Last week, Kamen Joshi released their much(?)-anticipated single “Personia/ISUMI,” with a very clear goal of matching the success of 2015’s “Genkidane”: Reaching the weekly #1.
Here’s the short version of the MV; why it’s short, not even our friend Char T Saki understands.
本日１月３日発売！！
仮面大陸～ペルソニア～MV ３０秒ｖｅｒ〔仮面女子〕
MV全編は春に完成予定です！ pic.twitter.com/7JEYTLYH87— 仮面女子:公式ツイッター (@AliceProject_mb) January 3, 2017
Immediately upon release, though, the push for #1 began in earnest:
Need your support to win the first prize on Japanese chart.
Believe the power of miracle.
Let us realize our dreams.https://t.co/jMAYuvtypz pic.twitter.com/yIZ9ch1b1D— 桜雪＠仮面女子 (@y_sakura_alice) January 3, 2017
They made it to #1 in the daily rank, but did they make it there for the week?
No.
They got #2 with 103,000 copies sold (TY Jul).
仮面女子の仮面大陸、週間チャート、ビルボードもでました！
結果はオリコンと同じく二位です。応援ありがとうございました！https://t.co/vd80f9IiIQ pic.twitter.com/C2zGLstFpU— 仮面女子:公式ツイッター (@AliceProject_mb) January 10, 2017
That’s a lot of copies
Here’s the video announcement:
Proud anyway! I would be
And here’s the extra A-side, which is being used as the official song of some city in Chiba, I think?
Anyway, good job, Kamen Joshi. You sold a butt-ton of CDs!
An album would be nice tho……
They got it good with their own theater (including second location!) and whole mess of promotional deals. I’m surprised that they haven’t gone the album route, but I can also see why they don’t think it’s important.
Apparently they put one out on iTunes a while back – https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/jia-mian-nu-zisupesharuarubamu/id1072075544 . I think digitally they have released quite a lot of “albums”, although I don’t really know if you would think about how they put out music in standard release terms.
They have a greatest competitor in the chart, one day after Kamen Tairiku/ISUMI released and the sales is very much. In my opinion, Kamen Joshi reachs #2 on the Oricon Weekly Ranking.
MV has not been completed yet. After this, CG processing and additional shooting remain. I heard that costumes also change from Genkidane to Personia’s new costume when they arrive to Personia (Mask Continent).
The full version will be released in the spring. A video clip is necessary if it becomes higher ranking in Oricon. For this reason, they would have released the short version.