Seikan Hikou debuted at the Oricon Weekly Singles charts at #5, with 34501 units sold. While being the Macross F CD single that debuted on the weekly charts lowest, it is good to note that even if the Don’t be Late single was released on the same date Seikan Hikou was, it would also have landed itself on the #5 spot. The Don’t be Late single sold 42,714 units on its first week, but that would not have been enough to beat this week’s #4 spot which sold 46637 units.

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Update: Release date pushed back to August 20, 2008.

Catalog No.: VTCL-35033
Release Date: August 20, 2008
Price: 1155 yen (approx. 10.97 USD)

Song list:
1. Lion (2nd Opening Theme)
Vocals: May’n, Megumi Nakajima
2. Northern Cross (2nd Ending Theme)
Vocals: May’n
(and others)

Preorder through CD Japan or Amazon.
More details to come.

Source: CD Japan, May’n’s Blog. (more…)

Amazon Japan recently turned up with the box set covers of both the Wolf’s Rain DVD Release and GITS:SAC Limited Edition Blu-Ray Release. I think the Wolf’s Rain one is gorgeous, the GITS:SAC one is a little too simple for an animation that sophisticated.

Details:
Catalog No.: BCXA-17
Format: Blu-ray
Number of discs (or other units): 4
Release Date: July 25, 2008
Price: 28000yen (approx $259.36 USD)
Purchase through CD Japan or Amazon.

Description: Blu-ray release of legendary anime OVA series “Ghost in the Shell S.A.C.” includes the features “The Laughing Man,” “Individual Eleven,” and “Solid State Society” plus bonus disc with 180 minutes of bonus footage including the features “Tachikoma na Hibi” (new feature), “Section 9 Science File Extra Tachikoma na Hibi” (”The Laughing Man” ver), “Section 9 Science File Extra Tachikoma na Hibi” (”Individual Eleven” ver), short anime “Uchikoma na Hibi,” “S.A.C. Archive,” “S.A.C. Archive 2,” “Work World File Sakuhin Sekai Tettei Kensho,” “Anime + Car Design Designing The Future Car,” and “Making of Tachikoma Robot - Robo Garage no Chosen.”

Features Tru HD and 5.1 channel Japanese audio tracks, Tru HD and 5.1 channel English audio tracks, and Japanese and English subtitles. Box includes deluxe “S.S.S.” setting guide and special 24-page booklet (details subject to change).

Details:
Catalog No.: BCBA-3320
Format: DVD
Number of discs (or other units): 8 (more…)

Megumi Nakajima/Ranka Lee’s Debut Single Seikan Hikou debuts in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart at #5, with a tough competition of 9 other debuts this week. Seikan Hikou’s sales for yesterday are not published in Oricon, as they usually don’t publish the figures if they are below 10,000. The single above Seikan Hikou does not have figures either, and the single above that sold about 14,000.

But there’s hope as the Triangler Single debuted at the daily charts with a lower ranking at #6, but made it to the weeklies at #3.

I wish it would end up in the Weeklies as #3 or higher to keep the Macross Frontier record. (more…)

Another new CM song! Perhaps Kanno has some time in her hands right now This time, the song is for the insurance company Tokio Marine Nichido, entitled “Anshin Seimei SEIMEI Hajimaru”. I’m not sure how to describe the song, perhaps I’ll just say that it’s something that might come out of a 70’s style comedy show.

Listen to the song in Grand Funk.net, watch the CM video at the Tokio Marine Nichido page.

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