Thank you so much for all your translations and hard work collecting articles and interviews.
Do you think Gackt will notice the foreigh faces in his concerts? Mine will be a little blob somewhere in the audience in Fukuoka in late March - I hope he is eating his vitamins and will stay strong till the end of the tour!
I'm struggling a bit with the concert back story (oh, yes - definitely translating Asakura's reports is a priority!) so I've found it very helpful to read your translations of the interviews where Gackt talks about his ideas behind the concept of the concert. Thanks for all your hard work!
Oooh, you won't be the only foreigner that day. :D I'm going with a couple of friends~ I hope he doesn't catch a cold, especially since the tour is held throughout the winter!
Hahaha, I'm glad a lot of people approve my decision to translate the Reports first. XD Are you going to any other concert? I'm sure we'll have more interviews/translations up by then, so you'll be all covered before the day. XD
Wow - you are lucky to get to more than one concert! I had a lot of difficulty to get the tickets for the Fukuoka concert (in fact, I still don't have the tickets - just an email to say that I will get the tickets!) so, no, it's just the one-off, very very special event for me.
I've never been to Japan before (but have been to rock concerts in China and Hong Kong - is probably different: think Japanese audiences are probably less wild?) so I'll be reeling from lots of different sights and sounds and flavours, I guess. I think the end of March should be cherry blossom time? Hope so! I have the usual tourist thing about Japan and sakura. And swords. And manga. And lots more - I'm not going to be bored!
Thanks again for all the translation work. I'm particularly looking forward to reading your report of your own experience at the concert first-hand: that will be really exciting!
I am!! ^^ But it's easier to get it if you are here in Japan, I think. More chances to try this and that~ Quite a few I got through friends, or friends of friends. Haha.
Are you stopping by Tokyo at all or just straight to Fukuoka? :D
You are welcome! And yes, I'll definitely put up the report. ^^ (If Gackt allows us to. XD I heard that he told those who went to Misato to not reveal anything to the other fans.)
Ah, yes, probably it is easier to find the tickets if you are in Japan - and you are obviously very familiar with the language too, unlike me. I have lots of lovely friends but not in Japan and none of them with any interest in the phenomenon called Gackt!
Will I visit Tokyo? Well, I hope so! I am currently negotiating to extend my leave from work as I do have one friend (was a student in the UK) in Tokyo (though she seems to work 23 hours out of every 24) and I'm really keen to see at least one traditional Japanese theatre production (Bunraku for preference - for obvious Gacktian reasons! - but otherwise kabuki) which I guess I can't do in Fukuoka.
As you can imagine, I've made a list of stuff I'd like to take in during my trip - some of which verges on fantasy (e.g. sword museum!). Still, I've got till March to nudge my crazy ideas towards the realm of realism. Not that realism has ever been one of my strengths!
Yeap, I guess you can say so. ^^ Haha, no, I'm not. I'm majoring in Japanese language, so we are required to learn all this!
Ahh, I see~~ :D I don't think there are much to see in Fukuoka, so you might wanna save your holiday for Tokyo instead! I don't know if you are meeting anyone there, but if you aren't, it might be better to stay longer in Tokyo. :D I haven't seen Kabuki, only Noh, but erm... a famous kabuki theatre can be found in ginza. ^^
There is a sword museum here in Tokyo~! It's close to Ueno/Asakusa, if I remember correctly, so you can do a mix of sightseeing and fantasy-realizing then. XDD Sakura depends tho... on the temperature and where you are. ^^ You might see sakura earlier if you are in Fukuoka, but in Tokyo, you probably won't see it till early April.
Hee - there really IS a sword museum??! I've got two thick guide books but haven't had the time to look at them yet (though I did look up swords in the index and there wasn't anything); I'm hoping for a spare hour or two over Christmas.
Ha ha - I noticed your comment higher up! Yup, freak's an appropriate word - and it's not only languages but manga, martial arts, music, poetry, cars and a stack of other stuff too.
I'll look forward to following up your theatre reference. I'm hoping that my contact in Tokyo can find me a theatre show but if I'm only there for a few days there won't be much choice so I'll either be lucky or not.
Yeap, there is! But oops, I made a mistake. ^^; It's not near Ueno, it's near Yoyogi in Shibuya. The one in Ueno was something else. :D http://www.touken.or.jp/museum/index.html
XD I guess you really like Japanese culture huh? What kind of manga do you like by the way? I only read shoujo manga, coz I get bored reading shounen manga. (I'm sure other people say the exact opposite!)
I hope you get to visit all the places you wanna see! Let me know if I can help you, and hey, we should totally meet up when you are here. ;)
Do you think Gackt will notice the foreigh faces in his concerts? Mine will be a little blob somewhere in the audience in Fukuoka in late March - I hope he is eating his vitamins and will stay strong till the end of the tour!
I'm struggling a bit with the concert back story (oh, yes - definitely translating Asakura's reports is a priority!) so I've found it very helpful to read your translations of the interviews where Gackt talks about his ideas behind the concept of the concert. Thanks for all your hard work!
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Oooh, you won't be the only foreigner that day. :D I'm going with a couple of friends~ I hope he doesn't catch a cold, especially since the tour is held throughout the winter!
Hahaha, I'm glad a lot of people approve my decision to translate the Reports first. XD Are you going to any other concert? I'm sure we'll have more interviews/translations up by then, so you'll be all covered before the day. XD
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I've never been to Japan before (but have been to rock concerts in China and Hong Kong - is probably different: think Japanese audiences are probably less wild?) so I'll be reeling from lots of different sights and sounds and flavours, I guess. I think the end of March should be cherry blossom time? Hope so! I have the usual tourist thing about Japan and sakura. And swords. And manga. And lots more - I'm not going to be bored!
Thanks again for all the translation work. I'm particularly looking forward to reading your report of your own experience at the concert first-hand: that will be really exciting!
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Are you stopping by Tokyo at all or just straight to Fukuoka? :D
You are welcome! And yes, I'll definitely put up the report. ^^ (If Gackt allows us to. XD I heard that he told those who went to Misato to not reveal anything to the other fans.)
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Will I visit Tokyo? Well, I hope so! I am currently negotiating to extend my leave from work as I do have one friend (was a student in the UK) in Tokyo (though she seems to work 23 hours out of every 24) and I'm really keen to see at least one traditional Japanese theatre production (Bunraku for preference - for obvious Gacktian reasons! - but otherwise kabuki) which I guess I can't do in Fukuoka.
As you can imagine, I've made a list of stuff I'd like to take in during my trip - some of which verges on fantasy (e.g. sword museum!). Still, I've got till March to nudge my crazy ideas towards the realm of realism. Not that realism has ever been one of my strengths!
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Ahh, I see~~ :D I don't think there are much to see in Fukuoka, so you might wanna save your holiday for Tokyo instead! I don't know if you are meeting anyone there, but if you aren't, it might be better to stay longer in Tokyo. :D I haven't seen Kabuki, only Noh, but erm... a famous kabuki theatre can be found in ginza. ^^
There is a sword museum here in Tokyo~! It's close to Ueno/Asakusa, if I remember correctly, so you can do a mix of sightseeing and fantasy-realizing then. XDD Sakura depends tho... on the temperature and where you are. ^^ You might see sakura earlier if you are in Fukuoka, but in Tokyo, you probably won't see it till early April.
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Ha ha - I noticed your comment higher up! Yup, freak's an appropriate word - and it's not only languages but manga, martial arts, music, poetry, cars and a stack of other stuff too.
I'll look forward to following up your theatre reference. I'm hoping that my contact in Tokyo can find me a theatre show but if I'm only there for a few days there won't be much choice so I'll either be lucky or not.
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XD I guess you really like Japanese culture huh? What kind of manga do you like by the way? I only read shoujo manga, coz I get bored reading shounen manga. (I'm sure other people say the exact opposite!)
I hope you get to visit all the places you wanna see! Let me know if I can help you, and hey, we should totally meet up when you are here. ;)
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