 The official website for the band Boom Boom Satellites has announced that vocalist Michiyuki Kawashima died from complication due to a brain tumor in the very early morning of October 9, 2016.The band sang the theme songs of Bounen no Xamdou, Appleseed (Movie), Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, Ninja Slayer From Animation, and also provided music to Vexille: 2077 Nihon Sakoku. The most recent theme song was the opening to Kiznaiver "LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME," which was announced to be their very last single release due to Michiyuki Kawashima's brain tumor and partial paralysis. Source: Official site |
Sakana-sanOct 11, 2016 7:27 AM
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| :( RIP thank you for your awesome contributions to anime |
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| RIP so thats the reason why their band retired |
| Enough with the death news omg. Really sad, I do remember reading about how they were going to stop making music because of the vocalist's tumor and that he was partially paralyzed if I'm not mistaken. Well I may not have liked Kiznaiver, but the OP was pretty damn good, so thank you for that. Another one lost at a young age. RIP. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| May he rest in piece. I feel weird now cause I was listening to Lay Your Hand yesterday... |
| A Story will always come to it's end. The thing is, will you move on after it's over? |
| Such sad news. Back to back sad news. Such a huge loss. I hope his loved ones will overcome this huge loss. :( Thank you so much for the amazing songs. |
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| Oh no :( No, no, no. What a sad news... This is one of the biggest loss for the japanese music. R.I.P. |
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| RIP Lay Your Hands On Me was one of my favorite opening in Spring season. |
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| :< r.i.p that's incredibly sad and heartbreaking, such a loss. |
| Another death...rest in peace mate. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| this is so sad... rest in peace :( |
| That's a sad news :( I really liked Kiznaiver's OP. RIP |
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| That's sad new :( Rest In Peace |
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| Oh my god... rest in peace ;w;... |
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| I heard he was near death when the last single was released, cancer killed another good artist, RIP. |
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| I heard that he had really complicated health problems before, but I still had hope. Rest in Peace, Michiyuki Kawashima. You will be dearly missed. |
| >4th brain tumor relapse Awful, R.I.P. |
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| Very sad to see yet another person tied to the anime community pass away far too soon. : ( You will be cherished and remembered by your fans. |
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| omg... I knew he was hospitalized with 4th state cancer but to pass away that fast... Man, their music was amazing, especially the last album. You can feel all that emotion coming through from his last efforts... Lay your hands is absolutely beautiful song, as Clouds and Stars is. The former is exceptionally emotional, because of the fact that his daughter is in the music video. It's like a requiem... You will not be forgotten. |
TapuTapuuOct 11, 2016 10:50 AM
| Not surprised, but saddened. I know most people here likely remember the band from Kiznaiver (Which isn't a bad thing), but I actually recall them best for 'Push Eject' off of the Gran Turismo 2 soundtrack. Man, I loved that game and its' soundtrack. |
"I'd take rampant lesbianism over nuclear armageddon or a supervolcano any day." ~nikiforova |
| NOOOOO. Really love the OP of Kiznaiver. This is really sad though. RIP :( |
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| Omg... it's so sad T_T RIP. |
| Kawashima suffered enough with his brain tumor relapses, it was only a matter of time before his body couldn't take it anymore. "LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME" is beautiful, so for it to be their last single is fitting. I still gotta listen to more of their songs, but they were unique. Their absence makes the music industry a little more empty. |
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| This news is late, but regardless...I am so sad. I loved listening to this guy. It was him alone that really uplifted my spirits going through Ninja Slayer :sob: And even discounting that, I really don't like the news of all these news of death. |
| Not surprising, still sucks. Lay your Hands on me was fantastic. RIP. |
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| RIP :( I liked Kiznavier's theme song |
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| Documentary film for the band announced http://natalie.mu/music/news/237335 |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
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