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Kokia Sings 4th Yamato 2199 Film's Ending Theme Song
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 television anime series and film project announced on Monday that Kokia will be singing the ending theme song "Kioku no Hikari" (Light of Memories) for the fourth film in the series. Kokia also composed and wrote the lyrics for the song.
Kokia previously sang theme songs for the .hack//The Movie, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino, Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~, Saiyuki Gaiden, and Broken Blade anime, among others. She recently performed insert songs for the Mobile Suit Gundam AGE television anime series. Aira Yūki, Aki Misato, and Isao Sasaki sang the ending theme songs for the first three Space Battleship Yamato 2199 films, respectively.
The fourth film will open in theaters in Japan on January 12, 2013. The fourth film, titled Ginga Henkyō no Kōbō (The Remote Area of the Galaxy's Offense and Defense), is composed of episodes 11-14 of this Space Battleship Yamato remake.
The third film, which is composed of episodes 7-10, opened in 10 theaters in Japan on October 13, and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 22.
[Via animeanime.jp]
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