Translations: Alice Nine Channel Feb 22 2014 (PART I/IV)
Alright, since I procrastinated quite a while, I'm trying to catch up as much as I can. I realized after the Feb episodes, I barely watched the others Dx oops. Anyway, I managed to get this episode done faster than usual thanks to this blog: http://ameblo.jp/gaelic/theme2-10037052926.html Apparently the blogger types out some quotes and summaries for other Japanese fans so it's pretty useful in showing me the actual words that the members were saying. I'd definitely trust a native speaker's ears more than my own xD
Alice Nine Channel Feb 22 2014 (PART I/IV)
00:00 - 16:32
T: Okay for me to talk?
T: Hi everyone it's time for Alice Nine channel! Woo~!
T: Well since we are starting at this time, my tension is pretty high.. From 10 to 11pm, you can say that it's my day's last spurt of energy. From 11 to 12, I get pretty tired. We often start at that time. So today, I'll be doing this show with lots of energy! How is everyone?
T: Well, somehow about a month has passed? Last month we did 2 broadcasts in a week. I was feeling pretty satisfied with myself. But, I'm expecting this month's to be pretty tight as well? For the Super alice nine channel.
Staff: The day after tomorrow
T: The day after tomorrow??! I have to come here the day after tomorrow? You know recently, I have been thinking. These days I have been coming to this studio even more frequently than returning to PSC company. Why do I still not have an entry card to this place?
T: It's troublesome to keep calling someone to let me in when I reached, so please give me a card! It should be about time shouldn't it, since we have been doing this for 4, 5 years? Yes…I want a card.
T: This place in Koujimachi. I'm often here. If you go to Koujimachi, you'll probably be able to see Alice Nine. Though even if you come, there's really nothing fun here. Because everything closes at 6pm. It's an office area.
T: There are really few people around. It gets pretty lonely here. Since this show starts around 10pm, so every time we come here, there's nothing open. Please take care of us, we are doing this alone.
T: Anyway, let's introduce this week's members, go ahead!
Sh: Hi everyone. I'm not aiming to be Visual-kei's Hanyu Yuzuru! [Japanese figure skater] I'm vocalist Shou!
T: Sochi olympics...which I didn't watch at all, I'm an unpatriotic person lol and
S: If I can get hugged, I want it to be from Kim Yuna! Saga here.
Sh: Getting the hug you mean. (and not him hugging her)
S: Between Asada Mao and Kim Yuna, who will you want to get a hug from.
Sh: A seemingly difficult question
S: If you are getting a hug.
T: Not the one I want to hug.
S: If you are getting hugged.
T: If I'm getting hugged…ehhhh this is difficult…
Sh: It is…then again, the one who has a more 'huggy' feel is Kim Yuna (i think?)
T: I see. Is it okay for me to say it, will this become some sort of incident? Like maybe I should say Hiroto instead.
T: So Saga-san goes for Kim Yuna. For me then…it will be Mao-chan.
S: Ehhh
T: I knew you would say that…but going with the flow, I have to say it…yeah…
Sh: Mao-chan delivered a wonderful performance.
T: Yeah though i didn't watch it at all.
Sh: Because it's late at night.
Staff: Why?
T: Why? Well…well, is it fun to watch? Sorry for being frank. What's the appeal of it? I don't really know anything at all.
Sh: They spin on the ice.
T: They do spins on the ice.
Sh: They do serious spins on the ice.
S: They do spins on the ice in erotic costumes.
Sh: Do…do they? lol
T: You seem them in that way?
S: Well my dad was saying, they are erotic.
Sh: Dad…
T: I see…Though the people watching Alice Nine channel now are probably not watching Sochi. So how is it? Do you guys watch the olympics?
Sh: People are probably watching.
T: I watch Team Medical Dragon 4 during that time too [Iryuu4, 医龍4]
Sh: Oh they broadcast that show so late?
T: I think it is that late.
T: Ahh "I love figure skating!". "I watch them on the news". Ah that I understand, like a news variety show.
S: There's this 15 year old Russian girl [probably Yulia] whom our manager Gakki likes. "I want to hug her". She seems to be extremely popular on the internet.
T: We just keep talking about erotic stuff.
T: On 2channel, there is summary site of posts. [i think that's what he means by matome-ban?] There's this post that says "Finally, Golden Bomber will make an appearance on an AV (adult video/porn). It seems that they have a new AV.
S+Sh: Why? lol
T: Plus the content is seemingly about "Kiryuuin is actually a girl". I really want to watch it.
Sh: I'll want to watch it
T: I really want to watch it so I'm waiting for more information.
[side note: I can't seem to find any info on this DVD in English, but yes, i think there is such a thing since Kiryuuin mentioned it in a radio show lol. So hardcore GB fans will probably know more about this haha]
Sh: Are we heading in that direction for today's show?
T: Lol. See, everyone want to watch it.
T: What are we doing today, I don't know yet. Ah, this month's Valentine's Day Live. We just did that. Shall we go back to serious talk. Despite our previous conversations. How was the Valentine's Day Live? We do it every year though.
Sh: Since the completion of the album, we want to let everyone hear the album for the first time, and performed all the songs in the album for everyone. It was really fun.
S: We got pretty good responses from the crowd. I didn't know they were so great.
T: Yes, to the extent that we almost forgot that we are performing those songs for the first time. As for Shining, well we had a PV released, but to think of it, it felt like it was the first time we performed it live. It was a great live.
T: Are there people among the viewers who came to the live for the first time? If there's none I'll be surprised. Ah, did you go? Ah, thank you very much.
T: Also, on that day, wasn't there a huge snowstorm? I wonder if everyone got back safely.
Sh: I was on twitter, there were some who didn't manage to go back home, then the trains were stuck, the buses weren't operating, I heard some of their difficult stories. It seems there were quite a few who couldn't make it (because of the snow), I feel bad for them but I'm also grateful to the people who made it here.
T: They were amazing. It was such a heated live indoors, while a snowstorm is happening outside. Please blame it all on Nao. Today it's supposed to be Nao coming in. But he couldn't come because of a stomachache.
S: A stomachache, joint pains and debts.
Sh: All of them lol.
T: Why?
S: Recently Nao-san came into the studio and met a debtor [??? not too sure]
T: [skipped a little] Anyway…what was i supposed to say again? this is all the talk we have. After this is the release date of PS4.
Sh: Yeah.
T: Yeah…I want to play the PS4.
Sh: Me too.
T: My friend told me he got the PS4 already. He sent me a picture asking, "Look at the quality of this!"…How am I supposed to know just from the picture lol.
Sh: that's difficult
T: It is. But the PS4 is really beautifully made. Let's play together.
Sh: Yeah
T: Right? Saga-san.
S: I want to play Tokimeki Memorial on the PS4. [shortened as Tokimeki, a dating sim]
T: Tokimeki?
Sh: Is the series still going on?
S: I don't think so, i think it ended?
T: What is a recent game that is like Tokimeki?
T: "There are"
S: There are huh.
Sh: They say there is Tokime
S: I want to play Tokime.
T: It wrote there "what's Dasoku-san doing", Shou was showing me earlier on, "Why did Dasoku-san buy 4 sets of PS4?"
Sh: I think one of them is mine. I think.
T: He's that generous a guy?
Sh: I'm thinking maybe.
T: Ah, so including Saga-kun and 1, that makes up 4.
S: That's exactly right!
T: He's such a nice guy, I'll send a thank you mail later on lol. thank him for that.
T: Are there people who have already bought it? Please tell us. At this point in time, I think there aren't that many PS4 games to go around. So the ones who have bought are probably hardcore game lovers. Oh "I bought it!" There are people.
Sh: There's final fantasy, and oh Ryu ga Gotoku [aka Yakuza].
T: Ryu ga Gotoku, I play that. If i want to play i'll clear it in a day.
Sh: "I've been to the place where Dasoku-san used to work at" this out of nowhere information lol
T: How? This is news. Where did you go? Somewhere around Yodobashi Camera?
Sh: Might be. If he worked at Yodabashi Camera most people would have gone there before.
T: And Sushizanmae? Can't see the link though.
T: Alright. What shall we be doing today? I guess there are some announcements. Finally, next week Alice Nine will be releasing new single Shining. Let's hear more information from Shou-kun.
Sh: (info)
Sh: I wonder what kind of album this will become, Saga-san?
Sa: This album will be really … … SUSHIZANMAE!
Sh: Oh in that sense?
T: What is it? Sushizanmae
Sh: Wasn't expecting that.
T: There are many inside stories behind it.
S: Exactly. That's right, there are many inside stories to this.
Sh: You mean, Saga-zanmae. There are many Saga-zanmae stories
T: And we are doing an autograph event. We want you to bring your personal items to sign…or rather, we are doing such an autograph event. Please don't ask us to sign the T-shirt you're wearing and tell us to touch your boobs or something.
S: Sign "Erotic"
Sh: Yeah
T: If you bring something easy to sign on, we members will sign it for you.
T: Along with the release of the single, we have information on tours as well, from Saga-kun
Sa: (info)
Sa: Guys. PLEASE. COME. Come.
T: Exactly…I haven't heard any updates yet but in the previous broadcast I mentioned that there were zero preorders. Have that increased since then, manager-san? Oh increased. 1..10 people lol. I can't imagine. we are only going to have zero people?
T: Hey guys! We are really counting on you! Let's have fun together.
S: Oh crap
T: It's fun.
Sh: If we sell tickets per normal, we always managed to sell a few thousands but for a guys-only live, only 10.
T: This is really not boding well. Really, even if we are just going to watch AV, let's watch it together…
Sh: That is the extent of our desperation
T: "I envy the 10 people!" No way that's true lol.
T: "I'll get a guy to go". All that's fine. Even for those who have no idea who Alice Nine is, even without the AV, I hope they can come to the live.
Sh: If each person brought along another one, it will gradually snowball to a considerable crowd.
T: Yeah. Anyway check on the link above, we look forward to seeing you at the tour. There are still more…We will be embarking on our Asia tour. Let's hear about it from Shou-kun
Sh: (info)
T: Yes Asia tour…We rarely go to Asia even for a one-man show, and suddenly we are doing a one-man tour.
Sh: Right, our first one-man tour overseas.
T: Yes. I also hope to see people from Japan as well. We are going to places that we ourselves have never been to before, so I'm pretty nervous.
Sh: yes yes.
T: And we have no idea how we will be received at all. It makes me wonder if anyone even knows Alice Nine. But Alice Nine channel is broadcast worldwide.
Sh: yes. Just a while ago, someone wrote something about Mexico.
T: yes. Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but this show is broadcasted worldwide lol. But do come to our lives, hope to see you there. For now that's an end.
T: It's here. (reads) Yo Alice Nine, what's up lately? Have you been uploading photos from popular pancake shops onto your blog recently?
T: Are we girls?
Sh: Well the only person who will do that is Nao-san.
T: (read) This month's alice nine channel program will be based on your upcoming single and album releases. This should be a period of time where you will be getting quite a number of photoshoots and interviews, and the important aspect of these is on your talk abilities. In other words, your talking techniques.
Sh: I see.
T: (read) In order to raise your competency in speaking, it's time to do that activity we had a while back. This activity is "Alice Nine is not even close to Gokigen -Winter season-" (see April episode. Gokigen refers to one's well-being, spirits etc in the literal sense, it's also a reference to the show Lion no Gokigenyou show)
Sh: I see.
T: This one….?
Sh: We do that sometimes
T: This one is tough, Saga-kun
Sa: I haven't done this yet.
T: Oh not yet. Really you haven't done this yet.
Sa: Nope. It's difficult?
T: We did this activity twice last year. It was decently well-received. (reads) This activity "Gokigenyou Not" has returned, meainglessly powered up.
Sh: This is daunting.
T: (read) In the Gokigenyou show, the hosts can talk well on any topics that are presented to them. But here we shall force you all to talk on topics that in no way will ever appear on the Gokigenyou show.
T: But I'm sure even in the Gokigenyou show the hosts already know about the topics ahead of time. They definitely know what's coming.
Sh: Those talks are definitely not ad lib.
T: Is that so? Does everyone know that the gokigenyou show is not a live broadcast?
T: (read) In addition to the previous part of presenting you impossible topics to talk about, we shall play pranks on you to power up this Gokigenyou Not activity.
T: Always doing these unnecessary stuff.
T: (read) We are one step closer to making an uncomfortable variety talk show.
Sh: An uncomfortable variety talk show lol. Who will benefit from this lol.
T: A new genre lol. (read) Though there are no prizes for this episode, we shall have the viewers decide on the MVP of the talks. And now we shall do a set change so to buy time, we have no choice, even though no one will benefit even if we play it, let's play that song. We are counting on Shou-kun to introduce the song.
T: I don't even know song we are playing, it's not written here. What…
Staff: New song
T: Oh the new song.
Sh: Okay, this may be rude, a song where no one benefits: Shining Finger!
(to be continued…)