Hikaru (aka H-el-ical )

Atlas Star said:
Off topic ish but what do you guys think- would Kalafina be on any of the Kimetsu no Yaiba OP/ED/insert songs if they were still around under Kajiura?? I can only dream HAHAHAH -delusional-
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"delusional"

That sounds like name of a song. 🤔

Without a doubt, Kalafina would have sung at least one ED, possibly "from the edge", as was one discussed in another forum thread on this site. I can't recall which one.

The interesting thing is that since the KnY anime was released in 2019, one year after Kalafina was disbanded and anime productions usually start several months if not few years before release, Kajiura may very well have been writing "from the edge" for Kalafina, and had to pivot to working with LiSA, who may have been working on "gurenge" at the same time!

Kajiura promptly set up FictionJunction (the company) to manage her own music, and if that came into existence in time, she may have been able to negotiate a larger share of the royalties for herself as well. Who knows, if she was still with SC, and had not written "from the edge" for LiSA, the stars may not have aligned for their multi-song collaboration on "Homura", etc., leading to all the award wins and accolades, in lockstep with the anime.

It was actually fitting, ironically and in a story-sense, that the same artist (LiSA) sang the OP and ED for season 1 of KnY, which gave a sense of a prologue and epilogue of each episode being told by the same voice/vocal (reminds me a narrator, or of the Harmonia sisters in SH's Moira).
 
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george1234 said:
Probably in place of the Aimer songs.
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Maybe that might be the case.

Though, with the success of the show and Kajiura's songs with LiSA, I think the producers of the show wanted to have another big name artist singing the ED. That has it's own hype and beneficial effect for the musical artists and the anime series and movies.

Kalafina being on the roster would have definitely been a MASSIVE boost in visibility for them on one of the biggest anime of all time!
 
https://youtu.be/kVs-jp11Cnw?si=_pqvpoZ7s3j5hhOP
I listened to this and immediately imagined Hikaru singing the beginning, especially with her lyrical expressiveness.

I wish she still had some access to her head voice for the upper range of the song. 😥

Oh, now I'm thinking of Emiko also singing the song.

Hikaru and Emiko are two emotional/vulnerable vocalists. They should really sing together - I wish that was possible. I can imagine the two of them on stage together.
 
https://x.com/Hikaru_0702_
Hikaru
@Hikaru_0702_

#Atsuyu Tsukikagehana Character IntroductionThe "Oboro" character I play has also been revealed
Has she been alive for centuries...

https://x.com/Hikaru_0702_/status/1970450289238122563

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~ I can imagine Hikaru's melodramatic self playing this non-human character ~
 
Here is the full list of characters https://x.com/acyu_since2017/status/1970443123714335102

I found the poster here https://ameblo.jp/yasukawayuka/entry-12920253377.html
https://ameblo.jp/yasukawayuka/entry-12920253377.html

Here is the full list of cast + their twitters

出演者

安川結花 @yasukawaactyuka

阿川祐未 @agawa_yumi

Hikaru @Hikaru_0702_

小見山直人 @naoto_komiyama

ゲッツ @MASA2Get2

柏木佑太 @ninkugumi

水瀬響 @1NEG_hibiki

本田宇蘭 @u_ran1213happy

桐山トモユキ@kiritomo3838

安藤啓介@60128andykk

三井伸介@shinsuke_321

秤谷建一郎@onimaru_otokage

実由@dj_miu

若あんり@ANRI_y1214

平野貴子@TakakoHirano1

鶴深ゆうじ@yuji_TTB_0312

北原学@buuuchan1208

原田翼@AccelMx

市川美沙希@misaki_ktnh

【特別出演】豊島修二@toshima0715
 
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