Starting from July 2nd, "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos" will have its nationwide release in Japan, announcing that the theme song for the movie will be provided by L'Arc-en-Ciel.
For L'Arc-en-Ciel, this will be their third time to contribute a theme song for FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST. Their song "READY STEADY GO" had been the opening theme song for the smash-hit TV animation series "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST" in 2004, and "Link" was the theme song for the "FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa" in 2005.
Read more: L'Arc-en-Ciel Performs for Full Metal Alchemist Movie 2
Japanese super-idol group, AKB48, breaks records by surpassing 560,000 sales of its 18th single on the first day alone. This is the most sales the group has been able to amass on a single on the first day and will mark this single as the third to surpass half a million in its first week. The single, titled "Beginner," was released on October 27 and an estimated 1,030,000 copies of the single were shipped out to stores in preparation for Beginner's release.
Read more: AKB48's Beginner Breaks Half Million on First Day
One of the world's largest annual anime themed concerts, Animelo Summer Live happened last week. The first day of the concert was broadcasted live on the popular Japanese video site, Nico Nico Douga. For people who missed the live stream, various clips have appeared online and we have included some inside. We will continue to update this post as we find more. Animelo Summer Live gathers some of the most popular anime related singers together with an attendance record of 50,000 people in 2009.
Japanese rock band BOOM BOOM SATELLITES just announced the US release of their best-of album, OVER AND OVER, and tour dates for their upcoming US tour. This will be the group’s first best-of album in the US, and feature many of their songs that have a strong punk sound. The CD will go on sale digitally on September 14 and be available in stores October 19. Music video of their song, "Kick It Out" included within with full press tour dates.
It's not a secret that Japanese musical group supercell has grown significantly in fame within the last year. Since our last interview with the group's lead composer ryo, and vocalist nagi, supercell's music has recently appeared as an ending song for the popular anime adaptation of Naruto. Another song titled Hoshi ga matataku konna Yoru ni, will appear in Type-Moon's upcoming game Witch on the Holy Night (Mahotsukai no Yoru). Type-Moon is probably best known for creating the Fate/stay night series. Both songs will be available in their third major album slated to be released in Japan on August 25, 2010. Interested fans can get their copies of the CD at PlayAsia.
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