The World Ends with You (
Subarashiki Kono Sekai) action role-playing game, announced on Thursday that the anime will change its opening theme song.
Sony Music Labels reported on the same day that police arrested Kahadio (real name Kadio Shirai), the drummer of the band
ALI. The band was slated to perform the opening theme song TEENAGE CITY RIOT for the anime.
None of the announcements from
Sony Music Labels,
ALI s official website mention why Kahadio was arrested, but
ALI s website does mention a scandal. The announcement on
ALI s official website noted that the case was currently under investigation, but that it will deal with Kahadio appropriately. The anime will air its first episode tomorrow as planned.
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Tower Records photographed on April 4, 2020 in Shibuya, Japan.
Streaming revenues grew 25% in 2020, according to the Recording Industry Association of Japan, but physical was down 15% leading to a 9% decline overall.
TOKYO Digital music sales in Japan rose 11% in 2020, as the world s second-largest market posted its seventh straight year of digital gains amid sliding physical sales, according to data released this week by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
Fueled by a 25% uptick in streaming audio revenues, to 50.7 billion yen ($465.9 million), overall digital sales climbed to 78.3 billion yen ($719.2 million) in wholesale value.
By contrast, physical music sales, largely CDs, fell 15% in wholesale-value terms to 129.9 billion yen ($1.2 billion). In unit terms, physical dropped 21% to 105.7 million. Japan is the world s biggest consumer of physical music products.