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The official YouTube channel for Japanese hip-hop group UMEDA CYPHER began streaming a music video for their latest single song "Urusiren," which is now featured as the ending theme for the ongoing Fire Force Season 3 TV anime.This music video was produced by Studio Ishi, who previously collaborated with the group for their "Umeda Night Fever '19" and "Amatano Orochi" videos. In addition to their performance, it depicts another story of the members lost in another world.UMEDA CYPHER "Urusiren" Music VideoFire Force Season 3 Creditless Ending VideoUMEDA CYPHER started its activities in Umeda, Osaka in 2007 and made their major debut from SME Records in March 2023. Following the digital release on April 4, the CD single of "Urusiren" released in Japan on April 23.Digital EP jacketCD jacketFollowing the first season in 2-019 and second season in 2020, the much-awaited third season of the TV anime Fire Force finally premiered in Japan on April 5, 2025.

The five-member voice actor idol unit i☆Ris released a music video for their brand new song "ViVa i☆DOL!" on their official YouTube channel.The pop tune is the lead track of their much-awaited fifth original album "ViVa i☆DOL" (without the exclamation mark) to release in Japan on April 30. It will have been five years since the release of their previous fourth original album "Shall we☆Carnival" in March 2020.i☆Ris "ViVa i☆DOL!" Music VideoMaking VideoPrior to the CD release, the lead track "ViVa i☆DOL!" is now available on digital platforms for download and streaming.Album “ViVa i☆DOL” Highlight MedleyFirst press limited edition CD jacketRegular edition CD jacketCD\only edition jacketCD Jacket Photo Making Videoi☆Ris was originally formed by the six winners of the 1st Anison Vocal Audition held by avex and 81 Produce in August 2012, then released their first single "Color" on November 7 of the year.

SawanoHiroyuki[nZk] is a project focusing on vocal music developed by composer Hiroyuki Sawano, who also provides music to artists and produces music for TV dramas, anime (including Attack on Titan, Blue Exorcist, Solo Leveling) movies, and other visual media.The project's official YouTube channel has released a music video for its 13th single song, "INERTIA," which is now used as the opening theme for the spring 2025 TV anime TO BE HERO X. The music video features Sawano and the song's guest vocalist, Rei (Newspeak).SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Rei "INERTIA" Music VideoTO BE HERO X Creditless Opening VideoThe CD single of "INERTIA" is set to release in Japan on June 11. Prior to the CD release, the title tune is now available on digital platforms for streaming and download.Time-limited production edition CD jacketRegular edition CD jacketHiroyuki SawanoReiTO BE HERO X premiered in Japan on April 6, 2025.

Leading into the upcoming broadcast of the second season in July, Lantis' official YouTube channel is now streaming an anime music video for "Kyunrious," the opening theme for the first season of the I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince So I Can Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability TV anime."Kyunrious" Anime Music VideoVirtual Idol and YouTube Higuchi Kaede performed the song, which was released digitally on April 2, 2024.

The official YouTube channel for Who-ya Extended, a creative musical unit led by vocalist Who-ya, has started streaming a music video for its third CD single song "Aufheben," which is now featured as the opening theme for the second season of the TV anime Bye Bye, Earth.Who-ya Extended "Aufheben" Music VideoWho-ya Extended started its activities in 2019 and known for its theme song works for PSYCO-PASS and JUJUTSU KAISEN among anime fans. The unit shared the following comments about "Aufheben" on its official website when it was announced in February.Living in a diverse and colorful world, you may feel miserable or unsure of yourself as a nobody, and sometimes the word “self-discovery” may sharply and deeply pierce your heart. I hope that the song “Aufheben” will give some strength to the endless journey of the main character, Belle, and to you who are watching over her.

As previously reported, the four-member Japanese idol group Saishu Mirai Shoujo (literally means "The Final Future Girl") provided their latest song "Uchuuteki MYSTERY" ("Cosmic Mystery") as the opening theme for the spring 2025 TV anime I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!. Meanwhile, the group's 25-year-old member Nagi Fujisaki's new solo song “Nantonaku" ("Somehow”) is now used as the ending theme for the anime. These are their first anime theme song works, both as a group and as solo singer.As Fujisaki's third solo digiatl single, "Nantonaku" released on April 13, and the group's official YouTube channel is now streaming a music video for the song.Nagi Fujisaki "Nantonaku" Music VideoI'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!

The official YouTube channel for LOT SPiRiTS, a three-piece Japanese rock band from Fukuoka, posted a music video for their latest digital single song, "Haru ni Kiete" ("Vanishing into the Spring"), which is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2025 TV anime The Unaware Atelier Master. The video consists of two stories, each depicting a different spring.LOT SPiRiTS "Haru ni Kiete" Music VideoThe Unaware Atelier Master Creditless Ending VideoIn August 2020, LOT SPiRiTS was formed by Luna Sakamoto (guitar, vocal), Kurage (bass, chorus), and Moe (drums, chorus). As their first anime theme song work, "Haru ni Kiete" digitally released on April 7.The band has posted their comments on the song on the anime's official website as below:Congratulations on the anime adaptation of "The Unaware Atelier Meister!" We are very happy that LOT SPiRiTS is in charge of the ending theme of this wonderful work.

The official website for voice actor Miho Okasaki, best known as Rimuru Tempest in the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime series, has announced that her first mini-album "SHAKING" is set to release in Japan on July 2, 2025. While working as a popular anime voice actor, Okasaki made her solo singer debut from KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE with her first single "Happiness" in September 2021, releasing five CD singles, four digital single songs, and two full albums to date.The six-song album "SHAKING" includes her fourth single song "Hapimemo" (shortened "Happy Memory") and fifth single song "JOY!!" (I'm a Noble on the Brink of Ruin, So I Might as Well Try Mastering Magic ending theme), as well as two newly-recorded songs.

The official YouTube channel for the seven-member Japanese alternative song and dance group Ryugujo has started streaming a music video for their latest song "WALTZ," which is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2025 TV anime Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-.Ryugojo "WALTZ" Music VideoBlack Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Creditless Ending VideoRyugojo was formed by seven members who passed the audition program “0-nen 0-gumi" broadcast in 2023 with Avu-chan, the vocalist of QUEEN BEE, as the producer.As their first anime theme song work, "WALTZ" released digitally first on April 6, with the CD single following on May 28.Perfect production edition CD jacketTime-limited production edition CD jacketRyugojo artist photoThe fifth season of the Black Butler anime series, Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc-, premiered in Japan on April 5, 2025, and Crunchyroll is streaming the series to members in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, CIS, Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Crunchyroll describes the Black Butler series as such:At the Queen’s behest, the 13-year-old earl Ciel Phantomhive and his loyal demon butler, Sebastian Michaelis, leave the gritty underworld of nineteenth-century England and venture to the south of Germany to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.…

The official Ghost in the Shell YouTube channel has launched a live music streaming project entitled “DEEP DIVE: online – GHOST IN THE SHELL –” which seeks to express the unique worldview of Masamune Shirow's classic cyberpunk manga and its anime adaptations by collaborating with live performances from musicians and DJs as well as virtual reality art.The first artist announced for the project is WONK, who will perform a set list of four songs. Kodansha USA publishes a digital version of the original The Ghost in the Shell manga, and describes the story of the series as follows:Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue.

The official YouTube channel for singer-songwriter sorato is now streaming a music video for her second digital single song "Tsuki ni Negau" ("Make a wish on the moon"). The pop tune is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2025 TV anime The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows.sorato "Tsuki ni Negau" Music VideoThe Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows Creditless Ending Videosorato is a singer-songwriter from Nagasaki Prefecture, born from a joint project between THE NINTH APOLLO, a music label that includes My Hair is Bad and Hump Back, and TOY'S FACTORY/VIA. She made her debut with her first digital single song "Taion" ("body temperature") in February 2025."Tsuki ni Negau" released digitally on April 11 as her first anime theme song work.

April 18, on the opening day of the Detective Conan: One-eyed Flashback movie in Japan, the four-piece Japanese rock band King Gnu also digitally released the film's theme song "TWILIGHT!!!," posting the music video on their official YouTube channel. King Gnu "TWILIGHT!!!" Music Video King Gnu made their major debut from Sony Music Labels' Ariola Japan label in 2019. The band is known for their fourth CD single song "Ichizu," which was featured as the theme song for the 2021 anime film JUJUTSU KAISEN 0.

Singer ano's official YouTube channel has started streaming a music video for "LoliRockyunRobo," the theme song for ME & ROBOCO: The Movie, the anime film based on the comedy manga by Shuhei Miyazaki.ano "LoliRockyunRobo" Music VideoThe pop tune was written and composed by ano herself, and arranged by TAKU INOUE. It released digitally on April 18, and will also be included in her upcoming second album "BONE BORN BOMB" to release in Japan on June 4.Nao Watanabe, known for his commercial movie works for Nissin Foods' instant ramen brand Cup Noodles, served as the director of the music video. In the video, ano is transformed into a robot wearing the same orange space suit that she wears on the single jacket.

The official YouTube channel for Japanese rock group ZUTOMAYO (also known as Zutto Mayonaka de ii Noni. in Japan) has released a music video for its new digital single song "Binetsuma" ("Warmthaholic"), which is featured as the opening theme for the ongoing second season of the TV anime Aharen-san wa Hakarenai.ZUTOMAYO "Binetsuma" Music VideoAharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 Creditless Opening VideoThe group's vocalist ACA-Ne posted her comments about the song on the official website as follows:"Aharen-san wa Hakarenai" has been one of my favorite manga, and after I received the offer for the song, I read the manga over and over again as I worked on it. I enjoyed the process of shaping the sound image, as I had been thinking on a daily basis about not being able to measure distance with people.

The official YouTube channel for Hilcrhyme, a solo unit by Japanese hip-hop MC TOC, has posted a music video for "Senya Ichiya feat. Izumi Nakasone (HY)," the ending theme for the spring 2025 TV anime Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho.As its title suggests, the song features Izumi Nakasone, the vocalist and keyboardist of Japanese rock band HY, as the guest singer. It has been six years since the last time the two collaborated for "Jijitsu Ai feat.

A fresh batch of music videos is making its way to Crunchyroll today! The latest lineup of artists includes singers and bands behind theme songs for Shangri-La Frontier, Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE and more,See what's dropping today in the full list of music video releases below!=LOVE (including the I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class opening theme song)Aimer (including the Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective opening theme song)Anonymouz feat.

The official YouTube channel for enka singer Kiyoshi Hikawa has started streaming a music video for his new song "Party of Monsters." As reported, the pop tune was released under the unit name "Hikawa Kiyoshi with t.komuro" featuring J-pop artist and producer Tetsuya Komuro (TM Network, glove) as director by request from Hikawa, and is now used as the ending theme for GeGeGe no Kitaro: My Favorite GeGeGe Generation, a special program to air selected episodes from past GeGeGe no Kitaro TV anime series. In the music video, Hikawa (KIINA.) shows off fierce dance performance with many "monster dancers" under the theme of "Monsters' Party." He said, "This is the first time I have danced so much in an original song (laughs).

Japanese record company Nippon Columbia has announced that voice actor Hina Suguta, best known as Marin Kitagawa in My Dress-Up Darling, will make her CD debut on June 11, 2025, with her first album "FEVER - Bokutachi no Keikaku (Our Plan)." She also announced the news on her official YouTube channel on April 17, her 30th birthday. She said, "For the past year, I've been sharing various songs at various gigs with you. And for those who have been waiting, 'I wonder if this could be made into a CD?' Finally, the CD will be released!

The official YouTube channel for Hakoniwalily, a musical unit consisting of two members, Hanon and Kotoha, has started streaming a music video for "Ninkoro Dance," the ending theme song for the spring 2025 TV anime A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof. "Ninkoro" is the abbreviation of the original Japanese title, Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi.As well as "Shitsumon, Koitte Nandeshouka?," the opening theme song for another spring 2025 TV anime Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?, the song was produced under the name HoneyWorks feat.Hakoniwalily, a collaboration project by HoneyWorks, a Japanese creator unit active since 2010, and Hakoniwalily.HoneyWorks feat.Hakoniwalily "Ninkoro Dance" Music VideoA Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Creditless Ending Video"Ninkoro Dance" digitally released on April 11.

Japanese enka and kayokyoku singer Leon Niihama posted a music video for one of his double A-side seventh single songs, "Fun! Fun! Fun!," on his official YouTube channel.

The sky's the limit for the unsung heroes of TO BE HERO X, but they all fall to the tune of "KONTINUUM" by SennaRin (Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn- OP) in the now-airing anime's ending song sequence, which is now available to watch without credits below. Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series.To Be Hero X Ending Song VideoTO BE HERO X features animation produced by BeDream and direction by Li Haolin (Link Click), with music by Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan), KOHTA YAMAMOTO, Hidefumi Kenmochi, DAIKI (AWSM.), Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase and Ryuichi Takada (MONACA).Crunchyroll currently streams the previous two series in the franchise, TO BE HERO and To Be Heroine, and describes TO BE HERO X like so:This is a world where heroes are created by people's trust, and the hero who gains the most trust is known as X. In this world, people's trust can be quantified through data, and these values are reflected on everyone's wrist.

Classical composers take the stage once again in Classic★Stars, followed gifted young men given the will of great musical talents from across history. Now you can see Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Lizst leap into action in their new musical roles in creditless cuts of the show's opening and ending sequences.Check out the opening, set to "Singularist" by Yuuma Uchida: Classic★Stars Creditless OpeningAnd the ending, set to "BEYOND★CLASSIC" by in-series group Gran★MyStar: Classic★Stars Creditless EndingClassic★Stars is now streaming on Crunchyroll, described thus: At Gloria Private Academy, where future stars shine, an injury reveals a high schooler’s rare compatibility with the legendary composer, Beethoven. Implanted with his gift and name, he joins other gifted students to compete in a spectacular VR symphony where musical emotions become reality, weaving the past’s genius into tomorrow’s masterpieces.Source: KING AMUSEMENT CREATIVE Official Channel (1, 2)

The official YouTube channel for NACHERRY, a voice actor unit consisting of Natsumi Murakami and Chiemi Tanaka, is now streaming a music video for their fourth CD single song "Honey Lemon." The pop tune is now featured as the opening theme for the spring 2025 TV anime The Shiunji Family Children.NACHERRY "Honey Lemon" Music VideoThe Shiunji Family Children Creditless Opening VideoThe two voice actors featured in the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club series — Natsumi Murakami (Ai Miyashita) and Chiemi Tanaka (Rina Tennoji) — formed NACHERRY in September 2021. All previous three CD single songs from the duo were used as theme songs for TV anime series, including their first single "Eclipse" for The Little Lies We All Tell, their second single "My dream girls" for Gushing over Magical Girls and their third single "LOOP" for Quality Assurance in Another World.The CD single of "Honey Lemon" is set to release in Japan on May 28, 2025.

The theme song performers for the spring 2025 TV anime The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom both posted their respective opening and ending theme music videos on their official YouTube channels, following the anime's premiere on April 2. Singer-songwriter Riria. sings the anime's opening theme song "Aitoka." ("Something Like Love").