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===Deep Sanctuary reunions=== [[File:MALICE MIZER session DSV.png|right|thumb|Közi, Yu~ki and Mana performing together at the Deep Sanctuary V event in 2016.]] Since 2008, Mana's band Moi dix Mois has held a special event, most taking place every two years, which has had some sort of connection to Malice Mizer.<ref name="sessions"/> The first was Dis Inferno Vol.VI: Last Year Party on December 27, 2008, where Malice Mizer's "Speed of Desperate" was played in a session by Mana on drums, Közi on guitar and Mana's cousin {{nihongo|Katsuo U.K|カツヲU.K|}} on vocals.<ref name="sessions"/> Közi said that this was the first time he and Mana had met since 2001.<ref name="sessions"/> In 2009, Moi dix Mois and Közi went on a short two-date tour called Deep Sanctuary, on July 17 in Osaka and the 19th in Tokyo. A year later in July 2010, Közi once again went on a tour with Moi dix Mois, titled Deep Sanctuary II. This tour had six shows, but the gig at [[Akasaka Blitz]] on the 17th was special, as Yu~ki was a special guest.<ref name="sessions"/><ref name="Deep Sanctuary II Tour">{{cite web| title = Moi dix mois Album and Coupling Tour with Special Guests| work = jame-world.com| url = http://www.jame-world.com/us/news-59635-moi-dix-mois-album-and-coupling-tour-with-special-guests.html| access-date =November 26, 2010}}</ref> This was the first time in 9 years that the three original members of Malice Mizer played together, and they were supported by Hayato (Moi dix Mois) on drums. They played "Saikai no Chi to Bara" and "Beast of Blood", as well as a cover of [[Rob Zombie]]'s "What Lurks on Channel X?". In 2012, the three played together twice more for Deep Sanctuary III;<ref>{{cite web| title = Deep Sanctuary III| work = jame-world.com| date = November 22, 2012| url = https://www.jame-world.com/en/article/107697-deep-sanctuary-iii.html| access-date =2020-06-21}}</ref> once on September 12 at Akasaka Blitz and again on November 14, 2012 at Osaka Muse Hall. In 2014, another reunion of the three original members happened for Deep Sanctuary IV at Akasaka Blitz on October 11. This marked the first time they performed under the Malice Mizer name since 2001. It was followed by Deep Sanctuary V at Akasaka Blitz on August 7, 2016. On September 8 and 9, 2018, Mana, Közi, and Yu~ki reunited as Malice Mizer to perform two shows for the band's 25th anniversary special at Tokyo Toyosu Pit.<ref name="sessions"/> Titled Deep Sanctuary VI, Moi dix Mois and ZIZ also performed. They were supported on drums by [[Sakura (musician)|Sakura]], who was Kami's drum mentor, and who used Kami's original drum kit for the show.<ref name="sessions"/> Mana tried reaching out to Tetsu, Gackt and Klaha regarding their participation, but the first two declined "for various reasons, such as their current musical stances being different", and he was unable to reach the third.<ref name="sessions"/> Instead, the band's former [[roadie]]s Shuji ([[Cali Gari]]), [[Kamijo (musician)|Kamijo]], and Hitomi filled in as guest vocalists.<ref name="sessions"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000160448|title=【ライヴレポート】MALICE MIZER<25th Anniversary Special>、「Kamiも降臨しています」|website=BARKS|date=October 12, 2018 |language=ja|access-date=2019-07-15|quote=Klahaくんだけは連絡がとれなかったんですけどね。ほかの2人も、それぞれ現在の音楽スタンスが違ったりとか、いろいろな事情で集まることができなかったんです。それは残念ですけど、代わりに素晴らしい3人のボーカルが参加してくれる。}}</ref> A [[Blu-ray]] of the concert was released on June 21, 2019. Deep Sanctuary VII was scheduled to take place at [[Mynavi Blitz Akasaka]] on June 7, 2020, but was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan]]. No new Deep Sanctuary shows have been held as of 2025.
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