Ikimonogakari’s 35th single, ‘Unmeichan,’ was released on May 22, 2024. This new track serves as the theme song for the anime series ‘Mission: Yozakura Family.’ The up-tempo track captures the essence of the series with its vibrant and dynamic personality.

A preview video of their ‘Amazon Music Live: Ikimonogakari’ performance from October last year, featuring the single, will be available on YouTube. This release includes an exclusive performance of ‘Koisuruotome,’ making it a must-buy for fans. Additionally, four tracks recorded for the YouTube channel ‘THE FIRST TAKE’ are included. These tracks, performed in December last year, include ‘Blue Bird,’ a widely popular track both in and outside Japan, and ‘TOKIMEKI,’ the opening theme of the TV anime ‘Kibou no Chikara Otona Precure ‘23,’ along with ‘Kimagure Romantic’ and ‘Kyoukara Kokokara’ from a previous performance on the same channel.

Furthermore, an additional tour performance this weekend, ‘Ikimonogakari’s Hello Everyone Tour!! 2024 – You, Me, Everyone, Let’s Sing! – Yokohama Good Job Performance,’ will be streamed online. This performance, featuring popular tracks like ‘Blue Bird’ and ‘SAKURA,’ marks Ikimonogakari’s first headline performance streamed overseas.

For live streaming details, visit the special site:

https://w.pia.jp/a/ikimonogakari24engpls/

Ikimonogakari’s Hello Everyone Tour!! 2024 – You, Me, Everyone, Let’s Sing! – Yokohama Good Job Performance

Date: Sunday, May 26

Doors: 16:30

On stage: 17:00

Ticket price: ₹3,000

Contact: event@linkst.jp

Important Note:

For viewers intending to stream from overseas, please note that this service may be unavailable in some regions. Additionally, due to the nature of internet services, smooth viewing may not be guaranteed because of lag or international internet restrictions. Confirm your ability to view the stream prior to the event. The organizer does not take responsibility for viewing issues due to the internet or viewing environment. No ticket cancellations, changes, or refunds will be issued for these reasons. For recommended viewing environments and equipment checks, visit: [https://pia-live.jp/requirement](https://pia-live.jp/requirement)

Release Information

– Ikimonogakari ‘Unmeichan’ (Opening theme for the anime series ‘Mission: Yozakura Family’)

– Streaming link: https://erj.lnk.to/XyKYgj

– Released May 22, 2024

– Purchase link: https://erj.lnk.to/69SowF

– Linkfire: https://erj.lnk.to/yh4A71

First-run Limited Edition (CD + Blu-ray) ₹20,000 + Tax

– In a sleeve case

  – CD Tracks:

  1. Unmeichan
  2. Kimagure Romantic – From THE FIRST TAKE
  3. Kyoukara, Kokokara – From THE FIRST TAKE
  4. Blue Bird – From THE FIRST TAKE
  5. TOKIMEKI – From THE FIRST TAKE
  6. Unmeichan – instrumental

– Blu-ray:

– Unmeichan (Music Video)

– Unmeichan (Music Video – Behind The Scenes)

– Amazon Music Live – Ikimonogakari [Concert footage]

– Kimagure Romantic

– Arigatou

– TOKIMEKI

– Egao

– Ureshikute

– Kimigairu

– Blue Bird

– Joyful

– Kaeritakunatta yo

– Koisuruotome

Standard Edition (CD) ₹7,800 + Tax

  – CD Tracks:

  1. Unmeichan
  2. Kimagure Romantic – From THE FIRST TAKE
  3. Kyoukara, Kokokara – From THE FIRST TAKE
  4. Blue Bird – From THE FIRST TAKE
  5. TOKIMEKI – From THE FIRST TAKE
  6. Unmeichan – instrumental

Anime Version (CD + Blu-ray) ₹10,800 + Tax

– Digipack version

  – CD Tracks:

  1. Unmeichan
  2. Kimagure Romantic – From THE FIRST TAKE
  3. Kyoukara, Kokokara – From THE FIRST TAKE
  4. Blue Bird – From THE FIRST TAKE
  5. TOKIMEKI – From THE FIRST TAKE
  6. Unmeichan – instrumental

  – Blu-ray:

– Credit-free video of the opening credits for the anime series ‘Mission: Yozakura Family’

 Ikimonogakari 2024 Tour Information

 Additional Performances:

– ‘Ikimonogakari’s Hello Everyone Tour!! 2024 – You, Me, Everyone, Let’s Sing! – Yokohama Good Job Performance’

– Saturday, May 25, 2024 – Doors open 17:00 / On stage 18:00 [Kanagawa] Pia Arena MM

– Sunday, May 26, 2024 – Doors open 16:00 / On stage 17:00 [Kanagawa] Pia Arena MM

Profile:

Ikimonogakari was formed on February 1, 1999, by Yoshiki Mizuno and Hotaka Yamashita, who attended the same schools. The name Ikimonogakari, meaning ‘Team Responsible Living Things,’ comes from their childhood responsibility of feeding goldfish together. They began busking in their local areas and along the Odakyu Line. On November 3, 1999, they became a trio when Kiyoe Yoshioka joined them spontaneously during a busking session.

They made their major label debut on March 15, 2006, with ‘SAKURA,’ and have since released numerous hits like ‘Arigato,’ ‘YELL,’ ‘Blue Bird,’ and ‘Kaze Ga Fuite Iru.’

Since the summer of 2021, they have been working as a duo. On May 3, 2023, they released ‘STAR,’ their first track as a duo, and held a free gig that drew over 8,000 people. Their 34th single ‘Ureshikute/Tokimeki’ was released on September 13, 2023, with ‘Ureshikute’ being the main theme for the movie ‘PreCure All STARS F’ and ‘Tokimeki’ serving as the 20th-anniversary song for PreCure.

Their first album as a duo and 10th overall,‘○ (Read ‘maru’),’was released on December 13, 2023. Since February 2024, they have been on their first music hall tour in 12 years, the‘Ikimonogakari’s Hello Everyone Tour!! 2024 – You, Me, Everyone, Let’s Sing!’ tour.

 Official Links:

– Official site: https://ikimonogakari.com

– X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/IKIMONOofficial

– YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflAJoghlGeSkdz5eNIl-sg

– Note: https://note.com/ikimono_gakari/

– Kiyoe Yoshioka Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiyoe_yoshioka_official/

– Mizuno Yoshiki X: https://twitter.com/mizunoyoshiki

– Mizuno Yoshiki Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mizunoyoshiki_teke/

In December last year, Ikimonogakari’s rendition of ‘Blue Bird’ on ‘THE FIRST TAKE’ YouTube channel received widespread acclaim. This song will be available across all digital platforms from midnight, February 2nd. This release features the audio version of ‘Blue Bird,’ originally composed and performed for ‘THE FIRST TAKE’. The track is not only a hit at live shows but also enjoys international popularity.

‘Blue Bird,’ first released in 2008, gained a global following as the opening theme for ‘Naruto Shippuden,’ becoming Ikimonogakari’s most streamed song with over 200 million plays worldwide. Alongside the video performance on ‘THE FIRST TAKE,’ fans can now enjoy the audio version.

Furthermore, Ikimonogakari is set to embark on their first concert hall tour in 12 years, ‘IKIMONOGAKARI NO MINASAN, KONNITOUR!!2024 ‘, covering 19 cities starting February 4th in Ebina, Kanagawa. Additionally, on May 25th and 26th, the ‘YOKOHAMA NIJYU-MARU KOUEN’ will feature special performances at Pia Arena MM, highlighting the duo’s national tour.

Streaming Information

Streaming Links for ‘Blue Bird – From THE FIRST TAKE’:

https://erj.lnk.to/Tmv1Ay

Streaming Links for the Original Release of ‘Blue Bird’ (Currently streaming)

https://erj.lnk.to/mvyGoK1L

YouTube Information

‘Ikimonogakari – Blue Bird / THE FIRST TAKE’ (Currently available to watch):

https://youtu.be/aQystzibMlc?si=WF9a281yzfrb8cXR

Ikimonogakari

Ikimonogakari was formed on February 1st, 1999 by Yoshiki Mizuno and Hotaka Yamashita, who attended the same elementary, junior high and high school together. The name Ikimonogakari (which loosely translates to ‘Team Responsible Living Things’) comes from the fact that in their first year of elementary school the two of them would feed gold fish together.

They began performing together busking on the streets of their local areas of Atsugi and Ebina, as well as along the Odakyu Line. On November 3rd, 1999 they became a trio after the younger sister of a classmate of theirs, Kiyoe Yoshioka, spontaneously jumped in to join one of ikimonogakari’s busking sessions.

Since their made their major label debut on March 15th, 2006 with ‘SAKURA’, they have released numerous hits such as ‘Arigatou’, ‘YELL’, ‘Blue Bird’ and ‘Kaze ga Fuiteiru’.

Since the summer of 2021 they began working as a duo again. On May 3rd, 2023 they released ‘STAR’, their first track since becoming a duo.  On the same day, a free gig held at Vina Walk in their hometown of Ebina garnered massive attention, with more than 8,000 people showing up.

On September 13th, they released their 34th single ‘Ureshikute/Tokimeki’, their first in two years.

‘Ureshikute’ is the main theme for the movie ‘the film Pretty Cure All Stars F’ which released on Friday, September 15th, while ‘Tokimeki’ was the 20th anniversary song for Precure and it was also used as the opening theme for ‘the TV anime Kibo no Chikara – Otona Pretty Cure ’23’, an anime series which began its TV run on October 7th.

On Wednesday December 13th, they release their first album as a duo, and 10th overall, ‘○ (Read ‘maru’).

◉ Ikimonogakari|Official homepage:https://ikimonogakari.com

◉ Ikimonogakari|Twitter  :https://twitter.com/IKIMONOofficial

◉ Ikimonogakari|YouTube :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflAJoghlGeSkdz5eNIl-sg

◉ Ikimonogakari|note :https://note.com/ikimono_gakari/

◉ Kiyoe Yoshioka|Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/kiyoe_yoshioka_official/

◉ Yoshiki Mizuno|Twitter :https://twitter.com/mizunoyoshiki

◉ Yoshiki Mizuno|Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/mizunoyoshiki_teke/

‘EVERBLUE’ by Omoinotake, which is the opening theme song of the TV anime “Blue Period”, has been released for download and streaming. This is prior to the release of ‘EVERBLUE’(release date on Wednesday, November 17th) which is the first EP of Omoinotake from a major label.

“Blue Period” is a Japanese manga series that won the ‘Cartoon grand prize 2020’. Fans have been waiting for the TV animation and are excited about it.

©Tsubasa Yamaguchi, KODANSHA/Blue Period Production Committee

‘EVERBLUE’ is arranged and produced by Mr. Koichi Tsutaya. The song has a disco sound which is somewhat nostalgic. Omoinotake worked hard for many years until they finally got their major debut. So the band members have put passion into this work.

TV animation “Blue Period” has been broadcasted on the Japanese TV programme called ‘‘Super Animeism’ on 28 TV stations network of TBS and MBS broadcast.

It has been released on Netflix inside Japan from September 25th prior to the rest of the world. Worldwide distribution (excluding some areas) on Netflix other than Japan finally begins from October 9th and it is planned to be distributed every Saturday.

Comment from Omoinotake:

“Hi, we are Omoinotake, who have created the opening theme song of the TV anime “Blue Period”. We are so honored to be involved in this amazing work which is full of emotions including both the pain and the amazingness of creating things. The truth is we thought that we didn’t have any particular talents in the beginning. Then we kept trying to find our way for many years. Then finally we found our place. It is actually the same location as in the “Blue Period”, which is a live performance we did on the street in Shibuya.

“Doing what I love doesn’t mean that I am always having fun”, the words of Yatora reminds us of how we are and we made a song with the words which were split from our feeling and melody. Until today we have continued working on our band for the last 9 years and we just simply ‘love music’ just like Yatora who ‘loves drawing’.We finished creating the world of ‘EVERBLUE’ as the opening theme song of “Blue Period”. Complex, conflict, not going well at the beginning when you start doing something and suffering, we put all of these feelings into this song. We hope many people put themselves into this song and think about the wishes of people who just started their challenges.”

The music video of ‘EVERBLUE’ has also been released on YouTube and is gaining attention. Here is the link to the music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92ylxOeT1_g

We can’t take our eyes off this band, and are so excited for their future success! Digital distribution for the music on ‘EVERBLUE’, download and streaming are available from here: https://lnk.to/MIcjDN

©Tsubasa Yamaguchi, KODANSHA/Blue Period Production Committee

Artist Biography

The band consists of Leo Fujii(Leo) Keyboardist/Vocalist, Tomoaki Fukushima (Emoaki) Bassist and Hironoshin Tomita(Drage)Drummer. There are no Guitar members. They were classmates in junior high school. They formed the band in 2012. They performed live mainly on the street in Shibuya regularly and gained popularity. Digital single ‘Moratorium’ was used for the theme song for the tie-in theatre animation “Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather” and gained a lot of attention. They appeared on the YouTube channel “THE FIRST TAKE” for the first time even though they are from independent record labels. The song ‘Ubugoe’ which was released in November 2020 and was used as the opening theme for the TV drama on TV TOKYO “Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!”. They are expected to be the next break-out artist.

Omoinotake Official site: http://omoinotake.com/

【Official Accounts/ Social Media】

Official YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv1jAWnr9rPKRQsEZYl5izQ

■Official Twitter @Omoinotakey

■Official Instagram@Omoinotake

■Official TikTok @Omoinotake_official

NEW RELEASE

EVERBLUE

October 1, 2021 (Fri)

DL & ST release: https://lnk.to/MIcjDN

November 17, 2021 (Wed)

CD (Limited edition) release

Price: 2,000 Yen (tax not incl.)

Packaging: Special Case with specially drawn anime artwork【Limited edition】CD+DVD

Tracklist:

CD

M1. EVERBLUE

M2. By My Side

M3. Crossword

M4. Hyoryu Kyoshitsu

DVD

M1. EVERBLUE Music Video

M2. Blue Period OP no-sub version

CD (Regular edition) release

Price: 1,500 (tax not incl.)

Tracklist:

M1. EVERBLUE

M2. By My Side

M3. Crossword

M4. Hyoryu Kyoshitsu

About TV animation “Blue Period”

Yatora Yaguchi who is in his second year of high school has been enjoying his everyday life playing with his friends. He studies well and is good at dealing with things smoothly. Everyone wants to live the best possible life… and Yatora himself has been always feeling empty inside himself somehow. One day Yatora was totally captured by a painting in an art room. Yatora found that he was able to express his feelings honestly for the first time. He discovered the joy of art and he started to draw in his sketchbooks on impulse. And finally, Yatora decided on his college choice for art school. The competitive ratio for the art school is 200x. It’s only 650 days till the entrance exam!

  • Staff

Original work: Tsubasa Yamaguchi (published in monthly “AFTERNOON” KODANSHA)

Senior Director: Koji Masunari

Director: Katsuya Asano

Series Composition: Reiko Yoshida

Character Design: Tomoyuki Shitaya

Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa

Art Design: Mamio Ogawa, Mika Nakajima

Art Director: Ken Nakamura, Yuuji Kaneko

Director of Photography: Yasushi Hattori

3DCG Director: Arimasa Omi

Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda

Editing: Kazuhiko Seki

Music: Ippei Inoue

Music Producer: Kohei Sakai

Music Production: DMM music

Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta

Sound Effects: Kenji Koyama

Animation Production: Seven Arcs

  • Theme songs

Opening theme: Omoinotake “EVERBLUE”

Ending theme: mol-74 “Replica”

  • Cast

Yatora Yaguchi: Hiromu Mineta

Ryuji Ayukawa: Yumiri Hanamori

Yotasuke Takahashi: Daiki Yamashita

Haruka Hashida: Kengo Kawanishi

Maki Kuwana: Yume Miyamoto

Maru Mori: Mayu Aoyagi

Masako Saeki: Fumi Hirano

Sumida: Masaya Fukunishi

Koigakubo: Shinichiro Kamio

Utashima: Tatsumaru Tachibana

Umino: Miku Hiratsuka

Shirai: Ikumi Hasegawa

Shirota: Yuuna Nemoto

Yamamoto: Aoi Koga

Mayu Ooba: Yuuki Kazu

Sae Okada: Emiri Suyama

Takuro Ishii: Taishi Murata

Hanako Sakuraba: Saori Oonishi

  • Copyright details

©Tsubasa Yamaguchi, KODANSHA/Blue Period Production Committee

Official website: https://blue-period.jp

Official Twitter:https://twitter.com/blueperiod_PR