Finally the DVD of NEWS first Tokyo Dome concert is released, yatta! It's always Yamapi's dream to hold a concert in Tokyo Dome, i'm so happy finally his dream came true. Here is my review of this DVD, along with captures :

Title : Pacific
Format : DVD Region 2 (Japanese)
Group : NEWS
Release : 13th August 2008
Summary : NEWS' first Tokyo Dome concert DVD, filmed on 10th January 2008. also contained documentaries in 8 cities and documentary of NEWS first concert in Taiwan
Reviewed by : Dianne

DISC 1

It started with the view of inside Tokyo Dome where fans waving their penlight and raised up from their seats once the VTR showed NEWS members saying their welcoming speech. They all wore the attire for WeeeeK promotions on TV.

01. WeeeeK : the right up tempo song to open the concert. They all wore different colors of costumes, Yamapi with RED, Ryo with BLUE, Koyama with ORANGE (but his official color is actually PURPLE), Massu with YELLOW, Shige with GREEN, and lastly Tegoshi with PINK. It's cute to see finally NEWS have their own personality colors (note : most of JE groups have colors to represent their members).

02.Beach Angel : still wearing the colorful costumes, they sang Beach Angel, another up tempo song. They didn't dance here, just simple jumping and running around the stage.

03. Hadashi no Cinderella Boy : NEWS divided into 2 groups, one is Yamapi, Koyama, and Massu (Nantoka Narusa group of NN for short) and another one is Ryo, Shige, and Tegoshi (Ai Nante group or AN for short). Each group riding this huge chart that has the giant screen above it. it's really cool coz the screen also moving along with the chart. this song remind me of Uchi all the sudden, maybe becoz it's the theme song of his drama [Isshun no Kaze ni Nare].

04. Kibou~Yell : NEWS already changed their costumes to blue with army accent. 6 of them sang in the middle round small stage. Koyama and Shige replaced Kusano's rap, somehow i still think that no one can replace his rap for this song.

they have this short member shokai (member introduction) after this song.

05. Stand Up : more up tempo song to fire up the audiences mood, once again they divided into 2 groups : NN and AN back to the screen charts. i never really fond of this song, so i'm glad when it's ended rather quickly LOL.

06. Change the World : also not really my fave song, but the chorus part isn't that bad. plus there's a RyoTego moment, so i can't really complain ^^;;

07. Gomen ne Juliet : Koyama introduced Yamapi's solo. OMG, i 'm nearly losing my breath each time i see this perfomance. it's so much GRAND than the previous DVD. it has this beautiful water fountain and laser illumination to complete this wonderful song. plus he was stripping there, okay not exactly strip, he just unzipped his shirt, but still seeing his fine chest and abs is just ... WOW (i'm totally lost words)! demo, somehow i missed seeing Ryo and Tegoshi backdancing for him T_T ABC danced for him instead.

08. Ai no Matador : ok, who made the song list? are they trying to kill me?? after Yamapi's solo now they presented me with this sexy performance?? 5 of them appeared with hot red costumes (Yamapi joined them a little later). the dance is extremely sexy, well they don't exactly doing hip-shake or hip-roll that KAT-TUN often do, but they have their own sexiness, even seeing them flapping their blazer is already sexy in my eyes! too bad, on the start of 2nd verse, they focused the camera to Massu, coz it's the best dance move for this song!! ohwell, this is the time when we need fancam LOL.

they have a little dance show-off after the song. but it's not the usual accent dance T_T oh gosh, i miss their accent dance! they have a little member shokai once again, Ryo was acting cutely LOL and Yamapi appeared with his own uchiwa covering his face then he drank Weider-In jelly (oh well, you never fail to commercialized it, don't you?), but then he threw flying kiss to the camera *dianne catches it well*

09. SHOCK ME vs Devil or Angel : OMG, this is one of the best part of the concert! it's not nothing new, they had this kind of "fight" during their old concerts, but finally i could see it in DVD quality *_* NN group was in red costume singing SHOCK ME,and AN group was in blue costume singing Devil or Angel. the stage was divided into 2 colors too, awesome! i nearly gape when they sang the chorus of the 2 songs together, it's totally GREAT! it's when RyoPi, KoyaShige and TegoMassu facing each other, at the end the pairings hugged each other, aww! well, Ryo was practically jumped himself to Yamapi LOL. RyoPi fans must be really happy to see this scene.

10. Private Hearts : Koyama's solo, he opened the song moaned hearts hearts hearts in sexy voice. he wore red costume and kind stripped the shirt in the middle of the song, but sadly he still wore a black tanktop underneath booo! the song is pretty short in my opinion, and at the end of the song he moaned hearts hearts hearts again.

11. Nantoka Narusa : this is actually NN group's official song, but we can call this Massu's solo. Massu wore his typical style of clothing, a squares motive 3/4 pants, yellow hoody jacket. the song is very genki, very Massu style. Yamapi and Koyama also joined singing the chorus. i like to see Jrs in this song, Shin-chaaaann!!! (Morimoto Shintaro, my fave Jr at the moment)

12. Happy Music : Shige's solo, they finally let him sing in Dome LOL! in other cities, he just had this Sugata Shanshiro skit. it's nice to see Shige singing this old song, the crown thing is cute. he had many face expression too during the song, kakkoi Shige!

13. DREAMS : have i mentioned this song is my ultimate NEWS fave song? i'm so happy they always sing this song despite it's only a coupling song from Akaku Moyuru Taiyou single. the lyric is really touching, it represents NEWS in a way. about how they deal the hard times, but with the same dream they share, they manage to continue the same path together. i'm being all melancholy here *sobs* but the song is beautiful and even more beautiful if Uchi and Kusano were there. ahyes, they wore this cool white suits.

14. Hoshi wo Mezashite : another touching song, i always almost teary eyes everytime they sang this song in concert. i realized how proud i'm to be NEWS fan for almost 5 years, how i waited for them and how i always have faith in them, NEWS arigatou!! Yamapi arigatou! Thanx to you, i became NEWS fan.

15. Fiesta : this is the song for them to throw the signed balls to the audiences session. i'm not really a fan of this song though. Ryo made me laughed when he did the *mwah* thing, kawaii.

16. NANDE2x DAME : aahh finally i can see them singing this song in DVD quality <33 the song is uber cute!! Sho and Nino from Arashi were invited to the stage and they were really hyper, esp Sho! he was proudly showed off NEWS t-shirt he was wearing. Yamapi sounded like a dork when he introduced Nino LOL.

17. Sayaendou : they performed this song with the silver suits, sadly not with the usual pirate costumes T_T but it still has the pirate feeling with the Jrs waving the huge pirate flags above them. the dance isn't sync though. maa maa, NEWS not V6 yo LOL.

18. NEWS Nippon : i never get tired of this song! yappari, debut song will always remain in my heart. they sang the song at the transparant moving stage. Yamapi was waving excitedly to the fans under them, abunai yoo! sadly, Shige didn't strip in Tokyo Dome.

19. Towa Iro no Koi : finally!! finally!! they sang this song in concert again!! it's the first song of winter medley. this song always give me kimochi feeling, i hope they will record this song in album or single soon!!!

20. Mafuyu no Nagareboshi : i LOVE the harmonization in the beginning of the song! yappari ne, only NEWS who could pull off accapella in JE.

21. Snow Express : i still love the song, i still love the dance, but i miss the black bodyfit costumes T_T i also hope they will record this song in album or single too!! Yamapi's rap is cho~oooo KAKKOOIIII!!! *dianne dies*

22. Kissu~Kaerimichi no Love Song : this is the start of special unit medley. Tegomassu singing this beautiful song with their beautiful voices. i love to see how the other 4 members were swaying their head along with the song.

23. Daite Senorita : Yamapi sang this song alone in a single chart wearing red costume with fur accent, the other members also dancing the dance routine for the chorus, and wow another Ryopi moment there <33!

24. Seishun Amigo : RyoPi duet!!! Ryo seemed enjoying his part to replace Kame, his dance is perfect! sasuga Ryo-chan!

25. Zukkoke Otoko Michi : haha funny to see Yamapi also sang and danced along with Ryo on the chorus. Massu was so funny when he pretended to fall and begging for help.

26. Chirarizumu : KoyaShige duet, i like the performance in previous DVD more. but the song is still cute nonetheless, plus RyoPi backdancing for them, so it's uber cute!!!

27. Ai Nante : this song is actually an official song for AN group, but somehow they made it into Tegoshi's solo, not that i complain though ^^;; the song is beautiful, bitter sweet and Tegoshi made a FABULOUS job singing it alone! i nearly having goosebumps on the brigde part, his voice is just amazing!!

28. Kimi wo Omou Yoru : another new song from Pacific album, this song reminds me a lot with I.Za.Na.I.Zu.Ki, maybe this is the reason why they didn't include it in the songs list. even the costume is the purple one that they often to use when they sing I.Za.Na.I.Zu.Ki. this is Tegoshi's fave song in Pacific album, so of course it's one of my fave too!

29. code : Ryo's solo, with brand new composition. i love to see how he put 100% effort in singing this song.

30. VIBRATION : this is a brand new thing for NEWS concert, they usually have accent dance, but for Pacific concert, they changed it to members shokai rap. first was Ryo to Massu, oh Ryo deep inside u care so much about NEWS members, don't u? u said so many things about Massu in ur short introduction rap, sugoiii!! second was Massu to Shige, aaahh they didn't show when Shige acting all bitchy with his hip-shake thing *thanx god for fancam then*. third was Shige to Koyama, haha these two are almost separatable. next was Koyama to Tegoshi, i almost fell from chair when he mentioned how S Tegoshi was LOL. next was Tegoshi to Yamapi, i heard Sho made the rap lyric for him, it's cute when he said Yamapi's muscles are bulging, how he does things at his own pace, how he doesn't care about things around him *uhm so i am LOL!*, how he can solve any swindlers *from Kurosagi*, how he hates to lose, and lastly Tegoshi said to have a look at "Cool Yamapi with a cute face." thats's so trueee!!! last one was Yamapi to Ryo, aww their bond is unbelievable, he mentioned how he already spent half of his life with Ryo without he realized it. aahh, i love this kind of member shokai <33 and oh, they have a new costumes, it's with their personality colors with squares motive, Koyama finally wore purple. and wow, only Yamapi and Ryo who don't have ruffles on their costumes LOL!

31. Akaku Moyuru Taiyou : yappari the ruffles thing is an eyesore! why the other 4 didn't complain for the ridiculous ruffles?? anyway, i never get tired of this song too <33

32. Kirameki no Kanata he : another my all time fave song of NEWS! but i miss seeing them perform this song with Jrs, Tegoshi was so cute with Shin-chan before T_T each one of them were moving around with a single chart.

33. Cherish : the concert ended with this song. they appeared with white coat with fur accent and sang at the transparant moving stage again. i really miss the dance routine. they made speech again after the song. there's no crying scene here maybe they already did it on the previous day. my heart moved when they said "Bokutachi namae wa ... NEWS!" then a water fountain raised up in front of them.

Phew, 33 songs?? and it's only disc 1, there are still encore in disc 2!! what a LONG songs list!

DISC 2

ENCORE
01. TEPPEN : they all appeared in Russ-K or NEWS tour t-shirt. i think Yamapi wore more than 2 t-shirt as he kept on stripping one by one and threw them to the audiences until he had no more t-shirt on *dianne dies* LOL! ohyes, they divided into NN an AN groups again. they also threw sign boards while singing to this song.

02. WeeeeK : haha this song again? they still threw sign boards, and this is the time where Yamapi stripped *dies again* Yamapi also held cups written "P" and "Yama" like he always did in PV since Hoshi wo Mezashite. and oh, Ryo also stripped here, so many eye-candy!!

they introduced Questions?, M.A.D, Jr Boys, Kis-My-Ft2 and ABC after the 2nd WeeeeK. then they went inside the backstage again.

03. Kibou~Yell : the first song of double encore. Yamapi already had Russ-K t-shirt on boooo. and what's up with Tegoshi and his "Ole" thing? LOL! Sho and Nino appeared again, Nino was still wearing NEWS towel, so cute! seeing Sho and Nino with Kibou hand gestures made me all mushy again, it's like seeing 8-nin NEWS T_T

04. Taiyou no Namida : Koyama said since it's the last show in Tokyo Dome, they won't leave easily and sang more songs! Ryo helped Shige to get on the chart, Princess Shige LOL! Yamapi ran to the audiences and clapped some of lucky fans' hands *dianne envies*

05. Yume no Kazu Dake Ai ga Umareru : the final song of the concert. i can't believe it's finally ended T_T this is a perfect closing song. i almost had tears, i probably cried buckets of tears if i were there T_T NEWS daisukii!!

MC @ TOKYO DOME
it's really short!! i guess they cut a lot of things here T_T they even cut Hey!Say!JUMP appearances!! i want to see Ryo comforting Chinnen T_T! but at least they didn't cut Sho and Nino part here. it's hilarious! Sho couldn't stop showing off his NEWS t-shirt LOL! Nino passed Yamapi uchiwa to Yamapi and Shige uchiwa to Ryo, Nino are you blind?? LOL! but NishiKato fans must be very happy coz Ryo put it inside his pants ^^;; Koyama mentioned about Shige and Tegoshi seijinshiki ceremony the day before. Nino said he would take Tegoshi to eat and completely ignored Shige. poor Shige, he got bullied even with senpai LOL! and oh Nino kissed Ryo's shoulders twice, Ryo was speechless and said he didn't know how to react to that. Sho calmly said it's normal thing in Arashi, areee?? LOL! Later Sho and Nino left the stage. They came out with Massu admitted he's an Arashi fan, he often backdanced for them before NEWS debut. Then they discussed about what they did after the first show in Tokyo Dome, Koyama said he went home and dancing in the bathroom singing "Ultra Music Power" chorus from HSJ LOL! Massu said he had a bath with 40 degrees water, Tegoshi asked if 40 degrees was Massu's record in his superior tone LOL! they all teased him about it, then he said maybe becoz he said it with high-pitched tone. he started with low tone and everyone said it was disgusting LOL. Shige mentioned he had dinner with Ryo and Yamapi eating yakitori and how they ended up discussing ero things. he asked why Yamapi didn't eat last two in the stick. Yamapi said he was full, but Shige argued, later Yamapi admitted he didn't eat becoz he didn't like them LOL! damn, i want moreeee!!! the MC part is very short T_T

PACIFIC DOCUMENTARY
01. Osaka : the scene started when they all gathered in the backstage and made the cheers before went to the stage. at the mc part, they mentioned they would have their first Tokyo Dome shows in the addition coz of the huge demand of the tickets application. u can see how Yamapi threw water to Ryo too.

02. Fukui : Koyama caught Shige and Tegoshi flipped Popolo magazine, admiring themselves LOL! and it's the start of IMA WA pose, the one that Shige messed up in Ai no Matador. Koyama said it became their latest boom and always imitated Shige's pose for fun. ahyes, the substitle's colors based from their own colors, so Yamapi is RED, Ryo is BLUE, Koyama is PURPLE, Massu is YELLOW, Shige is GREEN, and lastly Tegoshi is PINK

03. Fukuoka : Koyama and Tegoshi commented how cute the Fukuoka dialect is. btw, Tegoshi looked so HOT with glasses! Koyama mentioned about Shige's new hat, Tegoshi said he looked like MJ (Michael Jackson) with that. then scene changed to NEWS eating nabe together, Ryo wore yellow tank-top *dianne drools*. everyone cheering Tegoshi to finish his veggies, so cute! then it showed the mc part, a picked young fan said she's Tegoshi and Shige fans. u should see how Shige began to look up and calling the fan's name LOL! the girl asked why Ryo had such rough and husky voice? LMAO!! and Ryo answered it diplomatically, sasuga Ryo-chan!

04. Nagoya : scene started with KoyaShige eating in their room, then changed to the dressing room when they watched the Ai no Matador perfomance, haha they teased Shige again with his IMA WA pose. all of them wearing bathrobe *dianne drools* Shige stripped later on.

05. Hokkaido : KoyaShige being silly once again, Koyama with his own version of Nantoka Narusa. then in dressing room, they all played joker card, the loser had to do a punishment game, which is stripping in a certain song of the concert. Shige lost, all thanx to Ryo LMAO! btw, they all wore bathrobe again except Massu. and haha, Shige stripped again.

06. Kumamoto : it's ofuro scene!!! yatta!!! there's a slight TegoPi moment here, i couldn't help but smirk. Massu wasn't there, ahh why Massu why?? too bad it was so dark when they were in the ofuro. later when they had briefing with a staff, Yamapi played with the staff's hat, haha so cute!

07. Tokushima : Tegoshi made the speech at the cheer before they went to the stage. RyoPi made their infamous handshake. they sang Yume no Kazu Dake with changing the lyrics to Tokushima's behalf. so nice!

08. Sendai : last city of the tour, Tegoshi was in his room saying the time they supposed to gather. in the dressing room, Massu drawed his sign boards with piggies, kawaii!! in the backstage Shige got bullied again, Ryo totally ignored his hand for a high-five LOL! after the concert, each one of them made a speech about the tour. there's a hardcore RyoPi moment but the one that made me kyun (sound of heart-thumping) was the slight TegoPi moment LOL.

TAIWAN DOCUMENTARY
started with the scene of KoyaTego in Narita airport. Tegoshi looked so girly here! Yamapi was so kakkoi with glasses and he only brought a small bag, sasuga Yamapi!

they arrived at Taiwan safely and got mobbed by Taiwan press and 600 fangirls, good thing everything was under control.

they had rehearsal at Taiwan Arena immediately. the dressing room was huge, and they made this MaaMaa-MaaMaa games. Massu imitated Koyama's flying scene in previous DVD LOL. have i mentioned Tegoshi's hips is like a girl's hips?

inside the Arena, they were told that they would appear from transparent round stage with 43 meters of height! Koyama was the most scared one LOL.

they had shabu-shabu for dinner. Yamapi ordered lobster and shared it with Ryo and Shige. Tegoshi said he was eating "Massu" (pork meat).

Tegoshi intruded Shige's room, he practically wake him up, poor Shige! and then the hardcore ShigeTego moment is here, Tegoshi lied against his stomach in teh bed, then Shige pressed his body above him, they also tickled each other. uhm, ShigeTego anyone?? LOL

The first show in Taiwan was cancelled due to the huge typhoon. so NEWS held a prescon and said they would double their spirit for the next day shows.

the next morning, all of them went to sightseeing place, where they could see the whole city including the 101 building. Yamapi wore glasses with a beanie and drinking coffee <33

They finally held concert in Taiwan, Junta Nakama from B.A.D introduced them with chinese fluently. NEWS later appeared from 43 meters off the roof singing Hoshi wo Mezashite.

the MC part started with they introduced their names in chinese, Shige is Jia Teng Cheng Liang, Massu said he was Xiao Long Bao *steamed dumpling* LOL actually he is Zeng Tian Gui Jiu, Ryo is Jin Hu Liang, Tegoshi is Shou Yue Nuo Ye, Yamapi is Shan Xia Zhi Jiu, and lastlyKoyama is Xiao Shan Qing Yi Lang. i had to capture Shige coz he was so shinyyy!!

they also sang NEWS Nippon and Kibou~Yell in chinese, although most chinese speaking fans couldn't really catch their chinese LMAO! but at least they tried. NEWS SAIKOUUUU!!! i hope they will have overseas concerts again soon!

last comment : if i could rate this DVD i think it's 8,5/10, why it's lower than N.E.W.S DVD? the documentaries are too short, still no Uchi and Kusano, no acccent dance T_T but overall it's still worth to buy coz it's their first Dome concert <33

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