Hemisphere (song)

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"Hemisphere"
"Hemisphere" cover
Single by Maaya Sakamoto
from the album RahXephon O.S.T. 1
Released February 21, 2002
Format CD
Writer(s) Yuho Iwasato, Yoko Kanno
Producer(s) Yoko Kanno
Chart positions
Maaya Sakamoto singles chronology
"Mameshiba"
(2000)
"Hemisphere"
(2002)
"Gravity"
(2002)

"Hemisphere" (ヘミソフィア Hemisofia?) is the 10th single by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto. The lyrics were written by Yuho Iwasato and the music was composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno. As of 2006 it was still the second most sold Maaya Sakamoto single, only topped by "Kiseki no Umi".

The song was used as the opening theme for Yutaka Izubuchi's anime series RahXephon in which Sakamoto also played a character, and it was included in both the soundtrack album RahXephon O.S.T. 1 and in the Single Collection + Nikopachi single collection.

[edit] Single track listing

  1. "Hemisphere" (ヘミソフィア?)
  2. "Ongaku" (音楽 Music?)
  3. "Hemisphere" (ヘミソフィア?) (instrumental)

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
position
Sales Time in
chart
Oricon Weekly Singles #22 N/A 9 weeks


RahXephon
Main: RahXephon | Characters | Dolem | Episodes and media
Music: "Hemisphere" | O.S.T. 1 | O.S.T. 2 | O.S.T. 3 | "Tune the Rainbow" | Movie O.S.T.