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Grammy Awards Add Video Game Score Soundtrack Category
― The Recording Academy announced on its official website on Thursday that it is adding five new Grammy Awards categories for its 2023 awards show, including "Best Score Soundtrack For Video Games And Other Interactive Media." The other new award categories include "Songwriter Of The Year, Non-Classical," "Best Alternative Music Performance," "Best Americana Performance," and "Best Spoken Word Poetr...
Hey! Say! JUMP Performs Love All Play Badminton Anime's Opening Song
sumika band members pen song
― The official website for the television anime of Asami Koseki's Love All Play badminton novel revealed on Friday that the boy band Hey! Say! JUMP is performing the anime's opening theme song "Haru Tsubame" (Spring Swallow). Vocalist and guitarist Kenta Kataoka of the band sumika wrote the lyrics, and sumika's keyboardist and choral vocalist Takayuki Ogawa scored the mus...
Billboard Japan Revises Hot 100 Chart to Emphasize Longevity Over 1st-Week Sales
― Billboard Japan announced on June 2 that it has revised the point system for its Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart so that it will emphasize songs and singles that have stayed on charts longer than singles that have "explosive" sales over a single week. The Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart updates every Wednesday, showing the top played songs in Japan consolidated from different metrics, that the chart e...
L'Arc-en-Ciel's HYDE Produces Noblesse Anime's Opening Theme Song
― The official website for the Crunchyroll Original anime of Jeho Son and Kwangsu Lee's Noblesse manhwa revealed last Friday that L'Arc-en-Ciel vocalist and bandleader Hyde is producing Kim Jae-joong's opening theme song "BREAKING DAWN" for the anime. The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX at 24:00 on October 7 (effectively October 8 at 12:00 a.m.) and on BS11 at 25:30 (effectively October 8 at 1:30 a....
14 Aniplex USA Releases to Go Out of Print
― Aniplex of America confirmed with ANN on Tuesday that 14 of its releases will go out of print. Aniplex of America did not specify when the items will go out of print. Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga Volume 1 Blu-ray Disc
Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga Volume 1 DVD
Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga Volume 2 Blu-ray Disc
Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga Volume 2 DVD
Charlotte Volume 1 Blu-ray Disc
Charlotte Volume 2 Blu-ray Disc...
Kalafina's Wakana Officially Debuts Solo Career With New Single Next Year
― Singer Wakana Ootaki of the singing unit Kalafina announced during her solo concert on Wednesday that she will make the official debut of her solo singing career next year with her first single "Toki o Koeru Yoru ni" (In the Night Beyond Time). Shusui is composing the song, while Wakana herself is writing the lyrics. Wakana has been on a solo concert tour since September 24 that has traveled to To...
Tsukipro Suspends SolidS CD Releases Due to Yuichiro Umehara's Illness
The official website for "2.5 dimensional" agency Tsukino Talent Production announced on Thursday that all CD releases for the group SolidS are "undecided" while cast member Yuichiro Umehara (the voice of the character Dai Murase) recovers from his illness. Umehara was hospitalized in May after being diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, an autoimmune disease that affects the nervou...
Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online Anime Reveals Ending Song Title in Video
The official Twitter account for the Sword Art Online anime franchise revealed the title of Tomori Kusunoki's ending theme song for the television anime of Keiichi Sigsawa's Sword Art Online: Alternative Gun Gale Online novel series on Thursday. The song is titled "To see the future." Kusunoki will perform the song as her character Llenn. 【エンディングテーマCM公開!】レン(楠木ともり)が歌うエンディングテーマは「To see the future」に決...
Maaya Uchida Performs Opening Song for Takunomi. Anime
The official Twitter account for the television anime adaptation of Haruto Hino's Takunomi. (Drinking at Home) four-panel manga revealed on Monday that Maaya Uchida will perform the anime's opening theme song "aventure bleu." The song's CD single will ship on February 14 with an as-yet untitled coupling track. Uchida also voices the character Makoto Kiriyama in the anime. The comedy manga's story ...
Composer Yasunori Mitsuda Teases Major Announcement to End 2017
Composer Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Xenogears) said on Twitter on Tuesday that in addition to his revealed work on Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the "Episode Ignis" DLC for Final Fantasy XV, and Inazuma Eleven Ares, there may be "one more intense announcement" to mark the end of 2017. Square Enix began streaming a trailer for "Episode Ignis" on Monday. Like the first two episodes, the new episode...
Susumu Hirasawa Confirms He's Working on Theme Song for Satoshi Kon's Opus
Composer Susumu Hirasawa (Berserk) revealed last Friday that he had been asked to compose the theme song for Satoshi Kon's OPUS manga, and has begun working on it. It is unclear from his post whether or not he is referring to the anime adaptation that producer Masao Maruyama previously expressed a desire to work on. Harasawa added in his post that, "If [anyone] is going to stop [this], now is the ...
Minori Suzuki Performs Opening Song for Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles Anime
The official Twitter account for voice actress and singer Minori Suzuki (Macross Delta's Freyja Wion) announced on September 30 that she will perform the opening theme song for the television anime of Naru Narumi's Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san (Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles) manga. The song will mark Suzuki's solo debut. Kenji Seto (both seasons of The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water) i...
Kagerou Project Gets 3rd Album After 4 Years
The official website of musician JIN and illustration Sidu's Kagerou Project multi-media franchise announced on Tuesday that the franchise will receive a third music album titled Mekakucity Reload. The site is streaming a teaser video for the album, with illustrations by Sidu. The video also notes that the franchise's upcoming new anime project is "in progress," and asks fans "to wait a little lon...
Yasushi Akimoto-Produced Idol Unit 22/7 to Hold 1st Live Event
The official website for 22/7, the new "dimension-crossing" idol group that AKB48 founder and producer Yasushi Akimoto is producing, announced on Sunday that the group will hold its first live event in Tokyo on July 22 (7/22). The eight characters and cast members will appear at the event. The website will take applications for tickets until July 4, and 200 attendees will be chosen via lottery. Th...
Macross Frontier Singer Sheryl Nome Teases Return
The Alta Vision screen in Shinjuku and UDX Vision screen in Akihabara revealed a teaser video on Monday that teases the return of the Macross Frontier character Sheryl Nome. A new video will be shown on the same screens on Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 p.m. to give more information. 1st Macross 35th Anniversary Project announced. Sheryl Nome new song & film (MV) by Sankyo to premiere in 6 days in Shinj...
Hikaru Utada Switches Labels, Plans New Work For This Year
Singer Hikaru Utada announced on her official website on Thursday that she is changing labels from Universal Music Japan to Sony Music Japan's Epic Records Japan label after her contract with Universal Music expires in March. Utada notes that it is her first actual label change as an artist. She was originally signed to EMI Music Japan, which was absorbed into Universal Music Japan in 2013. She pl...
Yuki Kajiura Returns to Compose Music For Heaven's Feel Film Trilogy
The official website for the Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel anime film trilogy project announced on Friday that composer Yuki Kajiura (Sword Art Online, Madoka Magica) will return to handle the music for the project. Kajiura previously composed the soundtrack for both seasons of Fate/Zero. She also composed, arranged, and wrote the ending theme songs for both seasons of Fate/stay night: Unlimited ...
More Details Revealed For Mayumi Kojima's Insert Song for One Piece Film Gold
The official website for this year's One Piece Film Gold anime confirmed on Monday that Mayumi Kojima (Ghost Hound) will perform an insert song for the film. The song will appear in the film's opening. Kojima commented that the song will be a "big band swing" song over 10 minutes long. The film's guest cast includes: (pictured from left to right): Kazuhiro Yamaji (Kamen Rider Blade's Kei Karasuma,...
Love Live! 'Final' μ's Single Sells 113,4278 in 2 Weeks
The "Moment Ring" CD single by Love Live! School idol project idol unit μ's sold 16,799 copies in its second week, and it ranked #5 on the Oricon singles chart for the week of March 7-13. The single now has a total of 113,278 copies sold, and thus earned the Golden Disc certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan. The single, which shipped on March 2, had the highest first-week ...
SMAP Idols Acknowledge News Reports on Live TV, But Do Not Comment on Possible Breakup
On live television on Monday, the five members of the male idol group SMAP acknowledged the news reports that have concerned fans about their possible breakup, and apologized for the unease they caused. However, they did not directly address whether the group will break up. Their weekly SMAP x SMAP program added a special live segment for the five members' messages, and the program prefaced the li...
Hikaru Utada's Website Denies Report of Her Spring 2016 Return Plans
Universal Music's Hidenobu Okita posted on singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada's official website on Thursday that a media report that Utada's new album will release next spring is false. Okita added that Utada is continuing to work on the new album intermittently, but that it is not at a stage yet where they can reveal a release period. Okita noted that Utada's official homepage will reveal the releas...
Newspaper: Love Live! Idols, Nogizaka46 to Sing at New Year's Kōhaku Battle
The Sports Nippon newspaper reported on Saturday on some of the artists it says will participate in this year's Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle), the New Year's Eve singing contest that is Japan's most viewed music television program. According to the report, this year's first-time performers include Rebecca (the rock band who are reuniting after two decades), the four-person band Ges...
Magic Kaito TV Anime Gets Character Song CD in March
This year's seventh issue of Shogakukan's Shonen Sunday magazine is announcing on Wednesday that a character song CD based on the Magic Kaito 1412 television anime, titled Magical Pallet, will ship on March 11. Some of the characters in the CD include Kaito Kuroba/Kaito Kid, Aoko Nakamori, and Saguru Hakuba. Each character will have an associated song sung by his or her voice cast member in the Ma...
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