-ordering with CDJapan:
CDJapan has sent out the LE link to my inbox. Check yours now. ^^
The pre-order system is different. It's like, just click pre-order, but then we have to wait within 24 hours for a confirmation of pre-ordering and choosing the payment method. Not straight forward like before.
The link is apparently unique to one account only, so even if another person used the same link, only the first pre-order counts.
(I wonder if they're trying to address the "time difference" issues - what with Arashi fans all over the world and the releases are based on Japan time which is an inconvenience to people living in other parts of the world. Especially considering Arashi's LEs can be sold out within hours... ^^;;)
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Edit:
Okay, so my order went through. ^^
The link to complete the pre-order arrived within 10 minutes. You have to use your CDJapan account password to access the link. Yeah, the pre-order link is personalised so that people can't share it outside - like with Dear Snow pre-order. ^^;;
CDJapan really stressed that the LE is
extremely limited. One copy per person only. Demand for Arashi is still strong. ^^V
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Interestingly you will see these notices on CDJapan's Hatenai Sora LE page:
Preorder Unavailable
Currently, preorder for this item is no longer available. For your information, we opened preorders to subscribers of our Arashi New Release Mail first, in order to prevent the confusion and inconvenience caused by our server crashing as it did with recent Arashi releases.
Availability
Only a strictly limited quantity of this item will be released, and it will become available again only when there are cancellations. Since we are not able to control the timing of cancellation or the quantity, we won't be able to make any announcement when it becomes available again.
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