Although we have already talked about the new DVD that Phantasmagoria would be releasing on June 23rd, the releases aren’t finished!

On June 16th, the band will be releasing their single 「actuality」, which was originally available for sale only at lives. The single has two types; a ype A which comes with a DVD for 3150 yen, and a type B which is 2100 yen and comes with a bonus track.

CD Tracklist
1. actuality
2 .Lie Light&Lost Sky
3. 光に降る雨〜Strings Version〜 (Hikari ni Furu Ame)
4. Fictitious Theory [Type B Only]

DVD Tracklist [Type A Only]
Footage from their live on March 19th at Tokyo JCB HALL at Meguro Rock Maykan’s 30th Anniversay 「鹿鳴館伝説〜LEGEND OF ROCKMAY KAN〜」 (Rock Maykan Densetsu~LEGEND OF ROCKMAY KAN~).
1. Pixy false
2. Unknow Zero Distance
3. NEO ARK
4. 神歌 (Kami Uta)

On the same day, they will also be releasing the photo collection that comes complete with a live CD, which again, was available only at lives beforehand. The pamphlet is a reissuing of what SHOXX produced in 2008, and comes with a three track live CD for 3150 yen.

The releases aren’t all that are happening!
The band is also selling the actual costumes that they wore on stage via a silent auction organized through the UCP OHP.

Licensed by ID JAPAN, they are accepting e-mails from fans who wish to bid on the costumes. The lowest amount you can bid is 5000 yen, and only in increments of 1000 yen. The person who sends in the highest bidding price will win the costumes. You only get one shot to send in your price, so you won’t know how much others are offering. Also written on the OHP is that these costumes are great for of course fans, but can also be used by people in bands.

They do mention that as these costumes are the real deal, they may have some damage from wear. They also will not accept any returns and will not be making any compensations on the costumes.

They’re selling three sets of costumes in three stages. For the first set, they are taking bids from now until May 30th. Dates for the next two will be announced later. (Click on the photos to enlarge).

So Phantasmagoria fans, if you were going to bid, which costume would you decide on?

Source: Brand-x, UCP OHP

The DVD will cost 6300 yen and contain 90 minutes worth of footage from the band’s last live that took place on April 5th at Osaka BIG CAT.

Also included will be a 16 page booklet.

Source: Brand-x

Vocals: 直 (Nao) || → hannah, JILL CHRIST
Guitar: えりぜ (Erize) || → kelli
Guitar: 雪希 (Setsuki) || → 176BIZ → the Riotts.
Bass: Takaya || → hannah, JILL CHRIST → Dlocy
Drums: 旬奈 (Shunna) || → Dali

So coming back to the live. It will take place on the 31st of August at Umeda SHANGRILA. Actually, it will be an event organised by Visunavi and UNDER CODE PRODUCTIONS entitled 「SUMMER MASQUERADE 2010」, which will also be “Phantasmagoria MEMORIAL TRIBUTE NIGHT”. There are no many details as for what bands will be participating; although so far there is information only about カレン (Karen) and 凛 (Lin).

Source: Rin’s OHP

Vocals: RIKU || ex. KAWON → HISKAREA → Phantasmagoria → chariots
Guitar: MIZUKI || ex. ミサルカ (Misaruka)
Guitar: KANATA || ex. Mebius → ルフィー嬋命 (Ruephy Alive)→ Pashya → chariots [previously known as 秋都 (Akito)]
Bass: KISAKI || ex. La:Sadie’s → MIRAGE → Syndrome → Phantasmagoria
Drums: REIYA || ex. Pashya → chariots

They are already planning to release few CDs though! We’ve already talked about the mail-order premium CD entitled 「凛」 (Rin). It seems though that they’ll also participate in an omnibus called 「NEO VOLTAGE」, which we already talked about some time ago. What is even more important, however, is the fact, that the song which will never be included on any other CD.

However, the band is going to release their first maxi single on the 2nd of June! It will be entitled 「As If Forever Exists.」 and come in 3 types: a limited one for 2100 yen and two regular types for 1670 yen each. What is more, you will get one trading card chosen randomly from 12 types with every CD.

If you buy all three types, you can send the tickets included in the CDs to the band and you will get a signed bonus DVD with a making-of to 「As If Forever Exists.」. What is more, if you pre-order all 3 types through Bands@id, you will receive a bonus DVD entitled 「Fake Dance」, which will be a how-to-dance (Furitsuke) guide DVD to that song.

The band is also going to have several instore events to promote the release:

June 5th, 18:00 @ Like an Edison Osaka
June 12th, 15:00 @ Like an Edison Nagoya
June 19th, 15:00 @ Like an Edison Tokyo
June 20th, 15:00 @ Jishuban Club
June 20th, 18:00 @ Brand-X
July 17th, 15:00 @ Death trap-ID Harajuku
July 17th, 18:00 @ Shibuya ZEAL LINK

The band will also have a tour commemorating the release, therefore it will also be entitled 「As If Forever Exists.」

May 23rd @ Nanba HATCH (1st live)
June 6th @ Osaka Suminoe Namura Zousenjo Atochi
June 15th @ Shibuya AX
June 18th @ Shibuya O-EAST
July 18th @ Shibuya O-EAST
Auguat 9th @ Nagoya BOTTOM LINE
August 15th @ Saitama KAIKAN
August 31st @ Umeda Shangri-La

It also seems that there will be a special “program” for KISAKI’s return, called 「MONOLOGUE」. Apparently it will be available online starting from the 1st of May for a limited
time! You will be able to see it on OHP, YouTube, KISAKI’s MySpace, Bands@id, INDIVISUAL (with English subtitles).

The band has set a MySpace, so make sure to follow them; the link to their OHP is located here though.

They will update their OHP/MySpace with any additional dates for the tour or instore events and we’ll surely let you know if that happens.

Source: Visunavi, Official MySpace

I edited the information about KANATA, thanks to everyone who let me know about it~

And the OHP link is working now!

The performance begins at 6:00 Japan time, so set your alarms to make sure you’re around!

Tune in to Indivisual’s MySpace when the time comes!

So who’s going to be around to watch it?

Cure presents a twitter special event which takes place on Cure Mag official twitter (Cure_office)
One of the most influential bands, Phantasmagoria limited reunion.
Live Streaming of Cure Magazine cover photo shoot of Phantasmagoria.

Feb.1 is Phantasmagoria day on Cure twitter!
Phantasmagoria members will be on Cure Mag Official twitter (Cure_office) and ready to send tweets to you!

Cure Official Twitter connects to Cure Mag official facebook, so you can enjoy photos and movies of Phantasmagoria on your facebook!

* Find Cure Mag Official twitter searching “Cure_office” and follow us
* To watch live streaming, you need to apply for the event thru twitter
* The special event starts at 9pm JPT.#CureVKei

If you have twitter, I suggest you to go and add them!

Source: Cure Facebook

Pretty impressive!

Well, to go along with the release, the band is planning a maxi single commemoration 60 minutes limited premium live!

The live is called 「Diamond Dust in Truth ～新たな約束～」 (Arata na Yakusoku; A Fresh Promise) and it’ll take place on April 5th at Osaka BIG CAT.

Tickets, surprisingly only cost 1500 yen. They are on sale now via the UCP mobile site until January 31st, and general ticket sales begin on February 6th.

Source: UCP OHP

The first one is 「Seeds of Brain」, which is a “RARE TRACKS MINI ALBUM”. Apparently, the band has recorded some songs in 2006~2007 which have never been released so far, and they’ll be featured on that mini-album. It will be released on the 10th of March and cost 2100 yen. The tracklist is:

01. Seeds of Brain
02. Cry…
03. Desperate Resolution for my Soul..
04. My Mental State… (A new recording / bonus track by KISAKI + Riku)

The second release is a new single entitled 「Diamond Dust」 which will also be released on the 10th of March, this time for 2625 yen though. It seems that before the decision about stopping their activites, Phantasmagoria was planning to go major and the major debut single was supposed to be 「神歌」. 「Diamond Dust」 is a coupling track which was going to be featured on that single. The single’s tracklist is as follows:

01. Diamond Dust
02. Diamond Dust (Instrumental)

It will also feauture a bonus DVD with a 30-minutes-long footage from 首都制圧 (Shitto Seiatsu)

Source: Brand-X

Well, their revival activities aren’t stopping there! The band will be performing in two more events in 2010:

Title: FOOL’S MATE X VISUNAVI PRESENTS DIG UP STAR Stage4
Date: February 5th @ Meguro Rock Maykan
Performing: Canzel, VelBet, Elm, SaTaN, V-last., Phantasmagoria
Tickets: 2500 yen

Title: Meguro Rock Maykan Anniversary Maykan Densetsu~ LEGEND OF ROCK MAYKAN~
Date: March 19th @ Tokyo JCB HALL
Performing: MUCC, Merry, Versailles, Phantasmagoria
Tickets: 6000 yen, go on sale starting February13th

On the Visunavi page is also reads:

We’ll be expanding from here on, so you can’t take your eyes off of us… don’t look away!

Source: Visunavi

How funny yet cute. Any other cute names bands are called by fans?

Now before we get into all the messy details, I want you to take a close look at the photo that Kisaki posted with it in his journal. Both of them (he had the first one orignally and when I went back today to double check everything, he’d change the photo…).

Look reallllly closely.
Do you notice anything weird? I didn’t take a second glance at it, until it was pointed out to me. Then I laughed. It’s like that LSD mix up…

So, what’s in it? Well, there’s a gorgeous 36 page booklet and the disc contents are as follows:

DISC 1: A complete live digest disc. A documentary of all their lives from their formation to their final performance.

DISC 2 & 3: PICK UP Live Disc
All of Phantasmagoria’s songs from their turning point live to pick up lives.

DISC 4: 2008 Revival Live Disc
A compilation of their performances from when they lived the seal on May 3rd, until their disbanding live on August 31st.

Bonus Footage: 「Vanish」 PV

Mail Order Privilege: PRESENT DISC
- Phantasmagoria 「fairy times memoey～another tale～」(OFF SHOT PROMOTION CLIP)
- Footage from their 2007 LAST TOUR「CRYSTAL FINALE～ECLIPSE of MYTH」
- KISAKI & ROAD AWAKERS 2006.7.02 HOLIDAY OSAKA
- KISAKI & PhantasMatoriku 2008.8.20 HOLIDAY NAGOYA
- KAWON One Day Revival 2008.9.25 HOLIDAY OSAKA
- PhantasMatoriku Last Live 2008.9.25 HOLIDAY OSAKA
- Plus Special Bonus Footage
- KISAKI 「勿忘草」 (Wasurenagusa) (PV SHOOTING OFF SHOT FILM)
- + Special Footage

The sale dates depend on where you order it from. Through Bands@id and Cure, they’ll be going on sale December 24th and those who order from either place get bonus footage from Bands@id. Then on January 10th, they’ll be available at Kisaki’s Secret Party at ESAKA MUSE. On January 14th the box set will be available in CD shops around Japan.

Source: Kisaki’s Blog

Vo＆gt IORI(ex.Phantasmagoria)
Gt Sora (ex.Kazoku)
Gt nono (ex.ν-NEU-)
Ba IV(ex. kisnate)
Dr Tooki(ex. 73shiki)

In addition to this news, Sora has changed his blog from livedoor to ameba. Update your bookmarks if you’re interested in following him.  He still seems like a frequent updater, so you might want to keep an eye on it.

Source: IV’s blog

Vocals and Guitar: IORI (ex Phantasmagoria)
Guitar. Nono  (ex neu)
Bass. IV (ex Kisnate)
Drum. Tooki (ex 73shiki）

Source: IV’s page.

Vocals/Guitar : Jun (ex. Phantasmagoria)
Guitar : Iori (ex. Phantasmagoria)
Bass : Seiya (ex. Viored)
Drums : Satoshi Hashimoto (master drummer)

Not sure who Satoshi is, Jun’s blog only lists him as a drumming master so he could be a friend, teacher or something like that. Extra thanks to Addy for translating his name ;—;!!! <3

Source: Jun’s Blog

Source: Brand-x

The DVD is called “forbidden -INSANITY of the UNDERWORLD-” and the first press edition contains two disc. Disc one is the footage from the performance, and disc two contains the following:

1. Phantasmagoria – One Day Revival Anniversary feat. Riku & Matoi at 2008.2.14 OSAKA MUSE
2. KISAKI BIRTHDAY EVENT 「主役のいない記念祭」  (Shuyaku no Inai Kinensai) at 2008.3.09 HOLIDAY OSAKA
3. Phantasmagora GUERRILLA LIVE at 2008.08.02 Osaka America Village Sankaku Park
4. Phantasmagoria 「SHOCK WAVE in Osakajou Nooto」 at 2008.8.30 Osakajou Open Air Concert Hall

The price strings a little at 11550 yen, but it would be a great addition to any fan’s collection.

Source: BMA, Kisaki’s Blog

I was lucky enough to attend Phantasmagoria’s live last year on August 25th at Kobe Star Club. During their MC, they told us that Jun used to work at the Star Club when he was a teenager (in fact, his login information is still in the computer system there). But it was also revealed that he spent most of his time there in the front office, asleep.

I wish I could spend most of my time sleeping. The girls at ST will not allow this, I am a slave for life. Someone should start the ‘Free Ernie’ foundation.

There are no numbered tickets (it’s a free event afterall) and will be cancelled if it rains on that day.

Source: Jun’s Blog

Source: Cure MySpace