Kagerou Project

The Kagerou Project / Kagerou Daze (カゲロウプロジェクト/カゲロウデイズ Kagerou Purojekuto / deizu) is a series of songs by the Vocaloid song producer Shizen no Teki-P (Jin). The songs tell the story about Mekakushi Dan (メカクシ団), a group of teenagers with unusual powers, called "Eye Abilities".

Most songs are sung by Vocaloid IA, while the earlier songs were sung by Vocaloid Miku Hatsune. The project started at February 17, 2011 when the first song Artificial Enemy was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga.

Music

 * Main Article: Songs


 * There have been fifteen songs uploaded to the Japanese video sharing site Nico Nico Douga. While four songs are included exclusively on the Mekakucity Days album, three exclusives are included on Mekakucity Records, and the single Children Record includes one more exclusive song together with instrumentals. All songs were written by Shizen no Teki-P and all together create the story, while being connected through the manga and novel. While some songs are missing them still, most songs feature PVs drawn by Shidu and Wannyanpu, the two illustrators of Jin's team. An exception is Summertime Record, which was drawn by the artist Peco and directed by Shidu.

Anime

 * Main Article: Mekakucity Actors


 * An anime has been announced in the Children Record Booklet. The anime's broadcasting started on the 12th of April, at midnight. It was revealed to be named "Mekakucity Actors" (メカクシティアクタース Mekakushitiakutāsu). During the 'Live in Mekakucity' performance on August 15, it was announced the anime would be animated by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo . The anime will span for 12 episodes.

Manga

 * Main Article: Volumes and Chapters


 * The manga adaptation for Kagerou Days is published monthly in the Japanese magazine Comic Gene and started to serialize on August 28, 2012. The story is illustrated by Satou Mahiro. It currently features four volumes. Both the manga and novel will be licensed by Yen Press and released starting in 2015.



Novel

 * Main Article: Novel


 * Four novels have been released, Kagerou Days -In a Daze-, and its sequels, Kagerou Days -A Headphone Actor-, Kagerou Days -The Children Reason-, カゲロウデイズ IV -the missing children-, and Kagerou Days -the deceiving-. Both the manga and novel will be licensed by Yen Press and released starting in 2015.



Websites

 * Kagerou Project - Official Website (Japanese)
 * Mekakucity Actors - Official Website (Japanese)
 * Kagerou Project Twitter