SUPERCELL (J-band)

Japanese 11-member music group led by composer and lyricist Ryo which formed in 2007 as a dōjin music group.Started out by making use of the Hatsune Miku singing synthesizer to produce vocals for songs submitted to the Nico Nico Douga video sharing website.

Official Site: http://www.supercell.jp/ 

Members:

Ryo (music, lyrics)

Shirow Miwa (illustration)

Huke (illustration)

Redjuice (illustration)

Suga (illustration)

Maque (illustration and animation)

Yoshiki Usa at Wooserdesign (design)

Hei8ro (Heihachiro) (support in illustration and photography)

Guitar (support in illustration)

Crow (support)

Golv (support)

Former:119 (Hikeshi) (illustration)

Indie Release:

The popularity of the songs led the group to release the independent self-titled album Supercell at Comiket 74 in August 2008.

2008:

July 15, 2008 : "Kibō no Neiro" (キボウノネイロ), released as a limited edition image song CD with the fifth volume of Shū Shirase's light novel series Oto × Maho. Only sold at Animate and Comic Toranoana. The CD sold at Animate had the song sung by Hatsune Miku,while at the Toranoana version by the human singer Sari.

August 2008:

Supercell released the independent self-titled album Supercell containing their most popular songs in addition to several previously unreleased songs.

December 12, 2008: Released "Hajimete no Koi ga Owaru Toki" (初めての恋が終わる時) on Nico Nico Douga which stayed at No. 1 on the daily My List Rankings for three days in a row, and has received over 1 million views; and also the last song Supercell posted on Nico Nico Douga.

2009: Major Debut.

March 4, 2009: Professional release of their Supercell album with Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Using the Vocaloid singing synthesizer software, Hatsune Miku, for the vocals; since then, the video has been viewed over 5 million times. Ryo used an illustration of Miku without permission by an illustrator named 119 (pronounced Hikeshi). After Ryo contacted 119 with an apology, 119 responded with great interest in "Melt" and began to work together with Ryo, thus forming Supercell. They have formed the 11-group between this year.. In an article in The Japan Times, Ryo admitted that he did not have any "big intentions" in uploading "Melt" to Nico Nico Douga and was not someone who "set out to find success" as he put it.

June 2009 was awarded the Gold Disc by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for having exceeded 100,000 copies shipped in a single year.Obtained a No. 4 ranking on Oricon's weekly albums chart.

August 12, 2009:

First major single "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" (君の知らない物語) ranked No. 5 on Oricon's weekly singles chart.Used as the ending theme song for the 2009 Bakemonogatari anime series,and the single also included two tracks featured in the 2009 animated film Cencoroll. The single marked the first time Supercell did not use Hatsune Miku as the vocalist, but instead having the singer Nagi Yanagi provide the vocals. Supercell was chosen as one of the best five new Japanese artists of 2009 during the 2010 Japan Gold Disc Award competition.

February 10, 2010:

Second single "Sayonara Memories" (さよならメモリーズ)

August 25, 2010. 

Third single, "Utakata Hanabi / Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni" (うたかた花火 / 星が瞬くこんな夜に), is a double A-side. used as the 14th ending theme for the Naruto: Shippuden anime series. "Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni" was used as the ending theme for Type-Moon's visual novel Mahōtsukai no Yoru.

July 14, 2010:

Released a split single in collaboration with Kz of Livetune called "Kotchi Muite Baby / Yellow" (こっち向いて Baby / Yellow^?), which is the theme song of Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd. Ryo composed "Kotchi Muite Baby", while Livetune composed "Yellow".released by Sony Music Direct. first release by Supercell to feature Hatsune Miku as the vocalist since their debut album. Black Rock Shooter is Ordet's first solo production as the main animation studio. Some footage of the anime was shown at Anime Expo.

July 24, 2010:

Ryo and Huke collaborated on the project with supervisor Yutaka Yamamoto and his animation studio Ordet; Shinobu Yoshioka directed the project. A 50-minute original video animation project entitled Black Rock Shooter was released on July 24, 2010 based on the song "Black Rock Shooter" and its original music video featuring illustrations by Huke.

September 30, 2009:

A "Pilot Edition" of the anime was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc

November 30, 2010 for trial listening.

Supercell produced the song "Hero" (ヒーロー) as a theme song to Shueisha's manga magazine Aoharu, a special edition version of Young Jump, which had its first issue on November 30, 2010.The full version of the song was released by Sony Music on their website.

2009: Releases.

February 22: "Koi wa Sensō" (恋は戦争)

May 31: "World is Mine" (ワールドイズマイン, Wārudo izu Main)

June 13: "Black Rock Shooter" (ブラック★ロックシューター, Burakku Rokku Shūtā).

All received over 1 million views.

On Nico Nico Douga, his songs achieved the No. 1 spot on the daily My List Rankings.

2010:

Supercell joined the label as one of the inaugural members, including others such as Livetune, Gom, Rapbit, and Nagi Yanagi.collaborated on a compilation album titled TamStar Records Collection Vol. 0 released as a limited edition at Comiket 79 in December 2010.Supercell's "Kibō no Neiro" sung by Hatsune Miku and "Ashita e" (アシタヘ) sung by Rapbit and Clear.TamStar Records released a remix album of Supercell's debut album Supercell as a tribute to the band titled Stowaways at Comiket 79.

Supercell released their second album Today Is A Beautiful Day in March 2011.

May 25 to June 19, 2011:

Supercell held auditions for a guest vocalist on the band's third album and two girls were chosen: a 15-year-old named Koeda and a 17-year-old named Chelly. Collaborated with the dōjin musician Dixie Flatline to produce the split single "Sekiranun Graffiti" (積乱雲グラフィティ) which was composed by Ryo that was used as the opening theme to Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend. While Fallin' Fallin' Fallin'" by Dixie Flatline released on August 31, 2011 by Sony Music Direct that features Hatsune Miku as the vocalist.

Anime Series:

The theme songs for the 2011 anime series Guilty Crown were produced by Supercell.

The anime's first opening theme is "My Dearest" and is performed by Koeda.(November 23, 2011) as Supercell's fourth single.

The anime's first ending theme is "Departures (Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta)" (Departures ～あなたにおくるアイの歌～) and is sung by Chelly, who also sings insert songs featured in Guilty Crown.(November 30, 2011) as the first single under the band name Egoist, after the fictional band in Guilty Crown.

March 7, 2012 as the second single under the name Egoist.

Included on the single is a remix of the title song by Boom Boom Satellites. The anime's second opening theme is "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" by Chelly, and the second ending theme is "Kokuhaku" (告白) by Koeda. "Kokuhaku" will be released on March 7, 2012 on the double A-side "Kokuhaku / Bokura no Ashiato" (告白 / 僕らのあしあと^?) as Supercell's fifth single."Bokura no Ashiato" is used as the ending theme to the 2012 anime series Black Rock Shooter. Ryo wrote the song "Light My Fire" sung by Kotoko, which is used as the first opening theme to the 2011 anime series Shakugan no Shana Final.

Though this isnt an anime talaga, hope meron in the latter. Summarized timeline lang.^^