Aozora no NAMIDA
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is Hitomi Takahashi
's third single under the Sony Records label. The single was released on November 30, 2005, in two different formats: CD only and CD+DVD. This is the third retail single to be released for her first album Sympathy
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. The single was originally slated to be released on October 12, 2005, but was pushed back to a later date. This is Hitomi's first single to be in two formats, CD only and CD+DVD. On its first day on the Oricon
charts, "Aozora no Namida" hit #5, and managed to get #8 for its first week. The music video for this single includes animation of Blood+ made specifically for the video.
The title song is an upbeat song, unlike her past single "Evergreen". Like her other two singles, the song uses a guitar all through the song, but the guitar seems to be less apparent than in "Bokutachi no Yukue". A keyboard is used in parts of the song as well. The lyrics for the title song were partially penned by Hitomi herself. A rerecorded version of "Aozora no Namida" was recorded in 2007 on her single, "Tsuyoku Nare
", and features a stronger punk/rock influence as opposed to the pop/rock influence of the original.
The promotional video for "Aozora no Namida" was directed by AT, and, like her previous two, was filmed at an unknown location. The PV starts off with the main character of Blood+
, Saya Otonashi, preparing to fight a Chiropteran. The scene suddenly changes to Hitomi waking up on a staircase, looking around, and then walking down the staircase. The scene changes again to Saya killing the Chiropteran, the scene also constantly switching from Hitomi to this scene as Hitomi continues to "search" around the place. As the PV progresses, Hitomi stumbles upon Saya fighting another Chiropteran, with Saya losing control of her sword. Also, other scenes of Hitomi can be seen; Hitomi sitting on a bunch of rocks with steam around her, and Hitomi singing in a subway-like setting (this is also where the fight against the second Chiropteran takes place). Hitomi grabs the sword and kills the Chiropteran causing Saya to disappear with a smile. The end of the PV features Hitomi walking out onto a cliff to view a city being ravaged by more Chiroptera, her eyes glowing red.
DVD
Hitomi Takahashi (singer)
is a rock/pop singer from Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. After being selected as finalist in the Sony Music SD audition, which contained about 20,000 applicants, Hitomi entered the music scene in 2005 with her single "Bokutachi no Yukue"...
's third single under the Sony Records label. The single was released on November 30, 2005, in two different formats: CD only and CD+DVD. This is the third retail single to be released for her first album Sympathy
Sympathy (Hitomi Takahashi)
sympathy is Hitomi Takahashi's first album to be released under gr8! records, a division of Sony Records. The album was released on March 1, 2006, and three singles preceded it.-Overview:...
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Overview
"Aozora no Namida" was used as the first opening theme song for the animeAnime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
Blood+
Blood+
Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode...
. The single was originally slated to be released on October 12, 2005, but was pushed back to a later date. This is Hitomi's first single to be in two formats, CD only and CD+DVD. On its first day on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...
charts, "Aozora no Namida" hit #5, and managed to get #8 for its first week. The music video for this single includes animation of Blood+ made specifically for the video.
The title song is an upbeat song, unlike her past single "Evergreen". Like her other two singles, the song uses a guitar all through the song, but the guitar seems to be less apparent than in "Bokutachi no Yukue". A keyboard is used in parts of the song as well. The lyrics for the title song were partially penned by Hitomi herself. A rerecorded version of "Aozora no Namida" was recorded in 2007 on her single, "Tsuyoku Nare
Tsuyoku Nare
"'" is Hitomi Takahashi's 8th single under the Sony Records label, and was released on September 12, 2007 just a little over one month after her 7th single "Jet Boy Jet Girl".- Overview :...
", and features a stronger punk/rock influence as opposed to the pop/rock influence of the original.
Music video
Blood+
Blood+, pronounced as "Blood Plus", is an anime series produced by Production I.G and Aniplex and directed by Junichi Fujisaku. The series premiered in Japan on Sony's anime satellite channel, Animax, as well as on terrestrial networks such as MBS, TBS, and RKB on October 8, 2005. The final episode...
, Saya Otonashi, preparing to fight a Chiropteran. The scene suddenly changes to Hitomi waking up on a staircase, looking around, and then walking down the staircase. The scene changes again to Saya killing the Chiropteran, the scene also constantly switching from Hitomi to this scene as Hitomi continues to "search" around the place. As the PV progresses, Hitomi stumbles upon Saya fighting another Chiropteran, with Saya losing control of her sword. Also, other scenes of Hitomi can be seen; Hitomi sitting on a bunch of rocks with steam around her, and Hitomi singing in a subway-like setting (this is also where the fight against the second Chiropteran takes place). Hitomi grabs the sword and kills the Chiropteran causing Saya to disappear with a smile. The end of the PV features Hitomi walking out onto a cliff to view a city being ravaged by more Chiroptera, her eyes glowing red.
Track listing
CD- - 4:31
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & Natsumi Watanabe
Music by Hidenori Tanaka
Arrangement by Hyoe Yasuhara - - 3:28
Lyrics by Hitomi Takahashi & mavie
Music and arrangement by Shinya Saito - "My Answer" - 5:23
Lyrics by mavie
Music and arrangement by Yuta Nakano - "Aozora no Namida -Instrumental-" (Hidenori Tanaka) - 4:31
DVD
- "Aozora no Namida" (PV) - 4:36
Production
- Producer - Kazuma Jo
- Directors - Kazuma Jo, Taku Sugawara
- Recording - Eiichi Nishizawa (Studio Rine)
- Mixing - Eiichi Nishizawa (Studio Rine)
- Music Video Director - AT (Hinx Minx)
Performances
- 2005 - MBS Anime Fes.'05
- October 29, 2005 - Music Fair 21
- December 10, 2005 - CDTV
- December 18, 2005 - "Sendai 89ers vs. Osaka Evessa" basketball game
- May 7, 2006 - Sony Music Anime Fes.06
- June 11, 2006 - Sony Music Anime Fes.06 at Osaka
Charts
Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 30, 2005 | Oricon Daily Singles Chart | #5 | |||
| November 30, 2005 | Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | #8 | 44,629 | 83,523 | 12+ weeks |
| November 30, 2005 | Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | ||||