The full music video for ‘Dark Spiral Journey,’ the opening theme for the anime series Peach Boy Riverside, has been uploaded to YouTube. Performed by pop-rock group Q-MHz and featuring Wagakki Band’s Yuko Suzuhana, it’s a track that’s dark and fast-paced, a perfect match for the anime’s story. 

Previously, a non-credit opening video was released on YouTube and Twitter, commemorating the show’s first episode released on July 1. This short version was met with massive fanfare, and the full release doesn’t disappoint!

f you’re just looking for the audio release, ‘Dark spiral journey’ is now available on multiple streaming services! 

Peach Boy Riverside began airing on TOKYO MX, BS NTV and other stations beginning July 1. It’s based on the manga series of the same name, currently serialized in Kodansha’s Shonen Magazine R and Magapoke. You may have heard of the Japanese folktale Momotaro, but Peach Boy Riverside wants to tell another peach-related story you may not expect. 

Q-MHz just dropped their new song Live and let die today for digital download. The song is being used for the first arc of the new TV anime series Babylon. 

Babylon is a Japanese crime thriller novel series written by Mado Nozaki and illustrated by Zain. In an age where morals and compliance are at the centre of attention, viewers will be asked to question the meaning of life and justice. Keywords surrounding the series are “suicide” and “evil.” The anime series jumps the hurdle on adapting Nozaki’s challenging work.

The anime will have three arcs: Itteki no Doku (One Drop of Poison), Erabareta Shi (The Chosen Death), and Magaru Sekai (Twisted World). Japanese music group Q-MHz will perform three different theme songs for each respective arc.

The band’s new song Live and let die written for the first arc features female Japanese singer uloco. It was arranged by music group Gesshokukaigi, marking Q-MHz’s first time working with them. It’s a dark, cool and heavy rock song wrapped in a blanket of unrest.

Live and let die is now rolling out across major digital music platforms. The first arc, which consists of three episodes, are now available to watch in Japan and overseas on Amazon Prime Video.

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A new promotional video for the upcoming anime series Babylon, which is set to air on TOKYO MX from October 7, has revealed three new characters and cast members.

The new characters include include Ariyoshi Hanta (voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu), who is the best friend of protagonist Zen Seizaki; the politician Ryūichirō Nomaru (Katsuhisa Houki); and Kaika Itsuki (Ryotaro Okiayu).

The anime will have three arcs: Itteki no Doku (One Drop of Poison), Erabareta Shi (The Chosen Death), and Magaru Sekai (Twisted World). Japanese music group Q-MHz will write a different theme song for each respective arc.

The song for the first arc Itteki no Doku is titled Live and let die and will by performed by Q-MHz feat. uloco. The song is described as fast-paced, with the lyrics centring around seeking the possibility of life.

Stay tuned for the latest updates on Babylon.

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A new promotional video has been released featuring the new opening theme of the upcoming TV anime series Run with the Wind. The song, titled Kaze Tsuyoku, Kimi Atsuku, was written by Q-MHz and Mitsuhiro Hidaka―also known as SKY-HI―and will be released as a digital single on January 23.

The song features a running-like melody coupled with SKY-HI’s vocals and rapping. Check out the video below which showcases the 10 members of the athletic club in Kansei University in their uniforms.

Run with the Wind will continue with episode 12 on January 8, 2019.

Japanese music group Q-MHz which is composed of Aki Hata, Tomokazu Tashiro, Katsuhiko Kurosu and Tomoya Tabuchi (UNISON SQUARE GARDEN) are teaming up with AAA member Mitsuhiro Hidaka―who is also active as a solo rapper under the bane SKY-HI―to release a new digital single called Kaze Tsuyoku, Kimi Atsuku on January 23.

The song will be used as the second opening song for the ongoing anime series Run with the Wind. It features a running-like melody coupled with SKY-HI’s vocals and rapping.

The sports anime is an adaptation of Shion Miura’s award-winning novel of the same name.  It is being directed by Kazuya Nomura (Robotics;Notes, Ghost In The Shell: The New Movie) at Production I.G.

Comment: Q-MHz
“We are Q-MHz and we have been handed the baton from the first opening theme to perform the second one! It has a colourful rock sound that looks towards the climax of the story. Hidaka’s numbing rapping too makes it mega exciting. [People’s] emotions are sure to rise when the song doesn’t play for a second time at the end.”

Comment: Mitsuhiro Hidaka a.k.a. SKY-HI
“Tabuchi was my upperclassman in high school. This is the first time we have worked together, so getting to sing for Q-MHz felt like going back to being a high school student. I also got to sing in a style different to what they usually do! In receiving a request as singer I feel that though the weight is fairly heavy that pressure is thrilling and ties in with the anime and the song. It’s an eternity of youth packed in an instant into 3 minutes!”