Mili (musical group) explained

Mili
Origin:	Japan
Genre:	Indie
Years Active:	2012–present
Label:	Saihate Records^[1]
Current Members:	Cassie "Momocashew" Wei Yamato "Hamo" Kasai Yukihito Mitomo Shoto Yoshida Ao Fujimori
Past Members:	Ame Yamaguchi

Mili is a Japanese indie music group founded in August 2012, consisting of Cassie Wei, Yamato Kasai, Yukihito Mitomo, Shoto Yoshida, and Ao Fujimori. Mili covers electronic classical, contemporary classical, and post-classical genres of music^[2] in Japanese, English, Chinese, and French. Apart from releasing their own songs, Mili has also contributed their music, lyrics, and/or songs to various media such as video games, commercial video, and for other artists.^[3] Mili is labeled under Saihate Records; as of October 2019 and announced in April 2020, they have separated from their music management company.^[4]

Three of their released CDs placed first in the Oricon Indies chart, and they appeared in Summer Sonic 2017 and 2018. The group is named after the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, "Dear Mili."^[5] The band has also released music under the name AWAAWA.

Members

Mili consists of the following five members:

• Yamato Kasai or HAMO – main composer, main arranger, sub lyricist, guitarist
• Cassie Wei, or momocashew – vocalist, main lyricist. Canadian-Chinese, born in China, raised in Canada, now living in Japan^[6]
• Yukihito Mitomo – bassist. Joined Mili in December 2013^[7]
• Shoto Yoshida – drummer. Joined Mili in December 2013^[7]
• Ao Fujimori – illustrator, animator. Joined Mili in September 2014^[8]

Former members

• Ame Yamaguchi – stylist, designer, art director. Joined Mili in May 2014; left in August 2019 to work on personal projects^[9]

History and works

2012

• Founded (August)
• Contributed in Sound On Our Palms -TENORI-ON Compilation- (October 28)
• Songs for Cytus (November)
• Composed song for "Kaitai no Zōkei"^[10] (December)

2013

• Music for RICOH's commercial video^[11] (September 2)
• Music for Yamayuri (September 17)
• Song effect for "A lighthouse and a lilium auratum"^[12] and "A flower sings"^[13] (September 17)
• MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto was sent to Tokyo Game Show 2013 for display (September 27)
• Songs for Deemo (November 13)
• Arranged music for Sakevisual's otome game Backstage Pass (November 30)
• Arranged and composed song for voice comic "Gomen ne"^[14] (December 13)

2014

• Registered to ARTISTCROWD (January 8)
• Song for "Ye Hu Ba Zhong Zou+"^[15] (March 8)
• Music for Toto's Washlet commercial video^[16] (June)
• Music for Fuji Kyuko's La ville de Gaspard et Lisa^[17] (June 26)
• Song arrangement for Ferri's 2nd album "∞": "rusty chandelier" and "eternal return"^[18] (November 5)

2015

• Music for Combi's commercial video "Branding Movie"^[19] (January)
• Arrangement for DAOKO's 1st album "DAOKO": "Nai Mono Nedari" (March 25)
• Arrangement & composition for Astell & Kern's AK100II Kana Hanazawa Edition collaboration song, "Tadoritsuku Basho"^[20] (August)

2016

• Song for anime Bloodivores, "NENTEN" (October)
• Live tour (November 5–12)^[21]

2017

• Mini live (May 27, June 11, & June 24)^[22]
• Performing at Summer Sonic 2017 (August 18)
• 5th anniversary live tour "Mag Milk All Songs"^[23] (September 30, October 1, October 9, & November 11)

2018

• Live Tour 2018 "Mommy, Where's My Left Hand Again?" at Osaka (May 19), Nagoya (May 20), Taipei, Taiwan (June 9), Tokyo (June 15), Guangzhou (November 8), Beijing(November 10) and Shanghai (November 11)^{[24] [25]}
• Song for television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Rightfully" (October)^[26]
• Song for television anime series Merc Storia: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle "Origin" and arrangement & composition for its ending theme sung by Inori Minase, "Bottleship" (October)^[27]
• Performed at C3AFA 2018 Singapore (December 2)^[28]

2019

• 双島乳業 presents Mili 1st Live 2019 "Mother Ship Gi6pon" (February 3)^[29]
• Music in charge for Fuji TV's original drama Yuri Dano Kan Dano (May)
• New song, "Sloth" (September)^[30]
• Guest artist at Anime Festival Asia: I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019 (June 8, 9)^[31]
• Mili Tour 2019-2020: AJIWAIIAJI (December 2019–January 2020)^[32]

2020

• Song for anime film Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown, "Static" (February)^[33]
• Song for the animated webseries , "sustain++" (February)^[34]
• Song for mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Cast Me a Spell" (April)^[35]
• Song for television anime series Gleipnir, "Rain, body fluids and smell" (April)^[36]
• Original soundtrack for video game ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights (September)^[37]

2021

• Album for video game Library of Ruina, "To Kill a Living Book -for Library of Ruina-" (October)^[38]
• Song for the video game Limbus Company, "In Hell We Live, Lament", in collaboration with Kihow of Myth & Roid (November)^[39]

2022

• Song for video game DEEMO II, "Bento Box Bivouac" (January)^[40]
• Song for the video game Welcome to Dreamland, "Sideshow Duckling" (February)^[41]
• Opening theme for the video game Thy Creature, "My Creator" (February)^[42]
• Song for the second part of mobile game Promise of Wizard, "Skin-Deep Comedy" (March)^[43]
• Opening theme for the anime adaption of The Executioner and Her Way of Life, "Paper Bouquet" (April)^[44]
• Ending theme for the anime adaption of Vermeil in Gold, "Mortal With You" (July)^[45]
• Theme for the Mystery Novel NOIR DOLL, "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling" (December)^[46]

2023

• Boss theme for Canto III of video game Limbus Company, "Between Two Worlds" (March)^[47]
• Song for video game DEEMO II, "Gunners in the Rain" (May)^[48]
• Boss theme for Canto IV of video game Limbus Company, "Fly, My Wings" (June)^[49]
• Performed at Anime Expo 2023 (July 2)^[50]
• Preinstalled song for Sony Xperia 5 V, "Sleep Talk Metropolis" (September)^[51]
• Song for the second season of television anime series Goblin Slayer, "Entertainment" (October 31)^[52]
• Boss fight theme for Canto V of video game Limbus Company, "Compass" (November)^[53]

2024

• Song for video game Goblin Slayer Another Adventure: Nightmare Feast, "Duetting Solo" (February 29)^[54]
• Original Soundtrack for video game (March 25)^[55]
• Boss fight theme for Canto VI of video game Limbus Company, "Through Patches of Violet" (April)^[56]
• Promotional theme for video game Arknights, "Grown-up's Paradise" (April 26)^[57]
• OST for video game Snowbreak: Containment Zone (May)^[58]
• Boss fight theme for Canto VII of video game Limbus Company, "Hero" (October)^[59]
• Image Song for Promise of Wizard, "Life We Sow" (November)^[60]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Track listing	Peak chart positions
			JPN Oricon ^[61]	JPN Billboard
Mag Mell	Released: September 17, 2014 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, digital download	13 tracks A Turtle's Heart Nine Point Eight Utopiosphere Friction Chocological YUBIKIRI-GENMAN Sacramentum: Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino Ephemeral Imagined Flight Fable Rosetta Maroma Samsa Witch's Invitation	31	21^[62]
Miracle Milk	Released: October 12, 2016 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, Vinyl, digital download	19 tracks Red Dahlia Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery RTRT Unidentified Flavourful Object Meatball Submarine Vulnerability Nenten (与我共鳴-NENTEN-) Bathtub Mermaid Cerebrite Space Colony　 world.execute(me); Utopiosphere -Platonism- Painful Death for the Lactose Intolerant Yubikiri-Genman -special edit- Sl0t Past the Stargazing Season　 Colorful Komm, süsser Tod (cover of movie The End of Evangelions insert song) Shitty Flowers (hidden track)	12	9^[63]
Millennium Mother	Released: April 24, 2018 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, digital download	20 tracks Boys in Kaleidosphere Camelia Summoning 101 Vitamins feat. World's End Girlfriend Lemonade Milk (奶水) world.search(you); Mushrooms Gertrauda Tokyo Neon Extension of You Mirror Mirror With a Billion Worldful of <3 feat. DÉ DÉ Mouse Every Other Ghost Fossil Rubber Human Excαlibur Let the Maggots Sing Nine Point Eight -special edit- Still Alive (cover of Portal's ending theme)	17	12^[64]

Mini albums

Title	Album details	Track listing	Peak chart positions
			JPN Oricon	JPN Billboard
Hue	Released: May 24, 2017 Label: Saihate Records Formats: CD, digital download	6 tracks Rubber Human world.search(you); DK Opium Excαlibur	25	21^[65]
To Kill a Living Book -for Library Of Ruina-	Release: October 9, 2021 Label: Saihate Records Format: CD, Cassette, Vinyl, digital download Soundtrack from the video game Library of Ruina	8 tracks String Theocracy From a Place of Love And Then is Heard No More Iron Lotus Children of the City Gone Angels Poems of a Machine Salt, Pepper, Birds, and the Thought Police	-	-
Let's Lament	Released: Jan 21, 2024 Label: Saihate Records Format: Digital download, Vinyl Piano remixes of music from Limbus Company	2 tracks In Hell We Live, Lament (Let's Lament) Between Two Worlds (Let's Lament)	-	-

Single

Title	Year	Track listing	Peak positions	Album
			JPN Oricon ^[66]
"Rightfully"	2018	5 tracks Rightfully (opening theme for television anime Goblin Slayer) Mob Mentality Region Though Our Paths May Diverge Rightfully (instrumental)	24	rowspan="3"
"Intrauterine Education"	2020	6 tracks sustain++; (ending song for television anime ) Petrolea War of Shame sustain++; (instrumental) Petrolea (instrumental) War of Shame (instrumental)	30
	2020	4 tracks Ame to Taieki to Nioi (ending song for television anime Gleipnir) Static(ending song for anime movie Goblin Slayer: Goblin's Crown) Ame to Taieki to Nioi (instrumental) Static (instrumental)	28

Others

Title	Release date	Notes	Track Listing	Source
"Chocological"	October 28, 2012	Included in compilation album Music on Our Palms	1 track Chocological	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/track/chocological
MuNiCa – Cry of Pluto [Original Soundtrack]	April 7, 2013	Soundtrack for the video game MuNiCa - Cry of Pluto	8 tracks Main Theme A Wonderful Tale The Cathedral Which Burns In Imperial Cathedral Unexpected Madism Main Theme (Piano Version) Outro	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/munica-cry-of-pluto-original-sound-track
H△G×Mili	November 27, 2013	Split album with H△G	4 tracks Witch's Invitation Sacramentum:Unaccompanied Hymn for Torino Nine Point Eight 星見る頃を過ぎても -Canon and Gigue in Plectrum Remix-	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/h-g-mili
"Klavier"	March 8, 2014	Piano album by Yamato Kasai	5 tracks A Flower Sings 999 L.O.V. Flashback Ephemeral	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/klavier https://projectmili.com/news/2014/3/8/m59ue5nchcfhblix4gg1n6kqrvdz5k
"Holy and Darkness 1"	December 22, 2014	Collaboration with Tasuku Arai	1 track Holy and Darkness 1	https://www.araitasuku.com/musics
H△G×Mili vol.2	May 9, 2015	Split album with H△G	4 tracks Cerebrite Space Colony Inhibition Colorful	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/h-g-mili-vol-2
ENDER LILIES:Quietus of the Knights Original Soundtrack	June 22, 2021	Original soundtrack for Binary Haze Interactive's	50 tracks	https://en.enderlilies.com/
Key Ingredient	June 2, 2022	Piano Cover album of previously released songs, instrumental version also released	13 tracks A Turtle's Heart world.execute(me); Iron Lotus RTRT TOKYO NEON Rubber Human Birthday Kid String Theocracy Ga1ahad and Scientific Witchery Lemonade Summoning 101 From a Place of Love Chocological	https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/key-ingredient https://project-mili.bandcamp.com/album/key-ingredient-instrumental

External links

• • Mili on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saihate Records. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150307031110/https://project-mili.tumblr.com/post/98767873385/saihate-records. 7 March 2015. 17 April 2020.
2. Mili tagged their music in Bandcamp as electronic classical, contemporary classical, electronica, and post-classical.
3. Web site: Biography — Mili Official Website. Mili Official Website. Mili. 7 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170517012622/http://projectmili.com/biography. 17 May 2017. dead.
4. 1247841657904459777. ProjectMili. We have terminated our exclusive contract with our music management company since October 2019. Please feel free to contact us directly via email for work or booking inquiries from now on.. Mili. 8 April 2020.
5. Web site: momocashew (@momocashew). Ask me anything on ASKfm. 2021-04-09. ASKfm. 19 May 2015 . en.
6. News: 2016-11-05. "既視感のない面白さと、馴染みのあるエッセンス。"『Mili』インタビュー . TuneCore Japan. 2017-05-04.
7. News: New members join Mili.. 2018-10-16. ja-JP. Mili Official Website.
8. News: Mili on Twitter. 2018-10-16. ja. Twitter.
9. Web site: Miliより大切なお知らせ / Important Announcement. Kasai. Yamato. Yamaguchi. Ame. Mili Official Website. ja-JP. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200102201656/http://projectmili.com/news/2019/8/1/mili-imortant-announcement. 2020-01-02. 2020-04-17.
10. Web site: 解体と造形 KAITAI TO ZOKEI - HAMO. YouTube. 18 December 2012 . 7 September 2016.
11. Web site: 2台のインタラクティブ ホワイトボードで芸術作品に挑戦！（20秒編）. YouTube. 2 September 2013 . 7 September 2016.
12. Web site: A lighthouse and a lilium auratum by Yamato Kasai/Mili. SoundCloud. 7 September 2016.
13. Web site: >A flower sings by Yamato Kasai/Mili. SoundCloud. 7 September 2016.
14. Web site: Voice Comic - ごめんね. YouTube. 13 December 2013 . 11 September 2016.
15. Web site: 夜狐八重奏+. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.. 11 September 2016.
16. Web site: Washlet® Functionality. YouTube. 26 January 2015 . 11 September 2016.
17. Web site: リサとガスパール タウン １周年記念イベント開催！. リサとガスパールタウン. Fuji Kyuko. 16 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160920145410/http://www.lisagas-town.jp/event/?p=255. 20 September 2016. dead.
18. Web site: ∞. Ferri. 16 September 2016.
19. Web site: 製品への想い｜コンビ株式会社 ベビーカー、チャイルドシート、ベビーラック. コンビ株式会社. Combi Corporation. 16 September 2016.
20. Web site: Astell&Kern AK100II 花澤香菜コラボレーションモデル プロジェクトスタート！. Astell & Kern. 16 September 2016.
21. Web site: No, that's my baby bottle.. Mili Official Website. Mili. 2 November 2016.
22. Web site: 15158775. Mili Official Website. 2 April 2017. Japanese.
23. Web site: Mag Milk. Mili Official Website. 2 September 2017.
24. Web site: Mommy, where's my left hand again?. Mili Official Website. 25 March 2018.
25. Web site: News—Mili Official Website. Mili Official Website. 30 October 2018.
26. Web site: Opening for TV anime Goblin Slayer . . 14 October 2018 . Japanese.
27. Web site: ミュージック. TVアニメ「メルクストーリア」公式サイト. 14 July 2019. Japanese.
28. Web site: C3 AFA Singapore Guest Profile: mili . 4 December 2018.
29. Web site: Mother Ship Gi6pon English . Mili Official Website . 6 November 2018.
30. Web site: AJIWAIIAJI . Yamato . Kasai. Mili Official Website . 10 September 2019 . 17 April 2020.
31. Web site: #ILAMY19 Announcing the fourth and final artiste for I LOVE ANISONG Matsuri Malaysia 2019 . AFA - ANIME FESTIVAL ASIA . 25 August 2019.
32. Web site: AJIWAIIAJI . Mili Official Website . 10 September 2019.
33. Mili - Static (Movie "Goblin Slayer: GOBLIN'S CROWN" Theme Song). 1 February 2020.
34. Web site: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Anime's Video Previews Mili's Ending Song. Anime News Network. en. 2020-04-17.
35. 1248083643743887360. mahoyaku_info. 音楽制作集団・Miliが手掛けた 魔法使いの約束の主題歌『Cast Me a Spell』の歌詞を. 8 April 2020. ja. Mili.
36. 1249513587611058179. projectmili. □お知らせ□ TVアニメ『グレイプニル』 EDテーマ「雨と体液と匂い（ending ver.）」 4月20日（月）0時～配信開始となります。 #グレイプニル #雨と体液と匂い. Mili. April 12, 2020. ja.
37. Web site: 新作ゲーム『Ender Lilies』こちらの"全楽曲"をMiliが担当しました . Mili on Twitter . 11 September 2020.
38. Mili - To Kill a Living Book -For Library of Ruina-. 29 October 2021.
39. Limbus Company - Official Promotional Video. 19 November 2021.
40. Mili - Bento Box Bivouac / DEEMO II. 13 January 2022.
41. Mili - Sideshow Duckling. 1 February 2022.
42. Mili - My Creator. 19 February 2022.
43. Mili - Skin-Deep Comedy. 17 March 2022.
44. Web site: NEW SONG "Paper Bouquet". . 2 January 2023 . English.
45. Web site: NEW SONG "Mortal With You". . 2 January 2023 . English.
46. Web site: NEW SONG "Dancing Ghost's Ball Jointed Darling". . 13 September 2023 . English.
47. Web site: NEW SONG "Between Two Worlds". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 13 September 2023 . English.
48. Web site: NEW SONG "Gunners in the Rain". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 13 September 2023 . English.
49. Web site: NEW SONG "Fly, My Wings". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 13 September 2023 . English.
50. Web site: We'll be performing at Anime Expo this year!!!First performance in the US please come join us!!It's "Mili" btw!. @ProjectMili at Twitter. 8 December 2023 . English.
51. Web site: NEW SONG "Sleep Talk Metropolis". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 13 September 2023 . English.
52. Web site: NEW SONG "Entertainment". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 8 December 2023 . English.
53. Web site: NEW SONG "Compass". . 17 December 2023 . English.
54. Web site: NEW SONG "Duetting Solo". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 11 March 2024 . English.
55. Web site: Upcoming Game "ENDER MAGNOLIA". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 11 March 2024 . English.
56. Web site: NEW SONG "Through Patches of Violet". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 14 May 2024.
57. Web site: NEW SONG "Grown-up's Paradise". @ProjectMili at Twitter. 28 April 2024.
58. Web site: いつのまにか実装されてたようで... Miliから楽曲提供しております. @HAMOloid at Twitter. 12 July 2024.
59. Web site: October 31, 2024 . NEW SONG "Hero" . @ProjectMili at Twitter.
60. Web site: 26 November 2024. NEW SONG "Life We Sow". @ProjectMili at Twitter.
61. Web site: Miliのアルバム. Mili albums. Oricon. 26 April 2019. ja.
62. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Charts. 29 September 2014. 26 April 2019.
63. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Charts. 24 October 2016. 26 April 2019.
64. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Charts. 7 May 2018. 26 April 2019.
65. Web site: Billboard Japan. ja. Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales Charts. 5 June 2017. 26 April 2019.
66. Web site: Miliのシングル. Mili singles. Oricon. 26 April 2019. ja.