Rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel had two simultaneous DVD releases on December 28, “20th L'Anniversary LIVE -Day1-” and “20th L'Anniversary LIVE -Day2-,” along with a “20th L'Anniversary LIVE -Complete Box-” set containing both. According to Oricon sales data, the “-Day1-” and “-Day2-” DVDs have sold more than 87,000 copies combined since their release, pushing L’Arc~en~Ciel to a lifetime total of 1 million DVDs sold.
“-Day1-” and “-Day2-” sold 43,646 and 43,510 copies, respectively, ranking #2 and #3 on the most recent sales charts behind AKB48.
Among bands and groups, L’Arc~en~Ciel is just the third artist to sell 1 million DVDs, after Mr.Children (1.559 million) and B'z (1.433 million).
L’Arc~en~Ciel has also sold more than 1 million units on VHS, making this their second million achievement in video releases.
Lately, yasu is becoming like my manager (laughs). Recently, when I went to play with everyone in Kyoto, we were all drinking, and someone I really look up to got undressed, and I thought I had to get undressed too, and when I got completely naked, yasu said “Please put something on at the bottom, at least” (laughs). “You’re right” I said, and came to my senses, but if yasu hadn’t been there, I would have been running around completely naked. It happens quite often, him saying something like, “HYDE-san, maybe you should stop.” He’s already my manager (laughs).