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Two and a half years after their last album with eight members, NEWS as a six-member group released “pacific”, their sophomore album.

“Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~”, Tegomass’ 2nd single, was used as the ending theme to the Lovely Complex anime. It’s a calming and soft love ballad backed with both synthesizer and orchestral sounds.

“ANGELUS / Z!Z!Z! -Zip!Zap! Zipangu” is Hitomi Shimatani’s 16th single, which would be a tie-in with the anime Inuyasha.

After Olivia Lufkin’s hiatus, many fans were eagerly awaiting a release which was credited to OLIVIA only. The NANA releases were satisfactory enough, but everyone knew that Olivia’s style moved towards a different and more unique direction. Also Olivia’s fans wanted music which reflected Olivia’s personality rather than Reira’s. In January 2007 Olivia finally released her highly anticipated 5th mini album titled “The Cloudy Dreamer“. However Olivia had another surprise up her sleeve, since “The Cloudy Dreamer” moved towards a different direction from her previous mini albums.

“Wish/Starless Night” is Olivia’s second and last NANA single. This single was announced in August, after it was decided that Olivia would sing both the opening and the ending theme songs for the second season of NANA. Thus avex announced the release of a double A-side single.