The full opening theme song for the Fall 2021 anime Blue Period was revealed – just in time for its worldwide Netflix release. Japanese trio Omoinotake performs “EVERBLUE,” produced and arranged by Koichi Tsutaya. “EVERBLUE” is part of Omoitake’s first extended play (EP) album from the Sony Music label.
Blue Period’s opening theme song “EVERBLUE” is now available for streaming on Spotify Apple Music, iTunes Store, Amazon Music, and KKBOX.
Limited edition “EVERBLUE” EP CD and DVD includes 4 tracks, the music video, and the Blue Period anime opening (no-sub version). The limited-edition EP CD and DVD release on November 17. A regular edition, which only contains 4 songs, is also available.
Omoinotake worked hard for many years until they finally got their major debut. Thus, they put passion into performing the song.
Hi, we are Omoinotake, and we created the opening theme song for the TV anime “Blue Period”.
We are so honored to be involved in this amazing work which is full of emotions including both the pain and the amazingness of creating things.
We thought we didn’t have any particular talents at first. Then we kept trying to find our way for many years.
Then finally we found our place. It is actually the same location as in the “Blue Period”, which is a live performance we did on the street in Shibuya.
Comment from Omoinotake
In addition, they hope that this song will make people consider others who just started their own journeys:
“Doing what I love doesn’t mean that I am always having fun,” the words of Yatora reminds us of whowe are and we made a song with the words which were split from our feeling and melody.
Until today we have continued working on our band for the last 9 years and we just simply ‘love music’ just like Yatora who ‘loves drawing’.
We finished creating the world of ‘EVERBLUE’ as the opening theme song of “Blue Period”.
Complex, conflict, not going well at the beginning when you start doing something and suffering, we put all of these feelings into this song.
We hope many people put themselves into this song and think about the wishes of people who just started their challenges.
Comment from Omoinotake (continued)
Omoinotake consists of junior high school classmates Leo Fujii (Leo, keyboardist/vocalist), Tomoaki Fukushima (Emoaki, bassist), and Hironoshin Tomita (Drage, drums). Formed in 2012, they gained popularity performing in the streets of Shibuya.
Their digital single “Moratorium” is the theme song for the anime movie “Twittering Birds Never Fly – The Clouds Gather.” Likewise, their November 2020 song “Ubugoe” is the opening theme for the TV Tokyo drama “Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!”
They also appeared on THE FIRST TAKE YouTube channel for the first time as an independent artist.
Check out Omoinotake on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok.
Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi is an adaptation of the Kodansha title of the same name. It tells the story of Yatora Yaguchi who sets his sights on entering art school, after seeing an inspirational painting. The manga won the 2020 Manga Taisho (Cartoon Grand Prize). Prior to this, it was nominated for the same award in 2019.
Netflix Japan started streaming the anime on September 25th, while the TV broadcast began on October 1.
Source: Press Release · Blue Period Official Website / Twitter
©Tsubasa Yamaguchi, KODANSHA/Blue Period Production Committee