Later this month, singer Kiiro Akiyama will be releasing a song in collaboration with Choujin X—the ongoing manga series by Tokyo Ghoul creator Sui Ishida. Titled “Wannabe,” the track drops November 19, in conjunction with Volume 11 of the manga.
Ishida and Akiyama are known to be mutual fans, with Akiyama being a long-time reader of Choujin X and Ishida citing Akiyama’s music as “BGM” for scenes in volumes 8 and 9 of the manga. Akiyama embraced the challenge of penning a song that encompasses the series’s worldview, adding, “If the original author themselves could create the music, the purity of the sound would be incomparable.”
Ishida penned cover art for the upcoming single, featuring series protagonists Tokio and Azuma:
Viz publishes the Choujin X manga in English, describing the first volume thus:
Being a superpowered creature isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, though. Tokio has to hide his transformation from his family and dodge a truancy charge at school, all while dealing with the increasingly odd incidents happening around town!
Source: Comic Natalie
