D no Arashi (2003-2005)

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D no Arashi
Dの嵐!

The D stands for "Documentary." Most of the time, they just run around and... document things. D no Arashi aired from 2003.07.02 to 2005.09.28 (116 episodes + two morning specials).


List credits to mondainai, indayze, and moonshine @ kirakira.vox.com.
Pictures by i heart aiba.


Episodes 1-25


#001 - 2003.07.02
Ohno tests cellphone reception in the forest.
Sho accompanies a man to collect his 11 million yen lottery winning.



#002 - 2003.07.09
Matsujun and prosthetics, part one.
Aiba finds out where hijiki (a type of seaweed) comes from.



#003 - 2003.07.16
Ohno goes caving.
Part two of prosthetics with Matsujun.



#004 - 2003.07.23
Nino with a woman who has a face lift.
T no Arashi: bus stops.



#005 - 2003.07.30
Matsujun meets Meguro-san, the heaviest man in Japan.



#006 - 2003.08.06
Ohno and Babako-san from the transvestite bar.



#007 - 2003.08.13
Meguro-san goes to the amusement park with Matsujun and Ohno, and to a club after.
Sho goes inside a car park tower.



#008 - 2003.08.20
Ghost ship; Meguro-san; Girl with six toes.



#009 - 2003.08.27
Manga artist; trans* person's X-ray.



#010 - 2003.09.03
Matsujun and Ohno take Meguro-san windsurfing, on a ferris wheel, for a massage, and to a bath.



#011 - 2003.09.10
Organs in opposite arrangement; Family with blue eyes;
T no Arashi: giant things #1.



#012 - 2003.09.17
Tallest primary school kid; Coming out of prison #1;
T no Arashi: giant things #2.



#013 - 2003.09.24
Family with two moms;
T no Arashi: strange buildings.



#014 - 2003.10.01
Coming out of prison #2.



#015 - 2003.10.08
More Meguro-san.



#016 - 2003.10.15
Meguro-san;
T no Arashi: interesting train stations



#017 - 2003.10.22
Woman with split personalities;
T no Arashi: strange items on the menu



#018 - 2003.10.29
Contest no Arashi: Most unmatching face & voice,
Most Natural Curls; Mole-catching



#019 - 2003.11.05
Clips from past eps; Announcing A no Arashi!



#020 - 2003.11.12
Nino and Ohno have too much fun with super glue.
Aiba investigates kikurage, a type of mushroom.



#021 - 2003.11.19
Slicing through things with high pressure water jet;
A no Arashi: Dipping things into liquid nitrogen; Pachinko ball; Mixing salt, sugar and chilli powder



#022 - 2003.11.26
Drug addicts.



#023 - 2003.12.03
Bedwetting 7-year-old boy; Meguro-san;
A no Arashi: A straw can be used up to XX storeys?



#024 - 2003.12.10
High school wife; Street performer



#025 - 2003.12.17
Wheelchair Basketball;
A no Arashi: chameleon



Episodes 26-50


#026 - 2003.12.24
Contortionists; Skinny guys; Christmas special,



#027 - 2004.01.07
Clips from the past episodes.



#028 - 2004.01.14
"Live" Special - Backstage; Meguro-san; Making new D intro; A no Arashi: balloon parachute



#029 - 2004.01.21
"Live" Special - T no Arashi: Strange Toilets; Meguro-san; Aiba's Birthday;
A no Arashi: Mixing oil, honey, water and ice; 'disappearing' cup



#030 - 2004.01.28
Mania places.



#031 - 2004.02.04
Jun's ice-climbing challenge.



#032 - 2004.02.11
Shinjuku Park Homeless;
Ni no Arashi: staff arrest



#033 - 2004.02.18
Circus;
Ni no Arashi: fake tempura



#034 - 2004.02.25
A no Arashi: Cotton = Cloud?;
Meguro-san at Odaiba; Turtle X-ray; 53-year-old transvestite host; a trans* person's X-ray; Circus elephant; Superglue; Backstage after D no Arashi; Wheelchair basketball



#035 - 2004.03.03
A man who has gone on 100 omiai (matchmaking);
A no Arashi: Delivering a package to next door.



#036 - 2004.03.10
A man tells his son about his toupee;
T no Arashi: The Shortest XX in Japan



#037 - 2004.03.17
A university student who wants to have her first kiss with her boyfriend;
Two guys who have never been to Starbucks.



#038 - 2004.03.24
Zoo! Snakes!!



#039 - 2004.03.31
C no Arashi: Silly faces, Difference with/without makeup;
Ni no Arashi: bear in bus.



#040 - 2004.04.07
Pregnancy announcement; Comparing sikhs & hindus living in Japan



#041 - 2004.04.14
Trying to catch a mole.



#042 - 2004.04.21
Comparing Mexicans living in Japan;
A no Arashi: Best timing for cup ramen using room temperature water.



#043 - 2004-04-28
Uda Uda SP - Boy's first time at dentist;
A no Arashi: Rocket fireworks, Using mirrors with remote control;
C no Arashi: Straight-A student



#044 – 2004.05.05
XL Food! Sho recently graduated from uni so Aiba prepares a dinner for the boys. Huge: squid, crab, boiled ostrich egg, sunny side up fried ostrich egg, clam, daikon with sauce, daikon with sashimi, cabbage and meat, and oranges.



#045 - 2004.05.12
25-year-old man's first kiss;
C no Arashi: Cast removal



#046 - 2004.05.19
A no Arashi: Filtering coffee, tea, orange juice; Placing body warmers on fans; Pie vs Fencing mask; Wrapping cold compress around canned drinks;
T no Arashi: Is that the real thing?!



#047 - 2004.05.26
Recycling: eggshells, egg whites, wasted bentos, train tickets



#048 - 2004.06.02
What happens to things when you leave them alone for a week?



#049 - 2004.06.09
C no Arashi: Long-tongued women #1; Playing dead;



#050 - 2004.06.16
Sho meets some people who have been/are ill and are holding a 'live' performance.

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Episodes 51-75


#051 - 2004.06.23
Ohno visits a woman whose husband turns violent after drinking;
C no Arashi: ex-Yankee Power;
Announcement of Arashi's involvement in 24hr Television



#052 - 2004.06.30
Ohno & Nino try to catch a huge fish in Edokawa River;
Jun & Aiba visit two ladies to compare their homes.



#053 - 2004.07.07
What happens to things when you leave them alone? Part II



#054 - 2004.07.14
A divorced couple fighting for the rights to their kid;
M no Arashi: cleaning up path next to highway.



#055 - 2004.07.21
Uda Uda SP: Best 4 Documentaries; 3 Worst Moments(?);
Ni no Arashi: Cough Blood;



#056 - 2004.07.28
A no Arashi Summer Special! Playing back CD in helium gas; Breaking an egg with cymbal-playing monkey; Putting dry ice in whistling kettle/starch syrup; Tasting sugar after tasting different foods; Making a character on the human body with hot/cold plasters.



#057 - 2004.08.04
Super-sized things (before they were cut) - konnyaku, eraser, rubberband, sponge, toilet paper, medicinal compress(?)



#058 - 2004.08.11
Ohno & Nino return with Sho to try to catch a huge fish in Edokawa River;
C no Arashi: Long-tongued girls #2



#059 - 2004.08.18
Sho meets some unique clubs: Salarymen Exercise Club, Mayonnaise Club, Laughing Exercise Club;
O no Arashi: Toilet Sign + Historical Figure(?);
M no Arashi: Cleaning a river



#060 - 2004.08.25
24 hour TV Special; What happens when things are left alone for 24 hours?



#061 - 2004.09.01
"Live" Special - A no Arashi: Suction power of vacuum cleaners;
Making of new D no Arashi opening;
M no Arashi: Supporting other members



#062 - 2004.09.08
Jun & Sho visit a lady who's been through many divorces;
O no Arashi: Baseball + Flamingo;
T no Arashi: Scary Photos;
Ni no Arashi: Obaasan Encore; Nino Encore



#063 - 2004.09.15
Meguro's 100kg Diet Outcome!
Meguro-san lost 100kg and he tries to hold his knees to his chest, do sit-ups, put on a helmet. He then goes out with Aiba and Jun to do things he couldn’t do before like ride the roller coaster from before, the plummeting ride thing, the circle thing that roles people around and jump on the trampoline. Afterwards, he eats a French meal in the studio with Arashi - with a twist.



#064 - 2004.09.22
Abandoned Place!
They try to take an old bus up to the top of a mountain and the bus breaks down and they have to walk the rest up.
1)  Resturant Alice: 11 year old abandoned restaurant. They start looking for left over food and smelling it like Tabasco, sauce, coffee, nuts, old cola (with Ohno trying it), and green tea.
2) A cave that hasn’t been entered for 11 years: bug sightings, bat sightings, lots of screamings.
3) 12 years abandoned hospital: finding papers scattered everywhere, abandoned shoe on the ground, old medicine, an old photograph on a bed, old magazines, and really old food.
[VTR] Unseen footage of when Meguro-san lost weight and ran around the theme park.
[Ni no Arashi] Ceiling spray.



#065 - 2004.09.29
A no Arashi: Using different things as straws; Testing speed of electricity; Eating cold things hot; Using 2 telephones to connect 2 separate calls; Using different beans/nuts in a coffeemaker;
O no Arashi: Nino + dog;



#066 - 2004.10.06
Uda Uda Special - Best 6 Baka Projects, Pun-to-get-Yakiniku & Baba-Nu-Ke Games,
Unseen Footage from 'Live' Special - A no Arashi: String Telephone, Konnyaku Telephone;
M no Arashi: Stage Cleaning



#067 - 2004.10.13
Smelliest places.



#068 - 2004.10.20
Leaving things in the sauna: Egg, Grapes, Mackerel, Cuttlefish, Water balloon, Uncooked rice, Stew;
Things that have been left alone: 3-year-old egg, 150-yr-old pickled plum, Blending Oil & Water, Turtle, CD playback on 2 different stereos;
Mosquito with liver; Stretching exercise; Natural perm vs gel(?)



#069 - 2004.10.27
Different points-of-view, Part I: trampoline jumper, pro-wrestler, stuffed toy game, Japanese archery, Pachinko parlour, cat, making ramen, conveyor belt sushi, ashtray in park.



#070 - 2004.11.03
The insides of: Kangaroo's pouch, Temple's offering box, Baseball, Softball, Billiard ball, Football, Bowling ball, Bowling pin, Chicken, Tortoise, Elevator



#071 - 2004.11.10
Testing the limits of different things: length at which a vacuum cleaner works, number of people riding on shoulders, number of times a piece of paper can be folded, size of one piece of tofu, distance from bookstand.



#072 - 2004.11.17
Cosplay ep!
Aiba & Jun visit the homes of two cosplay fans.



#073 - 2004.11.24
Uda Uda SP: Unseen clips - MRI of watermelon, hermit crab; Mynah left listening to English tape for a week; Magician;
A no Arashi: Using crab's claws to cut things, dropping a cannonball into starch syrup; Hypnotist;
5th Anniversary Cake



#074 - 2004.12.01
A no Arashi: Using binoculars (apple, hurdle race, driving); putting dry ice in detergent, balloon, black ink; Eggs in vending machine;
O no Arashi: Sculpture + Kettle



#075 - 2004.12.08
A no Arashi: Uni vs Chestnut; Mixing different drinks; Perming hair in strange way;
M no Arashi: Staff room cleaning

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Episodes 76-100


#076 - 2004.12.15



#077 - 2004.12.22
Ohno & Nino go searching for seals.



#078 - 2005.01.05
Uda Uda SP: Best 4 Documentaries;
Unseen footage: A no Arashi - Basketball while wearing Binoculars; Leaving dry seaweed in water; Before Iza Concert; Making paper butterflies.



#079 - 2005.01.12
Different points-of-view, Part II: bowling pin, limbo stick, sales basket, bungee jump, birthday cake, bomb game, hit-the-mole game, AV corner in video shop, horizontal bar in park, rubbish bin, Chinese restaurant



#080 - 2005.01.19
Mannequin search!



#081 - 2005.01.26
Gyakukaiten #1! Relay, Hurdles, YMCA, Stand-up comics, Taking a cab, A fight, Late for work,  Ohno as ninja



#082 - 2005.02.02
A no Arashi: Putting things in liquid nitrogen - lettuce, gumball, starch syrup, cotton candy, plastic bottle; Putting seaweed through a paper shredder; Putting hot pachiko ball through - block of ice, styrofoam; Using electricity generated by cycling to power - electric fan, blender, TV, hair clippers.
O no Arashi: Monster + Injection needle



#083 - 2005.02.09
A no Arashi: Things in -50°C freezer room: having a meal, veggies left overnight, water gun; Photocopy machine with stained glass, magnifying glass; Making bubbles through tennis racket, screendoor, with helium; Making juice with coffee jelly & milk, salmon roe, truffle+caviar+foie gras with water,  katsu-don;
Ni no Arashi: Jun gets angry with Degawa-san



#084 - 2005.02.16
Uda Uda SP: Unseen clips:
Gyakukaiten: Winning the lottery;
A no Arashi: Cutting lettuce with paper shredder; Hot pachinko ball through 12 sheets of clingwrap; Baking giant mochi;
Studio games, Meguro-san makes an appearance;
T no Arashi: unusual magazines



#085 - 2005.02.23
Gyakukaiten #2! Obstacle course, Janken game, Pink ladies, Sushi counter, Snatch thief, re-enactment of drama(?)



#086 - 2005.03.02
Creating things from scratch: slime, instant ramen, toothpaste, flavoured soda, eraser, lipstick.



#087 - 2005.03.09
Gyakukaiten contest.



#088 - 2005.03.16
A no Arashi: Water direction; Drawing Shit; Receiving Japanese radio; Japanese vs Australian Compass; GyaKaiTen!



#089 - 2005.03.23
New Teams! Can XX be done (or not) - dekiru, dekinai. Ordering a hamburger with no meat; Fatty tuna with no fat; Posting things without packaging; Having pizza delivered to another restaurant/train station; Sitting in passenger seat of taxi.



#090 - 2005.03.30
Aiba & Sho make a 10-m tall snowman;
Auditions & 'Live' performance of Sakura Sake with 5-pc Girl Rock Band.



#090.5 - 2005.04.03
D no Arashi in the morning: Best 11 clips,
Unseen A no Arashi: Putting more things into liquid nitrogen



#091 - 2005.04.06
A no Arashi: Eating extra spicy curry, blowing bubbles, making spectacles and sunglasses in -50°C freezer; Using guitar string for cup telephone(?); Making a huge balloon from chewing gum; Using spiked hair to burst/cut things; What happens to natto when stirred X number of times.



#092 - 2005.04.13
A no Arashi: Making shaved ice with dry ice; Putting fizz into drinks; Making a 3-min sand timer finish before 3 minutes is up;
O no Arashi: Lion + Ferris wheel + Rubik's Cube



#093 - 2005.04.20
Gyakukaiten #3 - Drama


#093.5 - 2005.04.23
D no Arashi in the morning



#094 - 2005.04.27
Things before they are cut?



#095 - 2005.05.04
Uda Uda SP!
To make up for the show's expenses, everyone does a little job. Jun packs men's underwear, Sho packs tea bags, Aiba cuts ribbons to put on paper, and Ohno puts paper in envelopes. They take breaks and do a little quiz in which they look at an up close picture and try to guess what it is.
[VTR unseen footage] -50°C freezer: Aiba and Sho put a smelly fish in the freezer to see if it still smells bad, styling someone's hair with just water and seeing if it'll stay.
Ohno + Nino gyakukaiten: red light green light game, clown drama. Ohno goes into a cave and a bat chases them all out.
A no Arashi: telephone with foam cups.  



#096 - 2005.05.11
Dekiru dekinai part 2.



#097 - 2005.05.18
Aiba and Sho try to go to Tokyo Bay on a paper boat.



#098 - 2005.05.25
Dekiru dekinai part 3: Buying 1 side of a pair of shoes, Asking bike delivery service to shop on your behalf, Entering high-class restaurants in unusual clothing.



#099 - 2005.06.01
Job interviews: transvestite hosts, cosplay waitresses; Arashi goes through their first job interview.



#100 - 2005.06.08
100th Ep Special!
100 people vs 12-tonne Truck; 100 people vs candles placed 50m long; 100 people karaoke-ing; 100 people human chair; 100 people baseball;
Clips from moving eps

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Episodes 101-116


#101 - 2005.06.15
A no Arashi: Putting helium in a whoopee cushion, Picking the right alarm clock from 100 clocks; Giant megaphone; Running straight after running in circles; Running 100m in a straight line vs in 10 circles; Moving camera filming moving toy; Helium balloon attached toilet paper.



#102 - 2005.06.22
Looking at things in different stages #1: watermelons, chickens, tapioca



#103 - 2005.06.29
Sho, Aiba and Nino go to Edokawa river to catch a huge fish.



#104 - 2005.07.06
Looking at things in different stages #2: flatfish, clam, melon, scrub



#105 - 2005.07.13
Aiba and Sho go from shop to shop to find the least saleable items.



#106 - 2005.07.20
Uda Uda Yukata SP! Unseen Footage:
A no Arashi - Shaving cacti with hair clippers, 100 people passing ice to one another;
Sho & Aiba on Paper Boat Mission;
Giant Origami;
Getting windows cleaned without pumping gas at gas station;
Sho's plants.



#107 - 2005.07.27
Nino plans a trip to 'Leisure Land' for Arashi;
Ni no Arashi: Ohno in 'haunted' room;
Sho's plants.



#108 - 2005.08.03
New Teams! MatsuPi Team present Television Shopping~ Roller Truck vs Bubble Wrap/Pachiko Ball, Vacuum Car vs Tissue Paper/Balloon, Crane vs Chest Expander; Sho's plants.



#109 - 2005.08.10
A Lifetime's Worth of: Toilet Paper, Eggs, Rice, Salt, Sugar, Pepper, Shampoo, Briefs, Farts, Hair; Sho's plants.



#110 - 2005.08.17
A no Arashi Pool Special! Making Frozen Watermelon/Nata de Coco/Natto into Blended Ice; Weight in Pool; Bowling ball in Pool; Holding breath in water using the air in green peppers; Running across pool covered with plastic sheet; Blowing bubbles with recorders/kettle; Testing barcode reader



#111 - 2005.08.24
Rarely seen things;
A no Arashi: Making cotton candy with salt, natto;
Sho's plants



#112 - 2005.08.31
Leaving dried squid, raisins, beef jerky in water; morning glory seeds in tofu, konnyaku, pudding; gelatin in bathtub; watermelon on verandah; writing with sunblock; hair, sunglasses, photos in bleach;  44-yr-old cheese, 5-yr-old rice cooker; Sho's plants.



#113 - 2005.09.07
MatsuPi Television Shopping #2: Daikon Peeling/Slicing Machines, Sushi Making Machines, Pineapple cutter, Egg sheller, Food shredder, Edamame Machines



#114 - 2005.09.14
Ohno + Sho - The price of embarrassment!  
1) How much will it take for a tennis player to wear the pink bikini? - Average answer: ~$500 Girl who wore it said ~$49.80 and held a racket in front of her body to try and hide.
2) How much will it take for hostess to wear the pink bikini? - Answers: ~$900-1,000; 23-year-old girl who wore it said ~$10 and strutted with confidence.
3) How much for maid café cosplay girls to wear the bikini?  - Answers: ~$200-$300; Girl who wore it said ~$50.
4) How much for Ginza Hostess to wear the bikini? - Answers: ~$500, ~$3,000, ~$1,000,000; One really flirty one replied, “Up 2 U.”
5) How much for heavily make-up rocker men to take their make up off? - Answers: ~$900, ~$5,000, ~$7,000; Guy who did it for ~$70.
6) How much for a  Ganguro Girl to take make up off? – Answers: No one had said a price lower than ~$200.
7) The cross-dressers to take their make up off? - Answers: Guy who does it for ~$80 and everyone watches with shocked faces and suddenly 3 people step up and take their make up off too.
[Sho's Melon] bugs invaded! Result of Ohno + Sho’s bikini experiment? Minus one Aiba Pin!



#115 - 2005.09.21
Nino and Jun test their courage in public: popping crackers at Yankees, ordering yakisoba in a French restaurant, standing ovation in a cinema, dancing alone in front of street musicians.



#116 - 2005.09.28 (END)
A no Arashi Green Pepper Challenge
Finale -> G no Arashi Next!