Posted Nov 19, 2009. Filed under . Leave a comment?
GACKT recently became the president of the school council of ‘Kamui Gakuen’. [’Kamui Gakuen (神威楽園)’ is the name of an imaginary school and a series of fan club events being held by GACKT. Fans participating in the event must come wearing school uniforms.] As part of the event, GACKT has been busy ‘checking’ the students’ uniforms. Fans (students) are able to directly send photos of them wearing uniforms and ask for advice. Unfortunately, things have not been going exactly as planned…
GACKT was surprised by the amount of emails that were sent to him. “I’ve just finished filming. I came out to have a look, and found I’m being swamped with email…there’s no use complaining…so I’ll just go ahead and check all of them…”
He sounded a bit upset about the photos. “There’re some with only the upper bodies showing (No skirts, maybe?)…close-ups of certain body parts (Some of them show parts of ‘Gundam [anime robot]’)…some that are hiding their faces but making it difficult for me to see their necks (They look a bit spooky without their heads!)…and some more hiding their eyes, etc…If you want me to check them and give you advice, please send a proper photo! This is a game, but a serious game!”
GACKT decided to give an order as president of the student council!! “Let’s all work together so things can progress more smoothly. This is an order as president of the student council!! Follow them or else I’ll quit.” If you’re planning to send a photo, please send one that doesn’t break the rules!
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Posted Nov 10, 2009. Filed under . Leave a comment?
he singer GACKT has finally revealed his real age. It happened during the press conference held in Tokyo for the stage production ‘眠狂四郎無頼控 / Nemuri Kyoshiro Burai-hikae’ in which he plays the lead role for the first time. At the beginning of a video segment introducing the outline of the project, his age was given as ‘to turn 37 years old in 2010′. Afterwards during the Q&A session reporters asked if it was the first time GACKT told how old he was. He smiled wryly while replying “A long while ago at a concert, on a whim I said I was born in 1540. Somehow that became my official year of birth. Since then I couldn’t find an opportunity to correct it. I wasn’t keeping my age a secret or anything.”
As the main character Nemuri Kyoshiro of the ‘Nemuri Kyoshiro’ series GACKT will appear in various media. The stage production written by Koyama Kundo is the first in line of the ‘NEMURI×GACKT PROJECT’. After the theater version of ‘Nemuri Kyoshiro’, the combined character ‘NEMURI×GACKT’ will be featured in manga, anime, video-games and film.
From summer GACKT has been in the process of losing 10 kilos for his role. “Up until the summer I had been building up my body in order to stay healthy during the tour. But I’ve put on too much muscle for my role, so I’ve since shed 5 kilos. I’m trying to lose 5 more kilos to make a body sharp as steel, one that will hurt you if you touch. Just like a swordsman [Nemuri Kyoshiro is a master with katana].”
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Posted Nov 5, 2009. Filed under . Leave a comment?
Gackt has been given the lead role in a theatrical version of the jidaigeki story “Nemuri Kyoshiro.” This will be his first performance in a stage play.
Originally a series of novels by Renzaburo Shibata, “Nemuri Kyoshiro” has been the basis of more than a dozen films and several television dramas. The story revolves around a sleepy-eyed swordsman born from a Japanese mother and a foreign father.
Performances are scheduled to begin at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo next May.
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Posted Sep 29, 2009. Filed under . Leave a comment?
SCREW has posted the following announcement on their OHP:
To all the fans who have been supporting SCREW,
We truly thank you for always supporting SCREW. The members have an important announcement for everyone.
Even though he’s been our bassist since the beginning of our activities, Yuuto will be leaving the band on December 31st, 2009.
We had countless discussions regarding his decision, and in the end this was the result that was reached. We deeply apologize to all of our fans.
However, after his departure both SCREW and Yuuto will be walking down fresh paths, and with that conclusion, we won’t be looking back. The five of us feel that this is a positive solution, so we hope that you can understand.
There are only a few lives remaining with Yuuto as part of the band, but we hope that you can cheer the five of us on until the very end.
PS COMPANY Co,.Ltd. / Indie PSC.
Source: vkdb, OHP
Posted Sep 16, 2009. Filed under . Leave a comment?
Avex has finally opened its doors to visual-kei. At a concert on September 10 at Akasaka Blitz, the band Megamasso announced that they are now managed by Avex and will make their major debut under the label next month. They are the first visual-kei band to sign with Avex’s management division.
The band was formed in 2006 by Ryohei, the former guitarist of Ayabie. Since then, they have built their popularity as an indies band, and they have already released several singles and albums. Their first single with Avex, titled “chimes,” goes on sale October 7.
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