Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements. She was born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. She has written scores for Cowboy Bebop and its live-action adaptation, Darker than Black, Macross Plus, Turn A Gundam, The Vision of Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Wolf's Rain, Kids on the Slope,Genesis of Aquarion and Terror in Resonance, and has worked with the directors Hirokazu Kore-eda, Yoshiyuki Tomino, Shinichirō Watanabe and Shōji Kawamori. Kanno has also composed music for pop artists Maaya Sakamoto and Kyōko Koizumi. She is also a keyboardist, and is the frontwoman for the Seatbelts, who perform many of Kanno's compositions and soundtracks.
Maaya Sakamoto is a Japanese actress and singer. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in Little Twins, but is better known as voice of Hitomi Kanzaki in The Vision of Escaflowne. Other major roles in anime include Leila Malcal in Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Jeanne d'Arc in Fate/Apocrypha, Shiki Ryōgi in The Garden of Sinners, Riho Yamazaki in Nightwalker: The Midnight Detective, Moe Katsuragi in Risky Safety, Princess Tomoyo in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club, Sayaka Nakasugi in Birdy the Mighty, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Shinobu Oshino in Monogatari, Merlin in The Seven Deadly Sins, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, Quinella in Sword Art Online, and Echidna in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
Single Collection+ Nikopachi (シングルコレクション＋ ニコパチ) is Maaya Sakamoto's second singles collection. The limited edition version of the album was available with a DVD containing music videos. The album debuted at #3 on the Oricon weekly charts and sold 69,966 copies, this is Maaya Sakamoto's best selling album so far.
30Minutes Night Flight is Maaya Sakamoto's second mini-album. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2007 as a normal album version and a Limited Edition containing a DVD. The limited edition DVD came with a short film created by Production I.G. The album is also available is a collectibles box set, commemorating her tenth anniversary as a singer. The set, called "30Minutes Night Flight Hatsubai Kinen Special Box" contains a sheet of stamps, a scarf/towel, and a letter set. This special box does not, however, contain the album CD or the DVD.
"Kazemachi Jet / Spica" is the 14th single released by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. "Kazemachi Jet" and "Spica" were featured as the ending song for the second season of Tsubasa Chronicle. Sakamoto had stated that the two songs in this single were meant to represent Syaoran and Sakura's view in Tsubasa. "Kazemachi Jet" represents Syaoran while "Spica" represents Sakura; there are several clear references in the songs.
"Saigo no Kajitsu / Mitsubachi to Kagakusha" is Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto's 14th single. "Saigo no Kajitsu" was featured as the ending theme for the Tsubasa Chronicle OVA Tokyo Revelations. When writing "Saigo no Kajitsu", Sakamoto described Syaoran's fate as sad because he becomes the antagonist of his friends and is a clone.
Triangler (トライアングラー) is Maaya Sakamoto's sixteenth single. The title track was used as the opening theme for the popular mecha anime Macross Frontier and won the 2008 Animation Kobe award for best theme song. The single reached number 3 on Oricon weekly chart and so far is the best selling single of Maaya Sakamoto.
You Can't Catch Me is Maaya Sakamoto's seventh studio album. Similar to its predecessor, the album is produced by various renowned composers. The first pressing came with a bonus CD featuring seven live tracks from her memorial concert "Gift" in Budokan on March 2010. A PV version for the track "Himitsu" was also made to promote the album. It is Sakamoto's first album to reach number one on Oricon's weekly chart, and the first of either her albums or singles to do so.
"Mameshiba" is the ninth single by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. The lyrics for "Mameshiba" were written by Maaya Sakamoto herself while the lyrics for "Kuuki to Hoshi" were written by Yūho Iwasato. The music was composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno.
Gekidan Inu Curry, stylized as gekidan INU CURRY, is an animation troupe consisting of ex-Gainax animator Ayumi Shiraishi under the name 2-Shiroinu and ex-TANTO 2D painter Yōsuke Anai under the name Doroinu. They are known for their production design works in the Puella Magi Madoka Magica series, as well as creating the ending credits sequence for Maria Holic and Usagi Drop. They also regularly contribute illustrations to Maaya Sakamoto's Manpukuron column in Newtype Magazine. Doroinu directed and wrote the Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story anime, which began airing in January 2020.
"Clear" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released as a single on January 31, 2018, through FlyingDog. It was written by Sakamoto and composed by Yoshiki Mizuno of the band Ikimono-gakari. "Clear" is the opening theme to the NHK anime Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, the sequel to Cardcaptor Sakura, for which Sakamoto's "Platinum" served as opening theme for the third season close to twenty years prior. An acoustic take of "Platinum" performed on June 4, 2017 at the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima is included as a coupling track on the single.
"Million Clouds" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released as a single on July 27, 2016, through FlyingDog. It was written by Sakamoto and composed by Swedish singer-songwriter Frida Sundemo. The song served as the opening theme to the Tokyo MX anime Amanchu!.
"Anata o Tamotsu Mono" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto and Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released as a double A-side single alongside the song "Mada Ugoku" by FlyingDog on June 17, 2015. It was written by Shintaro Sakamoto of the band Yura Yura Teikoku and composed by Cornelius, who produced and arranged the track as well as playing all the music. The song served as the opening theme to the Tokyo MX anime Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture.
"Mada Ugoku" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto and Japanese musician Cornelius. It was released as a double A-side single alongside the song "Anata o Tamotsu Mono" by FlyingDog on June 17, 2015. It was written by Shintaro Sakamoto of the band Yura Yura Teikoku and composed by Cornelius, who produced and arranged the track as well as playing all instruments. "Mada Ugoku" is the theme song to the animated film Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie.
"Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It was released as a double A-side single alongside the song "Shikisai" by FlyingDog on January 28, 2015. The song was composed by Rasmus Faber, who also produced the track. The lyrics were written by Yuho Iwasato, marking the first collaboration between Sakamoto and Iwasato in four years, since "More Than Words". "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō" is the opening theme to the TBS anime series Gourmet Girl Graffiti.
"Shikisai" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released as a double A-side single alongside the song "Shiawase ni Tsuite Watashi ga Shitte Iru Itsutsu no Hōhō" by FlyingDog on January 28, 2015. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed and produced by the Japanese band La La Larks. "Shikisai" is the theme song to the Android and iOS role-playing game Fate/Grand Order. The song also serves as the theme song to the animated television film based on the game, Fate/Grand Order: First Order.
"Replica" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It was released as the album's fourth single on August 20, 2014, through FlyingDog. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed by Takahito Uchisawa from the band Androp. It served as the second opening theme to the Tokyo MX anime series M3: The Dark Metal.
"Saved." is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It is the album's third single. It was released by FlyingDog as a double A-side single alongside the song "Be Mine!" on February 5, 2014. The song was written and composed by Shōko Suzuki. It is the ending theme to the anime series Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha.
"Be Mine!" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto, from the album Follow Me Up. It is the album's fourth single. It was released by FlyingDog as a double A-side single alongside the song "Saved." on February 5, 2014. The song was written by Sakamoto and composed by The Band Apart. It is the opening theme to the anime series World Conquest Zvezda Plot, for which Sakamoto voices the character of Kaori Hayabusa.
"Secrear" is a song recorded by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. It was released by FlyingDog as an exclusively digital single on October 30, 2013. The song was written by Natsumi and composed and arranged by Solaya. It is the theme song to the Monster Hunter: Frontier G, on which it is performed in-game by the character of Diva.
