Japanese singer-songwriter imase released his new digital single song “etc” on August 2 and simultaneously posted the song’s music video on his official YouTube channel. The song, which he says he created while reminiscing about his own school days, is featured as the third season of the From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke anime series. The long-awaited new season started streaming on Netflix on August 1.
imase “etc” Music Video
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke Season 3 Creditless Opening Video
imase made his major label debut in December 2021 on Virgin Music, a subsidiary of Universal Music. He composes all the music and writes all the lyrics himself. “etc” is his second anime theme song work, following “Utopia,” the theme song for Sand Land in 2023.He introduces “etc” on X (formerly Twitter) as “The work carefully depicts romance, friendship, and growth in high school life, so I tried to express it with falsetto, warm piano sound, and changing the key. The lyrics are also linked to the anime, so I hope you enjoy the anime and the theme song together!”
Digital single jacket
Based on the manga by Karuho Shiina, From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke Season 3 is directed by Kenichi Matsuzawa at studio Production I.G, with series composition by Tomoko Konparu, character designs by Keiko Ota and Yuka Shibata and music by S.E.N.S Project.VIZ Media publishes an official English version of the manga. Crunchyroll also streams the first two seasons of the anime, and describes the story:
Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine…for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character–jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor–she’s mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she’s sure to make more than just that–she’s about to make some enemies too!
Source: imase official YouTube channel / X (formerly Twitter)
