Hiro Shimono raises the flag of his soul

Voice actor and singer Hiro Shimono revealed he will be dropping his fourth single “Soul Flag” October 23. This comes months after Hiro’s song “sympathy” which was released back in March. For “Soul Flag”, RUCCA will serve as the lyricist and Ryo Takahashi will serve as arranger/composer. In honor of this release there will also be a talk event in Tokyo and Osaka in August and November. Tickets for this will be sent out via a lottery to buyers on mail order sites, all Animate stores, Kyanime, and online stores.

“Soul Flag” will be released in three editions total, a type A, type B, and a limited edition. The types A & B editions will both be identical save for their respective cover art and will be CD-only. The limited edition will include a bonus DVD which will feature a music video. You can pre-order your copy of “Soul Flag” at the links below.

Type A Edition

Type B Edition

Limited Edition

You can check out Hiro’s song “Running High” in the video posted below.

The Cro-Magnons reveals new album with a punch

Punk rock band The Cro-Magnons revealed they will be releasing their thirteenth album titled Punch October 9. Punch will be released almost a year, to the day, following Cro-Magnons’ previous album Rainbow Thunder which came out last October 10. The band has not had a release since Rainbow Thunder.

Punch is being released in two editions total, a CD edition and a vinyl edition. Both editions are the same, excluding the format they are released through, and they will feature a total of twelve tracks. You can pre-order your copy of Punch at the links and view the full track listing.

CD Edition

Vinyl Edition

And before you go, check out their song “Ikiru” if you are curious about the band.

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The Cro-Magnons [Punch]

1 会ってすぐ全部 (Atte sugu zenbu)

2 怪鳥ディセンバー (Kaichō disenbā)

3 ケセケセ (Kesekese)

4 デイジー (Deijī)

5 ビッグチャンス (Bigguchansu)

6 小麦粉の加工 (Komugiko no kakō)

7 クレーンゲーム (Kurēngēmu)

8 ガス人間 (Gasu ningen)

9 整理された箱 (Seiri sa reta hako)

10 リリイ (Rirī)

11 長い赤信号 (Nagai akashingō)

12 ロケッティア (Rokettia)

*Tracks 1-6 will be side one of the vinyl while tracks 7-12 will be on side two

DA PUMP shows how a festival is in New York with new music video!

Looking to continue their success from their ultra popular hit “U.S.A”, group DA PUMP dropped the music video for their upcoming single “P.A.R.T.Y. ～Universal Festival～” on Avex’s official YouTube channel. Dropping August 7, “P.A.R.T.Y. ～Universal Festival～” will be the latest single from the group since “Sakura” back in March and it will be released with four editions, a CD-only standard edition, two CD + DVD limited editions titled Type A and Type B, and a CD + Goods special edition. The Type A DVD will include both the music video along with the Making Of while Type B will include not only the music video but a special dance edit of the video along with a Kamen Rider version of video, as the track is set to be the ending theme song for the upcoming Kamen Rider ZI-O Over Quartzer movie. The special edition will include a small logo printed mirror along with a small photo book.

The music video features the group showing off their impressive dance skills in the heart of Time Square and in Brooklyn, New York in front of a group of kids and adults. Several of their dance moves this time around are based off of Michael Jackson’s hit song “Thriller”’s choreography with the incorporation of the famous zombie dance movements.

Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for  “P.A.R.T.Y. ～Universal Festival～” below!

Standard edition

Limited edition Type A

Limited edition Type B

Special Goods edition 

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Erii Yamazaki starts anew with Cherii Records!

Voice actress-turned-vocalist Erii Yamazaki announced that she’ll be joining new label Cherii Records. She also announced she will adopt a new artist name of simply “Erii” and will drop a new single titled “Cherii♡” September 11. Yamazaki commented on the name change, ‘I wanted to change my image to fit the theme of “Becoming the best person I want to world to see’ and with that I felt customary to also become that better person and start anew with this label and change.”

Unfortunately there are currently no links available but you can purchase her latest single “Last Promise” along with a small preview of said track below!

Standard edition 

AKB48 now has sustainable center for upcoming single

Yahagi Moeka

2019 has been a pretty quiet year for the mega idol group AKB48 so far with the only release for the group this year being “Jiwaru Days” which came out in March. Last year they had a release for each quarter of the year and by this time we had “Jabaja” and “Teacher Teacher”. Well, we finally know the second single to be released for the year. It will be titled “サステナブル” (Sustainable) and will be released September 18. 

Around this date will be when the senbatsu song would normally come out, as “Sentimental Train” was released last year September 9, but this year there was no senbatsu so it has been unknown for awhile who will be serving as the center for “Sustainable”. However, now we finally have the answer to this question. Yahagi Moeka has been revealed to be the new center for “Sustainable” and this will be Yahagi’s first time serving as the center. Also, in commemoration of being center for the first time, Yahagi is also getting her very first photobook, which will be released August 7. If you are interested you can pre-order it here.

“Sustainable” will be released in a flurry of editions, six in total. There will be three standard editions and three limited editions. Both the standard and limited editions will manifest in types A, B, and C, with all of the editions including a CD and DVD, but the limited editions will also feature event tickets that will only be redeemable in Japan. You can pre-order you copy of “Sustainable” here.

Standard Edition Type A

Standard Edition Type B

Standard Edition Type C

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Limited Edition Type C

Check out AKB48’s last single “Jiwaru Days” in the video below.