PIKANCHI 2.5 IS HAPPENING!

Yeahh! SUPERBOY IS COMEBACK with NEW PIKANCHI >_<

[LIFE IS HARD TABUN (Probably) HAPPY]. Filming will start mid-June and they will be screening it 4 times in a day at TOKYO DOME HALL IN FROM AUGUST 1st-31st. Arashi want to have a sequel for Pikanchi but they want it to be 'low-key', so JE decided to screen it in one theater only. Tickets will start in JULY 13TH.  J said there might be PIKANCHI 3.0 TOO! 

Flashback old era Arashi PIKANCHI characters on below ;

PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD DAKEDO HAPPY (Ver. 1)  was released in 2002, three years after Arashi debuted. The storyline was written by V6′s Inohara about five teenage boys who live in an apartment complex and their misadventures together.

PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD DAKARA HAPPY (Ver. 2) was released two years later and follows the lives of the five boys who are now in their 20s and confronted with more “grown-up” concerns. Chu (Sho) is married and earning a living, Shun (Aiba) is learning to crochet (LOL), Takuma (Nino)’s residential complex is about to be torn down, Bon (Jun) leaves the place and Haru (Riida) tries to help save it.

And now, 10 years later, the five who are in their 30s will reunite in PIKANCHI LIFE IS HARD TABUN HAPPY (Ver. 2.5). And what has happened to them since we last saw them?

 

According to initial reports, Chu’s wife has left with their son, Haru married his first love, Takuma is still traveling the world with his guitar (and it is implied that he has sowed his wild seeds everywhere lol), Chu now owns a restaurant-boat and Bon meets the love of his life in Okinawa.

The confirmation of the film was accompanied by quotes from Jun and Nino that are worth re-quoting here because it shows how special PIKANCHI is to Arashi.

“These movies are special to us. On our 15th anniversary, we wanted to fool around one more time… We want to make sure people know why it’s Ver. 2.5. We hope it can foreshadow the Ver. 3.0 that we hope will become a reality.” – Jun

“We hope that these guys [their characters] can continue to reunite from time to time… This movie was done on a whim, so it’s loosely put together.” – Nino

[Translation from @amnosxmatsujun]
credit pic amnosxmatsujun@twitter

Thank you Arashi-san for bringing back your five onscreen dork doubles. The clip is made of crack and while Jun sounded the least keen in doing another PIKANCHI film, well, here they are. Perhaps to Arashi themselves, it’s not only looking back at where they came from, but bringing their roots to where they are now. It’s also a good chance for new Arashi fans to take a look at the group’s history.

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credit pic "Pikanchi_Double (We Are Superboy)" goes to ecchi-ebi.devianart.com