Takanori News Dump

[ruby_moon_1x2]

First and foremost, there is a very good chance the Takanori is recording a New Single!!
He's been recording something and it appears it's more than one song, which means it's probably not a tribute song.
Earlier, he specified that what he was recording was not "something with crossdressing on the cover" [Under:Cover 2] and not something done by a

Comments

[tmrhct03]

I hope the new single isn't Basara related, i mean i love Sengoku Basara and all the collaborations he's done with them but it's really time for something new and fresh. And about the rumors he's dating Nanao i don't think they're true but he has dated girls almost half his age before like that actress (can't remember her name) that was 21 years old but i couldn't care less about who he's dating as long as he's happy and continues to make awesome music

[cozindustries]

same, I AM GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF ANIME TIE-INS.
I mean, I love anime, but I like the musical freedom he has when it doesn't have to be themed.
We haven't had a non-anime single in a long while...

The other girl... wasn't her name Chihiro Otsuka? Am I remembering this correctly, or did I pluck that name out of somewhere else?

[tmrhct03]

yeah his creativity is kinda limited when he's only doing songs for shounen and action anime. His last single that wasn't an anime tie-in was Web of Night if I remember correctly

Yes, you're right her name was Chihiro Otsuka and he was 15 years older than her. They dated for a few years from 2007 to 2009 I think

[ruby_moon_1x2]

...Web of Night was the ending song to the Japanese dub of Spiderman 2. XD

So, Albireo.

But, as TV Tropes explains:

A third reason is that TV theme songs are the pinnacle of Japanese musical success. If a Japanese artist/group makes a hit album, the studio takes almost all of the profits. If the same group makes an album as a TV tie-in, the musicians themselves receive a much larger cut.

Not to mention, Anime songs = Free Overseas Promotion. He has a huge insentive to keep doing tie-ins.

I know they were together for 2 years, but I think they split in '08.

[tmrhct03]

I said Web Of Night is the last one that wasn't a tie-in and Albireo was a theme song for a drama if i remember right and i don't have a problem with him doing tie-ins i just think that he should make songs other than for action anime like Gundam, Bleach and Sengoku Basara actually i don't mind if the next single is a Bleach opening since he said that Sto Sta was a beggining of a collaboration between T.M.R and Bleach and the timing would fit in since the new opening starts in about 10 weeks i just hope it won't be a rock song like his past 3 singles