SID contributed two songs to Fullmetal Alchemist: Uso (1 st ending theme song) and Rain (5 th opening theme song). However, with the manga coming to a conclusion in 2010, a more faithful anime adaptation, subtitled “Brotherhood” was green-lit. It was originally adapted into an anime in 2003, but as it was airing while the manga was still ongoing, it eventually diverged from the plotline of the original source and became a very different story.
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Fullmetal Alchemist is an incredibly popular manga, being the 6 th highest selling manga series in the year 2010. Their next collaboration was with the highly anticipated Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. So it was of no surprise when it was announced that SID’s first major single would be an anime opening theme, namely the first season of Kuroshitsuji. In 2008, the Visual Kei band SID went major by moving from Danger Crue Records to Ki/oon (a division of Sony), which is also home to the famous (and prolific anime theme contributors) L’Arc~en~Ciel. Furthermore, the first season of Kuroshitsuji resulted in a massive increase in sales of the original manga and placed the opening theme song “Monokuro no Kiss” by fellow Visual Kei band SID into the top ten of the Oricon charts, meaning that there was little risk in such a tie-in, minus the backlash from some existing fans (which wouldn’t have resulted in reduced sales anyway). Considering that many people disregard Visual Kei musically due to the appearance of the bands, this was a very safe and (most probably) profitable venture for Sony. Hence, the target audience of the anime would consist of (mainly) young girls/women who have absolutely no qualms with the fashion in Kuroshitsuji, and therefore would be very much open to the visual aspect of Visual Kei. For those who do not know, Kuroshitsuji takes place in a fictional Victorian Era, a very gothic one for that matter. However, the decision of Sony Music Entertainment to tie-in the GazettE with Kuroshitsuji (literally “Black Butler”) was a very good one from a sales and exposure point of view. There seems to have been a rather angry response from some established fans regarding the likelihood of “otaku” becoming fans of the band. Has a truly horrific conclusion.Ī collaboration with a fair bit of drama behind it was the use of the GazettE’s “SHIVER” as the opening for Kuroshitsuji II.