Anne Claire

No idea why I like them so much, please stop me
 

It wasn't a phase, mom.
 

I like to pretend that this version doesn't exist
 

Out of all the bands, only Merry Go round comes to mind xD

"SIXTY NINE
HOW TO SEX ME?" - sounds badass, doesn't it?
 
 

remember, it's okay if you develop a fetish for men in crop tops

Speaking of Guniw Tools, we can't forget the King of Engrish Guniw rock'n'roll bangers...
 
 
 
sing it with me now~
ROCKIN' FOR, TOO BATH THERE HIGHWAY
PRETTY CAT I KNOW GOOD RUNDEBOO

Also a lil bit of love for Full🌹

EX-ANS「G.L but！ｘｘｘ」
 
Be kind to nani? 

Out of all the bands, only Merry Go round comes to mind xD

"SIXTY NINE
HOW TO SEX ME?" - sounds badass, doesn't it?
 
 

Someone has a birthday today~
 
 
 

>  the price of my rent
> bands switching a heavy sound for a pop sound
> Visual kei being so stuck in its ways
> The idol industry model
> the focus of the anime industry 
> the weather
 

I'm sorry, someone had to speak the truth.

If you haven't watched any old shoujo anime yet, I'd recommend starting with classics like Hana Yori Dango (yeah, I know that the doramas are more popular but the anime adaptation deserves some recognition too), Marmalade Boy (sometimes this anime can be way too dramatic though), Gokinjo Monogatari (especially if you're a big fan of Ai Yazawa's works), Hime-chan no Ribbon (technically a maho-shoujo but overall  it's a very wholesome show imo), Onii-sama e... (now this one is a hell of ride - it has drama and all but in the second half of the series the show gets kinda dark. Oh, and it has shoujo-ai elements later in the series as well), Kodomo no Omocha (one of my favourite shoujo anime from the 90's - amazing show that deserves more love) Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (a decent romance series from the creators of Evangelion), Chibi Maruko-chan (more of a slice-of-life series but it's damn good), Rose of Versailles (from the same author as Onii-sama e... but this one is a historical series and that's the only shoujo anime from the 70's that i've watched) and, like i mentioned earlier - Aka-chan to Boku anime is also great. 
I think these should be enough for now xDD

If you haven't watched any old shoujo anime yet, I'd recommend starting with classics like Hana Yori Dango (yeah, I know that the doramas are more popular but the anime adaptation deserves some recognition too), Marmalade Boy (sometimes this anime can be way too dramatic though), Gokinjo Monogatari (especially if you're a big fan of Ai Yazawa's works), Hime-chan no Ribbon (technically a maho-shoujo but overall  it's a very wholesome show imo), Onii-sama e... (now this one is a hell of ride - it has drama and all but in the second half of the series the show gets kinda dark. Oh, and it has shoujo-ai elements later in the series as well), Kodomo no Omocha (one of my favourite shoujo anime from the 90's - amazing show that deserves more love) Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (a decent romance series from the creators of Evangelion), Chibi Maruko-chan (more of a slice-of-life series but it's damn good), Rose of Versailles (from the same author as Onii-sama e... but this one is a historical series and that's the only shoujo anime from the 70's that i've watched) and, like i mentioned earlier - Aka-chan to Boku anime is also great. 
I think these should be enough for now xDD

Old manga, specially old shoujo manga, is my favorite field. Everything about it feels very serious, like compromised. I imagine mangaka being in a very position of treating their audience in a mature way, trying to deliver always fresh and clever stories and visuals. I guess the inmense anime industry, with all its idols, constant massive output and exitist ideology, was in diapers at that time, so I think everyone involved with creating comics and animation (from illustrators, scripters, producers, to musicians, etc.) had less commercial pressure and thus experimented more creative freedom. 
 
Also, like in VK, I crave for the overall melodramatic, tragic and sexual ambiguous aesthetics from the manga from that era, lol.
 
What old shoujo anime would you recommend?

I'm planning on reading NYNY after AkaBoku because just by reading the synopsis it sounds very interesting  AkaBoku is also very relatable. At least from what i've read so far, it depicts human emotions so damn well i can't even.
I haven't read a lot of old shoujo manga but i've watched a quite amount of oldschool shoujo anime xD 

I've read New York New York from the same author. Very short and very well done series, very pleasant reading. One of the most human and touching manga readings I've had have so far.  70s, 80s and early 90s shoujo manga was a very interesting field of experimentation, which I feel it has been recently lost.

Any Kusumoto Maki fans here? It's strange, but my obsession with her manga started after my friend from the past said that Arimura Ryutaro is a close friend of her.
Also her music tastes are absolutely amazing! She was hardcore fan of trans records and wechselbalg's bands, and her early works (such as one shot in Margaret magazine) are filled with early visual kei atmosphere🌹
 

Talking about SHAZNA/Izam - there's also this rather unfortunately titled endorsement:

Hi! I'm leaving the forum as well.
 
Thought about leaving quietly -- and I did --, but the message @Peace Heavy mk II posted made me think otherwise. Sure there's quite a few people here that will celebrate not having to deal with me anymore and that's fine! But I'd rather focus on the fact that I've been here for 13 years and that leaving a goodbye note feels appropriate.
 
I joined the forums when I was 16, only knowing much about VK, and I leave at 29, not knowing much about the current state of VK but knowing just enough about life and my personal boundaries to make me comfortable enough to realize I don't feel at home here anymore. And I used to feel like that for years and it sucks that this feeling has gone, but I suppose that was bound to change eventually -- and that's cool! Things change and end all the time.
 
Anyway, I'm grateful for the few friends I made here throughout the years (y'all know who you are!) and for the countless downloads I leeched along the way. It was a good and entertaining ride for the most part. If any of you would like to stay in touch, I'm over at Twitter at @reomulus. See ya.

I'm not familiar with japanese hip-hop/rap music that much but i like skillkills
 
 
 
 

deadman has opened their official Youtube channel and uploaded some of their old music videos.
 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz8fNFPBoGxQdVmlfsMEp-g
 
Another cool thing: the band will livestream their iconic last-live DVD "endroll" on 2020/05/23 at 18:00 (Japan time):
 
 

Bringin' back some memories from late 2000's-early 2010's by revisiting Gwen Stefani related stuff
This song still slaps tho.

Honestly can't get enough of this song and video. It gives me the kimochiwarui 🥰
 

I don't talk rock Never though that industrial electro-pop existed before I heard this song, but hey, mashing genres into a beautiful Frankenstein is what Guniw Tools is all about