ONE OK ROCK will be providing the theme song for the upcoming CG animated film "Captain Harlock".
A new song is not being made for the movie. Instead, "Be the light", a track off of the band's recently-released album "Jinsei x Boku=", will be used as the theme song.
"This is a song for all the sad events happening all over the world caused by humans. It expresses the feelings of a single person being part of something bigger," the band stated.
The upcoming film will be based on the 70s manga and anime series, reconstructed to fit themes more suitable for modern society. The main character, Captain Harlock, will fight for humanity aboard the invincible space battleship Arcadia.
Shun Oguri and Haruma Miura have been cast in the film as Captain Harlock and Yama, respectively. Shinji Aramaki, director of "Appleseed", directed the film.
The studio behind the revival of "Captain Harlock" is Toei Animation. The studio first announced the project in March of 2010. The film is the most expensive project the studio has produced, costing over $30 million USD.
"Captain Harlock" is set to be released in Japan on September 7th. An English dub of the film is already in production, with a promotional video for it being screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
Rock unit VAMPS announced that they will be going on tour over the summer, starting at the end of June.
The upcoming tour will start on June 28th at Zepp DiverCity TOKYO in Tokyo. The tour will feature 24 performances in 5 cities. Each stop on the tour will have multiple dates for fans to see the band perform.
The tour, "VAMPS LIVE 2013", will be the first time the band has gone on tour since transferring to Universal Music's sub-label Delicious Deli Records in February. They have also received a tie-up with Live Nation in preparation for a world tour.
VAMPS is a rock unit consisting of L'Arc~en~Ciel's vocalist HYDE and guitarist KAZ, who has been part of several projects since the 90s. Although they have not released new music since 2010, the band remains active through live performances and tours.
It has been announced that VAMPS will be releasing their first double A-side single in two and a half years "AHEAD/REPLAY" on July 3rd, 2013 and starring in their first advertisement for the single.
"AHEAD" will be the song for SONY's new smart phone "Xperia UL ", and is up on Youtube and will be posted below. The advertisement features HYDEand what seems to be KAZ [or another male student] as model pupils. Meanwhile sitting in front of them is a female student who clicks on the VAMPS app on her smartphone and suddenly a book opens in the library which illustrates VAMPS, and then unfolds as VAMPS performing live. HYDE explained that he wore his own glasses for the role, saying "I'm starring in the advert too, so please enjoy it as a set together with the new single".
The double A-side "REPLAY" will be used as the theme tune for the popular smartphone app series "DARK".
VAMPS will debut on MTV VMAJ on the 22nd of June at the Makhari Messe, followed by a nationwide tour kicking off on the 28th June at DiverCity TOKYO, and already have another "Beast on the Beach" scheduled for August.
November 08, 2013 - Hong Kong
November 10, 2013 - Seoul, Korea
November 19, 2013 - Bangkok, Thailand
November 21, 2013 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
November 23, 2013 - Singapore
November 24, 2013 - Jakarta, Indonesia
December 07, 2013 - Taipei, Taiwan
