Interview

This interview had loads of book/manga/actor's name that I found hard to read. Any help with the names will be greatly appreciated.
::On the 17th of November the video clips of Gauze is going to be realesed.::
Kaoru - Before the summer tour we recorded in Hokkaido, as well as recording at the Tokyo studios in between times of the tour and also during the tour we did a number of fan club lives and there were some of the lives recorded so there is a variety of pictures in the video.
Toshiya - Like 'Akuro no Oka', we already had a PV taken in Italy but that was the short version. We are looking forward to this video because we have put in the long version into it.
::What kind of impression did you get when you were in Hokkaido?::
Toshiya - We went to Hakkaido just before the tour started and at the recording we could eat as much Yubari ( city, Hakkido) melon (hina: melon in Japan is v.expensive) as we wanted. The melon was delicious.
::Did you record '304 gochitsu..' in an abandoned house or something?::
Toshiya - It was a place that had the horrible feel "there must be something in here" to it.
Kaoru - The places where we record always seem to be in those kind of places. But there is no one who has a strong sense of inspiration between our members so there are no experiences in seeing ghosts appear at all.
::I see you change your make up and the styling of your costumes for each song::
Kaoru - After all I thought if the clothes we wear is different and also the make up it is more fun for the person watching it.
::In 'raison detre' Kaorusan's styling was very shocking::
Kaoru - Really?
::You had that extraordinary mask with a tube like an elephant's nose stuck to it.::
Toshiya - An elephant's nose?! (laugh)
Kaoru - At that time I wanted to try as many things as possible. I suddenly had the idea and at the studio I got my stylist to paint the head phones etc.
Toshiya - In that video clip Kaorukun is 'Togetogekun'.(laughs)
Kaoru - At this point (interview was taken in the middle of October) all the songs have not been finished so we can not talk about the whole feel of the video but I think it will be very kakoii?
Toshiya - Pleaz look forward to it.

::Do you watch videos usually?::
Toshiya - I watch. In the past I used to work in a video rental shop and I used to watch nearly all the new video releases.
Kaoru - I don't have a membership at the video rental shop anymore but in the past I used to go frequently to borrow them.
::What kind of videos do you watch?::
Kaoru - Films and Anime.
::What kind of films do you like?::
Kaoru - I don't really like horror movies because they're scary.
::But I think Dir en Grey's pvs are scary also::
Kaoru - I'm okay with the gruesome ones but I can't take the suspense ones. I can't cope with the feeling 'it's coming, it's coming' (laugh). I can't take films like 'Jaws' where they use music and such to make you feel scared and then suddenly 'waaaaah'! When I watch those kind of suspense movies I just fast forward those points. And then I feel relieved that the scary parts have passed and I can continue watching.
Toshiya - But then there's no point in watching.
Kaoru - That is why I never watch those type of horror.
Toshiya - I also watch movies but not so much love movies. I sometimes watch it if it comes on television but I don't go to the extent of wanting to watch it so badly that I go and rent it out.
::So what kind of videos do you watch many times or buy Toshiyasan?::
Toshiya - Anime. There are many things in Anime which I can watch many times. If I want to keep it for later then I will buy it.
::What do you buy?::
Toshiya - This is in the past but something like ________ (hina: bookname which I can't read! Miyazawa something???) which gave me a shock when I was young and so sometimes I feel like watching it.
::Have you ever cried because of the Anime?::
Toshiya - 'Hotaru no Haka'
Kaoru - You can really cry for that
Toshiya - During the summer tour, it was on television and so I watched it and I ended up crying again.
Kaoru - I watched 'Hotaru no Haka' at the cinema along with 'Tonari no Totoro'.
Toshiya - Other Anime that I cried for was 'Furandazu no inu' (hina: same as Glay's teru!!), a theatre production, when I came to Tokyo and borrowed it. I cried because of that.