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Sony has released a 40-second sample of storia, from Kalafina’s next single.
Click here to listen to it on Sony’s website.
Click here to download it.

Kalafina – Storia SECL-788 | July 1, 2009 Single (Rekishi Hiwa Historia Themes) 3 Tracks

(and here’s another picture.)

Thanks to Maha Gnosis for the tip about the sample.
Thanks to grunty for the cover images and sample rip….hehehe!

[EDIT]

The Rekishi Hiwa Historia official site announced that the music that Yuki Kajiura composed for the series will be released in an Original Soundtrack on August 26, 2009, by Sony.

This is a bit of an unusual post because it’s not exactly news; just a report from Anime Boston 2009, which took place this past weekend.

First of all I want to announce that the scrapbook has been delivered to Kalafina and Yuki Kajiura! Thanks again to everyone who contributed ^_^ Your messages and artwork were beautiful! We ran into Kalafina, Yuki, and their entourage in the hotel lobby after the convention, and Yuki has asked me to send her greetings to everyone on canta-per-me.net! and I almost fainted.

Below are some materials and reports gathered from the convention; more stuff from the media will probably pop up within a few days, but here’s what we have so far:

• Kerahna’s Report – Mostly text; incl. concert set list
• Kalafina Panel – Sound Recording (wav, ~25 min)
• Kalafina Panel – Audience Transcript
• Kalafina/KnK Panel – Sound Recording (wav, ~25 min)
• Photos of Kalafina and Yuki Kajiura and… us ^^;
• J-Pop World Interview – Text
• JaME Interview – Text
• Japanator Interview – Text
• Rokkyuu Interview – Text
• Anime Dream Interview – Text
• Damn Writer’s Block Interview – Text
• outoftimeproductions Convention Report – Videos

I’m a little worried about posting the panel sound recordings here; no “videography or photography” was allowed in the panel, so I hope I’m not breaking any rules by recording the sounds ^^; I’ll delete the files if I find out it’s unacceptable.

[EDIT] I’ve been adding new interviews to this list, so sorry if it’s been spamming your feed reader ^^;

A Kalafina single has just been announced for release this July; we dont know the title yet, but well update the discography as soon as we find out. The single will contain music composed by Yuki Kajiura from NHKs Rekishi Hiwa Historia.

New Kalafina Maxi Single

1. Untitled Image Song of Rekishi Hiwa Historia
2. ???
3. Untitled Theme Song of Rekishi Hiwa Historia

Release Date: July 1, 2009

Catalogue Number: SECL-788 (regular), SECL-786~7 (Limited Edition +DVD)

There have also been a couple release dates announced recently:

Pandora Hearts OST 1: June 24, 2009

Kara no Kyoukai Boukyaku Rokuon LE DVD + OST: July 29, 2009

Finally, the scrapbook for Kalafina is finished and submitted to the printers. Thanks to everyone who sent in a message!

You can view the 100-page book here

[EDIT] Sony has just officially posted that Maya will no longer be participating in Kalafina. We wish her all the best in her future career

[EDIT 2] After removing mention of Rekishi Hiwa Historia from the singles info page, Sony has released the title of the new Kalafina single to be storia, and the new tracklist:

1. storia
2. lilica
3. storia (instrumental)

The full PV of Parallel Hearts has been released on JVC’s website. This song is the opening theme to a new anime this season: Pandora Hearts, and the single will be released on April 29, 2009.

Thanks to tsubasa for the video!

I’ll take this opportunity to mention that recently, there have been lots of little event announcements involving Kalafina and FictionJunction, that I haven’t been posting as news; you can see all of them at our future works/events page. You might also be interested in the translation of the interview found on Yuki Kajiura LIVE #2 DVD, that oolong has posted for us here.

One week left…
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As you probably know, an official Yuki Kajiura sheet music book was recently announced. The publisher, Shinko, has posted a full list of the songs included in the 104-page book. Click here for publication details.

In addition, a short video interview clip with Yuki Kajiura has been posted on the Rekishi Hiwa Historia site. There will also be a FictionJunction appearance at a Pandora Hearts event on May 9, 2009.

Thanks to Yumi and Kazado for posting these in the forum!

And here’s the obligatory…
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