PUFFY + Shiina Ringo = Swoon
Written by Jeshii on 2008.12.15 – 17:54 -
Starting January 15th, a new TV anime 『源氏物語千年紀 Genji』 (Genji Monogatari Sennenki Genji) will be starting. I am, first off, a huge fan of 紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu)’s Tale of Genji for a lot of reasons. First off, it is some major art. There is a blank chapter called 雲隠れ (Kumogakure) signifying Genji’s death. Second off, I love how all the men of her era were off trying to learn Chinese, letting her master her native Japanese and become the first novelist EVER. Japanese women FTW.
Anyway, so the theme song for the anime is going to be done by PUFFY! Oh wait, Puffy AmiYumi in the English media. I forgot. Anyway, they are fantastic. But, they are also pop and have other people write songs for them. That being said, in the past, awesome people like 奥田民生 (Okuta Tamio) gave them songs like アジアの純真 (Ajia no Junshin).
This time around… my all time favorite Japanese female artist (well, maybe tied for first place…), 椎名林檎 (Shiina Ringo) will be writing the song. This is great news. 椎名林檎 is an amazing song writer, writing songs for her friend ともさかりえ (Tomosaka Rie) like 少女ロボット (”Shojo Robot”) and カプチーノ (”Cappuccino”). More recently, she wrote a song for TOKIO called 雨傘 (Amagasa) which is used in the Drama ヤスコとケンジ (Yasuko to Kenji). It totally captures the 椎名林檎 feel, so I am really looking forward to this collaboration!
Anyway, single, 日和姫 (Hiyorihime) goes on sale in Feb. 25th, but expect me to post YouTube/ニコ動’s of it the second it hits the ‘nets. XD
[Via Barks]
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