Seimeisen

I can't really predict one way or the other if 12012 will return from hiatus in 2017, but if they don't, I'm gonna be fuckin' pissed!

Fixed and clarified a few things, there.

I think both SM collections should have also included b-sides. Yeah, the second one might be worth buying if you like ナナキ enough and you want the re-recording of Sliver (regular edition bonus track that was not mentioned in OP), but some b-sides they omitted are really good, a few even better than the main tracks. Another thing that was not mentioned in the original post is that fans can vote for the eleventh track of SM #1: https://mejibray.com/contents/73709

- NEW FUCKING MERRY ALBUM - ザアザア will continue to kill it - DIR EN GREY will release a single with embarrassing excuses for b-sides - MEJIBRAY will release seven singles - 己龍 will release five singles - R指定 will release three singles - possible no announcement for cali≠gari 13 at the end of the year? - lynch. will release an album in September or October, this WILL happen, or else Earth as we know it will end - Plastic Tree will release a single that sounds like 瞳孔/落花/Silent Noise - we might get a lot of surprise albums, since pretty much all we got in 2016 was fucking singles As for DEZERT ... well, I don't think they'll go major, but they will do things... they'll either: - Be super consistent and release some awesome shit, or - Lose another member in the midst of several upcoming releases, and then scrap all aforementioned releases for a short sub-par album

No, I'd actually recommend using From Japan (http://www.fromjapan.co.jp). Their bidding/buying system on Yahoo! is automatic. They used to charge commissions but I guess they don't anymore; they'll hold onto your item for up to 30 days so you can order many other things and have them all sent together. You'll have to deposit money from PayPal (or credit/debit card) before placing any orders through Yahoo! for some strange reason. Also, please for the love of whatever, if you come up with something more to say in a post, just edit the first post you made, don't make a second one. It's a pain the butt to merge posts

pro-tip: you don't have to bid on it, you can just "buy-it-now" Another pro-tip: don't use buyee. Last time I checked they charge crazy fees.

This live footage is fuelling my re-found love for DEZERT! I hope they're on tour when I'm in Japan.

Oh, you've been here for almost a year now! Don't worry, I never introduced myself either. I just arrived and slowly emerged to tear shit up, and now this place is New Hellmouth, courtesy of 僕.

Oooh, I really like this, I'm looking forward to it!

Cringing like I've never cringed before. Life was better before this image barged into my life People like that ^ make me NOT want to introduce VK to any of my friends. If you're gonna be the poster-person of 2010's VK, let it die. Also, and correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever really "alive." I think there was just a point in time when it was widely recognised by gaijin weebz who have abandoned it for the evil, abominable k-pop, and have become koreaboos.

OMFG I FUCKING NEED TO GO TO THIS!!! I'm planning on being in Japan in early July, maybe I can do this! <3

That could be a false assumption on my part. None of the information seems incorrect, the app itself just hasn't been updated by the developer in a few years (at least the free version).

この場所を知らなかった！ I will be going through pretty much every link posted in this thread. I'm planning on going to Japan next July for a few weeks, and I want to learn as much of the language as possible before that. I know I won't be fluent by then, but hopefully I'll know enough to get by. (?) I'm planning on getting a lifetime membership at TextFugu I registered to Wanikani a long time ago and still need to start that Lately I've been using a rather dated iPhone app called Human Japanese (which is an app adaptation of a textbook, I think) Another iPhone app I use is imiwa? - a kanji dictionary based off of WWWJDIC I really encourage everyone to phase out of romaji and start using hiragana/katakana. It will take some time, but it's definitely easier than kanji. I having charts to refer to, like this one. Arguments I've read against the use of romaji are usually backed up by some connection to how some learners (fail to) pronounce the language, but I don't think a writing system should affect how one pronounces something. I personally discourage the use of romaji for one simple reason: native speakers don't really use it (except for some things, like web URLs). If you want to get serious about learning Japanese, why use romaji? Also, I just have to say, I've sort of reached a point where if I see something in kana (and maybe some kanji) I can read it fairly well, but if it's romaji, it just kinda looks like blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah. I usually only use romaji if it's one or two words in an English sentence. Because mixing writing systems might look 異様. Also [2], I found this kana development chart *異様 = いよう (bizarre)

Not really digging these previews

Let me just say, and I say this very rarely, YAAAAAAAAASS!!! Pretty good anniversary setlists, too Also, hoping the "new album in '17" prediction is correct!

Damn, they're back to re-recording old tracks! And the new look is really cool!

I like this song, fite me

FJ crate I might be uploading some stuff soon...

Tracklist 01. HOWL 02. クロトアカ (Kuro To Aka; Black And Red) 03. 自絞首 (Jikoushu; Self-strangulation) 04. WOLFMAN 05. Sixth SenSe 06. ドロップチューン (Drop Tune) 07. 閃光 (Senkou; Flash) 08. 廃SOCIETY (HAI SOCIETY; TRASH SOCIETY) 09. VENOM 10. 君と嘘と赤い部屋 (Kimi to Uso to Akai Heya; Red Room, Lies, And You) 11. HEMLOCK TYPE A DVD: WOLFMAN PV + Making of feature TYPE B Bonus Track: 戯楼コンチネンタルジャパニーズファッカー (Girou Continental Japanese Fucker) Not thrilled that HEMLOCK is the last track, I just can't picture it being a good ending track.

That live footage was quite impressive, actually! I was expecting an AvelCain-caliber mess, but it was rather on point. I'm still unsure about actually buying the release because of the CD content. I don't like that they aren't including 異常な階段, and are leaving out 眩暈 (yes, it's a Garnet cover with different lyrics, but I like it) and Chemical Drip Cherry Pie. If they wanted two more songs to trash from the comp, they could have chosen リリィさんの美容整形術 and 告白. or they could have left in *all* songs, intros aside ETA: They could have just done a 2CD set:

How foolish of me to think there'd be actual music in that trailer. Really, what was I thinking.

Black Rainbow is still my favourite song off the album, so I'm glad it got a PV. ...... although, when I saw the thumbnail, I thought the PV would have been for Beautiful Fire.

much mystery, such enigmatic, wow