mikazukichan

So... this list is based on me not listening to anything new in the VK world for the last.... at least 5 years, up until about a month ago XD While there are some other bands that are inching into the top 10, I haven't heard enough by any of them yet to secure their spots. So, here is my very old top 10 XD
 
1. Kagrra, - by far and away. There will likely never be another band that takes this spot (I include Shiki Project here because it was so sadly short-lived v.v)
2. D
3. Girugamesh
4. D'espairs Ray
5. Tsukasa Mogamigawa
6. Miyavi (2006 and before, specifically. Can't speak to anything post 2010 as I haven't listened to him much since then)
7. Dir en Grey (up til about 2010? Again, haven't listened to much that's come out after then, so couldn't really say lol)
8. Phantasmagoria
9. Due'le Quartz
10. Sugar
Bonus: The very brief VK phase of the Korean band The Trax (still sad that half the band left and the other half went full-on kpop)

Official Pictures
 
Ashita Genki ni Naare
 
Coo Quack Cluck -ku.ku.ru-
 
Dear My Friend
 
Freedom Fighters
 
Gagaku
 
Galyuu
 
Jibun Kakumei -2003-
 
Jingle Bell
 
Kekkonshiki no Uta
 
Kimi ni Negai o
 
Last Indies Live
 
Miyabiuta
 
Miyavizm
 
MYV POPS
 
POP is Dead
 
Rock no Gyakushuu ~Superstar no Jouken~
 
Senor Senora Senorita/Gigpig Boogie
 
Shindemo Boogie Woogie
 
Tariraritarara
 
 
 
O-re-sa-ma.com Images
 
Miyabiuta Version
 
THIS IZ THE JAPANESE KABUKI ROCK Version
 

***Under Construction! Please do not post until I am done. Organizing 3,950 photos here XD***
 
Welcome to the Miyavi Image Gallery. This gallery was once called MYV_Pics and was housed on GreatestJournal, then moved to LiveJournal, and is now finding a third home here on Monochrome Heaven. These images were gathered many years ago, and currently range the years of 2002 to 2010. While I am not a huge fan of current Miyavi (and no longer gather images of him), I felt that I would be doing the Japanese music community a disservice if I allowed these pictures to be lost, so I have painstakingly moved almost 4,000 of them from Photobucket to Imgur, and have even added a few new ones that never made it to the LiveJournal gallery. Also, I have 4 magazines' worth of scans that were originally tagged to not be reposted. These will be put in a separate post. It's been 10 years or more since they were originally uploaded, so I'm thinking the original scanners might be okay with a repost now? If not, if they're here and want them taken down, I will do so (originally the gallery linked to the posts for these images on the community Miyavi_Daily, but with LJ being a ghost town now, I didn't think that would work here).
 
That all being said, enjoy:
Official Photos and O-re-sa-ma.com Images
CD Scans
Trading Cards, Stickers, Photosets, Postcards, and Flyers
Calendars and Fanclub Magazines
Photobooks, Tour Books, and Pamphlets
Blog and Webcam Images
The Beginning of Neo Visualizm Tour Live Photos
Other Live Photos
Arena 37C
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, DX, Specials

Calendars
2003
 
2005
 
2008
 
Fanclub Magazines
Miyavibon
000
 
001
 
002
 
003
 
004
 
005
 
006
 
007
 
008
 
009
 
010
 
Co-Miyavi Worldwide International Family
002 (With Official English Translation)
 
003 (With Official English Translation)
 
 
004 (With Official English translation)
 
 
005 (With Official English Translation)
 
 

***Under Construction! Please do not post until I am done. Organizing 3,950 photos here XD***
 
Welcome to the Miyavi Image Gallery. This gallery was once called MYV_Pics and was housed on GreatestJournal, then moved to LiveJournal, and is now finding a third home here on Monochrome Heaven. These images were gathered many years ago, and currently range the years of 2002 to 2010. While I am not a huge fan of current Miyavi (and no longer gather images of him), I felt that I would be doing the Japanese music community a disservice if I allowed these pictures to be lost, so I have painstakingly moved almost 4,000 of them from Photobucket to Imgur, and have even added a few new ones that never made it to the LiveJournal gallery. Also, I have 4 magazines' worth of scans that were originally tagged to not be reposted. These will be put in a separate post. It's been 10 years or more since they were originally uploaded, so I'm thinking the original scanners might be okay with a repost now? If not, if they're here and want them taken down, I will do so (originally the gallery linked to the posts for these images on the community Miyavi_Daily, but with LJ being a ghost town now, I didn't think that would work here).
 
That all being said, enjoy:
Official Photos and O-re-sa-ma.com Images
CD Scans
Trading Cards, Stickers, Photosets, Postcards, and Flyers
Calendars and Fanclub Magazines
Photobooks, Tour Books, and Pamphlets
Blog and Webcam Images
The Beginning of Neo Visualizm Tour Live Photos
Other Live Photos
Arena 37C
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, DX, Specials

So, I wasn't sure if General or Words and Images would be the best place to put this interest check, so if the mods would like to move it to a different board, please feel free.
 
In any case, I was looking through the galleries and noticed that, other than a 2011 live, there is no gallery for Miyavi images here yet. Back in the day, on LJ, I was the owner and maintainer of MYV_Pics, an image gallery for Miyavi which had a ridiculous number of images (both from my own collection and from images I had gathered over the years). The gallery itself is rather defunct at the moment, since all images are hosted on photobucket, and I'm sure we all know what's happened there, but I still have all of the images and have access to everything that is uploaded to the Miyavi_pics photobucket. So, this means that I could, if there is interest, reupload all of those images to a gallery here. Images on the photobucket range from the beginning of his solo career until 2009.
 
So, what I want to know before I take on the task of transferring almost 4,000 pictures is: is there any interest in me doing so (or are people rather over Miyavi at this point), and if there is interest, which image hosting site should I use?

Thanks, Suji. I'll take a look at imgur. I've been using tinypic, but I'm not sure how long they keep images, so it may not be good in the long run for a gallery.

My first introduction to visual kei was in early 2004 by some friends in university. The first thing they showed me was Dir en Grey (Yokan, then Raison D'etre in quick succession XD), however my first favourite that I had to have EVERYTHING of was Miyavi. I'm pretty sure I have a complete physical discography of his up until 2009 sometime, actually XD Favourite song is probably the one that got me obsessed with him in the first place: Ashita, Genki ni Naare. First *band* that I loved that much was Kagrra,, and they remain my number one band to this day, with Urei being my favourite song of theirs.

Going to message you the images, Seelentau, just so I don't blow up this thread with a bunch more large images. If anyone else wants the scans, feel free to drop me a message ^.^

Well, it's been a while since I was active in the jrock and VK community (has it really been over 5 years?), so I'm not sure if anyone remembers me from previous communities like this, but I've been feeling the need to reconnect with the music I love and the other people who love it just as much.
 
Let's start with what brought me to Monochrome Heaven: youtube auto play introduced me to a bunch of new bands I hadn't heard of! Of course, I was basically living in the VK world of 5-8 years ago, so rather easy not to hear of new bands that would be of interest. Particular bands that stood out were Aiolin (violin melded beautifully with guitar? Yes please), Yusai, and Wagakki Band (not exactly VK, but somewhat in the vein of Enka-rock that Tsukasa has been playing with the last few years). There are a few others that were of interest, but I only heard one song, so not sure if I'm actually interested in them yet or not.
 
As for my favourite artists over the years, my introduction to VK was Dir en Grey back in 2004. I think my first song by them was Yokan (which continues to be a favourite to this day), then Raison D'etre, followed by Garden. Around the same time I was also introduced to Gackt and Malice Mizer. Yes, my experience is probably very similar to many that found VK in the late 90's to early 2000's. I moved quickly into other artists as well, including Due'le Quartz, Miyavi, Kagrra,, D, D'espairs Ray, Phantasmagoria, and Rentrer en Soi. I also listened to many other bands with varying degrees of love (sometimes a single song, sometimes whole discographies).
 
For my previous involvement in the VK community, I used to be very active when there was a large community on LiveJournal, which is where most people will know me from, if they know me at all. I was always happy to share music, pictures, and a good discussion on a great band. I'm hoping that in joining Monochrome Heaven, I can recapture some of the feeling from back then and contribute anew to the community as a whole.
 
Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu~ どうぞよろしくお願いします～

So... this list is based on me not listening to anything new in the VK world for the last.... at least 5 years, up until about a month ago XD While there are some other bands that are inching into the top 10, I haven't heard enough by any of them yet to secure their spots. So, here is my very old top 10 XD
 
1. Kagrra, - by far and away. There will likely never be another band that takes this spot (I include Shiki Project here because it was so sadly short-lived v.v)
2. D
3. Girugamesh
4. D'espairs Ray
5. Tsukasa Mogamigawa
6. Miyavi (2006 and before, specifically. Can't speak to anything post 2010 as I haven't listened to him much since then)
7. Dir en Grey (up til about 2010? Again, haven't listened to much that's come out after then, so couldn't really say lol)
8. Phantasmagoria
9. Due'le Quartz
10. Sugar
Bonus: The very brief VK phase of the Korean band The Trax (still sad that half the band left and the other half went full-on kpop)

I went for a look through my older magazines and found that I did have two Fool's Mate from the time period you're looking for with Dir en Grey in them. I have #205 from 1998 and #216 from 1999
 
#205


 
#216



 
If you're in need of any of those, feel free to shoot me a message so I can scan them properly for you!

Well, it's been a while since I was active in the jrock and VK community (has it really been over 5 years?), so I'm not sure if anyone remembers me from previous communities like this, but I've been feeling the need to reconnect with the music I love and the other people who love it just as much.
 
Let's start with what brought me to Monochrome Heaven: youtube auto play introduced me to a bunch of new bands I hadn't heard of! Of course, I was basically living in the VK world of 5-8 years ago, so rather easy not to hear of new bands that would be of interest. Particular bands that stood out were Aiolin (violin melded beautifully with guitar? Yes please), Yusai, and Wagakki Band (not exactly VK, but somewhat in the vein of Enka-rock that Tsukasa has been playing with the last few years). There are a few others that were of interest, but I only heard one song, so not sure if I'm actually interested in them yet or not.
 
As for my favourite artists over the years, my introduction to VK was Dir en Grey back in 2004. I think my first song by them was Yokan (which continues to be a favourite to this day), then Raison D'etre, followed by Garden. Around the same time I was also introduced to Gackt and Malice Mizer. Yes, my experience is probably very similar to many that found VK in the late 90's to early 2000's. I moved quickly into other artists as well, including Due'le Quartz, Miyavi, Kagrra,, D, D'espairs Ray, Phantasmagoria, and Rentrer en Soi. I also listened to many other bands with varying degrees of love (sometimes a single song, sometimes whole discographies).
 
For my previous involvement in the VK community, I used to be very active when there was a large community on LiveJournal, which is where most people will know me from, if they know me at all. I was always happy to share music, pictures, and a good discussion on a great band. I'm hoping that in joining Monochrome Heaven, I can recapture some of the feeling from back then and contribute anew to the community as a whole.
 
Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu~ どうぞよろしくお願いします～

Thanks! I've heard good things from others ^.^

Well, it's been a while since I was active in the jrock and VK community (has it really been over 5 years?), so I'm not sure if anyone remembers me from previous communities like this, but I've been feeling the need to reconnect with the music I love and the other people who love it just as much.
 
Let's start with what brought me to Monochrome Heaven: youtube auto play introduced me to a bunch of new bands I hadn't heard of! Of course, I was basically living in the VK world of 5-8 years ago, so rather easy not to hear of new bands that would be of interest. Particular bands that stood out were Aiolin (violin melded beautifully with guitar? Yes please), Yusai, and Wagakki Band (not exactly VK, but somewhat in the vein of Enka-rock that Tsukasa has been playing with the last few years). There are a few others that were of interest, but I only heard one song, so not sure if I'm actually interested in them yet or not.
 
As for my favourite artists over the years, my introduction to VK was Dir en Grey back in 2004. I think my first song by them was Yokan (which continues to be a favourite to this day), then Raison D'etre, followed by Garden. Around the same time I was also introduced to Gackt and Malice Mizer. Yes, my experience is probably very similar to many that found VK in the late 90's to early 2000's. I moved quickly into other artists as well, including Due'le Quartz, Miyavi, Kagrra,, D, D'espairs Ray, Phantasmagoria, and Rentrer en Soi. I also listened to many other bands with varying degrees of love (sometimes a single song, sometimes whole discographies).
 
For my previous involvement in the VK community, I used to be very active when there was a large community on LiveJournal, which is where most people will know me from, if they know me at all. I was always happy to share music, pictures, and a good discussion on a great band. I'm hoping that in joining Monochrome Heaven, I can recapture some of the feeling from back then and contribute anew to the community as a whole.
 
Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu~ どうぞよろしくお願いします～

Well, it's been a while since I was active in the jrock and VK community (has it really been over 5 years?), so I'm not sure if anyone remembers me from previous communities like this, but I've been feeling the need to reconnect with the music I love and the other people who love it just as much.
 
Let's start with what brought me to Monochrome Heaven: youtube auto play introduced me to a bunch of new bands I hadn't heard of! Of course, I was basically living in the VK world of 5-8 years ago, so rather easy not to hear of new bands that would be of interest. Particular bands that stood out were Aiolin (violin melded beautifully with guitar? Yes please), Yusai, and Wagakki Band (not exactly VK, but somewhat in the vein of Enka-rock that Tsukasa has been playing with the last few years). There are a few others that were of interest, but I only heard one song, so not sure if I'm actually interested in them yet or not.
 
As for my favourite artists over the years, my introduction to VK was Dir en Grey back in 2004. I think my first song by them was Yokan (which continues to be a favourite to this day), then Raison D'etre, followed by Garden. Around the same time I was also introduced to Gackt and Malice Mizer. Yes, my experience is probably very similar to many that found VK in the late 90's to early 2000's. I moved quickly into other artists as well, including Due'le Quartz, Miyavi, Kagrra,, D, D'espairs Ray, Phantasmagoria, and Rentrer en Soi. I also listened to many other bands with varying degrees of love (sometimes a single song, sometimes whole discographies).
 
For my previous involvement in the VK community, I used to be very active when there was a large community on LiveJournal, which is where most people will know me from, if they know me at all. I was always happy to share music, pictures, and a good discussion on a great band. I'm hoping that in joining Monochrome Heaven, I can recapture some of the feeling from back then and contribute anew to the community as a whole.
 
Douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu~ どうぞよろしくお願いします～