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hopeful GACKT is asked about VISUALIVES, and specifically when the next one is likely to be.
This is his answer -
だからすべて運動してる。例えばは『ＭＯＯＮ ＳＡＧＡ － 義経秘伝」の舞台にしろ、僕がソロ名義でやることのすべては次のＶＩＳＵＡＬＩＶＥに向かって動いてるものなんだよ。僕の中では、次が最後のＶＩＳＵＡＬＩＶＥになるかな ぁって思うところが正直あるから、だからこそじっくり作り上げたいと思って。
"Including MOON SAGA, everything I do in my name (solo) is a movement toward the next VISUALIVE. To be honest, I have a feeling that the next one will be my last VISUALIVE, so that's all the more reason why I want to take my time in creating it."
Source - PATi-PATi 2012.03
(Huge thanks to
What are your thoughts on this?
Why do you think he believes the next VISUALIVE will be his last?
Does this make you more determined to go to Japan for a VISUALIVE? Started saving already?
(I feel that it needs to be pointed out that GACKT has a history of changing his mind on these kind of things. If he was true to his word, he would have retired at least 15 times before 2010 yet he's still going strong.)
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February 10 2012, 13:40:45 UTC 3 months ago
His "intuition" on this kind of stuff has failed so many times before, I can't take it seriously.
I already know I'll go to Japan for it, but it's just because I want to see the show, not because "omg it could be his last tour".
February 10 2012, 13:47:53 UTC 3 months ago
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February 10 2012, 14:05:15 UTC 3 months ago
I had been wondering when he was going to start this again XD; I think he probably says that stuff just so he feels he can stop without it being as much of a shock or a disappointment. Considering not only should he be retired, but dead several times over, by his own premonitions, I won't take this seriously until he's officially done.
Very interesting, though *o* I wonder what he has in the works!
February 10 2012, 14:06:58 UTC 3 months ago
To answer the question: He's been saying that for so long but I think if I can I'm going to try to get to this live. To be honest I'm not 100% in love with YFC and I'd rather just hear Gackt alone.
February 10 2012, 17:00:31 UTC 3 months ago
February 10 2012, 14:08:08 UTC 3 months ago
-Maybe these VISUALIVEs are obscenely expensive and Avex doesn't want to pay for that. (The "I'm spinning this because the company says so"/cynical version).
-They're rough on him, and like he keeps saying, he'll go 1000% till his body gives out. RRII was 4 hours long, YFC is much shorter.
-Maybe his Well of Creativity is drying up :\. Or the earthquake last year changed some things for him.
-Or, as you pointed out, maybe he is giving that "time to re-evaluate things" hint again. Or Cher's billionth "farewell" tour XD
Does this make you more determined to go to Japan for a VISUALIVE? Started saving already?*resigned to the fact that I'll probably never see him in concert, or even go to Japan...*
February 10 2012, 15:31:38 UTC 3 months ago
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February 10 2012, 14:13:51 UTC 3 months ago
I'm not happy with this statement but..whatever he mean, I NEED to get my ass to see it. Seriously.
February 10 2012, 20:49:42 UTC 3 months ago
Back then, before the earthquake happened, he thought the next Visualive would be in 2013, didn't he.
February 10 2012, 14:20:49 UTC 3 months ago
The amount of pre-production work that goes into something like RRII is insane. Just watch the DIABOLOS documentary and see how many hours GACKT and the staff put into it. It must be both physically and mentally exhausting. The tours tend to be longer too, IIRC, RRII was 60 shows long. You can add up all of the dates in both the 2010 and 2011 YFCz tours (Japan and Europe) and they probably won't hit 60. I can completely understand where he's coming from and why he's thinking this.
I can also see him completely changing his mind, because as ドS as he is to everybody else, he's most ドS to himself.
February 10 2012, 17:00:09 UTC 3 months ago
It's a bit sad (if he really isn't changing his mind this time, LOL), but I don't see that big a deal.
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February 10 2012, 14:42:18 UTC 3 months ago
I need to get a job and get myself over there FAST. Don't go scaring me like that G.
February 10 2012, 15:02:49 UTC 3 months ago Edited: February 10 2012, 15:04:04 UTC
It could also very well be a financial matter, because these tours are always so long, and he always wants it bigger, and better while the world is getting more expensive, it might not be as doable anymore.
Or he just wants to close the chapters of MOON like he did with R&R, and turn into a whole different road, but if he does, I'd certainly miss his world, what he creates, and what made me get hooked on him, as an artist.
Whatever he's planning, I'm looking forward to it, and last or not, if it's VISUALIVE, I wasn't planning on skipping it. :>
Forgot to add; won't believe what he says 100% unless he actually does it. /nods
February 10 2012, 15:13:27 UTC 3 months ago
But hopefully, he'll make it a world tour as well. ^^
February 10 2012, 15:15:45 UTC 3 months ago
February 10 2012, 15:33:37 UTC 3 months ago
I'm not sure if I should believe him on that ;)
February 10 2012, 15:47:01 UTC 3 months ago
I don't know if I'd go see it because Japan's on the other side of the world. It would really have to depend on WHEN it is. If I'm in Japan at the time, then heck yeah I will do everything I can to go see Gackt live
February 10 2012, 16:11:08 UTC 3 months ago
I hate the thought. I hate how I react to it. I think: "Nice marketing move, aniki." But that is not the part that I don't like. (In fact, I sincerely wish it was just that.) It's how my gut reacts to it, telling me that he is dead serious. Again, if I may add.
You should have seen me in the shower just now, lol, I was silently throwing a tantrum in there, stomping feet and all. Am I ridiculing my self right now? Not that I really care. I thought my reaction wouldn't get ridiculous to the extent where I'd start crying over this. However, as I type this, tears have welled up, although, not fallen, yet. I just need a moment to sort my thoughts, because it's a huge MESS up there in my head.
Well, I know how to deal with this topic, though.
He just said that it might be his last VISUALIVE. He didn't say that he will stop doing concerts, creating music or being involved anymore. Last year, he promised to support SYH for the next 10 years with YFC, iirc. On stage of the last VISUALIVE tour - the first - he made sure we promise to him to come back in 10, 20, 30 years to rock out with him. He won't just disappear, his activities spans many fields. Who knows, he might become a producer or will actively do something to promote and support 'VISUALIVES' from other, younger artists… he might build a real DEARS village, lol. Perhaps he's going to get married LOL, or just wants to start living a private life. Idk, and all of that is fine.
Yeah, I can deal with it, even though it does make me feel a little uncomfortable - it is not exactly new.
Here, he said this in 2007, (you know, the year that every GACKT fan who watched The Sixth Day & The Seventh Night feared - me included, lol)
The source is still intact even.
Unfortunately, it doesn't say from when the interview is, but I know because it prompted me to write a blog entry on the matter in December 2007, less than two weeks before New Year.Here is a translation of the whole interviewabout GUNDAM!. The translation for the part that I quoted is:Somehow.. I feel angry. The good kind. The kind of anger that pushes you forward, makes you want to get moving - it's what I define as "Kiai".
February 10 2012, 16:22:46 UTC 3 months ago
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February 10 2012, 17:11:13 UTC 3 months ago
However, I would take it kindly if he didn't play Bolero again...
February 10 2012, 17:22:19 UTC 3 months ago
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February 10 2012, 17:50:11 UTC 3 months ago
and know that G is really an ultra perfectionist, it's really hard for his body i'd guess.
given the time it takes to design a visuallive, and the next one coming in ~2013, if there was even to be one after that, it would be probably ~2015 or 2016....which means G would also be ~44...
February 10 2012, 17:54:40 UTC 3 months ago
I was dreading it though.. I can only hope it won't be his last. His other "activities" simply don't mean as much to me as his visualives do.
February 10 2012, 19:11:47 UTC 3 months ago
THIS THIS THIS. None of the feelings I experienced during YFC compared to what I had during R&RII. But maybe we're biased because Visualive was part of our first "Gackt live" experience, haha.
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February 10 2012, 18:48:38 UTC 3 months ago Edited: February 10 2012, 18:59:18 UTC
He must have many other plans to do with his career in the future (certainly in his private life, too), with SYH or maybe even with his acting career. Who knows. He is very versatile entertainer and artist that his activities are extensive. Even if he would go on hiatus or something, he sure deserves it. He has given us so much.
February 10 2012, 19:59:07 UTC 3 months ago
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