23 artists, including Isao Sasaki and Ichiro Mizuki, have gathered for the anime 100th anniversary song!　The CD will be released on October 25!

The anniversary song "Tsubasa o tsubasa o tsukumotsu mono ~Not an angel Just a dreamer~", created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the anime, will be released on October 25, 2017 (Wednesday). The song will be released on October 25 (Wed.), 2017. In addition, the lineup of 23 groups of splendid animation song and voice actor artists who transcended labels and gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary has also been unveiled.

The anime 100th anniversary song will be sung by the same artists who wrote the opening song for "ONE PIECE" "We Are! and many other hit songs. The song was planned by composer Kouhei Tanaka, who has composed many hit songs, including "We Are The World," the opening song for "ONE PIECE." Twenty-three groups of artists of different generations and labels, who are both anime and voice actors, gathered to create an anime song version of "We Are The World" with the artists who have supported the Japanese anime and anime song culture.

In addition, a group of artists including Aki Hata and Seiko Fujibayashi for lyrics, and Kohei Tanaka and Noriyasu Uematsu for music composition, created a magnificent 8-minute-long song.

This song was also chosen as the official song of "Anime NEXT100. Anime NEXT100" (sponsored by the Association of Japanese Animations) is a project to send out the "true" appeal of Japanese animation to all people around the world to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese animation this year, 2017. Starting with this music, they will further convey Japanese animation and ani-song culture to the world.

The CD, which will be released on October 25, 2017 (Wednesday), will also include a DVD containing music videos of the recording sessions of the participating artists. In addition, comment movies of the participating artists will be released sequentially on the official website.

The following comments have been received from the participating artists.

Comments
Isao Sasaki (theme song for "Space Battleship Yamato" and "The Galaxy Express 999," etc.)
It is my great pleasure to be able to participate in this magnificent work. I am sure that this song will remain in your hearts as a reminder of my involvement in the history of Japanese animation as a singer and voice actor, which has been built up by our predecessors, and woven together with my friends.

■Ichiro Mizuki (theme song for "Mazinger Z" and "Space Pirate Captain Harlock," etc.)
I feel it is a great honor for me as an animation song singer to be able to participate in the 100th anniversary song, which is a song on a vast scale suitable for the 100th anniversary, and I feel that it contains my own feelings in my life as an animation song singer. I sang it with a renewed sense of how good ani-songs are.

Miyako Horie ("Candy Candy," "Hana no Ko Lun Lun Lun," etc.)
I started singing when I was a child, so I have spent most of my life singing anime songs. I think anime is life itself for me. For this anniversary song, I am looking forward to working with many artists to create a song together. I am looking forward to working with many artists on this anniversary song.

Shoko Nakagawa
I think this song will be a proof that I lived together with legendary senior artists. I will never forget the recordings directed by Mr. Kohei Tanaka and Mr. Ichiro Mizuki for the rest of my life. When I think about how anime songs have been there for me in times of pain and depression, and how they have made me the person I am today, my heart is filled with gratitude. I believe it will be a testament that I lived with the legends, my great seniors."

[CD Summary

■"Tsubasa o tsubasa wo motomete ～Not an angel Just a dreamer
Release date : October 25, 2017 (Wednesday)
Form ： CD + DVD
Price ： 1,500 yen (excluding tax)
Lyrics : Aki Hata, Seiko Fujibayashi
Composition ：Keihei Tanaka, Noriyasu Uematsu
Arrangement : Kohei Tanaka
Executive Producer : Kohei Tanaka

Participating Artists〉 (*Honorific titles omitted)
i☆Ris
Azumi Inoue
Wake Up, Girls!
Marei Uchida
Akira Kushida
GRANRODEO
Isao Sasaki
Hiro Shimono
JAM Project
Konomi Suzuki
Kenichi Suzumura
Ayana Taketatsu
Minori Chihara
TRUE
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Shoko Nakagawa
Wataru Hatano
Miyako Horie
Minami
Ichiro Mizuki
Suzuko Mimori
May'n
Chihiro Yonekura

(C)tsubasa project