Psychic Lover
Psychic Lover is a Japanese rock duo. Yoffy (Yoshiyuki Wada, 和田 よしゆき [Wada Yoshiyuki] b. October 11, 19??, left) sings vocals while Imajo (Tatsuhiro Imajō, 今城 龍寛 [Imajō Tatsushiro] b. January 18, 19??, right), a.k.a. Joe, plays all the guitars. They provide music for many Japanese action/anime series, including Gaiking, the anime version of [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Witchblade (anime)|{{#if:Witchblade|Witchblade|Witchblade (anime)}}]], [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|{{#if:Tokusō Sentai Dekaranger|Tokusō Sentai Dekaranger|Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger}}]] and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|{{#if:||Samurai Sentai Shinkenger}}]]. They list among their inspirations such musicians as Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, George Michael, and Van Halen. Which explains a lot.
They wrote and performed three different songs for Legends of the Microns, the Japanese version of the Armada cartoon series:
- "Transformer: Dream Again" (opening theme #1)
- "Never Ending Road" (ending theme #1)
- "Don't Give Up!!" (ending theme #2)
Nearly two decades later, they returned to Transformers by performing EarthSpark's opening theme, "Transformers-Earthspark!!".
Transformers discography
[edit]Four different Legends of the Microns CDs featuring Psychic Lover's music were released. The two most noteworthy (to most non-Japanese fans, at least) are the two mini-CD singles of the opening and closing themes released on February 1, 2003, as each one came with an exclusive redeco of one of the Mini-Con Teams from the toyline. Each CD also contained an original song, plus instrumental versions of both.
- Opening Theme: "Transformer ~ Dream Again" c/w "Mune Ippai no..." ("A Heart Full of...")
- Came with an "anime" redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team.
- Closing Theme: "Never Ending Road" c/w "No Name Heroes"
- Came with a blue-tinted redeco of the Air Defense Mini-Con Team.
A March single contained simply "Dream Again" and "Never Ending Road" and no toys. In July 2003, another single was released with the cartoon's second opening and closing songs: "Transformers ~Kōtetsu no Yūki~" ("Steel Courage") by Hideaki Takatori and Psychic Lover's "Don't Give Up!!"
In August 20, 2003, the three Psychic Lover show-themes were included in the Japanese series-spanning Theme Song Collection 2-CD set, and the Song Universe 5-CD set in August 8, 2007.