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Hikari (Sid Album)
''Hikari'' (stylized as ''hikari'') is the fifth and first major studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band SID, released on July 1, 2009 by Ki/oon Music. The single " Uso" is a ending theme of Fullmetal Alchemist and " Monochrome no Kiss" is the first opening theme of Black Butler. Commercial performance ''Hikari'' reached number two on Oricon Albums Chart. In July 2009, it was certified gold disc by RIAJ. As of July 8, 2009, it has sold more than 150,000 copies. It was the 76th best-selling album in Japan in 2009. Touring The album release tour, named "", began on July 14, 2009 and was attended by around 70,000 people in 26 locations across Japan. Track listing Personnel * Mao Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ... - vocals * Shinji - guitar * Aki - b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid (band)
is a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed in 2003 and signed to Sony Records. Background SID (シド) was founded in 2003 by vocalist Mao (ex-Shula) and bassist Aki (ex-Ram Rem). They were joined by two support members, guitarist Shinji (ex-Uranus) and drummer Yuuya (ex-Shula). The four of them released the band's first demo CD, ''Yoshigai Manabu 17-sai (Mushoku)'' (吉開学 17歳 (無職)), on mini-disc that August and soon after, they signed on with Danger Crue Records. Though SID technically began in 2003, the band considers January 14, 2004 the date of their 'birth' as it was announced at their show at the Meguro Rock May Kan that Shinji and Yuuya would be joining as official members. With their line-up now complete, they released their first single "Kaijou-Ban"(会場限定盤) in March before traveling overseas for a two-day performance at the American convention Anime Central in May. The young band made quite an impact, gaining a number of international fans, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ki/oon Music
is a Japanese record label, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Artists Their artists include L'Arc-en-Ciel, Asian Kung-Fu Generation, Home Made Kazoku, Puffy AmiYumi, Polysics, Supercar, Pushim, Chatmonchy, Denki Groove, Tomoe Shinohara, The Babystars, DOES, KANA-BOON, Guitar Wolf, Miki Furukawa, Nico Touches the Walls, plingmin, Joe Inoue, Sid, Merengue, Acid Android, Piko, Domino, Prague, Lama, Group Tamashii, Totalfat, Hemenway, Negoto, Unicorn, Chara, Folks, Scenarioart Scenarioart (シナリオアート, Shinarioāto) is a three-member pop-rock Japanese band founded in 2009 by guitarist Kōsuke Hayashi and bassist Takahisa Yamashita, with drummer Kumiko Hattori joining in 2011. The band released the single "White ..., Blue Encount, Lenny Code Fiction, FlowBack, and Ive. Labels * Haunted Records * Ki/oon Music (main) * Ki/oon Overseas * Loopa Neosite Discs(typeset NeOSITE DISCS) - founded in 1996. VOCALOID In December 2010, Ki/oo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentimental Macchiato
''Sentimental Macchiato'' (センチメンタルマキアート) is the fourth studio album by Japanese rock band SID, released on February 20, 2008, by Danger Crue Records. The album's singles are "Smile", "", "" and "", all released in 2007. The last three were used as theme song for Japanese television shows, namely Special Quiz Project Sukuizu!, Megami no Hatena and 2-Ji tchao!, respectively. Composition As noted by CD Journal and Allmusic, the album's songs are diverse in musical genres. CD Journal summarized that ''Sentimental Macchiato'' is "basically pop rock music with sweet vocals", with the exception of the tracks "Migite no Spoon to Hatsukoi to Knife" and "Smile" which approach punk rock varieties and " Mitsuyubi", which the website claimed to have a "random rhythm". Alexey Eremenko of Allmusic noted that in "Yuuwaku Collection" folk influences mix with hard rock guitar, while "the best songs on the album" have flamenco elements. In general, Eremenko stated tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Stock
''Dead Stock'' (stylized as ''dead stock'') is the sixth studio album by Japanese visual kei rock band SID, released on February 23, 2011, by Ki/oon Records. It was released in three editions: the regular edition and the limited editions A and B. The album's singles are "One way", "Sleep", " Rain", theme of Fullmetal Alchemist, "Cosmetic" and "Ranbu no Melody", theme of Bleach. It was supported by ''Dead Stock Tour 2011'', which had some performances postponed due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Commercial performance ''Dead Stock'' reached number four on Oricon Albums Chart and remained on chart for 13 weeks. It was certified gold by RIAJ for selling more than 100,000 copies. The limited edition A was ranked as the 80th best-selling album of 2011 in Japan by Oricon. Track listing Personnel * Mao Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochrome No Kiss
"Monochrome no Kiss" (モノクロのキス) is a single by Japanese visual kei rock band Sid, released on October 29, 2008, by Ki/oon Records. It is the first theme song of ''Black Butler''. "Monochrome no Kiss" was included on the album ''Hikari'' and on ''Sid 10th Anniversary Best'' and ''SID Anime Best 2008-2017'' compilations. The single was released as the band's first work on a major label and Sid's first anime song. It won the 31st Anime Grand Prix in best anime song category. Commercial performance "Monochrome no Kiss" reached number four on Oricon Singles Chart and charted for 27 weeks. By January 2009, the single had sold around 100,000 physical copies. In May 2009, it was certified gold by RIAJ for selling more than 100,000 digital copies. In January 2017, became platinum after exceeding 250,000 copies. Track listing Personnel * Mao Mao Zedong pronounced ; also romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uso (song)
"Uso" (嘘, lie) is a single by Japanese rock and visual kei band SID, released on April 29, 2009, by Ki/oon Records. It is ending theme of ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' anime, and often considered the band's most successful song. It was included on the studio album '' Hikari'' and on ''Sid 10th Anniversary Best'' (which debuted at #1 on Oricon) and ''SID Anime Best 2008-2017'' compilations. CD Journal website described the song as sentimental, nostalgic and melancholic and Natalie related it as "sad and beautiful". Romi Park, voice actress of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'''s main character Edward Elric, covered "Uso" for the tribute album ''Sid Tribute Album -Anime Songs-'' (2023). Release The release of "Uso" and the fact that it would be the ending theme of '' Fullmetal Alchemist'' were announced in March 2009. The song debuted in the series on April 5, 24 days before the official release. It was released on CD in three editions; a regular one with only the three tracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Kei
is a movement among Japanese musicians that is characterized by the use of varying levels of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics, similar to Western glam rock. Some Western sources consider visual kei a music genre, with its sound usually related to glam rock, punk rock and heavy metal. However, visual kei acts play various genres, including those considered by some as unrelated to rock such as electronic, pop, etc. Other sources, including members of the movement themselves, state that it is not a music genre and that the freedom of expression, fashion, and participation in the related subculture is what exemplifies the use of the term. Etymology The term "visual kei" was derived from one of X Japan's slogans, "Psychedelic Violence Crime of Visual Shock", seen on the cover of their second studio album '' Blue Blood'' (1989). This derivation is credited as being coined by Seiichi Hoshiko, the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fullmetal Alchemist
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga anthology magazine ''Gangan Comics#Monthly Shōnen Gangan, Monthly Shōnen Gangan'' between July 2001 and June 2010; the publisher later collected the individual chapters into twenty-seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. The steampunk world of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' is primarily styled after the European Industrial Revolution. Set in the early 20th century, in a fictional universe in which alchemy is a widely practiced science, the series follows the journey of two alchemist brothers, Edward Elric, Edward and Alphonse Elric, who are searching for the philosopher's stone to restore their bodies after a failed attempt to bring their mother back to life using alchemy. ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' has been adapted into various animetwo television series and two films, all animated by Bones (studio), Bonesas well as List of Fullmetal Alchemist light nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Butler
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yana Toboso. It has been serialized in Square Enix's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly GFantasy'' since September 2006. The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the twelve-year-old Earl of Phantomhive serving as the Queen's Watchdog. He is tasked with solving crimes in the underworld of Victorian-era London. Ciel has formed a contract with demon Sebastian Michaelis, who disguises himself as his butler, to seek revenge on those who tortured him and murdered his parents. In exchange for his services, Sebastian will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul. A twenty-four episode anime television series adaption, produced by A-1 Pictures, aired from October 2008 to March 2009. A second twelve episode season aired from July to September 2010; this season features two new main characters and has an anime-original storyline which does not feature manga content. A third season, titled ''Black Butler: Book of Circus'', was broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon Albums Chart
The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albums Chart on October 5, 1987. The Oricon Albums Chart's rankings are based on physical albums' sales. Oricon did not include download sales until its establishment of the Digital Albums Chart on November 19, 2016. In November 2018, Oricon began to include streaming in its album rankings, introducing a combined album chart based on album-equivalent units. Charts are published every Tuesday in Oricon Style and on Oricon's official website. Every Monday, Oricon receives data from outlets, but data on merchandise sold through certain channels does not make it into the charts. For example, the debut single of NEWS, a pop group, was released only through 7-Eleven stores, which are not covered by Oricon, and its sales were not reflected in the Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RIAJ
The is an industry trade group composed of Japanese corporations involved in the music industry. It was founded in 1942 as the Japan Phonogram Record Cultural Association, and adopted its current name in 1969. The RIAJ's activities include promotion of music sales, enforcement of copyright law, and research related to the Japanese music industry. It publishes the annual ''RIAJ Year Book'', a statistical summary of each year's music sales, as well as distributing a variety of other data. Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, the RIAJ has twenty member companies and a smaller number of associate and supporting members; some member companies are the Japanese branches of multinational corporations headquartered elsewhere. The association is responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in Japan. RIAJ Certification In 1989, the Recording Industry Association of Japan introduced the music recording certification systems. It is awarded based on shipment figures of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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