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posted on by Egan Loo"Mugen," the 20th CD single from voiceVoice actress and singer Nana Mizukiwill be performing for the first time in Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle), the New Year's Eve singing contest that is Japan's most viewed music television program. This year's lineup also includes flumpool, the performers of the "Over the rain ~Hikari no Hashi~" theme song for the live-action drama version of Ryō Ryūmon and Kōji Megumi's Bloody Monday manga. ⏎ Earlier this month, Mizuki's"Mugen " CD became her 10th top-10 single on Oricon's weekly ranking charts., debuted at #3 on Oricon's CD single ranking chart for the October 26-November 1 week. The CD is Mizuki's 10th single to land in the weekly top 10, and her 9th consecutive single to do so. It sold about 45,000 copies since October 28. "Mugen" is the second opening theme song of the White Album anime. The CD single also contains the "Tenkuu no Canaria" opening theme song from the Tales of Symphonia the Animation: Tethe'alla-hen anime, the "Dear Dream" ending theme song from the Card Gakuen television program, and the song "Stories." ⏎ Mizuki became the first seiyū (character voice) with...
...'s "Trickster" single reached #2 witha personal high of 57,201 copies, and it was— a personal record for Mizuki's eighth single to rank in the top 10. Her. In January, her Nana Mizuki Live Fighter Blue X Red Siderelease became the firstreleaseBlu-ray Disc by a musical artist to sell over 10,000Blu-ray Discs. ⏎ Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web ⏎ Update: Last week's #1 single, the "River" song by the AKB48 girl group, dropped to #5 with with 16,943 more copies sold. Ken Hirai's "Boku wa Kimi ni Koi o Surucopies. ⏎ The first ever Kingrun Anime Songs Kōhaku event is scheduled at the same time as NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen program this year. Unlike NHK's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, Kingrun Anime Songs Kōhaku's entire lineup consists of singers from anime and live-action special-effects series such as MIQ, Ichiro Mizuki, Rica Matsumoto, Tomokazu Seki, and Emiri Katou. ⏎ During last year's Kōhaku Uta Gassen, Studio Ghibli's frequent collaborator Joe Hisaishi personally conducted a full orchestra on selected excerpts from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and other films he scored. The Fujimaki Fujioka duo and Nozomi Ōhashi sang the "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea" theme songfor the Boku no Hatsukoi oas part of the actual competition. Other anime- and manga-related performers on last year's program included Tokio (Yasuko to Kenji's "Amagasa"), Ayaka (Absolute Boyfriend's "Okaeri"), Angela Aki ("Tegami ~Haikei Jūgo no Kimini Sasagu film also fell from #3 to #6 with 13,653 more copies sold.e~"), and Aiko (Hana Yori Dango Final's "KissHug"). ⏎ In 2007, AKB48, Leah Dixon and Shoko Nakagawa made a much publicized t performance at the beginning of Kōhaku Uta Gassen. ⏎ Source: Sankei Sports