Sony Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.
The mini-album “~Looking for the Unseen Blue~Sometimes Quartet” from the “Fantasy Anime Project”, which turns fictional anime scenarios into songs, will be digitally released from various music distribution services!
Music Rain 3rd generation members and VTuber Ruki Onmon will be singing! ……
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. will digitally release the mini-album “~Looking for the Unseen Blue~ Sometimes Quartet”, which includes songs (total 3 songs) inspired by the “Monocon 2023” Fantasy Animation Award Grand Prize winner, on April 28th. We would like to inform you that it has been released.
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monogatary.com is a novel posting site where you can freely post your stories to the themes given by the management every day, and you can have fun adding illustrations, comments, and various other reactions to the stories. The contest we sponsored in the past, “Monocon 2019,” attracted a lot of attention, including the birth of the unit “YOASOBI,” which “turns novels into music,” whose popular song “Idol” won first place on the global chart, and whose work has been remarkable. It’s done.
The mini-album “~Looking for the Unseen Blue~Sometimes Quartet” will be digitally released on various music distribution services from Sunday, April 28, 2024.
From the “imaginary anime project” born from “Monocon 2023” held last year, the mini album “~Looking for the Unseen Blue~ Sometimes Quartet” will be digitally released on various music distribution services from Sunday, April 28th. did. This project creates songs inspired by fictional anime scenarios collected from general users. The blue and lively expressions of the girls depicted in the story have been incorporated into three songs as the opening theme, ending theme, and insert song.
The opening theme “Blue Refrain” and ending theme “Nameless Blue Harmonia” will be sung by Music Rain 3rd generation members who play the idol group “Tsuki no Tempest” appearing in the media mix project “IDOLY PRIDE”. Sung by Kanata Aikawa, Mirai Tachibana, Kokona Natsume, Moka Hinata, and Koharu Miyazawa.
In addition, the insert song “Resonance” is performed by virtual talent “Onmon Ruki” who debuted on May 23, 2022 from Sony Music’s VTuber project “VEE” and released her first original song “Kitto Vitamin” last year. is in charge of vocals.
Furthermore, to commemorate the release of this song, the music video “Blue Refrain” [TVsize] by video creator “cappu” has been released! Let’s witness a page of their fleeting yet refreshing youth together! ▼Click here for the main story
https://youtu.be/d_ywm_kVOhU
Song release information
“~Looking for the unseen blue~Sometimes Quartet”
Distribution release on Sunday, April 28th
Streaming/DL: https://lnk.t
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-Delivery content-
01. Blue Refrain
Composition and arrangement: Natsua Shoji (SUPALOVE)
Lyrics: Junko Miyajima (SUPALOVE)
Singing: Kanata Aikawa, Mirai Tachibana, Kokona Natsume, Moka Hinata, Koharu Miyazawa (MusicRay’n Inc.)
02. Resonance
Composition and arrangement: Sota Saito (HOVERBOARD, Inc.)
Lyrics: Sota Saito (HOVERBOARD, Inc.)
Singing: Ruki Onmon (VEE)
03. Nameless Blue Harmonia
Lyrics/Composer: Haru.Robinson
Arrangement: Yuichi Ohno
Singing: Kanata Aikawa, Mirai Tachibana, Kokona Natsume, Moka Hinata, Koharu Miyazawa (MusicRay’n Inc.)
Fantasy Animation Award Overview
This project is Monogatary.com’s “Fantasy Animation Award,” a contest in which stories submitted as “stories that people would like to make into anime” are turned into music. The project is based on the theme of illustrations of four girls, and we are looking for scripts for the youth stories of how they meet and weave, and we will create an original song based on the award-winning work.
-Original information-
“Looking for the Unseen Blue ~ Sometimes Quartet” Author: Minato Funatsu Work URL: https://monogatary.com/story/454004
-Synopsis-
Aoi, Sui, Asagi, and Ruri formed a quartet of “piano and string music” at music college.
Their dreams of becoming professional musicians faded away, and after graduation they began to lead their own lives.
The story begins when one day they receive a request for a concert. The four met again. By coming into contact with people and nature through concerts in strange places, their hearts and relationships change. “Local Travel Concert Anime” where people discover their own “blue” and small miracles are born, or “Tabicon Anime” for short. *This story is assumed to be the first episode.
“The concert in the northern town was a present to a girl.”
Although they are worried about their ensemble, they use the seascape of Okhotsk that they saw as a clue, think of the girl, and create music that is “only possible because of the four of us.”
Artist information
“Kanata Aikawa” profile
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Date of birth: October 20, 2004
Height: 155cm
Birthplace: Hyogo
Hobbies and special skills: English conversation (everyday
conversation), Kansai dialect, reading
Main appearances
-anime-
“IDOLY PRIDE” (Suzu Narimiya)
“Wonder Egg Priority” (Ai Oto)
“What if Meta? What if a high school girl became a shrine maiden in the Metaverse?” (Kanata)
“Blue Orchestra”
“World Die Star”
-delivery-
Video program “Music Rain 3rd Generation New Program Beta Version” -others-
E-book label with readings YOMIBITO “Nobara” “Endless World” The Nippon Foundation YouTube Channel Documentary Video ONEDAYs Narration Almagia -Project- (Bajis)
“Mirai Tachibana” profile
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Date of birth: March 5, 2000
Height: 159cm
Birthplace: Chiba
Hobbies and special skills: singing, dancing, darts
Main appearances
-anime-
“IDOLY PRIDE” (Kotono Nagase)
“Demon King, Retry! R” (Organ)
“Heya Camp△”
“Toilet-bound Hanako-kun”
“Mr. Aharen cannot be measured.”
“The Strongest Onmyoji’s Reincarnation in Another World”
-game-
“Akashic Chronicles – Dawn of the Apocalypse” (Jimmy/Marsha) “Saint Laurent Knights” (Yak)
“Shoujo Kaisen” (Han Zhaoli Emperor, Liu Bei)
“Night of the Wizard”
-delivery-
Video program “Music Rain 3rd Generation New Program Beta Version” -others-
E-book label with readings YOMIBITO “The story that impressed the king” “The injured railroad track and the moon”
The Nippon Foundation YouTube Channel Documentary Video ONEDAYs Narration Concept video for “THE TOKYO MATRIX” facility in Kabukicho Tower “Kokona Natsume” Profile
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Date of birth: September 6, 2003
Height: 159cm
Birthplace: Saitama
Hobbies and special skills: cooking, making sweets, whistling Main appearances
-anime-
“IDOLY PRIDE” (Nagisa Ibuki)
“Mr. Aharen cannot be measured.”
-delivery-
Video program “Music Rain 3rd Generation New Program Beta Version” -others-
E-book label with readings YOMIBITO “Telephone pole and strange man” “Village without a clock”
Voice comic “Almagia”
“Moka Hinata” Profile
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Date of birth: May 17, 2001
Height: 152cm
Birthplace: Saitama
Hobbies and special skills: Kendo, ballet
Main appearances
-anime-
“IDOLY PRIDE” (Mei Hayasaka)
“World Die Star”
“Single room, normal sunlight, with an angel.”
-delivery-
Video program “Music Rain 3rd Generation New Program Beta Version” Video program “Go☆Jas@Revo☆lution ~Kono Seiyuu Fan☆Tastic with Moka Hinata~” Assistant MC
-others-
E-book label with readings YOMIBITO “Balloon Bug” “Moon and Seals” Japan Karaage Association Karaage Grand Prix Best Karaagenist Award (2023/2024) “Koharu Miyazawa” profile
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Date of birth: March 29, 1999
Height: 159cm
Birthplace: Chiba
Hobbies and special skills: English conversation (daily conversation), reading Main appearances
-anime-
“IDOLY PRIDE” (Saki Shiraishi)
“The girl who went to the capital to become an adventurer became an S rank.” -delivery-
Video program “Music Rain 3rd Generation New Program Beta Version” -stage-
Stage play “Sengoku Thukyu ~Battle Balls~” (Anri Nakai)
Reading drama “Colorful” (Orizuru Committee Chair)
-others-
E-book label with readings YOMIBITO “Moonlit Night and Glasses” “Story of the Island at Sunset”
East Japan Construction Industry Guarantee Co., Ltd. “#3 I Support ~ Bright Future of the Construction Industry” Narration
“Music Rain” Overview
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A production company that handles artist management, music label operations, video production, etc. We produce versatile artists through the “Super Voice Actor Audition,” an audition for voice actors who conduct music activities based on voice actors, and the “Singer Activity Utakatsu! Audition,” which is an audition limited to anime songs, vocaloids, and singers. Focusing on management work, we produce artists through a wide range of content development, including live production, TV animation production, and theatrical production.
Company information: https://www.sme.co.jp/company/groupcompanies/mra/ 3rd generation-Music Rain STAFF
Official X: https://x.com/3rdMR_staff
MusicRay’n Corporate Site: https://musicrayn.com/
“Ruki Onmon” profile
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A virtual talent belonging to the VTuber project “VEE” by Sony Music. Although he is a devil, he has a good-natured personality, so he is an inferior in the devil’s world.
When he was starting to lose his confidence as a demon, he saw the stream and got a boost of energy, which led him to dream of “Next time, I want to bring energy to someone!” In charge of vitamins at VEE.
Debuted on May 23, 2022. They have gained popularity both domestically and internationally by broadcasting various genres such as songs, game commentary, and projects in Japanese and Korean. The number of subscribers to his YouTube channel exceeds 40,000 (as of April 2024). On June 13, 2023, he released his first original song “Kitto Vitamin” from Sony Music Labels.
Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Otokado_Ruki
Official X: https://x.com/Ruki_vita_666
Official Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ruki_otokado_666
Detailed profile: https://vee-official.jp/talent/otokado-ruki/ “VEE” overview
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The largest virtual talent development and management project in history by Sony Music.
Through this project, in addition to streaming and video production, each virtual talent will develop activities such as music, voice acting, and creation to make their “dreams” come true. By making the most of the know-how and solutions possessed by Sony Music Group, which has developed a wide range of entertainment businesses to date, we support the activities of each virtual talent.
Virtual talents who passed the audition will debut/join from May 2022. From April 2024, talents from the sister project “VERSEn” have also joined, and a total of 30 VTubers are currently active.
・Official website: https://vee-official.jp/
・Official YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VEE_official
・Official X: https://x.com/_vee_official_
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In “KAIKO” Monocon 2023, one “theme” will be set for each of the seven “awards”, and the best works will be selected from among the “stories” submitted to the “theme” in the format of each “award”. Made into a work.
“Monocon 2023” special site: https://monocon2023.com/
“monogatary.com” overview
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