God

Versailles' cringy drama: the girl was annoying as hell but it was hilarious watch them doing part-time jobs with their costumes... then that ending. They took the girl's life? Did that story really have a plot? 👀
golden bomber BL movies: they act as bad as actors from BL movies, but I didn't see coming the mpreg. I still watch those on bored days bc fun fanservice 
-malice mizer movies: bara no konrei could've been awesome if they've hired the same director from the bel air movie. I like that movie a lot but I laugh every time I read subtitles like "late, my wife". But still beautiful story and costumes
 
Moon child... ah, it made me cry. I need to read that book, damn
 
 
 

I actually really enjoyed Moon Child and used to own Oresama back in the day, rewatched it on Youtube earlier this year and it still holds up for what it is.

I've seen the Malice Mizer ones, Onegai versailles (I think that's what it was called), Oresama (I own that shit on dvd. don't judge me I was like 15), Moon Child, and a few others I can't recall too well. My favorite is Golden Bomber's "Sorinokoshita Summer" simply because it knows it's a badly-acted cheesy movie and doesn't take itself seriously. 

i have an iphone se.  i used to have an android, but it was just one of the free ones you get when you sign up for a plan.  then it stopped charging after a lil under a year.  my wife had just gotten a new iphone 6s, so she gave me this one which was hers.  i was gonna replace it eventually, but tbh i cba.  this one runs games and stuff a lot better than my android did, and tbh i can’t afford to get a new android rn that would run stuff well.  both phone types have strengths and weaknesses, but i do really miss having an sd slot.  i think this one only has 32gb and i’m p sure there’s like 6gb free on it rn, oof.  but eh.  i like the phone alright, tbh.  it’s a bit on the smaller side but the colors are really vivid and nice on the display.  they’re nicer than the colors on my wife’s 6s, but i’m not sure why. 

the fucked up shit is that the cover art for their releases has consistently been better than their actual music for a good while now

Plastic Tree new single, "潜像" (Senzou) will be released on September 4 (3 types, 1800 yen/regular ed 1200 yen)
 
[tracklist]
1.潜像 (senzou)
2.IC
3.潜像 (senzou) (Instrumental)
4.IC(Instrumental)
DVD:
潜像 Music Video (limited edition A)
Photo booklet (limited edition B )
 
The band will also embark on a short tour:
【Plastic Tree Autumn Tour2019「holographic boy,imitation girl」】
　
 
Limited edition A

 
Limited edition B

 
Regular edition

 

Huawei P20 Pro but I would bin it in a heartbeat if I could have a decent flip phone again. I hate smartphones and yet it's impossible to live without them nowadays

Right, why was this a thing?! My favorites have to be the Malice Mizer ones, Bara no Konrei and the Bel Air movie. Oh also I remember at one point Versailles had a whole ass TV drama with some random little girl. Idk exactly what it was about but they had to take care of her or something? Kinda weird lol. Never actually watched it so idk. 

I had to google, because my memory is kinda bad and it wasn't made by someone from Golden Bomber, but Kyan Yutaka and Aoi played in it.  The name was "Till death do us part" and I remember Aoi being the only person who knew how to act. xD

Seth et Holth, Moon Child.

I've watched once a movie by someone from Golden Bomber, where Aoi (Ayabie) was playing one of the bad guys. It was a mess.

There is also the "Visual Sentai vs. Kusomen" or whatever it is called by Jin Machine. That one was actually really fun to watch.

MALICE MIZER's vampire flick 薔薇の婚礼 ～真夜中に交わした約束～ (Bara no konrei ～Mayonaka ni kawashita yakusoku～) is where it's at!!! So good.
 
 
I watched Oresama like 14 years ago too, but my brain blocked out the trauma, lol.

I pray for someday heteronormativity just erases off from the vk scene. It's just so weird that every musician within it pretend to be full cis-straight in a scene where the basic dress-code is actually cross-dressing. I guess heteronormativity could never look so stupid itself.

idk if this counts but i once read on wikipedia that DIO - Distraught Overlord's Mikaru once bit some guys' balls during a live. 

oh yeah, totally agree with that.  i’m stoked that some of the bands i grew up with have influenced some of current gen bands.  exciting af.  not only that, but the era of diru that dimlim seems to be inspired by the most is imo one of their best during their career, so getting to hear smth that came as the result is really cool.

We were doing it back in 2005-2006 when Mao formed Sadie and everyone knew he liked DEG, so naturally the comparisons were made right there for each album they churned out. I guess it's easier to point out this difference now than it was back then 🤷‍♂️ Glad Mao is doing well in THE THIRTEEN, and even then he had a rough beginning with this project too lol.
 
DIMLIM are already known as the Saviors of VK haha, its almost fitting.
 
It has been that long. I was into VK a year or so longer but the people who taught me were around in 2002-2003, right when the boom internationally was beginning. I do wish they stuck around though . Might help a bit to keep VK relevant in the USA.
 
Check out the live report on the GazettE Tour in NYC recently and share your thoughts/views on the demographic of new VK listeners that you saw for an audience.
 
 
Oh BTW, reading your responses here @ambivalentideal I can see you know your history haha.
That's real good. New users are popping up constantly now, that they outweigh the minority of us that stuck around lol.
 

p much all of kyo’s outfits, tbh.  the way that man moves is unreal, the thing he does with his torso where it looks kinda like a snake?  😱😩

My name is Nicolas '_' 

idk if it’s true but i read somewhere that when he was a teenager, his parents kicked him out of his house so he stood outside in the rain naked for hours until they let him back in.  😂  he’s a strange one.  i’d believe it.

ha! ฅ(•ㅅ•❀)ฅ

its me, fantasy kun! this is all about visual kei music and people with sexy and gorgeous music taste, like the girl from the sublords

i want to be stark for the best of both of us all -laughs in japanese kaomoji- you should be busy taking your own lifes and there will be topics more intersesting than a newcomer trying not to hide lurking anymore.

im fantasy kun/adrian, im a vk fan originally from spain but im living now on england and ive been into vk music and asian music in general since i was 14 more or less that was on 2011.......... my first and favourite band to be discovered were my lovelies oldies as malice mizer, shazna, dir en grey (theyre coming to england in a few something!!!!!!111) buck-tick (shiki vibesss) alice nine idk i remember a lot of song i usually forget their group but they're golden nineties........ also i got soooo interested in modern vk style of clothing as penicillin and arlequin, dadaroma (and swedish vk rock i now remember seremedys looks but i kinda know they're like disgraceful for a lot of vk fans????) -shut up, fantasy- 

errrrrllll amongs that i like a lot of things, i like manga, anime, fashion, and internet in general lol ok idk, so, well, and ive been in forums since i started getting along with the internet lol those crazy teen years but theyre not a big thing anymore and i usually dislike discord kik facevook whatsapp etc groups so i was unable to make friends from my zone related to tastes in visual kei............ hope to find anyone here! 

 

see you this lovely japanese glam rock wave is getting us!  love you all xxx -yawns-

chedoara is sick, tbh.  imo the best vk album from last year.  still playing that record, tbh.  welcome! ☺️

Hello, everyone!! My name is Alex, I'm 24, and I've been listening to vk for wow, a while now. I dunno if this counts as being a veteran or not lol but I discovered vk in around late 2006 with An Cafe, but didn't get hog-wild crazy into vk until the summer of 2007. The last time I posted on a vk forum was back when batsu was still alive lmao. I think I was GentleLie on there?? And I was 12 which was a talking point or at least I thought it was. Anyone else from batsu? Anyway, it's so nice to see a vk forum still in existence! I've never really gotten all the way out of vk 100%, but I've waxed and waned over the years. I just recently got back into vk pretty full force this year after seeing the GazettE in Dallas, which was my first time seeing them, and it brought back so much for me. They were one of my top bands when I first got into vk, so it was really special for me to see them finally. I'll list some of the bands I liked from different points in my vk history just so y'all can get a feel for who I am I guess. : P
 
early: An Cafe, Ayabie, Malice Mizer, Moi dix Mois, the GazettE, Alice Nine, LM.C, Dir en Grey
Mid: Versailles, Phantasmagoria, hurts, Screw, lynch., Dio, D, aicle, Kaya, vistlip, Canzel, Sugar, Schwarz Stein
Late: AND, VanessA, Lycaon, Megaromania, NEGA, 9GOATS BLACK OUT, Born, -OZ-, Unsraw, Dog in the PWO, 
Super late, aka the last band I paid attention to actively: MEJIBRAY
 
I'm slowly discovering current bands and having a lot of fun doing so! I just found out about DIMLIM and am currently obsessed with their album CHEDOARA. I would super appreciate any recs! Nice to meet everyone, and I look forward to talking with y'all.

idk if i would win or not, but i would def fight shinya.  he’s the first one that came to mind.  mainly bc since i talked about how he was rude and dismissive towards me when i met him, people here told me that he’s kinda known for being like that.  idk man, being like that towards your fans is like shitting where you eat.  and it’s not like i approaches him to bother him for a pic or anything?  like maybe i could understand that, but he was signing with toshiya after the diru show i saw.  even if he didn’t volunteer to do it, or he didn’t want to, like my dude that’s your job.  don’t be such an ass, smh.
 
he would probably kick my ass, tho.  have you seen his insta?  i guess he lifts.  maybe i should train first.  😂😂