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Iconic A Certain Scientific Railgun Theme Song 'Only My Railgun' Gets 2020 Version

fripSide's iconic theme song for the first season of A Certain Scientific Railgun "Only My Railgun" first released in 2009. Over ten years later, it's getting a new arrangement and a music video that will be included in the "fripSide infinite video clips 2009-2020" music video compilation Blu-ray. In anticipation of the compilation's release on April 1, NBC Universal released the short version of the "only my railgun -version 2020-" music video on YouTube.

Last month, fripSide posted the original music video from 2009 onto their official YouTube channel, which you can watch for comparison's sake:

In both videos, the Japanese comedian and magician Shinji Maggy makes an appearance to show off some "esper" abilities.

The full list of songs to be included on the compilation blu-ray are below:

1. only my railgun
2. LEVEL5 -judgelight-
3. future gazer
4. everlasting
5. Heaven is a Place on Earth
6. way to answer
7. Decade
8. sister's noise
9. eternal reality
10. black bullet
11. infinite synthesis
12. Luminize
13. Two souls -toward the truth-
14. white forces
15. 1983-schwarzesmarken-(IS3 version)
16. The end of escape[fripSide×angela]
17. clockwork planet
18. Red ”reduction division” -crossroads version-
19. killing bites
20. divine criminal
21. Edge of the Universe
22. Love with You
23. when chance strikes
24. final phase
25. only my railgun -version 2020-

The "fripSide infinite video clips 2009-2020" blu-ray will cost 7,700 yen (approximately US$71). A video showing the making of the 2020 version of "only my railgun" music video will be included as a bonus.

fripSide performed opening themes for all three seasons of A Certain Scientific Railgun: "only my railgun" and "LEVEL5 -judgelight-" in the original series, "sister's noise" and "eternal reality" in A Certain Scientific Railgun S, and "final phase" in A Certain Scientific Railgun T. The duo will also perform the second opening theme for A Certain Scientific Railgun T.

Source: Dengeki Online