Welcome to merry_fans, the largest Livejournal fan community for the Japanese rock band MERRY/メリー.
Created to discuss music & events concerning the band, all fanfiction, fanart, news or info, icons, et cetera are also welcome. Standard netiquette applies, detailed rules below. Please feel free to join after you've read them over.
● ● ● MEMORIES&TAGS
Got a question? Looking for something in particular?Check the memories first - there you can find numerous scans, live/event reports, various translations, lyrics in kanji/romaji, and many other things! (Please remember to credit translators if using translations elsewhere, unless the translator requests otherwise!)
If it's graphics such as icons or wallpapers that you are after, please check the tags! It's also a good place to look if you couldn't find what you were after in the memories.
● ● ● GUIDELINES
Please follow the rules listed below and remember them before you post.
• Keep posts related to MERRY. • Posts relating to other bands who do shows, events, tours with the band are allowed as long as it is still directly relevant to Merry's activities. • Please LJ-cut long posts or images larger then 500x500. If you aren't sure how to make an LJ-cut, please check the LJ FAQ here. • Fanfiction and fanart are allowed as long as there is a short description before the LJ-cut. If your art/writing contains nudity or smut it must have a warning and be friends locked. • All media posts (scans, PVs, etc.) must be friends locked. • File requests (mp3s, DVD rips etc.) are NOT allowed. • Sharing of albums, singles and DVD rips is NOT allowed. PVs* and TV/Web clips ARE allowed, however. (Easy rule of thumb-- if you can buy it, you probably shouldn't post it here!) • Graphics posts ARE allowed as long as the graphics are under a cut. You may post three teaser icons above the cut. • Most importantly, DO NOT START DRAMA. Anyone who tries to start drama or actively participates in it will be warned twice and then banned. Three strikes and you're out, no exceptions.
*PVs are allowed if A) they are from the indies era (ie. "Violet Harenchi"; "Japanese Modernist"), or B) currently unreleased, meaning TV/internet rips from new singles are OKAY until they come out on DVD. As of of April 2009, Merry released a DVD entitled VIC ~VIDEO ID COLLECTION~ which compiled every Victor era major single released as a PV. As such, I ask that these PVs no longer be shared within this community. In case it's unclear just which videos this covers, please check here. Thanks for your understanding. -- (15.June.2010 Update)
* If you aren't sure if your post is allowed, please feel free to e-mail us and we'll let you know as soon as possible.*
*Just a quick note re: Japanese websites - contrary to the name, LINK FREE is what you should look for before publically linking to a Japanese website. Please use your common sense; don't ruin it for others by direct-linking or posting sites without LINK FREE out in the open. If a post is made with such a link, you will be asked to edit the post. Thanks in advance.
● ● ● AFFILIATES
merrysongbook - A comprehensive メリー/MERRY lyrics & romaji archive. thedailysheep - A メリー/MERRY image-sharing community, for your daily fix~ merry_fanbook - A community for the MERRY fanbook project. :) tetsu_merii - A community dedicated to everyone's favourite bassist, Tetsu!