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Λucifer have now begun the recording work for their new song. Also, the title of their new song revealed…?! Here’s some translated studio reports from twitter and blogs, collected here in (approximately) the order they were posted.

Makoto:

• Today’s our long-awaited day of recording!
• Λucifer are recording their new song for that project today!! About to begin recording NOW (^O^)

• The members, busy playing.

• Cool!

• Atsuro-sensei of Λucifer.

• First self-shot in a while.

• I have a feeling it’s going to be a well-liked song…

• Towa (^O^)

• Santa (^O^)

• Atsuro (^O^)

• YUKI (^O^)

• (To Mayu Shinjo:) I think it’s going to be a good one～! (^O^)
  • Mayu: Ooooohh!!! I’m looking forward to it so much～～～!!
    • Please do. (^O^)
• We’re just about to do the first take of Λucifer’s new song. Here’s to hoping it’ll be a good one (^_-)-☆ You guys wanna give it a go after a while? Datenshi～?!
• Polishing it up some more.

• Recording as Λucifer is a strange feeling… it’s like we got on a time machine or something…

• Yuki: Λucifer’s recording today! The song’s going to be included on the “Kaikan Phrase” DVD! (sic) It’s been way too long since the 5 of us recorded together. (^o^) I’m lost for words (*^_^*) It’s fun!
  • Mayu: Thanks so much for everything! Mom’s in tears here! (ノ◇≦。)

• Santa: We’re in studio with Λucifer, recording a new song that’s to be included on the first press limited edition “Kaikan Phrase” CD going on sale 10/26!

Makoto:

• Our work continues…

• We’re steadily nearing the end… Time for lunch in a minute…
• Having katsudon with all of Λucifer.

• Look delicious?

Towa’s blog entry:

Recording!

We’re recording Λucifer’s new song today!

This time around, we’re just recording one song for Mayu Shinjo’s first press limited edition “Kaikan Phrase” CD, going on sale 10/26. Everyone’s gathered here just to do that. It’s been a long time, but we’re proceeding nicely.

For more details,
URL http://mayutan.com/kaikan/ (or if English is your thing, here)

Later～

• Makoto: Λucifer has returned to recording after lunch!

• Atsuro: The recordings for Λucifer are going great～☆ We’re going with a song written by me this time!

  

  • Mayu: Ooh! I can’t wait to hear it!! (≧∇≦)
    • Santa: You’re not coming over today?
    • Makoto: You’re not coming?
      • Mayu: I’m still at work! (つД｀)
        • Santa: Just come and work here (lol)
          • Mayu: Working while listening to Λucifer’s songs, that’s way too luxurious!!
            • Santa: (lol) Actually, stop tweeting while you work! (lol)
              • Makoto: That goes for us, too (lol)
                • Mayu: Huh? Are you waiting for your turn, or?
                  • Makoto: I’m just busy getting excited! Okay, yeah, I’m waiting. (lol)
              • Mayu: ￣ｍ￣ Fufu. Me, I’m a fast typer so it’s fine… I am doing my work properly!!
                • Santa: Well that’s good to hear (￣∀￣) (lol) Fight!

Makoto:

• Towa, keeping record.

• So it’s been 9 years since Λucifer last recorded, huh…
• YUKI’s doing his best with his guitar solo!

• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Uni” (Sea urchin) (lol)
  • Santa: Absolutely 1000% not (;_;) (lol)
• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Datenshi CRIME no Binetsu“
• The title of Λucifer’s new song: “Midnight Illusion no Hoka ni Nani ga Dekirun darou?“
• Next up, Atsuro’s doing his best!

• Towa, Santa and YUKI are all done with their parts. Atsuro’s recording acoustic guitar next. Me? I’m just in charge of demo vocals and twitter today. (lol)
• Good evening! This is Makoto of Λucifer (for a short while) (^_-)-☆

• Yuki: Finished recording my guitar solo without incident. (*^_^*) Ah man～ I went and played a pretty cool one again. (lol) With this, my parts are all done. (^-^)v
  • Makoto: Good work (^O^)

• Makoto: The Λucifer song is 90 percent done! Once we’ve laid down the acoustic guitar parts, it’s 99% done. Finally, once I’ve recorded my vocals, it’s 120% done!!

• Atsuro: Today’s Makocchan! Going to record the acoustic guitar parts now～☆

Makoto:

• Atsuro’s acoustic guitar recordings have started!
• It seems Towa’s gonna start up twitter as well… (lol) Oh, this is off-topic, but we were talking about suntans just now and Towa showed me his ass to demonstrate how white it is.
• We’ll be done with the instrumental parts shortly! Thanks for the tweets of encouragement (o^-‘)b

• Atsuro: I’m done. We’re now waiting for the rough mix. Here’s a precious picture of Yuki-chan playing my acoustic☆

  

  • Yuki: Thanks for letting me try it out! It has a good sound! Now I want one for myself (^-^)v

Makoto:

• Λucifer instrumental parts now done!
• And that’s it for today! On my way home now (^O^) Tomorrow it’s photography time for Λucifer!!

Announcing the best news on the site yet. Without further ado…

＜Information＞

Mayu Shinjo 「Kaikan♥Phrase Reincarnation」

The shoujo manga “Kaikan Phrase”, having sold over 10 million copies worldwide, is back with an all-new production for Koeman (who do mobile phone comics with added voice contents)!

There’s also going to be a drama CD!
For the super special limited first edition, the drama CD also comes with a new song by Λucifer and a gorgeous memorial book containing the entire comic distributed on the mobile site.

＜Summary＞

【Main story】
Ever since that night, Aine has been saddened about not being embraced by Sakuya.
Now as that sadness is gradually turning into anxiety, the hearts of the two are slowly drifting apart.
Aine and Sakuya — just what course is their love going to take from here!?

【Bonus story】
It’s Aine’s birthday soon.
Thinking about what to give Aine for her birthday, Sakuya consults the members of Λucifer…!?

The comic will start publication on the mobile comic site Comic Cmoa in September 2011.

■ Drama CD 「Kaikan♥Phrase ～Reincarnation～」 (super special limited pressing)

☆ Super special contents:

• Unreleased, brand new song by Λucifer
• Special memorial book (72 pages in total), including:
  • The whole comic released released on the mobile phone site (42 pages)
  • Λucifer photographs, taken at the request of the publisher
  • Shinjo Mayu & Λucifer round-table discussion
  • Interviews with the voice actors

Release date: 2011/10/26 (EDIT: new release date) 2011/11/23
Stock number: FCCC-0199
Price: 7,350 yen (includes tax)

■ Drama CD 「Kaikan♥Phrase ～Reincarnation～」 (regular edition)

Featuring only the drama CD.

Release date: 2011/10/26
Stock number: FCCC-0198
Price: 2,625 yen (includes tax)

＜Cast＞

Aine Yukimura: Atsuko Enomoto
Sakuya Ookochi: Masaya Matsukaze
Atsuro Kiryuu: Ken’ichi Suzumura
Yukifumi Todo (Yuki): Shin’ichiro Miki
Kazuto Sakuma (TOWA): Susumu Chiba
Yoshihiko Nagai (Santa): Takahiro Sakurai
(same cast as the anime!)

◯ Kaikan♥Phrase Official Site: http://mayutan.com/kaikan/
◯ Koeman Official Site: http://koeman.jp
◯ Comic Cmoa Official Site: http://www.cmoa.jp/

I’ll be honest with you guys. I didn’t think this day was ever going to come.
Thankfully I can now say I was mistaken.

This could be the last batch for a while. Makoto’s not answering fan questions lately as he’s (understandably) busy tweeting about things related to the earthquake. Before today’s 25 Q’s, have a couple of his childhood pics!

I have a live tomorrow and I’d be happy for any word of advice.
Please sleep.

I can hear awful singing from above (>o<) Makoto, save me～!!!
Let’s write him a gentle Death Note!

Do you listen to kannivalism (=´∀｀)人(´∀｀=)?
They’re my juniors. I like the song “mum”.

My Chemical Romance are good right (^^) What songs do you like ＼(^o^)／?
THE GHOST OF YOU!!

Is there any Western artist whose live you’d want to go see?
David Bowie for a second time.

If you have an artist recommendation, do tell please.
Shinsei Kamattechan!!

Please tell us your favorite song by them (*・Д・*)
Yuugata no Piano

I love S/mileage’s Yuuka Maeda and was wondering, do you have any idols who you’re cheering on (*・∀・*)?
SMAP

What’s your manga recommendation?
(Works by) Daijirou Morohoshi

What are your biggest goals for this year?
To release and perform with Trick!! Look forward to it!!

At †яi¢к’s lives, is it possible you are also planning on covering Kaiki Shokubutsu?
We’ll consider it.

Studying right now! Makoto～♪ Words of support please(*^ω^*)
Calculate the area of this trapezium.

Good evening! Makoto, please tell us the secret behind your beauty!? (o^∀^o)
French kissing my mirror image! (lol)

What’s your favorite flower (*^^*)? I get the feeling it might be roses..
Moluccella. It means “eternal gratitude” in flower language.

How does it feel having become connected with fans on twitter?
I’m happy there’s this much response (to this 30-year-old).

A while ago, you appeared on Tamaki Hiroshi’s radio show right!! I was surprised to hear you’re drinking buddies with him!!
I’ve known him for 13 years now. He’s the first friend I made after becoming a performer! He came to both Λucifer’s revival live as well as our first live ever!!

I was in front row smack center at Λucifer’s first tour in Fukuoka, in other words, right in front of you. I still haven’t forgotten the look in your eyes, nor the cold feel of your hand that I touched.
I haven’t forgotten either………. probably.

Do you have any memories that stick out to you from Λucifer’s live last year at Nagoya E.L.L. (* ‘▽’)?
The children who were cosplaying me before had now become adults!

I attended Λucifer’s live at Akasaka BLITZ and was just wondering about when you threw water from your bottle to the audience.. is that something you’ve practiced before? It looked like it flew quite a long way.
That’s always been my forte!!

Listening to “Desire” right now♪ It really is a great song♥♡
Akina Nakamori?!

Makoto is very younger !!! (sic) haha… http://yfrog.com/h7glb0j http://yfrog.com/h20ua1j
Stop iiit～

After Makoto announced his love for Odagiri Joe:

What do you like about him?
His beard.

Since it’s the middle of the night, I’ll ask this question… what’s the first thing you look at in a woman?
The mouth.

Good evening. What’s your fashion item recommendation for this Spring? (?_?)
Handcuffs.

Makotooo! Please help me decide what to get my big sister for her birthday(^ω^) They weren’t selling eye accessories anymore (lol)
A 5kg dumbbell.

As a bonus, here’s a fun twitter convo between Makoto and Kaikan Phrase creator Shinjo Mayu!

S: First time in quite a while drawing this～(*´∀`) The color version was for the DS game, but I wonder how many years it’s been since I last drew this in monochrome.

M: Wait a minute. Is that me?
S: Yes it is. o(*^▽^*)o
M: Wooooooooooooooooooooooowww!!!!!!!!!!!!
S: This, too, needed to have a revival. (*´∀`) For the first time in ages, I’m doing this scene. I can’t show you everything of course. (^▽^;)

M: Kaikan!! (said in Hiroko Yakushimaru’s voice) (Note: a famous line of hers from the movie Sailor Fuku to Kikanjuu.)
S: Drew Aine in a spur of the moment. If I upload any more pictures than this it’ll be a spoiler, so I’ll stop here!!

M: Aine, I love you!!

Λucifer comeback live!!

I went! Λucifer’s comeback live in Akasaka BLITZ!!!
They started off with Datenshi BLUE!!
From the very start my excitement level was at its peak!
Although I thought I might be moved to tears from the nostalgia,
something surprising happened!! I didn’t feel nostalgic at all! (lol)
It felt like we’d jumped 10 years back in time,
Like “Hmm, I wonder around how many months is it since the last tour?”
I was watching the live with that kind of mindset! It was really strange.
Later, TOWA said in an MC that he felt the same way.
There’s just one thing that was different: the members’ skill levels respectively had all gone up!
At any rate, thanks to playing music in all kinds of styles, the members were already very skillful 10 years ago, but this time they’d gotten so much better, I was actually surprised!
They all played freely and enjoyed the show.
I think they were able to convey that to the fans, too.
Also, the MC’s were funny!!
In those days, Λucifer had an image to keep up with,
and they couldn’t hurt that image back then.
Now they don’t have that kind of an obligation anymore, so
YUKI was speaking in Kansai-ben, Akkun was an airhead,
MAKOTO-kun was making dirty jokes, TOWA was speaking like a bank employee (lol)
And San-chan was… yeah, San-chan’s MC’s hadn’t changed. (lol)
The selection of songs, too, was just filled with ones I love.
When they played the song I absolutely wanted them to play no matter what, Midnight Crow,
I got goosebumps!!
I love that guitar solo in the latter part.
Though I was in the 2nd floor center, wh-wh-what!!!
Somehow a pick from the famous Akkun flew to me.
This is the one.

What are the odds!! I was surprised～
They did Egovision, and they did DUMMY, and they did CARNATION CRIME
And C no Binetsu and LUCY and TOKYO Illusion and all my other most loved songs, I probably got to hear them all.
I was really glad!!

As we were watching the encore,
“They’ll definitely do ‘Dakishimeru Hoka ni Nani ga Dekirun darou?’“… is what some fans were thinking
Those fans knew their stuff quite well.
They did play it.
That song was the first one Sakuya sang in the anime.
It’s one that I really love.
There were 3 encores.
They finished with Datenshi BLUE.

The last one they played the time they broke up was Datenshi BLUE then, too～
As I thought, that song is the best.
Mori Yukinojo’s ingenius lyrics that have impact, and
TAKUYA’s catchy composition that you can’t forget once you hear it once.
It’s seriously amazing.

And then, this part of everyone’s youth, this band that I love
The fact that it was born from a manga that I created,
Every time I realize that, I feel I’m the luckiest mangaka in the world.
At the end, TOWA said “We used the word ‘re-formation’ and it won’t end here.
Just, until the next time we meet, Λucifer will be freezing its activites.”
I agree with that.
I’m really looking forward to being able to go to Λucifer’s live again.

I wasn’t able to attend the wrap-up party, but as they were practicing at the venue,
I got to talk to the members a lot.
San-chan… please stop calling me “mama“… (lol)
All these musicians who are still working hard at their craft,
we were able to have a fine reunion and talk a lot!!
It was fun～
Since I couldn’t go to the wrap-up,
It’s too bad I couldn’t meet the staff who have been supporting Λucifer since the beginning…
But, I’ll see them at the next live!
I’m already looking forward to it now!!

Thanks to all of you who greeted me at the venue!
Truly, it was really an awesome live!
Let’s meet again!

Selection of Atsuro’s tweets

• Soundcheck at Nagoya now. — Aug 26th

• In the bullet train. Nagoya’s live was a fun one filled with lots of talk between the members♪ In the olden days there’s no chance we would’ve had MC’s like that～(#^.^#) — Aug 27th
• Back in Tokyo. Playing squash right away☆ — Aug 27th
• At Happy Music now. I’m supporting Shokotan☆ — Aug 27th
• I got picks made for me by ESP. That’s 400 of them!! I throw lots of them away in lives so everyone be sure to catch them☆ — Aug 29th

• I’m abstaining from alcohol today for tomorrow’s live’s sake… — Aug 30th
• Just for today, please let there be no beer commercials… — Aug 30th
• Reply from Yuki to above tweet: Beer, eh(*^_^*) I’ve got some ice cold, -196 Double Grapefruit. Even the naming’s lovely right (lol) Let’s do our best tomorrow～. — Aug 30th
• Reply from Atsuro to above tweet: Stop it with the alcohol talk～(>_<) Let’s work hard tomorrow☆ Today I’ll just go to sleep like this, without drinking～! — Aug 30th
• Because of this and that, my tension got raised and now my stomach hurts… could this be nervousness?! — Aug 31st
• Outside BLITZ now (>_<) — Aug 31st
• Some flowers from Minorin arrived in the dressing room～☆ Thank you～ヾ(＠⌒ー⌒＠)ノ — Aug 31st

• And (she realized it’s) not Dai-chan but ATSURO!! — Aug 31st
• Doing soundcheck. The lighting’s beautiful☆ — Aug 31st
• 40 minutes to go! It’s almost time. Finishing up with the preparations. I’ll do my best～☆ — Aug 31st
• Show’s over. I did my best～☆ — Aug 31st
• I swung my head too much at yesterday’s live so now I’m lightly warming up. – Sep 1st
• My neck getting sore at lives is completely normal, so don’t worry～(^_-) I’ll give it my all today, too!! — Sep 1st
• The dressing room is calm. It doesn’t feel like today’s the finale… — Sep 1st
• Soundcheck over now. I’ll be firing off picks today, too!! — Sep 1st

• Tweet to Yuki: Let’s do our best today, too～☆ (we’re in the same room right now) — Sep 1st
• Reply from Yuki to above tweet: Let’s do our best～(o^_^o) I’m right in front of you (lol) — Sep 1st
• At the wrap-up party now. Tiiired～… I really used up all my power (^-^) — Sep 1st
• Hungover for the first time in a while… Still have a bit of a headache — Sep 2nd
• Thank you for the enormous amount of tweets with your thoughts on the live!! I’m soaking myself in the memories now. They even cured my neck that got sore from swinging my head too much again yesterday (lol) — Sep 2nd

Selection of Yuki’s tweets

• Morning (o^_^o) We’ll be leaving to Nagoya now. Taking it easy in the lounge. — Aug 26th

• Λucifer performance over. We’re all gathered in the lounge, taking it easy. Good work everyone (o^_^o) — Aug 27th
• Photoshoot today for a Western style clothes brand HIDE ROCK Design (o^_^o) Hot today, too… — Aug 28th (Note: picture from HIDE ROCK Design’s blog)

• Though I’m doing a photoshoot, I’m gulping down draught beer (o^_^o) It’s way too hot. — Aug 28th
• Having wine after that beer (o^_^o) I have a live tomorrow but it’s alright. Miyako-san don’t Michael. (Note: …seriously a pun not worth explaining!) — Aug 28th
• Right now, thinking up ideas for a Miyako song on the guitar. (Note: guessing this refers to Rayflower and its leader Miyako Ken’ichi) Came up with a good melody just now (*^_^*) — Aug 30th
• I’ve injured three of my fingers (+_+) Even though I went through the trouble of doing manicure on them. It’d be good if my nails grew a little by tomorrow… — Aug 30th

• About to go on-stage (*^_^*) I got my hair firmly raised up, too (o^_^o) — Aug 31st
• Λucifer live at Akasaka BLITZ over. (o^_^o) It ought to be a sweet send-off, heading towards tomorrow… (*^_^*) — Aug 31st
• Morning (*^_^*) Early wake up baby. I’ll lie down again though. (o^_^o) — Sep 1st
• Reached the venue (^o^) — Sep 1st
• Soundcheck has begun (^o^) — Sep 1st

• This is late, but a huge thank you to everyone who came to see Λucifer. All of the fans and the staff, having you all support us has been a privilege. Please watch over me from now on, too. YUKI — Sep 3rd

Bonus: Mayu Shinjo’s tweets to Yuki and Atsuro about the 09/01 live

• Tweet to Yuki: Good work～!! Sorry, I’m swamped with work so I couldn’t come to the wrap-up party～! But, let’s drink with everyone sometime! You were good at guitar back in the day, too, but you’ve improved so much more!! My ears are ringing now. You have to do a reunion again at my wedding! … Well even though I say that, it’s still going to be who knows how many years until that day… (-。−;) — Sep 1st
• Tweet to Atsuro: Good work today～! The wrap-up party is still going on it seems! Ah!! I want to go, too～～But I’m busy with work～～ Say hi to everyone for me! Thanks for throwing your pick at me today! (￣皿￣) I’ll write about it on my blog～ (⌒▽⌒) Ahaha! (Note: I’ll post a translation of the blog soon) — Sep 1st
• Atsuro’s reply to the above tweet: Thank you for coming yesterday even though you’re busy～☆ It’s too bad we couldn’t go drinking together, but please do your best at work!! As for the pick, I specifically aimed at the second floor seats so it’d get to you♪ Miracle control☆ — Sep 2nd

Mayu Shinjo’s blog 2010/08/22

Let the rehearsals begin!

The countdown for Λucifer’s revival has started!!
All the tickets even to the additional show are already sold out.
Their schedule looks like this.

8/25 (Wednesday) Osaka Shinsaibashi CLUB QUATTRO
8/26 (Thursday) Nagoya ELL
8/31 (Tuesday) Akasaka BLITZ
9/1 (Wednesday) Akasaka BLITZ (additional performance)

I’m gonna go see them, too!
Everyone who was lucky enough to get a ticket, let’s meet at the venue!

Λucifer’s members are now in the midst of rehearsals.
The staff from the old days are back, too.
They must be having a good time working together.
The concert staff, who in those days often helped me out a lot when I was running around at Λucifer’s shows, mailed me about the state of the rehearsals.
Little by little the feeling of “Ah, so they really will reunite～” started to come about.

Some of the members are on twitter, so definitely follow them and read about their thoughts and latest happenings at the rehearsals!

YUKI http://twitter.com/YUKI_Snowman_XX
ATSURO http://twitter.com/Daisuke_Atsuro

Towa’s blog 2010/08/22

The finale

Pretty soon it’s the big finale…
The big finale…

Commented by dagu-hiro at 2010-08-22 23:57
Do your best～ Looking forward to the live p(^^)q
Commented by さに～ at 2010-08-23 00:07
The finale eh☆
There’s also a birthday party tomorrow right? (lol)
Commented by 微熱 at 2010-08-23 00:49
It’s really the finale!!
Starting to get excited now (lol)
Please do your best☆ to make it a hot live!!
Commented by みなみ at 2010-08-23 17:50
Oh!!
A b-b-black bass… （＞＜）
Ah man… I already know I’m gonna cry for sure…

Santa’s blog 2010/08/23

The end

The Λucifer rehearsals are over～

As we’re finally nearing the Osaka show that’s the day after tomorrow, the truck loaded with our equipment has begun its journey～! (^w^)
Have a safe trip～!

And so,
The 10th anniversary festival is finally upon us!
Yeah,
I wonder what kind of drama awaits us!
I wonder if I have enough physical strength to whip out those songs at the tension appropriate for a live audience! (lol)

Looking forward to the day after tomorrow (^O^)

Commented by さっちん at 2010-08-24 08:45
Finally eh (^.^)
Looking forward to the opening show at Osaka～
Λucifer’s songs… as well as meeting the members
Commented by hitomi at 2010-08-24 22:34
Santa, good evening☆ Good work.
At long last eh～♪ I’ll be traveling a long way to chase you to Osaka and Nagoya (*’ ‘*)

Towa’s blog 2010/08/23

Now then

Λucifer’s rehearsals for the reunion are over!
The real deal is up next!
First up is Osaka the day after tomorrow!

Commented by のぶｬﾝ at 2010-08-23 22:52
Good work at the rehearsals☆★
I read earlier on Santa’s blog that the equipment is already on its way to Osaka★
I’m going to the Nagoya show so I’ll be cheering you on from home during the Osaka show(^0^)/
I’m really looking forward to finding out what songs you’ll play☆
Do your best tomorrow at Osaka while also preserving your energy o(^-^)o
Commented by ゆみ at 2010-08-23 22:53
It’s my first comment☆
Good work at the rehearsals～(U∀U)
They really went by in a flash eh!
Looking forward to seeing your stage again after 10 years♪
Please do your best (^-^)v
Commented by Yu-ki★ at 2010-08-23 22:53
Good work at the last rehearsal m(__)m
When you get back, please give your body at least a bit of rest.
Commented by ヒロミママ at 2010-08-23 23:31
Good work at the rehearsals. At long last, I’m excitedly looking forward to the first Λucifer show since 7 years. Me, my daughter and my son are all three going to the Osaka show.
Commented by あつこ at 2010-08-23 23:48
Good work at the rehearsals!
At last the tour is starting (≧▼≦)
First up, Osaka! Looking forward to it!
Commented by 梅里和泉 at 2010-08-24 19:27
Good work at the rehearsals.
Really looking forward to tomorrow’s live at Osaka.
It seems I won’t be able to get any sleep today since I’m so excited (lol)
Commented by モッチ at 2010-08-24 23:10
I’m going to see the live. Looking forward to meeting you all tomorrow

Atsuro’s blog 2010/08/24

Λucifer 10th Anniversary Live Tour

The tour limited to just a couple of shows is finally starting tomorrow!!!!!

I’m nervous as this time it’s different from the usual when I’m just a supporting guitarist.
This time it’ll be from the standpoint of an artist.

“Let’s give it our all～!” (as Makoto used to always say)

We’ve rehearsed a lot and done a lot in preparation for the live, so everyone please enjoy yourselves! I’m gonna have a lot of fun, too.
The concept is that of a huge class reunion.

10 years since the debut, 7 years since the break-up, we get to do this even though it’s a band with only around 3 and a half years of activity. It makes you realize music really is a wonderful thing. I really think it’s great.

It was my birthday yesterday.
Thank you all for the messages!!!!!
I was going through them on twitter☆ (that I’m strangely enough still using～)

10 years ago yesterday was Λucifer’s first time at Budokan.
10 years ago I would’ve never thought I’d be rehearsing with the same members today…
Music really is a wonderful thing eh. (My second time saying that…)
And about the possibility of there being more than just these couple of lives…
though I don’t like needlessly dwelling on future plans…
Will the next one be 5 years from now… or 10 years from now… or will there be no more after this…
First let’s just concentrate on this live!

The edition of Happy Music I recorded a while ago airs this week on 8/27 (Friday) at around 1:43 AM.
Definitely check it out.

Selection of Atsuro’s tweets 2010/08/22-24

• Thanks for the happy birthday messages!! From now on, too, I’ll be earnestly aiming to deliver good music as a musician. Fifth day of Big Macs ＼(^o^)／ — 12:51 PM Aug 23rd
• A cake surprise at the studio!! I’m thankful (>_<) ’twas delicious～☆ (picture) — 5:03 PM Aug 23rd
• Ah that’s right… 10 years ago today was Λucifer’s first time at Budokan. Time flies… — 5:17 PM Aug 23rd
• The last rehearsal ended now. Looks like it’ll be a good live♪ First up, everyone at Osaka and Nagoya, wait for us～☆ — 9:34 PM Aug 23rd
• 6th day of Big Macs!! I guess I won’t have enough free time tomorrow to eat one… (Note: playing shows never stopped Λucifer from having burgers in the anime! 😉 ) — 12:32 PM Aug 24th
• I have some work that really needs to get done but to escape from reality a little, I’m playing squash now. That aside, it’s hot today too (>_<) On a day like this, delicious curry would be… — 3:59 PM Aug 24th
• Having curry now!!!! Half & half ♪( ´▽｀) (picture) — 7:20 PM Aug 24th
• On break from work now and — in a rare turn of events — updating my homepage. — 10:49 PM Aug 24th

Selection of Yuki’s tweets 2010/08/22-24

• Last day of rehearsals. If I don’t get everything sorted in my head… — 1:21 PM Aug 23rd
• We played through everything twice at the Λucifer rehearsal. Since it’s been 7 years, I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of an ensemble it’ll turn out to be. If possible, I’d like to play with this kind of feeling at the live. Having experienced a lot and met a lot of people during these 7 years, I want to express those feelings of gratitude! — 1:10 AM Aug 24th

Kaikan Phrase creator Mayu Shinjo and Atsuro/Yuki exchanged greetings on twitter.

• Mayu: @Daisuke_Atsuro Akkun!! So you started up twitter! When the fans told me about it, I thought “I’ll have to follow him!!” (>_<) Looking forward to the comeback live～ Let’s meet up some time! — 7:58 PM Aug 15th
• Atsuro: @shinjomayu Long time no see!! I started up 4 days ago～☆ Right now we’re all doing our best every day at the Λucifer rehearsals. Fun times♪ Looking forward to meeting you again～　(^-^) — 8:47 PM Aug 15th
• Mayu: @YUKI_Snowman_XX Long time no see, prince! The rehearsals have started haven’t they～～ Seriously looking forward to it!! At last it’ll be the 25th and the start of the tour soon～ I, too, am going to the Tokyo show! Say hi to the others for me～ — 12:24 AM Aug 23nd
• Yuki: @shinjomayu Well if it isn’t Shinjo～ (*^_^*) Long time no see. Λucifer are rehearsing with plans of doing all kinds of songs. We’ll meet at Akasaka! — 1:14 AM Aug 23nd

Selection of Atsuro‘s tweets.

• Today too at Sukiya before rehearsals. Not in the mood for something hard to eat so it’s my usual of soup and egg. As typical of me, I’ve gotten addicted to Sukiya. I’m often addicted to Yoshinoya, too, but not Matsuya at all. I wonder why… — 12:57 PM Aug 16th
• At Λucifer rehearsal now. First we ran through some troublesome passages with just us instrumentalists (^-^) (picture) — 7:12 PM Aug 16th
• At today’s rehearsal, I finally felt like I’ve got the songs down to a T♪ — 11:03 PM Aug 16th
• We played through the whole setlist twice in a row at full force so I’m completely exhausted… gonna sleep now. — 10:41 PM Aug 17th
• Good morning!! I was super tired so I slept for 11 hours… but I didn’t sleep very well as it was so hot that I woke up several times (>_<) — 11:08 AM Aug 18th
• Riding on the train after a while. The couple of minutes of wait when switching trains is making me sweat like a pig (>_<) It’s piping hot♪～ (Note: he says “atsuatsu anettai♪～” which are lyrics from the Shokotan song “Sekidou Komachi DOKI”) — 12:51 PM Aug 18th
• At a meeting now. I love soba (>_<) (picture) — 3:25 PM Aug 18th
• At another meeting now. Drank too much water… (picture) — 7:32 PM Aug 18th
• After that, having yakiniku now. First time in a while to be having meat this delicious ＼(^o^)／ (picture) — 8:23 PM Aug 18th
• And after that, had sushi at a different place and am taking the last train home now. Since the last tweet I also got clothes from the Shibuya Lumine!! Forgot about the raffle though… — 12:10 AM Aug 19th
• The Big Mac, my absolute favorite food, became ￥200! Awesome! It’s delicious☆ I’m gonna eat it every day for the duration of the discount campaign ♪( ´▽｀) — 1:18 PM Aug 19th
• Squash now. (picture) — 4:20 PM Aug 19th
• Had a Big Mac today, too♪ I’ll have to go to the gym in my free time today as well!! — 11:08 AM Aug 20th
• Daily consecutive Big Mac documentation update!! Today was the 3rd day～☆ — 12:12 PM Aug 21st
• Felt like having sushi after work. Also having Premium Malt’s now. Easily made it to my second glass (^^;; (picture) — 5:38 PM Aug 21st
• Met Minori just now. The anime goddess who is occasionally in the neighboring studio!! — 3:26 PM Aug 22nd
• Fourth day of Big Macs!! — 6:49 PM Aug 22nd
• Had a great rehearsal. I’ll probably have a Big Mac, too♪ Hope they prolong the campaign period～☆ — 11:11 PM Aug 22nd
• I’m the only one using ear monitors and thus I’m able to hear clearly what the other members are playing. Everyone’s sounding really good!! They’re all respectively continuing to do their best… At the rehearsal I came to think — even if I say so myself —  “this really is a great band” ☆ — 11:41 PM Aug 22nd
• (Mayu Shinjo re-tweeted the preceding tweet and added:) Λucifer’s comeback is very soon!! — 11:43 PM Aug 22nd

Yuki also got himself a twitter. A selection of his first tweets.

• (first tweet) @shuse0317 YUKI here. I started up twitter. Please treat me well. The last chord of Nemuri Hime (awesome Acid Black Cherry song) is B-major 7 9 13. I have a live with DUSTAR-3 today. I’ll do my best. — 12:53 PM Aug 20th
• I started a twitter account. I still don’t know at all how to use it or what to write. It’s my first tweet. Right now, me and HIMAWARI (DUSTAR-3 drummer) are going to Meguro～. — 1:53 PM Aug 20th
• DUSTAR-3’s live ended. This morning I felt like starting a twitter account on a whim and called SHUSE (Acid Black Cherry bassist) who carefully instructed me on how to get started. As I returned home from the live I noticed I’d gotten a lot of followers. Thank you. I still don’t really know how to use it so I’ll try to slowly get used to it. — 12:12 AM Aug 21st
• Morning～ (*^_^*) I woke up. But I’m thinking about going back to sleep (-_-)zzz — 8:30 AM Aug 21st
• Refreshed after taking a shower!!! — 8:01 PM Aug 21st
• Today’s Λucifer’s rehearsal. There’ll be lots of staff from the old days (*^_^*) — 12:44 PM Aug 22nd
• Having an evening drink with atarime. Slightly drunk, baby! — 1:58 AM Aug 23rd

Things were looking grim after my last post, but I’m very glad to have been proven wrong!

Aucifer now has a new site that promises to open in a bit over a week from now, on April 20th. For now, the site has links to the members’ respective sites. Looking pretty snazzy! There’s also a mobile version.

Here’s a portion of Mayu Shinjo‘s announcement:

Aucifer 10th anniversary
Finally, they’ve announced it!
I already wrote about it in a previous blog, but as their website was in preparation and none of the members posted any official statement, a lot of fans must’ve thought “is it for real?”
However, after lots of fine-tuning, their site is up.
This time, I can announce it loud and clear:
For a limited time, Aucifer are back!

On a related note, and this might just be entirely my imagination (or my limited Japanese skill), but Mayu might be hinting at some possible upcoming Kaikan Phrase activity. Whether she means another game, the manga or even — dare I say it?! — more anime, I know not. But again, this could just be nothing, so take this bit with a grain of salt.

Atsuro, Towa and Santa also posted messages about this on their blogs, all basically just throwing the announcement out there and saying they’re looking forward to it. However, there is one thing of importance all of them seem to be saying. I’m sorry to say this to all those hoping for new Aucifer songs (me included!), but for now it appears that it’s going to be a live reunion in nature. I’m hoping they change their minds because while I’d love to go catch them live, I don’t see that happening.

Ah well,  if nothing else, we can at least hope for a live DVD, right? According to Towa’s blog, their rehearsals have already begun. Behold, this is where the magic (supposedly) happens:

Lastly, TNB Entertainment has also posted an apology on their site, basically saying they’re sorry for the wait. I don’t know about you guys, but considering the nature of the news they’ve just given us, I’m alright with forgiving them!