Beyond the Time


"Beyond the Time ~Möbius no Sora wo Koete~" is the 13th single by Japanese rock band TM Network, released on March 5, 1988 under Epic Records. Written by Mitsuko Komuro and Tetsuya Komuro, the song was used as the ending theme of the 1988 mecha anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack. It was also included in the band's sixth studio album Carol: A Day in a Girl's Life 1991.
The single peaked at No. 4 on Oricon's singles chart. It was nominated for the Gold Award at the 30th Japan Record Awards.
In 2018, the song was ranked No. 4 on NHK's.
"Beyond the Time" was re-released as a digital single in 2025 and was used as the episode 11 ending theme of the series Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX. The 2025 version hit No. 1 on Oricon's Digital Singles chart with over 7,600 downloads while the original 1988 version resurfaced to No. 5 with over 3,200 downloads.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Mitsuko Komuro; all music is composed and arranged by Tetsuya Komuro.

Personnel

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Japanese Oricon Digital Singles1

Luna Sea version

Japanese rock band Luna Sea covered the song as the third opening theme of the 2019 anime series Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: Advent of the Red Comet. Released digitally through Universal J on September 6, 2019, it peaked at number 79 on Billboard Japans Japan Hot 100, but reached number 15 on their Hot Animation chart, which tracks anime and video game music. The song was also later included in a limited edition of their album Cross.

Other cover versions