Sony Music Japan’s official YouTube channel began streaming a music video for “Collage” by PUFFY and TOOBOE, the opening theme song for the fall 2024 TV anime The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians. In the video, memorable scenes from the anime story are colorfully colored with the lyrics of the song.
PUFFY and TOOBOE “Collage” Music Video
The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians
Creditless Opening Video
TOOBOE, a solo project by music creator “john,” who is involved in various creative activities including songwriting, composing, arranging, singing, illustrations and videos, worked on the song’s lyrics and music. Additionally, Japanese pop duo PUFFY, known for the anime series Hi-Hi Puffy AmiYumi, were in charge of singing. The song was released under the unit name “PUFFY to tsuideni TOOBOE” (“PUFFY, and incidentally TOOBOE”).“Collage” released digitally first on October 5, followed by the CD single release on November 20.
CD jacket
TOOBOE artist photo
PUFFY artist photo
The TV anime adaptation of Yuzuki Akasaka’s fantasy novel series The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians premiered in Japan on October 4, 2024. Crunchyroll is streaming the series for members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, India and Southeast Asia.Crunchyroll describes The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians as such:
At Letran Magic Academy, two unlikely friends share one dream: to become magicians. Kurumi is an average girl who’s a bit naive, while Yuzu is the distinguished daughter of a noble magician family. They need to get into a special magician training class, but they fail the entrance exam! All hope seems lost until mysterious homeroom teacher Minami Suzuki arrives, and their luck takes a sudden turn.
Sources: Sony Music Japan official YouTube channel, Press ReleaseCopyright 2024 Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
