Shooting Star, an insert song from the Ya Boy Kongming (Paripi Koumei) anime, has reached 1 million views on YouTube. The anime series’ official Twitter also celebrated the milestone, while also announcing a new cover jacket for the official soundtrack release.
The song is sung by the main character Eiko, whose singing voice is provided by 96Neko. Leonn wrote the lyrics, while the music was done by Bounceback. Hirofumi Hibino did the arrangement.
The music video was released alongside Be Crazy For Me, another insert song by Eiko. Kenn Kato wrote the lyrics for the song and Katsumi Onishi composed the music. The arrangement was done by Hirofumi Hibino.
Ya Boy Kongming is animated by P.A. Works. The series’ opening theme Ciki Ciki Bam Bam by QUEENDOM recently got a full-version, and is one of the most hyped anisongs this season. Shu Honma is directing the anime, with Kanami Sekiguchi as character designer. Yoko Yonaiyama is overseeing series composition, while Genki Hikota is composing the music. The anime is available on HiDIVE, and is described as follows:
The music industry becomes a battlefield when ancient strategist Kongming is transported to modern Japan. He’ll use military tactics to turn his new friend Eiko into a music star, and together they’ll take the party hotspot of Shibuya by storm!
Source: Official Twitter, Avex Pictures YouTube channel
©Yuto Yotsuba, Ryo Ogawa, Kodansha/”Ya Boy Kongming” Production Committee
