| Moon Pride | |
| Cover: | Moon Pride CD Blu-Ray cover.jpg |
| Caption: | CD+Blu-Ray (Sailor Moon Edition) cover |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Momoiro Clover Z |
| Album: | Hakkin no Yoake |
| A-Side: | Moon Pride |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 16:10 (Sailor Moon Edition) 25:02 (Momoclo Edition) |
| Label: | Evil Line Records |
| Prev Title: | Naite mo Iin Da yo |
| Prev Year: | 2014 |
| Next Title: | Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
"Moon Pride" (stylized as "MOON PRIDE") is the 12th single by the Japanese female idol group Momoiro Clover Z, released in Japan on July 30, 2014.
The single contains theme songs for the 2014 anime series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal. ("Moon Pride" is the opening song and "Gekkō" is the ending song.)[1] [2]
"Moon Pride" was written, composed and arranged by Revo from the band Sound Horizon.[3] The guitar solos were performed by American rock musician Marty Friedman.[4]
The single was released in two versions: "Sailor Moon Edition" and "Momoclo Edition". The Sailor Moon Edition comes with a Blu-ray Disc featuring a music video. The Momoclo Edition is CD-only, but contains an additional song on it, a cover of "Moon Revenge" from .[5] [6] [7]
The music video was directed by Yasushi Uemura, supervised by Crystal series director Munehisa Sakai and animated by Toei Animation. It consists of a montage of video clips from Crystal. In the video, viewers could see for the first time transformation sequences of three soldiers that hadn't yet appeared in the series (in the episodes that had already aired): Sailor Mars, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter.[5]
The single debuted at number 3 in the Oricon Daily Singles Chart with the opening day sales in excess of 29,000 copies.
| Chart (2014) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Oricon Daily Singles Chart[8] | 2 | |
| Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[9] | 3< | -- |
| Oricon Monthly Singles Chart | ||
| Oricon Yearly Singles Chart | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot 100 Airplay | ||
| Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales | ||
| Billboard Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay | --> | |
| Billboard Japan Hot Animation[10] | 1 |
The Cantonese pop group Super Girls released a cover of "Moon Pride" on May 3, 2016.[11]
The band Pastel＊Palettes from the anime franchise BanG Dream! did a shortened cover of "Moon Pride". Arranged by Elements Garden's Ryota Tomaru, the cover was included in the game BanG Dream! Girls Band Party!.[12]