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What is Arashiland Presents PV Series?
Okay, so, there's this group called Arashi. You may or may not have heard of them or their parent representation, Johnny's Entertainment. Being a "music" group, Arashi, of course, has PVs, or, Promotional Videos (music videos). Being a Johnny's group, Arashi, of course, has ridiculous PVs that I felt the need to skewer. Thus, like WT before it, PVS is my phenomenal waste of time mocking some guys in Japan.
And because I can't just leave things in my LiveJournal, I decided to make a side website to WT to basically gather all of my creative efforts in one space.
Short story long - it's every PV produced by Arashi dissected with commentary from yours truly.
I've never actually seen the real videos, where can I find these?
Why, the streaming sites, of course! YouTube, Veoh, Daily Motion, etc, take your pick. None of the streaming videos will be linked here as they have a habit of dying and I'm too lazy to check links.
Where do your images come from?
Made every single one myself. All me, baby.
Having said that, feel free to use anything on this website as you see fit. Credit is nice if you're going to, I don't know, take all of the pictures or take a gif (or take the commentary!) but in general, credit isn't necessary. I would ask NO HOTLINKING though, simply because that is rude to my dear host. And don't kill my dear host's server, okay?
Pup? Captain Failboat? Last time I checked, these people weren't in Arashi...
A quick search on Google will explain most nicknames for the members of Arashi. Many others came about during the course of writing PVS. However, a couple do need explanations: Failboat came from my friend Zoe, in reference to the Odoroki boat that always sinks; Pup is from me and basically is short for Retarded Puppy, aka my description of MatsuJun's acting style; the Gay Taco party started calling MatsuJun "MatsuFab," which lead to Fab-chan and Fabby, etc.
And now you know! So you shouldn't be lost!
Why do you hate Arashi? Or: why would you make fun of scandals? Or: why would you call Nino a bloodthirsty evil bastard? Or: why are you so focused on and mean to Sho? Or: why don't you understand that the sun does in fact shine out of MatsuJun's ass? Or: why are you mocking fangirls?
I think if you're a fan of Arashi, you already have a pretty good sense of humor. But some people are a little sensitive, so let's make something absolutely clear.
This site is PARODY. I adore Arashi, I do. I wouldn't spend this much time on something I don't like. And really, the more I mock something, the more affection I have for it.
Really, nothing on this website is meant as offensive, language included. Absolutely nothing is said in malice. I know it sounds like I'm beating a dead horse with my mantra of parody parody parody!!! I just want to make sure that there are no misunderstandings and therefore no hurt feelings. Arashi is about spreading love, after all.
Related question: Isn't your use of "retarded" offensive?
I know that word is really polarizing. I just want to state that I would never, ever use "retarded" to describe anyone mentally disabled or handicapped. Such people are never retarded.
For me, "retarded" describes perfectly able minded people who instead choose to retard their own thought process. I just want you to know where I'm coming from. I know Lewis Black might be the only person who agrees with me, but at least know that offense is not meant.
How many of these will there be?
As many PVs as Arashi makes. They will all be skewered.
I have more questions!!!
Then please feel free to email me at moogle_tey at hotmail. I'm a touch oblivious - and extremely distracted - so replies might take some time. As it is hotmail, be sure to put "PV Series" in your subject or I'll just assume you're trying to sell me something to make my non-existent penis larger.
Addition! I now have a Vox! It's not a lot to look at, but if you want to be alerted when each new PV is added, notices will be posted there. Or, it's a great way to send a comment if you want to. You can also contact me through my LiveJournal of the same name, but know that everything there is locked up super tight. No one needs to hear me wax on the merits of green grapes anyway.
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Really? You like us? You want to pimp us out for free? You want to climb to the highest mountain and scream aloud, "PVS made me laugh so hard my kidneys burst!"
Well, okay, that might be taking it too far, but if you would like to link the PVS site, it is more than greatly appreciated.
If it floats your boat, then please use the following banner. It is appropriately Fail-tastic!
Please link it to the main page, http://ore-sama.ca/weissthursday/arashiland.htm
Now with Added Affiliation!
Want to become part of the growing collection of Arashi fans in North America? AAA.net is the place to go for a comprehensive list of fansites, fan projects, meet-ups, and other displays of affection from fans in this hemisphere. It is the best resource for getting in touch with other fans and for introducting others into our happy little world of rainbow sparkles.
Don't Forget to Check Out Paper Snow for All Your Lyric Translation Needs!
My friend, and dear Gay Taco, Riva has been translating various JPop songs for some time now. There'a a lot of Arashi there, as well as every Domoto Tsuyoshi song under the sun. I use it for lyrical purposes here at PVS, so go check it out!
Paper Snow - Lyrics and Translations.
Arashi - Crack - Days - Arashi Crack-a-Day! Head over to this awesome Livejournal community for more hilarity. They support PVS so you should support them!
Hey, hey! (Paula!) If you're here, maybe you've seen my original Japanese pop group parody page, Weiss Thursday? If you got here on your own outside of WT, maybe you'd like to see it, regardless whether or not you know what a weiss is?
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And of course, I would not think of slapping up a website without giving nods to the most important people - those who helped create it.
Thank you to the Gay Taco Party first and foremost. What's a Gay Taco Party? Why, a Party of Gay Tacos. And don't you wish you were invited. They were the supporters of PVS, so blame them for making me think this was funny enough to put up on a public website. More importantly, they write some of the jokes, too. So MWA to Riva, Da, Zoe, Yume, Mitsu, El, Jools, and Ems. Special thanks to Da for helping me out on things like how to not be so website stupid.
And Super Thank You! to Ms ZoZo (Zoe) - she wasted two or more whole nights of her life uploading higher quality videos for me. She supplied all the goods and so without her, this would have ended after Kitto Daijoubu, most likely.
And of course, the biggest thank you of all must once again go to P-chan for so generously letting me abuse her webspace. She gives and gives and asks nothing in return. This makes her some sort of deity. P-chan, goddess of webs and cheesesticks because cheesesticks are seriously delicious.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
And thank you for looking!