Wonder Future
Wonder Future is the eighth studio album by Japanese rock band Asian [Kung-Fu Generation], released on May 27, 2015, through Sony Music subsidiary Ki/oon Music. The album is the first by the band to not feature art by artist Yusuke Nakamura.
Release
The album was released on May 27, 2015, in Japan. The album was followed by two tours, one through Japan and one through Europe. The song "Easter" was released as a single earlier in the year. In addition, the song "Standard" was included on the band's Nano-Mugen Compilation 2014 and used for Nikon 1 J4 commercial song. The song "Planet of the Apes" was used as the theme song for the show Replay & Destroy.On 21 May 2025, the band will be releasing a re-recording of second track "Little Lennon" called "Little Lennon " as part of double A-side single "MAKUAKE/Little Lennon". The re-recording is arranged by Shigeru Kishida from Quruli.
Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.Asian Kung-Fu Generation
- Masafumi Gotoh – vocals, guitars
- Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums
- Kensuke Kita – guitars, vocals
- Takahiro Yamada – bass guitar, vocals
- Ryosuke Shimomura, Ai Iwasaki - vocals
- Masafumi Gotoh - producer
- Brian Gardner – mastering
- Nick Raskulinecz – mixing
- John Lousteau - track recording
- Kenichi Nakamura - vocal recording
- Yutaka Kimura – design