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is a song by the Jpop vocalist Hironobu Kageyama
and was used as the opening theme for the infamous anime
OAV based on the 1987 Ninja Turtles
series Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend. It was written by Yukinojo Mori and composed by Takashi Ike. It was released by Columbia Records
on March 3, 1996 in Japan
only and is coupled with the series closing theme "Chikyū wa Ogenki" performed by "Mokkun". The song would also go on to be featured in Kageyama's five disc anthology boxset "Eternity".
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese musical artist prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game, and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the pop group Lazy. By the early '80s, the band split and Kageyama went solo...
and was used as the opening theme for the infamous 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....
OAV based on the 1987 Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...
series Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend. It was written by Yukinojo Mori and composed by Takashi Ike. It was released 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...
on March 3, 1996 in Japan
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...
only and is coupled with the series closing theme "Chikyū wa Ogenki" performed by "Mokkun". The song would also go on to be featured in Kageyama's five disc anthology boxset "Eternity".