Chiaki Kuriyama is a Japanese actress, singer, and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's 2000 film Battle Royale and Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill: Volume 1.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn is a novel by popular Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui. The novel takes place in Gundam's Universal Century timeline. Character and mechanical designs are provided by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Hajime Katoki, respectively.
Hiroyuki Sawano is a Japanese composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, and music producer best known for his work on many anime series, video games, television dramas, and movies. His works include the musical scores for Attack on Titan, The Seven Deadly Sins, Solo Leveling, Blue Exorcist, Seraph of the End, Guilty Crown, and Kill la Kill. In addition to his role on the soundtrack, Sawano also composes many opening and ending theme songs. Overall, he has already provided the music for over 100 visual media works.
The discography of the Japanese rock band Luna Sea consists of 10 studio albums, 3 live albums, 3 self cover albums, 10 compilations, 10 instrumental remix albums, 21 singles, and 34 home videos.
Aimer is a Japanese pop singer and lyricist signed to Sacra Music and managed by Agehasprings. Her stage name comes from the verb "Aimer" in French, which means "to love". Aimer uses the name aimerrhythm for lyrics credits.
DAWN is the third studio album released by Aimer under Defstar Records label. It was released in three versions: a limited CD+Blu-ray (Type-A), a limited CD+DVD edition (Type-B), and a regular CD only edition. The album reached #4 rank first week in Oricon rankings. It charted 26 weeks and totally sold more than 39,000 copies.
UnChild is the first collaboration album released between composer Hiroyuki Sawano and Aimer. It was released on June 25, 2014 in a limited and regular CD Only edition. Songs are English covers and rearrangements of various theme songs used in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
Anly is a Japanese pop singer-songwriter from Ie, Okinawa. She started playing the guitar at six years old, and started writing music in junior high school. In high school, she played live at various locations in Okinawa and Tokyo, allowing her to release two indie singles in 2015 before being signed to Sony Music Records. She released her debut single "Taiyō ni Warae" in 2015 and her debut album Anly One in 2017.
2V-ALK is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017 through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC. 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".
The Beautiful People is the fourth full-length album by Japanese reggae punk band SiM, released on April 6, 2016. It reached sixth place on the Oricon weekly chart and charted for 12 weeks.
Remember is the third studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on March 6, 2019, through the Sony Music label Sacra Music. Four singles were released from the album: "Binary Star", "Cage", "narrative" and "NOISEofRAIN".
Penny Rain is the second part of the fifth studio album Sun Dance & Penny Rain released by Aimer. It was released on April 10, 2019, in a regular CD only edition and with Sun Dance in three versions: a limited 2 CD + 2 BD + Special Storage Box + Sun Dance Jigsaw Puzzle, a limited 2 CD + BD edition (Type-A), and a limited 2CD + DVD edition (Type-B). Sun Dance and Penny Rain were Aimer's first new studio albums since daydream in 2016.
"Eternal Wind ~Hohoemi wa Hikaru Kaze no Naka~" is the ninth single by Japanese singer Hiroko Moriguchi, released on February 5, 1991, under Starchild Records. Written by Yui Nishiwaki and Yoko Orihara, the song was used as the ending theme of the 1991 mecha anime film Mobile Suit Gundam F91. The single peaked at No. 9 on Oricon's singles charts and landed at No. 47 on Oricon's 1991 year-ending chart, making it Moriguchi's best-selling single. It was also certified Gold by the RIAJ. In addition, the song led to her debut on NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen that year.
Gundam Song Covers 2 is a cover album by Hiroko Moriguchi, released in 2020 to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Moriguchi's music career. The sequel to 2019's Gundam Song Covers, the album features Moriguchi's versions of 10 popular Gundam songs, as voted on King Records' website from January to February 2020. It was released in two physical CD versions: a regular release and a limited edition release with an LP-sized jacket with a booklet and stickers. The album cover, illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki, features Moriguchi cosplaying as Cecily Fairchild, with the Gundam F91 in the background.
"Re: I Am" is the fifth single by Japanese singer Aimer, released on March 20, 2013 under Defstar Records. Written by Hiroyuki Sawano, the song was used as the theme song of episode 6 of the mecha anime OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, as well as the opening theme of episode 18 of the OVA's TV edit version Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096. The single peaked at No. 6 on the Oricon Singles Chart and No. 27 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
"Brave Shine" is the eighth single by Japanese singer Aimer, released on June 3, 2015 under Defstar Records. Written by Aimer and Hisashi Koyama, the song was used as the second opening theme of the anime TV series Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works. Originally, the series' second opening theme was intended to be "Last Stardust", composed also by Aimer. However, the staff did not find it fitting for the video's sequences and instead used "Brave Shine".
"Beyond the Time ~Möbius no Sora wo Koete~" is the 13th single by Japanese rock band TM Network, released on March 5, 1988 under Epic Records. Written by Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro, the song was used as the ending theme of the 1988 mecha anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.
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IV is the fourth studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on March 3, 2021, through the Sony Music label Sacra Music. Five singles were released from the album: "Tranquility", "Trollz", "Chaos Drifters", "CRY" and "time".
Gundam Song Covers 3 is a cover album by Hiroko Moriguchi, released by Sonic Blade on March 9, 2022. The sequel to 2019's Gundam Song Covers and 2020's Gundam Song Covers 2, the album features Moriguchi's versions of 11 popular Gundam theme songs originally recorded by male vocalists. Musicians collaborating with Moriguchi in the album include pianist Kotaro Oshio, violinist Naoko Terai, Japanese choir VOJA, singer-songwriter Mami Ayukawa, guitarist Masayoshi Ōishi, Wagakki Band shakuhachi player Daisuke Kaminaga, pop duo Salt & Sugar, and rock band TM Network. The album cover, illustrated by Tsukasa Kotobuki, features Moriguchi cosplaying as Sayla Mass, with the RX-78-02 Gundam in the background.
