The Japanese band fripSide has announced “only my railgun -version 2024-,” revisiting the first opening theme from the first season of A Certain Scientific Railgun.
This new iteration of the classic single will be released on December 18, 2024, across three editions of varying prices, though the standard version costs ¥1,650.
The bonus editions grant extra videos and supplementary material, but regardless, every purchase will grant the following song versions via CD:
- only my railgun -version 2024- [Phase3]
- only my railgun -15th Anniversary version- [Phase2 & Phase3]
- only my railgun -version 2020- [Phase2]
- only my railgun -version 2024- (instrumental)
- only my railgun -15th Anniversary version- (instrumental)
Further, a YouTube-edited version of “only my railgun -version 2024-” is now available on the official fripSide YouTube channel.
The original opening theme recently achieved over 30 million hits on Spotify, and the voice actress of Index from A Certain Magical Index, Yuka Iguchi, performed her own cover of the song.
You can view the two jackets for the upcoming CD release of “only my railgun -version 2024-” via our gallery below:
Despite being a spinoff of the franchise’s origin point and still ongoing light novel series, A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun is immeasurably more beloved. Its anime adaption blew up, and its three seasons have been met with generally favorable acclaim, unlike Index and Accelerator.
This series follows Mikoto Misaka, the third-ranked Level 5 Esper of Academy City, alongside her close friends, Shirai Kuroko, Saten Ruiko, and Uiharu Kazari. The group finds themselves dealing with several issues plaguing the world’s Science side, as its title suggests.
Chronologically speaking, the first season of Railgun occurs before the first season of Index, leading to intriguing encounters with that entry’s primary protagonist, Touma Kamijou, if one is aware of what particular plight his character faces.
The second season of Railgun runs roughly parallel to Index’s first season, with a certain arc even being told from two differing perspectives. Lastly, the third and most recent season, Railgun T, takes place somewhat parallel to Index’s second season, also depicting an Index arc from a new side.
