Maaya Sakamoto Brings Special YouTube Program!

Popular singer-songwriter and voice actress, Maaya Sakamoto is bringing a special YouTube studio live with Yourness and Kento Ohgiya on December 11! This special studio live is to commemorate Maaya’s new single “Dokuhaku<-->Yakudo” that released on December 9. The live stream will begin at 21:00 JST (9pm JST) on December 11th. This live event will include a special performance and an interview with Yourness who is involved in the arrangement, composition, and performance of the track “Yakudo.” It will also include a piano duet with Kento Ohgiya. This is a one-time live stream and will not be archived. Mark your calendars as you don’t want to miss this!

Maaya Sakamoto is known for her many roles and theme song performances in the popular anime: Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa RESERVoir Chronicles, Wolf’s Rain,Vision of Escaflowne, RahXephon, Record of Lodoss War, Black Butler, Ghost in the Shell, and many more. “Dokuhaku<-->Yakudo” is a double A-side single and is currently being used for the Fate/Grand Order app game (Dokuhaku) and the theatrical feature anime (Yakudo). You can check out the music video for “Dokuhaku” below!

YouTube Studio Live - 21:00 JST (9pm JST) December 11!

Maaya Sakamoto Celebrates Her 25th Anniversary With Best Album!

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

Maaya Sakamoto announces tenth album

Popular voice actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto revealed she will be dropping her tenth original album Kyo Dake no Ongaku November 27. The album will be Maaya Sakamoto’s first release since 2015 with her last album Follow Me Up. According to Sakamoto, Kyo Dake no Ongaku is an album made for “music today” whose meaning “will change when you listen to it today and then listen to it again tomorrow”. 

Kyo Dake no Ongaku is being released in two editions total, a standard CD-only edition and a limited edition which will come with a bonus Blu-ray. The CD will feature a total of eleven tracks and the Blu-ray will feature a short movie with the concept of "music only for today". The full track listing will be posted below along with pre-order links. Lastly, you can check out Sakamoto’s song “Uchuu no Kioku” which was used for the anime BEM.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition


Maaya Sakamoto「Kyo Dake no Ongaku」

01. はじまり (Hajimari)

02. Hidden Notes

03. ホーキングの空に (Hookingu no Sora ni)

04. ユーランゴブレット (Yuurangoburetto)

05. お望み通り (O nozomi-dōri)

06. オールドファッション (Ōrudofasshon)

07. 火曜日 (Tuesday)

08. トロイメライ (Toroimerai)

09. 細やかに蓋をして (Komayaka ni Futa o Shite)

10. ディーゼル (Dīzeru)

11. 今日だけの音楽 (Kyo Dake no Ongaku)