# Penny Rain

Penny Rain is the second part of the fifth studio album Sun Dance & Penny Rain released by Aimer. It was released on April 10, 2019, in a regular CD only edition and with Sun Dance in three versions: a limited 2 CD + 2 BD + Special Storage Box + Sun Dance Jigsaw Puzzle, a limited 2 CD + BD edition (Type-A), and a limited 2CD + DVD edition (Type-B). Sun Dance and Penny Rain were Aimer's first new studio albums since daydream in 2016.
Penny Rain peaked at #2 ahead of Sun Dance on Oricon's Weekly Album Chart on April 22, 2019, and charted for 26 weeks.

## Production

In February 2018, Aimer thought about a concept for her next album after releasing her single "Ref:rain". She then came up with the concept of "Sun and Rain" and used it for her "soleil et pluie" Hall Tour from October 2018 to January 2019. In contrast to the lively and up-tempo themes of Sun Dance, Penny Rain features darker themed tones and more ballads, with the lead track "I beg you" incorporating a Middle Eastern rhythm. The album also features collaborations with Yuki Kajiura, Cocco, TK, and Hiroyuki Sawano.

## Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
* Yuki Kajiura - producer (tracks 1,2,9), keyboards (tracks 1,2,9), programming (tracks 1,2,9), lyrics (tracks 2, 9), music (tracks 1,2,9), arranger (tracks 1,2,9),
* Yasunori Mori - director (tracks 1, 2, 9)
* Takashi Koiwa - recording (tracks 1, 2, 9), mixing engineer (tracks 1,2, 9), Pro Tools operator (tracks 1,2 9)
* KIYO KIDO STRINGS - strings (tracks 1, 9)
* Koichi Korenaga - guitar (tracks 2, 9)
* Kyoichi Sato - drums (tracks 2, 9)
* Tomoharu “Jr. Takahashi - bass (tracks 2, 9)
* aimerrhythm - lyrics (tracks 3, 4, 7, 10)
* Masahiro Tobinai - music (tracks 3, 4, 7), arranger, (tracks 4, 5, 7) programming (tracks 4, 5, 7), all instruments (tracks 4, 5, 7)
* Kenji Tamai - arranger (tracks 3–5, 7, 10), producer (tracks 3–5, 7, 10), executive producer
* Rui Momota - arranger (tracks 3, 10), programming, (tracks 3, 10), all instruments (tracks 3, 10)
* Masaki Mori - recording (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 10)
* Satoshi Kumasaka - mixing (tracks 3–5, 7)
* Hideki Morioka - director (tracks 3–5, 7, 10), organizer (tracks 3–5, 7, 10)
* Kentaro Kondo - director (tracks 3–5, 7, 10), organizer (tracks 3–5, 7, 10)
* Cocco - lyrics (5), music (track 5)
* TK - lyrics(6), music (track 6), arranger (track 6), producer (track 6), recording (track 6), guitar(track 6), chorus (track 6)
* Tohru Takayama - recording (track 6), mixing (track 6)
* Shoichiro Ishii - recording (track 6)
* Matthew Soares - recording assistant (track 6)
* Seigen Tokuzawa - string arrangement (track 6)
* Bobo - drums (track 6)
* Hiroo Yamaguichi - bass (track 6)
* Honoka Sato - 1st Violin (track 6)
* Yoko Fujinawa - 1st Violin (track 6)
* Ayaka Jomoto - 1st Violin (track 6)
* Natsue Kameda - 2nd Violin (track 6)
* Matsuri Mikuni - 2nd Violin (track 6)
* Hiroyuki Sawano - lyrics (track 8), music (track 8), arranger (track 8), producer (track 8), piano (track 8), keyboard (track 8), all instruments (track 8)
* Mitsunori Aizawa - recording (track 8), mixing engineer (track 8) Pro Tools operator (track 8)
* Ken Higeshiro - drums (track 8)
* Toshino Tanabe - bass (track 8)
* Hiroshi Iimuro - guitars (track 8)
* Harutoshi Ito - guitars (track 8)
* AlbatoLuce - music (track 10)
* Hitoshi Konno - strings (track 10)
* Kazuyuki Doki - musician coordinator (track 10)
* Yuji Chinone - mastering engineer (tracks 1–5, 7–10)
* Joe LaPorta - mastering engineer (track 6)
* Toru Takeuchi - A&R in chief
* Mio Uchimura - A&R
* Yu Tsuzuki - sales promotion
* Shomaru Tada - sales promotion
* Yuki Terae - sales promotion
* Megumi Miyai - products coordination
* Kazuyo Takeuchi - products coordination
* Go Matsuda - art direction, design
* Arata Kato - photograph
* Yuuka Akaishi - styling
* Aya Murakami - hair & make-up
* Ryota Torisu - artist management
* Mami Fujino - artist management
* Moe Hattori - assistant artist management
* Hiroaki Sano - supervise
* Manabu Tsujino - executive producer
* Yoshichika Matsumoto - executive producer

## Charts
### Album
#### Weekly charts

| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard) | 3 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 2 |
| South Korean International Albums (Gaon) | 67 |

#### Year-end charts

| Chart (2019) | Peak position |
| Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard) | 56 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) | 76 |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak positions | Peak positions |
| Title | Year | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard |
| "Ref:rain / Mabayui bakari" | 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| "Black Bird / Tiny Dancers / Omoide wa Kireide" | 2018 | 5 | 3 |
| "I beg you / Hanabiratachi no March / Sailing" | 2019 | 1 | 2 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work/Nominee | Result |
| 2018 | Newtype Anime Awards | Best Theme Song | "Hana no Uta" (from anime film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower) | 4th place |
| 2019 | Newtype Anime Awards | Best Theme Song | "I beg you" (from anime film Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly) | 5th place |