Mahou no Melody

* Regular Ed.
* Limited Ed.

**Mahou no Melody** (魔 (ま)法 (ほう)のメロディ, *The Melody of Magic*) is Sayonara Ponytail's first major album.

The regular edition includes 12 tracks. The limited edition included a bonus disc with 3 additional tracks.

## Personnel

* Nacchan - vocals and chorus; guitar etc.
* Ayumin - vocals and chorus; guitar etc.
* Fukkun - lyrics and composition (M-1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12) etc.
* Maumau - bass; keyboard; guitar; drum; programming; recording etc.
* 324P - lyrics and composition (M-3, 8, 9); mixing; synthesizer; programming; recording etc.
* Megu - saxophone; chorus etc.
* Megane-kun - cheering (and so on)
* Yuritan - god
* Kuroneko - total production

**Ongaku to Mahou Staff (音楽と魔法スタッフ)**
* Hayashi-sensei (林先生)
* Manager Yamamoto (山本監督)

**Guest Musicians**
* E. Guitar & Pedal Steel: Shinya Wada for M-1,6
* Percussion: Sachiko Watamori for M-2, 7, 11, 12
* Piano: Shoto Mochiyama for M-5
* Piano: Yoko Orihara for M-6
* Rhodes & Piano: Daisuke ShimaOka for M-7
* Flügelhorn: Mayuko Arai for M-7
* Brass & Strings Arrangement: Cunimondo Takiguchi (Ryuseukei) for M-11, 12
* Trumpet & Trombone: Yusuke Shima (Silent Jazz Case / Shima & Shikou DUO) for M-11
* Fender Telecaster: Keisuke Yagyu for M-12
* Viorin: Yuki Etou for M-12
* Recording: Mau Mau (Mau Mau Studio) & 324P (324P Studio)
	+ Hiroya Takayama (Sony Music Studios Tokyo), Tomohito Nomura (MOTHERSHIP STUDIO)
	+ Hidenori Shin (NONEWYORK STUDIO), Eiji Hirano (Studio Happiness)
* Mastering: KIMKEN (KIMKEN STUDIO)

* A&R Director / Project Manager: Takaaki Taguchi (Epic Records Japan)
* A&R Head: Tatsushi Hiruma (Epic Records Japan)
* A&R Chief: Noritaka Suzuki (Epic Records Japan)
* Media Promotion Head: Yasuhiro Hayashi (Epic Records Japan)
* Media Promotion Chief: Mari Yamamoto (Epic Records Japan)
* Media Promotion: Mayuko Isebo, Yoshihito Muraki, Rie Ikeda, Masaki Inoue, Aomi Kuruma, Ayako Nagatsuka, Tatsuo Nishimura, Hidetoshi Kasai, Keiko Yamato (Epic Records Japan)
* Area Promotion: Akiko Sato, Yuka Iijima, Yuka Tsuda, Takako Yamamoto, Kouhei Noro, Kanako Saeki (Epic Records Japan), Yuichiro Hisaizumi
* International Promotion: Naoki Sekine (Epic Records Japan)
* Label Administration Chief: Kumiko Sugita (Epic Records Japan)
* Label Administration: Katsuko Iida, Miki Takashima, Ai Ishikawa, Yasuki Haga, Takafumi Kitao, Tsuyoshi Ishida (Epic Records Japan)
* Sales Promotion: Fumio Ozaki, Dai Sugamata, Sanako Abe, Miki Akimoto (Sony Music Distribution)
* Web Promotion: Kyoko Mineshima, Hidemi Miyao, Yo Hirata, Yojiro Nonaka (Sony Music Network)
* Business Affairs: Ryota Katsuki, Hitomi Takano, Saya Shinohara (Sony Music Entertainment)
* Production Coordination: Chiho Sugiyama (Sony Music Communications)
* Executive Producers: Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Yorio Isshi, Shoji Yagi, Hiromu Okada (Epic Records Japan)
* Special Thanks: Kei Sakuragi, Aki Matohara, Hiroyasu Hirakawa, Hiroki Shibayama, Syuichi Kitao, Matoi Kato, mai-mai, Makoto Yokota, Tomomi Sekiguchi, Shiori, Jiro Yamaguchi & Juuto, Yuichi Ito, Yuki Aoyama, Tatsuya Yuki, Takuya Oyama, Gen Karaki, Shigeaki Usuki, Mansaku Kashiwai, Yuichi Negishi, Horita Yusuke, Kentaro Kaneda

## Promotion

In October 19, 2011, to celebrate their major label debut, Sayonara Ponytail published a "Sayopony Times" digital newspaper on Natalie Music. You can listen to the voice of each vocalist by clicking on their respective speech bubbles. (Note: the link must be opened via Chrome with Flash player enabled for the sound to work.)

## Bonuses

The limited edition included transparent stickers designed by Yuritan and a ticket to receive autographed Christmas cards from SayoPony members (applications for Christmas cards had to be sent in by November 11, 2011).

## Post-release

The album peaked at 90 on the Oricon Albums Chart.

## Music Videos

Mukiryoku Switch

* The music video was directed by photographer Aoyama Yuuki, who is famous for their School Girl photobooks. Sayonara Ponytail would later release the song Himitsu no Jikan in collaboration with Aoyama Yuuki.

Natalie (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

* The preview MV is available on the SayoPony Youtube Channel.

Mattari Shite Shimattari (feat. Hatsune Miku)

* The album-version of *Mattari Shite Shimattari* was not used in the music video and instead, a version with the vocals of Hatsune Miku was used. The original song featured Miina, Nacchan, and Ayumin (first-generation) on vocals, while this version features Miina, Miku, as well as Megu (who can be heard at 0:08, 0:24, 0:59, 1:51, 2:59, 3:39).

Mahou no Melody (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

## Gallery

* Various
* Booklet

contents of the limited edition versionGif version of Mahou no Melody's bonus dress-up cards

pages 1-2pages 3-4pages 5-6pages 7-8pages 9-10pages 11-12pages 13-14pages 15-16pages 17-18 (credits)

## Trivia

* The limited edition version of the album has also been made available on music streaming services, together with the standard edition. In addition, the 3 bonus tracks of the limited edition, each a solo vocal version of Mukiryoku Switch, have each been given individual, standalone releases.

## External Links

* Streaming
	+ Apple Music: Limited Edition (Romanized) | (Japanese)
	+ Spotify: Standard Edition | Limited Edition
	+ OTOTOY: Standard Edition | Limited Edition
	+ YouTube: Standard Edition
	+ YouTube Music: Standard Edition | Limited Edition

## References

1. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. Booklet. *Mahou no Melody*, Epic Records Japan, 2011.
2. ↑ etc. was originally「など]
3. ↑ originally「とか」
4. ↑ probably a misspelling of violin
5. ↑ [『さよならポニーテール、声が聞ける新聞「さよポニ通信」を発表]　(in Japanese). UtaMap News. October 19, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
6. ↑ さよならポニーテール - 音楽ナタリー 特集・インタビュー (in Japanese). Natalie. October 20, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
7. ↑ The Oricon data is no longer public but has been retained on Japanese Wikipedia
8. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. *Himitsu no Jikan*. Poplar Publishing, 2016.