News: “K-On! The Movie” theme song “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!” preview

TBS’ official K-On! website has released a preview of the song “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!”, the theme song from the upcoming K-On! movie. The clip features an introduction by the five Ho-kago Tea Time cast members and a short clip of the actual song.

YouTube user musashino003 has uploaded an edited-down clip featuring only the song itself:

News: “K-On! The Movie” ending song “Singing!” preview

TBS’ official K-On! website has released a preview of the song “Singing!”, the end credits song from the upcoming K-On! movie. The clip features an introduction by the five Ho-kago Tea Time cast members and about a minute and a half of the actual song.

YouTube user MrMitsu89 has uploaded an edited-down clip featuring only the song:

News: Live album track listings announced

In addition to announcing the CD releases for “K-On! The Movie”, TBS’ official K-On! website has today published new details on the upcoming live albums, including track listings. It is noted that while all the songs performed at each event are included on their respective CD release, not all of the talking between the songs are, and the audio mixing and editing may differ from that of the previously released DVD/Blu-Ray versions.

News: K-On! The Movie CD singles and soundtrack announced

Broadcaster TBS’ official K-On! website has announced today the dates for the K-On! movie related music releases. The film’s opening song “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!” will be released as a CD single on December 7^th. The CD will also include the song “Ichiban Ippai” as well as instrumental versions of both songs. The two songs are composed by Tom-H@ck (also responsible for the opening songs from the TV anime), with lyrics by Shoko Omori.

Released on the same date is the ending theme song single “Singing!”, composed by Hiroyuki Maezawa (composer of the TV anime ending songs, and a number of other related tracks including “Fuwa Fuwa Time”) with lyrics by Shoko Omori. Also included is the song “Ohayou, Mataashita” and instrumental versions.

Scheduled for release on December 21^st is the “K-On! The Movie Original Soundtrack” album with music by Hajime Hyakkoku, composer of the TV anime original soundtracks. No track listing has been released so far.

The singles will sell for 1260 yen apiece, and the OST price tag is set for 3150 yen.

News: K-On! fan matchmaking party in Tokyo

Well, here are some news I didn’t expect to read this morning: Anime News Network reports that matchmaking campaign “I’m Single” will host a matchmaking party for K-On! fans aged 20 to 45 on October 22^nd.

The event is being held at the Roumantei Italian restaurant in Tokyo, and attendance fee is 6,000 yen for men and 1000 yen for women. It might seem unfair that men have to pay six times more than women, but considering K-On! is a seinen (young men) manga, it stands to reason that the majority of fans are male and thus jacking up the price is a good way of evening out the male/female attendee ratio (That’s only my speculation, of course! Not any kind of official reasoning).

In other news, TBS’ official K-On! website posted a new 30 second trailer for the K-On! movie earlier this week. Unfortunately, this trailer is merely a shortened version of the previously released trailer and features no new footage, so instead of wasting time with that; here’s the original full-length trailer again, this time with higher quality video thanks to YouTube user MrMitsu89:

Live Album details

The official TBS website of K-On! has revealed a few details about the previously announced CD release of the “Let’s Go!” and “Come With Me!!” live events. Each show, previously released on DVD and Blu-Ray, will be getting a multiple-disc set containing the full set list. Each album will be available in a regular and a limited edition, and both are set for release on November 16^th.

News: K-On! movie trailer and song titles released!

Broadcaster TBS’ official K-On! website has been updated with streaming video of the new trailer for the upcoming K-On! movie. Unlike the previous two teasers, this is a full-on trailer that shows actual footage from the film.

In addition, the website has revealed the titles of the new songs that are to appear in the film (and are briefly previewed in the trailer): An opening song named “Ichiban Ippai”, a theme song named “Unmei♪wa♪Endless!” and an ending song named “Singing!”. Tom-H@ck (“Cagayake!GIRLS”) composed the opening and theme songs, while Hiroyuki Maezawa (“Don’t Say “Lazy””) is responsible for the ending song. Shoko Omori wrote the lyrics for all three.

Three months to go…

News: K-On! movie premise revealed

When the K-On!! anime ended last September, the last aired episode finished with the announcement that a K-On! movie would be forthcoming. Now, close to a year later, and less than four months (sixteen weeks, to be exact, according to Azusa) from the premiere; we have finally been given official word about the films plot. SPOILERS ahead!

News: TBS reveals K-On! movie website, teaser trailer

TBS, the network responsible for K-On! broadcast in Japan, have updated the official K-On! website with a new K-On! movie-themed design. The original website for the TV anime can still be viewed here.

Not a lot of new content has been added, aside from a new teaser trailer for the movie. As with the first teaser trailer, first shown a few months ago; this new teaser consists of clips from the TV anime and doesn’t feature any actual footage from the film.

The K-On! movie opens in Japanese theaters December 3^rd.