"Another World" is the ninth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt

Gackt

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, voice actor and author. Usually referred to by his mononymous stage name, he is known for his career as a solo artist and as the former vocalist for the defunct visual kei rock band Malice Mizer....

. It was released on September 5, 2001 and peaked at second place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for seventeen weeks. Gackt used both songs as the introduction and opening to the "Moon Project, while the "Another World" promotional video was used as a preview for his co-written and co-starred 2003 film Moon Child. The promotional video was filmed in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

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The success and popularity of "Another World" surpassed even that of "Vanilla

Vanilla (song)

"Vanilla" is a single released by Gackt on August 11, 1999. It was his second single. A DVD edition version with a PV was released on December 8, 1999. "Vanilla" was re-released on March 20, 2002...

" in 1999. The single peaked at the number 2 position on Japanese Oricon

Oricon

, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

rankings, and stayed on the charts more than 17 weeks, of that 8 weeks in the Top20. The single sold over 284,550 copies, making it Gackt's most successful single overall.

Music video

The main character is played by Gackt and appears to be a version of Sho from his film Moon Child. Scenes of happy times with his three companions (most likely parallels to Kei, Son and Yi-Che) are intercut with scenes of violence. At the end of the video, Gackt's character exacts revenge on the mafia boss who has terrorized his and his friends' lives. The closing scene shows Gackt's character injured and driving away alone.