Moon Color Chainon

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"Moon Color Chainon"
Single by Momoiro Clover Z
B-side
  • "Wanting to be Together with You" (Yoko Ishida, Eternal Ed. only)
  • "I'll Go as Myself" (ANZA, Eternal Ed. only)
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
Genre
Length
  • 32:08 (Momoiro Clover Z Ed.)
  • 26:27 (Eternal Ed.)
Label Evil Line Records
Composer(s) Akiko Kosaka
Lyricist(s) Sumire Shirobara
Momoiro Clover Z singles chronology
""PLAY!""
(2020)
"Moon Color Chainon"
(2021)
""Hoero 2021" (吼えろ 2021, "Howl 2021")"
(2021)
Music video
Momoiro Clover Z with Sailor5Guardians "Moon Color Chainon (Tsukiiro Chainon)" on YouTube

"Moon Color Chainon" (Japanese: 月色Chainon, Hepburn: Tsukiiro Chainon) is the 21st single by the Japanese idol girl group Momoiro Clover Z released on January 13, 2021. The single used as a theme song for the two-part anime film, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie . [1]

Contents

Details

The single contains theme song for the 2021 two-part anime film, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie . "Moon Color Chainon" was written by Sailor Moon creator and mangaka Naoko Takeuchi (under the "Sumire Shirobara" (白薔薇sumire, Shirobara Sumire) pseudonym), composed by Akiko Kosaka, who had previously composed "Gekkō", and arranged by Gesshoku Kaigi band. [2] [3]

The single was released in two versions: "Momoiro Clover Z Edition" and "Eternal Edition". Momoiro Clover Z Edition contains the single that only sung by the group, and re-recorded songs that the group had provided for the Sailor Moon 20th Anniversary Memorial Tribute album, as well as the theme songs from Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal series. The Eternal Edition contains the single that the group sung with the voice actresses: Kotono Mitsuishi (as Sailor Moon), Hisako Kanemoto (as Sailor Mercury), Rina Satō (as Sailor Mars), Ami Koshimizu (as Sailor Jupiter), and Shizuka Itō (as Sailor Venus), [lower-alpha 1] which was used for the two-part film, [1] as well as the films' ending songs sung by Yoko Ishida and ANZA. [4]

There are two different versions of the music video for the single: The Artist Music Video (Momoiro Clover Z Edition), where it features the group, voice actresses and the band, and the Animation Music Video (Eternal Edition), where it features various clips from the two-part film. [5]

Track listing

Momoiro Clover Z Edition (CD+Blu-ray)

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (Momoiro Clover Z ver.) Sumire Shirobara Akiko Kosaka, Gesshoku Kaigi4:20
2."Moonlight Legend (ムーンライト伝説, Mūnraito Densetsu)" (-ZZ ver.-)Kanako OdaTetsuya Tomoro, Kenji Kondo2:53
3."Moon Revenge" (-ZZ ver.-)Kayoko FuyumoriKosaka, Yukari Hashimoto4:26
4."Tuxedo Mirage" (-ZZ ver.-)Naoko TakeuchiKosaka, Daisuke Kikuta3:36
5."MOON PRIDE" (-ZZ ver.-) Revo Revo3:43
6."Gekkō (月虹, Moon Rainbow)" (-ZZ ver.-)ShirobaraKosaka4:22
7."Fall in Love with a New Moon (ニュームーンに恋して, Nyū Mūn ni Koishite)" (-ZZ ver.-) Etsuko Yakushimaru Tika α4:24
8."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (off-vocal ver.)  4:20
Blu-ray Disc
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (Artist Music Video)Sumire ShirobaraAkiko Kosaka, Gesshoku Kaigi4:20

Eternal edition (CD+Blu-ray)

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (performed by Momoiro Clover Z with Sailor Moon (Kotono Mitsuishi), Sailor Mercury (Hisako Kanemoto), Sailor Mars (Rina Satō), Sailor Jupiter (Ami Koshimizu), and Sailor Venus (Shizuka Itō))Sumire ShirobaraAkiko Kosaka, Gesshoku Kaigi4:20
2."Wanting to be Together with You (私たちになりたくて, Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute)" (performed by Yoko Ishida)Yasushi AkimotoNozomi Inoue, Tomoki Hasegawa 5:17
3."I'll Go as Myself ("らしく" いきましょ, "Rashiku" Ikimasho)" (performed by ANZA)Naoko TakeuchiMasao Mizuno, Yukihiro Fukutomi3:31
4."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (off-vocal ver.)  4:20
5."Wanting to be Together with You (私たちになりたくて, Watashi-tachi ni Naritakute)" (off-vocal ver.)  5:17
6."I'll Go as Myself ("らしく" いきましょ, "Rashiku" Ikimasho)" (off-vocal ver.)  3:31
Blu-ray Disc
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Moon Color Chainon (月色Chainon, Tsukiiro Chainon)" (Animation Music Video)Sumire ShirobaraAkiko Kosaka, Gesshoku Kaigi4:20

Personnel

Momoiro Clover Z
Sailor5Guardians
Additional artists
Additional music

Chart performance

The "Momoiro Clover Z" edition of the single album ranked number 6 in the Oricon top 10 album charts in January 2021. [6] It also peaked number 7 in the component Billboard Hot Albums, and number 60 in the component Billboard Download Songs. [7] [8]

See also

Notes

  1. Also credited as "Sailor5Guardians" (セーラー5戦士, Sērā Gō Senshi).

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