#Menma VA Ai Kayano Joins Galileo Galilei to Perform Anohana Anime’s Opening in Just One Take

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Even after a decade, the Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day anime is still a much-beloved series, filling hearts with emotions and eyes with tears. To celebrate the series today, THE FIRST TAKE YouTube channel brought the opening theme song band Galileo Galilei to the studio to sing “Aoi Shiori” alongside Menma’s voice actor Ai Kayano and transported us back to 2011.

THE FIRST TAKE is a Sony Music Entertainment Japan initiative that has singers perform their hit songs in just one take in a minimally-styled studio which has the performer sing in, as the video description says “ONE TAKE ONLY, ONE LIFE ONLY.” 

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The original Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day TV anime series was broadcast in Japan from April 14, 2011, to June 23, 2011. Crunchyroll is streaming the series, describing it as such:

Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.

Source: THE FIRST TAKE on YouTube

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Daryl Harding is a Senior Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.