Aimer (エメ) is getting ready to release (EP) single Dareka, Umi wo (誰か、海を。) and revealed the full track list which includes songs in collaboration with Abe Mao, Yuuki Ozaki from Galileo Galilei, and Nagano Ryo from APOGEE. Plus main coupling track Hakuchuumu (白昼夢) gets tie-up as theme song for a TV Asahi game show. All this in addition to the title song, written by Yoko Kanno, featured as the ending theme for anime Terror in Resonance (Zankyo no Terror). Extend play single Dareka, Umi wo hits stores September 3rd 2014 – all the details and preview audio video for coupling track Hakuchuumu follows.
Most recently Aimer released her 2nd album Midnight Sun on June 25th 2014 (more details) along with a simultaneous release of collaboration album UnChild with SawanoHiroyuki [nZk] aka Sawano Hiroyuki. Both albums landed in the top 10 – Midnight Sun at #9 and UnChild at #10 – on the weekly Oricon charts.
For her new single Aimer is holding a special mini-live “TOWER OF LOVERS Vol.5” on October 25th 2014 at Tower Records Shibuya. Event tickets available to those purchasing single Dareka, Umi wo at the Shibuya store.
Anime Terror in Resonance (Zankyo no Terror), an original anime from studio MAPPA, is directed by Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Kids on the Slope, Space Dandy, Samurai Champloo) with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa (Samurai Champloo), and Yoko Kanno provides the music. The anime’s introduction reveals “On a summer day a massive terrorist bombing struck Tokyo. The culprits were just two boys who want to wake-up this complacent nation from its slumber. The boys known as “Sphinx” begin a grand game that engulfs all of Japan”.
The anime began airing in Japan July 10th 2014 on Fuji TV in its Noitamina time slot. Outside of Japan provider Funimation.com simulcasts the series for North American fans. The anime’s opening theme Trigger is a solo release by Yuuki Ozaki from Galileo Galilei with Yoko Kanno writing.
Aimer’s new EP single Dareka, Umi wo comes on two editions. Limited features anime themed illustrated cover/slipcase. Most stores offer a bonus two-sided ad poster with either edition of the single while supplies last (check your store for availability)(click samples to enlarge),
Preview video for track Hakuchuumu plus trailer for anime Terror in Resonance after the release details.
Aimer – Dareka, Umi wo (誰か、海を。) – release date September 3rd 2014
Limited [CD+DVD] (¥1667)  |
Regular [CD] (¥1389)  |
| [CD] 1. Dareka, Umi wo (誰か、海を。) 2. Hakuchuumu (白昼夢) TV Asahi Tokyo Jokyuu Date Game theme song 3. for Lonely with Abe Mao 4. Nemuri no Mori (Kazuki Remix) with Yuuki Ozaki from Galileo Galilei 5. Cold Sun (Ryo Nagano Remix) with Nagano Ryo from APOGEE 6. Dareka, Umi wo (TV-size) [DVD] |
[CD] 1. Dareka, Umi wo 2. Hakuchuumu 3. for Lonely with Abe Mao 4. Nemuri no Mori (Kazuki Remix) with Yuuki Ozaki from Galileo Galilei 5. Cold Sun (Ryo Nagano Remix) with Nagano Ryo from APOGEE 6. Dareka, Umi wo (TV-size) |
