Average Fury

Really nice addition to any collection, the artwork and booklet are sleek and beautiful and the choice of songs very good. Several of the videos rely heavily on concert footage--Obscure (I had never seen this version), Mr Newsman of course, and Machiavellism. The booklet has lyrics in English and Japanese. There are making of segments for Child Prey, Drain Away, The Final, Saku, Kodou and Kasumi. These segments are short but still a nice behind the scenes glimpse. I bought this as I am having a hard time finding a copy of Vulgar and Six Ugly so I'm glad to have some of the songs I love, particularly Saku, to listen to. As always, the DVD came well packaged and in perfect condition. Fedex international shipping was worth the price and had it to my door in the USA in about 4 days. Thank you, CDJapan, and of course, Dir en grey :).

This is basically the PV collection covering the era's Six Ugly, Vulgar and Withering To Death. I don't really like the Mr.Newsman PV, as it's just random footage edited with the song playing. Obscure shows images of the band recorded at the Blitz 5 Days event and released as a fanclub-only release with 5 DVD's, sadly. Child Prey is a nice video, though, as is Kasumi. Kodou and Saku are censored. To view them fully, you have to purchase the Average Psycho DVD which has uncensored versions of Obscure, Saku, Kodou and a very old song: Mazohyst of Decadence. It's a pretty lovely DVD, this one.

Great collection but when you want to see "Kodo" and "Saku" uncut you have to buy "Average Psycho". My favorite video is "Child Prey" because that was the first Dir en grey song + video I liked.