The opening theme for the TV anime "Shinkage no Kyojin" Season 3 will be X JAPAN feat. HYDE!

The world premiere of the TV anime "Shinketsu no Kyojin" Season 3 was held, and it was announced that X JAPAN will sing the opening theme.

The anime work is based on the comic series by Hajime Isayama, serialized in "Bessatsu Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha), and is a dark fantasy depicting the battle between man-eating giants and humans, as well as the mysteries and conspiracies surrounding the world.
Season 1 was broadcast from April to September 2013 and Season 2 from April to June 2017, and became a huge hit due to its overwhelming quality, including powerful action and tension-filled direction. The series has gained popularity around the world, and a theatrical compilation and a live-action movie have also been produced. General director is Tetsuro Araki, director is Masashi Hizuka, series composition is Yasuko Kobayashi, character design is Kyoji Asano, and music is Hiroyuki Sawano. Production is by WITSTUDIO.
⇒2018 Summer Anime

The world premiere of the TV anime "Shinkage no Kyojin" Season 3 was held at Anime Expo 2018, the largest anime culture convention in North America, in Los Angeles, USA, from July 5 (Thu) to 8 (Sun), with the opening theme by X JAPAN (X JAPAN) will be in charge of the opening theme.

HYDE (L'Arc~en~Ciel), who is a close friend of YOSHIKI, will be featuring in the song.

The song will be distributed worldwide and released as a single CD from Pony Canyon this fall.

This release is the first new X JAPAN song in a year and four months since "La Venus (Acoustic Version)" was included in the original soundtrack of the movie "WE ARE X" and the first single since "BORN TO BE FREE," which was released in November 2015 as a limited distribution release. It has been two years and eight months since the release of "BORN TO BE FREE" as a single, which was released in November 2015 for limited distribution. It has also been almost 20 years since their 18th single "THE LAST SONG" was released in March 1998 as a CD single.

The venue was filled with a thunderous cheer at the announcement of this powerful collaboration between the latest series of the popular TV anime "Shinkage no Kyojin," which has caused a huge boom around the world, the world-renowned X JAPAN, and HYDE, Japan's world-renowned music giant.
On stage at the event, Hiroki Kaji, who plays the lead role of Eren Jaeger, said, "It's like a dream come true to be able to work with artists who are active not only in Japan but around the world through my work. He also expressed his joy at the realization of this global collaboration.

Season 3 of the TV anime "Shinkage no Kyojin" will begin airing on NHK Sogo at 24:35 on July 22 (Sunday) (25:15 in the Kansai region).

Event Summary
Anime Expo2018 TV Animation "Shinkage no Kyojin" World Premiere Screening Event

Venue: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Date: July 8 (Sun.) 11:30-13:30 (Japan time July 9 (Mon.) 3:30-5:30 AM)
Attendance: 3,000 (full house)
Appearance: Hiroki Kaji (Eren Jaeger in the Japanese version), Bryce (Eren Jaeger in the USA version)

Release information
X JAPAN feat. HYDE "Red Swan

Red Swan" TV Edit to be distributed worldwide from now on.
Red Swan" CD release scheduled for this fall (released by Pony Canyon)
Lyrics and music by YOSHIKI

Work Information】 ※Titles omitted.
TV animation "Shinkage no Kyojin Season 3
＜Broadcast information
NHK Sogo: Broadcasting will begin on July 22 (Sun.) at 24:35.
In Kansai area, it will start at 25:15 on the same day.
Broadcast time and date are subject to change.

＜Introduction
For a hundred years, a wall has separated mankind from the outside world.
Beyond that wall, there is a world that has never been seen before.
Water of fire, land of ice, and snowfield of sand. ......
The words in the book are,
The boy's spirit of inquiry was aroused by them.

Time passed, and the wall was broken by the Titans,
Humanity is now one step closer to the truth of the world.

What are the true nature of the Titans?
Why were there Titans buried in the wall?
What is the power of the "coordinates" possessed by the Titanized Eren Jaeger?
And what will Historia Reis learn about this world?

With the addition of Eren and the other members of the 104th, the Levi Squad was reorganized.
As they begin their activities, the strongest and worst enemy stands in their way.

<Staff> Original story by Hajime Isayama
Original Story: Hajime Isayama (Serialized in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine / Kodansha)
General Director : Tetsuro Araki
Director : Masashi Hizuka
Series Composition : Yasuko Kobayashi
Character Design: Kyoji Asano
Chief Animation Director: Kyoji Asano, Satoshi Kadowaki
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Tanaka
Action Animation Director：Yufumi Imai, Yuko Sera, Takuma Hu
Art Director：Yuho Taniuchi, Kazushi Fujii
Giant Setup: Takaaki Chiba
Prop Design: Takuma Hu
Color Design: Ken Hashimoto
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
3DCG Director: Shigenori Hirosumi
3DCG Producer : Shuhei Yuda
Director of Photography : Kazuhiro Yamada
Editing: Fumi Hida
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Production: Techno Sound
Animation Production: WIT STUDIO

＜Casting: Eren Jaeger
Eren Jaeger: Hiroki Kaji
Mikasa Ackermann: Yui Ishikawa
Armin Arlelt: Marina Inoue
Connie Springer: Hiro Shimono
Sasha Bluth: Yuu Kobayashi
Christa Lens: Mikami Eori
Jan Kirstein: Noriaki Taniyama
Rainer Braun: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Bertolt Huber: Tomohisa Hashizume
Hanji Zoë: Romi Park
Erwin Smith: Daisuke Ono
Levi: Hiroshi Kamiya
Kenny Ackerman: Kazuhiro Yamaji
Rod Wraith: Yara Yusaku

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