Sakanaction for Space Shower TV Station ID

Sakanaction is now featured on SPACE SHOWER TV's station ID! Check out the video above.

As with most promotional materials, it only features frontman Yamaguchi Ichiro. The background music used is the yet-untitled new song that's been used in the Mode School commercials. Yamaguchi does hand gestures in the video to seem as if he is controlling the movement of the lights. These lights are actually NINJAR LIGHTS, the same LED lights used during the performance of "years" in the DocumentaLy tour Makuhari Messe live.

The concept of the station ID is "music as a real existence". To symbolize "people" and "sound", the lights move in synchronisation with Yamaguchi, depicting the appearance of sensitivity to the music.

(If you don't know what a station ID is, it's basically a short reminder of which channel you're on, and usually done in a stylish manner or creatively to brand the channel as such. This is why at the end of the video, the SPACE SHOWER TV logo pops in and covers Yamaguchi.)

"Boku to Hana" full version to be revealed!

Frontman Yamaguchi Ichiro said earlier on the Sakana LOCKS! radio program that for the first time, the full version of "Boku to Hana" will be revealed!

Come this Wednesday, the full version of "Boku to Hana" will be played on TOKYO FM's SCHOOL OF LOCK! program. This means anytime from 10PM JST onwards, so be sure to tune in!

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"Boku to Hana" jacket artwork and tracklist revealed!

Boku to Hana jacket artwork.

Just a few hours ago, the jacket artwork and track details for Sakanaction's 6th single "Boku to Hana", was revealed.

Shown above, the jacket artwork is rather weird at first glance. However, look closely and you'll find the words "television" "music" and "for many people". My interpretation of what the artwork is trying to convey is that Sakanaction's music is created for the people, and so this time with their collaboration with the television drama, they can reach out to many.

The little illustrated people of course represent the band members, whereas the red colour circle held by the little "Ichiro" might be the representation of him presenting the CD to people. In the background, a photo of a TV programme guide, with depth of field adjusted to focus on the title of the drama that the song is the theme for, completes the artwork.

The single will contain 3 songs. The second song is titled "Neptunus", whereas the third song is Ishino Takkyu's remix of "Rookie".

As a reminder, the single is set to release on 30th May 2012.

[6th Single] Boku to Hana Tracklist
01. Boku to Hana
02. Neptunus
03. Rookie (Takkyu Ishino remix)

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Sakana LOCKS! 4/9 Homework

The content for Sakana LOCKS! from 9th of April is up at the website, so do remember to check it out. By the way, the content goes up around Thursdays JPT.

This week's homework is...

Questions about the band you want Yamaguchi Ichiro to answer

Everyone from the "band section"! Please continue to write in the band section of the bulletin board.
And then, this time we want to collect questions about the band that you want to directly ask Yamaguchi-sensei of Sakanaction!
Whether about putting heart into writing, doing arrangement, worries of a band leader, and etc., please write it in the band section of the bulletin board!

*The bulletin board requires sign up via Japanese mobile phones before you are able to make posts. Which means, unless you are in Japan, you can't.

Sakanaction new song tie-up with Mode School CM

It was revealed yesterday evening that Sakanaction created a song for a Mode School (Mode Gakuen) commercial.

In this commercial, JONTE', or Jonte Moaning, a well-known choreographer and dancer, dances along to the song created by Sakanaction. Mode School is an academic institution for the arts, and they have courses for fashion, makeup, hairstyling, design, interior design, and so on. Thus, the feel of the CM is highly artistic.

The title and release date of this song has not been announced. All that we have currently is a short preview of the song in the CM below:

 

Hopefully, we can hear some details about the song soon. It seems a bit weird for it not to be in the Boku to Hana single as that is the only upcoming release announced. For it to be another single, would mean a long wait... I wonder when we'll hear the full version of this because I think it's really good.

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Sakana LOCKS! Website Content

Usually, the practice for any artist section in the School of Lock! (SOL) program is that a report, "homework" submission box and several photos of the artist during recording will be uploaded on the artist's page on the SOL website. Sakana LOCKS! is no different, and the website content for 2nd April's Sakana LOCKS! is up.

I probably will not be able to translate the whole lengthy report due to time constraints, but I will try to translate the "homework" portion!

SAKANAQUARIUM 2011 DocumentaLy BD/DVD Chart Rankings

Just a quick roundup of how the DVD and BD did on the Oricon Charts! 

Unfortunately, Oricon doesn't provide hard numbers for amount of copies sold when it comes the DVDs and Blu-ray discs, but you can get a general idea of how it's selling by looking at the ranking.

Boku to Hana preview!

A short preview of Sakanaction's 6th single, Boku to Hana, can now be heard in the background of the trailer for the drama it is the theme song for. Check it out below!

It's very chillout compared to all the songs they've put out as singles so far! Definitely more easy listening for the drama viewers, but it still retains the Sakanaction "style". In fact, it sounds like it would fit in NIGHT FISHING or Shinshiro. Would love to hear a longer preview!