It has been announced that the new opening theme for the popular anime series Ace of Diamond Act II will be performed by GLAY members TERU and TAKURO.

The series began airing on April 2 and is the sequel to the popular baseball anime series Ace of Diamond. GLAY originally performed the first opening theme Hajimaru no Uta and its members are returning to perform the second.

This marks the fourth time that TERU has written a song for the Ace of Diamond series. For the new song, TERU composed the music and TAKURO wrote the lyrics. The music was arranged by GLAY and DJ Mass MAD Izm*, and Seiji Kameda served as the producer. GLAY are known for serving many fresh hits throughout their discography, but this dance rock number is truly unlike anything they have written before.

Speaking about the new collaboration with the series, TERU commented: “I’m truly honoured to be working on the main theme for the TV anime series Ace of Diamond again! The songs we have written up to now for it have spoken of youth and blue skies, but we took a completely different approach on this one. It’s written from the perspective of losing a [baseball] match. I think it will give people the strength to not give up.”

It was revealed last month that GLAY will perform the opening theme for Ace of Diamond Act II which is set to begin airing on April 2. The band also just revealed at Anime Japan 2019 held on March 24 the song’s title and digital release date.

The title of the song is Hajimaru no Uta. It was written by the band’s own vocalist TERU who said at the event, “This song is about the start of one’s dreams, the beginning of one’s new life […] I hope that this song becomes the start of something for people.”

This is the fourth opening theme the Hakodate-formed four member band has written for the Ace of Diamond series following HEROES, Hashire! Mirai and Sora ga Aozora de aru Tame ni.

The anime edit version of the song will be released digitally on April 2, the same date the anime airs.

It has been revealed that Japanese rock band GLAY’s new song will be used as the opening theme for the upcoming anime series Ace of Diamond Act II set to air on April 2, 2019.

The song was written by the band’s own vocalist TERU. This is the fourth opening theme the Hakodate-formed four member band has written for the Ace of Diamond series following HEROES, Hashire! Mirai and Sora ga Aozora de aru Tame ni.

Each song to date has evoked the feeling of high school baseball which the series is based around.

Speaking about the song, TERU comments: “I have been given the opportunity to write another opening theme for Ace of Diamond. The song is about the starting of one’s hopes and dreams, the beginning of a new life, the feelings that serve as the impetus for these things. I hope this song becomes the start of something for other people too.”

GLAY will release their new album “SUMMERDELICS” on the 12^th of July and they held a pre-listening event of the album and the talk event at Shinjuku WALD 9 on the 10^th of July (Mon.).

The audience at this event heard all 14 songs included in the album. Many in the audience enjoyed the album, some closing their eyes and moving their bodies to the rhythm.

After listening to all the songs of the album. TERU, TAKURO, JIRO, HISASHI appeared on stage and talked about their new album. TERU said, “By releasing this album which includes songs written by each of us, we gained confidence.”

Two surprise announcements were made during this event.

The first announcement was the release of a music video of one of the songs on the album “XYZ” which was the theme song of Red Bull Air Race 2017. The music video is a collaborative work with Red Bull Air Race including the video of the special live held at the final match of the Red Bull Air Race Chiba held on the 4^th of July. I am pretty sure you will feel the freshness and the speed of the song.

The second announcement was an urgent announcement!

The words “TOKYO SUMMERDELICS” appeared on the screen and it was announced that “something is going to happen somewhere in Tokyo” and a countdown started. The countdown was also started on the official website of GLAY.

As the album title, SUMMERDELICS suggests, (it defies any attempt at a quick and simple solution) we need to keep our eyes focused on their future activities.

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On June 22nd, GLAY headed to Taiwan to participate in“The 28^th Golden Melody Awards.” They were greeted by their fans at the airport and they had a rehearsal on the next day, that is the 23^rd of June. And on the 24^th of June, they participated “The 28^th Golden Melody Awards” which is called as the Grammy Awards of Taiwan and performed on the stage of the Taipei Arena as a representative of Japanese artists along with popular Taiwanese artists.

They performed “the other end of the globe” which is going to be included in their new album to be released on the 12^th of July called “SUMMERDELICS” and “Yuwaku” which is one of GLAY’s hit songs. While performing “Yuwaku,” Mayday appeared on stage with his guitar and TERU shouted “come on monster!” The fans at the venue were thrilled and gave a great cheer to their collaborative performance.

Moreover, GLAY used a limousine to go to Taipei Arena and in front of the arena, many camera flashes lit up when the four members appeared on the red carpet and the atmosphere of the venue was as gorgeous as the Grammy Awards.

In the interview after the performance, GLAY announced that they will be holding a live concert at Taipei Arena in March, 2018. The four members GLAY who enthralled the audience as representative artists of Japan, told their fans that they are looking forward to hold a live concert in Taiwan for the first time in five years. Everyone has great expectations of GLAY’s future activities.

In addition, it has been decided that“SUMMERDELICS” will be released simultaneously the overseas releases.

Their new album SUMMERDELICS will be released at Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea on the 12^th of July.

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