is a single released by High and Mighty Color

High and Mighty Color

High and Mighty Color was a Japanese metal band active from 2003 to 2010. They notably had two vocalists; a male and a female.- Formation and Anti-Nobunaga :...

 on October 25, 2006.

Overview

"Enrai: Tooku ni Aru Akari" is the band's eighth single and its last release in 2006. The title track is the third ending theme for the four-part anime

Anime

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 feature compilation Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Special Edition. The song also appeared in Drummania

DrumMania

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/GuitarFreaks

GuitarFreaks

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 V4 as a cover, making the song playable on the arcade machine as well as the compilation album Tokyo Rock City

Tokyo Rock City

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The B-side

A-side and B-side

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 "Kaerimichi no Orenji", was used in a commercial for the Wii

Wii

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 game Bleach Wii: Hakujin Kirameku Rondo. The first pressings of the single came with a special pin up featuring Gundam character Athrun Zala

Athrun Zala

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. The music video

Music video

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 for the song was directed by Sueyoshi Nobu.

Sample of the translated lyrics:

We all cease to be connected by dazzling chance meetings, I won't leave you again

Here, we drew our fingertips, which once touched, back toward ourselves

Your overly radiant form, and small whisper

Seem to connect us together and heal us, who are tangled together...

Because I won't pretend to give up

Track listing

1. "Enrai: Tooku ni Aru Akari" (遠雷 ～遠くにある明かり) – 4:23
2. "Kaeri Michi no Orenji" (帰り道のオレンジ; Orange Return Trip) – 4:08
3. "Enrai: Tooku ni Aru Akari (Less Vocal Track)" – 4:31

All songs written by High and Mighty Color.

Personnel

• Maakii & Yuusuke — vocals
  Singing
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• Kazuto — guitar
  Guitar
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• Meg — guitar
  Guitar
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• Mackaz — bass
  Bass guitar
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• Sassy — drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Through – art direction & design
• Tom Vezo (Minden Pictures/Amana, cover), Hidekazu Maiyama (members) – photographer
• Tsukushi Ichikawa (Mild) – hair & make-up
• Toshio Takeda (Mild) – styling

Charts

Oricon Sales Chart (Japan)

Release	Chart	Peak position	First week sales	Total sales	Chart run
25 October 2006	Oricon Daily Singles Chart	#12
25 October 2006	Oricon Weekly Singles Chart	#15	11,520	23,742	6 weeks

GuitarFreaks & Drummania

This song is playable as a cover in Drummania

DrumMania

is a music video game series produced by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., where colored notes travel down the screen which correspond with color coded parts of an electronic drum set...

/GuitarFreaks

GuitarFreaks

is a music video game series produced by Konami. The player uses a controller to simulate the playing of an electric guitar. The game consists of music predominantly from rock and roll and J-Pop genres, and is now in its 19th version, GuitarFreaks V8, which was released in March 28, 2011...

 V4. It was covered by BeForU

BeForU

BeForU was an all female Japanese teen pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games. BeForU debuted in 2000 with their song "Dive", which was notable as being the first Japanese pop song in the Dance Dance Revolution series. BeForU was produced by Naoki Maeda, one...

 member Riyu Kosaka

Riyu Kosaka

is a J-pop singer, as well as a member of the Konami-produced J-Pop group BeForU. Kosaka was born in the Kanagawa Prefecture on January 17, 1985.- Discovery by Konami :...

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