Bōken Suisei
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is a song by Kurumi Enomoto
, released as the fifth and final single from her second album Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
, two months before the album's release.
The song was used as the ending theme song for Tales of the Abyss, an anime adaption of the Namco
RPG
game of the same title
. The single was produced by Motoo Fujiwara, lead vocalist of the band Bump of Chicken
, and the band's producer and longtime collaborator with Enomoto, Mor
. Bump of Chicken's song Karma
was used as the original game's theme song, as well as the opening theme song for the anime.
The single was released in two versions: a limited edition featuring a DVD, plus a regular CD only version. The DVD features the music video for the song, along with an acoustic performance of it and a special animated video with clips from the anime. The CD+DVD limited edition featured a sticker with Abyss characters Luke and Asch, while the regular version featured a general themed Abyss sticker.
The B-sides of the single were also written by Mor
and Motoo Fujiwara. This is the first release by Enomoto where she has no song writing input into the lyrics/music of all of the songs. All three songs appear on Enomoto's second album, Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
.
Kurumi Enomoto
, formerly known by the mononym is a Japanese singer-songwriter. She debuted in 2002 with the independently released single . She is most well known for singing the ending theme song for the anime adaptation of the Namco RPG game Tales of the Abyss, "Bōken Suisei."- Biography :Enomoto was born in...
, released as the fifth and final single from her second album Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
-Japan Sales Rankings:...
, two months before the album's release.
The song was used as the ending theme song for Tales of the Abyss, an anime adaption of the Namco
Namco Tales Studio
, formerly , was a Japanese video game development company founded in 1986. The company was renamed in 2003 when Telenet Japan sold part of its stake and made Namco the majority shareholder. Namco Tales Studio continues to be the primary developer of the Tales RPG series, as they had been since the...
RPG
Role-playing game (video games)
Role-playing video games are a video game genre with origins in pen-and-paper role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons, using much of the same terminology, settings and game mechanics. The player in RPGs controls one character, or several adventuring party members, fulfilling one or many quests...
game of the same title
Tales of the Abyss
is a console role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco in Japan and Namco Bandai Games in North America. Tales of the Abyss's characteristic genre name is The Meaning Of Birth RPG . It is the eighth mothership title in the Tales series, and was released for the...
. The single was produced by Motoo Fujiwara, lead vocalist of the band Bump of Chicken
Bump of Chicken
Bump of Chicken is a rock group from Sakura, Chiba, Japan. Their members are Fujiwara Motoo, Hiroaki Masukawa, Yoshifumi Naoi and Hideo Masu. Since their inception in 1994, they have released fourteen singles and five albums...
, and the band's producer and longtime collaborator with Enomoto, Mor
MOR
Mor or MOR may refer to:In publications:* Mathematics of Operations Research, a quarterly publication on the mathematics of operations research.In mechanics:...
. Bump of Chicken's song Karma
Supernova/Karma
is the eleventh single by Bump of Chicken, released on November 23, 2005. The title tracks are from the album Orbital Period. "Karma" was used as the opening theme for video game and animated series, Tales of the Abyss.-Track listing:...
was used as the original game's theme song, as well as the opening theme song for the anime.
The single was released in two versions: a limited edition featuring a DVD, plus a regular CD only version. The DVD features the music video for the song, along with an acoustic performance of it and a special animated video with clips from the anime. The CD+DVD limited edition featured a sticker with Abyss characters Luke and Asch, while the regular version featured a general themed Abyss sticker.
The B-sides of the single were also written by Mor
MOR
Mor or MOR may refer to:In publications:* Mathematics of Operations Research, a quarterly publication on the mathematics of operations research.In mechanics:...
and Motoo Fujiwara. This is the first release by Enomoto where she has no song writing input into the lyrics/music of all of the songs. All three songs appear on Enomoto's second album, Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
Notebook II: Bōken Note-chū
-Japan Sales Rankings:...
.
Single
DVD
Oricon Charts (Japan)
| Release | Chart | Peak Position | First Week Sales | Sales Total | Chart Run |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Singles Chart | 6 | ||||
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart | 10 | 13,697 | 30,752 | 11 weeks | |
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | 371 |
Various charts
| Chart | Peak position |
First Week Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Soundscan Single Top 20 | 16 | 8,511 |
| Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Japan Singles Top 100 |
9 | N/A |
| CDTV Top 100 | 10 | N/A |