if people are left off this list, it doesn't mean i don't love you anymore =P . it just means my computer ate your address *lifts hands in despair*.

jrock

angst and ennui
believe it or not, the first jrock page i ever visited *grins*. regularly updated, mainly mp3...and LOTS of good quality mp3s on a nice, fast server, at that ^___^ . bits and pieces like winamp skins, windows icons, etc. laruku and lariene mostly, methinks.

as if in a dream
laruku site with possibly the biggest collection of romanized lyrics i've ever seen *blinks*. not updated a GREAT deal.

eye candy
very professional site. luna sea mostly, but laruku, glay, MM, kuroyume, and a few other bands. lots of stuff ~~ pics, fanfics, sound files, doujinshi etc.

hi no miko's jrock closet
nice little page, probably best loved for a nice collection of real audio files ^v^

hide's voice ~ translated
there's a section on hide's official page called 'hide's voice', which is just hide babbling away about whatever happened to catch his fancy. intensely sad, even though his little stories are usually funny...or perhaps it's all the more depressing for that?

japanlyrics
huge, HUGE collection of romanized lyrics. unfortunately, it's mostly jpop, but there's still lots of jrock songs that've been requested.

the jrock fanfic archive
largest collection of jrock fanfics on the net. serious ones, yaoi, shounen-ai, parodies, AU fics, what-if fics, super-lemons...the whole works ^_~

the jrock translation station
i usually prefer to translate my own (lyrics ARE poetry, after all), but if you get lazy, it's a nice place to go. mostly luna sea...but expanding gradually.

japanese and korean popular music
small site by a friend ^_^ . pics of japanese and korean rockers, the occasional real audio file, bios, babble...and a nice bunch of useful links.

fourth avenue cafe
very multi-media *grin*. lots of links to all sorts of laruku vid clips, sound files, radio clips, etc. and nice, nice pictures =D~~

kirari's hauser
expansive penicillin page...all the usual, plus some.

the oricon chart
the official music charts for japan. has daily and weekly rankings for singles and albums. someone once said there's an english section, but if there is, i can't find it *grin*. still, the japanese section's easy enough to decipher. all you need to know is 'arubumu' and 'shinguru' =P

regret
really cool gackt page, named after the gackt-piano coupling song to ma cherie ^_^ . translated lyrics, news, bio, message board...

rockin' heaven
pretty much the definitive jrock site...lots of information all the major visual bands. hasn't been updated in a while, but definitely a must-see ^_^

saico ink
really prettily designed page ~~ assorted jrock and jpop stuff...tabs and lyrics are of interest ^_^

screensaver japan
jrock, jpop and american band screensavers. they're usually clips from pvs.

untitled
mostly fanart...and pretty good fanart at that, too *g*. by kuwami and fd.

visual dream
visual rock page: luna sea, glay, hide, luna sea, dir en grey, malice mizer. nice fanart and some cool pictures...

zak zak entertainment online
gossip on japanese celebrities. not that much on jrock stars, but occasionally there's something about glay or shazna *grin*. all in japanese.

zealous
chained luna sea yaoi fanfics ^_^ . they're done by the zealous doujinshi circle, which is made up of singaporean and taiwanese girls, i think *blinks*. stories in english and chinese...

mp3 and sound

eternity-J v2
a whole bunch of mp3s to download, and a few (HUGE) video clips (anyone for 12mb of 'forbidden lover'?). sometimes there's problems with the zip files, so beware O_o;;

GKcombi
jpop mp3s, which includes laruku. winamp skins, icq skins (hehe).

kunoichi
possibly the biggest collection of real audio jrock on the net (but only 16kbs). the occasional problem with javascript can screw up your downloading...just try and work around it.

japanese entertainment
mp3 pages from pretty much everywhere. mostly jpop links, some jrock. a few broken links, but they're working on it.

anime music, jpop and jrock
great mp3 site. has all the newest releases, and the mp3s are pretty quick to download ^_^

the japanese channel
ARRGH! every song i get up HERE, this girl already has a copy of *wince*. i have to work around this site. excellent quality zipped mp3s, from all sorts of cds. she works on request, too. check out the rest of the page...the pic galleries are awesome *.*

7
visual bands. impressive array of ra files for laruku (including those impossible-to-get demo tapes, AND 'dark of my life'), laputa and a few others.

l'arc~en~ciel fanatic
ALL of laruku's songs on mp3, including ark and ray. she uploads her stuff to the angst&ennui super fast ftp server, too.

official sites

l'arc~en~ciel
the official d-crue page. japanese only.

arkray.com
laruku's temp page for ark and ray (don't know how long it's staying up). impressive shockwave stuff...sound samples, cute little corners that're changed weekly, member bios. in english, malay, japanese, mandarin, cantonese, tagalog and korean *waaiii!*

sony online japan
homepages for all the bands run by any of the sony corporations, including laruku. some of the pages are pretty cool, with sound samples, discographies, artist bios and all that jazz ^_^ . japanese.

sony magazines official homepage
pati-pati and UV, both run by sony. pics of the covers, sometimes a few pics from the special photo shoots. japanese.

kiss mark
kiss mark is gackt's official fanclub, and this is their gackt-page. info on the man himself, his past and present works (excluding malice mizer), his radio shows, tours etc. english and japanese.

miroir
anyone's guess as to how long this is going to stay up. all the usual official-page stuff, but takes itself too seriously, i think *shrug*. (japanese)

sebastian ~ lareine official ~
AHH! it's so cool! *dal grins*. one of the best official pages around... and very pretty, too. japanese only.

sephirot
what the hell does sephirot MEAN? *wails*. all i can think of is 'sephiroth' from ff7 ^^;; . anyway, trust sugizo to get a .com instead of a .co.jp site *rolls eyes*. dark and gloomy, a little slow to load. but pictures and full-length pvs of his solo stuff and luna sea stuff. english and japanese.

universal victor
the guys who produce luna sea, hide, paf, j...and a few others. a pretty lousy excuse for an official page, tho ^^;; . not much info...you can scab a few thumbnails, and that's about it. in japanese.

ever free
that's a really weird address...*blinks*. oh well. hide's official page, and unlike most other artists, he actually had a lot to do with it ~~ his freetalk section was updated every week or so *sigh*. in japanese.

kawamura ryuichi
dahaha! *grin*. universal victor took ryuichi's site down. but you never know, it might come back up again... (japanese)

heath
hm. little heath has a homepage? *blinks*. maintained by his brother (ain't that cute? *smile*). mp3, heath-talk, etc. updated frequently ^_^ (english)

sexmachineguns
hehe. updated regularly, too. very informative. in japanese.

anime and yaoi

aestheticism
an online fanfic and doujinshi magazine. mainly anime fanfics, though a few jrock ones...BUT, all the NC-17 rated fics (including mine) are locked away safely from the eyes of minors >_< . chikusho.

the angel sanctuary ML homepage
angel sanctuary ~~ possibly one of the most beautifully drawn manga ever *smiles*. this page is great in that it has full, comprehensive translations for the japanese-impaired...

yaoi fan fiction archive
who knows if this page is still there? *dal looks thoughtful*. i should check. anyway, it's a collection of anime fanfiction...ranging from the good, to the bad, to the astoundingly awful LEMONS...

spandex and braids
kuwami's cool 1x2 (gundam wing) yaoi-ish page *grins*. assorted stuff...nicely presented ^___^

webrings

jrock express
the only webring i could be bothered to join ^_^

the ultimate jrock ring
bigger than the jrock express...about a hundred or so sites. useful.

fanatic crisis
god knows why i bookmarked this...i don't even particularly LIKE fanatic crisis *grin*. oh well. mainly sites in japanese.

boy's heaven the yaoi web ring
fanfiction, fanart...all anime, though.

guys of anime
bishounen...sometimes yaoi-esque, sometimes not.

bishonen no harems aniring
cute anime bishounens ^____^

the bishounen underground web ring
yaoi and shounen-ai of all sorts. anime.

adult fanfiction
ugh. a VERY seedy collection of links...and a big collection, at that. this isn't yaoi, it's plain guyfuckguy stuff ^^;; . but if you poke around _carefully_ and avoid all the nasty slashings (mulderxskinner, anyone? *gag*), you can find a few decent anime-yaoi sites. may i stress the word CAREFULLY? you don't want to scar your eyeballs, believe me.

assorted miscellany

radio valkyrie
the original version of radio valkyrie, by my friend ki-chan *grin*. entertaining, at times quite bizarre. slightly jrock, mostly personal...

radio valkyrie japan
the japanese mirror of radio valkyrie, occasionally and sporadically maintained by ki-chan, who's currently in exchange in fukitomi, hiroshima-ken.

rei's place
rei-chan's homepage, which i believe has been dismantled until further notice. oh well *shrug*.

sihme's world of exploration
author of that sadistic yaoi-mockery on my fics page. he seems like a nice guy...*cough*.

planet sho
hirai's eldest brother. the occasional kpop or krock mp3, and assorted personal babble. on the whole, his site is improving...gradually...

chicks suck!
amusing site, if only to laugh at this guy's attempts to be cool. i once wrote him an email, and he said i'd have to watch 'in the company of men' to fully appreciate his POOR, MISUNDERSTOOD life ^^;; . hasn't been updated in a while, but still fun to read.

the official unofficial street fighter website
my xiaodi's ex-page. managed to get extremely popular...but being lazy, he's quit updating. still, (though i hate to say it), it's hell of a lot better than MY attempts at page-making.