''2V-ALK'' (pronounced "''walk''") is the second studio album by

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. 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut". The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.

Background

"Into the Sky" was used in the anime series '' Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096'' as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme. "CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game ''VALHAITRISING''. "e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game ''Soul Reverse Zero'', while "ninelie " was used as the ending theme for the first ''

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'' compilation film. "gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series '' Re:Creators'', while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme. "Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game ''

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Track listing

Credits

Adapted from Booklet. Production *Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming *Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer *Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer *Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator *Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer *Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer *Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer *Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer *Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer *Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer *Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer *Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer *Kei Izawa – assistant engineer *Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer *Erika Shimada – assistant engineer *Yuji Chinone – mastering *Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design *Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer *Aya Murakami – hair & make-up *Yuko Mori – products coordination *Toru Takeuchi – a&r *Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r *SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion *Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion *Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion *Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion *Keiichi Tonomura – superviseVocals *

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– vocals (track 8) *Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17) *Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14) *mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10) *naNami – vocals (track 13) *Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6) *Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11) *Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) *Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10) *Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) *cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17) *Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17) *

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– background vocals (track 4) *Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17) Instruments *Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17) *Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2-14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks) *Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2-4, 9, 13) *Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14) *Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-13, 15) *Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15)

References

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