Gackt appears in Mr. Brain

Gackt's episode has aired... if you want to see it, check out youtube. (Unfortunately I'm out of town till Tuesday so I don't have time to go through it right now. I'll update when I get back to town.)

Mr. Brain Premiers!!

Mr. Brain episode 1 has finally premiered.

I have not yet found a translated version... but for those who enjoy Japanese film in it's raw form... here's Mr. Brain.

watch before it is removed for copyright infringement. (The last video had it's sound removed for this issue... so you'll be watching video with no sound. lol)

if you are not interested in the show and just want Gackt... the preview for his episode is at the bottom.


Episode 1 Part 1

Episode 1 Part 2

Episode 1 Part 3

Episode 1 Part 4

Episode 1 Part 5

Episode 1 Part 6

Episode 1 Part 7

Episode 1 Part 8

Episode 1 Part 9

Episode 1 Part 10

Episode 1 Part 11

Episode 1 Part 12 (audio has been disabled due to copyright)

Just Gackt's Preview

My Gackt Dolls are here!

What is a Gackt doll you say? *GASP*! you don't know???

well, here are a few examples of "Gackt" dolls.




cool aren't they? the dolls belong to friends on a Asian Ball Jointed Doll club site called Dream Of Angel.

well, here are the dolls I just got in. Now the Gackt doll looks pretty much like Gackt if you compare the face to the pictures of Gackt (especially the nose and mouth in the first two pics below.)

unfortunately, the second doll, (Gackt as Kenshin from Fuurin Kazan) is identical to the first one... but the wig is a bit big, and the skin is washed out by the camera flash, so it looks a bit different on film. In person without the big wig he looks better. (I have a new wig on order.)










(that's Gackt with my other doll, Byakuya)

Gackt in a straight jacket

(Check out 0:46 lol!)







this video is awesome. lol. Gackt looks way too scary!!


on a side note...

THEY'RE FINALLY ON THEIR WAY!! My Gackt doll and Gackt as Kenshin doll will be here in about 3 more days!! I'm so excited! I'll post pics as soon as I get them, provided they get here before I go out of town again!

Gackt's new role...

according to "The Daily Yomiuri", when it comes to "Mr. Brain"

Singer-songwriter Gackt and kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo both will make their first commercial network TV drama appearances in the series.


In Episode 1, Ichikawa plays a detective dealing with underworld cases and rumored to be on the take. In Episode 2, Gackt appears as a death row inmate.


Mr. Brain's synopsis:

Ryusuke Tsukumo (Kimura) was once a club host but after suffering a brain injury, he recovered and pursued a career in psychology. He's now an unconventional police psychologist who thinks far outside the box when it comes to crime and his own fashion sense. Haruka Ayase is his assistant at the National Research Institute of Police Science, where he works in a crime lab with experts on DNA, profiling, surveillance cameras, computers, poisons and other highly technical specialties. His costars also include a mouse in a maze and Teruyuki Kagawa and Hiro Mizushima as the detectives who continually seek his help.

For those who've ever seen the USA series "Monk" starring Tony Shalhoub... it sounds almost along those lines. ^_^

New Cover for Gackt's single

Cover art for one of Gackt's new singles has been released.

I'm not sure if I translated the news article on the release right or not...

but if i did... then... dude looks like a lady. LOL




Word is... these are covers for the fanclub only releases of the singles.

New Mr Brain Preview

Mr. Brain Promos

Gackt will appear in episode 2... rumor is he will play a criminal. (Judging by the crazed look on his face in the second vid at 0:42... I think that rumor is as good as confirmed. LOLOL

Mr. Gackt joins Mr. Brain

Thanks to Ryuichi-chan for the news

Mr. Brain - TBS drama starting May 23rd.

Gackt will be a part of the second story starting May 30th

more details as soon as it comes... (Sorry I've been so absent... I've been really busy with the new house and all.)

A quick apology for not answering emails

I'm currently on vacation and have been since before my last post... So I'm only getting bits and peices of news. I'll be coming home tomorrow... So hopefully I'll get back to all of your emails soon. please be patient...

PS... I just bought a house! WOO! I'm a homeowner now! Well... will be after construction is finished in May.

Preparing for Gackt's 10th anniversary

In celebration of Gackt's upcoming 10th anniversary in the music industry...
Gackt will be releasing 4 new singles consecutively

Gackt "HEVUN goblin" songs
1. HEVUN goblin
2. My Father's Day

Gackt“Faraway ～星に願いを～”収録曲 Gackt "Faraway ~ Wish Upon a Star" songs
1. Faraway ～星に願いを～
2. Oblivious ～顔のない天使～

Gackt“Lost Angels”収録曲 Gackt "Lost Angels" songs
1. Lost Angels
2. No Reason
3. Suddenly

Gackt“Flower”収録曲 Gackt "Flower" songs
1. Flower
2. In Flames

According to sources... it appears they will start being released in June. More updates on this when I am able to figure it all out.

In other related news:

Gackt is currently showing his support for the efforts to bring the 2016 summer olympics to Tokyo. He did a press conference recently... and there is a rumor that if all goes through, he'd be a featured performer during opening ceremonies.

Gackt was also forced to cancel his upcoming May Korean concert. due to the hard economic times in asia, many sponsers are pulling out of concerts due to financial hardships. Gackt has said the cancellation is only temporary. Refunds and reschedules will be discussed in the near future.

This is NOT an april fool's joke!!

On Gackt's blog and official site, it has been announced that DEARs is FINALLY seriously looking into the international fan club.

This comes on the heals of Gordie Entertainment deleting fan videos, causing an uproar amongst international fans who can only access Gackt through videos on sites like Youtube and Veoh.

I will proudly take SOME credit. lol. after all, I worked hard and 2 petitions, an email campaign, promoting the petitions all over the net, and with videos on Youtube and Veoh.

You can also thank yourselves for helping promote the cause and for signing the petition.

Don't forget the petition at http://thepetitionsite.com/1/igffa we're keeping it going till this actually happens.

So go to Gackt's official site and check out the news and updates section of the English page.

take the international fan questionaire. They're looking for fan opinions as they decide if this is the route to go.

IGFFA Petition Video 1

New Pic of Gackt from Bunraku set

thanks to the Bunraku blog for this gem.















*Update on petition: 120 signatures... 880 left to go.*

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/IGFFA

Nearing 100 Signatures

we are nearing 100 signatures!

We have 87... we need 13 more to reach 100

We need 913 to reach our 1000 goal.

If you haven't signed the new petition, get to signing.

If you haven't signed the old petition, get to signing.

If you have friends who are fans of Gackt, get them to sign
If you are friends who are not necessarily fans of Gackt, but
like J-rock and would like for other J-artists to remember there
are international fans... Get them to sign!

Sign Sign Sign!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/IGFFA

The Petition: A vote

1. Thanks to those who've already signed, please pay attention
to #5.

2. When signing, real names are prefered, however... because
I understand not feeling comfortable... you may use either
initians, or nicknames. You are also welcome to click the box
that says "Don't display my name."

3. Please sign only once. don't abuse the ability to sign using nicknames
we want to be taken seriously.

4. Addreses are not important to the petition. They are not visible to
anyone, not even to myself... and all we are doing is collecting
names to show Gackt he has an international fan base.

So if you are still not comfortable using your address... just
make up a street address or P.O. Box, and make sure the
zip you uses matches the city you are entering, and it will
accept it. (My friend used E22205 Move Over Ave. in Detroit
Michigan and it accepted it.)

again, addresses are not shown, and they're not even important to
the movement, so while I encourage using real names, you do NOT
have to use a real address.

5. show of hands... who thinks we should move the petition one more time
to a site that doesn't require addresses to sign? or should we leave it
where it is?

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/IGFFA

Gackt Being Yanked from Youtube

株式会社GORDIE ENTERTAINMENT is shutting down Gackt videos on Youtube claiming copyright infringement.

So far, 3 of my videos including a cover I did for Tsuki no Uta have been removed with a cease and desist warning that states if copyright infringment continues, my account will be shut down. One of the tribute videos I made for my father with Tsuki no Uta was also removed. Which has pissed me off to no end. I had another tribute to my dad using "IZ"'s hawaiian version of "Over the Rainbow/wonderful world". they removed the audio but at least allowed the video to stay up. the tribute with the gackt song was completely removed.

I've noticed TV interviews, videos and tribute videos using Gackt music are slowly being shut down by Gordie Entertainment.

That means, if you are not Japanese, it's going to get even harder to get Gackt videos. Most live performances have already been shut down, some of the Jesus and Ghost videos are also MIA.

It seems to have been slowly starting in the last few days.

who is Gordie Entertainment? According to the website they are: Management of Famous Artists, we work with a variety of content productions.

So it it seems they want to shut down any video sharing of Gackt's music, or appearances, (Even though it's not being shared for a profit nor at a profit loss to them.)

More and More it seems the Japanese management of Gackt wants to screw his international fans.

Right now there are still a lot of videos available... however, it's slowly looking as if they are having them removed one by one. It seems they're targeting the older videos... (Some of the videos I posted have been there for 2 years.)

Newly posted videos, and Gackt tribute videos that don't actually use Gackt's music, seem to be safe for now. It seems to be a slow removal at this time. We'll have to wait and see what happens.

Ghost Live

Gackt stars in new CM

I think it's cute.

if it's going to fast for you it basically says at Gackt's parts... "Gackt gets from post", "Gackt returns to post", "gackt forgets to return", "No Late charges"

Gackt's Ghost PV

Gackt's new video game

It appears Gackt has a new video game out. Gladiator Evolution, a Panchinko game. I believe it's created by the same company that made Bounty Hunter.

I could be wrong about this, seeing this is the first I've heard of it.


Watch Gackt - Gladiator EVOLUTION Pachinko PV in Game Videos  |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

Ghost Preview

Gackt's new single "Ghost" preview. It will be released 1 month from now.

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

~~~

Red Release - General Release

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

~~~

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.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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

-------------------------

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.

Part 4 and Gackt on Music Station

Part 4 of Gackt's appearance on the guessing game show, and his recent appearance on music station to promote and perform Jesus.

gackt is still cute when he tries to dance

But he still can't dance.

He also can't headbang in time. LOL but he looks adorable trying.

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.

Jesus lyrics and controversy answer

These lyrics come from youtube user keesiaox - translations in kana, Romaji and English



傷ついた抜け殻をただ抱きしめていた
降り注ぐ雨は静かな 君の涙

Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
この夢から
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
教えてくれMaria!!!

「殺して」と微笑みながら頬に触れた
見えない目に涙を溜めて消えて行く
Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
この夢から
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
答えてくれ JESUS!!!

God said when you die,
Your life will pass before your own eyes.
If you want to feel it right now，
Just do it, do it, do it!

Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
この夢から
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
教えてくれ

Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
この夢から
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
答えてくれ JESUS!!!


==================================


kizutsuita nukegara wo tada dakishimeteita
furisosogu ame wa shizuka na kimi no namida
Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
kono yume kara
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Oshietekure Maria!!!!


「koroshite...」 to hohoemi nagara hoho ni fureta
mienai me ni namida wo tamete kieteyuku
Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
kono yume kara
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Kotaetekure JESUS!!!

God said when you die,
Your life will pass before your own eyes.
If you want to feel it right now,
Just do it, do it, do it!

Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
kono yume kara
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Oshietekure

Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
kono yume kara
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Kotaetekure JESUS!!!



===========================

Please note my Japanese is poor and this is MY interpretation of the song. It may be right, it may be wrong. Depends on how you want to read into the lyrics I guess ;_;


Tightly embracing only the empty broken shell
The pouring rain is your silent tears
Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
from this dream
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Please tell me, Maria!!!!


Smiling, I touched your cheeks and said 'kill me...'
Tears gathered in my blinded eyes, and then disappeared
Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
from this dream
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Answer me, JESUS!!!

God said when you die,
Your life will pass before your own eyes.
If you want to feel it right now,
Just do it, do it, do it!

Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up
from this dream
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Please tell me

Take me Out
Take me Out
Take me Out
from this dream
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Real or dream?
Answer me, JESUS!!!

-------------

A lot of people on Youtube are having issues with Gackt's new song. They take offense to the use of Jesus in the song, saying he's trying to mock Christianity or challenge the idea of Jesus in some way.

Wow, over thinking it much? Let me tell you, I am a church going, God fearing Catholic. As a Catholic I can tell you there is NOTHING offensive about this song.

In the video there is a man contemplating suicide. He keeps putting the gun to his head and taking it away. he's crying and obviously tormented. Gackt is playing the part of the guy's thoughts, he is singing about what is going on in his mind.

The guy is not damning Jesus, he's not bashing Christianity, he's asking in his tormented mind... "is this real or a dream?" if it's a dream, blessed virgin Mary (Maria) please wake me up. If it's real and this pain exists, Jesus take me."

that's all it really is. Gackt is giving a voice to what is going on in this guy's head.

To say Gackt is condoning suicide or challenging Christianity is just a stupid, closeminded an uneducated thing to believe. Even Freud admitted sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I also think this is less about religion and more about the ties to Requiem et reminiscence. the guy in the vid is wearing a soldier's uniform like the one Gackt wore during his 'Requiem' era. And as we all know, Gackt is revisiting Requiem at the end of this year through early 2009 with the Requiem et Reminiscence tour II. I think this ties in more to that than it does religion.

So lighten up people!

Jesus Video released *R*

warning to younger viewers - this is very graphic and some have found it disturbing.

Gackt celebrates Halloween

Gackt appeared (in costume) for a Halloween concert headlined by HYDE's side band VAMPS.

Daigo (Breakerz) hosted the event (dressed in a dress).

Gackt Joined Hyde on stage for a performance of Motley Crew's 'Shout at the Devil'

Hyde was vocals, KAZ - Guitar, and Gackt was on drums.

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's new Platinum Box

Gackt to release new single

People were wondering, with the relase of Nine*Nine, what Gackt's people meant that this boxset was his reintroduction into music. After all, it was a look back a the past... with the acception of a few songs that were unreleased such as "justified".

Now we know we are taking a quick look back, before moving forward with Gackt. While it is not yet available for pre-sale, Gackt's newest single "Jesus" will be coming out soon!!

more details to follow as they are available.

Ken Ogata will be missed

Famous Japanese actor Ogata Ken passed away last week at the age of 71. In 2000, Ogata was a recipient of the Japanese government’s Medal with Purple Ribbon, which is awarded for contributions in fields such as arts.

Ogata's famous films included the "Ballad of Narayama," "Vengeance is Mine," "The Demon," and "House on Fire". He leaves behind 2 sons, and a very sad friend in Gackt.

Here's Gackt's tearful final message to his friend.

Bounty Killer - Gackt Game

There is a little more information about Bounty Killer... the weird project Gackt is producing that looks like either a video game or a casino slot machine.

It seems now, according to this site http://www1.yamasa.co.jp/bok/ ...

it is both. This is a Japan-only PS3-exclusive slot machine game to be released in Japanese format in October.

The main character in the game is modeled after Gackt (Looking much like Gackt in the Vanilla video and perhaps a bit of his character in the game Bujingai.), and his music will also be featured in the game. Tracks like 'Another World,' White Eyes,' and 'Justified' are included in the soundtrack.

Gackt also produces this game.

http://www.blogger.com/

The above site has screenshots.

exactly HOW the slot machine relates to game play hasn't been described as of yet, but my guess... if you get three 7's in a row at a maxium bet at the casino... you win a LOT of money. If you get three 7's in a row in this game, you'll get a major progression in the game, or score a major bounty. That's the only way I can think of it.

I guess we'll have to see when our Japanese friends let us know what they think about the game.

Gackt's Nine * Nine to be released 10 * 29

Gackt's Nine * Nine to be released at the end of October.

This is a live album collection CD with a special DVD

It will cost about $190.00 US

13 CDs in the new High Quality CD format (subject to change)
1 DVD, deluxe box, and miniature replicas of the tour pamphlets.

CDs include "Gackt Live Tour 2000 MARS - Sora kara no Homonsha," "Gackt Live Tour 2001 Requiem et Reminiscence - Shuen to Seijaku," "Gackt Live Tour 2002 Kagen no Tsuki - Seiya no Shirabe," "Gackt Live Tour 2003 Jogen no Tsuki Saishusho," "Gackt Live Tour 2004 The Sixth Day & Seventh Night - Final," "Gackt Live Tour 2005 12.24 Diablos - Aien no Uta to Seiya no Namida," and "Gackt Training Days 2006 Drug Party."

DVD includes special footage including unreleased songs. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.

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

To "Joost's" Friend "Joseph"

I did not publish your comments because your comments are not only stupid, but insult me all you want, I will not allow you to insult my blogs guests.

Now as for calling your comment stupid.

You said that I call myself a professional singer but I only have Gackt's music on my site... why... well your theory is because I'm not good enough.

Here's where the 'your stupid' thing comes in..... wait for it.....

THIS IS A GACKT FAN SITE!!!

this is a site for Gackt, about Gackt, and to Promote Gackt. Why would I post MY music here? I have a personal site for that.

You also attacked one of my blog guests for hiding behind the computer to insult Joost.

Aren't you doing the same thing? Do you leave a return email address? no. Do you leave your REAL name? Probably not.

As for how hurt Joost is... too bad.

People dressing like Gackt aren't trying to make money off looking like Gackt. People who do cover songs of Gackt's music aren't trying to make money by selling CDs of ripping off Gackt's music.

He's taken Gackt's songs, illegally changed lyrics, then claimed the music... lyrics and composition... to be his own, then he puts them up for sale. Whether he sells any or not... it is illegal.

a. because he does not give Gackt credit
b. because he did not get permission to sample Gackt's compositions
c. because he did not pay for the rights to put Gackt's music on his CDs (the one that he does admit to having on his Christmas CDs) and redistributing them.
d. because he did not have permission to use Gackt's music on his CDs (the one that he does admit to using) and changing the lyrics.

If we didn't have a case, the Netherlands and Japanese copyright offices wouldn't currently be investigating the situation...

(As they are at this very moment. There has been written confirmation that they believe there is enough evidence to investigate this matter and take proper action against Joost should they find intentional copyright infringement.)

While they said it may take a while... they will get back to the person who originally contacted them. Unfortunately, that wasn't me. However it was someone else that Joost is well aware of.

However, Thank you for your comments, as hilariously inaccurate as they were.

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. ^_^

Gackpoid is finally upon us!!

Hey all!

FINALLY some Gackt news.

Gackpoid is officially ready to be officially released with an offical price. (Officially).

The release date is set for the end of July with a retail price of ¥18,900 (about $176.00 U.S.)

This is the box design.

It is an anime styled god of music. A larger image of the face on the design looks very much, Gackt-ish. (Perhaps a play on the fact that Camui (Kamui) means ’hunt for the power of god’ or ’weilds the power of god’ in Japanese.)

I’m going to talk to the publisher and see if this will be playable on U.S., Canada and English computers. if it is, I’ll be getting it and will give you a review. Feel free to give me your reviews if you get it as well.

Also, if you have the chance...............

SEE KUNG FU PANDA!!

It was SUCH a good movie ^_^ I went with my brother's fiancee. We laughed, we cried, we left craving Miso soup.

Kung Fu Panda and Forbidden Kingdom. Highly recommended!!

Gackpoid postponed

the anticipated release of Gackpoid, the program where Gackt's voice will sing your compositions, has been temporarily postponed.

Set to be released mid-this month (June, 2008), we now have to wait till the middle of this month for new information on a new release date, and hopefully a suggested retail price.

Early word about the project is that it was temporarily postponed for changes, but all signs point to the project still being a-go.

Back! Some Gackt Schtuff (Edited)

I'M BACK!!

For those who didn't notice (lol) I was on vacation for the last week. A whole 7 days without internet connectivity. ARGH!! Even so, it doesn't appear I missed much Gackt news while I was gone last week.

The only things I could find came from the Bunraku blog that gave us this pic...

a possible storyboard for a scene from the movie. (no word on if this scene will appear in the movie or not.)

According to the site, there was also a pic from Bunraku on gackt-and-dears.com that showed Gackt in makeup that depicted him bloodied.

it was removed according to Japanese law as 'questionable content' for its violent implications, because young people have access to the community website.

huh. Like they don't have access to pics like this?

However,

I don't claim to understand all of Japan's laws. lol. So we're going to have to wait to the movie.

Anyhoo.

That's it for now. Just glad to be home. ^_^

Don't forget to visit my station http://myspace.com/otakuusaradio

I have a new show up and running on Mondays and Wednesdays. (My all request J-Rock shows)

Ja Mata

Ara

(Screenboard of Bunraku is drawn by Neil D'Monte )

*The picture has been removed

There are too many stories as to why it is not available online from copyright issues, to questionable content laws, to it being considered too much of a *spoiler*

I can't sift through which one is the real reason, so until the picture is officially posted again, I've removed it.

Gackpoid Information

A little more information on Gackpoid.

It will come with a rolled up keyboard you can attach to your computer (I'm not sure if it will be by USB port, or if you'd have to unplug your keyboard and plug it in where they keyboard should be.)

You use that to make your music, edit the sound, hold the key for as long as you want the note to be held, so on...

Then you will be able to save it in .wav format, and edit it later into an MP3 with an editing program. (I use the free program Audacity to change my .wavs into MP3's.)

You have the option of Hiragana lyrics, Katakana, or Romaji (roman) lettering like we use in English (abc).

This will be compatible with windows Vista and XP.

It status is still listed as "Release in mid-June / Price undetermined"
So there is no set date or price as of yet. But it will be released sometime next month.

Gackt's Vocaloid confirmed

The new Gackt Vocaloid program is going to be titled "Gackpoid"

There are sound files of the new product for download, but they are in .wax form (An audio extention like .wav .mp3 .wma) however, for some reason I am unable to get my media player to accept .wax extensions.

The New Project is set for a Mid June release - price is still undetermined, but expect it to be at least $100+ U.S.

It will be Windows Vista and XP Compatible.

If I can get the .wax format to eventually work, I'll let you know what the sound sample is all about.

Until then... Can't wait for June. ^_^

Gackt will be doing Vocaloid. I think... (Link Fixed)

Well... My translation skills aren't that great... but I think this article is saying that Gackt IS indeed going to voice vocaliod.

At least, that's what it seems.

I don't know. The translation came out kind of confusing. Lol. If you can read Japanese better than I can... draw your own conclusions.

but to me, it leans towards saying it is true that Vocaliod will be using Gackt's voice for its upcoming product.

It will be released later this month. Past vocaloids have sold for $100 to $300.

Ara

Gackt's Bunraku, and the Plagerizing "Fan"

hey all. I've been looking into Vocaloid to no avail. No news since the original April 1st News.

Gackt's official site released this pic of him filming Bunraku... The scars on his hand is mostly make up, but according to the Bunraku blog where this picture was borrowed from, the artists had scars to work with.




Ouch. Life must be brutal in that Samurai world.



More information has been released about Bunraku. Gackt's co-star Josh Hartnett gave MTV an interview explaining Bunraku. He had this to say.

"I'm going to Romania to film this movie called 'Bunraku'... all the cast isn't set yet... but it has a lot of really interesting actors in this kind of, paper mache' world, I don't even know how to explain it... its odd, its out there."

"Its a story of revenge... you know... my character is called 'The Drifter', and he comes to this world that is kind of, like you've never seen before... its more on the vein of Sin City or something like that where its not... the world doesn't look like reality at all. and it, you know, has a lot of fight sequences and all that, but its like, really about these crazy characters.. like my character is an ex... well he's a gypsy and he comes to this place like he's got something to prove, and no one knows what he's about... till they know."

So there you have the latest news on that.

For Grins and giggles I decided to check in with Joost Maglev, aka Plagerisor of Gackt, just to see what's new there.

Joost is obviously upset by the "attacks" he's been receiving, so in the forum where people were discussing his blatant copying of Gackt's music he posted this.

Dear all,

I don't feel the need to explain myself any further in public, especially since the way I've been treated is very low and easy.

So if you still have questions about my musical integrity, my Gackt inspired work, or any other of the false accusations about when tunes are written, how much money I make, and how much of a Gackt fan I am, you should have the guts to contact me privately and ask me about it, instead of going public and accusing.

For the rest, any type of accusing post written on Youtube or on my forum will be deleted from now on.

Posting it is pointless. The point has been made.

I have no intention of censoring the fact that Gackt fans think I am a plagiarizer, but the fact that many Gackt fans shout it doesn't make it true.

If you feel mad and want to keep on shouting about it, shout in other forums where people like you are hanging out, or shout at a brick wall for in the end that will have the same effect.

In the meantime I will delete all the posts here which are just offensive or make low and misplaced comments on my looks or use swearing words.

People who feel the need to use those comments usually have no strong point to get across.

For anyone who has judged me with an open mind or had the audacity to contact me personally and ask me about this, I salute you.Take care,

Joost.


Let me just say thank you to everyone whose put him on edge. At least now he'll be a bit more wary before stealing Gackt's music, cause he knows we're watching.

But I love how he still claims his music is "Gackt inspired" and not the blatant rip offs they are... and he's now deleting posts of anyone accusing him of plagery.

So I found that highly amusing.

However, he seems to be seriously upset by this, and is demanding that it be talked about privately and not out in the open which means enough fans are standing up to him and telling him stealing is not right.

I love the line about "Just because so many Gackt fans shout it doesn't make it true"... but its not like Gackt fans are out to get random people for no apparent reason.

if every single fan hears more than simply inspiration... it raises a red flag. How do individual Gackt fans who probably don't know each other, or Joost... all hear Gackt's music note for note?

And wouldn't it be MORE than likely true if many fans thought the same thing, than one or two random Rabid fans?

I think its a bit over the line of inspiration and those who know me know I'm not a "rabid fangirl" type.

Thanks to everyone who stood up for Gackt's right to have a say as to how HIS music is used and portrayed!

on a side note : He is still not crediting Gackt... his supposed inspiration... on his discography. not even on the album which debuts "Caramel" an "obvious satire of Gackt's Vanilla" as his fans say.

So obvious Gackt and Vanilla do not need to be credited. Even Weird Al shows more respect than that!

Picture of Gackt from New Movie

DO WE REALLY HAVE TO WAIT TILL 2009 TO SEE THIS!?

Gackt looks very hot. This movie is going to rock!! And you all know me. I'm not the typical screaming, drooling fangirl. But dude... Gackt looks really ultra hot in this pic to me for some reason. He looks like he's 10 years younger...

like back in his Malice Mizer days.

Ok, rabid fangirl rant over. Lets hope I never do that again! LOL!!

This picture came from barks.jp.co

This seems to be a picture of Gackt as Yoshi, the partner in crime of the good guy played by whoever else is in that picture.

And who cares who it is? Look at Gackt! I mean, Man... its like I'm just noticing how cute he is or something. Lol!

(oops. Rabid fan girl slipped in again. Not to mention, I'm exhausted. So I'm getting loopy. heheh. Sry. Won't happen again.)

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

Some Gackt updates

Surprisingly quiet on the Gackt font.

Unfortunatly - despite my prying using my charm, no one is talking about the vocaloid project.

The only thing I can think of, is that they are in TALKS with Gackt, but since nothing is in writing, they're trying to keep it under wraps. but if I can get one of them to spill the beans, I'll let you know.

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I'm still getting angry mail about Joost and his selling of Gackt's music as his own.

He still does not credit Gackt on the CD he's been recently pushing... even though he finally admits they are "Gackt inspired." So much so that he doesn't feel the need to mention Gackt for those who may not know Gackt? A true Gackt fan would use it as an opportunity to turn new fans onto his "idol".

If you want to lay in the heat - visit http://joostmaglev.com and let him know your dissatisfaction with how he's conducting himself as a supposed "artist" or go straight to http://gackt.com and let Dears and Gackt know.

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Yes it is true. Gackt does have a new dog. He has long haired white Chihuahua he has named Eneru, who is reportedly 1 year old.

I do know know what the name represents. As it stands from what I've found online, he has not "officially" introduced the J-Rock world to Eneru, thus has not given an explination as to his name.

Someone has told me that he had officially talked about Eneru, but I can not verify the source, nor find the video on youtube where he does so.

But whichever way you look at it...

lucky dog!!

^_^

I've looked Eneru up and I've only found a few references to anime characters named Eneru - most notably from the anime One Peice,

and I found the world Enerugi in my English/Japanese dictionary - which means "Energy".

No pictures are currently available with the acception of this:



this is a sticker that fans get if they sign up for the Dears or Save our Dears credit cards.

I believe the credit cards are for Japanese residents only? You'll have to look into that at http://Gackt.com

Save our Dears is a charity Gackt origionally posted to help victims of the major Niigata Prefecture earthquake last year.


He continues his efforts for victims of Natural Disasters.

(Thanks to http://gackt.com for the above pic.)

Gackt Updates

1. There is still no word on Vocaloid other than... its been a week and no one has popped out saying "APRIL FOOL’s".

So if this were an april fool’s joke, it would be in the running for the world record of longest running April Fool’s Prank.

However, that doesn’t mean he IS doing Vocaloid. For all I know, they may have just been in talks with him to do it, but it doesn’t mean he’s agreed to it.

I’m going to keep pressing and let you know when I do. The third of the vocaloid series is due to hit the shelves in May, so we should know soon.

2. There’s not much on the Joost front other than he’s starting to push his CD now.

This album includes:

Artemis - Dybbuk/Lu:na rip off

and Caramel - The note for note Vanilla rip off that is suppose to be an OBVIOUS satire of Gackt’s vanilla according to the 2 joost fans that exist. (Hi Joost’s mom and dad!)

(Not so obvious if you’re not a Gackt fan. How are they suppose to know if Gackt isn’t credited, that this is a spoof of an existing song?)

but Gackt is not credited, and Vanilla is not mentioned on the discography page. He credits a bunch of other no names... "With the help of."

Well, if Gackt "influenced" this music, didn’t he get Gackt’s help? Why isn’t he credited in the list of names that appears after "With the help of"?

I’m ready to start another letter campaign to Dears.

Probably today I’ll write them again. They need to either tell him to stop, or tell us to let it go.

Until I get official word, I’m going to keep up the fight. This just bites me to no end.

as was mentioned on his forum

Rembrant, Monet, Piccasso - they didn’t live off the coat tails of other painters -

they were artists because they had a vision, something uniquely them, and gave it to the world.

Those who copy those styles of paintings aren’t considered artists... their art is considered "Forgeries" or "In the style of"...

But they’re not considered to be true visonaries. Just copycat painters living in the shadow of real, great artists.

He’s nothing but a fraud living in Gackt’s shadow.

Feel free to go to http://dears.com and write another letter to Gackt and DEARS.

Send him to Joost’s YOUTUBE page and tell him and dears to listen to Artemis and think of Dybbuk and Luna.

Let him know about Caramel being a Rip off of Vanilla down to the last note - without crediting Gackt...

and that above all else, he’s SELLING these songs, and that he use to sell albums with actual Gackt songs on them. (Like his Snowflakes 2003 and 2005).

Even admittingly using Gackt songs, just writing his own lyrics, then selling them for his own profit without permission.

and above all else... BOYCOTT JOOST!!

If he sells these albums, its just going to add to his delusion that what he’s doing isn’t wrong. A TRUE gackt fan supports GACKT... not someone who would steal from him.

Even out of curiosity... DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR BUY JOOST’S Albums!!!

Also, if you join his forum on his official site , Don’t resort to low tactics, like name calling, threats or making derogitory statemtents.

Stick to the facts, and try to show Gackt fans in a positive light.

but more people need to start posting there and telling him this won’t be stood for!!

3. Whew, yes there is finally a 3.

There are some really cute videos posted on the internet of recent Gackt stuff.

My faves are...

From Gackt’s Platinum Box - All I can say is poor Jun-Ji!!! (especially starting at 1:40)

Also from Gackt’s Platinum Box - All I can say is - Poor Gackt.

This is where they pull a fan’s name out of a fishbowl to drop in on them and surprise them.

(Not seen in the vid, they tried one other fan who wasn’t at home, left her a note and autograph, then moved on to this fan).

This particular fan seems to be a YOU fan. Gackt seems to be a bit jealous that she likes YOU over him.

I don’t think he’s use to playing Second Fiddle to the violinist. Lol!

And this video - Has A Quick clip of Gackt with his CURRENT hairdo. (Or don’t.) I think he needs to get a haircut personally.

I like his hairdo from the Platinum Box vids myself. Lol. This was from 4-4-08.

Thank you so much!

All the youtubers who bring this to those of us around the world who may not otherwise be in the know. This includes, Moimana97, to924, and Marajaa who posted the videos I used above.

and of course to our Gackt himself for making these vids for our enjoyment.