| Anison Covers 2 | ||||
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| Released | August 7, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023–2024 | |||
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| Language | Japanese | |||
| Label | Sonic Blade | |||
| Producer | Daisuke Sohkawa | |||
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Anison Covers 2 is an upcoming cover album by Hiroko Moriguchi, to be released by Sonic Blade on August 7, 2024. The album features 10 anime theme songs covered in jazz, acoustic, and bossa nova. It will be offered in two editions: CD only and CD with Blu-ray. [1] [2] [3]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Original series | Length |
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| 1. | "Omoide ga Ippai (想い出がいっぱい, "Full of Memories")" (with Yūji Toriyama and Akira Jimbo) | Yoko Aki | Kisaburō Suzuki | Miyuki | |
| 2. | "Hohoemi no Bakudan (微笑みの爆弾, "The Smile Bomb")" | Hsiao-Lung Lee | Matsuko Mawatari | YuYu Hakusho | |
| 3. | "Ojamajo Carnival!! (おジャ魔女カーニバル!!, Ojamajo kānibaru!!)" (with Kanako Momota) | Shōko Ōmori | Takeshi Ike | Ojamajo Doremi | |
| 4. | "Tori no Uta (鳥の詩, "Bird's Poem")" | Jun Maeda | Shinji Orito | Air | |
| 5. | "Yume Ippai (ゆめいっぱい, "Full of Dreams")" (with Yūji Toriyama and Hiroki Kashiwagi) | Tomoko Aran | Tetsurō Oda | Chibi Maruko-chan | |
| 6. | "You Get to Burning" | Satomi Arimori | Toshiyuki Ōmori | Martian Successor Nadesico | |
| 7. | "Platinum (プラチナ, Purachina)" | Yūho Iwasato | Yoko Kanno | Cardcaptor Sakura | |
| 8. | "Be Free" | Yoshiko Miura | Yasuhiko Shigemura | Yoroiden Samurai Troopers | |
| 9. | "Blue Water (ブルーウォーター, Burū Uōtā)" (with Saburō Tanooka) | Etsuko Kisugi | Yoshimasa Inoue | Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water | |
| 10. | "Still Love Her (Ushinawareta Fūkei) (STILL LOVE HER(失われた風景), "Still Love Her (A Lost Landscape)")" (with Naoto Kine) | Tetsuya Komuro |
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Omoide ga Ippai" (Music video) | |
| 2. | "Omoide ga Ippai" (Music video making) |
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Anison Covers is a cover album by Hiroko Moriguchi, released by Sonic Blade on May 24, 2023. The album features 11 anime theme songs covered in jazz, acoustic, and bossa nova. It is offered in two editions: CD only and CD with Blu-ray.