J-Rock or Visual Kei Lost Media/Scavenger Hunt

Thought this might be a fun topic (if it’s derivative of another I can remove it no problem :blush:), but what are some pieces of media/merchandise/etc you’re looking for, but can’t find anymore?

For example, I just remembered this one video of the DELUHI guys going to get gyūdon (at Yoshinoya?) and I cannot find it anymore for the life of me! I used to have a pretty comprehensive archive, but that video’s missing—not sure if it was a standalone thing, or if it was part of another video. I know how it sounds, but I swear it was real!!! :smiling_face_with_tear:

But yes, whats something you’ve been trying to find? And who knows, maybe someone here might know about it :eyes:

The things I would do to find KEEL’s Nire to Budou no Niwa DVD…

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Forever lost merch The Gazette Kai’s tomate sauce. Because even if there was still a sealed glass left… who would dare to eat it after checks note 9 years and 7 month … This will forever haunt me. The taste of Kai’s sauce… hm…

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He made a tomato sauce?
Omg that sounds like a fun one to dig for, I might give it a go

Upon my initial google search, I see he’s still making sauce lol 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒕𝒕𝑬 𝑲𝑨𝑰 | 今回はアメリケーヌソースにしてみましたー! まぁ簡単に言えばエビの旨みを凝縮したソースです🦐 結構何にでも使えるので色々試してみてもらったら嬉しいです! 試しにパスタ🍝作ってみました!... | Instagram

i have to emphasize that i only like this song because of the music itself, not the lyrics/concept/title because that all is so so bad lol but vidoll’s hxmx crash trap only seems to exist in one form: one (1) 16 year old video on youtube. i’ve heard the song was a live-only release, but i have yet to see that release in download form ever!

Description from an Internet Archive upload I can't include here for piracy reasons:

「Bijin Kakumei ~Saishuu Kakumei Yokokubi 1229~」" is the fourth live DVD and sixth overall DVD released by Vidoll. This was filmed on December 29th, 2004 at SHIBUYA-AX at the eponymously titled one-man concert tour finale. During this live “HxMx CRASH TRAP @” was distributed for free. The limited first pressing grants enclosed application tickets to buy the DVD “HxMx CRASH TRAP@”. Released March 15, 2005, The DVD reached #114 on the Oricon chart, where it charted for a week.

Two current listings:
https://jp.mercari.com/item/m53093405192
https://jp.mercari.com/item/m88625816140

that is SOOO wild omg??? i have never used mercari but i’d assume it’s just a normal jp based shopping service, i see it mentioned a lot

Omg you can buy it after all this time

I’ve never used mercari before either but now I’m wondering what DELUHI stuff I can find

I feel sorry for your wallet

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I did see someone had sold one of Leda’s Cygnus guitars. And I thought aaaa if that were available…. I cannot promise it wouldn’t have been an impulse buy… :skull::money_with_wings::fire:

Mentioning DELUHI, there was a Frontier making of I couldn’t even find 10 years ago.

Another one is Girugamesh’s free 迷叫テロリズム with their GLAMOROUS SKY cover from 2006.

PayPal pay in 4 is a debt maker

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@Viktoria I read this and got so excited, I have that DELUHI video you mentioned!
I put it here for now, unsure how long it will be available due to copyright!

Also update on my own search, I took this screenshot from a compilation and it’s exactly what I remember!


:sob:it’s real

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Yes, this is it, thank you! What’s this dvd btw? Because I don’t remember this being on the single itself

Virtually all comment videos and live snippets from that one vk homepage. I think it was something that contained “b@nd” or something? Does anybody remember it?

Also I remember that Dir en grey had videos of full songs from their 2007 EU tour for sale on their homepage. I only have a shitty mp3 rip of The Pledge in Stockholm, but haven’t seen any videos anywhere since then.

I wish I knew :frowning: my preliminary google searches and visits to their archived blog don’t seem to mention it. What I did find out was that there was a paid membership at some point—I didn’t know this a decade ago. It was for a mobile site/service? Something like a fan club I suppose, as for some merch announcements they specified how certain products were for paid members only. :thinking: I’m thinking the dvd must have been shared via that paid membership. I’m not quite sure how I saw it back then, I feel like someone had posted it to YouTube.

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