Ima Kono Toki wo (今この瞬間を; This Moment Now) is the 21st single by Little Glee Monster. Its title track served as the ending theme for the animated series Mix: Meisei Story 2nd Season - Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e.[1] It was available for digital download and streaming on July 15, 2023, along with its accompanying music video starring Yamada Yuki[2], and was released on CD and Blu-ray on August 23, 2023.
The single includes two coupling songs: "Heart feels...", the ending theme for NHK E-TV's Gretel no Kamado, and "Okaerinasai", a song written by Tsutaya Koichi for NHK Hokkaido's Hot News Hokkaido, featuring Asahi as the lead vocalist.[3]
The single debuted at number seven on Oricon's daily single rankings as of August 22, 2023.[4]
Product Information
- Limited Edition
- Format: CD+Blu-ray
- Catalogue number: SRCL-12560/1
- Pricing: 3.300 yen (tax included)
- Regular Edition
- Format: CD only
- Catalogue number: SRCL-12562
- Pricing: 1.320 yen (tax included)
- Anime Edition
- Format: CD+Blu-ray
- Catalogue number: SRCL-12563/4
- Pricing: 1.700 yen (tax included)
Tracklist
CD
- Ima Kono Toki wo (今この瞬間を; This Moment Now)
- Heart feels...
- Okaerinasai (おかえりなさい; Welcome Home)
- Ima Kono Toki wo -Lead Off ver.-
- Ima Kono Toki wo -TV Size- [Anime Edition]
Blu-ray
Limited Edition
- Little Glee Club Exclusive Live "Fanfare" 0
- Sekai wa Anata ni Waraikaketeiru (世界はあなたに笑いかけている)
- WONDER LOVER
- Waves
- Rolling Rolling Rolling
- HELLO NEW DAY
- Yume ga Hajimaru (夢がはじまる)
- magic!
- SAY!!!
- Join Us!
- Jupiter
Anime Edition
- TV Animation Mix: Meisei Story 2nd Season - Nidome no Natsu, Sora no Mukou e Non-Credit Ending Movie
Audio
Embedded media: https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A5vCeBGgjRJq9gMoNYukeOr Embedded media: https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2U0aKXgEYOBgSVrTuO0EZk
Videos
Gallery
Trivia
- In the music video, Yamada Yuki takes on his past and current personalities. Yamada, who grew up watching his father play professional baseball, tried to follow in his father's footsteps but eventually gave up and became an actor. The music video also showed a real actor's notebook that Yamada filled out while attending acting school.[5]