Mugen (song)

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"Mugen"
Single Mugen cover.jpg
Single by Nana Mizuki
from the album Impact Exciter
ReleasedOctober 28, 2009 (2009-10-28)
Format CD
Recorded2009
Genre Pop
Label King Records
Nana Mizuki singles chronology
"Shin'ai"
(2009)		"Mugen"
(2009)		"Phantom Minds"
(2010)

"Mugen"(夢幻, "Fantasy") is the 20th single by Japanese singer and voice actress Nana Mizuki, which was released on October 28, 2009, by King Records. The single reached number 3 in Japan's Oricon weekly singles charts for the week of November 9, 2009.

Single (music) Type of music release usually containing one or two tracks

In the music industry, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album.

Nana Mizuki is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator born and raised in Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency Sigma Seven. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer and made her debut as a voice actress in 1997. Her prominent roles include Hinata Hyūga in the long-running ninja series Naruto, Fate Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Tsubasa Kazanari in Symphogear, Moka Akashiya in Rosario + Vampire, Cure Blossom in Heartcatch Precure! and Ann Takamaki in Persona 5.

King Records (Japan) Japanese record label; imprint of King Record Co., Ltd

King Record Co., Ltd. is a Japanese record company founded in 1931 as a division of the Japanese publisher Kodansha. It initially began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s. It later became part of the Otowa Group. Today, King Records is one of Japan's largest record companies which is owned by a multinational entity. The headquarters for this record label are in Tokyo.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Mugen"(夢幻, Fantasy)

    Noriyasu Agematsu is a Japanese composer and founding member of group Elements Garden born in Nagano, Japan.

    Elements Garden is a Japanese group of music composers, or a "music production brand" as they call themselves. They generally produce music for video games, anime and recording artists. They are attached to Aria Entertainment.

    Junpei Fujita is a Japanese arranger and composer, and a founding member of Elements Garden. His work includes composition and arrangement of some tracks of singles and albums of Nana Mizuki including albums Hybrid Universe, Ultimate Diamond and Impact Exciter and singles "Wild Eyes", "Super Generation", "Junketsu Paradox", "Mugen" and Starcamp EP. He also composed music for a track on Mamoru Miyano album Wonder and Mamoru Miyano single Refrain. Along with other members of Elements Garden he also worked on the soundtrack of game Wild Arms XF and composed and arranged music on the game G Senjō no Maō. He also arranged music from the PC version of the visual novel Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka. He married singer Suara in 2009.

  2. "Tenkū no Canaria"(天空のカナリア)
    <i>Tales of Symphonia</i> video game

    Tales of Symphonia is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on August 29, 2003 in Japan. It was published by Namco and is the fifth core product of the Tales series. The game was localized and released in North America on July 13, 2004 and in Europe on November 19, 2004. In Japan, the game was ported for the PlayStation 2 with additional content and was released on September 22, 2004.

  3. "Dear Dream"
    • Lyrics: Shihori
    • Composition: Shihori
    • Arrangement: Shinya Saitou, Ipemoto
    • Ending theme for Card Gakuen
  4. "Stories"
    • Lyrics: Leo Kanda, Kazunori Saita
    • Composition: Yoshihiro Saito
    • Arrangement: Takahiro Furukawa

Charts

ChartPeak
position		SalesTime in
chart
Oricon Daily Singles2
Oricon Weekly Singles344,718
Oricon Monthly Singles Chart956,375
Oricon Yearly Singles Chart99

Total Sales : 64,989

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