Make-up (band)
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Make-Up was a Japanese band responsible for the theme songs from the anime
Saint Seiya
"Pegasus Fantasy" (1st opening theme) and "Blue Forever" (1st ending theme).
The band also recorded three albums with songs inspired by the same anime: Saint Seiya Hits I, Saint Seiya Hits II and Saint Seiya 1996 Song Collection.
In 1985, they released their third album Born to Be Hard and their fourth and final album Rock Legend of Boys and Girls.
In 1986, the band is invited by Columbia Records
to sing the Saint Seiya
theme songs. Pegasus Fantasy came to be one of the most well-known anime songs of all time.
After the Saint Seiya
albums, the band split up and each member followed their own solo careers.
In 2004, Columbia Records
released Make-Up 20th Anniversary Memories of Blue, a box that included five CDs and a live DVD, but no new song was recorded.
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....
Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
"Pegasus Fantasy" (1st opening theme) and "Blue Forever" (1st ending theme).
The band also recorded three albums with songs inspired by the same anime: Saint Seiya Hits I, Saint Seiya Hits II and Saint Seiya 1996 Song Collection.
History
In 1984 they performed their first show and released their first two albums: Howling Will and Straight Liner.In 1985, they released their third album Born to Be Hard and their fourth and final album Rock Legend of Boys and Girls.
In 1986, the band is invited by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
to sing the Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
theme songs. Pegasus Fantasy came to be one of the most well-known anime songs of all time.
After the Saint Seiya
Saint Seiya
, also known as Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac or simply Knights of the Zodiac, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1986 to 1991, and adapted into an anime TV series by Toei Animation from 1986 to 1989.The story follows...
albums, the band split up and each member followed their own solo careers.
In 2004, Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
released Make-Up 20th Anniversary Memories of Blue, a box that included five CDs and a live DVD, but no new song was recorded.
Band members
- Lead vocals- Hiroaki Matsuzawa (松澤 浩明 Matsuzawa Hiroaki) - Guitar
- Yōgo Kōno (河野 陽吾 Kōno Yōgo) - Keyboards
- Yasuyoshi Ikeda (池田 育義 Ikeda Yasuyoshi) - Bass guitar
- Yoshihiro Toyokawa (豊川 義弘 Toyokawa Yoshihiro) - Drums
External links
- Make-Up20周年記念BOX | Memories of Blue
- Make-Up on Anison Database