Yuki Kajiura to Compose Music for Fena: Pirate Princess Coming Out in October 2021!

Fena: Pirate Princess is an 18th century tale of pirates, princesses, and samurai produced by Production I.G, one of Japan’s foremost animation studios, and directed by Kazuto Nakazawa, who is known for his film B: The Beginning. Set in an alternate history, the story depicts the journey and growth of the heroine Fena, a victim of the cruel wiles of fate. Today, the first key visual and promotional video were released.

The music will be provided by Yuki Kajiura, who has worked on the soundtracks of numerous anime including Tsubasa Chronicles and Sword Art Online and who produced “Homura”, the award-winning theme song of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train.

Comment from Yuki Kajiura:

“I am truly honored to have been given the opportunity to create the music for Fena: Pirate Princess, a romantic tale of treasure hunting on the ocean. I had a lot of fun composing music that would be suitable for an ocean adventure. The characters are unique, and the scenery as they travel is absolutely gorgeous! I can’t wait to watch their full adventure from beginning to end. I hope that my music will be worthy of this anime, and that everyone who watches it will enjoy the soundtrack!”

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Fena: Pirate Princess

©Kazuto Nakazawa / Production I.G

The main cast and staff were also revealed. The details are as follows:

 Cast

Fena Houtman: Asami Seto

Yukimaru: Ryōta Suzuki
Karin: Aoi Yūki

Shitan: Takahiro Sakurai

Enju: Gen Satō

Kaede: Ryōta Ōsaka

Makaba: Shintarō Tanaka

Salman: Manabu Muraji

Otto: Hiroaki Hirata

Staff

Original Concept: Kazuto Nakazawa x Production I.G

Director: Kazuto Nakazawa

Script: Asako Kuboyama

Music: Yuki Kajiura

Music Production: FlyingDog

Animation Production: Production I.G

Taiko Super Kicks Ride the Waves With Their Latest Single!

Four-member rock band Taiko Super Kicks released a brand new album, 波 (Nami), across all digital music streaming platforms. This sudden release was the latest work by the band since their album Fragment back in February of 2018 and is their first album with TETRA RECORDS. Nami contains a total of nine songs with lyrics spun by vocalist-guitarist Akisato Ito's "personal experience" on a finely crafted sound. Takuro Okada was in charge of mixing and producing the album, Ryo Shibuya of the band Klan Aileen served as recording engineer, and Kevin Ratterman mastered the album. The album jacket artwork was designed by graphic designer Toru Kase. Along with this announcement, a new artist photo of Tyco taken by photographer Ichiko Uemoto was also released.

Be sure to check out Nami on all streaming platforms here!

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“Nami” Digital Jacket Cover

Taiko Super Kicks「Nami」

01. 椅子の椅子

02. リフト

03. えんえい

04. コーンクリーム

05. 合間

06. 火遊び

07. 青梅

08. たましい

09. ラッキーG

Kana Nishino Commemorates Streaming Releases With Koisuru Kimochi!

In commemoration of of superstar and retiree Kana Nishino, her music is being released to all digital streaming platforms. Originally many of Nishino’s songs—which include full albums, coupling songs, and more—were unavailable, but now they are available on all digital streaming platforms. More than 106 unreleased songs have been added in addition to the best albums that were already available; this amounts to a total of 181 songs streamable. Fans and listeners just discovering Nishino will be able to enjoy the full works of her music on all platforms. Also, the music video for “Koisuru Kimochi” from Kana NIshino’s fifth album with LOVE was released on YouTube to commemorate this occasion. You can check it out below!

RIRI Releases the Fortune in New Releases!

Vocalist RIRI released the English version of her digital single “WHEEL of FORTUNE ~Unmei no wa~”, which is just titled “Wheel of Fortune”, on May 26. Its Japanese version was released last month on April 7. “Wheel of Fortune” was written by RIRI and UTA and represents, as its title says, “a turning point, achieving great success, taking a chance, and incoming happiness”. This is a track that helps uplift listeners by stating that you can achieve happiness even in tough times as they bring opportunities to succeed. You are in charge of your destiny and can take chances to bring you the happiness you are looking for. “Wheel of Fortune” is currently available on iTunes and Apple Music. Check out the official video below!

ZERO GRIP Debuts With Upcoming Mini-album!

Debuting dance and vocal boy group ZERO GRIP announced that they will be releasing a brand new mini-album, ZERO, September 7. The five-member group just started this month with the concept of "refreshing & cool duality". Their first mini album ZERO will contain five songs of different genres and member Nagisa Mukai said, "I'm really happy to be able to release the CD as a group. It's a very difficult time, but I hope our music will give you even just a little courage and energy. "

No additional information about the release was made at the time of reporting but we look forward to the upcoming release and wish for the group’s success into the market.