Jigsaw9 6783 Posted August 2, 2019 Did you ever just go about your life as usual, and suddenly saw a picture of a visual kei musician/band where you least expected to? Or did you notice an intentional (or unintentional) reference to J-rock somewhere totally out-of-place? I find it pretty fascinating whenever I come across something like this out of its usual subcultural bubble, makes me think whether the person who dropped that bit of VK in there did it knowingly or did it just happen by random. Here, I'll show you what I mean: In 2005 a Hungarian publishing house released a collection of short stories from Russian author Yuri Buyda (Юрий Буйда), titled "Porosz menyasszony" (Прусская невеста/Prussian Bride). The cover ended up being a photo of Mana (MALICE MIZER, Moi dix Mois) somehow...? Issue #77 (October, 1998) of Todd McFarlane's famous comic book series Spawn apparently features a reference to X JAPAN on a whiskey bottle. I tried checking online whether this product was actually a thing, but I came up empty. Anyway, looks like ol' Todd might know a thing or two about Yoshiki & co. I totally stole this idea from a metal forum, but I thought it would be fun to do with visual kei too. Mods: if a thread like this already exists, pls delete this one and merge my post into it. 5 1 WhirlingBlack, Ada Suilen, freesia and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Takadanobabaalien 3607 Posted August 2, 2019 I don't have a picture but in the anime Nana, in Nana's room there's a poster of Luna sea from their first album. 2 Jigsaw9 and Ada Suilen reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted August 2, 2019 My spotify playlists wtf who put all of this bad music in here lmao 1 2 Jigsaw9, reminiscing2004 and avaritonista reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinbaku 2 Posted August 2, 2019 here, we have a lot of street shops, and one day i was looking for some new shirts and found one with mana too, i was so confused lol 2 Jigsaw9 and Gesu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted August 2, 2019 An actual reply: The lesbian silence meme I've also seen it referenced or ~implied~ in a couple animes. One being Btooom! and the other is SSSS Gridman 2 1 Jigsaw9, Gesu and suji reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted August 2, 2019 Found another one from Mr. McFarlane, this time it's Spawn issue #78 (so just after the previous "X whiskey sighting"). Funny thing: as the story of the comics progresses, sometimes we are treated to a page of three news anchor talking heads (like the above) commenting on current events happening in the world of the comic book. The first two characters are always seen with the same TV channel logo, but this third guy is such a don't-give-a-shit loudmouth that he constantly has to keep switching jobs at different TV stations it seems, as he is seen with a different backdrop/logo every time, lol. 1 Ada Suilen reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted August 2, 2019 I still swear that one of those stupid goofy-ass Japanese 'Human Tetris' gameshow things used part of Metronome's Computer as background music at some points, for example at around 7:20 or so in this one: 3 returnal, seikun and Jigsaw9 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IGM_Oficial 1964 Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) Almost one year ago, I mentioned a hentai VN called "Bangyaru!!", where you play the vocalist of a no-one-curr visual kei band. Also, Umbrella's first song is part of the OST. Not to mention that the fictitious band's name is Laprimastra... and this could easily be a name of a real visual kei band kek Edited August 3, 2019 by IGM_Oficial 1 1 ambivalentideal and Jigsaw9 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted August 3, 2019 15 hours ago, Tokage said: I still swear that one of those stupid goofy-ass Japanese 'Human Tetris' gameshow things used part of Metronome's Computer as background music at some points, for example at around 7:20 or so in this one Wow, that is Computer I believe! Unless in a plot twist it turns out Metronome actually sampled that synthline from this gameshow, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tokage 5930 Posted August 3, 2019 it's almost as random of a thing as this one time some local Estonian news channel used the Silent Hill 2 dog ending song as bgm in one of their bits Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted September 7, 2019 Look who I found in issue #84 (June 1999) of Spawn... McFarlane must've been really into X JAPAN those days, lol. 2 2 Ada Suilen, ambivalentideal, spockitty and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milayou 36 Posted September 7, 2019 Had to do a double take when I saw this one at the mall. I never found a 1:1 reference picture for it but it obviously takes very liberal inspiration from "No Pains No Gains" Mana 2 1 1 1 Jigsaw9, ambivalentideal, astra☆ and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R/O 36 Posted September 8, 2019 Not necessarily unexpected because it’s Final Fantasy, but I believe Kuja deserves a mention. https://images.app.goo.gl/WS4PCdy2yMAdYu8s7 Right down to the faux-angelic smile. 1 Gesu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milayou 36 Posted September 8, 2019 If we're gonna do video games, Shin Megami Tensei is well known for using japanese youth subculture as an inspiration and Persona 2 (1999 and 2000) happens to be pretty heavy on the VK. One character is a struggling bandman and another one is a gothy girl who sports a classic kotekote era hairstyle (I think Nao from La'mule is most famous for wearing it but you see it on a lot of other guys as well) : Bonus video : 1 Rahzel reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FOSCOR70 56 Posted October 5, 2019 Was playing apb reloaded. its a online multiplayer shooter game, and on world chat someone was trashing talking and guess what was that player's name? Kisaki. Not even kidding. wish had taken a screenshot :l 1 2 Jigsaw9, Gesu and R/O reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R/O 36 Posted October 5, 2019 54 minutes ago, FOSCOR70 said: Was playing apb reloaded. its a online multiplayer shooter game, and on world chat someone was trashing talking and guess what was that player's name? Kisaki. Not even kidding. wish had taken a screenshot :l Probably just a coincidence lol... Quite a funny one though! 1 Gesu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted October 5, 2019 The "X JAPAN references in Spawn" saga continues! In issue #87 I caught the romaji lyrics of "Forever Love" in a corner on a laptop screen, lmao. 1 Ada Suilen reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R/O 36 Posted October 5, 2019 9 hours ago, Jigsaw9 said: The "X JAPAN references in Spawn" saga continues! In issue #87 I caught the romaji lyrics of "Forever Love" in a corner on a laptop screen, lmao. We should organize a scavenger hunt of references in Spawn 1 Jigsaw9 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gesu 1537 Posted October 5, 2019 There's a character in an otome visual novel called Collar X Malice who's the singer of a fictional VK band. Tbh, Collar X Malice actually sounds like a VK band name. 4 1 spockitty, Furik, ambivalentideal and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hopefully_benign 56 Posted October 5, 2019 Excel Saga has a vk spoof in one episode but I can't remember which one/can't find it. Maybe a late 90s piece of japanese media isn't that unexpected of a place to find vk. But still. 2 1 Anne Claire, Jigsaw9 and IGM_Oficial reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JamesR 119 Posted October 5, 2019 This one from Pokemon episode 45 5 1 2 2 FOSCOR70, Gesu, fruitfork and 7 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gesu 1537 Posted October 5, 2019 Does Ibuki Mioda fron Danganronpa 2 count? I think she counts. 3 Jigsaw9, sleepy coffee and Anne Claire reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sleepy coffee 1476 Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Gesu said: Does Ibuki Mioda fron Danganronpa 2 count? I think she counts. probably close enough tbh also i love her and that game Edited October 6, 2019 by chipathy 1 Gesu reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jigsaw9 6783 Posted October 6, 2019 12 hours ago, hopefully_benign said: Excel Saga has a vk spoof in one episode but I can't remember which one/can't find it. Maybe a late 90s piece of japanese media isn't that unexpected of a place to find vk. But still. LMAO, I love that one. Also iirc in episode 1 Ilpalazzo is trying to learn guitar from a VK magazine (with some VK-ish dudes helping out) while he's screaming "VISUAL VISUAL!". 1 1 zombieparadise and Anne Claire reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anne Claire 392 Posted October 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Jigsaw9 said: LMAO, I love that one. Also iirc in episode 1 Ilpalazzo is trying to learn guitar from a VK magazine (with some VK-ish dudes helping out) while he's screaming "VISUAL VISUAL!". one of the funniest moments in that anime imo xD 1 Jigsaw9 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
