News update for Mami Kawada. The supposedly-I’ve-rock-princess will sing the theme song for 恋と選挙とチョコレート, eroge by Sprite. The credit is already available:

“INITIATIVE“
Lyrics: Mami Kawada
Composition & Arrangement: Tomoyuki Nakazawa
Vocal: Mami Kawada

Old combination of Mami & Tomoyuki. Without Takeshi Ozaki. Trance-y or Rockish? Most probably trance-y.

As to other news update, it’s really late update though, Futa-ane now has release date. It will be released on January 29, 2010. Too bad there’s still no more information (and moreover, download) for the theme song by our new I’ve-utahime, Airi Kirishima.

So… I’ve has set their sail, huh? Departed to the Future, anyone? Not really. Since they still depend too much on KOTOKO.

Ps. Thanks to fred for bringing this up in the forum.

Well, it’s unknown if this will be the actual order of the songs, but from Amazon Japan:

■KOTOKO
1. Collective
2. BLAZE
3. Lament

■Mami Kawada
4. intron tone
5. PSI-missing

■MELL
6. Way beyond there
7. KILL
8. SCOPE

■Eiko Shimamiya
9. ULYSSES
10. Naraku no Hana (奈落の花)

■Kaori Utatsuki
11. Shining stars bless☆
12. Spyglass

■Love Planet Five
13. Tenjou wo Kakeru Monotachi (天壌を翔る者たち)

■C.G mix
14.DETECT

Remixers still unknown, so nobody knows who will be doing what just yet. However, I find little to complain about with this tracklisting, particularly the pleasant surprise of Lament resurfacing; here’s hoping they’ll do a better job on the actual remixes this time.

1. Re-sublimity
2. Chi ni Kaeru ~on the Earth~ (地に還る)
3. Face of Fact RESOLUTION ver.
4. being
5. Chercher (シャルシェ)
6. Kirei na Senritsu (きれいな旋律)
7. Hayate no Gotoku! (ハヤテのごとく!)
8. Shichitenhakki☆Shijoushugi! (七転八起☆至上主義!)
9. BLAZE
10. Special Life!
11. daily-daily Dream

And the DVD will have 5 songs from KOTOKO’s recent live show at SHIBUYA-AX, apparently. Comments thread preemptively named “angry disappointed fan rage zone”. Make sure it lives up to its name, guys, because this tracklisting blows. Where’s my goddamn Oboetete ii yo?

According to Tower Record, KOTOKO is going to have her best album in the end of this year. There’s still no more info regarding the best album, except that everyone who buys the limited edition album will get the DVD containing KOTOKO’s WARP Special Stage live. Order, anyone?

Finally, KOTOKO’s best album. Anime tie-up. It’s safe to bet that they will include Re-sublimity, BLAZE and being into this best album. Surely.

Well, details are ridiculously scarce, but there’s a Getchu listing up for a “master groove circle 2“, due for release December 30. It has a catalogue number and everything, so it seems like a legitimate release, but there’s a slim chance this might not actually even be an I’ve release – Geneon Universal did recently add anisong juggernauts fripSide to their lineup, perhaps MGC volume 2 might be devoted to their works? One can only speculate.