Special Phantom Cards
Translation: w_b



1. Special Phantom Card: The Birth of a New hide

hide has made another comeback.
He's shown up with Spread Beaver in tow, a band that inspires ultimate terror.
The members are: I.N.A., D.I.E., JOE, Chirolyn, Kiyoshi, and the newcomer KAZ.

2. Special Phantom Card: I.N.A.

COMPUTER & PERCUSSION
Origin: Tokyo
Unique Features: transforms into MARRON-B when drunk. Once in full swing, he makes chestnuts bloom and even hide is no match for him.
Weapon of Choice: if under attack, he defeats his enemies by spurting sap.
Weaknesses: diligent at the root, he comes down with a cold the moment he takes up a new project.

3. Special Phantom Card: D.I.E.

KEYBOARDS
Origin: Gakushuin University
Unique Features: despite being a keyboardist, on stage he becomes the most ferocious of the members.
Weapon of Choice: of a highly intelligent nature, he preaches to the nation through his song "Natural Born Onanist".
His Specialty: the axe kick (and should he fail, he'll smash his own heel)


Notes: 1. Gakushuin University is an elite university in Tokyo. The members of the Imperial family make up some of its students. You can read a bit about it on Wikipedia or check out the university's Website.
2. The axe kick is a martial arts kick which demands you strike at your opponent from above using your heel. Some of you might also remember D.I.E. breaking his heel at the beginning of the Psyence tour~

4. Special Phantom Card: JOE

DRUMS
Origin: ZIGGY
Unique Features: 1. He breaks girls' hearts with his pearly teeth
2. He blinds his enemies by posing as a Greek statue
Weapon of Choice: a flick to the forehead
Weaknesses: he can hold his liquor but once he's had too much, he turns into an old XXXX.

5. Special Phantom Card: Chirolyn

BASS
Origin: DEBONAIR
Unique Features: a rather rare species, Chirolyn can become "Rosanna" or the Café le Psyence singer.
His Specialty: "Kimi ga kawacchimatta"
Trademark Phrase: when the tour gets long he starts to cry, "I want to go ho~me".


Notes: "Kimi ga kawacchimatta" can be loosely translated as "Oh how you've changed". It also was Chirolyn's solo corner during the Psyence tour.

6. Special Phantom Card: KAZ

GUITAR
Origin: Oblivion Dust
Unique Features: KAZ is the newest member.
As we speak, he remains shrouded in mystery. Is that hairstyle rising from his head like a crest his trademark? To get the full story you'll have to wait for hide's '98 tour.

7. Special Phantom Card: Kiyoshi

GUITAR
Origin: Media Youth
Unique Features: he's the orange monster. In the old days he fought many a fierce battle with his enemy, hide, but now they have joined forces in their fight against evil.
His Specialty: 1. Drinking with hide till morning
2. Can play the guitar without the use of his hands
Weaknesses: is sluggish during the daytime

8. Special Phantom Card: A Lucky Card

Cut off the corner of this card that has been marked with the hide mark, stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below. 1000 winners will be drawn and will receive a card album containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. On the postcard, please write in clear print your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name. The submission deadline is February 28, 1998. This card will become void beyond that date.

9. Special Phantom Card: Matsumoto Kiyoshi

hide and Kiyoshi used to hold daily war councils in Roppongi, downing drinks till the break of day. Until at last they merged into a new mystery man. His name is Matsumoto Kiyoshi!
And this is his transformation pose! (Sadly, if he fails to do it right he'll turn into a regular guy called Honma Hideto.)


Notes: Matsumoto Kiyoshi is the name of a popular pharmacy in Japan!

11. Special Ass Card: Space Warrior Prince MARRON-B

Whenever I.N.A. transforms into MARRON-B he gains superhuman strength and hits the town in search of trouble. Truly, does he not have a heart...?

12. Special Outsider Card: LEMONADE JOE

"Lemonade Joe" ('64) is a Czechoslovakian cult comedy about a prodigy gunfighter who has no head for alcohol. Other than holding his liquor, LEMONed JOE shoots a love gun and takes part in dramas with his 3% Body Fat actor's club.


Notes: check out theLemonade Joe movie!

13. Special Phantom Card: Sanda Versus Gaira

It's Sanda versus Gaira. Kinkaku and Ginkaku. Alpha and omega. Shocking aliens. Let's all call them by our favorite names during the tour!
D.I.E. and Chirolyn are "the most far out" Spread Beaver members!


Notes: the movie War of the Gargantuans was released in Japan under the title Frankenstein's Monsters: Sanda vs Gaira. You can have a look at the movie's Wiki page. As for Kinkaku and Ginkaku, check out the illustration here.

14. Special Phantom Card: KAZ

GUITAR
Real name: Iwaike Kazuhito. His main band Oblivion Dust (cutting Edge) is planning a country-wide tour starting in mid-May so for those of you who are tossing and turning wondering what kind of guitarist hide has given his seal of approval to, come and check it out.

15. Special Phantom Card: D.I.E.

KEYBOARDS
D.I.E. has launched his solo debut album with Polydor K.K. He began by playing for hide and now it looks like he'll also be joining the members of Glay.
Our "busiest phantom" D.I.E. will even tour with them.

Album: FRAGILE
Now On Sale

16. Special Phantom Card: Lucky Card

Cut off the corner of this card that has been marked with the hide mark, stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below. 1000 winners will be drawn and will receive a card album containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. On the postcard, please write in clear print your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name. The submission deadline is May 31, 1998. This card will become void beyond that date.

17. Special Phantom Card: Three Good Friends

Here I am wedged between the Alpha and Omega.... Can you tell the difference...?

(By Hideto)

18. Special Phantom Card: Chirolyn

BASS

A tourist
In California
I might pretend to be
But even so, you all
Keep staring at me

by Anonymous

19. Special Party Animal Card: What a Stud! Kiyoshi!!

Kiyoshi: the only member to think he's all that.
Recently his behavior at parties has been attracting more attention than even that of MARRON-B.
"And tonight, shall come Devil Wi~ng!!!"


Notes: Devil Wing...comes from the Devilman anime. It's one of the Devilman's transformations, changing him into a winged monster. If you're curious about the anime, you can find out more about it on this page.

20. Special Primal Species Card: Pata

After touring with hide up until '96, our good old friend Pata has formed his own unit. In '98 he will be working with P.A.F..
But there is mayhaps a possibility that at some point he will join hide's tour. Because Pata likes his booze, of course.


Notes: just a little note about the title. The kanji used for the title, when read "furubito", means an old friend. Unfortunately for Pata the phonetic reading given with the title is "kyuujin"..."primitive human species". Poor guy!

22. Special Phantom Card: The Before and The After

D.I.E. used to be quite serious and never went near alcohol, and now look what he's turned into after touring twice with hide.
What ever will happen to KAZ? Join us on tour and you'll be witness to those changes!

23. Special Phantom Card: JOE is strong!

With his erotic blade MARRON-B goes on a violent attack spree. Unwilling to let him get away with it, our Greek god JOE's love gun starts blazing. At last a divine retribution has fallen onto MARRON-B. But did justice truly win? JOE is after all an old XXXX!

24. Special Phantom Card: Lucky Card

Cut off the corner of this card that has been marked with the hide mark, stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below. 1000 winners will be drawn and will receive a card album containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. On the postcard, please write in clear print your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name. The submission deadline is June 10, 1998. This card will become void beyond that date.

25. Special Lover Card: Chirolyn

A red rose
Black socks
Blue hair
The toilet white
And naked, I

Los Angeles, Alexandria Hotel

26. Special Phantom Card: Kiyoshi hates what he doesn't get

I'm Kiyoshi. I hate foreign countries.
"It's cuz I don't get their language!!!"

Los Angeles, Alexandria Hotel rooftop

27. Special Harmony Bringer Card: KAZ

KAZ and his band Oblivion Dust are in great shape. However it is still unclear why recently Chirolyn has been calling him "NHK".

Los Angeles, Alexandria hotel

28. Special Alien Card: I'm The Superintendent

The Mad Keyboardist D.I.E. will make quite the competent supervisor, both here on earth and once he returns to his alien home planet. He's been completely preoccupied with the electric pannels, even during the video shoot.

Los Angeles, Alexandria hotel basement

29. Special Slave Card: The King And His Slave

JOE defeated I.N.A. in an erotic battle. And this photo reflects the balance of power between the two. But JOE, you got your spelling wrong!!

Los Angeles, Alexandria hotel


Notes: on the paper plate he's holding JOE scribbled "ro-tasu" which means "lotus". I'd guess the word he was looking for is "ro-ta-", or "rotor".

31. Special Phantom Card: A Lucky Card

...this is not. You can cut off that corner of this card which has been marked with the hide mark, you can stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below along with your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name all written in clear print, but you will not receive a card album containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. Please be respectful to your parents. Sorry!

32. Special Phantom Card: Lucky Card

Cut off the corner of this card that has been marked with the hide mark, stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below. 1000 winners will be drawn and will receive a card album containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. On the postcard, please write in clear print your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name. The submission deadline is November 30, 1998. This card will become void beyond that date.

34. Special Phantom Card: hide & Kiyoshi

hide: "..."
Kiyoshi: "Ok, I get it, I get it! I'll play it the way I'm supposed to, I'll plaaay~..."
(We brought you hide's silent attack of Kiyoshi's specialty: playing guitar without the use of his hands.)

35. Special Performer Card: Once more, we give you the Alpha and Omega...

D.I.E.: "I'll do the alpha and you be omega. Got it?"
Chirolyn: "Mega!"


Notes: notice how on the thumbnail Chirolyn actually says "un"? Here is how the joke goes in Japanese. Alpha and omega is pronounced "aun". Die says, literally, "I'll be A and you be UN. Got it?"
To which Chirolyn happily responds "un!", meaning "yup!". ~_^

36. Special Mystery Car Card: The Whale

It's our mystery men's ride that we all know from the ever free video, a '58 Cadillac that hide has dubbed "the whale".
Weaknesses: it might look all cool but the engine's sluggish and you can stomp on the brakes all you want but the car won't stop.
Distinctive Features: the license plate reads "hide110"


Notes: in Japan, 110 is the emergency police number.

37. Special Alien Species Card: The Alien vs The Rare Species

Trouble ahead!
The strange alien and the capsule monster are on a wild rampage!
(And when hide tried to intervene, the two superhuman creatures only laughed...)


Notes: wondering what's a capsule monster? Capsule monsters are monsters that come, as you guessed it, from inside small capsules. This particular reference probably goes back to the incredibly popular series Ultra Seven with a hero of the same name who sometimes fought...as you guessed it, using encapsulated monsters.

38. Special Phantom Card: An Erotic Fight

JOE: "Hah!!!"
I.N.A.: "Ow~! JOE, that hurts!!!"
In a split second JOE called divine retribution upon I.N.A.. It's been a while since and I.N.A.'s chestnuts haven't bloomed but once....
Alas, don't you think you went too far? JOE!

39. Special Sleepy Card: The Phantoms at Rest

KAZ and Chirolyn aren't moping. Playing the phantoms has got them exhausted so from time to time a little rest is necessary.

40. Special Phantom Card: Lucky Card

Cut off the corner of this card that has been marked with the hide mark, stick it to a postcard and send it to the address below. 1000 winners will be drawn and will receive a card clbum containing 8 Special Phantom Cards. On the postcard, please write in clear print your address, your postal code, your full name, your phone number and your parents' or guardian's name. The submission deadline is October 31, 1998. This card will become void beyond that date.


Notes: you might have noticed the page is missing the cards numbered 10, 21, 30 and 33. Those four are hide cards and have lyric excerpts written on the back, from the songs Pink Spider, ever free, Fish Scratch Fever and Hurry Go Round.