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OK. In all likelihood Mana can't control how thin he is. I know I myself am quite incapable of gaining weight. I think it's kind of jumping the gun to assume he has an eating disorder or something or that he is somehow obligated as a citizen of the world to put on pounds. If that's the way he...

People need to find new things to criticize Mana for every day. He looks fine.

It's the MALICE MIZER getting back together kind of change ::gaku:: Hence the blonde hair and Moi dix Mois releasing the new "Reprise" album to commemorate Dix' dix years. (This is not a comment meant to be low-level campaigning against Moi dix Mois.) Then again, you might consider that a...

Beyond the Gate is definitely MIDI drums--they have a very obvious synthetic feeling to them. I guess I just assumed he meant all of the songs up until then because the drums really do sound bad in all the previous releases.

Me too though I would still like to hear it... :cry:

The drums are MIDI in the old ones not the remakes. Mana stated in an interview for Lamentful Miss that Lamentful Miss was the first time real drums were used in Moi dix Mois records. I agree with you, and also don't think that Juka's singing is the only problem. In Mana's old Moi dix Mois...

I'm kind of puzzled by how many comments I've seen of people saying they have always hated MdM's re-made songs in the past. I always considered them to be massive improvements over the originals, which suffered usually from Juka's underdeveloped voice & bad singing technique on top of MIDI drums...

Thanks for translating ::gaku::

I would like... -The Prophet -Shadows Temple -Nocturnal Romance -Monophobia -Dialogue Symphonie -Pageant Quite to the contrary of most people on this thread, I love this idea and am extremely excited for the release!!!

I hope this isn't off-topic, but what do you guys think about the possibility of a D+SECT DVD? Can't help wanting to see all these songs live as I've been listening to the album, and the DIXANADU DVD was really excellent.

Yeah, he mentioned "pajipan" more than once which I suppose refers to a movement called "positive punk".

Just going by Mana's own words. I don't have an expert opinion on punk. However, I agree that it was not meant to be the most original album ever made. Moi dix Mois is about Mana developing his own personal style. None should expect major stylistic diversions from the elements Mana likes most...

I'm having a difficult time understanding a lot of the negative comments going on here. I think people just look for things to hate. I think the album is wonderful. Mana did many things, including traditional-style guitar solos, that were quite unexpected. He experimented with many new sounds...

Ah! I'm getting more and more anxious!

I'm hoping someone out there has the mercy to upload it so that I can hear it before it gets here. It's a long way across the Pacific Ocean and the Mojave Desert...even if I don't get to hear it until it gets here, it should be a good birthday present :cool:

Cannot wait for my copy to arrive... ::mana::

Thanks for translating! I translated this one too and I wanted to point out that in the last part here, he's using the word "tanoshimi", which is a noun form of tanoshimu (and different than the adjectival tanoshii), so it actually means "enjoyment" or "anticipation". In this context, it...

New monologue garden post! Basically about recording...some reminiscing from MALICE MIZER merveilles recording days it seems...

Actually here he is probably talking about the DAW produced by MOTU, called Digital Performer. It is what he uses for sequencing his MIDI. In Japan it is called デジパフォ(Deji-Pafo) or デジタルパフォーマー (Dejitaru-Pafoomaa). 常にデジパフォの画面とニラメッコの日が続き 目がシバシバしてくるので、 そんな時は、伯爵おすすめ療法の「貝割れ大根」を食さねばならないかも知れない！？。

I think the "+" is actually, along with joining the words D and SECT to get the Dixsect effect, also working as the kanji "十" which means 10. This kanji is also present in the center of the Moi dix Mois logo.