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Musical Duo GARNiDELiA Goes on Indefinite Hiatus
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Mai "MARiA" Mizuhashi, the vocalist half of the duo, responded to the announcement an hour later with a post that simply read, "E—!?" (Eh!?) About two hours later, she elaborated that she did not know about the announcement in advance, so it surprised even her. She apologized for the confusion and promised to explain to fans when the situation is sorted out and the time is right. She added that she would say for now that she loves GARNiDELiA and that she is walking a path that preserves music, dignity, and love.
The duo's most recent digital single release "Zainin" debuted on January 11. The single was the opening theme song for the Übel Blatt anime. The duo's most recent studio album TEN debuted in January 2024, but the duo released the best-of album GRND THE BEST PROGRESS on February 26 earlier this year.
GARNiDELiA consists of composer Yoshinori Abe (toku) and vocalist Mai Mizuhashi (MARiA). The duo first worked together on "Color," the opening theme song of the Freezing anime, although they had not yet made the GARNiDELiA unit name at that point. The duo formally debuted in 2014 with their single "Ambiguous," which became the opening theme for the Kill la Kill anime. The group has since performed theme songs for anime such as The irregular at magic high school, Gundam: Reconguista in G, Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation, Qualidea Code, The irregular at magic high school The Movie: The Girl Who Summons the Stars, Fate/Apocrypha, Anime-Gataris, Beatless, Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Taisho Otome Fairy Tale, My Master Has No Tail, Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts, and most recently, Übel Blatt.
Source: GARNiDELiA official website, Mai "MARiA" Mizuhashi's X/Twitter account via Otakomu
