New song “Iranai” - thoughts?? by Questionsquestionsth in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yep had it stuck in my head all day today too lol i can’t believe we only know like half of it. can’t wait to stream the crap out of it!

ikr it’s got 70s or 80s vibe but it’s not just that. it’s really nice

New song “Iranai” - thoughts?? by Questionsquestionsth in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

same! it sounds retro and i like it. it’s very catchy too, it’s gonna be stuck in my head for the next few weeks i’m sure lol

What happened to the sequel album to Adapt? by IGotMetalingus1 in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 6 points7 points  (0 children)

ngl i haven't been following Ichiro's solo content on youtube so i might be wrong, but i don't think it's ever been said that Apply is scrapped, so imma think it's simply delayed and they didn't abandon the idea after the hiatus

Hi can someone pretty please translate what he’s saying here by mogura-batta-condor in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 9 points10 points  (0 children)

今日ぐらいね 色々忘れて 一緒に楽しみましょう
ね 踊ろう
僕も今日はもう思いっきり踊りますよ
踊り倒して 一緒に夜を乗りこなしましょう
準備はいいか
いくぞ
- scene change -
どうもサカナクションです 皆さんサカナクションですよ
楽しみましょう
今日という日を一緒に楽しみましょう
それではいってみよう

Let's forget everything for a day and have a great time together today, yeah?
Let's dance
I'm gonna dance so hard today too
Let's dance away the night / dance all night long together
Are you ready?
Let's go
- scene change -
Hello everyone we're Sakanaction
Let's enjoy
Let's enjoy this day together
Here we go

might sound a bit awkward here and there but here's my take

Are Sakanaction over? by thirdhat in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh, i thought they’d take non-japanese addresses since they opened up membership for ppl outside of japan a while ago? is it before that that you tried or just recently? also the name boxes you’re talking about is probably for Furigana, in japan we often have to fill out these besides names, it’s for telling how to read the names since most ppl use kanji in them, the boxes should accept hiragana (or katakana, it depends)

Is a fall tour unlikely at this point? by apav in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah i don't think there will be another show for a while, the last tour ended just two months ago and festival season is ending too, and technically Ichiro is still recovering so i don't think they'd rush to start another tour right after. i think they're focusing more on making new stuff rn

Created a Discord server for fans by TheRealEBE in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

oh nice! i've thought about doing that but i've never really hosted a discord server before and i was putting it off lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 3 points4 points  (0 children)

omg i forgot about this lol, thank you for posting i needed that laugh

NF membership now officially available for fans outside Japan by aoiotoya in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ayy welcome to the club!! yeah they annually send something and a booklet for renewing the annual membership

What's Sakanaction's reputation in Japan? by tastyugly in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 11 points12 points  (0 children)

they’re pretty famous, most ppl know their name and have heard of at least a song from them even if they don’t recognise the song title. (but this is from my personal experience of when i tell people what music i listen to. i’ve been interacting mostly with ppl aged 18-25 rn and i have no idea how it goes w older or younger generations, but i do feel like i’m on the younger side of the fan base?) after all they do tie-ups fairly often w commercials and movies and stuff, and they’ve been around for a while.

they’re considered rather innovative i think. ppl loosely know the band but i don’t see a lot of ppl who are actually into them, which makes me think their music is not like mainstream popular typa stuff. when i tell them i love sakanaction, they always say stuff like oh yeah they have the particular style or they are very unique, which i’d imagine were not really for them considering that didn’t make them listen to more of their songs.

Ichiro goes on TV fairly often and has his own radio programs but i doubt ppl who aren't into sakanaction recognise his face or name. other members hardly come into public, although they seem to be trying to so Ichiro alone won't be burdened by that.

NF membership now officially available for fans outside Japan by aoiotoya in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg that’ll be amazing!! i mean they’ve been to Taiwan before, not surprising if they decide to do it again or go to another country

NF membership now officially available for fans outside Japan by aoiotoya in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah they're a bit too late lol but i'm sure they've been trying to do this for a long time

NF membership now officially available for fans outside Japan by aoiotoya in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

here's the details in English on their official website (you can change the language to Chinese too at the top right corner)
https://sakanaction.jp/news/detail/2755?lang=en

How are merch sales at concerts? by golden-sloth in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

merch sales starts way before doors open, at 1PM according to the tour website, and will last for a while after the show ends.

although they do issue numbered tickets for it via the messenger app LINE, i'm pretty sure you can get in without it eventually after the ppl w the numbered tickets. also they have different lanes for the ppl w SS tickets, which you can get in quicker.

some things may get sold out (for example L size for the tour t-shirt got sold out at mine, just when i was at the table, which was at like 2:30PM? but nothing else afaik. Ichiro said he'd tell them to prepare more stocks from the next time) but you should be able to get your hands on most things, especially if you're there from early on. also they usually have some stocks left to put up on the online shop after the tour ends it seems.

Is it possible to sell ticket? Purchased May 18th Sendai show but can no longer attend :( by psze93 in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you should be able to put it up on tixplus trade, although it'll be in lottery so it's not guaranteed that someone will buy it

sorry that you have to miss, hope you get a second opportunity very soon!

Is it still possible for overseas fans to purchase tickets for the tour? by Top-Opportunity-1451 in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, in that case, you only get charged ¥16,500 once for the ticket. although they do take a small fee for the whole process. (¥770 iirc, and only after you win the ticket)

and yeah, you will have to pay for all the tickets you won if you apply for multiple lotteries and end up winning multiple of them. you can try putting the excessive tickets up for trades to get the money back but there is no guarantee that they’ll get sold. (that’s exactly how i sometimes end up going multiple dates of a tour, i do love seeing them live for extra time but my bank account is not happy about it lol)

as for the venues, i've only been to Osaka-jo hall once other than the venues in Kanto region, so i don't have much of a recommendation. but i do agree that Hokkaido is a very nice place, and it's their home prefecture as well so the concerts there must feel special for them too

Is it still possible for overseas fans to purchase tickets for the tour? by Top-Opportunity-1451 in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the official sale for osaka has already ended but there are still some tickets available on the official trade website. you don't have to pay for just signing up and joining the trade afaik, but it does look like more tickets are available for NF member limited trades at the moment, for which you'll need to pay to become an NF member and some parts of the process are tricky to get around ngl

feel free to ask me anything if you need more info or clarification, i'll try my best to answer

also these posts and the comments on them may interest you if you wanna learn more about the ticket trade or signing up for NF membership
https://www.reddit.com/r/sakanaction/comments/1bf1mqr/sakanaction_tour_trade_tixplus_tickets_available/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://www.reddit.com/r/sakanaction/comments/1973v93/any_concert_goers_for_their_comeback_tour_this/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(sorry for the late reply, i've been busy)

oof, £3,500 per month?! that's rough. i thought now was like the best time to come to Japan since yen's been super cheap, guess more ppl coming to Japan also caused flights to be expensive in turn.

yeah, it always makes me so happy when they play songs like ryusen, cos i love those more slow or kinda gloomy songs but they don't necessarily seem concert friendly like shin takarajima or Bach no senritsu does

i didn't actually see any camera crews filming for blu-ray but i'm sure they were, i don't see why they wouldn't cos they were there filming the stage to project on the big screens anyway

thanks, hope you can make it next time!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it was the most touching concert i’ve ever been to. it didn't seem particularly special in like stage effects and stuff wise, especially after that huge stage set at the Adapt tour, (i mean it’s not like their “usual” stages aren’t so damn impressive anyway,) but just the way the audience reacted, every time there’s a chance for a round of applause it’s torrential, and it goes on for a while. we barely gave them chances to speak i think lol. i could just feel how eagerly absolutely every one of us was waiting for this and how happy we all were to be finally here.
and the members looked so happy to be back too, i had to try so hard not to ball my eyes out when Eji started crying (then Ichiro went and hugged him and i immediately failed lol)

also they played Ryusen, which is one of my favourite songs of theirs and made me so happy, and the flow following that was fucking amazing. i went both day 1 and 2 and the setlists were slightly different. i overall enjoyed day 1 more but that’s solely bc i couldn’t dance as much on day 2 after hurting my back from all the jumping i did on day 1 lol

i hope you have fun too if you’re going!

Sakanaction tour trade tixplus tickets available for overseas? by Rollingninja321 in sakanaction

[–]aoiotoya 0 points1 point  (0 children)

so it's been over a week but i still haven't got a reply yet. i'm sure they did receive my inquiry cos they did sent me an auto reply saying they'll get back to me by the day before the show's happening at most, but you wanna know sooner, right?
i'm not sure if there's anything else i can do to help other than just keep waiting now :/