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2009-01-14T20:35:27Z

Tmat060:

==Visual Kei==
Visual Kei ヴィジュアル系 was, and is, a Japanese musical movement which began in the mid 1980's. I prefer to think of it as a phenomenon which could only occur in Japan. Literally, the term means 'Visual Style' and is a play on the way in which the band members all dress eccentrically, flamboyantly or just plain crazily. Indeed, music is perhaps only half the show where Visual Kei is concerned. Visual Kei draws inspiration from, but not limited to, such other styles as Rock, Metal, Pop, Classical, Electronic, Prog (progressive rock) and Rap. Most bands do not really fit well into any of these groups or together in the same musical genre, but their costume and performance are such that they can all be grouped together as Visual Kei. Visual Kei appeared first in the late 1980's, spear-headed by the group X-Japan, whose popularity still lasts. Other groups who could be called Visual Kei, but were not so popular as X-Japan, were D'erlanger and Color. Visual Kei was, at the time, a very minor, unknown, underground genre, limited mostly to independant labels, a serious hindrance in the Japanese music market, but in the early 1990's bands such as L'Arc-en-Ciel, Glay and Luna Sea helped X-Japan (not intentionally) raise the popularity of Visual Kei. On the Outskirts of this 'Popular' bunch, are bands who are considered more 'Visual Kei-aimed' than the others, the 'true' Visual Kei icons. Malice Mizer, Kuroyume and Dir en Grey aimed almost directly for the 'out there' Visual Kei look and style-of-no-style with rock/metal, rock ballads, prog style long intricate pieces, poppy and rap based songs featuring highly, and were hugely concentrated on their presentation and performance, the mark of a Visual Kei Band, where the others were not, but simply fell into the genre. Of these three, only Dir en Grey remains intact, although they have long since dropped the Visual Kei look and sound in favour of the hard rock look and feel, which has garnered them a large following in Germany, and allowed them to break into the US, a feat not done by a Japanese Visual Kei band since X-Japan, or since Malice Mizer's lead singer Gackt broke away into a solo career. Since then modern Visual Kei based bands, or at least bands whose appearance and musical style seems all too similar to Visual Kei, have appeared more and more, and have actually gained popularity, although this is possibly due to their songs appearing in popular Anime opening and closing theme songs. such bands in clude Nightmare, D'espairsRay, Gilgamesh, The Gazette and the singer Miyavi (once a member of Dué le Quartz).

User:Tmat060

2009-01-14T20:32:23Z

Tmat060:

==Me==
===My '''Details'''===
*Name: Tim Matthews
*online name: Socchi Kurokawa
*DOB 15/09/1987
*Major/Minor Japanese/Philosophy
*email
**tmat060@aucklanduni.ac.nz
**or minami_no_ryuu@hotmail.com
===A Vague Compilation of Some of My Interests===
'''IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER'''
*Sarcasm, cynicism
*Japan, and almost anything relating to it
*武道
**剣道
**合気道
**拳法
*PC Gaming
*Anime ('''''not''''' Dragon Ball Z, I'm intereseted in '''''GOOD''''' anime, like
**Zetsubou Sensei (Mr. Despair; random awesomness)
**Soul Eater (nice art style...)
**Code Geass (for the Melodrama)
**Trigun (watch it, you'll understand why)
**GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka; for the lolz)
**... why am I justifying this???????
*Fantasy Novels (for all intents and puposes Fantasy and Sci-fi novels are '''''NOT''''' the same genre>go read a few, you'll soon find out....
*4Chan
*Music
**Rock
**Metal
**J-pop
**Visual Kei
==Visual Kei==
Visual Kei ヴィジュアル系 was, and is, a Japanese musical movement which began in the mid 1980's. I prefer to think of it as a phenomenon which could only occur in Japan. Literally, the term means 'Visual Style' and is a play on the way in which the band members all dress eccentrically, flamboyantly or just plain crazily. Indeed, music is perhaps only half the show where Visual Kei is concerned. Visual Kei draws inspiration from, but not limited to, such other styles as Rock, Metal, Pop, Classical, Electronic, Prog (progressive rock) and Rap. Most bands do not really fit well into any of these groups or together in the same '''''musical''''' genre, but their costume and performance are such that they can all be grouped together as Visual Kei.
Visual Kei appeared first in the late 1980's, spear-headed by the group X-Japan, whose popularity still lasts. Other groups who could be called Visual Kei, but were not so popular as X-Japan, were D'erlanger and Color.
Visual Kei was, at the time, a very minor, unknown, underground genre, limited mostly to independant labels, a serious hindrance in the Japanese music market, but in the early 1990's bands such as L'Arc-en-Ciel, Glay and Luna Sea helped X-Japan (not intentionally) raise the popularity of Visual Kei. On the Outskirts of this 'Popular' bunch, are bands who are considered more 'Visual Kei-aimed' than the others, the 'true' Visual Kei icons. Malice Mizer, Kuroyume and Dir en Grey aimed almost directly for the 'out there' Visual Kei look and style-of-no-style with rock/metal, rock ballads, prog style long intricate pieces, poppy and rap based songs featuring highly, and were hugely concentrated on their presentation and performance, the mark of a Visual Kei Band, where the others were not, but simply fell into the genre. Of these three, only Dir en Grey remains intact, although they have long since dropped the Visual Kei look and sound in favour of the hard rock look and feel, which has garnered them a large following in Germany, and allowed them to break into the US, a feat not done by a Japanese Visual Kei band since X-Japan, or since Malice Mizer's lead singer Gackt broke away into a solo career.
Since then modern Visual Kei based bands, or at least bands whose appearance and musical style seems all too similar to Visual Kei, have appeared more and more, and have actually gained popularity, although this is possibly due to their songs appearing in popular Anime opening and closing theme songs. such bands in clude Nightmare, D'espairsRay, Gilgamesh, The Gazette and the singer Miyavi (once a member of Dué le Quartz).

I might eventually get bored enough to finish this section off.... if I do, here's
===''a list''===
of topics I ''might'' list here
*Bands
**and their details
**My opinions of them
*Band Members
**Careers during and after Visual Kei
**Why some are awesome, and some just crazy
*Their songs

==Just coz I have 2==
heres a link to the main page if you managed to read through all my bull
[[Main Page]]

=='''The Game'''==
for all intents and purposes, the game will now be described
'''THE GAME''' is a joke, a very old joke, but one which has never lost it's appeal.
===Rules of '''THE GAME'''===
#you cannot win '''THE GAME'''
#as soon as you think of, remember, or are reminded of '''THE GAME''' you lose it
#after losing '''THE GAME''' you have 30 minutes (half an hour) during which time you are immune to losing '''THE GAME''', but may still play, causing otheres to lose
#the aim of the game is to have the '''''ENTIRE WORLD''''' playing '''THE GAME'''
#congrats, you
##just
###lost
####'''THE GAME'''

====Final Note====
hey, i know this '''AWESOME''' place, it's called 4chan.... don't go there, it's disgusting

User:Rhip001

2009-01-14T20:01:26Z

Tmat060:

== Introduction ==

'''Manga''' and '''anime''' has been a growing interest of people all around the world, originating from Japan.
Anime has been adapted from manga, and vice versa. There has been debates about which are better with no conclusion! Let's have your say!
Please add your thoughts on the matter!

==Recommended Manga==
#Vampire Knight
#La Corda d'Oro
#Ouran Koukou Host Club
#Cardcaptor Sakura
#Tsubasa Chronicles

==Recommended Anime==
#Full Moon wo Sagashite
#Trigun
#Naruto
#Hikaru no Go
#Hunter X Hunter

==About Me==
'''Author''': Rudilyn Hipolito

'''Course''': BSc (Biomedical Science:Neuroscience)

==Other Biomeders in this course ==

*[[User:Jnut006|James William Nuttall]]

User:Rhip001

2009-01-14T19:49:28Z

Tmat060:

User:Tmat060

2009-01-14T19:47:42Z

Tmat060:

==Me==
===My '''Details'''===
*Name: Tim Matthews
*DOB 15/09/1987
*Major/Minor Japanese/Philosophy
*email
**tmat060@aucklanduni.ac.nz
**or minami_no_ryuu@hotmail.com
===A Vague Compilation of Some of My Interests===
'''IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER'''
*Sarcasm, cynicism
*Japan, and almost anything relating to it
*武道
**剣道
**合気道
**拳法
*PC Gaming
*Anime ('''''not''''' Dragon Ball Z, I'm intereseted in '''''GOOD''''' anime, like
**Zetsubou Sensei (Mr. Despair; random awesomness)
**Soul Eater (nice art style...)
**Code Geass (for the Melodrama)
**Trigun (watch it, you'll understand why)
**GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka; for the lolz)
**... why am I justifying this???????
*Fantasy Novels (for all intents and puposes Fantasy and Sci-fi novels are '''''NOT''''' the same genre>go read a few, you'll soon find out....
*4Chan
*Music
**Rock
**Metal
**J-pop
**Visual Kei
==Visual Kei==
I might eventually get bored enough to finish this section off.... if I do, here's
===''a list''===
of topics I ''might'' list here
*Bands
**and their details
**My opinions of them
*Band Members
**Careers during and after Visual Kei
**Why some are awesome, and some just crazy
*Their songs
[[User:Tmat060|Tmat060]]

==Just coz I have 2==
heres a link to the main page if you managed to read through all my bull
[[Main Page]]

=='''The Game'''==
for all intents and purposes, the game will now be described
'''THE GAME''' is a joke, a very old joke, but one which has never lost it's appeal.
===Rules of '''THE GAME'''===
#you cannot win '''THE GAME'''
#as soon as you think of, remember, or are reminded of '''THE GAME''' you lose it
#after losing '''THE GAME''' you have 30 minutes (half an hour) during which time you are immune to losing '''THE GAME''', but may still play, causing otheres to lose
#the aim of the game is to have the '''''ENTIRE WORLD''''' playing '''THE GAME'''
#congrats, you
##just
###lost
####'''THE GAME'''

====Final Note====
hey, i know this '''AWESOME''' place, it's called 4chan.... don't go there, it's disgusting

User:Tmat060

2009-01-14T19:44:26Z

Tmat060:

==Me==
===My '''Details'''===
*Name: Tim Matthews
*DOB 15/09/1987
*Major/Minor Japanese/Philosophy
*email
**tmat060@aucklanduni.ac.nz
**or minami_no_ryuu@hotmail.com
===A Vague Compilation of Some of My Interests===
'''IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER'''
*Sarcasm, cynicism
*Japan, and almost anything relating to it
*武道
**剣道
**合気道
**拳法
*PC Gaming
*Anime ('''''not''''' Dragon Ball Z, I'm intereseted in '''''GOOD''''' anime, like
**Zetsubou Sensei (Mr. Despair; random awesomness)
**Soul Eater (nice art style...)
**Code Geass (for the Melodrama)
**... why am I justifying this???????
*Fantasy Novels (for all intents and puposes Fantasy and Sci-fi novels are '''''NOT''''' the same genre>go read a few, you'll soon find out....
*4Chan
*Music
**Rock
**Metal
**J-pop
**Visual Kei
==Visual Kei==
I might eventually get bored enough to finish this section off.... if I do, here's
===''a list''===
of topics I ''might'' list here
*Bands
**and their details
**My opinions of them
*Band Members
**Careers during and after Visual Kei
**Why some are awesome, and some just crazy
*Their songs
[[User:Tmat060|Tmat060]]

==Just coz I have 2==
heres a link to the main page if you managed to read through all my bull
[[Main Page]]

=='''The Game'''==
for all intents and purposes, the game will now be described
'''THE GAME''' is a joke, a very old joke, but one which has never lost it's appeal.
===Rules of '''THE GAME'''===
#you cannot win '''THE GAME'''
#as soon as you think of, remember, or are reminded of '''THE GAME''' you lose it
#after losing '''THE GAME''' you have 30 minutes (half an hour) during which time you are immune to losing '''THE GAME''', but may still play, causing otheres to lose
#the aim of the game is to have the '''''ENTIRE WORLD''''' playing '''THE GAME'''
#congrats, you
##just
###lost
####'''THE GAME'''

====Final Note====
hey, i know this '''AWESOME''' place, it's called 4chan.... don't go there, it's disgusting

User:Tmat060

2009-01-14T19:34:13Z

Tmat060:

==Me==
===My '''Details'''===
*Name: Tim Matthews
*DOB 15/09/1987
*Major/Minor Japanese/Philosophy
===A Vague Compilation of Some of My Interests===
'''IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER'''
*Japan, and almost anything relating to it
*武道
**剣道
**合気道
**拳法
*PC Gaming
*Anime ('''''not''''' Dragon Ball Z, I'm intereseted in '''''GOOD''''' anime, like
**Zetsubou Sensei (Mr. Despair; random awesomness)
**Soul Eater (nice art style...)
**Code Geass (for the Melodrama)
**... why am I justifying this???????
*Fantasy Novels (for all intents and puposes Fantasy and Sci-fi novels are '''''NOT''''' the same genre>go read a few, you'll soon find out....
*4Chan
*Music
**Rock
**Metal
**J-pop
**Visual Kei
==Visual Kei==
I might eventually get bored enough to finish this section off.... if I do, here's
===''a list''===
of topics I ''might'' list here
*Bands
**and their details
**My opinions of them
*Band Members
**Careers during and after Visual Kei
**Why some are awesome, and some just crazy
*Their songs
[[User:Tmat060|Tmat060]]

==Just coz I have 2==
heres a link to the main page if you managed to read through all my bull
[[Main Page]]

=='''The Game'''==
for all intents and purposes, the game will now be described
'''THE GAME''' is a joke, a very old joke, but one which has never lost it's appeal.
===Rules of '''THE GAME'''===
#you cannot win '''THE GAME'''
#as soon as you think of, remember, or are reminded of '''THE GAME''' you lose it
#after losing '''THE GAME''' you have 30 minutes (half an hour) during which time you are immune to losing '''THE GAME''', but may still play, causing otheres to lose
#the aim of the game is to have the '''''ENTIRE WORLD''''' playing '''THE GAME'''
#congrats, you
##just
###lost
####'''THE GAME'''

====Final Note====
hey, i know this '''AWESOME''' place, it's called 4chan.... don't go there, it's disgusting

User:Tmat060

2009-01-11T23:03:15Z

Tmat060:

'''VISUAL KEI'''

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== Visual Kei basics ==
ヴィジュアル系 (Visual Kei ) or 'visual style' is a form of rock music, most similar to American Glam Rock, but developed in Japan. It's main priorities are not necessarily the production of music or the accumulation of money, as with the average group, but the display of character and costume one can find most readily on the streets of Tokyo's Harajuku, Shinjuku or Akihabara districts. Although not in anyway linked to those places, the best example of Visual kei's costumes are perhaps seen there. Visual Kei is different to Glam as seen in the west, as Glam seems to lean towards androgyny, whereas Visual Kei completely ignores gender 'boundaries', with many bands having at least one member completely cross-dressing without any embarrassment.
The style of the bands are, arguably, as important to Visual Kei as the music, with some of the best bands having some of the most outrageous, stylized, and/or expensive costume, make-up and acts.
Groups such as X Japan, Malice Mizer and Dir en Grey are often noted as the fore runners of Visual Kei. At the least they are its most famous and original.

== Evolution of a phenomenon ==

Visual Kei first 'evolved' from Glam, Punk, Metal and 'J-Pop' or 'J-Rock', what western outsiders deem Japanese music based on the pop and rock styles of western bands, in the late 1980's, with its most famous band Japan X, and other bands from the same period; Color and D'erlanger.