ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will release a new single “Kakato de Ai wo Uchinarase” on April 11th. This will be their 17th single and so far has been announced in one CD edition with a First Press bonus label. Additional details follow,
Browsing BEST HIT AKG
The top spot on the Oricon weekly singles charts is SKE48 and their 8th single “Kataomoi Finally” that nearly topped the one-half million sold mark for the week at 495,809. The second spot finds Korean singer Kim Hyun Joong and his well received Japanese debut single “KISS KISS/LUCKY GUY” just surpassing 100,000 sold. Sliding in at the number 3 spot is long running and full of new members Morning Musume and their newest single – “Pyoko Pyoko Ultra”.
Anime related titles broke into the top 10 this week – at #6 is part 1 of 3 planned character song releases from anime Symphogear. This single has two insert songs from fictional band “Zwei Wing” that features favorite Nana Mizuki and fellow voice actor (seiyuu) Takayama Minami.
Idol group 9nine lands in the #9 spot (coincidence?) with the current ending theme to anime Beelzelbub – “Shoujo Traveller”.
The complete top 10 single and album charts follow,
SKE48 and their new single “Kataomoi Finally” will top the singles charts by a wide victory based on the Oricon daily numbers with more than 482,000 sold. The single is SKE48’s 8th and should eventually top the 1/2 million sold mark if it hasn’t already. On the album charts #1 is as hoped with Koda Kumi’s “JAPONESQUE” selling a strong 92,000+.
Read on for the rest of the projected top singles and albums,
BUMP OF CHICKEN and their new single “GOOD LUCK” will easily top the singles charts based on the Oricon daily numbers with more than 135,000 sold. The single is featured as the theme song to film “Always Sanchome no Yuhi ‘64”. On the album side #1 is too close to call, read on for the rest of the projected top singles and who’s close in the albums preview,
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION will celebrate their best hits album, “BEST HIT AKG” release with a special program on NicoNico Live. The best hits album, previously reported on here, is set to drop on January 18th and the NicoNico Live program begins airing the day before, January 17th at 10:00pm and runs 24 hours. More details and link to register for the live stream follow,
ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION has announced details of their new best song album and set a release date of January 18th 2012. Titled “BEST HIT AKG” has 17 tracks including their single “Marching Band” that releases on November 30th. Jacket cover and track details follow,
