Mili (musical group)

Japanese indie music group

This article is about Japanese musical group. For other uses, see Mili (disambiguation).

Mili

Origin| Japan
Genres| Indie
Years active| 2012–present
Labels| Saihate Records[1]
Members| Cassie "Momocashew" Wei
Yamato "Hamo" Kasai
Yukihito Mitomo
Shoto Yoshida
Ao Fujimori
Past members| Ame Yamaguchi
Website| Official website

Mili is a Japanese indie music group founded in August 2012, consisting of Cassie Wei, Yamato Kasai, Yukihito Mitomo, Shoto Yoshida, and Ao Fujimori. Mili covers electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical genres of music[2] in Japanese, English, Chinese, and French. Apart from releasing their own songs, Mili has also contributed their music, lyrics, and/or songs to various media such as video games, commercial video, and for other artists.[3] Mili is labeled under Saihate Records; as of October 2019 and announced in April 2020, they have separated from their music management company.[1][4]

Three of their released CDs placed first in the Oricon Indies chart, and they appeared in Summer Sonic 2017 and 2018.[5] The group is named after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Dear Mili."[6] The band has also released music under the name AWAAWA.

## Members

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Mili consists of the following five members:[3][7]

* Yamato Kasai or HAMO – main composer, main arranger, sub lyricist, guitarist
* Cassie Wei, or momocashew – vocalist, main lyricist. Canadian-Chinese, born in China, raised in Canada, now living in Japan[8]
* Yukihito Mitomo – bassist. Joined Mili in December 2013[9]
* Shoto Yoshida – drummer. Joined Mili in December 2013[9]
* Ao Fujimori – illustrator, animator. Joined Mili in September 2014[10]

### Former members

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* Ame Yamaguchi – stylist, designer, art director. Joined Mili in May 2014; left in August 2019 to work on personal projects[7]

## History and works

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2012

* Founded (August)
* Contributed in Sound On Our Palms -TENORI-ON Compilation- (October 28)
* Songs for Cytus (November)
* Composed song for "Kaitai no Zōkei"[11] (December)

2013

* Music for RICOH's commercial video[12] (September 2)
* Music for Yamayuri (September 17)
* Song effect for "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum"[13] and "A flower sings"[14] (September 17)
* MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto was sent to Tokyo Game Show 2013 for display (September 27)
* Songs for Deemo (November 13)
* Arranged music for Sakevisual's otome game Backstage Pass (November 30)
* Arranged and composed song for voice comic "Gomen ne"[15] (December 13)

2014

* Registered to ARTISTCROWD (January 8)
* Song for "Ye Hu Ba Zhong Zou+"[16] (March 8)
* Music for Toto's Washlet commercial video[17] (June)
* Music for Fuji Kyuko's La ville de Gaspard et Lisa[18] (June 26)
* Song arrangement for Ferri's 2nd album "∞": "rusty chandelier" and "eternal return"[19] (November 5)

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2015

* Music for Combi's commercial video "Branding Movie"[20] (January)
* Arrangement for DAOKO's 1st album "DAOKO": "Nai Mono Nedari" (March 25)
* Arrangement & composition for Astell & Kern's AK100II Kana Hanazawa Edition collaboration song, "Tadoritsuku Basho"[21] (August)

2016

* Song for anime Bloodivores, "NENTEN" (October)
* Live tour (November 5–12)[22]

2017

* Mini live "15158775" (イチゴ壱号バナナ七号, Ichigo Ichi Gō Banana Nana Gō) (May 27, June 11, & June 24)[23]
* Performing at Summer Sonic 2017 (August 18)
* 5th anniversary live tour "Mag Milk All Songs"[24] (September 30, October 1, October 9, & November 11)

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2018

* Live Tour 2018 "Mommy, Where's My Left Hand Again?" at Osaka (May 19), Nagoya (May 20), Taipei, Taiwan (June 9), Tokyo (June 15), Guangzhou (November 8), Beijing(November 10) and Shanghai (November 11)[25][26]
* Song for television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Rightfully" (October)[27]
* Song for television anime series Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle "Origin" and arrangement & composition for its ending theme sung by Inori Minase, "Bottleship" (October)[5]
* Performed at C3AFA 2018 Singapore (December 2)[28]

2019

* 双島乳業 presents Mili 1st Live 2019 "Mother Ship Gi6pon" (February 3)[29]
* Music in charge for Fuji TV's original drama Yuri Dano Kan Dano (May)
* New song, "Sloth" (September)[30]
* Guest artist at Anime Festival Asia: I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019 (June 8, 9)[31]
* Mili Tour 2019-2020: AJIWAIIAJI (December 2019–January 2020)[32]

2020

* Song for anime film Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown, "Static" (February)[33]
* Song for the animated webseries Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045, "sustain++" (February)[34]
* Song for mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Cast Me a Spell" (April)[35]
* Song for television anime series Gleipnir, "Rain, body fluids and smell" (April)[36]
* Original soundtrack for video game ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (September)[37]

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2021

* Album for video game Library of Ruina, "To Kill a Living Book -for Library of Ruina-" (October)[38]
* Song for the video game Limbus Company, "In Hell We Live, Lament", in collaboration with Kihow of Myth & Roid (November)[39]

2022

* Song for video game DEEMO II, "Bento Box Bivouac" (January)[40]
* Song for the video game Welcome to Dreamland, "Sideshow Duckling" (February)[41]
* Opening theme for the video game Thy Creature, "My Creator" (February)[42]
* Song for the second part of mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Skin-Deep Comedy" (March)[43]
* Opening theme for the anime adaption of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, "Paper Bouquet" (April)[44]
* Ending theme for the anime adaption of Vermeil in Gold, "Mortal With You" (July)[45]
* Theme for the Mystery Novel NOIR DOLL, "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling" (December)[46]

2023

* Boss theme for Canto III of video game Limbus Company, "Between Two Worlds" (March)[47]
* Song for video game DEEMO II, "Gunners in the Rain" (May)[48]
* Boss theme for Canto IV of video game Limbus Company, "Fly, My Wings" (June)[49]
* Performed at Anime Expo 2023 (July 2)[50]
* Preinstalled song for Sony Xperia 5 V, "Sleep Talk Metropolis" (September)[51]
* Song for the second season of television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Entertainment" (October 31)[52]
* Boss fight theme for Canto V of video game Limbus Company, "Compass" (November)[53]

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2024

* Song for video game Goblin Slayer Another Adventure: Nightmare Feast, "Duetting Solo" (February 29)[54]
* Original Soundtrack for video game Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist (March 25)[55]
* Boss fight theme for Canto VI of video game Limbus Company, "Through Patches of Violet" (April)[56]
* Promotional theme for video game Arknights, "Grown-up's Paradise" (April 26)[57]
* OST for video game Snowbreak: Containment Zone (May)[58]
* Boss fight theme for Canto VII of video game Limbus Company, "Hero" (October)[59]
* Image Song for Promise of Wizard, "Life We Sow" (November)[60]

## Honours

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In 2025, scientists named a fossil barklouse †Psyllipsocus mili. The species is from the Cretaceous and its name was given in honor to the band’s “incredible music and art”.[61]

## Discography

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### Albums

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#### Studio albums

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Title  | Album details  | Track listing  | Peak chart positions

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JPN
Oricon
[62] | JPN
Billboard
Mag Mell |

* Released: September 17, 2014
* Label: Saihate Records
* Formats: CD, digital download

13 tracks

1. A Turtle's Heart
2. Nine Point Eight
3. Utopiosphere
4. Friction
5. Chocological
6. YUBIKIRI-GENMAN
7. Sacramentum: Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino
8. Ephemeral
9. Imagined Flight
10. Fable
11. Rosetta
12. Maroma Samsa
13. Witch's Invitation

| 31  | 21[63]
Miracle Milk |

* Released: October 12, 2016
* Label: Saihate Records
* Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download

19 tracks

1. Red Dahlia
2. Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery
3. RTRT
4. Unidentified Flavourful Object
5. Meatball Submarine
6. Vulnerability
7. Nenten (与我共鳴-NENTEN-)
8. Bathtub Mermaid
9. Cerebrite
10. Space Colony
11. world.execute(me);
12. Utopiosphere -Platonism-
13. Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant
14. Yubikiri-Genman -special edit-
15. Sl0t
16. Past the Stargazing Season
17. Colorful
18. Komm, süsser Tod (cover of movie The End of Evangelion's insert song)
19. Shitty Flowers (hidden track)

| 12  | 9[64]
Millennium Mother |

* Released: April 24, 2018
* Label: Saihate Records
* Formats: CD, digital download

20 tracks

1. Boys in Kaleidosphere
2. Camelia
3. Summoning 101
4. Vitamins feat. World's End Girlfriend
5. Lemonade
6. Milk (奶水)
7. world.search(you);
8. Mushrooms
9. Gertrauda
10. Tokyo Neon
11. Extension of You
12. Mirror Mirror
13. With a Billion Worldful of <3 feat. DÉ DÉ Mouse
14. Every Other Ghost
15. Fossil
16. Rubber Human
17. Excαlibur
18. Let the Maggots Sing
19. Nine Point Eight -special edit-
20. Still Alive (cover of Portal's ending theme)

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#### Mini albums

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Title  | Album details  | Track listing  | Peak chart positions

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JPN
Oricon
[62] | JPN
Billboard
Hue |

* Released: May 24, 2017
* Label: Saihate Records
* Formats: CD, digital download

6 tracks

1. Rubber Human
2. world.search(you);
3. DK
4. Ikutoshitsuki (幾年月)
5. Opium
6. Excαlibur

| 25  | 21[66]
To Kill a Living Book -for Library Of Ruina- |

* Release: October 9, 2021
* Label: Saihate Records
* Format: CD, Cassette, Vinyl, digital download
* Soundtrack from the video game Library of Ruina

8 tracks

1. String Theocracy
2. From a Place of Love
3. And Then is Heard No More
4. Iron Lotus
5. Children of the City
6. Gone Angels
7. Poems of a Machine
8. Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police

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Let's Lament |

* Released: Jan 21, 2024
* Label: Saihate Records
* Format: Digital download, Vinyl
* Piano remixes of music from Limbus Company

2 tracks

1. In Hell We Live, Lament (Let's Lament)
2. Between Two Worlds (Let's Lament)

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### Single

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Title  | Year  | Track listing  | Peak positions  | Album

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JPN
Oricon
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"Rightfully"  | 2018  |

5 tracks

1. Rightfully (opening theme for television anime Goblin Slayer)
2. Mob Mentality
3. Region
4. Though Our Paths May Diverge
5. Rightfully (instrumental)

| 24  | Non-album single
"Intrauterine Education"  | 2020  |

6 tracks

1. sustain++; (ending song for television anime Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045)
2. Petrolea
3. War of Shame
4. sustain++; (instrumental)
5. Petrolea (instrumental)
6. War of Shame (instrumental)

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"Ame to Taieki to Nioi/Static" (雨と体液と匂い/Static) | 2020  |

4 tracks

1. Ame to Taieki to Nioi (ending song for television anime Gleipnir)
2. Static(ending song for anime movie Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown)
3. Ame to Taieki to Nioi (instrumental)
4. Static (instrumental)

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### Others

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Title  | Release date  | Notes  | Track Listing  | Source

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"Chocological"  | October 28, 2012  | Included in compilation album Music on Our Palms |

1 track

1. Chocological

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MuNiCa – Cry of Pluto [Original Soundtrack] | April 7, 2013  | Soundtrack for the video game MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto |

8 tracks

1. Main Theme
2. A Wonderful Tale
3. The Cathedral Which Burns
4. In Imperial Cathedral
5. Unexpected
6. Madism
7. Main Theme (Piano Version)
8. Outro

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H△G×Mili | November 27, 2013  | Split album with H△G  |

4 tracks

1. Witch's Invitation
2. Sacramentum:Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino
3. Nine Point Eight
4. 星見る頃を過ぎても -Canon and Gigue in Plectrum Remix-

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"Klavier"  | March 8, 2014  | Piano album by Yamato Kasai  |

5 tracks

1. A Flower Sings
2. 999
3. L.O.V.
4. Flashback
5. Ephemeral

| [4] [5]
"Holy and Darkness 1"  | December 22, 2014  | Collaboration with Tasuku Arai  |

1 track

1. Holy and Darkness 1

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H△G×Mili vol.2 | May 9, 2015  | Split album with H△G  |

4 tracks

1. Cerebrite
2. Space Colony
3. Inhibition
4. Colorful

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ENDER LILIES:Quietus of the Knights Original Soundtrack | June 22, 2021  | Original soundtrack for Binary Haze Interactive's Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights |

50 tracks

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Key Ingredient | June 2, 2022  | Piano Cover album of previously released songs, instrumental version also released  |

13 tracks

1. A Turtle's Heart
2. world.execute(me);
3. Iron Lotus
4. RTRT
5. TOKYO NEON
6. Rubber Human
7. Birthday Kid
8. String Theocracy
9. Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery
10. Lemonade
11. Summoning 101
12. From a Place of Love
13. Chocological

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## References

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1. ^ a b "Saihate Records". Archived from the original on 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
2. ^ Mili tagged their music in Bandcamp as electronic classical, contemporary classical, electronica, and post-classical.
3. ^ a b "Biography — Mili Official Website". Mili Official Website. Mili. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
4. ^ Mili [@ProjectMili] (8 April 2020). "We have terminated our exclusive contract with our music management company since October 2019. Please feel free to contact us directly via email for work or booking inquiries from now on" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
5. ^ a b "ミュージック". TVアニメ「メルクストーリア」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 July 2019.
6. ^ "momocashew (@momocashew). Ask me anything on ASKfm". ASKfm. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-09.[dead link‍]
7. ^ a b Kasai, Yamato; Yamaguchi, Ame. "Miliより大切なお知らせ / Important Announcement". Mili Official Website (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
8. ^ ""既視感のない面白さと、馴染みのあるエッセンス。"『Mili』インタビュー". TuneCore Japan. 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
9. ^ a b "New members join Mili". Mili Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
10. ^ "Mili on Twitter". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-10-16.
11. ^ "解体と造形 KAITAI TO ZOKEI - HAMO". YouTube. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
12. ^ "2台のインタラクティブ ホワイトボードで芸術作品に挑戦！（20秒編）". YouTube. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
13. ^ "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum by Yamato Kasai/Mili". SoundCloud. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
14. ^ ">A flower sings by Yamato Kasai/Mili". SoundCloud. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
15. ^ "Voice Comic - ごめんね". YouTube. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
16. ^ "夜狐八重奏+". iTunes Store. Apple Inc. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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19. ^ "∞". Ferri. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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21. ^ "Astell&Kern AK100II 花澤香菜コラボレーションモデル プロジェクトスタート！". Astell & Kern. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
22. ^ "No, that's my baby bottle". Mili Official Website. Mili. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
23. ^ "15158775". Mili Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
24. ^ "Mag Milk". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
25. ^ "Mommy, where's my left hand again?". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
26. ^ "News—Mili Official Website". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
27. ^ "Opening for TV anime Goblin Slayer". @ProjectMili at Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 October 2018.
28. ^ "C3 AFA Singapore Guest Profile: mili". 26 November 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
29. ^ "Mother Ship Gi6pon English". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
30. ^ Kasai, Yamato (10 September 2019). "AJIWAIIAJI". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
31. ^ "#ILAMY19 Announcing the fourth and final artiste for I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019". AFA - ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
32. ^ "AJIWAIIAJI". Mili Official Website. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
33. ^ Mili - Static (Movie "Goblin Slayer: GOBLIN'S CROWN" Theme Song). 1 February 2020.
34. ^ "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Anime's Video Previews Mili's Ending Song". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
35. ^ @mahoyaku_info (8 April 2020). "音楽制作集団・Miliが手掛けた 魔法使いの約束の主題歌『Cast Me a Spell』の歌詞を" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retweeted by Mili - via Twitter.
36. ^ Mili [@projectmili] (April 12, 2020). "□お知らせ□ TVアニメ『グレイプニル』 EDテーマ「雨と体液と匂い（ending ver.）」 4月20日（月）0時～配信開始となります。 #グレイプニル #雨と体液と匂い" (Tweet) (in Japanese) - via Twitter.
37. ^ "新作ゲーム『Ender Lilies』こちらの"全楽曲"をMiliが担当しました". Mili on Twitter. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
38. ^ Mili - To Kill a Living Book -For Library of Ruina-. 29 October 2021.
39. ^ Limbus Company - Official Promotional Video. 19 November 2021.
40. ^ Mili - Bento Box Bivouac / DEEMO II. 13 January 2022.
41. ^ Mili - Sideshow Duckling. 1 February 2022.
42. ^ Mili - My Creator. 19 February 2022.
43. ^ Mili - Skin-Deep Comedy. 17 March 2022.
44. ^ "NEW SONG "Paper Bouquet"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
45. ^ "NEW SONG "Mortal With You"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
46. ^ "NEW SONG "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
47. ^ "NEW SONG "Between Two Worlds"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
48. ^ "NEW SONG "Gunners in the Rain"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
49. ^ "NEW SONG "Fly, My Wings"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
50. ^ "We'll be performing at Anime Expo this year!!!First performance in the US 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 please come join us!!It's "Mili" btw!". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
51. ^ "NEW SONG "Sleep Talk Metropolis"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
52. ^ "NEW SONG "Entertainment"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
53. ^ "NEW SONG "Compass"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
54. ^ "NEW SONG "Duetting Solo"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
55. ^ "Upcoming Game "ENDER MAGNOLIA"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
56. ^ "NEW SONG "Through Patches of Violet"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
57. ^ "NEW SONG "Grown-up's Paradise"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
58. ^ "いつのまにか実装されてたようで...😅 Miliから楽曲提供しております👍". @HAMOloid at Twitter. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
59. ^ "NEW SONG "Hero"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. October 31, 2024.
60. ^ "NEW SONG "Life We Sow"". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 26 November 2024.
61. ^ Weingardt, Michael; Liang, Feiyang; Boudinot, Brendon E.; Hammel, Jörg U.; Bock, Bernhard L.; Yoshizawa, Kazunori; Beutel, Rolf G. (2025-03-01). "The first detailed morphological treatment of a Cretaceous psocid and the character evolution of Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea)". Arthropod Structure & Development. 85: 101409. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2025.101409. ISSN 1467-8039.
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## External links

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* Official website
* Mili on YouTube
* Mili at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

Artists|

* MusicBrainz