''World of Fantasy'' is the twelfth studio album by the Japanese

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band Capsule, released on May 25, 2011, in Japan. The album was originally due for release with the title of ''Killer Wave''. After the

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occurred on March 11, 2011,

Yasutaka Nakata is a Japanese DJ and music producer. He formed the band Capsule in 1997 with vocalist Toshiko Koshijima and himself as composer and record producer when both were 17. The band debuted in 2001 with the song "Sakura". He is known for being the ...

announced that the album's release (which was previously announced as March 23, 2011) was postponed and due for release at an unknown date for cover art rework and renaming. "Killer Wave" was then considered a "working title". This is the first album of the duo with all songs sung by the vocalist

Toshiko Koshijima is a Japanese singer. Along with composer, record producer and DJ Yasutaka Nakata, she is the lead vocalist of the electronica band Capsule, which she formed in 1997 with Nakata when they were both 17. Their formal debut came in 2001 with the ...

. It is also their first completely English-language album. The digital single "World of Fantasy" was released via

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on February 8, 2011. Meanwhile, "Prime Time" was used in a commercial for Vantan Design Institute, first shown on February 21, 2011.Capsule reveals cover tie-in for upcoming album "Killer Wave" (Tokyohive)
/ref> The album sold 7,183 units on its first day of release and 20,814 units on its first week, debuting at the #3 spot in the

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Daily and Weekly charts. Despite this being their current highest-charting album, it did not manage to outsell their previous album ''

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''. The album sold a total of 24,603 units in Japan in two weeks.

Track listing

All vocals by Toshiko Koshijima. iTunes bonus track

References

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* {{Authority control Capsule (band) albums Albums produced by Yasutaka Nakata 2011 albums