Last Alliance (band)

Last Alliance

Last Alliance (ラスト・アライアンス, Rasuto Araiansu) is a Japanese rock band based in Machida, Tokyo. In 2006, they performed Shissō (疾走), the ending theme song for the Bones anime series Ouran High School Host Club. They have released four albums to date: TEARS LIBRARY, UNDERGROUND BLUE, Me and Your Borderline, and the sum.

Members

• Ryūsuke Anzai (安斉龍介, Anzai Ryūsuke) (vocals and guitars)
• Takahiko Matsumara (松村孝彦, Matsumara Takahiko) (vocals and bass)
• Shingo Sano (佐野森吾, Sano Shingo) (guitars)
• Hiroshi Ozawa (小澤浩史, Ozawa Hiroshi) (drums)

Discography

Albums

• TEARS LIBRARY (Tears Library): Last Alliance's first studio album, released on July 19, 2003.

1. Track listing
   1. Boys Don't Cry - 3:57
   2. Run Into The Freedom - 3:39
   3. Itsuwari no Orange (偽りのオレンジ) - 3:59
   4. Last Alliance - 1:51
   5. Rebel Fire - 2:22
   6. beautiful - 0:48
   7. Planetarium (プラネタリウム) - 3:10
   8. See You Again - 2:54
   9. Sky Is Crying - 3:36
   10. Hidarimuki (ヒダリムキ) - 4:22
   11. Equal Reason - 4:27

• UNDERGROUND BLUE (Tears Library): Last Alliance's second studio album, released on November 8, 2004. The track Greens Sunlight was featured in the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter.

1. Track listing
   1. South Wind Knows - 3:44
   2. CLONE - 4:12
   3. Solitude (ソリチュード) - 5:06
   4. Filter (フィルター) - 4:06
   5. One Hot Second - 3:45
   6. Musō Jidai (夢想時代) - 4:29
   7. urge - 3:34
   8. Greens Sunlight - 3:46
   9. Jikū Trip (時空TRIP) - 5:38
   10. Okizari Ace (置き去りエース) - 3:41
   11. Lucky Luciano ni Utareru Mae Ni (ラッキー・ルチアーノに射たれる前に) - 3:31
   12. Truth In My Arms - 3:40
   13. Tadayou Yūgure Ni, Kieta Yuku Hibi (漂う夕暮れに、消えてゆく日々) - 6:10
   14. Letter - 3:58

• Me and Your Borderline (One-Coin Records) : Last Alliance's third studio album, released on December 6, 2006. The track SPIRAL WORLD was used as the ending theme to the Nippon TV program Ongaku Senshi: Music Fighter.

1. Track listing
   1. Break a mirror - 4:35
   2. KONOYUBITOMARE - 4:00
   3. Running (疾走, Shissō) - 3:54
   4. Red Flower (赤い花, Akai Hana) - 4:25
   5. Amy Syndrome (エイミーシンドローム, Eimi Shindoromu) - 4:22
   6. World Without Sound (音の無い世界, Oto no Nai Sekai) - 4:18
   7. SPIRAL WORLD - 3:40
   8. Spring (ゼンマイ, Zenmai) - 4:26
   9. gray end - 5:31
   10. FANTASIA - 4:21
   11. Lie of eternity, Paint it blue - 4:32
   12. Prometheus (プロメテウス, Purometeusu) - 3:48
   13. Sharing Sky (シェアリングスカイ, Shearingu Sukai) - 3:57
   14. Purification (浄化, Jōka) - 5:13

• the sum (One-Coin Records), 2008

1. Track listing
   1. Change by 1 - 3:05
   2. Proud of Scar - 2:05
   3. Mujuuryoku ONEWAY SHUTTLE - 4:18
   4. Sabaku to Gensou - 3:36
   5. Katahiza no Yogore - 3:20
   6. PERFECT GAME - 4:30
   7. Yureta Byoushin - 4:48
   8. Lonesome World - 4:15
   9. Drag On - 4:33
   10. WORLD IS MINE - 3:55
   11. Ameagari ni Graffiti - 4:47
   12. Gunjou Kurage - 4:26

Singles

• Last Alliance (Tears Library), 2003
• YG Service (Tears Library), 2004
• IO (Tears Library), 2004
• Re:frain (One-Coin Records), 2005
• DAZE&HOPE (One-Coin Records), 2006
• Signal 004 (One-Coin Records), 2007
• Always in My Heart (One-Coin Records), 2008

External links

• Official site
• Hiroshi's diary - Hiroshi's blog.