Yandere Girls CD Released

29.08.2008 by Eva via AKS

From the Edge Records label run by recording studio parent company Beatniks based in Chiyoda Ward, Yandere Girls Who Love You to Death So You Can't Sleep AAHHH! CD was released in late June of this year. The term yandere is used to describe a character whose "good will" towards their partner crosses the bounds of sanity, and often comes to express itself in violent or brutal ways.

This drama CD marks the fourth installment in the company's Can't Sleep series which began last January. Retailing for 2,000 yen, the sequel is said to contain a compilation of various topics circulating on popular otaku forums such as Niconico Douga and 2 Channel. It features five characters enacting various dramatic yandere episodes, voiced by Kaori Mizuhashi, Ryo Hirobashi, and Tomoko Kaneda among others.

In regard to the CD's concept, a company spokesman said, "As for the Can't Sleep series, we hadn't planned on doing a yandere theme first, but rather a tsundere theme. However, the market is overflowing with products that have tsundere content, so we decided to take a different approach and release the yandere CD first."

In addition to EDGE RECORDS, a recording label designed for a predominantly male target audience, Beatniks is currently developing a label featuring recording products geared more towards the ladies called Luv Records.

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