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Hate to break it to you, but Mana was always a dork, he just wears it more openly now :lol:
It definitely seems like Mana's doing a lot more of that fan appreciation kind of stuff lately though, and I know what you mean about being disappointed. Like, that sort of "breaking character" is probably fun for someone who's already seen them in-character a million times, but if you aren't part of the Japanese fanbase who's been going twice a year for the past decade, that's another story. This is yet another reason I hope Mana starts seriously trying to expand his fanbase again.

Thanks for the report :D
To some extent, but I feel like he's crossed a certain line now XD

I believe it happened more because it was birthday partying and anniversary reminiscing. From what he tweeted about the new song, he's still thinking about Moi dix Mois as dark, blackness vibe. I wouldn't give up on that yet.
 

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Heh...yeah....the sexy pretty angel Mana-sama thing was a Malice Mizer thing though, no?
OMG; he's seriously been doing that for 20 years XD I just felt that wtf are we doing XD How can he possibly find that appropriate to the dark image he wants to keep XD I feel like it would still be weird in MM, but at least he was the "pretty girl" then XD
 

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OMG; he's seriously been doing that for 20 years XD I just felt that wtf are we doing XD How can he possibly find that appropriate to the dark image he wants to keep XD I feel like it would still be weird in MM, but at least he was the "pretty girl" then XD
lol yeah. He said it's from the Malice time in one of his tweets.
I get the impression that he's been talking about Malice a lot recently, since he's been a musician for x number of years.
He's probably reminiscing about the past and bringing up some of the stuff from back then.
...or maybe he's having a midlife crisis. It's about time for one, isn't it? (lol that seems like such a 2ch thing to say!)
 

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All this analog stuff is completely before my time XD How does S-VHS figure into the picture for audio recording?

Before the days of having recording equipment that could interface with computers that was not expensive, tape was used. Because even super cassette tape (used for DAT recording) can only record so much data on it due to it's size (width), recording equipment was created that could record on VHS (Super VHS for this) so they could record more tracks on it.

Because a band doesn't usually all get into a studio and play everything at the same time, so the more tracks (memory) one has the more you can do with recording. VHS tape has more space on it so they could record more tracks on it.

It's how one can sync up everything also. Since no hard drives everything needed to be on one tape at the end for playback and also eventually recording on other media.

Not sure if this makes sense but it's just like having cassette tape but with more space across it. Think of train tracks where you have a row of four across in a smaller space but a larger space you can have eight.

I hope I am remembering this right. It's been more than a few years since I recorded using tape.
 
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I see there are Moi dix Mois 15th anniversary T shirt , Mana 25th anniversary T shirt, and a new tote bag, I cannot find them in CDJapan. I have contacted Midi:Nette and they replied to me said that I will need to contact CDJapan. But CDJapan replied to me and said they are still waiting for response from manufacturor. I wish CDJapan will have thess item avaliable. And Mana mentioned at the beginning of this year about the new album, but still didn't see it after the birthday concert. Last year he said 2016 was album year, but nothing release.
 

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I see there are Moi dix Mois 15th anniversary T shirt , Mana 25th anniversary T shirt, and a new tote bag, I cannot find them in CDJapan. I have contacted Midi:Nette and they replied to me said that I will need to contact CDJapan. But CDJapan replied to me and said they are still waiting for response from manufacturor. I wish CDJapan will have thess item avaliable. And Mana mentioned at the beginning of this year about the new album, but still didn't see it after the birthday concert. Last year he said 2016 was album year, but nothing release.

Yeah, I emailed CDJapan about it ages ago, but they hadn't heard back either. Also emailed them last year regarding goods on the M:N store and they responded saying that they didn't hear anything back and that M:N doesn't have the capacity to fulfil orders anymore.
 

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M:N doesn't have the capacity to fulfil orders anymore.
They said that? ::erm::
That's kind of sad, CDJapan was pretty much partners with Midi:Nette for the longest time.
 

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They said that? ::erm::
That's kind of sad, CDJapan was pretty much partners with Midi:Nette for the longest time.

I found the email -

Hello.

Thank you for contacting CDJapan.

We inquired them, but they did not respond.

However, until several years ago, they used to supply some of their products, but they discontinued to do so.

That was because they no longer had sufficient capacity to accept orders, because it is generally a lot of work to handle that (which is why most labels try to get record companies to handle that type of work).

Anyway, at this point, we have no means available to get them supplied to us.

and regarding the anniversary goods -

Hello.
Thank you for your inquiry.
We are inquiring the availability of item to the manufacturer,but we have not received any response from them yet.

We will inform you once we got any information from the manufacturer.
 

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Kind of odd that they can still accept orders directly from the Midi:Nette shop (if you're Japanese) but not mail out stuff to Neowing for fulfillment. But I guess it shouldn't be surprising, Midi:Nette (Maglaia?) is probably running on a skeleton crew these days.
 

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New respect for Satoko. Might have to stop thinking of her as a morbidly obese angry lady in a muumuu with eyebrows that "go all the way down".
Actually....they should ask her for help.
 

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I ordered DSV T shirt from CDJapan last year, also dark flame T shirt in 2015, and Mdm 10th anniversary T shirts in 2012. When I contact Midi:Nette, they replied and said I can order from Midi:nette shop or order them from CDJapan, but how come CDJapan replied to me said they have not received any response from them? They are having serious communication problem. I wish these items will be avaliable on CDJapan because my friends from USA and Canada want them and I cannot help them because I cannot buy too much.

If CDJapan is no means available to get them supplied to, then this means that they won't sell Moi dix Mois new CD album?
 

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If CDJapan is no means available to get them supplied to, then this means that they won't sell Moi dix Mois new CD album?
I'm pretty sure M10M uses a real distributor (Daiki Sound) for their CDs, so there should be no problem getting them from anywhere, including Amazon. I mean, even Kozi can get his CDs up on Amazon these days XD

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Actually....they should ask her for help.
Exactly how many envelopes do you expect her to lick? :lol:
 

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Mana didn't mention the release date of the new CD album, he just mentioned he is still writting new songs. MdM has no cd album release for 5 years
 

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I've had no problem getting things from CDJapan. In fact the candelabra earring I ordered a couple weeks ago is set to be delivered tomorrow.

Those anniversary shirts are brand new, just put up for pre-order on M:N, so it will be a little bit of time before CDJapan has them if they don't sell out first. Since it's only been a few days I would assume that M:N first needs to fill their orders before telling CDJapan they will send some to them to sell.

As for new CD Mana said it is going to happen but it's not ready yet. Assuming CDJapan won't have it is a little soon also.
 

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I found that CDJapan now have Moi dix Mois 15th anniversary T shirt (One piece) avaliable for sale, but I am not sure because it said "This is the item requested through our Proxy Shopping Service, and Service Fee will be added."
But I want T shirt (Short one), not one piece T shirt.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-18116
 

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Finally, now we can pre order Moi dix Mois 15th anniversary T shirt, Tote bag and onepiece , also Mana 25th anniversary T shirt and onepiece from CDJapan. The release date will be on May 08, but there is no Fedex for shipping method and no description of the size. I am going to ask my friends from overseas to order it. I think these items are limited, just like the 10th anniversary T shirt and dark flame T shirt, tote bag...etc. I have more than 1000 points in CDJapan and will be expire this week, so I am going to order all of them.
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/307711
 

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I ordered on Midi : Nette sooner ... Will be more expensive :'( But anyway, it's too late.

I have one question... On the home page of Midi : Nette, it's written that we could receive a special sticker (10th anniversary) if we order... Do you think it's still applicable?
 

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I don't like to order item from Midi:Nette online store, because they response very slow and they only receive paypal, also they process order and ship parcel very slow. So I rather use CDJapan, now they have those items for pre order, so I pre order 2 mdm 15th anniversary T shirt, 2 onepiece, 2 Mana 25th anniversary T shirt, 2 onepiece, and 1 tote bag. I wish they will have Hong Kong concert one. But Midi:Nette told me those HK concert T shirt only for sale in HK concert.
 

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I didn't know that (but actually they answer quite quickly, more than Moi-Même-Moitié :) ). Wow, you ordered a lot ! I only order the tote bag on CdJapan to complete my collection :)
 
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