Madkid debuts at Crunchyroll Expo

The Rising of the Shield Hero has turned out to be one of the biggest hit anime of 2019 so far and as a result, Crunchyroll is celebrating it this year at Crunchyroll Expo. They have several people involved with the show attending this event including five-member pop group Madkid who provided the opening to both halves of the show. The expo will kick off Thursday night August 28 and is set to run all weekend to September 1.

The Rising of the Shield Hero is about a boy who is whisked away to another world wherein he is one of four legendary heroes. Each hero has a special weapon and protagonist Naofumi is cursed with the shield, which has a bad reputation so he is forced to overcome a lot on his own.

If you are planning on attending the Crunchyroll Expo and have never heard of Madkid you can check out their music video for “Rise” which was the first opening for The Rising of the Shield Hero.

BiS involves fans with interesting way of debuting music video!

Popular alt-idol group BiS’s third generation dropped the music video for their upcoming track “BiS-どうやらゾンビのおでまし-“ (“BiS-Douyara Zombie no Odemashi-”), on their official YouTube channel. “BiS-Douyara Zombie no Odemashi-” will be the lead track for the group’s upcoming album Brand-new idol Society which drops August 14.

In an interesting campaign the entire music video is blurred with a mosaic filter, locking visibility of the members and layout of the video. Through Twitter, each group member must attain a total of 15,000 followers for the “true”, uncensored version of the music video to appear. The group also set up tiers for the video, stating that if members reach a total of only 13,000 followers, only half of the members will be “unlocked”, with the other half unlocked after 14,000 followers is reached. The members commented on the marketing saying that they think it a great idea and keeps the music video very dramatic. They also commented that they will have fun checking to see if the true version will finally be revealed.

As previously reported, Brand-new idol Society will drop with only a CD-only standard edition with thirteen tracks total. In the meantime check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for Brand-new idol Society below!

Standard edition 

01 STUPiD

02 BiS-どうやらゾンビのおでまし-

03 SURRENDER

04 リフレイン

05 BiS3

06 this is not a love song

07 1,2,3!!

08 absolutely meeeeee!!

09 ナンデスカ?

10 thousand crickets

11 teacher teacher teacher

12 strawberry girl

13 LET’S GO どうも

CUBERS shows fan their delusions of love with new single!

After an impressive showing of their major debut single “Major Boy”, five-member male idol group CUBERS announced that they will dropping a brand new single “妄想ロマンス” (“Moso Romance”) October 9. The news came as a surprise during their「SUMMER OF MAJOR BOY」tour in Tokyo’s WWW X live house this past week. To prove that CUBERS are no one-hit wonder, “Moso Romance” will be written by SILENT SIREN member Hinanchu and composed by Hirose Hirose of band Friends.

The single will drop with three tracks and be available in two editions, a CD-only standard edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include the both the music video and Making Of for “Moso Romance” and will also include clips from the group’s 「SUMMER OF MAJOR BOY」tour. 

As we wait for this highly anticipated single check out the music video for “Major Boy” along with the pre-order links for “Moso Romance” below!

Standard edition

Limited edition

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Track listing:

CUBERS「Moso Romance」

CD

01. 妄想ロマンス

02. PEOPLE GAME

03. Wonderland

DVD（Limited Edition Only）

・「妄想ロマンス」Music Video

・「妄想ロマンス」Music Video Making of

・「CUBERS 初の東名阪TOUR～SPECIAL SUMMER OF MAJOR BOY～」Tokyo Portion  （2019.07.28)

Aimer lights the way with preview of upcoming single!

Popular vocalist Aimer dropped a sneak peek of the music video for her upcoming track “Torches” on her official YouTube channel. As previously reported the single will be dropped August 14 and will be used as the ending theme for NHK’s action anime Vinland Saga. The music video carries the nuances of the world in which the anime is set and mixes images of water and fire, making this visually stunning piece stand out from Aimer’s previous work.

The preview also includes clip-pits of “Torches” B-side tracks “Blind to you” and “Daisy” along with live versions of “Black Bird” and “I beg you”, which took place during the Shanghai portion of Aimer’s “soleil et pluie” Asian Tour earlier in the year.

“Torches” will drop with three editions: a standard CD-only edition, a CD + DVD limited pressing edition, and a CD + DVD limited edition. The limited editions will include the music videos for “Torches” and several other tracks. The limited pressing edition, however, will also include a “no credit” version of the Vinland Saga ending movie, an additional TV-sized version of “Torches”, plus special packaging featuring Vinland Saga.

Check out the preview in question along with the pre-order links for “Torches” below!

Standard Edition

Limited Pressing Edition

Limited Edition

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Tracklisting

Aimer「Torches」

01 Torches

02 Blind to you

03 Daisy

04 Black Bird (Aimer "soleilet pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

05 I beg you (Aimer "soleil et pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

Limited Edition DVD

01 Torches MUSIC VIDEO

02Stand By You MUSIC VIDEO

03 We Two MUSIC VIDEO

04 3min MUSIC VIDEO

Limited Pressing Edition CD

01 Torches

02 Blind to you

03 Daisy

04 Black Bird (Aimer "soleilet pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

05 I beg you (Aimer "soleil et pluie" Asia Tour in Shanghai)

06 Torches (TV size)

Limited Pressing Edition DVD

*No credit version of Vinland Saga’s ending movie

Asako takes flight with first single!

Vocalist Asako announced that she will be releasing her first single titled “First Flight” August 7. “First Flight” will be the latest physical release from Asako since her album Fermata back in February. 

The single will be composed by keyboardist Hiroki Yokoyama and will drop with three tracks. It will manifest through two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + DVD limited edition. The DVD will include footage from Asako’s one-woman live concert which took place at Shibuya’s O-East Hall earlier in March along with a small behind-the-scenes documentary about the concert (the latter of which you can watch a small preview of below).

To coincide with the release of the single, Asako will also be holding two Tower Record events in Tokyo’s Shinjuku branch and Osaka’s Umeda branch August 10 and 18, respectively. She will hold a small acoustic live along with a CD signing event.

Lastly, Asako announced that she will be holding two one-woman live events at Osaka’s OSAKA MUSE and Tokyo’s Veats Shibuya November 23 and December 8, respectively. During these live events she teased that she’ll be performing new songs just for these events.

Pre-order “First Flight” in the links below!

Standard edition 

Limited edition

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Asako「First Flight」

CD

01 ファーストフライト(First Flight)

02 青春という名の季節(Seishun to Iu Nano Kisetsu)

03 ケチャップチャップ(Ketchup Ketchup)

Limited Edition DVD

Asako One-woman Live「fermata」Live & Document 2019.3.30 Shibuya O-East