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It has been decided that YOASOBI will be in charge of the theme song for “Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season”, which is scheduled to be released in 2024.
The song title is “UNDEAD”. This is an animated series by Shaft based on the novel by Isin Nishio, and is scheduled to be released in 2024. And along with the release of the theme song, comments from the singer herself have also arrived!
Tomorrow, Friday, May 3rd, from 20:00 on ABEMA, a new video using some of the theme song songs will be released just before the release of “Monogatari series special compilation “Cocokara Hajimeru Monogatari””. So please look forward to it.
◇YOASOBI comment
For some time now, when I’ve been asked about my favorite anime series, I always answer “Bakemonogatari,” and I’ve always had a fondness for the “Monogatari” series.
When it was decided that I would be in charge of the music for the latest work, I was really happy and soared. I created this with all my heart and soul, filled with love for the work and each of the characters that appear in it. Thank you all for your support.
I am truly honored to be able to be involved in the form of music in the latest work of the Monogatari series, which has been loved by many people for a long time. I sang while carefully interpreting each of the feelings of the characters that appear in this work. I hope you enjoy listening to it.
[Song information]
Distribution date undecided
“UNDEAD”
Lyrics/Composition/Arrangement: Ayase/Singing: ikura
Tie-up: “Monogatari Series Off & Monster Season” theme song
[〈Monogatari〉 Series Off & Monster Season Work Overview]
2024 Gumonogatari
【staff】
Original work: Nisio Isin “Gumonogatari” (Kodansha BOX)
Character draft: VOFAN
General director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Director: Midori Yoshizawa
Series composition: Higashifuyako, Akiyuki Shinbo
Screenplay: Mika Oshima
Character design/chief animation director: Akio Watanabe
Chief animation director: Nobuhiro Sugiyama, Kana Miyai
Art director: Toshiharu Iijima
Color design: Yasuko Watanabe
CG director: Hisato Shima
Director of Photography: Kazumi Hashimoto, Mizuho Ishikawa
Edit: Rie Matsubara
Sound director: Yota Tsuruoka
Music: Akira Kamimae
Animation production: Shaft
【cast】
Sengoku Nadeshiko: Kana Hanazawa
Tsukihi Araragi: Yuka Iguchi
Akenogi Yogi: Saori Hayami
【introduction】
After graduating from high school, Koyomi Araragi’s story ended.
This time, it’s really over.
But the calendar helped me
Their story is
It wasn’t over.
Of these girls struggling in their youth,
A prequel or sequel.
[Synopsis: Gumonogatari]
Tsukihi Araragi, now a third year junior high school student,
Today was the same everyday life.
It was Akenogi Yogi who continues to monitor Tsukihi,
I made my first serious mistake because I was a little careless.
In order to resolve the situation, Yogi heads to Sengoku Nadeshiko’s house.
[Official website/Various SNS]
Anime official website:https://www.monogatari-series.com/oms
Anime official SNS:https://twitter.com/nisioisin_anime
◆Artist information◆
★YOASOBI
Official Site：https://www.yoasobi-music.jp/
X (old Twitter):https://twitter.com/YOASOBI_staff
YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/Ayase0404
TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@yoasobi_ayase_ikura
【profile】
A unit that turns novels into music, consisting of composer Ayase and vocalist Ikura. The first song “Yoru ni Kakeru”, released in November 2019, ranked No. 1 on Billboard Japan’s comprehensive song chart “HOT 100” in 2020, and in September 2023, it reached 1 billion cumulative streaming times for the first time in history. Break through regeneration. The long-awaited first CD “THE BOOK” was released on January 6, 2021. The luxurious specifications attracted a lot of attention, and while it debuted at number 2 on the Oricon Daily Ranking, all of its songs simultaneously ranked within the top 15 on the Apple Music streaming chart. In February, he held his first one-man live “KEEP OUT THEATER” at the construction site of the former Milanoza in Shinjuku. In July, a collaborative live performance with UNIQLO “UT” called “SING YOUR WORLD” was held at UNIQLO Ariake Headquarters, UNIQLO CITY TOKYO, and the live broadcast on YouTube was a huge hit, reaching a record 280,000 concurrent users. . In December, they released their 2nd EP “THE BOOK 2”, which includes all of the songs released that year, and their first live performance with an audience at Nippon Budokan was a huge success. In the same month, they ranked number one on Spotify’s “Most Streamed Japanese Artists Overseas in 2021” ranking. The song is also attracting attention from overseas, with “Monster” being selected as one of “The 10 Best Songs of 2021” published in the American news magazine “TIME”. To date, 12 of the released songs have been streamed over 100 million times. In February 2022, four Naoki Prize-winning authors, Rio Shimamoto, Mitsuki Tsujimura, Miyuki Miyabe, and Eto Mori, will start a project called “Hajimete no” in which they will write original novels and release songs in sequence. In August, she made her first summer festival appearance on the stage of “ROCK IN JAPAN FESTIVAL 2022”, and also performed for the first time at festivals in various places, and her special stage and production using LED panels became a hot topic. In February 2023, they released “Adventure” in collaboration with Universal Studios Japan, and in April, they released “Idol”, the opening theme for the TV anime “Oshinoko”. “Idol” left Japan and received a huge response overseas, ranking first on the Billboard JAPAN general song chart “HOT 100” for 21 consecutive weeks, and also on the global chart, ranking first on the Billboard GLOBAL TOP 200 (Excl.US). was established. In August, they held their first American performance at HEAD IN THE CLOUDS LA, and in September, they appeared on the popular Korean music program “M COUNTDOWN”.
On September 29th, they released their new song “Yusha”, which will be the opening theme for the TV anime “Souou no Freeren”, and have just released their 3rd EP “THE BOOK 3” on October 18th. In December, they will be headlining the Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong and the festival 2023 Simple Life in Taipei, and tickets for their upcoming overseas one-man performances are selling out quickly, as they continue to represent J-POP worldwide. As an artist, he has shown outstanding success in various scenes both domestically and internationally.
![[hitomi]Fans commented on the Instagram post, saying things like “nostalgic!” and “no change!” An official YouTube channel has also been opened, and the full-length music video for the debut song “Let’s Play Winter” has been released for the first time.](https://tokytunes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hitomiFans-commented-on-the-Instagram-post-saying-things-like-nostalgic-768x512.jpg)
