Guren no Yumiya (TV Size ver.)

Crimson Bow and Arrow (TV Size ver.) (in Japanese 紅蓮の弓矢, Guren no Yumiya) is the first opening theme to the anime Attack on Titan (in Japanese 進撃の巨人, Shingeki no Kyojin), which began airing 7 April 2013.

Releases

• Digital Single

History

Credits

Vocals:
Revo

Musicians:
Electric Guitar and Steel Strings Acoustic Guitar: YUKI
Bass: Atsushi Hasegawa
Piano, Electronic Organ and Cembalo: Koji Igarashi
Drums: JUN-JI

＜Gen Ittetsu Strings＞
1st Violin: Gen Ittetsu, Yoshiko Kaneko, Maki Nagata, Kaoru Kuroki, Yuko Kajitani, Yayoi Fujita
2nd Violin: Takuya Mori, Osamu Iyoku, Masayoshi Fujimura, Leina Ushiyama
Viola: Shouko Miki, Daisuke Kadowaki
Cello: Kaori Morita, Masahiro Tanaka, Toshiyuki Muranaka
Contrabass: Yoshinobu Takeshita

Trumpet: Masanori Suzuki, Shiro Sasaki, Shinichi Yamashita, Yuki Urata
Trombone: Kanade Shishiuchi, Makoto Igarashi, Hiroki Sato, Kaichi Nonoshita
Horn: Takashi Naitoh, Naoki Ishiyama, Takato Saijyo, Satoshi Matsuda, Yasushi Higa. Toyohide Watanabe
Tuba: Masashi Kina, Atsushi Matsunaga

Flute & Piccolo: Hideyo Takakuwa
Oboe: Satoshi Shoji
Clarinet: Kimio Yamane
Fagotto: Toshitsugu Inoue

Percussion: Mataro Misawa

Harp: Tomoyuki Asakawa

Choir: Choir -Kyo- (Ritsuyukai) & Ensenmble OtonoHa
Choir Director: Yoshinori KOBA

Computer Programming: Revo

Sound Effect Editor: Hirokazu Ebisu

Making of Credits:
Recording Engineers: Suminobu Hamada (CLAY CORPORATION) & Akihiro Tabuchi (RAP-PRODUCTS)
Assistant Engineers:

Kosuke Abe (RECORDING STUDIO green bird)
Eriko Iijima (RECORDING STUDIO green bird)
Akiyoshi Tanaka (RECORDING STUDIO green bird)
Hiroyuki Kishimoto (Victor Entertainment)
Satoshi Akai (SOUND INN)
Chie Sato (SOUND INN)
Kazunori Okamoto (Sound City)
Yoshinori Kashiwagura (AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS)
Satoshi Yoneda (AVACO CREATIVE STUDIOS)
Norihiko Katsumata (ONKIO HAUS)

Mixed by Suminobu Hamada (CLAY CORPORATION)
Mastered by Yasuji Yasman Maeda (Bernie Grundman Mastering)

Art Direction & Design: IWATA ROOM/7STARS DESIGN
Photographer: Yoshika Horita (Caminari)
Photo Retoucher: Akio Yamaguchi Stylist: Junya Hayashida (SIGNO) Hair & Make-up: Tomoya Enatsu (elephantlip)

Director: Mayumi Takagi (RAP-PRODUCTS)
Assistant Director: Akihiro Tabuchi (RAP-PRODUCTS)
A&R: Hideki Tanaka (PONY CANYON) & Motomi Oiwa (PONY CANYON)
A&R in Chief: Mahito Azami (PONY CANYON)
Production Assistant: Shoko Aoyagi (RAP-PRODUCTS) Public Relations: Ryoko Biyajima (RAP-PRODUCTS)
Sales Promoter: Taku Kuwahara (PONY CANYON) Manufacturing Process Manager: Media Promotion: PONY CANYON Promotion Team
Production Desk: Misaki Negishi (RAP-PRODUCTS)

Executive Producers: Koji Takahashi (RAP-PRODUCTS) & Kazuo Ishikawa (PONY CANYON)