Shogakukan released the January 2021 issue of the women’s fashion magazine Oggi on November 27, 2020.

Vocals: Masaki Suda / Lyrics & Composition: Huwie Ishizaki

The 3D CG anime film Stand by Me Doraemon 2 was released in Japan on November 20, 2020. Japanese actor and singer Masaki Suda who sings the film’s main theme features in the January 2021 issue of the women’s fashion magazine Oggi in a talk with Huwie Ishizaki who wrote and composed the song.

Ishizaki has worked with Suda on numerous occasions, including writing songs for him, which is what led to him calling Suda on board once more.

“Once again, Nobita shows in this film just how hopeless he really is,” Suda explains. “But seeing him try his hardest like that, desperate and trying to protect someone really just gives you courage. Of course, Huwie was the first person I thought of when going to sing about something like that.”

About a year has passed since Suda made the request to Ishizaki who had been sending him lyrics and melodies during that time. This is a film centred on the marriage between Nobita and Shizuka, and so the main theme was written as a wedding song with frank and honest lyrics.

Their facial expressions and poses are a must-see

“I worked on a song with Suda on his album ‘LOVE,’ and he also let me cover his song ‘Ito’ before. With this song, I wanted to create something that expresses bonds. A story of two people. A word that made sense to me was ‘rainbow,’ something that suspends these feelings between people. Rainbow was the only choice.”

The full talk goes into detail about how Suda and Ishizaki met, their mutual respect for each other, and more. There’s also a series of photos the two of them took together while having fun with an instant camera.

Stand by Me Doraemon 2 is being shown at Toho theatres across Japan.

To see more of Suda and Ishizaki, you’ll need to pick up a copy of Oggi’s January 2021 edition, now on sale in Japan.

Singer/songwriter Huwie Ishizaki‘s new song Parade, which he wrote as the ending theme song for the anime series Case File nº221: Kabukicho, will be released as a single on March 11, 2020.

The new single will include the coupling track Seki no owari no love song, which he performed at his debut live concert. The first-press edition of the single includes a DVD of the live performance of Parade and Sekai no owari no love song at Ishizaki Huwie BANDTOUR2019 Passion no Final Tokyo Kōen that took place at Mynavi Akasaka Blitz on December 3, 2019. There will even be a regular edition with a first press anime illustration sleeve. 

In May this year, Ishizaki will embark on his Band Tour 2020 Parade for You accompanied by a band, following up with his Acoustic Tour 2020 Parade for Me. The Parade for You tour will mark his first band tour consisting of 10 performances including locations such as Hokkaido, Niigata, Okayama and Hiroshima. His sequel live tour Parade for Me will be his first solo tour to see performances in 15 locations including Tottori and  Yamaguchi. Advanced tickets will be available to purchase from the official fan club NingenZukan from the afternoon of February 14, 2020.

Parade is being released on a number of digital music services for streaming.

©Case File nº221: Kabukicho Production Committee

It has been announced that singer-songwriter Huwie Ishizaki will perform the main theme song Namida and ending song Ano Natsu no Hi no Mahou for the upcoming anime film adaptation of the popular mobile game The Alchemist Code which has over 9 million downloads worldwide. Set to be released digitally on June 12, a teaser video for the song has also dropped along with new artwork for the release.

Huwie Ishizaki – “Namida” Teaser

The film is being directed by Shōji Kawamori who is known for his work on the Macross series. It will premiere on June 14, 2019 at TOHO Cinemas Shinjuku and elsewhere.

The designer of the CD cover and director and editor of the video (今野芳章) commented the following: “Three elements appear in the video: glasses, spraying water, and a pillow. Each of them is inspired by the keyword ‘Namida’ [tears]. It captures the idea of the experience of being moved to tears as something that we fully assimilate when we are alone […] The tears in our eyes that obstruct our lenses, overflowing feelings like that of a water fountain, and wanting to bury our face into the pillow and cry out loud in the dark. The song holds a dynamism of hiding and overcoming the tears. I tried to express those things with the camera work.”