#last visualive

[gacktitalia]

Excite News: GACKT 『LAST VISUALIVE』 at the movies!

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[gacktitalia]

GACKT JAPAN TOUR 2016 LAST VISUALIVE DVD/Blu-Ray Promo Video

[kenyauslander]

I arrive at the Last Visualive tour

Music: blaring Fanart: out for Gackt Backstage passes: around my neck

I am forcibly dragged out of the Last Visualive concert.  

[gacktova]

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[fudanshidaily]

LAST VISUALIVE broadcast?

Apparently, GACKT’s LAST VISUALIVE final is gonna be broadcast on the 23rd at 8pm (JST). Could someone please help me out since I can’t Japanese... what even are the details? Will we be able to watch? Is someone gonna be able to record it - will someone record it? I would very much like to see it and I guess I’m not alone. Thank you.

[moon-struck-net]

LAST VISUALIVE Tour Pamphlet Interview pg 6

-Are your internal perceptions of live shows and VISUALIVEs very different?

G: “They are different. VISUALIVEs and live shows are completely different. Because VISUALIVE is, of course, what I've always been pursuing inside myself. Because it's my own way of expressing things. If it were just a normal live show where you express things through performing songs, I could do them forever. But on a mental and physical front, on a lot of fronts, it's difficult to continue doing VISUALIVEs. Performing with so little consideration of profitability doesn't fit into the entertainment business either.”

-That's true. You said a moment ago that you're closer to a painter or someone who makes vases, but from the way you pursue your expressions I feel like you have an artist's disposition.

G: “That said, if all my staff died or something I'd be in trouble (laughs), they sell tickets and stuff. But thanks to them, we sold out most venues immediately.”

-You added a lot of additional shows, but there were so many people who wanted to see this LAST VISUALIVE and were waiting for it.

G: “When I think about them waiting like that for what we've made, I'm very happy and grateful.”

-Can you let us know any inside details on what visuals and sets you've prepared for this show?

G: “You can enjoy that when you see it. But I think you'll feel like, “Wow!” For my core fans it will be like, “Yeeeessss!!!! I'm getting goosebumps!” (laughs). I think it's really the kind of show where you can say “Yeeeessss!!!!” with a lot of exclamation marks. Like, “What! He's doing this!?” “Yes, here it is!!!!” “Yeeeessss!!!!” So the whole screen will be covered in “Yeeeessss!!!!” [Note: He's comparing it to a NicoNico video where people's comments show up over the video and completely hide it when the audience gets really excited.] I think it will be that kind of world.”

-I'm getting excited! Does the “LAST” mean you'll be putting more KiAi into it than usual?

[Note: Kiai is a martial arts term for spiritual energy, written 気合 (energy+put together), GACKT always writes it as 気愛 (energy+love)]

G: “No, no, no. Because my feeling of wanting to make something good is always at MAX when I do things like this. And at those times ideas just keep popping out. But the more I say them, the more it becomes a battle with the budget. How well can I make it? What's important is the ideas and the ability to realize them, the ability to carry them out, the ability to act. Well, there are some shocking images and stuff, so people will probably think “What on Earth is happening!?” (laughs). At a glance it doesn't seem connected at all, but you'll feel that everything is connected, like “What is this? It feels bad!” (laughs). But at the end you'll be touched and everyone will definitely cry. It's too [emotionally] painful, yes, painful is the best word for it.”

-Ah... so after the VISUALIVE shakes up all your emotions, at the end it will be so painful you can't stop crying. How many handkerchiefs should we prepare for this show?

G: “Wouldn't it be better to bring a huge bath towel? (laughs).”