Talk:Gackt/Archive 3

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Cains:Feel

Who keeps taking cains:feel out? Last time I saw it had a valid non fan-site source?

Cains:Feel is considered an important part, although it was a minor part of his carreer. IT was because Cains:Feel that he was discovered by Mana. Which then places him into malice mizer, etc, etc -August 31, 2007 at 4:12PM

Dirge of Cerberus

"Genesis is also featured in the unlockable "G Files" in Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus. He will be used as a model for the motion-capture process and for the image of the character."

"will be"? the game has been out for a while now, past tense no longer appropriate and probably shouldnt have been used in the first place.

Also not sure about the description of his involvement... motion capture and image? the footage in the game is actualy of Gackt himself, its not a 3D model. they filmed him and composited his image over the CG scene. If you watch the scene (which you can find on youtube easily enough) its clear that its real footage of him. Mloren 01:13, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a source that proves that it is actually live footage? Because it looks like CG to me in all the versions on YouTube that I looked at. Perhaps they just got his appearance down really well? Also, if you don't think the tense fits (as it really doesn't in this case), change it yourself and note in the edit summary that the game has been out for a while. Nique talk 12:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Uh, yes. Like every press conference involving Dirge of Cerberus from October 2005 for example, e.g. this video. The whole "inserting a live person" thing was a really big deal for game industry folk and fans alike. LauraOrganaSolo 17:22, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Gackt's Modeling and Design Work

I've been trying to provide more references for this article, but I've been having a few problems regarding some of the claims stated here. Does anyone have any more information regarding Gackt's work as a model, particularly for Yoshiyuki Konishi? I can't find any sources to actually support the claim that he worked as a runway model for Yoshiyuki Konishi, so I left it alone during my edit. As for his work with h-darts, I haven't found anything about Gackt actually designing anything for h-darts, but he has been used as a model for their products a number of times. I removed the unsupported claim that he designed stuff for h-darts, but please feel free to put it in again if anyone manages to find a reliable reference for it. There are still a few other unsupported claims that I failed to find sources for, so please help with the citations/references if you can. :) Silentaria 06:27, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately the Yoshiyuki Konishi stuff is very rare but there are scans from the catalogs and photos of Gackt actually on the runway of a fashion show.
h.darts was actually created by Gackt. He designs everything on it unless otherwise specified (some of it is designed by You). This was stated when h.darts first came out three years ago. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.163.52.126 (talk) 20:15, 12 April 2007 (UTC).
Thank you so much for the info and clarifications, but we still need sources to support that before we can actually use it in the article. :( Silentaria 13:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Could someone please get a link to the relevant h.darts page update that states this so as to satisfy these demands?

Ju-ken

Ju-ken has internal link and Id like someone add it on the GACKTjob members, because currently is locked.--Maestrotaku 20:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out; I've already added the internal link to the article. :) Silentaria 05:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Disappearing Information

What the hell happened to the majority of the content of this article? Not all of the [irrelevant stuff] but the serious, informative stuff. Do I have to upload Yoshiyuki Konishi catalogue scans and photos of Gackt actually on a fashion runway for people to believe it? How is that not relevant to Gackt's career? I mean, sure, it's a minor thing and modeling isn't terribly exciting but it's still true.

What is the point in removing information regarding Gackt's musical background? Putting a small chunk of it in the "early life" section basically makes the early life section look sloppy and disconnected. Not only that, the current incarnation implies that Gackt's competitiveness with his friend at age 11 caused him to take up other musical instruments. This is incorrect -- Jihaku states that going over and seeing his friend play the piano really well made Gackt start playing the piano again, not other musical instruments. There is enough factual, relevant information to constitute the return of the Musical Background section.

On the subject of hacking things up, doing so to the solo career section has left things out of order. Jihaku was published in 2003 but right after that sentence is a blurb on Gackt designing Caparison guitars, which happened back in 2001 and 2002.

SPEAKING of Jihaku, I'm not so gullible to believe that everything Gackt says is 100% true but I think disregarding the entirety of Jihaku as a source of information is stupid. It's an autobiography, not a work of fiction. Even if he exaggerates about how much his 38576 bottles of overpriced wine is, do you think he's going to lie about everything in his childhood?

Stop trying to trim this down. It's only making an even bigger mess of it and being less of a nazi about what you think is a legitimate source. Yeah, YouTube isn't really reliable but the printed word ought to count for something. Just because you haven't seen it or you don't read Japanese doesn't mean it's completely false, either. LauraOrganaSolo 18:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Not to sound rude myself, but would you kindly refrain from posting on Wikipedia talk pages until you have read and understood Wikipedia:Civility? Accusing other editors of "making a mess" or calling them "nazis" is about as unconstructive as it gets. - Cyrus XIII 21:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
It's been over three months. Can't someone, somewhere do better? LauraOrganaSolo 19:46, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
Well...I can't do anything because what I already know about Gackt based on the sources readily available to me are already in the article. Since you seem to have some sources, why don't you add the info and properly cite the sources instead of waiting for someone else to do so? :-/ --SilentAria talk 00:35, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Because even when I cite printed sources like Gackt's autobiography or Japanese magazines, people remove it for a variety of reasons. Mostly because it isn't available in English, and evidently that means it is not true. Almost every edit or addition of information I have added to this page (and I don't mean the date of birth) has been removed, changed, or called wrong, inaccurate, irrelevant, or not important enough (shouldn't anything Gackt works on be worth noting in a Wikipedia article?). I stopped bothering because I got sick of the possessiveness some people seemed to hold towards this article. LauraOrganaSolo (talk) 16:43, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

The mini profile of Gackt at the beginning of the article lists his date of death as July 4th, 2007. Surely this is a mistake? I have refrained from editing the article as i have not found evidence to either prove or disprove it, but i can't see it being true. Also, i apologize if this is slightly off topic, but i wasn't sure which category to place it in and didn't see the need to begin a new topic. Thanks. Musashi1596 15:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Filling out the rest of this article

Hi kids.

First of all, I'd like to address this image issue we're having. If you don't think the image in place is sufficient, REPLACE IT. Having nothing there at all is worse.

Alright, as was mentioned earlier on, this article's had a lot done to it lately. Compared to what it was previously, it is bare bones and could honestly be fleshed out a little now. Also, whoever wrote what's there now is way too casual in their writing style for this type of article, so much of it needs to be rewritten. If no one wants to do it or help, I'll be more than willing to take it on, however I want everyone's feedback who would like to have a hand in it before anything's done- no more of this random deletion without explainable cause, because all that's going to do is create more frustration to those who just want a good article here.

Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from all of you. :)

(Tsukiakari 04:11, 28 June 2007 (UTC))

Sure, any help his appreciated. Though I suggest you read the following pages before engaging in any fleshing out on your part:
- Cyrus XIII 08:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
As a note on your image comment, almost all images of Gackt are non-free or "replaceable" according to image guidelines, or people don't put in a fair-use rationale for their use. If you're so adamant about having one there, try finding one that meets the criteria for an image that can stay in use. Nique talk 13:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I'll definitly check out what you've linked me to. :) (72.91.27.241 21:43, 29 June 2007 (UTC))
Added an image taken from the Malice Mizer article. Don't know if its non-free or "replaceable" but if its on the Malice Mizer pages then I assume it is...Sorry if it isn't. NpaK13 02:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
Tsukiakari, you're right. This article when from informative to barely having the basics. I'd be happy to contribute except anything I add, regardless of the sources I cite (like Gackt's autobiography), is deleted. I hope you have better luck than I have had. Please feel free to add more. LauraOrganaSolo 15:49, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Furachi Radio Show

Would anyone like to point me in the direction of the revision that had information on what the full title of Gackt's radio show was and how long it ran to? I know it was listed here at some point but... yeah, no info seems to stay here for long.

If nothing else, would someone that remembers/knows please update this article to include information on Furachi? I know he was doing radio shows for All Night Nippon some time in 2002 but I don't know when it changed to being called Furachi, or exactly when Furachi finished (other than that I think it was some time late in 2004). LauraOrganaSolo 19:44, 22 September 2007 (UTC)