Kalafina to sing the theme song for Aldnoah.Zero

This was announced a few days ago but I was too swamped to get to it.  So here it is... finally... a new release from Kalafina.  2014 started with Kajiura Yuki busy with the music for Hanako to Anne, the FictionJunction lives and the Kalafina lives.  So I was going slightly crazy waiting for a new release from Kajiura Yuki herself or her vocal projects FictionJunction and/or Kalafina. While Kajiura Yuki has written for other vocalists before, my favourites are still FJ and Kalafina.

So when I saw this news on twitter, I was over the moon with happiness. :)  I was, however, out hiking at Pulau Ubin when I read the news while taking a break at a rest stop, so it wasn't convenient for me to be writing anything more than just an excited short post. :)

Anyway... I was so crazy busy, I only just manage to get sometime to write more about this. :)

Although, I don't usually watch mecha animes, this is one of the animes I am actually thinking of trying out because Urobuchi Gen is the scriptwriter for the series and the director Aoki Ei was one of the directors Fate/Zero and he also directed the first Kara no Kyoukai film.  This is also a collaborative effort between A1 Pictures and Troyca Studios which was established by Aoki and some of his friends.  Aldnoah.Zero will be their first anime.

This is the 3rd and most recently released PV for this series.



What has really upped the interest even more for me is that Kalafina and Kajiura Yuki (who is sadly, for me, not doing the music for this anime) will also be involved in it.  Kalafina will be singing the theme song. :)

This OP by Kalafina will be a "less intense" song since it's included as one of the tracks in the upcoming THE BEST: Blue album release in July.

The website for this anime is:
http://www.aldnoahzero.com/

Hopefully this anime will be good. :)

Kalafina ~ THE BEST "Red" / "Blue" cover art, track-list , details released :)

Oh..... that's fast.... I expected them to release these tomorrow or sometime during the week but repotama already has these up on their site. :)

Here you go!! :)

I'm not sure what these images are for... I think they are for promotional purposes. They may or may not be the tokuten postcards that they like to give out with Kalafina releases.  We'll know more in the coming days.

 

There will be a Regular Edition and a Limited Edition.  The Limited Editions will come with a Blue-ray disc and each BD will include a different video.

Regular Edition cover-art

 

Limited Edition cover-art

 

Here is the track list for the BLUE album:

『THE BEST “Blue”』収録曲

01：storia (NHK「歴史秘話ヒストリア」オープニングテーマ カヴァーソング)

02：君の銀の庭 (「劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ［新編］ 叛逆の物語」主題歌)

03：red moon

04：Magia (TBS・MBS系アニメ「魔法少女まどか☆マギカ」エンディングテーマ)

05：seventh heaven (劇場版「空の境界 第七章 殺人考察(後)」主題歌)

06：signal

07：夏の林檎

08：sprinter (劇場版「空の境界 第五章 矛盾螺旋」主題歌)

09：I have a dream (劇場版アニメ「イヴの時間」主題歌)

10：未来 (「劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ［前編］始まりの物語」 挿入歌)

11：満天 (アニメ「Fate/Zero」第18話・第19話エンディングテーマ)

12：snow falling (劇場版「空の境界」終章カヴァーソング)

13：to the beginning (アニメ「Fate/Zero」オープニングテーマ)

14：symphonia (NHK「歴史秘話ヒストリア」エンディングテーマ)

15：heavenly blue (TVアニメ「アルドノア・ゼロ」オープニングテーマ)


Here is the track list  for the RED album:

『THE BEST “Red”』収録曲

01：<新曲>　

02：misterioso (「劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ［新編］ 叛逆の物語」挿入歌)

03：光の旋律 (アニメ「ソ・ラ・ノ・ヲ・ト」オープニングテーマ)

04：Lacrimosa (MBS・TBS系アニメ「黒執事」エンディングテーマ)

05：ARIA (劇場版「空の境界 第四章 伽藍の洞」主題歌)

06：輝く空の静寂には (MBS・TBS系アニメ「黒執事Ⅱ」劇中歌)

07：moonfesta～ムーンフェスタ〜 (NHK「みんなのうた」6月・7月放送曲)

08：ひかりふる (「劇場版 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ ［後編］ 永遠の物語」主題歌)

09：oblivious (劇場版「空の境界 第一章 俯瞰風景」主題歌)

10：音楽

11：consolation

12：胸の行方

13：夢の大地 (NHK「歴史秘話ヒストリア」エンディングテーマ)

14：Eden

15：アレルヤ (劇場版「空の境界 未来福音」主題歌)

The BLUE album LE will have this on the BD:
・収録映像：2014年1月26日「リスアニ! LIVE-4」からの映像
~  This will be a video clip of Kalafina at this year's Lisani! LIVE-4 live

The RED album LE will have this on the BD:
・収録映像：2013年1月23日「Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE “oblivious”」からの映像
~ This will be a video clip from the "Kalafina 5th Anniversary LIVE "oblivious"

I'm not sure how much video they will include on these BDs.  Don't get your hopes TOO high because they haven't been that generous with Kalafina's live videos for quite sometime.... unlike Ieiri Leo's releases right now.

I got it wrong... apparently, they are NOT revamping the website... they are creating a special site for this release.

The urls are:
●PC
www.kalafina.jp/best/
●スマートフォン
www.kalafina.jp/best/sp/

But these aren't live yet... these links will only go live tomorrow at noon.

They also have a youtube video which can be viewed if you have a JP ip... or unless some kind soul rips it and uploads it for the rest of us who don't live in Japan... I still don't get why they region lock these videos. :(

source: http://www.axive.jp/index.php/archives/14064
This is the youtube url for those who can access it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVZWBme3pjQ
(if I manage to find it or access it, I'll change the link)
EDITED 13th May 0110hrs:  I have updated the blog with a link to Nico Nico where you can view this video. :)  CLICK ME.

ALSO note these times... Nico Nico will be streaming Kalafina specials on 3 consecutive nights from the 14th July to the 16th July:

＜ニコニコ生放送にて3夜連続（2014年7月14日～16日）Kalafina特番決定！＞
第一夜、二夜は『THE BEST』に収録されている楽曲のミュージックビデオ、ライブ映像などをお届け！
第三夜でありベストアルバム発売日でもある7月16日にはKalafinaが生出演しスタジオトーク＆ライブ！

～第一夜～
【放送日時】2014年7月14日(月) 22時00分～23時30分 (予定)
【URL】http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv178713012

～第二夜～
【放送日時】2014年7月15日(火) 22時00分～23時30分 (予定)
【URL】http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv178724061

～第三夜～
【放送日時】2014年7月16日(水) 22時00分～23時00分 (予定)
【URL】http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv178727765

They will be streaming music videos of the songs that will be featured in THE BEST albums on the first two nights.  On the 3rd night, they will broadcast, a studio talk and live. :) :)

Okay... that should be it for now... I have to go!! :P

Kajiura Yuki tweets about Kalafina's just announced BEST album releases

そうなんですKalafinaベスト出るんですよ。二枚同時リリースな感じで。red、blueと別れていますが、赤が激しい曲で青が静かな曲とかそういった選曲にはなっていないのでご注意を。ちょっと紛らわしいけど。
— 梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) May 12, 2014

She confirms that the Red album will include the more intense songs while the blue album will include the quieter songs.

Also, it seems that the best-of album release announcements led to speculation that Kalafina was going to disband.  So she wrote to dispel those thoughts in a quick follow-up tweet.

She also wrote about the reasons why she decided to release a Best album.  Initially she wondered if it was too early to release a Best album but she changed her mind when she thought about people who have just started to listen to Kalafina.  When she, herself, first starts listening to a new artist that interests her and she is faced with 5 or more albums she needs to pick from when she wants to buy their music, she's at a lost as to which album/albums to pick.  So she thought that a Best album would be helpful. (translated with the help of my awesome friend Manami :) )

まあベスト出すからって解散する訳では勿論無いし、ちょっと個人的には早いかなって感じもしない事はなかったんだけど、ただ自分が新しいアーティストさんを聞きたいと思う時に、やっぱりベスト版あるととっかかりとしては助かるなあと。特にアルバム５枚以上出てるとどれから聞こうか迷うしね〜。
— 梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) May 12, 2014

Which was quickly followed by a cute post with her "flipping the table" when there was continued speculation. :)

やはり心配して下さった方いらしたのかしら(^▽^;)。Kalafinaは、歌ってくれている誰かが、もーやだ！(ノ≧Д≦)ノ ┫:･'.::･┻┻:･'.::･ と言い出さない限り解散なんてしませんですw。
— 梶浦由記 Yuki Kajiura (@Fion0806) May 12, 2014

Kalafina IS NOT DISBANDING. :)

Since this is Kalafina and Kajiura Yuki, even though I own every single Kalafina single and album ever released to date (except for those in compilations etc and some OOP Limited Editions)... I don't really need to buy these Best albums.... but I have to admit that I am a rabid fan of bought Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina... so... um... I'm definitely buying. :P

Gosh... gonna be so broke.... good think I haven't bought concert tixs to anything buy Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's live in Singapore. :P

Kalafina announces release of first ever best-of albums

Kalafina has been around long enough and has released enough awesome songs to merit the release of their first best-of albums. :)

There will be two cd releases. They will be called THE BEST "Red" and THE BEST "Blue". Maybe the red cd will be for rockier songs and the blue cd will be for their more ethereal ballads... I don't know... I am just guessing :)

These albums will be released on the 16th of July. Kalafina will also be changing the look of their website at noon tomorrow. The site will also be streaming a special limited time movie from tomorrow.

楽しみにしています!!! :)

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Kalafina ~ new theme song announce

Check out @Kalafina_Staff's Tweet: https://twitter.com/Kalafina_Staff/status/465023763709317122

Yay!!! Finally a new song. :) I am out all day... will update with details later. :)

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12th May 2014
ps. will update in a separate post later tonight... busy busy busy now.

13th May 2014 0016hrs
updated the blog with more info about this release. :)  CLICK ME

Madoka Magica Aniplex+ Akemi Homura figures & other stuff :)

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Aniplex+ has been tweeting Madoka Magica stuff all week but I haven't had time to blog about it and I haven't really been reading twitter either.  But today, I have a bit of time so I decided to check out Aniplex+'s website and oh.... I didn't realise it but the images of the protoype for this figure have been released.  It looks like it could be quite nice!! :)

Have to start saving for this because if the finished product looks as awesome as GSC's 1/8 Scale Ultimate Madoka... I really might buy it. :P

Also... check this out... this is on pre-order on Aniplex+'s webstore.

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This looks pretty cool... I want this too!! :D

BUT.... but... but... I also really want the Nendoroid Card Captor Sakura which is on pre-order now.

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and Nendoroid Link from Zelda too

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OH!!!!!! .... why are figures from Japan soooooo cool????  So hard on my wallet. :'(

And I still want to get Kajiura Yuki's Rekishi Hiwa Historia 3's soundtrack CD and Hanako to Anne's soundtrack CD and there is this concert BD too Yuki Kajiura LIVE Vol.#11 FictionJunction YUUKA 2days Special 2014.02.08-09 Nakano SunPlaza and I'm also saving to try and go to Kajiura Yuki's Live next year..... man... I'm going to need to win the lottery. :P

That's it for tonight... gonna go sleep in a bit... fading... :)

Madoka Magica Aniplex+ Akuma Homura figure tease

Check out @aniplex_plus's Tweet: https://twitter.com/aniplex_plus/status/462399293316276224

Aniplex+ has been tweeting teasers attached with photos of parts of the upcoming Akuma Homura figure. This one shows us the back of the figure. Looks like it might be quite epic. :)

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