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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese rock band based in Machida

Machida, Tokyo

is a city located in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. The city was founded on February 1, 1958.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 424,669 and a population density of 5,928.65 persons per km². The total area is 71.63 km²...

, Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. They have performed opening and ending theme songs for various anime

Anime

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....

 series such as Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club

is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...

, RD Sennō Chōsashitsu

Real Drive

is an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow. Real Drive is produced in collaboration with broadcaster Nippon Television , and premiered in Japan on NTV on 8 April 2008.-Storyline and setting:...

, and Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger. To date, they have released 5 albums, a mini-album, and 8 singles.

Members

- vocals, rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

 - vocals, bass

Bass guitar

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 - lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

 - drums

Tears Library

Tears Library is Last Alliance's first studio album released on July 19, 2003.

Track listing

1. Boys Don't Cry - 3:57
2. Run into the Freedom - 3:39
3. - 3:59
4. Last Alliance - 1:51
5. Rebel Fire - 2:22
6. Beautiful - 0:48
7. - 3:10
8. See You Again - 2:54
9. Sky Is Crying - 3:36
10. - 4:22
11. Equal Reason - 4:27

Underground Blue

Underground Blue is Last Alliance's second studio album released on November 8, 2004. The track "Greens Sunlight" was featured in the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter.

Track listing

1. South Wind Knows - 3:44
2. Clone - 4:12
3. - 5:06
4. - 4:06
5. One Hot Second - 3:45
6. - 4:29
7. Urge - 3:34
8. Greens Sunlight - 3:46
9. - 5:38
10. - 3:41
11. - 3:31
12. Truth in My Arms - 3:40
13. - 6:10
14. Letter - 3:58

Me and Your Borderline

Me and Your Borderline is Last Alliance's third studio album released on December 6, 2006. The track "Spiral World" was used as the ending theme to the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter and the tracks "Akai Hana" and "Jōka" was re-recorded on the limited edition release of Keep on Smashing Blue.

Track listing

1. Break a mirror - 4:35
2. Konoyubitomare - 4:00
3. - 3:54
4. - 4:25
5. - 4:22
6. - 4:18
7. Spiral World - 3:40
8. - 4:26
9. Gray End - 5:31
10. Fantasia - 4:21
11. Lie of Eternity, Paint It Blue - 4:32
12. - 3:48
13. - 3:57
14. - 5:13

The Sum

The Sum is Last Alliance's fourth studio album released on June 25, 2008.

Track listing

1. Change by 1 - 3:05
2. Proud of Scar - 2:05
3. - 4:18
4. - 3:36
5. - 3:20
6. Perfect Game - 4:30
7. - 4:48
8. - 4:15
9. Drag On - 4:33
10. World Is Mine - 3:55
11. - 4:47
12. - 4:26

Keep on Smashing Blue

Keep on Smashing Blue is Last Alliance's fifth studio album released on October 27, 2010. The Limited Edition release contains a DVD of the Kawasaki Relax tour held at Club Quattro on January 28, 2010, a PV of "Wing", and two bonus tracks previously featured in Me and Your Borderline: "Akai Hana (Sweet Anzai Boy)", performed by Anzai, and "Jōka (Angry Matsumura Boy)", performed by Matsumura.

1. Blue Lightning - 4:10
2. Everything Is Evanescent - 3:13
3. Ne(w)rotic World - 3:57
4. Loser - 1:17
5. - 3:45
6. - 2:13
7. Take Over - 1:32
8. Time Will Tell: Dear Youth - 3:03
9. Wing - 4:33
10. Alliance Airlines - 3:42
11. - 3:41
12. - 4:28
13. Hekireki - 3:45
14. Looking for the Rainy Sky - 3:03
15. - 4:16
16. (Limited Edition only) - 4:41
17. (Limited Edition only) - 5:13

Kawasaki Relax

Kawasaki Relax is Last Alliance's first mini-album released on October 10, 2009. It is the first (and currently only) album that contains full English lyrics.

Track listing

1. Wedge - 3:27
2. Today - 3:27
3. Days - 2:58
4. 8Heartbeat∞ - 3:08
5. Tomorrow - 3:41

Last Alliance

Last Alliance is the first self-titled single by Last Alliance released on June 18, 2003. All three songs were later re-recorded in Tears Library. The single is currently out of print.

Track listing

1. Boys Don't Cry - 3:57
2. Last Alliance - 1:54
3. Equal REason - 4:27

YG Service

YG Service is the second single by Last Alliance released on February 18, 2004. The CD for the single contains a music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song "Equal Reason".

Track listing

1. Sketch - 3:44
2. - 4:20
3. Maboroshi Memory - 4:54

IO

IO is the third single by Last Alliance released on July 21, 2004. The songs "Solitude", "Musō Jidai", and "Truth in My Arms" were re-recorded in Underground Blue. The single is currently out of print.

Track listing

1. - 5:09
2. - 4:28
3. Melancholy - 3:35
4. Truth in My Arms - 3:38

Re:frain

Re:frain is the fourth single by Last Alliance released on October 5, 2005. The song "Konoyubitomare" was later re-recorded in Me and Your Borderline.

Track listing

1. Color Desert - 4:53
2. - 4:41
3. Astrogate-0 - 4:38
4. Konoyubitomare - 4:32

Daze & Hope

Daze & Hope is the fifth single by Last Alliance released on May 17, 2006. The CD for the single contains a promotional video for the song "Greens Sunlight". The track "Shissō" was used as the ending theme for the TV anime Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club

is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...

and was later re-recorded in Me and Your Borderline.

Track listing

1. - 3:55
2. Fly Again, Hero - 3:28
3. - 0:25
4. One Drop of Tear - 3:32

Signal 004

Signal 004 is the sixth single by Last Alliance released on November 28, 2007. The song "Drag On" was rerecorded in the sum. A DVD of the single contains music videos of "Drag On" and "Shissō".

Track listing

1. Drag On - 4:39
2. - 4:08
3. - 4:29

Always in My Heart

Always in My Heart is the seventh single by Last Alliance released on April 16, 2008. The track "Katahiza no Yogore" was used as the ending theme for the TV anime RD Sennō Chōsashitsu

Real Drive

is an anime TV series, created by Production I.G and Masamune Shirow. Real Drive is produced in collaboration with broadcaster Nippon Television , and premiered in Japan on NTV on 8 April 2008.-Storyline and setting:...

and was later re-recorded in the sum.

Track listing

1. - 3:18
2. I.O.J.F.K (intro) - 1:07
3. I.O.J.F.K - 3:28

New Dawn

New Dawn is the eighth single by Last Alliance released on March 4, 2009. The track "Hekireki" was used the opening theme for the TV anime Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger and was later re-recorded in Keep on Smashing Blue.

Track listing

1. Hekireki - 4:09
2. My Idea - 3:46
3. - 4:25

External links

• Official site
• Hiroshi's diary - Hiroshi's blog.