by To commemorate the release of “Paripi Komei Road to Summer Sonia” (to be released nationwide on March 1, 2024), which is a re-edited theatrical version of the TV anime “Paripi Komei” that will be broadcast in 2022, the TV anime was aired and received a lot of attention. As the latest work in the “Utattemita” series, a video of Eiko singing “Otona Blue” by Shin Gakko no Leaders has been released.
“Otona Blue” was released in May 2020, and the head-shaking dance in the chorus became a hot topic on SNS and a viral hit. In 2023, this popular song won the Excellence Award at the Japan Record Awards, and in January 2024, the cumulative number of streaming views exceeded 100 million on the Billboard JAPAN chart. In the anime, Eiko, who has an impressive cheerful appearance, sings in a mature atmosphere.
“Paripi Kongming” is about Zhuge Liang, a genius tactician from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, who was reincarnated in modern-day Shibuya and was moved by the singing voice of Eiko, a fledgling artist. A success story that will lead you to the path of This is a manga work by the original author Yotsuba Yubori and the manga artist Ryo Ogawa and will be serialized in Weekly Young Magazine from 2021.
The TV anime produced by PAWORKS was broadcast in 2022. In this work, the characters who are active as artists are a double cast with different singing roles, and the main character, Eiko Tsukimi, is played by Kaede Hondo and sung by Neko 96.
Nanami Kuon, who becomes Eiko’s best friend, is played by Hibiki Yamamura and sung by Lezel. Taking advantage of this, the “Utattemita” series, in which Eiko and Nanami sing actual songs, is released on YouTube during the broadcast of the TV anime series. “Sakuranbo,” sung by Eiko, has been viewed approximately 4.75 million times, and “Survival dAnce ~no cry more~” sung by Nanami, has been viewed approximately 1.46 million times, creating a hot topic among fans.
