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Sakayume
, is a Japanese double A-side single by King Gnu. It was released on December 29, 2021, by Sony Music Labels (Ariola Japan). Both songs served as theme songs for the 2021 MAPPA film '' Jujutsu Kaisen 0'', with "Ichizu" serving as the opening theme and "Sakayume" as the ending theme. They were performed by King Gnu, who aimed the theme songs to focus on the chaotic relationship between the leads, Yuta Okkotsu and Rika Orimoto, with "Ichizu" having a strong starting point and "Sakayume" being more melancholic. While the songs were released together, a Blu-ray video was also released featuring more singles from the band. They have appeared in several charts from Billboard Japan. Critical response was also favorable due to how both themes capture Yuta and Rika's tragic relationship, with "Ichizu" standing out due to its speed. Background In November 2021, Toho revealed that King Gnu would be providing the theme to the then-upcoming MAPPA anime film ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' in December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Gnu
King Gnu is a Japanese band formed in 2013. It consists of Daiki Tsuneta (vocalist and guitarist), Satoru Iguchi (vocalist and keyboardist), Kazuki Arai (bassist) and Yu Seki (drummer). The band's main songwriter is Daiki Tsuneta, who also performs as part of the creative collective Millennium Parade. Career In 2013, Mrs.Vinci was formed, later going by Srv.Vinci. Their first song was "ABUKU(泡)" released under the creative label Perimetron. In 2017, they renamed themselves to King Gnu. They then performed at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2017 and 2018. On October 25, 2017, the band released their first album under the name King Gnu, ''Tokyo Rendez-Vous''. The track "Vinyl" was used in a Persol Tempstaff advertisement released on January 25 the next year. In January 2019, the band released ''Sympa'', their first release under a major label after signing to Ariola Japan. The following month, King Gnu released hit song "Hakujitsu", which ranked No.4 in the year-end chart of Billb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (film)
is a 2021 Japanese Anime, animated dark fantasy, dark fantasy film. It is based on the 2017 manga ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'', which is itself a prologue to the manga series ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', both manga having been written by Gege Akutami. It was directed by Sunghoo Park from a screenplay by Hiroshi Seko, and stars Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Mikako Komatsu, Kōki Uchiyama, Tomokazu Seki, Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor), Yuichi Nakamura, and Takahiro Sakurai. The film follows Yuta Okkotsu, a young student who becomes a sorcerer and seeks to control the Cursed Spirit of his childhood friend List of Jujutsu Kaisen characters#Rika Orimoto, Rika Orimoto in Jujutsu High, alongside other skilled sorcerers in training. Originally intended as an arc of the animated television series ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', studio MAPPA changed the format of it during discussion. The staff decided to expand the narrative from that of the original manga by adding new scenes focused on Yuta's mentor Satoru Gojo and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chameleon (King Gnu Song)
is a song by Japanese band King Gnu. It was originally released on February 28, 2022, as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga series '' Don't Call It Mystery'', and was officially released on March 16, 2022, by Ariola Japan. Background and release In January, it was announced that King Gnu would be performing "Chameleon" as the theme song for the live-action adaptation of the manga series '' Don't Call It Mystery'', starring Masaki Suda. They wrote the song specifically for the series. King Gnu performed "Chameleon" on ''Music Station'' on March 4, 2022. Ariola Japan released the song as a single on March 16. They performed the song, alongside " Ichizu/Sakayume" and "Boy", on ''Love music'' four days later. King Gnu also performed the song on a three-hour special of '' Count Down TV'' on April 18. Composition "Chameleon" was written specifically for '' Don't Call It Mystery''. Daiki Tsuneda, the songwriter, said that he wrote the song "thinking that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuta Okkotsu
is the protagonist of Gege Akutami's manga ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0''. He is a teenager who is surrounded and helped by the Cursed Spirit of List of Jujutsu Kaisen characters#Rika Orimoto, Rika Orimoto, his childhood friend who died six years before the story and is cursed because both of them promised to get married when they grow up. During his teenage years, Yuta meets Satoru Gojo, a Jujutsu Sorcerer under whose guidance he joined Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School to control Rika's Curse. Yuta also appears in the sequel ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' as an experienced warrior. Akutami created Yuta alongside Rika before the creation of ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' as a duo who work together. He compared Yuta with the ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' protagonist Yuji Itadori, whose roles in the narratives are similar because having to deal with inner beings with different personalities. In the 2021 animated film adaptation of the manga, ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (film), Jujutsu Kaisen 0'', Yuta is voiced by Megumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD-DA
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standardization, standard format for audio compact discs. The standard is defined in the ''Rainbow Books, Red Book'' technical specifications, which is why the format is also dubbed ''"Redbook audio"'' in some contexts. CDDA utilizes pulse-code modulation (PCM) and uses a 44,100 Hz sampling frequency and 16-bit resolution, and was originally specified to store up to 74 minutes of stereo audio per disc. The first commercially available audio CD player, the Sony CDP-101, was released in October 1982 in Japan. The format gained worldwide acceptance in 1983–84, selling more than a million CD players in its first two years, to play 22.5 million discs, before overtaking phonograph record, records and Cassette tape, cassette tapes to become the dominant standard for commercial music. Peaking around year 2000, the audio CD contracted over the next decade due to rising po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service owned by Sony, Sony Group Corporation. The service primarily distributes films and television series produced by East Asian cinema, East Asian media, including Anime, Japanese anime, and is headquartered in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, with a Japanese branch located in Shibuya, Tokyo. Launched in mid-2006 by a group of University of California, Berkeley, graduates, the service has over 120million registered users worldwide. Crunchyroll was previously a subsidiary of Otter Media, itself a subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia, and from 2016 to 2018, the service partnered with Funimation, which Sony acquired in 2017 and would eventually merge into its brand in 2022 after Sony acquired Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021. Crunchyroll is a member of The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA). "Crunchyroll-Hime", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Records
Tower Records is an international retail franchising, franchise and online music store that was formerly based in Sacramento, California, United States. From 1960 until 2006, Tower operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed for bankruptcy and liquidation. Tower Records was purchased by a separate entity and was not affected by the retail store closings. On November 13, 2020, Tower Records announced that it had returned as an online retailer with plans to open future physical locations. History Inception, expansion, and description In 1960, Russell Solomon opened the first Tower Records store on Broadway, in Sacramento, California. He named it after his father's drugstore, which shared a building and name with the Tower Theatre (Sacramento, California), Tower Theatre, where Solomon first started selling records. The first stand-alone Tower Records store was located at 2514 Watt Ave in the Arden Arcade area of Sacramento. By 1976, Solomon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satoru Gojo
is a fictional character from Gege Akutami's manga ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0''. He was first introduced in Akutami's short series ''Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School'' as the mentor of the cursed teenager Yuta Okkotsu at Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School. This miniseries became the prequel ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' of ''Jujutsu Kaisen''. In ''Jujutsu Kaisen'', Gojo takes the same role but mentors the student Yuji Itadori who suffers a similar Curse, helping him become stronger while protecting other characters in the series. Gojo was designed by Akutami to be a formidable yet endearing figure who is passionate about his students. He is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor), Yūichi Nakamura in Japanese and Kaiji Tang in English in the anime, animated adaptations by MAPPA. The character was well-received by the media for his carefree nature and power shown when protecting his students, becoming the series's breakout character. Furthermore, his role in the prequel ''Jujutsu Kai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suguru Geto
is a fictional character from Gege Akutami's manga '' Jujutsu Kaisen 0''. Suguru Geto is a powerful sorcerer who was previously friends with Satoru Gojo. He seeks the Curses Rika Orimoto, who in turn is searching for the protagonist of the prequel series, Yuta Okkotsu. Geto also appears in the main ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' series which, through flashbacks, further explores his friendship with Gojo and their eventual antagonism towards one another. In the main series, his corpse is controlled by , an ancient sorcerer who uses the Cursed Technique of transplanting his brain into other bodies. Kenjaku's goal is to evolve humanity through Cursed Energy to create a new golden age of Jujutsu sorcery similar to the Heian period. Shinobu Sensui, an antagonist from Yoshihiro Togashi's manga series ''YuYu Hakusho,'' inspired Akutami to create Geto, wanting also to explore prejudice through his character. Kenjaku was influenced by ''Naruto'' antagonist Orochimaru, with both being immortal so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wrestling for a time, and it has hosted numerous other sporting events, such as the 1967 Women's Volleyball World Championship. Most recently, the arena hosted the Olympic debut of karate in the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the judo competition at both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most outstanding musical performance venues. A number of famous acts have played at the Budokan. The Beatles were the first rock group to play there, in a series of five concerts, each lasting 30 minutes, from June 30 to July 2, 1966. ABBA ended their last tour and held their final live performance there in March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jujutsu Kaisen 0
''Jujutsu Kaisen 0'' is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. The manga, which was originally titled ''Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical School'', was serialized in Shueisha's magazine ''Jump Giga'' from April to July 2017. After Akutami launched ''Jujutsu Kaisen'' in 2018, the series was retitled ''Jujutsu Kaisen 0''—making it a prologue—and released in a single volume in December 2018. It was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series follows Yuta Okkotsu, a young student who becomes a sorcerer and seeks to control the Cursed Spirit of his childhood friend Rika Orimoto. Akutami wrote the series with no themes to follow but wanted to write and draw cool-looking characters. They were often supported by their two editors while writing the manga. The manga was a commercial success in both Japan and North America. Critical response to the manga was generally positive; several reviewers praised Yuta's role and his re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Japanese, describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Many works of animation with a Anime-influenced animation, similar style to Japanese animation are also produced outside Japan. Video games sometimes also feature themes and art styles that are sometimes labelled as anime. The earliest commercial Japanese animation dates to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in the following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
