JAM Project | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Labels | Lantis |
Website | http://www.jamjamsite.com/ |
Members | Hironobu Kageyama Masaaki Endoh Hiroshi Kitadani Masami Okui Yoshiki Fukuyama Ricardo Cruz (Semi-regular fellow member) |
By members | Eizo Sakamoto Rica Matsumoto Ichirou Mizuki |
JAM Project ("JAM" standing for "Japan Animationsong Makers") are a Japanese anison band founded on July 19, 2000 by anison singer Ichirou Mizuki.[i] The band is equanimous of many vocal artists well known in the anime music industry. Aside from the many anime, tokusatsu, and video game theme songs the ring has performed together, each fellow member is famous for their ain solo performances of Japanese theme songs.[2] JAM Project is known to worldwide audiences for their theme music contributions to Garo and 1 Punch Human being.
History [edit]
JAM Project was founded in 2000 by veteran singer Ichirou Mizuki, who sought to revitalize the fiery spirit of earlier anime songs.[3] He recruited fellow veterans of that infinite, including Hironobu Kageyama and Masaaki Endoh, who remain members of the group.
The following year, JAM Project began a long association with the Super Robot Wars franchise, performing "Hagane no Messiah" for the PlayStation game "Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden. In 2002, Mizuki and Eizo Sakamoto stepped back from the group just three members would join. Masami Okui had released a number of albums and had performed openings for shows including Slayers and Revolutionary Daughter Utena. Hiroshi Kitadani, previously a member of the bands Stagger and Lapis Lazuli, entered the world of anime songs via One Slice and its first of several opening themes he has performed for the long-running series. Yoshiki Fukuyama, similar Kageyama, Endoh and Mizuki, was a veteran of the anime globe. In the 1990s, he was the singing voice of Basara Nekki in Macross 7.
In 2005, the grouping began another long association with the Garo franchise, writing opening themes for nearly all iterations of the franchise, both anime and alive-action. Kageyama voices Madou Band Zaruba in every release of the show.[four]
Since 2008, the group has performed internationally with regularity, in cities such as Baltimore, Washington, Rotterdam, Abu Dhabi and Paris, typically in conjunction with anime conventions.
In the summertime of 2012, they teamed up with Animetal USA for a limited national concert tour chosen the Japan-America Anison Summit ( 日米アニソンサミット , Nichi-Bei Anison Samitto ).[5] From 2011 to 2014, Japanese composer and conductor Takayuki Hattori served every bit orchestral arranger on several albums and tours.
In 2015, JAM Project celebrated its 15th anniversary with a serial of concerts that independent 39 songs in its setlist chosen from all their previous albums, the almost songs in any of their concerts to date. They also released a CD based on a new ultra-high quality (UHQ CD) standard containing re-arranged and re-recorded hits voted on by fans.[6] The aforementioned twelvemonth, the group exposed itself to a new audience through "THE HERO! ~Ikareru Kobushi ni Honō wo Tsukero~" (lit. "Gear up Burn To The Furious Fist)", their opening for the first season of One-Punch Homo. The music video, filmed in San Francisco, has accumulated more 50 million views on YouTube.[7]
In 2020, the group celebrated its 20th ceremony with the release of the album The Age of Dragon Knights. JAM Projection worked with prominent peers, including Yuki Kajiura, GRANRODEO, ALI PROJECT, angela and members of FLOW.[viii] The group also released JAM Project 20th Anniversary Complete BOX, which includes all of the grouping'due south albums, a collection of its foreign-language recordings, Blu-rays of a concert and other footage, and a 300-page booklet.[9]
The COVID-xix pandemic caused a planned bout to exist scuttled. Kageyama, however, credited the unplanned break with rejuvenating the ring's artistic drive. That rebirth is the subject of the 2021 documentary Become Over -- JAM Project the Movie. [x]
The grouping's producer is Shunji Inoue, the president and CEO of Lantis.[eleven] JAM Projection is managed past HIGHWAY STAR, the same agency that represents Kageyama, Endoh and Kitadani in their solo careers.[12]
Members [edit]
- Hironobu Kageyama – founding member
- Masaaki Endoh – founding fellow member
- Hiroshi Kitadani – joined in June 2002
- Masami Okui – joined in March 2003
- Yoshiki Fukuyama – joined in March 2003
Brazilian singer Ricardo Cruz occasionally composes and performs with the group. He is heard on songs including "Seijaku no Apostle," "Stormbringer," "Kesson the Final Round" and "Sempre Sonhando."
Quondam members [edit]
- Eizo Sakamoto – founding member; stopped activity with the ring in March 2003 prior to Fukuyama and Okui'due south joining, referring to it every bit "Graduation" ( 卒業 , Sotsugyō ). He returned to perform in the band'due south 10th anniversary reunion concert in 2010.
- Rica Matsumoto – founding member; announced on April 7, 2008, that she was taking time off from the band to focus on her solo work, since condign an indefinite hiatus. She returned briefly in 2010 to help write the tenth anniversary version of "KI・ZU・NA" on the album MAXIMIZER ~Decade of Evolution~.
- Ichirou Mizuki – founding member; formally reduced his condition to "function-time member" in August 2002, post-obit the band's 2nd live concert. He returned to sing in the unmarried "Stormbringer" in 2006. He also returned to perform in the band's 10th anniversary reunion concert in 2010.
Discography [edit]
Albums [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
Best albums [edit]
Singles [edit]
DVDs [edit]
Compilations [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ JAM Projection's 2nd original album, tied in with their 2010 World Bout.[14]
- ^ Symphonic arrangement anthology; originally fix to exist released on March 23, 2011; postponed to April 6, 2011, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[16]
- ^ Tied in with their 2013-2014 live tour of the aforementioned proper noun. Recorded in Los Angeles, with over 70 musicians participating. The name is a play on words on the Japanese transliteration of the phrase "samurais again". The logo for the bout oft depicts the silhouette of a samurai holding a thumbs-up.[18]
- ^ The anthology is so named because the letter of the alphabet "z" is the final letter of the English language alphabet, implying that JAM Project aims to reach a higher level.
- ^ Contains the song "EMG", used as the opening song for Garo: Vanishing Line.[21]
- ^ The name is a play on words on the Japanese transliteration of "alibi us", came to exist when Kitadani messed upwardly his English in an airport while the grouping was on tour, as explained in a live concert.
- ^ The name is a play on the phrase "timeless force", where the written equivalent for multiplication (times) is also known as the alphabetic character "x", and the offset two letters of the championship resemble the Roman numerals for eleven when placed shut together.
- ^ Ricardo Cruz appeared as office of JAM Project for the outset time.
- ^ This tour was Rica Matsumoto's last live appearance with JAM Project.
- ^ Conducted by Takayuki Hattori, the set contained symphonic arrangements of several popular songs and featured solos for each member, including an arrangement of the principal theme of Karei-naru Ichizoku with the add-on of Endoh on vocals.
- ^ The bout was titled "Arigato Tomodachi" for legs outside Japan.
- ^ JAM Project introduced an alter ego band chosen "The Monsters".
- ^ Conductor Hattori conducted the opening number "Groundbreakers" and several songs featured a string quartet.
- ^ This concert featured JAM Project on a circular stage in the heart of the arena.
- ^ Tv anime Yomigaeru Sora – Rescue Wings ending theme, insert & image song collection.
- ^ The 10th anniversary box set release from JAM Project featuring vii greatest hits albums; a bonus CD containing English language, Portuguese, and Chinese versions of several of their songs in addition to any songs they recorded or performed that were not included on any of their other singles and albums; and four DVDs featuring all the music videos they created and footage of their live performance, including a reunion concert with Ichiro Mizuki, Ricardo Cruz, and Eizo Sakamoto. Information technology too includes a 200-page JAM Project history book.
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- ^ "Interview: Superstar Rock Band JAM Projection". Anime News Network . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Hironobu KAGEYAMA - Anime News Network". world wide web.animenewsnetwork.com . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "アニメタルUSA×JAM Projectが「日米アニソンサミット」" [Animetal Us × JAM Projection "Japan-America Anison Acme"] (in Japanese). Natalie.mu. 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2012-02-18 .
- ^ "JAM Project|15周年ベストアルバムがUHQCD(Ultimate High Quality CD)での発売決定!! | News | Lantis website" [JAM Projection | 15th Anniversary best album released on UHQCD (Ultimate High Quality CD) !! | News | Lantis website]. world wide web.lantis.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-04-11 .
- ^ "[Official Video] JAM Projection - THE HERO !! - "One Punch Man" Opening Theme ワンパンマン". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved eight May 2021.
- ^ "The Age of Dragon Knights - JAM Project". Lantis spider web site (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 Jan 2020.
- ^ Komatsu, Mikikazu. "JAM Projection to Release 20th Anniversary Anthology & Consummate Box in Jan 2020". Crunchyroll . Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ NEWS, KYODO. "FEATURE: Veteran "anison" ring get over rut, gear up to proceed rolling". Kyodo News+ . Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "JAM Projection -20th Anniversary- on Instagram: "Happy Birthday Mr.SHUNJI Inoue🥳 He is our president, our esteemed producer and JAM Projection's all-time friend...."". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ "JAM Projection | HIGHWAY STAR". Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "JAM Projectのアルバム" [JAM Project albums]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-02-10 .
- ^ "JAM Project新作引っさげ本日放送「とりあえず生中」出演" [JAM Project's new work appeared on plan "Toriaezu Namachū"]. Natalie (in Japanese). 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2018-05-04 .
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- ^ "Billboard Japan Acme Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Japan. 2016-11-xiv. Retrieved 2019-02-10 .
- ^ "Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales | Charts" (in Japanese). Billboard Nippon. 2018-xi-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10 .
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External links [edit]
- Official site
- JAM Project at IMDb
- JAM Projection discography on Oricon
- JAM Project discography on iTunes
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