May 16, 2020

Idol Shakes Things Up By Going Solo

May 16, 2020/ Gray

Ebisu Muscats is a girl group that consists entirely of gravure idols. It has a total of thirty members, one of them being Tina Nanami. Nanami has decided she is going to be doing her own thing and has already announced she will be releasing her debut single titled “Allright” which is set to drop June 24. Tina has had a reputation for having a nice singing voice since her days with Aichi. The new single will be an emotional rock song Tina wrote the lyrics to herself.

“Allright” is being released in a single CD-only edition. Pre-orders are up and posted below along with the full track listing.

Allright

Tina Nanami「Allright」

01. Allright

02. Wake up！

03. ねぇ？

Sayaka Kushibiki Lets Fans in on the Secret With Upcoming Single!

May 16, 2020/ Ken

Vocalist Sayaka Kushibiki announced that she will release a brand new single, “内緒 / かすかな兆し” (“Naisho/ Kasukana Kizashi”), May 16. This will be used to kick off her twentieth year in the Japanese music industry and will be her latest release since her album 恋する運命 (Koi Suru Unmei) back in 2014. Originally this single was released exclusively during Kushibiki’s dome hall concert live which was going to be held starting May 6, but due to the current crisis and consequential cancellation of said concerts, Kushibiki announced that she will be releasing the single publicly via her official website (Japanese only).

Both tracks were written and composed by Kushibiki herself, with famed composer Ichiro Yoshida responsible for the arrangement. Due to the uniqueness of this release, currently there are no additional links for international fans except her official website at the time of reporting.

Sayaka Kushibiki「Naisho/ Kasukana Kizashi」

01. 内緒
02. かすかな兆し

Maaya Sakamoto Celebrates Her 25th Anniversary With Best Album!

May 16, 2020/ Luna

Japanese veteram seiyuu and vocalist Maaya Sakamoto is celebrating her 25th anniversary in the industry with a new best album Single Collection+ Achikochi which will be released July 15! Single Collection+ Achikochi will be Maaya-san’s sixth best album overall and the fourth best album in her Single Collection series of releases. She is known for not just her music and collaborations with famous composer Yoko Kanno but also many of her notable seiyuu roles: Aura in the .hack//sign franchise, Lunamaria Hawke in Gundam SEED Destiny, Nino in Arakawa Under the Bridge, Leila Malcal in the Code Geass franchise, Mari in the Neon Genesis Evangelion movies, Hitomi Kanz in the Escaflowne movie, and Akito Souma in Fruits Basket (2019), among more. Single Collection+ Achikochi comes hot on the heels of Maaya-san’s latest studio album Kyou Dake no Ongaku which was released last November.

Single Collection+ Achikochi will include singles released from 2013 to this year as well as unreleased songs and rare tracks on CD for the first time. There will be a total of 25 tracks such as her latest digital release “CLOVER”, used for the anime Arte; the Cardcaptor Sakura Clear Card Hen smart phone game and anime themes “Flash” and “CLEAR”; the insert songs that were used in the popular anime Wolf’s Rain “Cloud 9” and “tell me what the rain knows”; and a newly recorded version of “Watashie”. Also included will be several tracks featuring Maaya-san and several cover songs she participated in.

Single Collection+ Achikochi will be released in two editions: a 2-CD standard edition and a 2-CD + Blu-ray limited edition. The 2-CD track listing will remain the same for both editions. The Blu-ray included with the limited edition will come with the music videos that were released after 2013, live footage from Open Air Museum 2017 which was performed at Itsukushima Shrine, and footage of Maaya in 2019 Flying Dog 10th Anniversary live “Inu Fes” for a total of 2 hours and 30 mins of runtime footage! With all the extras included with this release, you don’t want to miss out. The pre-order links are below along with the track listing and Maaya-san’s latest music video!

Maaya Sakamoto/Single Collection+ Achikochi

2-CD standard edition

2-CD + Blu-ray limited edition

CD

DISC 1
01. はじまりの海
02. Be mine!
03. SAVED.
04. レプリカ
05. 幸せについて私が知っている5つの方法
06. 色彩
07. Million Clouds
08. CLEAR
09. ハロー、ハロー
10. 逆光
11. 空白
12. 宇宙の記憶

DISC 2
01. cloud 9
02. フラッシュ
03. あなたを保つもの / 坂本真綾コーネリアス
04. セクレアール
05. 荒川小景 / 冨田ラボ feat. 坂本真綾
06. Lazy Line Painter Jane / 末光篤 feat. 坂本真綾
07. まだうごく / 坂本真綾コーネリアス
08. Tell me what the rain knows
09. 三日月
10. 卒業写真
11. これから
12. クローバー
13. 私へ

Blu-ray

Music Video Collection
01. はじまりの海
02. Be mine!
03. レプリカ
04. 幸せについて私が知っている5つの方法
05. Million Clouds
06. CLEAR
07. ハロー、ハロー
08. 逆光
09. 宇宙の記憶
10. クローバー

第34回世界遺産劇場 -嚴島神社- 平清盛公生誕九百年前年祭坂本真綾 Open Air Museum 2017
01. オープニング
02. おかえりなさい
03. MC1
04. ループ
05. ロマーシカ
06. MC2
07. ダニエル
08. うちゅうひこうしのうた
09. 僕たちが恋をする理由
10. 奇跡の海
11. ヘミソフィア
12. MC3
13. Million Clouds
14. まきばアリス!
15. 光あれ
16. MC4
17. プラチナ
18. シンガーソングライター
19. MC5
20. ユニバース

Bonus Track
「フライングドッグ10周年記念LIVE『犬フェス!』ライブビューイング映像」
01. オープニング
02. 逆光
03. Be mine!
04. MC
05. プラチナ

Shota Aoi Drops New At Home Music Video

May 15, 2020/ Gray

Singer and voice actor Shota Aoi released the stay-at-home music video for his song “Shake Shake! Together” which came out as a part of his “Bad End” single which came out on April 29. The music video is only two minutes long but pretty cool in how everything was synced up. “Bad End” was released in two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a limited edition which came with a bonus DVD. The “Bad End” track is being used as the ending theme for the fantasy anime My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!. Order links will be posted below along with the video for “Shake Shake! Together”.

Standard edition

Limited edition

Matsuri Nine Turns Up the Zest of Life With Upcoming Single!

May 12, 2020/ Ken

Seven-member boy idol group Matsuri nine announced that they will release a brand new single, “BibibiTANGO”, June 10. This will be the latest release by the group since their chart topping hit “てっぺんニューデイズ” (“Teppen New Days”) back in March and will be their seventh single overall. As the title implies the song will be taking a festive feel as they will be holding a tango beat and rhythm.

The single will include two tracks and drop with four editions lovingly called Type-A, B, C, and D. Types A and B will be released with the same B-side track, with A including a behind-the-scenes making-of while Type-B will include the instrumentals for “BibibiTANGO” and the B-side track. Types C and D will have a different B-side track from A and B but, similar to Type-B, they will include the instrumentals for those two B-side tracks.

Pre-order all four editions of “BibibiTANGO” in the links below and watch the music video for their latest hit “Teppen New Days”.

Standard Edition Type A

Standard Edition Type B

Standard Edition Type C

Standard Edition Type D

Matsuri nine.「BibibiTANGO」

Type A

01. ビビビTANGO

02. 新曲A

DVD

「ビビビTANGO」Jacket Making Behind the Scenes

Type B