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Mirage (Mell Album)
''Mirage'' is the second studio album from the I've Sound singer, Mell, released on October 27, 2010. The album contains eight new songs, one old song from an album released on Comic Market away back 2002, Infection Which was used in an episode of the hit anime series Highschool of the Dead, and a remix of her famous song Red Fraction which was used as an opening theme for the OVA of the anime series Black Lagoon. This album will contain her three singles Proof/No Vain, Kill and Rideback. The album will come in a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1023) and a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-1024). The DVD will contain the PV for the title track "Mirage" and the making for her activity report for the year 2010. Track listing CD #mirage – 5:27 #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #:Lyrics: MELL #KILL – 4:53 #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #:Lyrics: MELL #Princess bloom – 4:51 #:Composition/Arrangement: Ken Morioka #:Lyrics: MELL #Fascination – 4:59 #:Composition: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mell
Mell (stylized as MELL) is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to several anime soundtracks including ''Black Lagoon'', ''Hayate the Combat Butler'', '' Rideback'', ''Shakugan no Shana'', and ''Sky Girls''. After battling an unknown illness over a prolonged period, Mell left I've Sound after the release of her compilation album ''Entrust: The Name of Mell'' on March 20, 2013. Discography Albums Singles DVDs ;Mell First Live Tour 2008 Scope DVD :Released on April 29, 2009 # Under Superstition # Way beyond there # Kill # No vain # On my own # Permit # Proof # Kicks! # Scope # Red fraction # The first finale in me # Egen # Virgin's high! # Song list I've solo works * (February 5, 1999) * "Fall in Love" (September 24, 1999) * (October 16, 1999) * "Repeat" (October 16, 1999) * "Fly to the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
J-pop
J-pop ( ja, ジェイポップ, ''jeipoppu''; often stylized as J-POP; an abbreviated form of "Japanese popular music"), natively also known simply as , is the name for a form of popular music that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in traditional music of Japan, and significantly in 1960s pop and rock music. J-pop replaced ''kayōkyoku'' ("Lyric Singing Music", a term for Japanese popular music from the 1920s to the 1980s) in the Japanese music scene. J-rock bands such as Happy End fused the Beatles and Beach Boys-style rock with Japanese music in the 1960s1970s. J-country had popularity during the international popularity of Westerns in the 1960s1970s as well, and it still has appeal due to the work of musicians like Charlie Nagatani and venues including Little Texas, Tokyo. J-rap became mainstream with producer Nujabes and his work on ''Samurai Champloo'', Japanese pop culture is often seen with anime in hip hop. Other trends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneon
(abbreviated as NBCUEJ) is a Japanese music, anime, and home entertainment production and distribution enterprise headquartered in Akasaka, Tokyo, Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Minato, Tokyo. It is primarily involved in the production and distribution of anime within Japan. The company was founded in March 1981 by Pioneer Corporation as LaserDisc Corporation, a LaserDisc player production company. In 1989, the company was renamed Pioneer LDC, Inc. as it branched into the anime, music, and film industries, and later Geneon Entertainment Inc. (after being acquired by Dentsu in 2003). In 2008, Geneon merged with Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Japan to form Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan, LLC; in 2013, the company changed its name to the current NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan. Some of the well-known anime series the company has produced are ''A Certain Magical Index'', ''The Heroic Legend of Arslan (manga by Hiromu Arakawa), The Heroic Legend of Arslan'', ''Danganronpa: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mellscope
''MELLSCOPE'' is the first studio album from the I've Sound singer, Mell, released on August 20, 2008. The album contains four new songs, two old songs from an eroge, two remixed old songs (including a remix of her first song with I've Sound), and four songs from her first three released singles, namely " Red fraction", " Proof/no vain", and "Virgin's high!/kicks!". The album comes in a limited or CD+DVD edition (GNCV-1005) and a regular or CD-only edition (GNCV-1006). The DVD will contain the PV for "SCOPE" and alternative PVs for "no vain" and "kicks!". The DVD also contains a documentary of MELL's time in France, and documents both the photo shoot for MELLSCOPE as well as her work with Deep Forest. Lastly, Deep Forest's Eric Mouquet is interviewed in full English, including Japanese subtitles. Track listing (CD) #SCOPE - 4:21 #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #:Lyrics: MELL # Red fraction - 3:41 #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #:Lyrics: MELL #Way beyond there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highschool Of The Dead
''Highschool of the Dead'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written by Daisuke Satō and illustrated by Shōji Satō. It was serialized in Fujimi Shobo's ''Monthly Dragon Age'' between the September 2006 and May 2013 issues, but was left unfinished following Daisuke Satō's death in March 2017. Fujimi Shobo and Kadokawa Shoten published seven ''tankōbon'' volumes from March 2007 and April 2011 in Japan. Yen Press published the series in North America. The story follows a group of high school students caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. A 12-episode anime adaptation, produced by Madhouse and covering the first four volumes, aired in Japan from July 5 to September 20, 2010. Madhouse also produced an original video animation (OVA) episode in 2011. Sentai Filmworks released an English dub of the anime series and OVA on DVD and Blu-ray in North America. Plot ''Highschool of the Dead'' is set in present-day Japan, beginning as the world is struck by a dead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Video Animation
, abbreviated as OVA and sometimes as OAV (original animation video), are Japanese animated films and series made specially for release in home video formats without prior showings on television or in theaters, though the first part of an OVA series may be broadcast for promotional purposes. OVA titles were originally made available on VHS, later becoming more popular on LaserDisc and eventually DVD. Starting in 2008, the term OAD (original animation DVD) began to refer to DVD releases published bundled with their source-material manga. Format Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs are sub-divided into episodes. OVA media (tapes, laserdiscs or DVDs) usually contain just one episode each. Episode length varies from title to title: each episode may run from a few minutes to two hours or more. An episode length of 30 minutes occurs quite commonly, but no standard length exists. In some cases, the length of episodes in a specific OVA may vary greatly, for example in '' Gao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Lagoon
''Black Lagoon'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe. It has been published in Shogakukan's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Sunday Gene-X'' since April 2002, with its chapters collected in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes as of August 2021. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media. The series follows the Lagoon Company, a four-member team of pirate mercenaries smuggling goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia with their PT boat, the ''Black Lagoon''. The group takes on various jobs, usually involving criminal organizations and resulting in violent gunfights. The manga was adapted into an anime television series by Madhouse, which was broadcast for two seasons of twelve episodes each in 2006, followed by a five-episode original video animation (OVA) series released from July 2010 to June 2011. As of January 2022, the ''Black Lagoon'' manga had over 8.5 million copies in circul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill (Mell Song)
KILL is the 4th single of I've Sound singer, Mell. It is released on November 19, 2008, a year and almost two months after the release of her 3rd single. The title track will be used as the opening theme for Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of acclaimed anime films, including ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer'' (1984), ''Angel's Egg'' (1985), ...'s live-action film entitled while the B-side song On my own will be used as the ending theme for the same film. Since this single only reached #37 in the Oricon weekly charts and only charted for two weeks, this is Mell's weakest single to date. The single will come in a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-0012) and a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0011) which will contain the PV for KILL. Track listing #KILL—4:53 #:Lyrics: Mell #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #On my own—5:10 #:Lyrics: Mell #:Composition/A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rideback (song)
"RIDEBACK" is the fifth single of I've Sound singer, Mell Mell (stylized as MELL) is a female Japanese singer from Sapporo, Japan, who is signed to Geneon Universal Entertainment. She is a former member of the Sapporo-based I've Sound, and one of its main vocalists. Mell has contributed vocals to sever .... It was released on March 4, 2009 which serves as the opening theme for the anime series '' Rideback''. The single has a Japanese version, a remix version and the instrumental version of the title track in addition to the original English track. The single came in a regular CD-only edition (GNCV-0016) and a limited CD+DVD edition (GNCV-0015) which contained the PV for RIDEBACK. Track listing #RIDEBACK #:Lyrics: Mell #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #RIDEBACK -Japanese ver.- #:Lyrics: Mell #:Composition/Arrangement: Kazuya Takase #RIDEBACK -Re-mix ver.- #:Lyrics: Mell #:Composition: Kazuya Takase #:Arrangement: Ken Morioka #RIDEBACK -instrumental- Sales trajector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Morioka
Ken Morioka ( ja, 森岡賢; March 15, 1967 – June 3, 2016) was a Japanese musician, keyboardist, composer, and music producer. He died of heart failure at the age of 49. In addition to being a member of influential synthpop group Soft Ballet, he worked with numerous other musicians such as Kaya, Buck-Tick, and ZIZ (with ex-Malice Mizer member Közi). He was also in the bands minus (-) and Ka.f.ka. In 2006, he formed unit ''Gentleman Take Poraloid'' with Masayuki Deguchi is a Japanese singer and songwriter. He's best known to be a vocalist of a band ''Grass Valley'' (1987-1992) and for his solo project ''Rev'' (1993-1994). Biography In 1987 he started his career as leader of rock band ''GRASS VALLEY'' under ..., under indies label ''Palm Tree'' and in 2009 released studio album Orfeu. References 1967 births 2016 deaths Japanese male composers Japanese keyboardists {{Japan-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
