Misia -- Ultra X'mas

 

Welcome to December and we're just 24 days away from Christmas. 

OK...I have to admit seeing the thumbnail of this CD coated in a picture of chanteuse Misia standing in front of a battery of Ultramen in tuxedos caught me rather unawares. Misia is one of the premier singers in Japan and I think that she can blast the windows out of any performance hall with her own renditions of the Yuletide songs (including a song that probably wasn't officially an Xmas tune but I consider it as one). But I never thought that she would be collaborating with the heroic citizens of the M78 Nebula.

And yet, that's what she did for her "Ultra X'mas", the coupling song to "Hoshi no you ni..."（星のように…Like A Star）, her December 2009 single which was the theme song for one of the many "Ultraman"（ウルトラマン）movies, "Daikaijū Battle Ultra Ginga Densetsu"（大怪獣バトル ウルトラ銀河伝説...Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy） that came out in the same month. For "Ultra X'mas" (which sounds like a B'z title), it's a short and sweet ukulele ditty about the Yuletide written by Misia and Hinata with composition by JP. For those who love the anime "Shirokuma Café"（しろくまカフェ）, JP is the fellow who came up with the first opening theme for the show, "Boku ni Invitation"（ボクにインビテーション）. 

If I haven't already done so, I'm gonna have to put up an article about that theme song, "Hoshi no you ni...". But for those "Ultraman" fans, feel free to place that colour timer at the top of the Xmas tree and adorn it with plenty of Eye Sluggers. Also, "Ultra X'mas" can also be found on Misia's November 2020 Xmas album "So Special Christmas".