ANGELUS
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"Angelus" is the sixteenth single from Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 singer Hitomi Shimatani
Hitomi Shimatani
, is a female pop singer signed to the Avex Trax label.Shimatani started her career as an Enka singer with the release of her debut single in 1999, but later decided to get into the dance/pop style for her music. Shimatani's music has also appeared in video games and also anime series.- Early life...

, and features the b-side Z! Z! Z! (Zip! Zap! Zipangu!). Both songs are featured on her 2004 album, Tsuioku+Love Letter. This was the third and final single released to promote the album. It peaked at #8 on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts and went on to sell around 53,000 copies.

"Angelus" is an upbeat dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 song with Latin elements - such as squealing horns - while Z!Z!Z!-Zip!Zap!Zipangu!- is a bouncy dance/pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 song. Angelus was also used as the opening theme for the sixth season of the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 InuYasha
InuYasha
, also known as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi. It premiered in Weekly Shōnen Sunday on November 13, 1996 and concluded on June 18, 2008...

. It was also featured on the video game series Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

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Track listing

  1. Angelus: Angerasu (4:17)
  2. Z! Z! Z! Zip! ZapAngelus: Angerasu! Zipangu! (5:00)
  3. Angelus: Angerasu (Instrumental) (4:17)
  4. Z! Z! Z! Zip! Zap! Zipangu! (Instrumental) (5:00)
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