Shin-Takarajima chart performance

sakanaction's 11th single, Shin-Takarajima, came in at 9th place on the Oricon Weekly Charts in its first week, selling 18,909 copies.

This is one of the lower-charting singles that sakanaction have released. However, the sales are actually not too different from their previous single. The week had a fair bit of competition, resulting in 9th place.

Despite the band's long break, they have managed to keep their sales somewhat steady. The single was helped by promotion from the "Bakuman" film tie-up, which debuted at the top of the box office. It was also released in 3 different versions, a rarity for sakanaction.

sakanaction will perform the song on TV this Saturday on music program CDTV.

See below for the comparison chart with previous singles.

"Shin-Takarajima" details revealed!

Jacket artwork for Premium Limited Edition

Jacket artwork for Limited Edition and Regular Edition

The details for sakanaction's new single, "Shin-Takarajima", to be released on 30 September, have been revealed.

The title track of the single is the theme song of upcoming film "Bakuman." which stars Sato Takeru and Kamiki Ryunosuke. The b-sides include a song titled "Kikitakatta Dance Music, LIQUIDROOM ni"(「聴きたかったダンスミュージック、リキッドルームに」; The Dance Music I Wanted To Listen To Is In LIQUIDROOM), a reference to sakanaction's NF events held at the venue LIQUIDROOM. A remix of "Inner World" from AOKI takamasa, and an instrumental version of "Shin-Takarajima" complete the single.

The jacket artworks for the single has also been revealed, and the Premium Limited "Bakuman" Edition has its cover drawn by the author of "Bakuman", Obata Takeshi. It  is a half-complete illustration conveying the concept of "drawing lines" expressed the song.

"Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki" chart performance

sakanaction's latest release, "Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki ~Coupling&Remix works~", is the band's first compilation album and first album in about 1 and a half years. So how did the album fare on the Oricon charts?

They achieved #5 on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts, with 20,983 copies sold! It's not an amazing feat, but not too shabby either. The album started strong on the charts with a #2 on the first and second day, but some of the other competition this week were around the same level and ultimately overtook sakanaction in sales.

"Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki" tracklist announced!

sakanaction will be releasing a concept album "Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki ~Coupling & Remix works~" (懐かしい月は新しい月; A Nostalgic Moon is a New Moon) on 5 August 2015, and the details have been announced!

This work will have 2 discs. The first disc "Tsuki no Namigata ~Coupling & Unreleased works~" (月の波形; The Waveform of the Moon) contains coupling (aka b-side) songs on their previously released 10 singles. It also contains four tracks they have never released - self-remixes by sakanaction members, "Night Fishing is Good (Iw_Remix)", "Music (Ej_Remix)" and "Identity (Ks_Remix)" - as well as a demo version of "GO TO THE FUTURE" recorded in 2006 by Yamaguchi and Iwadera before the song's release.

The second disc "Tsuki no Hen'you ~Remix works~" (月の変容; The Transformation of the Moon) contains "Goodbye (NEXT WORLD REMIX)" for the first time released on CD. The song was performed on the program "NEXT WORLD Watashitachi no Mirai" on 3 January. In addition, there will be new remixes by agraph and Qrion.

The Blu-ray and DVD on limited editions are titled "Tsuki no Keshiki ~Documentary of "GO TO THE FUTURE (2006 ver.)" & MUSIC VIDEOS~" (月の景色; The Scenery of the Moon). In it is a documentary of Iwadera and Yamaguchi recreating "GO TO THE FUTURE (2006 ver.)", PVs of "years", "Slow Motion", "Eureka (minimal demo)", and "Holy Dance" which Yamaguchi directed for the first time.

Check out the full tracklist below!

sakanaction's Analog and High-Resolution Audio Project

sakanaction has announced the beginning of a project to release all previously released albums in analog versions (vinyl records). To start it off, their first three albums "GO TO THE FUTURE", "NIGHT FISHING" and "Shinshiro" will be released in vinyl on March 25. Each will cost 4104 yen.

The project's aim is to "create a new story by reaffirming past songs together with listeners". Also, with the intention of wanting to make the first three albums easy to obtain, there will be a limited edition special-priced CD version, released the same time as the vinyl records. "GO TO THE FUTURE" will cost 1296 yen, "NIGHT FISHING" 1728 yen, and "Shinshiro" 2052 yen.

In addition to plans to release the analog versions of the remaining three albums "kikUUiki", "DocumentaLy" and "sakanaction", there is also a plan to digitally release the high-resolution audio versions of all six albums.

The vinyl records, special-priced CD, as well as high-resolution audio releases all feature remastered versions of the songs.