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High School Boys Anime's Theme Song by Jinkaku Radio Pulled
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for the visual-kei band Jinkaku Radio confirmed on Tuesday that sales of its new single "Hikizan" (Subtraction) have been cancelled. The song would have been the ending theme song for the Daily Lives of High School Boys television anime series, but the collaboration has now been dropped.
The band apologized to voice-acting fans, anime fans, and the band's own fans for "a member's inappropriate remark." In his blog, the band's 35-year-old vocalist Yuuki commented on a magazine cover featuring voice actress Universal Studios Japan] rather than Disneyland" look.
The band also announced its decision to exercise "self-restraint" after the discussed the matter with its production team and the record company. Along with the dropped CD single, the band cancelled a December 16 in-store event and a December 25 performance in Tokyo. The new album that was planned for next March has been delayed, and the band vowed to exercise self-restraint in their blogs, Twitter s, and other areas.
listing "Hikizan" as the anime's ending theme song, although it has yet to list a replacement song.
The Daily Lives of High School Boys anime will premiere on television in Japan on January 9.
[Via Moe Ota-News Sokuhō]
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