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Voice actor Aya Uchida, best known as Kotori Minami in Love Live! School Idol Project , will release her 10th anniversary artist debut album "Re:birthday" from Nippon Columbia on July 23, 2025, which is also her 39th birthday. While working as a voice actor and as a member of the Love Live! franchise's voice actor unit μ's, she made her solo artist debut with her first album "Apple Mint" in November 2014. She has also released eight CD singles, five digital singles, and five full albums to date. As previously reported , Uchida already released one of her 10th anniversary singles, "Nigiyakana Kokoro-tachi" ("Lively Hearts") in November 2024. The upcoming album includes the anniversary single song, her fifth digital single song "Explosive Heart" ( The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World ending theme), and six newly-recorded songs provided by writers who have collaborated with her for the past 10 years. The song list includes: "fuwari" (new...

The official YouTube channel for voice actor and singer Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live! ) began streaming a music video for her latest digital single song, "Explosive Heart." The pop tune is now featured as the ending theme for the winter 2025 TV anime The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World . Kento Nagatsuka , known for his theme song works for the Laid-Back Camp anime series, worked on lyrics and music of the song on the theme of "explosion." In the music video, Kizuna Red from the anime appears as the hero, while Uchida gives a fun and comical performance as the heroine. Aya Uchida "Explosive Heart" Music Video The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Creditless Ending Video While working as a voice actor and as a member of the Love Live! franchise's voice actor unit μ's, Uchida made her solo artist debut with her first...

The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World blends Super Sentai and isekai into a powerful new series for the winter seasons. Get fired up for the otherworldly adventures of Kizuna Red with creditless versions of the show's opening and ending sequences! Check out the action-packed opening, set to "Cuz I" by Hikaru Makishima: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Creditless Op Related: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Anime Premieres on January 12, 2025 Then chill out with the adorable ending, set to "Explosive Heart" by Aya Uchida: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Creditless Ed Related: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Anime Spotlights Kizuna Five in New Trailer Keiichiro Kawaguchi ( Shadowverse ) directs The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World anime at studio Satelight, with series composition by Atsuhiro Tomioka ( Fairy Tail 100 Years...

A brand-new main trailer released for The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another today announced a January 12 at 23:30 Jst premiere date for the isekai fantasy anime and previewed the series' opening song, "Cuz I" by Hikaru Makishima ( Haigakura Ed), and ending song, "Explosive Heart" by Aya Uchida ( The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far Op). A new key visual and additional cast members were also revealed. The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Main Trailer The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Key Visual The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World anime's confirmed cast list is now as follows (character romanizations unconfirmed): Asagaki/Kizuna Red voiced by Tomoya Ito Idora voiced by Konomi Inagaki Teltina voiced by Minami Tanaka Rosie voiced by Tomohiro Ono Rania voiced by Haruka Shiraishi Ajeel voiced by Makoto Furukawa Shauha voiced by...

Ahead of a January 2025 broadcast debut, the official website and accounts for The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World anime today revealed that Hikaru Makishima ( Haigakura Ed) will perform "Cuz I" for the tokusatsu-inspired isekai series' opening song, while Aya Uchida ( The Aristocrat’s Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far Op) will perform "Explosive Heart" for the ending song. The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World 's main cast is as follows (character romanizations unconfirmed): Asagaki/Kizuna Red voiced by Tomoya Ito Idora voiced by Konomi Inagaki Teltina voiced by Minami Tanaka Rosie voiced by Tomohiro Ono Related: The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World Anime Announced for January 2025 Based on the manga by Koyoshi Nakayoshi, Keiichiro Kawaguchi ( Shadowverse ) directs The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World anime at studio Satelight, with series composition by Atsuhiro Tomioka ( Fairy Tail...

The official YouTube channel for voice actor Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live! ) is now streaming a music video for her artist debut's 10th anniversary single song "Nigiyakana Kokoro-tachi" ("Cheerful Hearts"). Aya Uchida "Nigiyakana Kokoro-tachi" Music Video While working as a voice actor and as a member of the Love Live! franchise's voice actor unit μ's , Uchida made her solo artist debut with her first album "Apple Mint" in November 2014, releasing eight CD singles, four digital singles and five full albums to date. The CD single of "Nigiyaka na Kokoro-tachi" also released in Japan on November 13, ranking #9 in Oricon's daily single charts on its first day. "[This is] to everyone who has met Ucchi's 10 years of every moment and every song, and to everyone who is living in the present moment in their own way," she said on her musical staff's official X (formerly Twitter) . "We have filled this song...

Japanese record company Nippon Columbia has announced that voice actor Aya Uchida' s (Kotori Minami in Love Live! ) artist debut 10th anniversary single "Nigiyakana Kokoro-tachi" ("Lively Hearts") is set to release in Japan on November 13, 2024. While working as a voice actor and as a member of the Love Live! franchise's voice actor unit μ's, she made her solo artist debut with her first album "Apple Mint" in November 2024, releasing seven CD singles, four digital singles, and five full albums to date. The anniversary song "Nigiyaka na Kokoro-tachi" is written by Natsumi Tadano and composed by Go Sakabe, while the coupling track "Help!" is written and composed by Shunryu. All three were previously working on songs in her debut album "Apple Mint." Additionally, she will also hold "Aya Uchida Complete Tour ～marble～ Nigiyakana 10th Anniversary" in February 2025 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. The tour, titled “Complete,” will feature all 77 songs she has released so far,...

Voice actor Aya Uchida (Kotori Minami in Love Live! ) released her new digital single song, "Rabbit's petit four," today on August 14. The cute pop tune will be featured as the theme song for her upcoming orchestra concert "Aya Uchida Symphonic Concert 2024 Daydream / Moonnight." Her official YouTube channel is now streaming the song's music video. Aya Uchida "Rabbit's petit four" Music Video Digital single jacket "Aya Uchida Symphonic Concert 2024 Daydream / Moonnight" will be held on September 21 at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall Takemitsu Memorial in Tokyo, with the daytime concert titled "Daydream" and the evening concert "Moonnight." The concert will be performed by the Grand Philharmonic Tokyo with Keiko Osaki as the conductor, and will feature different set lists for day and night. No online streaming is planned. Cute new visuals depicting the dreamy world of the moon and rabbits were unveiled for the special concert. "Daydream" visual "Moonnight" visual Sources...

The official website for the upcoming 3Dcg anime film adaptation of the award-winning 1996 novel by Yoshiko Shikimura, Ganbatte Ikimasshoi ( “Give It All” ), has released a 60-second main trailer featuring the theme song "Sora-iro no Mizushibuki" ( "Sky Blue-Colored Splash" ) performed by Japanese girl idol group Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora . The film's main visual has also been revealed. The tagline reads: "We will not give up. I can say that with all of us." Main visual Related: Ganbatte Ikimasshoi Anime Film Reveals Four New Voice Cast Members The film will debut in Japan on October 25, 2024. The original Ganbatte Ikimasshoi novel was published in Japan by Gentosha under their Gentosha Bunko imprint. Yuhei Sakuragi ( Ashita sekai ga owaru to shite mo ) directs the film at Studio Moe and Reirs. The novel has previously been adapted into a live-action film in 1998 and a live-action TV drama in 2005. Set in Matsuyama City in Ehime Prefecture,...

The official website for the upcoming 3Dcg anime film adaptation of the award-winning 1996 novel by Yoshiko Shikimura, Ganbatte Ikimasshoi (“Give It All”), has announced four additional voice cast members. Takuya Eguchi (Loid Forger in Spy x Family ) plays the role of Hayato Ninomiya, the head of the rowing club at Mitsu Higashi High School, to which the main character Etsuko Murakami belongs. He is the only male member of the club and is famous within the school as a "boat idiot" who is always thinking about boats. Ayana Taketatsu (Nino Nakano in The Quintessential Quintuplets ) plays Umeko Terao, who is the ace of the Minatoyama High School rowing club. She is a taciturn but passionate character, trusted by her club members Suzuko Mimori (Umi Sonoda in Love Live! ) plays Mai Ohno, the mood maker of Minatoyama High School's rowing club. She has a cool personality but leads the team with...