Recently, “Bocchi The Rock!”, has been trending again in Japan, since a few weeks ago its 2 compilation movies were released and have been a great success in the Asian country. As expected, this moment of great popularity of the franchise has made the hopes for a new season to be higher than ever among Hitori Gotoh‘s fans.
As it turns out, while we are anxiously waiting for new news about the continuation of the adventures of “Bocchi” and the other girls, “Kessoku Band” has some excellent news that only continue to fan the flame of hype among anime fans around the world.
Kessoku Band’s new album of “Bocchi The Rock!” is a best seller in Japan!
“Yahoo! Japan” has released the sales performance for the week of August 12-18 in the Billboard-monitored new music album release chart in Japan, where to the surprise of ‘Bocchi The Rock!’ fans, the new mini album called ‘Re:Kessoku Band’ by the eponymous group, recently released on August 14, has ranked second with a total of 30,551 copies sold.
This new mini album of “Kessoku Band” has only fallen behind “SEE YOU THERE” of artist Takuya Kimura that has reached an incredible 56,236 copies sold in that week. It is worth remembering that this new album was announced as part of the new releases that would bring the 2 compilation movies of “Bocchi The Rock!”, for this summer.
Currently, “Re:Kessoku Band” is available on all streaming music platforms globally and features 5 new songs, including “Tsukinami ni Kagayake” (月並みに輝け) and “Ima, Boku, Underground kara” (今、僕、アンダーグラウンドから). Both tracks were part of the soundtrack of the 2 compilation movies of the series as opening and ending respectively.
This way a new and massive success of the anime franchise in Japan has been confirmed, which is undoubtedly great news and has done nothing but continue to excite fans who are impatiently waiting for new news of a second season that continues to show us new adventures and very funny moments of “Bocchi” and the other protagonist girls.
An excellent and highly recommended mini album that continues with that “J-Rock” style so characteristic of the series and that has enchanted so many fans. So, if you have already listened to this new album, share with us in the comments section what you thought of these new songs by “Kessoku Band” and which track was your favorite. On the other hand, if you haven’t had the chance to enjoy these new songs yet, we recommend you to do so.
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