GACKT Official news update. Translation below:

GACKT, who celebrates his 20th Solo Anniversary today, 25 April,
announced his 20th Solo Anniversary projects on the following official GACKT SNS channels via live broadcast.

・Instagram LIVE
https://www.instagram.com/GACKT/
・YouTube LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/user/GACKTofficial
・LINE LIVE
https://GACKT.com/pages/line

If you missed the broadcast or were unable to watch it, the live broadcast will be archived for view on a later date.

The projects announced are as follows:

Artist activities
　　　　　　　　
■ 46th Birthday Concert!

GACKT’s 46th Birthday Concert will be held on 4 July 2019 at Pacifico Yokohama Large Hall!
Ticket application and entry methods will be announced on a later date!

■ 95th Camui♂Gakuen de Tobina-Sai!

A Gakuen Fest will be held in autumn!
It’s called Tobina-sai!
Details will be announced on a later date.

■ First new album in 4 years in production!

He has started producing a new album!
A single release in 2019 followed by an album release in 2020 during his anniversary year is planned.
It will be his first album in 4 years. The previous being LAST MOON which was released 27 April 2016.

■ Album tour!

An album tour to go with the album release will be held!
It is slated for 2020.

Tie-ups

■ Long-awaited new project with VARTIX!

In celebration of GACKT’s 20th anniversary, a new project with VARTIX called【XX (Double X)】has begun.

GACKT, who dabbles in a wide range of activities as a musician, actor, and talent, is taking part in a new project with VARTIX (CEO: Nakano Takeshi, head office: 5F, 294-5, Kamisuwanchō, Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto) for a new project【XX (Double X)】to work on product design with the theme of “Bringing Japanese manufacturing to the world” in celebration of his 20th anniversary.

Under GACKT’s supervision, VARTIX has produced a number of popular products in the form of sunglasses, watches, and accessories, which were made in pursuit of design and functionality. And this time, the first phase of the GACKT×VARTIX 20th Anniversary Project【XX (Double X)】involves the sale of popular past products.

Going forward, announcements of information regarding the development of unprecedented new products and events related to this project will be announced on the official site and on SNS as and when available.

VARTIX
http://vartix.jp/

■ GACKT as the Nestlé Wellness Ambassador in new ad campaign

Artist GACKT has been selected to be in Nestlé Japan’s new advertising campaign.

The favoured supplement of GACKT’s, who continues to maintain a beautiful body that doesn’t look like a 45-year-old’s and holds unique ideas about health like “one meal a day”, “not eating rice”, and “training every day”.

He is the Nestlé Wellness Ambassador

Nestlé Japan Brand Page URL
http://p.nestle.jp/wellness-gackt

■ Release of connoisseur app “びぷちゃん” (VIP Chan) from Japan !

Japan’s first connoisseur EC application, “びぷちゃん” (VIP Chan) will be available for download on iOS/Android from 27 May.

The “GACKT ゲキオシ!” (GACKT Gekioshi! / GACKT highly recommends!) corner that introduces the first-class connoisseur GACKT’s favourite items or things that he is interested in, along with the “GACKT番付” (GACKT Bantsuke / GACKT Ranking) corner where he gives in-depth reviews and comparisons of all kinds of products are just some of the content that is available.

A corner where trending items from around the world and hidden popular items are found and introduced, along with the introduction of amazing but yet unknown Japanese products and services are planned for future updates.

This is an application where users will have free access to all content and may purchase the item if it interests them.
Download for iOS and Android systems will be available from 27 May 2019 onwards!

​■ The face of Sumifru’s finest, most delicious banana, the “Kanjukuoh Gold Premium” for this year too

Luxurious sweetness and richness; the superb deliciousness that cannot be tasted in other bananas.

Banana wa Sumifru – Sumifru –
https://www.sumifru.co.jp/

■ New GACKT Insta Project! “ワンオナ100” (Wan Ona 100)

1.65 million people on LINE; 900,000 people on Instagram; 860,000 people on Twitter.
From the highly-influential GACK comes a 1-year-only special project during his 20th Solo Anniversary.

Details will be announced on the project company’s website.

Game-related

■ Ambassador of battle royale game PUBG!

The ambassador of PUBG MOBILE has been found!
GACKT will be the ambassador of the current hottest, most popular game PUBG MOBILE.

He will be taking part in PUBG PR activities as the official ambassador.
Also, in-game items produced by GACKT will be available for purchase.

Also, GACKT took part in the RAGE 2019 Spring tournament that was held at Makuhari Messe on 17 March for the first time,
and his revenge match will be held at midnight on 30 April.

The match will be broadcast on PUBG Official.

PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS – THIS IS BATTLE ROYALE
https://www.pubg.com/ja/

■ Get the right to appear as the last boss on「POKER×POKER〜Industry One-on-One Tournament」!

A super large-scale event「POKER×POKER 1st Anniversary Championship」will be held. If you win the tournament, you’ll get the right to appear as the last boss on AbemaTV’s “POKER×POKER〜Industry One-on-One Tournament”! Also, you’ll also win a TEAM GACKT parka ‘My Hand’! Let’s get pumped up at the event on this year’s Golden Week!

POKER×POKER Official Site
https://www.pokerpoker.online/

■ New items arriving one after another as FuRyu crane game prizes!

Below are the new items that will be released.

Mid-June
Collection Figure -BEST OF THE BEST-
Funwari Cat Paw Cushion

Late August
Kigurumi Puppet
Collection Figure -LAST VISUALIVE-

Media

■ Tonde Saitama the Movie

Tonde Saitama the movie (released 22 Feb 2019) where GACKT and Nikaido Fumi co-lead star together has become an unprecedented huge hit, drawing audience numbers of 2.6 million and over 3.4 billion yen in revenue! (As of 22 April)

GACKT’s April Fools’ cover of the theme song “Saitama-ken no Uta” by Hanawa-san!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKe7NaZye-k

■ CX「Chokugeki! Shinsou Sakagami」2-hour Special

Close-up coverage of GACKT at the “Hong Kong Asia Pop Music Festival 2019” from 22 March and his home in Malaysia. A 2-hour special showing GACKT’s artist activities, personal life, and his business side will be broadcast.

Thursday, 2 May, 19:57-21:54, CX「Chokugeki! Shinsou Sakagami」2-hour Special【Close-up of GACKT’s Personal Life ＆ Business】
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/shinsou_r/

The announced projects are as mentioned.
We thank you for your support in the year of GACKT’s 20th Solo Anniversary.

Source: GACKT.com

Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

Translation © GACKT ITALIA