Gackt.com has a new look. Thanks to Ryuichi-chan for the update.

Read more about it HERE

It's very cool looking, but again, as usual, it's only for Japanese fans. The English version of the page remains the same... rarely updated. Perhaps they are still working on it, but I'm not betting on it.

Ghost / Gackt

Black Release - Dears only

Ghost
Blue Lagoon
Ghost (Instrumental)
Blue Lagoon (Instrumental)
CD + DVD

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Red Release - General Release

Ghost
Blue Lagoon
Ghost (Instrumental)
Blue Lagoon (Instrumental)
CD

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IF my translation is correct of Gackt.com's Ghost page... It seems that the DVD/CD combo is only going to be available in limited amount, to DEARS members who became members on or before 11/15/08.


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This is a good time to address the 1 question I get asked about Gackt.

For those curious... the message about overseas fans and dears has changed slightly.

Currently, we do not accept any admission from people residing overseas. We will examine the possibilities and this will be announced in this website once it is ready.

The previous message made it sound like we were closer to getting it, in some way. I don't know.

So for those who've been asking my opinion... my opinion is... don't hold your breath that this will happen anytime soon. I could be wrong, perhaps the release of Bunraku will change that, but at this time it does not seem they are in any hurry to open the fanclub to overseas fans.

I think it's a shame. However, for those who feel slighted by Gackt himself, don't be. His management and the fanclub have made this choice, not Gackt. I'm sure Gackt would personally open it up world wide if he could. However there are some things he just doesn't have control over, like the fanclub.

More news on latest single: Ghost

Thanks to Ryuichi-chan for the information

12/3発売の「Jesus」に続くニューシングルは、海外ドラマ「ターミネーター:サラコナー クロニクルズ」オリジナルイメージソングに決定。

(1) GHOST
(2) 未定
(3) GHOST(Instrumental)
(4) 未定(Instrumental)


*rough translation*
following the 12 / 3 release of the new "Jesus" single, Gackt will have the original image song for the foreign drama "Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles".


(1) GHOST
(2) To be announced.
(3) GHOST (Instrumental)
(4) TBA (Instrumental)

so it looks like Gackt will be doing something for the series the Terminator!! I'm really excited now!!
I'm very curious as to what track 2 will be .... hmmm

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Thanks again Ryuichi-chan.

Wouldn't it be cool if Gackt got some kind of walk on part as a terminator for one episode? Lol. He'd be good at that uber cute but scary cyborg type character.

Gackt has another new single to be released 1/28/09

Gackt has yet ANOTHER new single coming out in January. (Busy busy boy). It's called "Ghost" and it will be released January 28th, 2009.

There is no cover photo yet... but I expect it will be as hot as usual.

Speaking of, just got Jesus in the mail today. the picture on the CD is very scary. LOL. Gackt wa Kowai, ne? but it's still hot.

You can pre-order Ghost today at cdjapan.co.jp. it's approximately $12.20 U.S.

Gackt-tastic Saturdays

Listen to J-Rock Us! Radio

every Saturday from now until the end of December is "Gackt-tastic Saturdays", to celebrate the release of his new single, Jesus.

visit the official station site for more information.

Gackt Appearance - Been a long time, ne?

It seems to be a series of 4 vids, but the 4th is not yet up for viewing. Stay tuned to Hydist's channel.

Gackt's 2009 Calendar

I just got Gackt's 2009 calendar in the mail. It's my first calendar.

I'm very surprised it was so large. I honestly thought of one of those small 8x10 calendars, not poster sized. lol.

Personally, I think it is a nice calendar, but I am a bit disappointed. I was expecting 12 awesome pictures... one for each month of the year... instead it was 6 pictures (two months shared the same picture) plus the cover.

And it would have been nice to have one artsy, face photo. Most of the pics were profiles or full body shots that are just like every other pic you see on the internet. Here's to examples.





So I rate my first Gackt calendar a B. I always love posters of Gackt, but I would have loved a normal sized calendar with 12 beautiful pics or a day calendar with 360 beautiful pics as opposed to 6 posters. That's just me tho.

Gackt speaks to Jesus

Thanks to ♥~*みさーぴ*~ ♥ o(≧▽≦)o for the heads up on the Official Gackt Jesus pv preview. It looks awesome.

I've pre-ordered my copy, have you pre-ordered yours? http://cdjapan.co.jp

See the 'Jesus' preview HERE

Gackt Calendar 2009

Get ready for the 2009 Calendar!

http://gackt.com/japanese/page/calendar2009.html

Also, 9 * 9 and the calendar are available for pre-sale through http://www.cdjapan.co.jp

The Calendar is approximately $22.01 US and 9 * 9 with limited edition DVD is $184.84 US.

Gackt Translations

for those of you who do not speak Japanese

but want to know what the heck Gackt's Myspace blogs are saying....

Visit HERE

I am running a Gackt myspace translation blog

The translations are to the best of my ability, I am not an expert yet by any means

but you'll at least get the general idea

Bounty Killer

What exactly is this?

if you watch THIS VIDEO

It appears to be an arcade / slot machine game.

Sound production/supervision and voice-over by Gackt

It APPEARS to be a Japanese Casino slot machine game.. kinda

That's really all the information I have on this. More will come hopefully soon.

YAMASA

Bunraku pic

This picture comes courtesy of the Bunraku Blog, who got it courtesy of cmsgackt, who got it courtesy of the volume 28 Gackt Dears Magazine. This is Gackt once again, in costume. It appears to be a screen cap from the movie itself.

Fun Gackt news

Not much news wise going on, but a big thanks to the bunraku blog for this gem.

Here's a pic of Gackt in costume and makeup on the set of Bunraku

And here's a freakin funny video of him goofing off on set.

Speaking of freakin funny videos... peek at this one! LOL

Gackt Translations (Link Fixed)

I've updated the Gackt Translation Page that translates Gackt's myspace blogs, so check it out. Again, I translated to the best of my ability. I'm still working on my Japanese, so it may not be 100% accurate, but you'll get the main point.

Also, for those emailing me about rumored tours and albums, please note that nothing is official, and I don't want to get anyone's hopes up in case it falls through, or in case there are some changes before the official release of information.

I'll just say it appears there may be a Nation-Wide tour in Japan coming up from the end of 2008 through 2009... But there are various rumors as to what its about, and where the exact tour dates will be, that I can not confirm. So I will hold off on reporting about it.

Thanks for understanding.

Happy Birthday Gackt

Thanks to those who participated in the Gackt Birthday Special!!

CLICK HERE to see the special birthday blog.

I'll be doing some emailing to make sure Gackt gets your messages. Thanks again for helping me let Gackt know how special he is to us.

(The blog link has been sent through his official site, as a message on his official myspace site, and posted as a comment on his myspace site.)

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y G A C K T

*Quick Edit*

The message I sent through myspace to his official myspace blog was marked as 'read' which means either Gackt read it, or someone who works for DEARS did and may be kind enough to pass the message along.

Thanks again to all those who participated.

Birthday Wishes to Gackt

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y G A C K T C A M U I

If you would like to say Happy birthday to Gackt, please email your birthday wishes either by messaging me here, or emailing them to otakuusaradio@gmail.com

I'll be setting up a birthday blog again this year, and emailing it to his official dear's site, and I'll probably leave a link on his myspace blog as well.

You may leave you name, screenname, age, blog address, and/or email, but please... for your protection... do NOT give your personal information such as home addresses, phone numbers, passwords, so on.

Please keep your greetings to a paragraph or two.

Thanks ahead of time to all who wish to contribute!!

Cut off for messages will be Wednesday, July 2nd!!

Links to Bookmark and New Translation site

here are some important links you should add to your favorites. (The one in red is my new Translation site where I have begun translating Gackt's official myspace blogs into English.)

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http://myspace.com/camuigacktnews (This myspace Gackt fan blog)

http://camuigakuto.blogspot.com (The sister site to this Gackt Fan Blog)

http://gackttranslations.blogspot.com (My New Blog that translates Gackt's blogs for you)

Note:

For the translation blog - my translating ability is still in it's newer stage, so they are translated to the best of my abilities, but the general gist is there. ^_^

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Don't forget these sites

http://gackt.com (Gackt's official site)

http://myspace.com/gackt (Gackt's official myspace site)

http://myspace.com/otakuusaradio (my J-rock Radio station's site)

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Also

http://geocities.com/drea_me_3000/gackttruly.htm (My story of how I became a Gackt fan.)

http://geocities.com/drea_me_3000/kitanaashstory.htm (Story of how Kitana Ash became a Gackt fan.)

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There you guys go. Just some updates after cleaning up my blog a bit. ^_^

MAJOR GACKT NEWS!!!!

ZOMG! Major Gackt news!!

no, we're not getting married. (Only in my dreams. ) just kidding. just kidding.

It seems our Gackt has gone Hollywood.

Be still my heart!!!!

Gackt is set to star in an American made movie which is rumored to be starring Demi Moore and Ron Pearlman called Bunraku.

the tag line is: A lone drifter comes to town seeking revenge, but soon finds himself up against a bigger challenge than he originally planned

While Ron Pearlman and Demi Moore are listed as "Rumored", Gackt is confirmed to play a character named Yoshi.

Ok... on the count of 3

1

2

3

**FAINT**

WAY TO GO GACKT!!! THREE CHEERS FOR GACKT!!

BANZAI !! BANZAI !! BANZAI !!


More info can be found below.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795/

http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080423-OHT1T00074.htm

http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2008/04/23/0000969111.shtml

Bunraku is set to be released in 2009.

On a side note, Bunraku is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater that originated in Osaka in 1684

Back from Vacation - No Gackt news

Konnichiwa watashi no Gackto Otaku! I'm back from Vacation! And guess what? I was on the set of the new Johnny Depp movie! SQUEE! (well, kind of. lol. You can read it in my personal blog.)

but I'm home and raring to go. Unfortunately, it seems nothing has happened since I've been away.

I've been watching the official Vocaloid sites like a hawk and still have found no Gackt-formation.

All is quiet on Gackt's new myspace blog.

And Joost is once again avoiding the whole "Giving Gackt credit" thing all together. Even now that Gackt has an official myspace site, you'd think he'd be promoting, pushing or at least crediting Gackt.

Especially in light of all but admitting he may have crossed that fine line between inspiration and plagerism.

However, nothing.

I have played Joost's music for several people who do not listen to Jrock and do not know Gackt, and compared them to Gackt songs. They all agree the songs sound dangerously alike.

Yet this MAJOR Gackt fan doesn't even give credit to the person he claims is his major inspiration. He doesn't push Gackt on his fans who may not know Gackt, trying to get Gackt new fans.

You'd think that's what a real fan would do but eh, I guess that's just me.

What else, what else...

well I guess nothing.

But now that I'm back, I'll keep you up to date on the goings ons.

if nothing comes up tomorrow, I have a letter written to me by a Gackt fan who'd like me to address my thoughts on DEARS, and Gackt touring the US. So watch for that tomorrow. It could be interesting.

And also if you haven't listened to my station - go here and check it out. Not only is there awesome J-rock, and Japanese Entertainment, but I try to promote Gackt as best I can by playing his music (And *Gasp, the horror, I actually PAY royalties when I use his music, AND give him credit!!)

And I always have some blurb of Gackt news during Saturday's Japanese Curry. Not to mention Gackt is my 1 most requested artist 4 weeks running. So stay tuned to that station!

Shameless plug finished.

I'm exhausted from the long car ride home (I left for home at 4am.)

so I'm going to crawl into bed and have lovely dreams of my upcoming trip to Japan.

Ta for now.

Ara

GACKT IS OFFICIALLY OFFICIAL

After many false starts by fans posing as Gackt or Nippon Crown or Dears, Gackt has finally and officially opened his myspace page ala YOSHIKI!

My heart, I think, has just stopped. Lol.

His official page is http://myspace.com/gackt

for those who are not Japanese or do not read Japanese, it seems as if Gackt, or whoever will be maintaining the site for him, will be doing so in Japanese.

I'll try to keep you updated on what blogs he posts to the best of my translation abilities.

The first blog entry thus far is...

GacktのオフィシャルMySpaceが誕生！フレンド登録お待ちしています。

Gackt's myspace site has finally been born! I wait for your friend requests.

for those who wonder if this is another false start - it was announced officially on http://gackt.com

Thank you to Yan who gave me the heads up.

I feel happy, yet sad at the same time.

Gackt making an official myspace site is great for fans like myself...

but it makes me feel less relevant. Now that there's an official blog, if they start posting in English, this news blog may no longer be necessary T_T

Oh well. This is a happy day so I'm not going to spoil it. ^_^

Besides, it seems it'll be run in Japanese, so there's hope that I may still be useful yet!!

In other news...

no new news on the Joost stealing Gackt's music front.

He is no longer speaking on the subject, and he has not returned any of my messages for comments. However, he does continue to push the album that he admits as at least 2 songs that are either rip offs of Gackt's or "Gackt inspired" with no mention of Gackt in the credits.

So that's where we stand on that.

And as for the vocaloid project, I sent an email again and once again got back a "you'll have to wait and see" reply. GAH So frustrating! LOL

also, as promised, I do have a fan story to cover about his disappointment with the lack of an international Dears fanclub, but in light of the recent excellent news on Gackt's officially going official on myspace... I thought I'd hold off.

It also seems that Gackt is starting or participating in a "Love our planet" environmental movement. Which is awesome. I still have to work on translating the site.

I've fallen behind due to writing my book and working on my radio station... so until I have the translation, you can read more here -

http://news01.net/news/2008/04/20080414142208.php

till next time all...

Ja mata