"Limit" | ||||
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Single by Luna Sea | ||||
from the album Luv | ||||
B-side | "I'll Stay With You" | |||
Released | June 22, 2016 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Label | Universal | |||
Songwriter(s) | Luna Sea | |||
Producer(s) | Luna Sea | |||
Luna Sea singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Limit" on YouTube |
"Limit" is the nineteenth single by Japanese rock band Luna Sea, released on June 22, 2016. It reached number 14 on the Oricon chart and number 19 on Billboard's Japan Hot 100.[1][2]
"Limit" was written to be the opening theme song of the Endride anime after Luna Sea were approached by its staff.[3] Thus it is the band's first work to be tied to an anime.[4]
A 30-second commercial for the single utilizing footage of the song's music video was uploaded to YouTube on May 29.[5] The full video was freely streamed on the band's website for only four hours from 20:00 to 24:00 during a full moon on June 20, 2016.[6] As part of a promotion with the toy company Brokker, each band member had a Lego-like toy modeled after them. The figures served as the basis for a shortened, 3D animated recreation of the music video for "Limit" published on YouTube on September 21.[7]
The single's b-side, "I'll Stay With You", was written by Sugizo and features him playing the violin.[8]
The single was released in four editions; the regular contains just the two-track CD, Limited Edition A is on a high-fidelity SHM-CD and includes a Blu-ray of the title track's music video, Limited Edition B is a standard CD with the same video on a DVD instead. A special Endride edition includes just the title track and not the b-side. All four have different cover art.[9]
All songs written and composed by Luna Sea.