BLUE ENCOUNT shows fans just how bright they can shine with new music video!

On the heels of the release of their upcoming single, popular four-member rock band BLUE ENCOUNT released the music video for their upcoming single “Polaris” on their official YouTube channel. As previously announced, “Polaris” is being used as the opening theme for the fourth season of hit anime My Hero Academia and is the the group’s twelfth single overall. The video shows footage of the boys atop a mysterious cliffside beside the ocean interspliced with colorful sketches of the band, holding a tiny hint of A-ha’s hit “Take On Me”’s iconic music video.

As previously reported, “Polaris” will be released with three editions including a CD-only standard edition, a CD + DVD limited edition, and a CD + DVD special edition. Both the standard edition and the limited edition will drop with only two tracks and the DVD on the special edition will be a special studio live to commemorate the band’s fifth year major label anniversary. Not to be outdone by the other two editions, the special edition also will drop with three tracks along with a TV-size snippet of their song “Polaris” being used for My Hero Academia. The DVD will also include a no-credit version of the opening. Check out the music video in question along with the pre-order links for
“Polaris” below!

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Special Edition

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Track listing:

BLUE ENCOUNT「Polaris」

Standard edition & Limited edition CD

01. ポラリス

02. girl

Special edition CD

01. ポラリス

02. DAY×DAY

03. だいじょうぶ

04. ポラリス（TV size）

05. ポラリス（Instrumental / TV size）

Limited edition DVD

Studio Live "to B.E. continued"2019.09.18

01. バッドパラドックス

02. DAY×DAY

03. FREEDOM

04. 幻聴

05. ポラリス

06. だいじょうぶ

07. はじまり

to B.E. continued 2014～2019

Special editIon DVD

「My Hero Academia」No-Credit opening movie

BLUE ENCOUNT shines bright once again with more info on upcoming single!

Four-member rock band BLUE ENCOUNT released more information about their upcoming single “Polaris” dropping November 20. As previously reported, “Polaris” will be released with three editions including a CD-only standard edition, CD + DVD limited edition, and CD + DVD special edition. Both the standard edition and the limited edition will drop with only two tracks, with the DVD on the special edition being a special studio live to commemorate the band’s fifth year major label anniversary. Not to be outdone by the other two editions, the special edition will flaunt three tracks along with a TV size snippet of “Polaris” that is being used for popular shonen anime My Hero Academia. The DVD will also include a no-credit version of the opening. Check out the trailer for the anime along with the pre-order links for 
“Polaris” below!

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Limited Pressing Edition

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Track listing:

BLUE ENCOUNT「Polaris」

Standard edition & Limited edition CD

01. ポラリス

02. girl

Special edition CD

01. ポラリス

02. DAY×DAY

03. だいじょうぶ

04. ポラリス（TV size）

05. ポラリス（Instrumental / TV size）

Limited edition DVD

Studio Live "to B.E. continued"2019.09.18

01. バッドパラドックス

02. DAY×DAY

03. FREEDOM

04. 幻聴

05. ポラリス

06. だいじょうぶ

07. はじまり

to B.E. continued 2014～2019

Special editIon DVD

「My Hero Academia」No-Credit opening movie

Blue Encounter shines in new My Hero Academia opening

Music Corner alumnus Blue Encount revealed they will be doing the next opening for the international sensation hero anime My Hero Academia. The new opening song is titled “Polaris” which will be released November 20. “Polaris” will also serve as the show’s sixth opening overall. The new season for My Hero Academia will start October 12 and will be streaming on Funimation. The song is being released in three editions total including a standard CD-only edition, a limited edition that will come with a bonus DVD, and a limited pressing edition that will also come with a bonus DVD. The limited pressing edition will only be available until February 29, 2020. Pre-orders are open and you can get a quick preview of the song in the latest trailer for the upcoming season below.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

Limited Pressing Edition

Music Corner Week 18: Blue Encount

Blue Encount is a four-member alternative rock band led by Tanabe Shunichi who stars as lead vocalist with some guitar. Eguchi Yuuya is lead guitarist, Tsujimura Yuuta serves as bassist, and Takamura Toshihide jams on the drums.

The group got its start all the way back in 2003 when Tanabe, Eguchi, and Takamura met at the college they were attending. As time went on, Tsujimura was intent on joining the tennis club and went to visit it—but the club members were gone on vacation. Tanabe, Eguchi, and Takamura had been using the club’s room for practice and Tsujimura, who just so happened to be a bassist, really liked their music. He wound up joining the group and Blue Encount was born. Their name comes from two aspects: firstly, they wanted a color to be in the  name of the band because they felt that bands with colors in their names performed better on the charts, and secondly, they all happened to be fans of the Hong Kong film Blue Encounter. 

Blue Encount has a propensity to write songs with a high intensity that takes the listener on a wondrous journey. The powerful vocals of Tanabe combined with the sick riffs of Eguchi and slamming drums of Takamura just synergize in this awesome sense of wonder. A good example of this can be heard in “Survivor” which was featured as the first ending theme to Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans (listen below).

Blue Encount was around the indie scene for a long time before they signed onto a major label and their first major studio album, Nearly Equal, was released July 22 of 2015. Since then the band has gone on to drop two more studio albums, their last released March 21 of last year (Vector). They recently announced their upcoming single “Bad Paradox” which will be the band’s tenth single since going major. Posted below you can check out Blue Encount’s “Survivor” along with their latest single “FREEDOM” which dropped last November. You can find Blue Encount’s personal website here and be sure to follow them on both Twitter and Facebook.

BLUE ENCOUNT spills the beans on their Bad Paradox!

As previously announced, popular four-member rock band BLUE ENCOUNT announced that they will be releasing a brand new single “Bad Paradox” September 11. This time around the band gave us more details about the release and dropped the lyric music video for their track “Bad Paradox” on their official YouTube channel. The single will be available in two editions, a standard CD-only edition and a CD + DVD edition. The limited edition will include an additional track titled “Gibbs” and the DVD will include footage from their HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S) at Nakano Sun Plaza which took place in June—a documentary will also be included. The standard edition will include “Bad Paradox” along with the live version of their track “VS” and “もっと光を” (“Motto Hikari wo”) from the Nakano Hall Tour.

Check out the lyric video for “Bad Paradox” along with pre-order links below!

Standard Edition

Limited Edition

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Track listing:

BLUE ENCOUNT「Bad Paradox」

Limited Edition CD

01. バッドパラドックス

02. ギブス

Limited Edition DVD

01. PREDATOR

02. ハウリングダイバー

03. VS

04. もっと光を

05. アンコール

06. Making of HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)

Standard Edition CD

01. バッドパラドックス

02. VS（HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)＠ Nakano Sun Plaza06.21）

03. もっと光を（HALL TOUR 2019 apartment of SICK(S)＠Nakano Sun Plaza06.21）