Buddy / Maaya Sakamoto / Buddy ／ 坂本真綾 / Buddy / Maaya Sakamoto

Buddy is the OP theme of LAST EXILE -Ginyoku no Fam- anime series.

Coupling track / B-side : something little

Track 1
Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
Music: School Food Punishment & Ryo Eguchi
Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi
String Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi & Tatsuya Murayama
Vocal & Backing Vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

School Food Punishment are:

Backing Vocals: Yumi Uchimura
Synthesizer: Masayuki Hasuo
Bass: Hideaki Yamasaki
Drums: Osamu Hidai

Strings: Nagisa Kiriyama Strings
All Other Instruments: Ryo Eguchi

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Hiroaki Okuda
Assistant Engineer: Takahiro Okubo (Victor Studio), Hiroki Soshi (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
Recording Studio: Victor Studio
Mixing Studio: Sony Music Studios Tokyo

Track 2
Lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto
Music: Takashi Tsukamoto
Arrangement: Ryuji Yamamoto
Vocal and backing vocal: Maaya Sakamoto

Acoustic Piano, Organ & Programming: Ryuji Yamamoto
Drums: Asa-Chang
Bass: Yuji Okiyama
Guitars: Takashi Yamamoto
Tenor Sax: Satoru Takeshima
Alto Sax: Yoshihiro Gosekki
Trumpet & Flugel Horn: Teppei Kawakami
Backing vocals: Maaya Sakamoto

Recording & Mixing Engineer: Shojiro Watanabe
Recording Engineer: Syunsuke Tanaka
Assistant Engineer: Yosuke Watanabe (Victor Studio), Kazuya Yoshida (Tom Tom Studio)
Recording & Mixing Studio: Tom Tom Studio
Recording Studio: Victor Studio

Track 3
Music: School Food Punishment & Ryo Eguchi
Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi
String Arrangement: Ryo Eguchi & Tatsuya Murayama

Track 4
Music: Takashi Tsukamoto
Arrangement: Ryuji Yamamoto


STAFF
Producer: Mitsuyoshi Tamura (tmf), maaya
A&r Director: Masao Fukuda (FlyingDog)
Artist Manager: Hideki Kawaguchi (fortunerest)
Executive producer: Shiro Sasaki (FlyingDog)

Artist Promoter: Kei Masuko (FlyingDog), Shosei Ito (FlyingDog)
Sales Planner: Naomi Akatou (Victor Entertainment)
A&r Desk: Mieko Takeuchi (FlyingDog)
Official Fan Club Desk: Shiho Miyai, 山崎ひろみ (fortunerest)
Official Web Designer: Chika Takagi (FlyingDog)

Mastering Engineer: Hiroshi Kawasaki (FLAIR)

Art Direction & Design: Yoshifumi Hioki
Photographer: Makoto Hada (Koike Office)
Assistant Cameraman: Yusuke Shirai
Hair & Make-up: Yumi Narai
Hair & Make-up Assistant: Tomoko Takano
Styling: Miki Aizawa
Coordinator: Nahoko Inokuma, Rebecca Hogben (TELE-SEARCH)
Location: The Burren, Ireland

Back Cover Illustration: RANGE MURATA

Special Thanks to School Food Punishment, Koichi Chigira, GONZO, FAM Partners, Yosuke Suzuki, 市川裕一, 松田北斗, Takaaki Taguchi (Epic Records Japan), 岩井健郎 (アンパース), Masayuki Watanabe (RAINBOW ENTERTAINMENT), OKNACK, Takahiro Hibi (hibix), Daisuke Yamamoto (fortunerest), Vitamin M (bayfm), MICHIKO (MICHIKO's Vocal Therapy), Maaya Sakamoto IDS!. comdoors