nomemorial

Hobi Honeywind. I play on the same server! If you need a fc let me know!

Teresa Karlov@Behemoth

I'm on Louisoix. Brunnera Mulu'mi 

I've been telling ya'll that for months lol

a classic!! thank you for posting!

Is it Fanime that you're missing? 😧

nah - Animazement in North Carolina. grew up with that convention and it's kind of a "family reunion" for me at this point, but I just relocated (ironically back to North Carolina), but just can't in good conscience spend the money on it. 😰

I'm thinking they'll probably release some sort of sample like 2 weeks before release (at the earliest)... but I share your frustration. 😞

You are greedy

and so are we ❤️

For their past two releases they posted PVs/previews after lives so my guess is either 5/24 or 6/2.
But tbh I feel like they do everything without much planning (if any) so it could be anytime. 

If I ever get to Tokyo, I really want to see the Gundam in Odaiba (+ all of the digimon buildings)

have been getting super nostalgic at the sheer idea of Digimon locales, so ready to overdo it with photos 😭

in case you like to play games and you smoke, i suggest game centers in akihabara, you can arcade games AND smoke at the same time there, 100% fun

another obvious suggestion is disneyland~ since youre going with your wife it could become a very romantic experience for you! as far as i know japanese couples use it as a date destination a lot. but prepare to spend all of your money on mickey ears and stuff, the japanese walk there all covered in that disney crap so you wont be able to resist

I think "後日解禁バンド " means that more info will be revealed about the band(s) playing at that live at a later date, i.e. other band(s) participating that haven't been listed/announced. Not sure about the band, Aster, though 😕  

when I purchased tickets I was like "hmm, maybe some session or something" but then I googled now and realized it listed on a lot of lives, so your answer makes sense and I feel like a dummy. curious who could still be announced then... 

thank you for clarification!

regarding Aster, there is a band called "GLEN" that appears to have formed recently with a single being released called "Aster" in May? they show their first live is scheduled for 5/27, though, so not sure if there's any relation. 

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Hey, no problem! Always glad to help  The Japanese language is a tough one to crack. 

Funny enough, when I first saw the name, "Aster", I immediately thought of the band (Glen), and realized that Aster is only the name of their single, not their actual band name, lol. But yeah, I don't think there's any relation unless there's some hidden joke going on? Not that it would be uncommon in VK, lol.

@nomemorial Oh, that's awesome! That taiban (mixed bands) live sounds like it'll be a blast with that lineup! Best advice is to not be afraid to have fun and join in on the furitsuke (a choreographed dance usually created by the band for a particular song) with the fans. Hope you have lots of fun! Would love to hear how it went when you return ^^

I've been saving as much as I can for almost a year now and it's STILL feeling like not enough (and my wife and I are picking up and moving across the country a week after we get back home so uh, that'll be interesting)

I'm hoping to write up a quick live report when I get the chance! I really enjoy a lot of the bands on the lineup so it was perfect timing for me.

looks like you have quite an adventure ahead of you ww good luck! hope you'll have an amazing time〜

Aah, Malice Mizer. Back when Gackt was actually not too bad.

nothing wrong with a little Reading Rainbow-chic

weekday morning PBS shows....ahh, those were good times~

I don't have to mind this, because where I live is a SAMPLE OF HELL and I hate that

I legit hate chicago because of it. Im just glad it pretty much all melted a day later.

yep. i'm moving out of Chicago next month and back to the southeast where snow is considered "rare!" and "fun!"

@Paraph I find that somewhat ironic considering that they're all Japanese. In any case, I'm glad they stuck to their style. It's really made them one of my all time favorite bands.

@saishuu Same here! I don't find many Kagrra, fans, so it's nice to know there is a small community of us here ^^

@nomemorial Exactly. Bands like them really make the VK scene shine. I really appreciate the gravity and the themes they tackled in their songs. And the beautiful imagery in the lyrics are very much enhanced by the amazing instrumentals. Listening to their releases never gets tiring.

@nomemorial I really don't think any other band in the world has ever done what Kagrra, accomplished with their first four mini-albums, for example. There'll never be songs that come even close to things like "幻惑の情景", "刹なる言葉", "鬼遊の唄", "鵺の哭く頃", "碧の葬列" and "夢イズル地". Not to mention they were all super young at that time too (all of them were in their early 20s iirc). They were incredible.

[gozen] remains one of the best vk debut albums of all time.