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The song "499 Seconds", produced by Yoko Kanno, serves as the theme for "LIVE EARTH JOURNEY", a project produced by Macross series director and mechanical designer Shoji Kawamori. This immersive experience will be exhibited at the 2025 Japan World Expo (Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai) in the form of the Deep Vision presentation titled "499 Seconds - My Gattai".
The song "499 Seconds" is structured as a medley consisting of two parts: " Wakan Tanka (from 499 Seconds)" in the first half and "499 Seconds (short ver.)" in the second half, together making up a total duration of exactly 499 seconds.

Yoko Kanno's Comment:
It is said that it takes 499 seconds for light emitted from the Sun to reach the palm of our hands.
In the length of this journey, I saw how miraculous and precious each moment of "now" truly is.
I believe we've been able to fully express, through the Deep Vision, the vibrant pulse and mystery of life that Director Kawamori has experienced and deeply felt.
You will encounter yourself as you are born, fused, and transformed with each passing moment.
Before you experience it, and after you experience it, please return again and again through the music to that miraculous moment.

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499 Seconds

iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Spain • TOP 7 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • France • TOP 56 iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • United States • TOP 65

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499 Seconds

iTunes Store • J-Pop TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 54 • 16 Apr 2025 Apple Music • J-Pop Top Songs • Armenia • TOP 64 • 18 Apr 2025 iTunes Store • All Categories TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 88 • 16 Apr 2025

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  • Yoko Kanno

    Lyric and song writer, arranger and music producer. Yoko has created music for movies, TV dramas, TV commercials, animation and video games. She has produced and written music for many artists as well. Her masterpieces include "Cowboy Bebop", "Genesis of Aquarion", "Macross Frontier", "Ghost in the Shell:Stand Alone Complex", the movie "Our Little Sister", and the NHK historical TV drama "Naotora: The Lady Warlord", etc. She also composed the great eastern Japan earthquake (Fukushima) recovery support song, "Flowers Will Bloom - Hana wa Saku -", in which she made many different arrangements. In the first year of the new Reiwa era, she composed the Japanese emperor's enthronement celebration song, "Ray of Water", and dedicated the performance to the emperor and the empress in front of the imperial palace. Recent works include the Netflix series "COWBOY BEBOP" (2021), "The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House" (2023, directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda), and the 2024 arrangement of "Kura Kura", performed by Ado.

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