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    ja: 亀田誠治
barcode: '4547366740530'
catalog: ESCL-6095~6
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category: Animation
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    ja: 沖聡次郎
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      Romaji: HEROES (TV Anime "Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru" OP ver.)
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      Romaji: TV Anime "Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru" Non-Credit Opening Movie
    track_length: Unknown
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    ja-latn: Sony Music Solutions Inc.
  role: distributor
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  names:
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    ja: 西川貴教
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  added_date: 2025-11-03T20:59
  edited_date: 2026-01-12T19:00
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T21:30
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 297
name: HEROES / Takanori Nishikawa [Limited Edition]
names:
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  ja: HEROES / 西川貴教
  ja-latn: HEROES / Takanori Nishikawa [Limited Edition]
notes: 'Takanori Nishikawa''s seventh single under his name.

  Produced by Takanori Nishikawa

  M-1.01. TV Anime "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" Opening Theme

    Lyricist: Takanori Nishikawa

    Composer: Sojiro Oki (Novelbright)

    Arranger: Seiji Kameda

    Guitar: Sojiro Oki (Novelbright)

    Bass: Seiji Kameda

    Drums: Tom Tamada

    Strings: Hitoshi Konno Strings

    Vocal Recording Engineer: Masatake Osato

    Track Recording & Mixing Engineer: Yuji Tanaka

    Recording Studio: studio form, ABS RECORDING

    Mixing Studio: studio form

    Mastering Engineer: Randy Merrill (Sterling Sound)

    Sojiro Oki (Novelbright) by the courtesy of UNIVERSAL SIGMA / ZEST, A UNIVERSAL
  MUSIC COMPANY

  Artwork

    Art Direction & Design: Hayato Ozawa (cornea design)

    Coordinator: Koichi Inoue, Yusuke Hagiwara (turquoise)

    Product Coordinator: Mirei Katagiri (Sony Music Solutions)

  Animation

    Rough Key Animation: Suzume Shima

    Animation Director: Lotus Animation, Nguyen Thi Lan Ngoc

    Key Animation / Finishing / Compositing: AQUASTAR Inc.

  Special Thanks

    Shigeru Sagazaki, Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, SQUARE ENIX

    "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" Production Committee

    Tomoka Nomura (Ganso Makotoya)

    All turbo Members, All Takanori Nishikawa Fans'
organizations:
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  link: org/648
  names:
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    ja: Epic
    ja-latn: Epic
  role: label
- link: org/1338
  names:
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    ja: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックレーベルズ
    ja-latn: Sony Music Labels Inc.
  role: manufacturer
- *id001
performers: []
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platforms:
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products:
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  names:
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    ja: 片田舎のおっさん、剣聖になる
    ja-latn: Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru
publish_format: Commercial, Limited Edition
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: ESCL-6094
  date: '2025-05-21'
  link: album/154431
  names:
    en: HEROES / Takanori Nishikawa
    ja: HEROES / 西川貴教
    ja-latn: HEROES / Takanori Nishikawa
  type: anime
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  date: '2025-05-28'
  link: album/150650
  names:
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    ja: Alright!!! / FLOW [期間生産限定盤]
    ja-latn: Alright!!! / FLOW [Limited Edition]
  type: anime
release_date: '2025-05-21'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 1850.0
reprints: []
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vocals:
- link: artist/6311
  names:
    en: Takanori Nishikawa
    ja: 西川貴教
votes: 0
websites:
  Official:
  - link: https://ossan-kensei.com/music/
    name: MUSIC -TV Anime "From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman" Official
      Site-
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  Reference:
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  - link: https://www.jancode.xyz/4547366740530/
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