BAISER (JP Band) - Prism / プリズム (Music Video PV) [4K 60FPS] (1999) | Gokudo / ゴクドーくん漫遊記 OP

HIYA! Here is a new 2021 VHS rip of the music video of the song "Prism" or "プリズム", by Japanese visual-kei rock band "BAISER" (ベーゼ), released in 1999. The rip was then upscaled to 4K 60FPS using artificial intelligence and video editing software. This song was also used as the opening theme of the anime series "Gokudo" or "ゴクドーくん漫遊記". ENJOY!
Finally some BAISER on my channel! One of my all-time favourite bands. BAISER formed in 1991, and remained active until 2001. Their music / sound and image changed a lot in these ten years; From dark and edgy hard-rock, to lighter, colourful, up-beat pop-rock. They had their major record label debut in 1999 with this song as their first major single.
The founder, and only consistent member of BAISER from 1991 to 2001 is vocalist "紫" / "Yukari".
BAISER created a ton of videos to support their music, even already in 1992. But sadly, all of these videos only ever released on VHS, and none ever got released or reissued to the DVD format, or official internet uploads. Also, the quality of some of these VHS is low, even for VHS standards.
Prism is no exception, even with it being their video with the highest production budget. The FPS is quite low, even reaching 15-20FPS, and the colours and lighting of different shots are not consistent; Some shots are much darker or lighter than others.
For the editing process, I upscaled it to 4K multiple times, with different AI models. Then, in the video editing program, I chose the best-fitting AI model per shot / scene change. I also edited the lighting per shot to be consistent with the rest. It was quite a lot of work, but I'm happy with the result!
I noticed the shots with Yukari in it were much brighter than the shots with the other members. I think this was done on purpose, but the difference in the original was really extreme. So I kept it to respect the original intention, but toned it down so it's much more pleasing to watch.
The audio of the song on the VHS (music video), and Hana album are almost exactly the same, but they still have some minor differences. Personally, I think the mix on the album is better, so I decided to dub it over this music video. But the difference is hardly noticable.
The only other rip on-line of this PV is decades-old, and it is almost unwatchable... Are you one of the old-school BAISER fans used to watching that rip? I hope you enjoy this video then!!
Since I don't have a top-tier VCR setup yet, my friends at Rarezhut, an American on-line visual-kei store, ripped this VHS for me, and their setup is amazing too! But still, even after that rip, a lot of work had to be done to make it as good as possible!
For the moment, it sadly seems that BAISER has no plans of reuniting, or reissuing their music... The last release was from 2002... So I think my channel will be safe, copyright-wise, if I upload their music. So... Lots more coming!!
BAISER is quite hard to collect, and most of their stuff is hard to find... So, consequently, most stuff is expensive... Even their most common releases can be quite expensive... I'm still missing their first two demo tapes, and first two VHS tapes!
I have personally not seen the anime series where this song was used, I wonder what it's about! But I barely have time for any movies or TV shows!! lol.
I really love the movements of the drummer in this clip! And I also love the bass solo!
Fun fact: "BAISER" is French for "Kiss".
ベーゼ / プリズム PV 4K 60FPS
Song name: Prism
Song name (Japanese): プリズム
Artist: BAISER
Artist (Japanese): ベーゼ
Album: Hana
Album (Japanese): 華
Release date (Hana): 10 November, 1999
VHS with PV: Video collection + plus 彩
Release date (VHS): 08 December, 1999
Label: For-Tune Records
Music by: 紫 (Yukari)
Lyrics by: 森雪之丞 (Yukinojo Mori)
Members:
Vocals: 紫 (Yukari)
Guitar: 水月 (Mizuki)
Guitar: 零 (Rei)
Bass: 泰祐 (Shaisuke)
Drums: 桂 (Katsura)

[@skittrokerwarior]

Visual Kei of this era is my favorite, both aestetically and musically.

[@trollingisasport]

Hell yes.

[@louhaziel4142]

I love them as well

[@stardust6138]

Same

[@Mimiiseru]

Same it brings such good vibes

[@UptownBobbi]

This comment should have a million upvotes. THIS era was absolutely insane. Incredible talent and songwriting in so many different styles. Amazing attention and effort in style and costume design. This ain’t easy. This song is a masterpiece. If you’re in this chat you’re family. True nostalgia. あなた達は家族だよ❤この歌は懐かしすぎるね🍁

[@user-gh4dq3cn5k]

今高三 コレ見て衝撃を受けた。ビジュアル系バンドしてぇなぁ

[@user-kj6bg6di7t]

I miss this band. I remember when I was a kid, I didn't know how to read the band name correctly.

[@HolyDiver1]

You’re doing God’s work. Everything about this video is incredible.

[@jda-st-mm]

メロディがきれい 今でも大好き♥ 紫の声クセになるんだよね！

[@koichiyamaguchi4107]

38～39歳になろうとしてる男性です。私が25、6の時、今から10年以上前に初めてBAISER を動画で拝見させていただきました。 このバンド自体は、すでに解散されておられたそうで。 でも、初めて知った当日も、そうだけど、今もみとれてしまいます

[@user-ms4ih3ky8e]

いい曲だよね！ 何年経っても聴いてます

[@splendor666]

BAISER have such catchy songs I dont understand why they didnt get more famous. Anyway, thank you for this ♥

[@laroyquedezavy6703]

Totally!

[@user-mx1ob9ko8y]

めちゃくちゃ懐かしい💕💕💕

[@enegy-sg3eu0vt2n]

これ、探してました！！ アップ有難う御座います！！

[@mukkero]

Que nostalgia!! amo esta banda, el mejor periodo del visual kei❤️

[@one_winged_4ngel]

What a nice voice!♡

[@theskyling]

Oh gosh this brings back memories. I really loved this group and this song back in the day. Never imagined I would see a fancy upscale of a band as relatively obscure as Baiser, thank you for doing the work!

[@ariemea]

Absolutely superb restorative work on this video. I adore Baiser but I have no way to watch VHS currently. My first reaction to this was “oh, it’s beautiful!”. It is such an improvement from the other upload! Thanks so much for caring enough to do this wonderful work.

[@flynn9496]

wow, i love their sound! they sound wonderful, i've never heard of them!

[@cristhoferpizarro6352]

No me muera al fin videos de los de antaños 💕

[@user-no6nr8jt6t]

カラオケで高得点を狙える唯一の曲です

[@sentounoyutyanneru]

カラオケ🎤であるんですねー😂 良い情報ありがとうございます😭

[@user-kl5zd2oe3e]

This was one of my minor songs when I was in Japan. I like the the smoothness between notes.

[@meiling808]

I am From Hong Kong, at that time ゴクドーくん漫遊記 is translated as 極度王子火之劍.(anyone remmeber this? :D) Anyway, I knew BAISER from this anime they are really nice band thanks for your sharing!

[@undeadherect9548]

So beautiful💕

[@Thatdawgrex]

You uploading these videos make my heart melt thank you so much💕💕💕💕💕

[@lusabino]

I love this song. Thanks!!!!

[@edgarparedes9806]

hopefully we can see more baiser videos in 4k thanks a lot, one of my all time fav vk bands

[@valeriabusheva7213]

Thank you so much

[@Steve-il9pb]

This song became the theme song of Japanese anime. It's a song loved by fans of that anime.

[@Anna_65]

Another band introduced to me by your channel, I honestly can't thank you enough. It's like spreading v-kei literacy is your mission or something.

[@christiandanielgoicochea8997]

Thank you! Thank you very much!!

[@arcadiastarship]

totally amazing!

[@TheWingedblade]

My god , i just found your channel today...Imma gonna binged watch your channel a few nights ^^ and yes i am one of the fan that watch that decade old PV . This is truly a treat. Thanks.

[@agitated_senpai6361]

i don't know how u do it to keep bringing these sick Visual kei pv's/mv's i think i found another band to listen. Excellent music taste u got, i really appreciate these videos u upload. thanks

[@UptownBobbi]

If you love Baiser, Yukari has 2 solo albums that are amazing all based on the zodiac. “Aquarius” is my favorite song, try that one. He also had an industrial side project called “Endorphine” with a couple of members of Baiser. I think the album is called “Mother Brain” it’s amazing. Apparently he’s producing music in Japan these days. I’d kill to have a beer with him. Much love to everyone who loves this song. I’ve made many neighbors hate it lol

[@user-gk5zb3ke9e]

似てる曲動画から飛んできましたが、サビがものすごく綺麗な曲！ 昔v系漁ってた頃でも知らなかったのが悔しい。

[@laroyquedezavy6703]

Excelente rip , felicitacions. Yukari ❤️

[@MakiGardenia]

Buen tema, gracias!

[@OsvaldoUgalde]

Holy crap dude!!! I love this band

[@paxuto]

Really thanks for this gift to all people fan of baiser. the final result of this, (i think) is more bigger than you think Again, thanks.... cheers from chile southamerica

[@luiscaballero311]

🤩 wow tenia años de no escuchar esta canción!!!

[@deidara22334]

Keep it up!!!!!

[@Youngcaptainharlock_]

So stoked to know that you are friends with rarezhut! I met them at a local anime convention in my small town!

[@matthewlugo2417]

God this song is fucking everything

[@louhaziel4142]

It sounds as idm with guitar i love it

[@matiasvicente77]

🖤 Que recuerdos de antaño con esta música 🖤

[@Melinda-gd6br]

God bless you

[@user-sc5zl5tn7h]

this song was good !

[@oscarafanador9964]

Me gustaron primera ves que los escucho 🥰

[@dejicarrot]

Gokudo-kun Manyuki is a fantastic anime, I highly recommend it

[@user-fq9yp9dr5o]

アルバムが１００トラックくらいあった記憶がある

[@MirrorminD2001]

😍 damn

[@happycow5233]

me encanta

[@rryase]

This album is in my car right now. (Yeah, it has a cd player lol)

[@shionclef4902]

You are a genius！ I want you to teach me how to make it HD

[@natashashazna534]

🌸💟🌸

[@MnKGuitarPro]

Dude, I think I love you 😍

[@akkirevival3481]

Please do their music videos from ash era 🙏 it will be a dream come true 😭

[@nosajiroman6598]

当時、小学生でシングル探したなぁ ネットもなくて苦労したんよ CDは確か8cmだった そんで EDの千聖のWAKE UPも神曲なんだよな

[@user-kl5zd2oe3e]

Personally, I prefer Ellemo's Silent Moon, the 3rd ED. But Gokudo has such good themes. I'll take all of them!

[@user-kb4vn7te5o]

たまに知らない間に口ずさんでしまう曲の1つです(笑)

[@visualkeikatt6934]

Well. Looks like the tiktok kids will get into baiser now

[@akkirevival3481]

:v

[@therealone1288]

real respect real

[@ma-qe4dt]

まだ押し入れにCDあるかも！ SHAZNAぽいなー声が

[@user-tt9jo2mw3r]

確かに。ドラムは元SHAZNAですけどね。

[@nami1302]

ゴクドーくん漫遊記を思い出す（´-`）.｡oO（

[@farouche8670]

I always loved japanese bands using french words, it could sound romantic since it means "kiss", unfortunately it also means "to fuck" ^^'

[@Raspberryt1me]

OHMY-

[@victorgrado]

I swear i'm half of the views

[@Anna_65]

When you say there's not much chance that they'll be reissuing their music, does that mean that in principle, they could? I.e., do these audio and/or video files exist somewhere in some long forgotten archive as master tapes?

[@visualkeikatt6934]

He means that baiser as a band, is pretty much done for, so there’s not much of a sense of there ever being a chance for them to have new stuff. Yukari produces idol and other music, unless he wants to be on some throwback omnibus, I really doubt he’s going to do a thing.

[@Anna_65]

@@visualkeikatt6934 Yes, I get that part; the thing I'm interested in is just loosely tied to that thought. Basically, I'm wondering if the original data still exists somewhere in some form, and whether it could be used to produce better digital files than what remastering can achieve. As in, how likely is it that the studio or the record label or a TV station or some kind of national audio library or really any institution, whatever there is over there, is still storing it. Because if that were the case, then it might still be possible to retrieve it, at least hypothetically, through research.

[@masanori.0824]

この曲って アニメ版ゴクドーくん漫遊記のオープニングソングじゃなかった( 'ω')?

[@zenbudenki]

ですね！

[@Miraihi]

Nice work! Though I think that 60 fps hurts video that weren't made for that framerate. Also there's just not enough information in the source to upscale it up to 1080p, let alone 4k. I think 720p is pretty much a limit. Plus KZbin's compression overhead.

[@happycow5233]

name of the VOCALIST? 1000 gracias !

[@laroyquedezavy6703]

Yukari. Es lo mass

[@UptownBobbi]

日本人の友達ー今ゆかりは何しているのか？

[@rf-kn2bq]

ﾀﾞﾀﾞｯﾀﾞｯﾀﾞﾀﾞｯﾀﾞ 3:15

[@happycow5233]

Y vemes a trosheeer x9

[@user-mb4ig5jk5d]

あ〜ビジュアル系バンドやりて🥲🥲

[@victorgrado]

y vamos a troshiar y vamos a trioshiar co ntrynda suport

[@user-lb3pd1ne8t]

\(@ㅇ@)/

[@user-um6kf5kt9v]

(JP Band) xddddddddddd

[@cantavanda]

HAHAHAHA!!!! If you know what their band name means in French slang it's needed to add this 🤣🤣

[@caamirbuux4225]

Is Bad for religion

[@muraokashingo3150]

ベースが全く聞こえない

[@sentounoyutyanneru]

デビューが遅過ぎた。 V系ブームの96年〜98年にデビューしてたら売れてたかも。 99年には宇多田ヒカルやR&B、ヒップホップ、パンクなどにブームが移行していた為99年のV系デビューはあまりにも時代遅れ過ぎた！

[@user-un8gu2hg2c]

遅すぎたプリズム〜♪