ROOT FIVE Releases New Mini-Album

ROOT FIVE announced a couple of things yesterday. First of All, while previously referred to as √5, for reasons such as the name being rather difficult to find in places or difficulties in inputting the √ sign, they have officially announced their name change into ROOT FIVE.

Secondly, they have also announced the release of their new mini-album, titled “Summer Days”. It will be released on July 16th, 2014. The single will be the official theme song of the movie “Magic Night”. The tracklist for the CDs are as follows:

Type A (CD + DVD):
2500 yen
Disc 1:
01 Magic Night
02 To be announced
03 To be announced
04 To be announced
05 To be announced
06 To be announced
07 To be announced
※track order is still pending

Disc 2:
01 Music Video
02 Still pending

Type B (CD + original goods):
2500 yen

Disc 1:
01 Magic Night
02 To be announced
03 To be announced
04 To be announced
05 To be announced
06 To be announced
07 To be announced
※track order is still pending

Goods details to be announced at a later date

Type C (CD only, inclusive of 2 trading cards):
2000 yen

Disc 1:
01 Magic Night
02 To be announced
03 To be announced
04 To be announced
05 To be announced
06 To be announced
07 To be announced
08 To be announced
※track order is still pending

CD will include 2 trading cards that will be given at random, there are 6 trading cards in total to look forward to!

Type D (Animate limited, CD + DVD):
2500 yen

Disc 1:
01 Magic Night
02 To be announced
03 To be announced
04 To be announced
05 To be announced
06 To be announced
07 To be announced
※track order is still pending

Disc 2:
01 New Music Video (Music Video Making)

This mini-album will also include store-specific bonuses, such as (listed by store):

• Animate: Animate-only limited edition poster of the members in yukata.
• Tsutaya Records: Tsutaya-only limited edition poster of the members in school uniform (Tsutaya-version).
• Tower Records: Tower Records-only limited edition poster of the members in aprons.
• Lawson & HMV: HMV-only limited edition poster of the members in school uniform (HMV-version).
• Loppi [Lawson Ministop]: limited edition uchiwa fan.

For more information on this mini-album, click here to go to the official page.

ROOT FIVE is a five-piece singing unit, established in 2011, which consists of Dasoku, Koman, Pokota, Mi-chan and Kettaro. They were originally renowned singers who mainly cover songs and upload their singing videos to the popular Japanese video-sharing site Nico Nico Douga. Their debut single, titled “Merry Go Round” was released on December 4, 2011. Most if not all of their songs were written by fellow Nico Nico Douga users and songwriters. ROOT FIVE’s songs mostly include pop and pop-rock, whilst also employing some electronic and digital music features. ROOT FIVE is currently under Avex, and has released 5 singles and 1 album to date.

Here is an example of ROOT FIVE’s works!:

How is it, are you looking forward to the releases? Which type are you planning to buy?