The Pinballs Releases TV Anime 'I.W.G.P' OP Theme 'Needle Knot' Music Video Out Today

THE PINBALLS' new song “Needle Knot” is the opening theme for the ongoing TV anime series, I.W.G.P. (Ikebukuro West Gate Park), written by Ira Ishida. A brand new music video of the song is now available (https://youtu.be/D9RoDq7h1WQ). It has also been available on Download/Streaming.

The song, Needle Knot is a cool number and people are pulled into the world of “I.W.G.P.” from the beginning of the show with THE PINBALLS' unique and unnamable rock sounds - garage rock or rock.

The anime is an adaptation of Ira Ishida's popular novel series, “Ikebukuro West Gate Park” which is set in Tokyo's Ikebukuro ward. The story centers on Makoto, known as the Troubleshooter of Ikebukuro Ward in Tokyo; He helps everyone from his friends to local street toughs in solving various incidents. The novel series has gained popularity with many adaptations, such as the TV live action drama. And the anime “I.W.G.P.” also attracted a lot of attentions as the 1st anime adaptation.

■THE PINBALLS "Needle Knot”, TV Anime Ikebukuro West Gate Park OP Theme

Links for Downloads/Streaming

https://va.lnk.to/PINS-Needleknot

■THE PINBALLS

A four- member rock band

Takayuki Furukawa (Vo)、Tomohiro Nakaya(Gt)、Hirotaka Morishita (Ba)、Takashi Ishihara(Dr)

In 2017, the band made their major debut from Nippon Columbia with mini Album “NUMBER SEVEN”.

On Oct 2020, Needle Knot was selected for OP theme of TV anime I.W.G.P. (Ikebukuro West Gate Park).

Their long-awaited 2nd Major Album “millions of oblivion” will be released on Dec 17th 2020. The band will kick off their solo-headlining concert tour named "millions of memories” from February 2021.

With the unique and unnamable rock sound- garage rock or rock ‘n’ roll, rough but husky singing voice with the taste of poetry by Takayuki Furukawa (Vo) , catchy and powerful melodies, the band has been stirring rock-music scenes.

THE PINBALLS HP: http://thepinballs.org/

THE PINBALLS Twitter: https://twitter.com/PINS_official

THE PINBALLS YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_zZ1mX8I0IvPKVaHHzbwQ

THE PINBALLS “Broadway” MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/N5HFD5o_ZUc

THE PINBALLS “Needle Knot” MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/D9RoDq7h1WQ

■The TV Anime "Ikebukuro West Gate Park”

TV Anime official website:https:iwgp-anime.com

The 1st trailer URL:https://youtu.be/JfBhszsKlLM

The 2nd trailer URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlT-dOJN5x4

【Official Web/SNS】

■TV Anime official website

https://iwgp-anime.com

■TV Anime official Twitter

@iwgp_anime

【Theme Song】

[OP theme song] THE PINBALLS ”Needle Knot”

[ED theme song] INNOSENT in FORMAL ”after song”

IWGP Official Playlists :https://va.lnk.to/IWGP_anime

【CAST】

Makoto:Kentaro Kumagai

Takashi:Koki Uchiyama

Kyoichi:Reiou Tsuchida

Hiroto:Subaru Kimura

Isogai:Natsuki Hanae

and more…