Masterpieces and popular songs by Scenario Art
Scenarioart is a rock band with male and female twin vocals.
Their songs are captivating: they retain a solid rock feel while harnessing the airy atmosphere of the twin vocals to convey the band’s unique worldview.
Give this playlist a listen and you’ll find yourself wanting to see them live.
Scenarioart’s best and most popular songs (1–10)
NanahitsujiShinario Aato
Released on November 11, 2015 as a split single by KANA-BOON and Scenarioart.
Inspired by the line “Seven is a lonely number” spoken by the character Shiki Magata in the Fuji TV anime The Perfect Insider, which serves as the ending theme, the song is composed in 7/4 time.
It’s also a track you can enjoy via the music videos: KANA-BOON, who performs the opening theme “talking,” and Scenarioart make guest appearances in each other’s MVs.
Epoch ParadeShinario Aato
Scenarioart’s first single, released on July 6, 2016.
Created as each member overcame their own trials, the work has a warm, positive feel.
The music video—featuring distinctive illustrations and soft, pastel-toned visuals—is also a must-see.
Night flyingShinario Aato
A song included as the first track on their first major full-length album, “Happy Umbrella.” Its bright tone and lyrics about overcoming hardship and singing of hope make it a perfect fit for the opening track.
With lyrics that faintly evoke Peter Pan, it’s a piece that blends a dreamlike unreality with reality in a way characteristic of Scenarioart.
Endless PlayerShinario Aato
A song released as a digital-only single on August 10, 2016.
While it has a strong rock feel, its interplay with the strings is very much Scenarioart, and the rhyming in the chorus suggests a fresh approach.
It’s a track you’ll definitely want to hear live and sing along to.
White Raincoat ManShinario Aato
A song produced during their indie days as a Tower Records–exclusive one-coin single.
An animated music video was created during the indie period and posted on YouTube, and upon their major-label debut they produced a live-action MV featuring a version with a different ending.
Just before the debut, a VOCALOID “Hatsune Miku” version was also created and uploaded, which drew attention.
As one of their signature early tracks, the cynical undertones expressed beneath its fantasy-tinged atmosphere, conversely, lend it a sense of realism.
SpacyShinario Aato
A track included on the indie mini-album “-DRAMATICS-” and the major-label mini-album “night walking.” As part of an animation collaboration series, its music video was produced and released on YouTube.
The first half of the chorus features a catchy melody and lyrics that seem easy to sing along to, while the latter half’s melody, with its frequent leaps, leaves a strong impression.
Cynical DetoxShinario Aato
This track, effectively the opening song of the March 2016 release “dumpling swimmer,” combines exceptionally tight performance with a thrilling sound that pulls the listener in.
The vividly colored music video featuring dancers is also a must-see.
Adahada AlienShinario Aato
Scenarioart is a band formed in 2009 by Kousuke Yashi and Takahisa Yamashita, who attended the same high school.
Takahisa Yamashita is also known as a support member for KANA-BOON.
Scenarioart made their major debut in 2014 and have continued to thrive, including handling theme songs for films.
Their appeal lies in harmonies between high-tone voices—their ultra-high notes overlap to create a unique, powerful sound.
Sayonara Moon TownShinario Aato
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations is a work that depicts the story following the massively popular manga Naruto.
The song chosen as the anime’s ending theme is Scenarioart’s “Sayonara Moon Town,” released in 2017.
The lyrics, which express the desire to protect someone precious and the heartache of being unable to do so, tighten your chest with emotion.
The male-female twin vocals further heighten the song’s poignancy.
Blue LonelinessShinario Aato
A song included as the second track on their first major full-length album, “Happy Umbrella.” In creating this album, the members said, “It’s incredibly irresponsible to sing blithely that the future is bright, that everything will be fine, or that dreams are wonderful.
No one understands that better than we do.
That’s precisely why we thought hard about expressions that would truly resonate.” The lyrics seem to embody those words, and the worldview that casts “youth” as “blue loneliness” feels like a realistic reflection of junior and senior high school students struggling with their everyday lives.