How could I miss this? Wow. So MoonChild is re-released on Blu-Ray to commemorate its 10th anniversary. I might have brought it but it's freaking expensive. There's a lot of extra footage that I really want to see so I really hope someone will share. I only found this small part of it that was shown on TV. But it's lovely how at the very end they say how they are glad to have met each other which doesn't really have anything to do with the movie)

I learned it from a person back at gakuhai@lj. I haven't been there in years but I'm glad it's still up and running. I posted my translation and this girl thanked me and we got into a nice chat. This is nice. I especially enjoy talking to passionate but adequate shippers.

On a side note: 3 fandoms is just too much to handle. Don't do this to me!

@темы: MoonChild, GakuHai

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Wanted to post these for awhile. I really like Yuri Wa Aoku Saite. It's so indies in a good way. The eyebrows are still freaky but other than that I really love this look. Shou looking just like a pretty doll just makes me want to put him in a cupboard. And Tora's eyes are just haunting.

@темы: Shou, Alice Nine

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Shou: Been awhile, Yokohama! It's good to be back. This is around Tora's hometown, isn't it? Welcome home, Tora!
Audience: WELCOME HOME!
Tora, smiling then making a face: It's not like a vacation though, I'm here working...! (laugh)

--from the encore MC, Court of 9 #1 Yokohama Blitz, 12.3.21

Aww~

@темы: ToraxShou, Alice Nine

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WTF Spring? Really?

What is this fuckery? And of course hot water is too much to ask.

@темы: snapshot

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Beat Shuffle [2011-02-04 ] [Shou&Hiroto]

As it often is nothing interesting happens during the first 20 minutes of the show. But the latter half had some moments. They talked about physical training and the host was quite surprised to hear Shou does running. Then Hiroto said he often runs p to 7 km and the host was just shocked.

Since this happened just before Valentine's there was a question about interesting stories that happened to them on that day. Note: in Japan it's girls who are supposed to confess on this day. Shou said there's not much to tell. I couldn't quite catch it but he mentioned some girl from middle school who seemed to like him but nothing came out of it. Hiroto on the other hand had quite an interesting story. He told how one time in middle school he got chocolate from a boy. Basically he didn't know what to do but he was glad. All the while Shou had a mysterious smile on or maybe I'm just looking into things too much.

And then there was art...

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Hiroto & Shou at POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30 [BayFM] [2011-09-03]



This show was pretty standard but Shou looks so charming here it's totally worth watching just for that. So as usual at first they talk about their latest release - Heart of Gold and its meaning. Basically Shou says its main message is "be strong", that it's a song meant to raise people's spirits. They talk about how this single is different from anything they released before. Hiroto says the guitar parts are very difficult and since they haven't played the news songs live yet he's worried. The host asks whether they have this kind of problem - writing songs and then worrying how to play them live. Hiroto tells about GEMINI. Like how they were worried "what are we going to do about plying it at concerts?" Then they play Ray and after that discus how listening to it you can feel sort of entering the World of Alice Nine. Then the host announces a topic and it's basically something that they tried and it turned out different to their expectations. Shou said he wanted to try letting his hair grow longer like Hyde but he thought it doesn't look good on him and he gave up on it and cut it. Just as he said it the host asked if it's ok if he tells his opinion and said: "it suits you!" (current hairstyle I guess) My heart beats faster. Oh, I'm sorry." XD Hiroto said he really likes Luna Sea's Inoran and Inoran is usually standing on the left side of stage while he stands on the right. So basically he wanted to try standing on the left side but in the end he felt, like "As expected, I'm a right-sider" They introduce the last song and it's basically it.

right side of the stage


NEC POWER COUNTDOWN JAPAN HOT 30 от Dec, 2008.



The host noted their fashion sense and Saga said: "We became a garage band, all black and leather. But I look like a university student." Then they play Cross Game. after the host noted how varied their songs are and they said they try to go wherever their music takes them without limiting their style. The host then asked that there still has to be some regulation of which song would be good to be a single and which wouldn't and Tora said that basically they gather together and decide on that.

Then there were question from listeners. One person asked about the katana Shou had in the PV and he answered that he wanted to represent struggle, fighting which comes with the song's message. The host said since they mentioned the PV he heard that Nao had a really hard time filming it. Nao said rather than that there was something he wanted everyone to notice. In the PV he was wearing the headphones and they were glittering. He said he spent the previous night decorating them. The host asked: "So they're hand-made?" Nao said yes. The host asked whether it was his hobby to do that kind of stuff and Nao said not really, he just generally likes shiny things.) Then the host also asked something about the filming. Like when you do the recording you don't care how you look but when you film the PV is it OK to treat it lightly? And Nao said of course not and then added facing the audience: "Don't take things lightly, everyone! Do your best in your life!"

Then there was the keyword talk. The host said a word and they had to choose a member it suits best. The word was "taciturn". Shou said it may be said about him and Hiroto but in reality Hiroto isn't taciturn, he's sexy. So the host asked Hiroto "so you're not taciturn or uncommunicative?" and Hiroto replied: "No, I'm open, open-minded!" then the 'sexy' came up again and Shou said lately Saga often says it about Hiroto. Saga said that even though everyone says he's the sexy one in the band, in reality it's Hiroto. The host then asked what about him is sexy so Saga told how that summer they had a tour and at one of the gigs they did MCing and he... at this point Tora interrupted saying "this is a live broadcast so we won't be able to cut out this part if you say something inappropriate" so the host asked Saga if it was the case and Saga said it was so they had to end it there.

Then they resumed answering the questions sent by the listeners. One girl asked whether there are times when they dance by themselves. Tora said: "Not really. But I can say about myself that I look rather manly yet I cry watching anime." The host asked: "Quite a lot?" Tora said: "Yeah. I cry easily" Then the host proceeded to tease Tora saying he has a manly voice and it would be weird to hear him weeping and Tora was like "it's not to that extent!" Then there was a message to Saga and the host read it with feeling and it was funny since it was along the lines of: "Saga-san is too sexy! It's scary!" Saga asked: "and that's it?") The message also said "Please update your blog" and Saga was, like: "I get it. I'll do it starting from today."

Next topic was forgetting things and the host asked them if they had something to tell. Tora asked who wanted to go first and since nobody did he began himself. He said one thing he keeps losing is glasses, he said he loses one pair every month. He told how he buys them at the same store and every time he comes the old lady there goes: "You lost them again?!") Saga said he often forgets to set up the alarm clock. So the host asked: "so you often oversleep?" but Saga said: "No. It's other people's fault!" Then the host asked "the person who likes making things, Nao" and Nao answered he doesn't really forget things but he sometimes forgets about evening meals. Then the host asked "Sexy Hiroto-san") Hiroto said as they were filming PV he was supposed to hold a guitar but he actually left it home. Luckily there was time so he want back to take it. But he said he was shocked himself since it doesn't normally happen. He practically sleeps with it so he doesn't know how that could happen. Shou said he dropped his house keys and that was it.

Actually at that time when I first watched it this whole show gave me a strong impression that if they were to change a leader is should be Tora. He simply acted like one. Like he would answer a question nobody else wanted to, he would correct a host when the latter made a mistake reading an announcement and he would also control what his band mates were saying. So I was kind of surprised to know he declined the position.

@темы: recap, Alice Nine

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So proud of them~

@темы: L'Arc~en~Ciel

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Almost teared up when I saw Laruku's concert in Madison Square Garden began with Ibara no Namida. One of the first songs I fell in love with. Damn, now I feel so insanely jealous. I really want to see them at least once.

@темы: L'Arc~en~Ciel

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Shou and Saga at NEC POWER COUNTDOWN [Shou&Saga] [2009-08-08]

I actually watched it before but...
This is a true must for SagaxShou shippers.



At first they talk about Hana and their 5th Anniversary. Saga said it's sad how fast the years fly by. Then the host asks them about their first impressions of each other. Now this is fun. Shou wrote: "Like a forest elf" He then proceeds to explain that the first time they met Saga had blond hair and a very pale skin and he looked very unusual walking in the middle of Tokyo. the host was very excited "an elf living in Tokyo!" Saga wrote about Shou: "His eyes are HUGE!" Saga explained that at that time Visual Kei was popular and everyone in bands tried to make their eyes look bigger putting a lot of make-up on but here was a person who didn't need that. The host asked whether they wear make-up now and Saga said "of course not". then the host said that when you watch the PV you can feel that Shou's gaze is incredible (Shou was like No no!) and probably makes girls fall down and Saga says: "yes, it does!" Then the next segment came. The host said they filled oou a questionnaire before the show and there was a question "something I worry about" Shou wrote "There's a fine line between genius and..." He said Saga can seem very cool but he's actually very weird. He told about that time when Saga ate from an ashtray. He said there are too many stories and he can't tell all of them but he often wonders: can this person be a genius acting like that?) Saga wrote "I don't get enough of your love" Saga complained that during the tour Shou keeps hanging out with Hiroto and "I can't forgive him! Why is he always with Hiroto?" Shou said: "I'm glad hearing this." Then there were user messages. One person wrote that in the Hana PV there's a part where Saga murmurs something into Shou's ear so she was dying to know what he said. The host asked whether he just pretended to say something but Saga said he did say something for real. Unsurprisingly he then said he really can't say what it was. That young girls in their 10's shouldn't hear that kind of things. The host asked: what about the men in their 50's? and Saga replied: well, they actually might be happy to hear it! XD So the host said they want to leave it to our imagination. Then they talked a little about Alice in Museum. Shou said "there you can find our EVERYTHING. Saga's everything too." and Saga quickly added "my underpants are there too!"XD They also mention that the Artist Book comes out which was directed by Shou and has Saga semi-naked! Host teased: "maybe you should do full nude?" but Saga was like: "full nude is a bit..."

@темы: recap, Alice Nine

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March 25

- Europe Starts Daylight Saving
- Laruku become the first band to perform at the Madison Square Garden.
- My TxS community turns 6 months old.
And I am still trying to forget what this used to mean to me.

@темы: snapshot

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Oh. My.

@музыка: 宇多田ヒカル- In My Room

@темы: yoosu

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I seem to be having a shipper!Sunday...

@темы: slash

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*feeling nostaligic*

@темы: GakuHai

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So I did find the original talk part but somehow it's different from the one I saw before. Anyway I did a translation. I tried to be accurate.

また俳優やりたいですか?

俳優をやりたい訳ではなかったんだど、ガクトと仕事がしたかった。台本読みでガクトの家に行ったんだけど、地下室で薄暗くて台本読めなかったんだよね。ライターを近付けて熱い思いをしながら読みました。喉が渇いて飲み物をもらおうとしたら、冷蔵庫にワインしか入ってなくて、ガクトに聞いたら飲まないって言うから一人で1本空けちゃいました。ガクトがモモをチラチラさせてて、あっ、ガウン着てたんですよ。誘ってるのかな?とか思っちゃいました笑ムンチャの話で、かな☆昔は王子様的なキャラだったのに、あんな輩になるなんて笑 みたいに言われてて爆笑したwすみません( ´艸`)

Do you want to act again?

It's not that I wanted to act, it's just that I wanted to work with Gackt. I went to Gackt's house to read the sсript but it was impossible to do in a dim basement. I read it with passion keeping a lighter close to it. I got thirsty so I asked for a drink but he said he doesn't have anything but wine in his fridge. When I heard it I said I can't drink that so he drank one bottle by himself. I noticed his thighs were showing so then I realized he was wearing a robe. Was he trying to seduce me? That's what I thought. (laugh) I wonder if it's a story about MoonChild? At first he was a character resembling a price but somehow he became such a fellow. (laugh) I'm sorry for laughing about it. ( ´艸`)

Nov.25, 2011 HYDE ROENTGEN NIGHT

http://one2011.seesaa.net/article/237389502.html

This was supposed to be funny but somehow I feel sad. There was also that time when he told Gackt was trying to kiss him at the press-conference. I just can't help but feel sorry for Gackt. Because I do believe he was in love. Probably stil is.

Added the long overdue tag.

@темы: Translations, GakuHai

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Забавный момоент сегодня был. Приходила знакомая. Между делом показывала ей свои журналы японские. Она взяла постер ДБСК и я пояснила, что это корейская группа и что они распались на 2 части. Она мельком глядя на постер (на котором, надо отметить, 5 отдельных фото) невзначай спросила: вот так распались? -проводя линию меджу фото Дже и Чанмина- Я в шоке немного спрашиваю "почему ты спросила?" Она говорит "Сама не знаю. Просто показалось так." О_о

@темы: TVXQ

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Some nights like this I really don't want to go to bed. I just want to listen to music and scroll tumblr forever hunting for pretty pictures.

@темы: one-liner

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THE HYDE

Wasn't it just this year in the birthday post that I wrote how while I have enormous respect for Hyde he didn't really have much of an influence on me as a person and I'm not even that much interested to know more? Well, it just had to happen that on this very day his official autobiogrphy, THE HYDE was released and it's a book that is bound to drastically change my view of him. Hyde was never the one to talk about his personal life so I was quite surprised. He did disclose some things about his childhood but I can't remember where it was. Anyway. The book's content is a lot like Gackt's Jihaku released some 9 years prior. Many small chapters, pictures thrown in and also some self-made art and poems. I only read the first chapter so far but it left a very deep ipression on me and I really look forward to reading more. Even the first paragraph alone is so striking I was really amazed. But I love his style - very concise and up to the point. My Japanese is too poor and it would take me forever to read it but there's a girl who does a very good traslation. I really hope she won't give up on it.

Also now I am ever more determined to finish that long overdue video.

@темы: Hyde

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I watched the KBS News about the JYJ's South American Tour and it's 6 minutes of JYJ-related footage but THEY DON'T SAY THE NAME OF THE BAND ONCE, IT'S ALL 'K-POP MANIA' HOW IS THAT FAIR YOU FUCKING BITCHES? That is all.

@темы: bitching, JYJ

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Never been a big fan of Nao but honestly sometimes I feel so much respect for him just for the fact that he's brave enough to be himself.

@темы: Alice Nine

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Tora: ...I've been wearing the tour t-shirts, and they're new, right? New for this tour. And they've got the 'new shirt smell.' And it's so strong...! I can smell it so much, especially when my guitar strap rubs up against my shoulder...!

Shou: You need to do laundry.

--From Alice Nine Court of Nine #1 YOKOHAMA BLITZ 12.3.21

They are so much love. I want more of their MCs.

@темы: ToraxShou, Alice Nine

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[FAN CAM] 111106 JYJ Worldtour in TEMPODROM BERLIN - Mission

Dayum, boy! That is amazing. Those tight pants also help.

@темы: JYJ, Junsu