Group: ALI PROJECT
Song: 鬼帝の剣 (Kitei no Tsurugi, Sword of the Demon King)
(opening theme of the Linebarrels of Iron TV series)
Album: 桂冠詩人 (Keikan Shijin, Poet Laureate) (2008)
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ALI PROJECT
Ali Project (typeset as ALI PROJECT) is a Japanese band with a strong Japanese Aristocrat-style image, consisting of Arika Takarano (宝野アリカ, Takarano Arika?) (vocals & lyrics) and Mikiya Katakura (片倉三起也, Katakura Mikiya?) (music & arrangement).
In the band's earlier days, their musical style tended towards light, cheerful and/or refreshing songs. However, the sound has changed in recent times to take on a darker and more mysterious tone. Takarano Arika, lead singer/lyricist, has termed this change as a transition from White Alice (白アリ, Shiro Ari?) to Black Alice (黒アリ, Kuro Ari?)[citation needed]. Though there has been a general shift towards performing songs in the "Black Alice" phase, Ali Project has occasionally sung in the White Alice style as well.
They made their indie debut in the charts in 1988 as Ari (Ant) Project (蟻プロジェクト, Ari Purojekuto?) with their album Fantastic Garden (幻想庭園, Gensō Teien?). The album was later included in Tatsumi Takayuki's book Philosophy of Progressive Rock (プログレッシヴ・ロックの哲学, Philosophy of Progressive Rock?), which led to the band being classified under the progressive rock genre.
Four years later in 1992 they changed their name and made their major debut with their single Fall in love, maiden (恋せよ乙女, Koi-seyo otome?).
Most of their records are released by Toshiba-EMI, Victor Entertainment and Tokuma Japan. The band is notable in the anime community for having their songs featured in several anime opening and ending sequences, most notably in the series Noir, Rozen Maiden, and Code Geass.
Discography
Albums
* 1987-04-27: Some Girls -Rebel Street IV- (Album of the disorderly bloom of cherry blossoms)
* 1988-01-25: Fantastic Garden (幻想庭園, Gensō Teien?)
Ali Project
* 2004-10-22: The Forbidden Game (禁じられた遊び, Kinjirareta asobi?) (opening theme of the Rozen Maiden TV series)
c/w When I was Alice (あたしがアリスだった頃, Atashi ga Arisu datta koro?)
* 2004-12-25: Starry Night (星月夜, Seigetsuya?) (reprint)
* 2005-06-08: Princess Asura (阿修羅姫, Ashura hime?) (opening theme of the My-HiME game Unmei no Keitouju)
c/w Kimi ga Tame, Oshikarazarishi Inochi Sae (君がため、惜しからざりし命さへ)
* 2005-10-26: Domain of the Holy Girl (聖少女領域, Seishōjo Ryōiki?) (opening theme of the Rozen Maiden Träumend TV series)
c/w Ms. S' Hidden Regrets (S嬢の秘めやかな悔恨, S-jou no Himeyaka na Kaikon?)
* 2006-05-24: The Dead Nation's Disillusioning Catharsis (亡國覚醒カタルシス, Bōkoku Kakusei Catharsis?) (ending theme of the .hack//Roots TV series)
c/w Illusion (水月鏡花, Suigetsu Kyōka?)
* 2006-10-25: Chivalrous Youth Song (勇侠青春謳, Yūkyō Seishunka?) (ending theme of the Code Geass - Lelouch of the Rebellion TV series)
c/w Eulogy for the Repose of Souls (鎮魂頌, Chinkonshō (new recording)?)
* 2006-12-06: Rose Jail Maiden (薔薇獄乙女, Baragoku Otome?) (opening theme of the Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre OVA)
c/w Paradise Briar Princess (極楽荊姫, Gokuraku Ibarahime?)
* 2007-05-23: Dark Heaven (暗黒天国, Ankoku Tengoku?) (opening theme of the Kamichama Karin TV series)
c/w Peachy Heaven (桃色天国, Momoiro Tengoku?)
Albums:
* 1992-12-09: Crowd Under the Moon (月下の一群, Gekka no Ichigun?) [TOCT-6008] [ZZCA-2002]
* 1994-02-16: DALI [TOCT-8296] [ZZCA-2003]
* 1995-12-06: Sonata of the Moon and Stars (星と月のソナタ, Hoshi to Tsuki no Sonata?) [TOCT-9273]
* 1996-11-11: Fantastic Garden + 1 (幻想庭園+1, Gensō Teien + 1?) [PFR-6020] [ZZXA-2007]
* 1998-11-21: Noblerot [COCP-50006]
* 2000-08-04: jamais vu [ZZCA-2004]
* 2001-04-25: Aristocracy [TKCU-77082]
* 2001-07-25: CLASSICS [ZZCA-2006]
* 2002-07-24: EROTIC & HERETIC [VICL-60903]
* 2003-04-23: Moonlight intoxication (月光嗜好症, Gekkō shikōshō?) [AECP-1008]
* 2004-06-23: Etoiles [TKCU-72691]
* 2005-06-22: Dilettante [TKCU-77126]
* 2005-12-07: Twilight of the Gods (神々の黄昏, Kamigami no Tasogare?) [TKCU-77127]
* 2006-03-08: Déjà vu ~THE ORIGINAL BEST 1992-1995~ [TOCT-25923]
* 2006-07-26: COLLECTION SIMPLE PLUS [VIZL-198, VICL-61999]
* 2006-12-06: Romance [TKCU-77128]
* 2007-04-04: Rose Crucifixion (薔薇架刑, Soubikakei?) [LHCA-35070, LHCA-5070]
* 2007-08-22: Psychedelic Insanity [TKCU-77129]
* 2007-12-12: Grand Finale [TKCU-77130]
* 2008-08-27: Forbidden Literature (禁書, Kinsho?)
* 2008-12-10: Poet Laureate (桂冠詩人, Keikan Shijin?)
Tags: ALI PROJECT 鬼帝の剣 Kitei no Tsurugi Sword of the Demon King Linebarrels Iron TV series Keikan Shijin 2008 gothic
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