Darker than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini was a popular anime series revolving around humans who possessed special abilities caused by a field known as the “Hell’s Gate.” In addition to impressing audiences with its visuals, it also featured a very catchy opener titled “Tsukiakari no Michishirube” (“Guidepost of the Moonlight”) performed by the J-pop band stereopony who will make their first American convention appearance at the AnimeNEXT held from June 18 – 20 at the Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset, New Jersey.
As a note, this won’t be their first time in the United States, since they did perform at the South by Southwest 2009 (SXSW) media festival.
Anime fans should be somewhat familiar with the group since they did perform the opening songs to Gundam 00’s second season with “Namida no Mukou.” They also sang the Bleach ending song titled “Hitohira no Hanabira.” Those hoping to learn more can access it through their MySpace page or their main site.
Any of you out there going to AnimeNEXT just for the sole purpose of being able to see stereopony’s concert? Does anyone have thoughts about their music and whether those manage to fit in with the overall mood of the anime that they lead in or out of?
Tags: Anime, Bleach, Darker than BLACK, Gundam 00, J-pop, News, stereopony
As a side-note, some readers may be familiar with the composer for the original Darker Than Black’s OST. She did something called Cowboy Bebop, and some Macross Plus show. A few other things that weren’t bad too. Lots of things with giant robots, and some smaller robots…
Ryuusei no Gemini, however, has a different composer (Yasushi Ishii, of ‘Hellsing’ fame, if that’s your thing).
Soundwise, these guys kind of remind me of that 90s j-rock chick-duo Manish a little, which is probably better than reminding me of another famous all-girl group, Morning Musume, or maybe Puffy…
That girl in the middle looks pissed.
i miss her old hairstyle.