Thursday, February 14, 2008
Blog Closure :(
Hi there everyone!
I'm still alive!! x_x After all this time!
But, I have some bad news. The hiatus for this blog has been turned into a closure. :( I really missed updating this blog, but the fact is, I don't have the time I used to have to dedicate to it. I still love V6 and watch Gakkou e ikou each week! So that hasn't changed. I'm just not able to keep a weekly blog anymore. Thanks to all of those who read and commented on my entries! I was glad to share the brilliance of Gakkou e ikou with other V6 fans :D
The good news is that I will soon be starting a new blog, mostly with Inonaki translations (I'll select ones that I particularly like and translate them). I'll let you know when it's up and running.
Thanks again for all the support!
Keep watching Gakkou e ikou!! ;)
-Jan
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.06.05
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０６．０５
It's finally here!
Johnny Depp meets Rei-chan!!
I could not WAIT to see this episode, and it lived up to all expectations!
Let's get to it~!
We start off with a flashback to the first interview Gakkou had with Johnny, which was
done by two Japanese schoolkids who did all their schooling in English and spoke it
very well. Johnny called it, and I quote, the "best interview experience I've ever had... ever!"
done by two Japanese schoolkids who did all their schooling in English and spoke it
very well. Johnny called it, and I quote, the "best interview experience I've ever had... ever!"
Inocchi tells us that Johnny said that he doesn't have much time this time around,
but if it's for Gakkou e ikou, he'll make time. :D
They introduce Rei-chan's sensei, who is in top form today too XD
Inocchi: Wait, I don't remember seeing this kind of Disney character...
We fast forward to the day of the performance - Sakamoto has replaced Inocchi.
And Sensei is very, very happy to see Leader again.
JUST LOOK AT THAT HEART MARK!
Sakamoto asks her about her clothes...She tells them that she her clothes are a gift from a real pirate.
Riiiiiight XD
Here's Rei-chan and friends!
I love their outfits! TOO CUTE!
(According to Sensei, these were pirate gifts too.)
They head to the studio, where they first have to do a trial run for the head people
at Buena Vista International. They are really impressed and give them the A-OK :D
Rei-chan and friends practice some more on their own,
and then.. before they know it...! It's SHOWTIME!
Leader is visibly nervous XDDD
To be honest, the first time I watched this, I was totally nervous too XD
To begin, Sakamoto asks Johnny if he remembers the Gakkou e ikou interview last year.
"Yes, Baby Gorilla and Pupa!" he replies. He even remembered their names! :O
Sakamoto tells him they have something new for him this time (oh what am I saying,
you guys can all understand thanks to the interpreter, LOL)
I LOVE JOhnny's "Oh!" here XDDD
They first do a cute rendition of It's A Small World.
Johnny loves it, but soon finds out that that's not all...
Next it's Rei-chan's turn! SO. SO. CUTE.
They play the Pirates theme song (with some dancing and yelling on the side xD)
which is just amazing. I absolutely love the part where they take turns playing. Amazing!
Johnny loves it, and thanks each of the girls individually. He is SO sweet with them *_*
They ask to play one more number - Rei-chan and Makoto launch into "Sabre Dance", the
really fast classical piece they've played on the show before. I was SO glad they did this one,
because it is so impressive. I get chills everytime I hear it!
As they end their performance, though, they hold their sign upside down XD OOPS!
Johnny has nothing but awesome things to say about them - he's very impressed
and really honored that they did all of that for him.
Johnny tells them they should come to Hollywood :D
The girls present him with a gift - a fan that they made themselves (although
Johnny says that their performances are gift enough!)
They all take a picture together...
...and share a group hug ♪
Sensei says she wishes she could be a part of it, LOL! I love this sensei! XD
Next week we get to go all through it again with...
ORLANDO BLOOM!
I can't wait! I mean, just look at the way he melts at their cuteness! XDD
I don't have time to do the sumo part this time, but it didn't take up much of the
episode anyways. Let's just say poor Leader got kind of beat up D:
Seeee you next time!
次回もお楽しみに！
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! 2006.02.21 subbed clip!
Hey everyone!
I'm here to present a special project that I've finished!
An English-subbed Gakkou e ikou clip! YAY!!
Those who belong to the V6 Livejournal communities and stuff have probably
seen me post about it, but for those who havent, here you go!
Basically, in this clip Inocchi and Ken visit an award-winning high school
manga club - Inocchi gets his portrait drawn, Ken has to act out a love
scene, and then at the end they have the club members draw short manga
starring the members of V6. The results are hilarious - this is one of my
favorite Gakkou clips ever so I just had to sub it for everyone to enjoy! :DDD
Download links!
Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MTJR1D7C
OR
Mediafire: Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?1uyg9y1zmmo
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?ebmzpsimne0
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/?db2gdt0zjgs
ENJOY!!
Comment greatly appreciated! Let me know what you think!♡
I'm here to present a special project that I've finished!
An English-subbed Gakkou e ikou clip! YAY!!
Those who belong to the V6 Livejournal communities and stuff have probably
seen me post about it, but for those who havent, here you go!
Basically, in this clip Inocchi and Ken visit an award-winning high school
manga club - Inocchi gets his portrait drawn, Ken has to act out a love
scene, and then at the end they have the club members draw short manga
starring the members of V6. The results are hilarious - this is one of my
favorite Gakkou clips ever so I just had to sub it for everyone to enjoy! :DDD
Download links!Megaupload:
http://www.megaupload.com/?dOR
Mediafire: Part 1: http://www.mediafire.com/
Part 2: http://www.mediafire.com/
Part 3: http://www.mediafire.com/
ENJOY!!
Comment greatly appreciated! Let me know what you think!♡
Labels: subbed
Monday, June 04, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.05.29
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０５．２９
Hey everyone! Finally here with last week's episode...
and another one airs tomorrow already. Oops. XD
Today we have Inocchi and Ken-ken visiting the famous Narita High School!
And of course we all remember who goes there...
Our favorite male cheerleader friend! Everyone remembers him, right?!
They find him with the cheerleading team,
and steal him so that he can show them around >D
They point out that the team won't seem to miss him much. LOL aww..
First up, the archery club!
Does this look familiar to anyone?! It should!!
The amazing thing about this team is that they pretty much all started archery upon entering high school, and some of them are ranking top in the nation. They're STILL in high school now, people! :O
Ken and Inocchi don't do too bad themselves for beginners.
Take a look at Inocchi's miracle arrows!
They both landed the same way, LOL
Next is a trip to the orchestra club. Same deal here - most of them had never touched an instrument until they got to high school. And here they are playing like pros~!
Inocchi asks if he can play conductor :D
VERDICT: HE LOVES IT!
Next they do more active stuff which... cannot really be captured in photos. XD
But look how much farther this kid can jump than Cheerleader!
(note that they didn't actually jump at the same time)
Next, Inocchi makes Ken try one of the exercises that the hammer-throwers in training have to do:
That's right, one-legged jumping all the way across the field. x_x
Inocchi: How was it?!
Ken: .....I wanna go home... XD
Aaaand that's it for Narita High School! Amazing as always :D
Next up is THIS GUY!
Who, if you're an intense Gakkou fan, you may remember ^_~
Hiroaki Tsuchiya, a mental math champion!
They show old clips from when he and some others were on the show, battling it out seeing who could complete math problems the fastest. And these guys are FAST.
So basically, Gakkou recieved a letter from an elementary school girl who is also into mental math, and really idolizes Hiroaki and wants to meet him :]
First they talk to the girl, Aika-chan, and learn more about her.
...While her little sister runs around the house making noise ROFL
Aika shows them what she can do:
her mom sets up the screen that flashes three-digit numbers
in sequence, which Aika adds together in her head, instantaneously.
It's freakin AMAZING. :O I can't even begin to wrap my head around it!!
Her mother explains that Aika has been interested in numbers from a young age.
Cue leader: Morita, what were you interested in when you were young?
Go: BOOBS.
LOL way to go Morita XD
Anyways, V6 surprise Aika with Hiroaki, who's been waiting in another room this whole time.
First Hiroaki gets to show off his skill, which is adding up SIX digit numbers instantaneously.
Leader and Go are simply floored.
Go wonders if he doesn't have some kind of mechanism in his glasses, hahah XD
After that, they fulfill Aika's wish by setting up a match between them!
Aika-chan does problems with 3 digit numbers, while Hiroaki does them with 5 digit numbers.
Go, however, is determined to let Aika'chan win, and takes something out to distract Hiroaki:
Gravure idol PHOTOBOOK XDD
(The text on screen indicates that Hiroaki is a big fan, LOL!)
Nice try, Go, but Hiroaki still manages to win!!! :D
Yay for making another kid's dream come true :D
Next week!!
I mean, TOMORROW!
JOHNNY DEPP MEETS REI-CHAN!
OMG I CAN'T WAIT!!!
次回もお楽しみに！！！
Comments are loved :D
Sunday, June 03, 2007
coming soon... 2007.05.29
Hey everyone, I'm not dead! XD
But unfortunately the summaries are taking a bit longer than expected.
But I'll have last week's episode up tomorrow, so check back then! ♡
For now enjoy Composer!Inocchi :DMonday, May 28, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.05.22
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０５．２２
Finally here :D
Download your episode of Gakkou here or here!
We start off today's episode with an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
Concerning Rei-chan!
It turns out that when Johnny Depp is back in Japan promoting PotC 3,
Rei-chan is going to play for him! OMG Can't WAIT! ♡
Johnny was SO great with the kids who interviewed him before on Gakkou... aww!
Can't wait to see what he thinks of the amazing Rei-chan :]
On to today's main segment: more trains!
The three leads of Tokkyu Tanaka 3go join the show today!
From left to right: Katou Rosa, Kuriyama Chiaki, and Tanaka Koki!
Today they're going on a train ride with Miyake, Nagano, two members of T4 (see last episode's summary for more info), and the train otaku manager.
OH and this guy, who is also from the show but for some reason is selling train bentos XD
"This bento here - they steam it using the steam from the SL train!"
LOL ok sure XD
Nagano sounds like he actually believes him!
They buy their bentos and head out to the platform, where they see their train pulling up!
They reserved this train especially for the show♡
Tanaka asks if he can do the "choo-choo", and they let him XD
Well, they let everyone, actually. Including Miyake, who does it loud and obnoxiously and
gets yelled at for it, LOL!
Soon they're off and riding down the tracks!
Everyone is stoked!
At one point while everyone waves normally out the window at the cameramen, Miyake and Nagano have to WAVE THEIR ARMS WILDLY
They soon learn something important: the train they're riding being a steam engine and all, when the train passes through tunnels you're supposed to close the windows so that the steam doesn't come in.
BUT, the first tunnel kind of sneaks up on them, leading to....
LOL. Everyone laughs at him :D
Not long after, the train conductor tells them that they can see the Tanuki Forest to their left - they look out to see a bunch of Tanuki statues along with.... huh?!
Neko Hiroshi?!
A neko in the tanuki forest?! XD
Poor Hiroshi. Called all the way out to Shizuoka just to go nya~ at them on the side of the road?!
They go on...
...need I explain what happened this time? XD
However, a little box in the corner of the screen explained that one's face doesn't actually turn black from train smoke. Tanaka probably just rubbed it all over his face XD
His reaction upon looking into the mirror did seem genuine, though.
After about an hour they reach their destination, where they get off the train and break off into two groups: the Coal Group and the Foot Bath Group.
The Coal Group gets to shove coal into the train furnace, while the
foot bath group just gets to chill and relax:
They try to have a conversation, but end up getting oh-so-rudely interrupted:
ROFL!
They board the train again and get ready to head back home - and on the
way back they bust out the bentos! Look at this fancy one Tanaka chose:
YUM
EVERYONE ENJOYS.
And that's the end of their train trip! Everyone agrees that it was buckets of fun.
NEXT UP!
Some more 60-second reports!
They had some cute ones this time around~
① "Yuzuyu" Live!
The first clip introduces a singing-and-guitar-playing teacher duo
who call themselves Yuzuyu, after the famous duo Yuzu XD
They're awesome! GO SENSEIS!
② The odd basketball team
Why is this basketball team so odd, you ask?
It's composed of a crazy number of twins and even a set of triplets! (pictured)
Cuuuute~
③ Private Report
A student aiming to be a NHK announcer takes the opportunity to interview his father, who works at the school. Apparently the father doesn't know about the interview, since his reponses mostly consist of "wh-what the heck are you doing?!" and "what's gotten into you?!" LOL. XD
④Digging for bamboo shoots
The last report is about a favorite pasttime of this particular school:
digging for bamboo shoots! I mean look at those things!
What's also crazy about this school is that there are a mere
seven - count 'em, seven - students.
That wraps up this edition of Gakkou e ikou!
Hopefully we'll be seeing some Johnny Depp love in the near future :]
次回もお楽しみに！！
Friday, May 25, 2007
coming soon...2007.05.22
Heeey everyone~
Next update is going to be later than I expected. It was supposed to be tonight, but I forgot about something I had to do >_< Check back Sunday night and hopefully it should be up!
And then you'll find out why JOHNNY DEPP is here (or rather, a flashback to his interview... ooooh mysterious♡)Saturday, May 19, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.05.15
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０５．１５
Heeeey everyone!
Hope you guys are ready for an awesome episode! :DDD
This week starts off with.... more Rei-chan and friends, can you believe it?!
These little electron divas are just getting more and more popular, so the episode starts off with their performances from last week, in full! No edits!
At the end, they say that next week they have an important announcement concerning the girls! :O What could it be?! The good thing is it doesn't look like they're going anywhere soon! ♡
Anyways, on to today's school visit!
Inocchi and Go visit a prestigious all-girls school - Mukogawa High School - known affectionately around Osaka as the "princess school"... aka rich girls school. XD
Inocchi's has a little sign with the first six syllables of the school's name: mu-ko-ga-wa-jo-shi, and he's made a list of great things about the school using these syllables as the first letter!I'll number them one by one!
①Moody (!?) angels sing you a love song!
Err, moody? XD Anyways, he's talking about the chorus club!
They travel around the world doing performances, always singing songs in the language of the country they're visiting! They sing a song for V6...
And Go cries. Or pretends to. I dunno.②Students who have famous ancestors!
Yes, some students are the descendents of famous historical figures!
One girl is related to a famous figure named Rokkaku, so Inocchi asks her if her last name is Rokkaku. She says no, actually her name is...
MATSUURA AYA. XDDInocchi: Ayaya?!?
③Scientific researchers you wouldn't even think were students!
Yes, this school has an amazing science classes, where they study it intensely - and in ENGLISH!
Inocchi and Go look on curiously. In lab coats.♡The science sensei decides to show them some amazing experiments, including putting things into a beaker filled with freeeezing liquid nitrogen. (-196℃!!!!)
First, they dip a rose into it, and have Morita feel it. He barely touches it and it crumbles, causing him to jump back and grab onto Ino XD
You'd think it bit him or something, LOL.The tennis ball they try next shatters as it's dropped onto the ground.
And the balloon...?
Inocchi and Go wait for the worst:
It doesn't pop, though - it shrivels up as it's placed in the nitrogen, and returns to its normal shape once taken out! :O すごーい！Lastly, Go pretends to make a paper catch on fire through willpower... and, while his willpower had nothing to do with it, it DOES burst into flames. ROFL.
Commence more freaking out XDD④Our dream is to win the Competition!
This is the dream of the school's broadcasting club!
V6 check out their rockin' studio.There, Inocchi gets an idea - they should participate in their lunchtime video broadcast! And be DJs!! XD
The girls go NUTS when they see that the special guest stars are NOT a joke XD
DJ INO!!!!!!! XD LOVE.They play a request from "Morita Go from Saitama prefecture": Onyanko Club's
"Sailor fuku wo nugasanaide"
Note: Gakkou regular Marina is an ex-Onyanko Club member, LOL XD Just look at her reaction! At the end of the broadcast, the students clap wildly and one girl shouts out: "Marry me Inocchi!" XD
HEY THAT'S MY LINE *cough*
⑤ refers to the school's awesome baton-twirling club. Cue performance. :D
No V6 attempts this time though. Damn.
And lastly! ⑥We end with calligraphy!
They go and visit the calligraphy club, who does some amazing stuff:
This is the character for dream, ゆめ（夢）. かっこいいー！This time, V6 gets to try it out :D
Go is convinced that his piece is "awesome" XDDDAnd it's actually cute good!
Inocchi's... is....
LOL?!Then, they get to try out GIANT CALLIGRAPHY!
I've actually done this before! :D
Inocchi draws the character for inochi - "life!"Go writes...
his name, in romaji. XDHe points to the middle: "This line here is right around the summer I turned 17... and then it curves up like this as I head towards my 20s" XD
Inocchi: "And then from there it gets really thin, are you doing all right?!"
LOL!!!
At the end, they all do a group effort, writing out the name of the segment:
名門校へ行こう！(Let's go to a prestigious school!)
Which wraps up this school visit!
Next, something totally new -- a segment about TRAINS!
In particular... TRAIN OTAKU!
Leader and Ken are here to meet a group of otaku who love trains!
who call themselves:
T4. You know, kind of like F4? Hana yori dango?Hence the Arashi theme song playing in the background, heh.
Kaho-chan even tags along this time, and they have a little geek-out fest with T4
explaining the ins and outs of otaku train fandom. Like, did you know that there are differents KINDS of train otaku?! Yup, you have your train-riding otaku, train picture-taking otaku, train figure-collecting otaku, otaku who love train sounds, etc etc.
However, they all admit to having the same problem: girls.
Girls don't have a very positive image of otaku, and train otaku are no different.
So here, they have an idea: let's make a commercial that will get girls into trains too!
They base it off a pre-exisiting JR commercial from the 80s, and use Kaho and Ken as the stars☆
IT IS AWESOME! (yeah I'm really descriptive, I know XD)
Scenario:
Ken runs frantically through the station to meet Kaho-chan, who's not happy with him...
...so he tries to impress her with his moves, LOL!This is a must see! XDDD
Kaho-chan seems to forgive him and everything is right with the world.And here we see Leader as the station attendant, AHHHH ♡ CUTE!
Next week - more trains as the cast of the currently running drama Tokkyu Tanaka No. 5 join Gakkou e ikou! This segment was just to get us warmed up, y'see~
Anyways thanks for reading! XD Comments are looove.
次回もお楽しみに！！
Friday, May 18, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.05.08
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０５．０８
HI EVERYONE!
Time for another episode of Gakkou e ikou~~~☆
Download it here or here or here!
This week V6 decides to go visit.... Rei-chan from last week again! XD
Wellll that was quick!
I guess Sensei sent them another letter with Rei-chan asking them to "please come again♡":
omg that sensei is just probably using cute lil' Rei-chan so she can see Leader again ROFLAnyways, this time it's Leader and Miyake who are off to see them!
First though, they must meet up with that wonderful Sensei.....
....who is busy feeding the monkeys. LOL.How embarrassing! She says.
But wait - waving "goodbye to Mr. Monkey" on their way out is not?!
XDThey reach the classroom, and they're treated to another cute performance by the little kiddies!
This time they're doing some ribon twirling, but...
UH-OH.This is the same little girl who was kicking her feet so hard her
sheet fell off last time, as they show you here. LOLOLOL.
They switch costumes (with their mommies' help again!) and circle around V6♡
...Except for Rei-chan, who's kind of lost and doing her own thing. XD
The dance ends, and one of the kids calls out "Miyake-san! How did you like it!?"as he runs up and grabs Leader's arm.
Leader goes into shock, while Ken just stands there laughing while all of the kids cling to him.I swear, KIDS LOVE KEN!
Poor Leader XDDDNext, Sensei introduces a 16-year-old student who has been playing electone since the age of 2 and is subsequently amazing :0 She plays "Hyokkori Hyoutanjima" for them (no V6 song? XD)
Next, it's Rei-chan's turn!
"I'll do my best!"
かわいい♡Rei-chan and Makoto-chan team up for a dramatic (?) duet of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"...
....which puts Leader into a fit of giggles:
Ken: ...you okay there?Their next song is a rendition of 剣の舞, or "Sabre Dance", a classical piece by Aram Khachaturian - it's one of those songs anybody would recognize if they heard it XD
It was quite amazing! I loved it!
After that, it's time to say goodbye once again~
Sakamoto decides to ask Rei-chan what she wants to be when she grows up.
"A flower shop lady!" she replies.
Sensei chimes in: "Before you said you wanted to win a music competition though, right? Right? Here, let's try that question again~"
Leader asks her a second time, and... her answer is the same. Toooo funny!
At the end of this segment, they had an announcement saying they're looking for other amazing kid performers! What's that?? More V6+kids?! YESSSSS :DD
Next up, the same Leader+Miyake combo visit a super school in Kyoto!
So super, in fact, that they've made a ranking of the 10 coolest things about it!
TOP 10 COOL THINGS ABOUT RAKUNAN HIGH SCHOOL:⑩The school is located right where the famous Buddhist temple Touji is.
⑨The school has had the highest number of Kyoto Daigaku transfers for 17 years straight.
⑧The wind ensemble club has an insanely rigid structure for its meetings.
⑦The track-and-field coach is a former Olympic athelete!
⑥The have a Quiz Research Club!
...and this is where V6 has some fun XD
The quiz research club is, well, basically that. They love trivia and strive to be the best at knowing random stuff! It turns out that Miyake also loves trivia!
They're pretty good, though: they beat him at the first two questions.Ken gets the third one though, and thinks he's the bomb:
Sakamoto quickly points out that he should just JOIN THE CLUB ALREADY, GOSH
On with the countdown!⑤The volleyball team is amazing.
④They have a male chorus club!
③Their English teacher was the model for the teacher in Dragon-Zakura
②They have an awesome male gymnastic team.
And number one!
①They have the number one basketball shooter! wooo~!
Apparently this kid is an amazing shooter. So just for the heck of it, the ask Okada how many shoots he thinks the guy can make in a row. He guesses 17. He actually shoots...
33! Holy crap.And 99% of those shots were nothing but net, literally. Amaaaazing!
And that's it for today! There were a couple more 60-second reports, including another love kokuhaku that wasn't nearly as interesting as the first. Oh well. XD
Thaaaanks for reading! ♡ See you next week!
次回もお楽しみに！！
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.05.01
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０５．０１
Hey everyone!
Yesss we're nearly four days into May and I'm just now getting around to May 1st's episode XD I usually like to wait and get my episodes on Jpopsuki since it comes in one piece, but then I found out that Nermal's encode got lost, so... oops! ;P
Anyways let's get to it!
Everyone remember this amazing little girl from last week's preview?They decide that they simply must go meet her. No question. XD
They meet up with her fashionable (?) sensei in a nearby park, where they learn more about her. Nagano politely inquires as to her age (hey, this is ok in Japan :p), to which she replies that, ohoho, she's just turned the ripe young age of 20.Sakamoto: "20, of course~! I thought so~!" XD
Seriously, though, I think this lady is really a huge fangirl deep down or something XD She appears completely flustered and can't seem to get over their greatness. LOL.
But she's really amazing - she's taught electone* to over 1000 students!
*In Japanese, the keyboard that they're using is called an エレクトーン, or electone in English. It's basically a certain type of a synthesizer. I've never heard of an electone before.
They head off to the sensei's classroom, where some of her students, including Rei-chan (the girl in the video!), do a dance performance!
This little boy's (girl's?!) gown thing comes off after doing a march-like entrance - and OMG I've never seen Inocchi laugh so hard XDDD But it was seriously an A+ entrance.
Heck, it even leaves Leader ROFLing, literally XDThen, after the dance they all rush up and thank V6.
Huh?! LOL should't it be the other way around, if anything?!
And then they start fighting over who gets to shake hands. D'awwwww *~*Next, Rei-chan plays a special song for V6 that she's practiced alllll week for!
Their very own ♪ WA ni natte odorou!SO.CUTE.
OMG see how it makes them smile?! きゃー XDRei-chan is seriously amazing, though. She has the song memorized, and doesn't even look at what she's playing, since she's too busy dancing along with it.
Once it's done:
Sensei: So, how would you like to try playing the electone~?
V6: . . . .
HAHA. But of course you know they're gonna do it XD
Sensei ask's Rei-chan what song they're going to play.
Rei-chan: "Choucho! (Butterfly)"
Sensei: "Rei-chan, how much do you like this song?"
Rei-chan: "I love this song sooo~ much♡" she squeals, wrapping her arms around herself.
Annnnd V6 PROCEEDS TO DIE FROM THE CUTENESS:
Sakamoto & Nagano: *melt*OMG XD
Soon it's time for them to try it out~☆Sensei stresses the importance of GROOVING along with the music. You don't just play it, you move it with it~! So, cue V6 swinging their heads side to side with giant goofy grins on their faces XD
Sakamoto: ... *raises hand*
Sakamoto: "Sensei, is this REALLY necessary?"Nagano: "Yeah, you just wanted to make us do this, huh!"
Before you know it, it's SHOWTIME!They practice for about an hour and then play the Butterfly song together, complete with giant smiles and head-swaying and clapping their hands over their heads.
♡
Next up!
A crazy ritual from Mie-ken called Ageuma（上げ馬）.
Basically, it involves young horseback riders in samurai armor riding horses up a steep 3 meter cliff - just watching the video of it was scary x_x
This is dangerous stuff!
Sakamoto and Ken inspect the actual 3 meter cliff. Yeah, that's tall - and steep.
The thing is, there are only 6 young people who are chosen to do this each year. That's right - chosen. This is NOT something they do because they want to :OThere are EVEN boys who have never even ridden a horse before!
So Gakkou decides to follow the story of one of the young men, Keigo-kun.
The first time they meet him, though, he speeds right past them on a horse.Leader: "Hi Keigo-ku....."
They finally meet up with Keigo-kun and his friend Masanori-kun, who explain more about the whole ritual. They have to go through rigorous training, and during that time they are not allowed to go out, put on a strict diet, and are not allowed to communicate with girls in any way. Not even their mothers!
Another part of their routine involves purifying their body in the nearby river everyday at 6 am and 6 pm SHARP. The temperature is 50 degree outside, making the water a mere 35 degrees x_x
Here they demonstrate.And OF COURSE Miyake nominates Leader as the one to give it a try. (I thought it was going to be both of them, though, and was sorely disappointed XD)
But ahhh! Leader!! (omg his arms *o*)He actually submerges his body entirely, and right as he's rushing to get out, Miyake gives him a hand. Aww, how nice, I thought...
ONLY TO PUSH HIM IN AGAIN ROFLGymnastics episode flashbacks, anyone?! XD
Long story short, the day of the Ageuma festival comes, and it's time for Keigo-kun and Masanori-kun to finally take the challenge, For Keigo-kun it's important because he is doing it for his father, who was unable to participate because of an injury when he was young.
And guess what?!
He makes it!!! :DDDWhich leaves this segment with a really happy ending ^^
Uwa~~ what a ritual!
Thanks for reading! XD Oh yeah - and while I didn't add in the 60-second reports this time,
please LET ME KNOW if you'd like me to! Because I still can! XD
Hope to see you next week~
Comments are love♡
次回もお楽しみに♪
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.04.24
学校へ行こう！ＭＡＸ ２００７．０４．２４
Hey everyone! Back with another episode of GeI~! (err...)
Download it here!
Today we have another inspirational project. Yay~?
Or, for those who maybe don't understand much Japanese and would rather see the usual V6 falling down and making fools of themselves, boooo...? XD
But I'll explain what it's all about!
It's another day of sorting mail for V6...
....and next thing you know Sakamoto is sitting in front of a gaggle of high school girls! And one guy. Buuut we'll get to that later.Okay, so these students are part of their school's orchestra band, and what's happening is their beloved conductor/teacher, Horino-sensei, is retiring! They really love their teacher and their last concert with him ever is coming up, so they want to do something special and want Gakkou's help! Apparently he's a really exceptional teacher - NEVER missed a day of school, and always did everything in his power for his students.
One of the girls- oh I mean guy- crawls up next to Sakamoto and grabs onto him while he shows him which one is their teacher. Leader... doesn't know what to do, LOL.
"Go back to your seat!" he says, but the student insists that he has to point out their teacher to Leader.
Cute XDSoooo they start brainstorming ideas as a group for something special they can do during their last concert. One of the girls says that at the encore, Sakamoto should come out and "do something".
Leader: "While you guys are playing the encore, I could come out and... tap-dance!"
Group: . . . . .
Leader: "...what?"
They call his idea boring, and he gets all sulky. OMG CUTE XDDD
LOL.And then!
Right when they're in the middle of talking, there's a knock at the door...!
The show's AD (assistant director) rushes in, announcing that apparently Horino-sensei has arrived at the school! :O
The project is supposed to be secret, so this is BAAAAD.
Everyone starts rushing around, Sakamoto's like "what? what? what? no way!", and the students rush him out of the room and onto the veranda XD
AHAHAHAH! Best moment evar! XDAnd then.... moments later....
"False alarm!"Sakamoto: ....
ome Leader looks so cute just sitting down there XD
Yes, apparently the (new) AD messed up, and it was a different teacher who came XD
LOLOL!
Well, that was fun! XD They quickly rearrange themselves and resume the meeting.
Nothing like a little scare to shake things up, eh?!
Anyways, they decide on a plan: during the encore, Sakamoto comes out onto the stage, and at the same time, a bunch of Horino-sensei's old students come out and start playing with them!
And then, they read a special letter they've written to him.
Sakamoto shares the big plan with Nagano. ♡♡The performance day finally comes!
Yaaaay!Sakamoto comes out during the encore, causing the crowd to scream and the teacher to go... huh?
He seems really surprised at all of the past students coming out to play. Yay!Then, one of the current students start to read the letter for him, but has trouble getting through it because she's crying so hard... which in turn causes Horino-sensei to cry, too. Along with the rest of the club. Awww T-T
And it all has a happy ending :]Leader tells Horino-sensei how they had planned it all out, and he said that he was thinking that something was up all day! XD
I'm glad that Gakkou was able to help turn their last performance with their teacher into something special!
Next up! Another segment of the 60-second reports!
Gakkou has been putting out a call for 60-second reports done by students - they can be about anything at all, but they MUST be limited to 60 seconds. Let's see what they come up with!!
First up is another orchestra band! They introduce the sole male student in the band, who is like "an idol" to them XD The girl who does the report is really cute and does an excellent job!
Next report is a girl who shows off the nice view from the roof of her school - first how it looks during the day, and then at night.
This student introduces his "amazing teacher" - he walks into the classroom and she's up there dancing in front of the class to some crazy music, waving around a pink feather fan, LOL!That's a pretty awesome teacher XD
....I wonder what she teaches?
The next report is on a kid who solves a Rubik cube in 12 seconds! :OThe funny thing about this report is that they run out of things to say at the 45-second mark. So the last 15 seconds is them is sitting there looking at the camera, with the cameraman whsipering "say something... anything! hurry, hurry... anything! quick!"
LOL! XD
The next video, though, has the exact opposite problem:
The report starts out as a girl interviewing her friend who is about to confess her feelings to her classmate. wooo! So we see her start walking towards the house... 5..4..3..2..1...TIME UP.
LOL, they clearly didn't follow the directions. Mino Monta says that rules are rules and that they must be limited to 60 seconds, so they can't show the rest.
Buuuut of course you know he can't do that to them XD
So just this time, they get to watch the rest!
The girl confesses and everything (is this for real?!) but....rejected T-T The guy likes someone else...
The girl liked this guy for like 5 years, so she was in shock. Awww poor girl!
I wouldn't have wanted to walk back and be filmed after that. >_<
Aaaand that's it!
Hope you guys enjoyed it! :D
次回もお楽しみに！！
Labels: 60-second reports, inspirational, nagano, sakamoto
Monday, April 23, 2007
GOMEN NASAI.
For no update of last week's Gakkou.
I have been quite busy lately! But also to be honest....
that episode was boring XD
I honestly wouldn't have minded it if it wasn't just a rehash of one they did last year!
If you saw last year's Takarazuka ep, you know what I mean-
So I just decided to skip it this time around.
Check back later this week though for this week's Gakkou!
やっほぃ～
For no update of last week's Gakkou.
I have been quite busy lately! But also to be honest....
that episode was boring XD
I honestly wouldn't have minded it if it wasn't just a rehash of one they did last year!
If you saw last year's Takarazuka ep, you know what I mean-
So I just decided to skip it this time around.
Check back later this week though for this week's Gakkou!
やっほぃ～
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Gakkou e ikou! MAX 2007.04.03
学校へ行こう！２００７．０４．０３
Heeeey everyone!
Like I said before, I'm back!! XD ただいま～！
And I'm just now getting around to a review of last week's Gakkou!
A 2-hour special on....
What School Was Like In The Past SPESHARU! yay~
(apparently Mino Monta's idea)
Yup, no real ロケ's to speak of (aside from
visiting where these old schools used to be, I guess),
just a lot of talking, but it was pretty interesting!
But - if you don't understand it - it'd probably just bore you to tears XD
So to those people out there, here's a talk summary!
So what they've done is chosen some famous people to interview about what their schooldays were like, and recreated some of it using actors to get the real effect XD
First up is former-talent-turned-governer, Hideo Higashikokubaru.
Damn, now I know why Leader asked if he could jut call him Higashi-san, LOL.
★He describes how they would be punished at school - there was the usual holding buckets of water out in the hallway (you've all seen this in some drama or anime right?!), and then there was THIS:
ROFL!!!
I could not stop laughing at that for some reason, ahahaha XD
★When his teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied, "a French person!" Teacher's response? "If you try hard enough, you can do it!" LOL.
★He ran away from home with his friend to train under the current king of comedy at the time. Aaaand got busted for it. Life lesson learned, and all that jazz.
One thing he brings up, though, is that while seen as scary,
the teachers were respected.
Which prompts a Gakkou Survey to see what it's like today in comparison. Results?
*Are teachers respected less now compared to the past?
77% say YES, 18% say NO, and 5% say NEITHER.
77%? That's quite a big chunk! :|
Next up is the Gakkou MC, Mino Monta!
★Parents respected the teachers as well and never complained about what they did. (oh how times have changed..) As figures of authority they trusted them completely.
★Teachers/parents were open about things like wealth and social status. They didn't try and hide them, and put emphasis on helping those who had less.
★Teachers would openly announce everyone's grades in front of the whole class. Well, at least this one teacher that Mino Monta had. Wow XD
What school was to Mino Monta: A place you could fully blossom
Here, they bring up another Gakkou Survey question:
*Do you think student's parents intervene too much in the classroom?
(err, not literally, more like in education as a whole XD)
57% say YES, 33% say NO, and 10% did not respond.
It's hard to say exactly what they mean by 'intervene' here -
I think parents should definitely be involved, but I don't know what is considered "too much"....
Next up is talent/comedian Macchami! I love her, she's awesome! XD
If any of you watch Ainori, she's one of the MCs!
....Of course, if you DO watch Ainori, you'd already know that! LOL
★In her hometown, the neighborhood was like family. Everyone watched over each other. Unfortunately, though, this also meant that everyone was into everyone else's business, which is not so cool when, like in her case, she was a teenager with a crush XD Of course, these kinds of things spread like wildfire...!
★There were those kinds of students known as delinquents (不良), but they didn't really bully other people around like they are known to do now. Plus they went to school every day and actually participated in school things! In her case, some of them even tried running for class president just for the heck of it and actually won, LOL.
What school was to Machami: A place where she spent treasured times
Next! Is the best part of the episode! XD
They start talking about those delinquent students and how they dress, and announce that they have a mini Fashion Show! Delinquents Through The Ages!
dun dun dun dun~!
First up is 1950s juvenile delinquent style! Long, tattered coat and hat, and crazy-high platform shoes that you can't see well in the picture, but wow they're high XD
Next is.... あれ？！
OMG OUR NEXT DELINQUENT STUDENT IS LEADER ♡♡
In 1970s delinquent style (or... Kishidan style)! Omg flashbacks of that one show withDowntown where all 6 of them dressed like this XD
Leader shows off the extremely high waist on his pants. Sexay~
Nagano loves it and can't stop laughing heeeeeee ♡♡
Next up with 1980s style is Moritaaaa! ...Who looks bored and just kinda stands there and doesn't put any character into it like Leader XD Oh and some chick.
Last but definitely not least, current-day delinquent style!
....Except, I dunno about you but they don't necessarily
look like delinquents to me. LOL they look normal.
And OMG why didn't they have Ken do this one?! Would have been perfeeeeect dammit
Some more talking about school this time by comedian Youhichi Shimada.
★He had a nice little story about an episode with his baseball club: there was a member who couldn't go on the school field trip because his mother was in the hospital and they didn't have any money for him to go. The other members meet and come up with a plan to work part-time to raise some money for their friend to go. The only problem was that it was against school rules to hold a job, but they went through with it anyways - in secret. Once they had saved up enough, they gave the money to their friend, who accepted it. But, in the end, he didn't end up going. When the others confronted him about it, and he said that he didn't feel like going from the beginning. Then give back the money, they said. He said he couldn't - so obviously he had spent it. The members got furious and demanded to know on what - and that's when the kid pulled up all new baseball gear. He thought that the money should have gone towards the club, he said. Awww! Happy ending. The teachers even admitted they knew about the jobs, but were touched by their motive and excused them for breaking the rules.
What school was to Youhichi Shimada: A fun place to play that I wanted to go to
If only that were true for everyone XD
Next, the staff brings out a little display of food lunches throughout the ages!
Wow, they've really got all bases covered here XD
For example, here's an example of a 1940s school lunch!
On the plate is a little dish of powdered nonfat milk, which apparently tastes gross.
Sooooo OF COURSE Ken pushes Okada forward to try it, ROFL GO KEN xD
Okada's reaction: *sip* ...oh, gross!
Next is actress Kuroki Hitomi's school tales of love letters and diaries, but nothing too interesting here so it's time to wrap this up because I don't want it to get too long. heh.
They all say BYE BYE~!
I love how they all wave bye at the end. Especially Ken, he always waves like he means it. Ken ♡
Next week (as in yes, a week from now, I don't think there was any Gakkou THIS week!)
brings us Takarazuka theater hopefuls! And Okada in glasses :O~
See you next week!!
次回もお楽しみに！
And I'm just now getting around to a review of last week's Gakkou!
A 2-hour special on....
What School Was Like In The Past SPESHARU! yay~(apparently Mino Monta's idea)
Yup, no real ロケ's to speak of (aside from
visiting where these old schools used to be, I guess),
just a lot of talking, but it was pretty interesting!
But - if you don't understand it - it'd probably just bore you to tears XD
So to those people out there, here's a talk summary!
So what they've done is chosen some famous people to interview about what their schooldays were like, and recreated some of it using actors to get the real effect XD
First up is former-talent-turned-governer, Hideo Higashikokubaru.
Damn, now I know why Leader asked if he could jut call him Higashi-san, LOL.
★He describes how they would be punished at school - there was the usual holding buckets of water out in the hallway (you've all seen this in some drama or anime right?!), and then there was THIS:
ROFL!!!I could not stop laughing at that for some reason, ahahaha XD
★When his teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he replied, "a French person!" Teacher's response? "If you try hard enough, you can do it!" LOL.
★He ran away from home with his friend to train under the current king of comedy at the time. Aaaand got busted for it. Life lesson learned, and all that jazz.
One thing he brings up, though, is that while seen as scary,
the teachers were respected.
Which prompts a Gakkou Survey to see what it's like today in comparison. Results?
*Are teachers respected less now compared to the past?77% say YES, 18% say NO, and 5% say NEITHER.
77%? That's quite a big chunk! :|
Next up is the Gakkou MC, Mino Monta!
★Parents respected the teachers as well and never complained about what they did. (oh how times have changed..) As figures of authority they trusted them completely.
★Teachers/parents were open about things like wealth and social status. They didn't try and hide them, and put emphasis on helping those who had less.
★Teachers would openly announce everyone's grades in front of the whole class. Well, at least this one teacher that Mino Monta had. Wow XD
What school was to Mino Monta: A place you could fully blossomHere, they bring up another Gakkou Survey question:
*Do you think student's parents intervene too much in the classroom?(err, not literally, more like in education as a whole XD)
57% say YES, 33% say NO, and 10% did not respond.
It's hard to say exactly what they mean by 'intervene' here -
I think parents should definitely be involved, but I don't know what is considered "too much"....
Next up is talent/comedian Macchami! I love her, she's awesome! XD
If any of you watch Ainori, she's one of the MCs!
....Of course, if you DO watch Ainori, you'd already know that! LOL
★In her hometown, the neighborhood was like family. Everyone watched over each other. Unfortunately, though, this also meant that everyone was into everyone else's business, which is not so cool when, like in her case, she was a teenager with a crush XD Of course, these kinds of things spread like wildfire...!
★There were those kinds of students known as delinquents (不良), but they didn't really bully other people around like they are known to do now. Plus they went to school every day and actually participated in school things! In her case, some of them even tried running for class president just for the heck of it and actually won, LOL.
What school was to Machami: A place where she spent treasured timesNext! Is the best part of the episode! XD
They start talking about those delinquent students and how they dress, and announce that they have a mini Fashion Show! Delinquents Through The Ages!
dun dun dun dun~!
First up is 1950s juvenile delinquent style! Long, tattered coat and hat, and crazy-high platform shoes that you can't see well in the picture, but wow they're high XDNext is.... あれ？！
OMG OUR NEXT DELINQUENT STUDENT IS LEADER ♡♡In 1970s delinquent style (or... Kishidan style)! Omg flashbacks of that one show withDowntown where all 6 of them dressed like this XDLeader shows off the extremely high waist on his pants. Sexay~Nagano loves it and can't stop laughing heeeeeee ♡♡Next up with 1980s style is Moritaaaa! ...Who looks bored and just kinda stands there and doesn't put any character into it like Leader XD Oh and some chick.Last but definitely not least, current-day delinquent style!....Except, I dunno about you but they don't necessarily
look like delinquents to me. LOL they look normal.
And OMG why didn't they have Ken do this one?! Would have been perfeeeeect dammit
Some more talking about school this time by comedian Youhichi Shimada.
★He had a nice little story about an episode with his baseball club: there was a member who couldn't go on the school field trip because his mother was in the hospital and they didn't have any money for him to go. The other members meet and come up with a plan to work part-time to raise some money for their friend to go. The only problem was that it was against school rules to hold a job, but they went through with it anyways - in secret. Once they had saved up enough, they gave the money to their friend, who accepted it. But, in the end, he didn't end up going. When the others confronted him about it, and he said that he didn't feel like going from the beginning. Then give back the money, they said. He said he couldn't - so obviously he had spent it. The members got furious and demanded to know on what - and that's when the kid pulled up all new baseball gear. He thought that the money should have gone towards the club, he said. Awww! Happy ending. The teachers even admitted they knew about the jobs, but were touched by their motive and excused them for breaking the rules.
What school was to Youhichi Shimada: A fun place to play that I wanted to go toIf only that were true for everyone XD
Next, the staff brings out a little display of food lunches throughout the ages!
Wow, they've really got all bases covered here XD
For example, here's an example of a 1940s school lunch!
On the plate is a little dish of powdered nonfat milk, which apparently tastes gross.Sooooo OF COURSE Ken pushes Okada forward to try it, ROFL GO KEN xD
Okada's reaction: *sip* ...oh, gross!Next is actress Kuroki Hitomi's school tales of love letters and diaries, but nothing too interesting here so it's time to wrap this up because I don't want it to get too long. heh.
They all say BYE BYE~!
I love how they all wave bye at the end. Especially Ken, he always waves like he means it. Ken ♡
Next week (as in yes, a week from now, I don't think there was any Gakkou THIS week!)brings us Takarazuka theater hopefuls! And Okada in glasses :O~
See you next week!!
次回もお楽しみに！
Hi everyone! I'M BACK!!
My life for the past week has looked like something from the GOOD DAY cover XD
Minus six hot guys, of course. Damn.But I had a great time on the beaches of Mexico!
Thanks for all your comments <3
Anyways! Expect a Gakkou update later today as we dive into the School Special! :D
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Special news from newscaster OKADA JUNICHI! ♡
If you're coming here to look for this week's Gakkou e ikou! episode, well...I really appreciate it! :D THANKS!
But alas, there is NO episode being aired this week.
PLUS I will be on vacation next week, so...
no Gakkou updates for awhile! =(
But once I get back, I'll put up a summary for
the one I missed, so be sure to check back!
Have a great week! :D
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