Over Soul

Regular Edition Cover

Limited Edition Cover

Artist

Hayashibara Megumi

Single

Over Soul

Released

2001.08.29

Catalog Number

KICM-3016 (Regular Edition)

KICM-3017 (Limited Edition)

Price

¥1050

Tracklist

1. Over Soul
2. trust you
3. Over Soul (Off Vocal Version)
4. trust you (Off Vocal Version)

Information

"Over Soul" is the 38th single released by Hayashibara Megumi. The title track was used as the first opening theme song to the anime Shaman King (which was adapted from the popular Weekly Shonen Jump manga series), and the B-side was used as the series first ending theme song. The single was released in two editions (a first for Hayashibara): a regular edition with Hayashibara on the cover, and a limited edition anime version of the single with Hayashibara's character Kyoyama Anna on the cover. The first press of the regular edition came with a Hayashibara trading card, and the first press for limited edition came with a Shaman King trading card.

The single reached #7 on the Oricon chart and stayed on the chart for a total of eight weeks. It was able to sell 61,000 copies during the first week, and it went on to sell a total of 111,000 copies. The song also manged to reached #1 on the radio prgram, SOMETHING DREAMS Multimedia Countdown, and it stayed on the countdown for a total of six weeks.

This is Hayashibara first time working with her new composer and arranger, Takahashi Go.

Song Information

Lyrics

MEGUMI

Music

Takahashi Go

Other Information

Arrangement: Takahashi Go

Oricon Chart Positions

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Week Rank	Sales
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	60,930
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	11,040
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	11,870
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	9,380
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	6,690
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	4,950
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	56	3,130
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	77	2,580

Total Reported Sales: 110,570

External Links

• Oricon Profile: Regular Edition | Limited Edition
• Japanese Wikipedia Entry