Volume 4 is the album of the chibi-senshi. Athene being a little limelight fan created her own band called 'Sakura'. The three chibis do love singing, especially Ariel, so they decided to create a niche and sing their own jpop songs. It isn't really attached to the main fic, just a flight of 'what if' fantasy and it just shows how easy it is these days to be a star. The songs are cool though, basically my personal favourite 'Happy' anime songs.
And so 'Sakura' were born. Sakura began life as a fan band, formed by Hino Akane and featuring Mizuno Hikaru and Kino Junko. They are in essence a jpop band and begun by imitation but soon the writing talents of Akane showed through. They sent off demonstration tapes and eventually were picked up by a company tho thought they had a novelty in releasing jpop in England. The first single 'I want to be a Goddess' came from Hikaru's favourite DiGi Charat song (with a few of her amendments at great financial cost to herself!) and reached number 3 in the UK charts with people intrigued by their novelty and audacity. The racy-ish image of the girls and 'fun' sound gave Akane what she dreamt of, being an 'Aidoru'. The first album released was 'Dreams of Angels', a 12 track album of little seriousness. It did not receive critical acclaim but they still sold well. They are currently considering a tour after personal issues held them back.
Dreams of Angels
~released 17/07/02 (or 07/17/02 depending on where you are)
~12 tracks featuring the three singles; the debut 'I want to be a Goddess', 'Let me be with you', and 'Toki ni ai wa' their two number ones.
1. Miracle
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. H.A, M.H
2. Sugar Baby Love
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. Rubettes
3. I want to be a Goddess
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. DiGi Charat & K.H
4. Party Night
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. DiGi Charat
5. Let me be with you
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. H.A, M.H, K.J
6. I love you, kiss me
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. K.J
7. At Times Love
V. Hino A
W. Shoujo Kakumei Utena
8. It's My Life
V. Mizuno H.
W. H.A, M.H
9. Yoru no Uta
V. Kino J.
W. Card Captor Sakura
10. Friendship
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J. & Others
W. Love Hina
11. Happy Day
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. H.A, K.J.
12. All the Best
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J. & Others
W. DiGi Charat
~Hidden, after a reworking of Party Night~
13. Fruits Candy
V. Hino A, Mizuno H, Kino J.
W. Card Captor Sakura