It has been confirmed that our favorite Hikaru Utada will be singing the theme song for the upcoming Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance movie, which is scheduled to open in Japan on 27 June 2009.
This piece of news was confirmed in the free EVA-EXTRA02 paper magazine on Saturday. However, there is no further information on what is the title of the theme song.
For Evangelion 1.o, Hikki had sung a lovely cover of Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)”, and also her “Beautiful World” song for the movie’s ending credits.
Source: ANN
So how many of you have bought her latest English album – This Is the One? I really loved the main track Come Back to Me. ^^
I bought her English album on iTunes here in the USA when it came out. I have to say I liked about half the album, especially “Come Back to Me” and “Apples and Cinnamon”. My hope is now that she’s officially “out there” in the US market that she’ll continue to become more popular among the public, and not just the anime/gaming/weeaboo crowd.
The other half of the album was not quite as good, a lot of dance-oriented heavy techno tracks that were clearly made for the NYC club audience. Still, a lot better than Exodus, her first US effort.
Needless to say I was thrilled to hear she’d do another song for EVA 2.0. Considering that they’ve already released a 2009 remix of “Cruel Angel’s Thesis” with Yoko Takahashi, and also that Maaya Sakamoto, an excellent singer in her own right, is the seyuu for the new character Mary Illustrious, I expect a couple of great songs in conjunction with the new movie.
Just from the trailers, EVA 2.0 looks to be spectacular!