Seishun Fantasia

* Regular Ed.
* Limited Ed.

**Seishun Fantasia** (青 (せい)春 (しゅん)ファンタジア, *Youth Fantasia*) is Sayonara Ponytail's second major album. It is the first album that new members Shuka and Yuyu participated in and the last album Yuritan and First-generation Ayumin participated in. It was released on March 6, 2013.

The regular edition has 1 disc with 13 tracks. The limited edition comes with a second disc with 4 additional tracks.

## Concept

As the album title suggests, one of Seishun Fantasia's themes is youth (青春, *seishun*), particularly the "sparkling days of youth."

## Tracklist

### Regular Edition Tracklist

Tracks listed with "Album Version" are re-recordings of previous songs that add new vocalists Shuka and Yuyu.

#### Limited Edition Disc 2

The first two tracks are cover songs: *Sora mo Toberu Hazu* is a cover of the rock band Spitz, and *SAY YES* is a cover of the duo Chage and Aska. The latter two tracks are covers of Sayonara Ponytail songs: anti-idol idol group BiS's cover of *Ano Koro*, and hip-hop idol group Lyrical School's cover of *Koisuru Sports*.

## Personnel

* Nacchan - vocals; chorus; synthesizer; etc.
* Ayumin - vocals; chorus; guitar; synthesizer; etc.
* Shuka - vocals; chorus; etc.
* Yuyu - vocals; chorus; etc.
* Fukkun - acoustic guitar; synthesizer; etc.
* Maumau - bass; keyboard; guitar; drums; programming; etc.
* 324P - mixing; synthesizer; programming; etc.
* Megu - chorus; saxophone; melodica/pianica; etc.
* Megane-kun - cheering (and so on)
* Yuritan - god
* Kuroneko - total production

**Ongaku to Mahou Staff (音楽と魔法)**
* Hayashi-sensei (林先生)
* Manager Yamamoto (山本監督) (who is currently on a long-term business trip)

**Guest Musicians**
* Toru Ishitsuka (VOICE & HEART) - Strings Arrangement (M1, 12, 13)
* Tokunaga Tomomi - Strings (M1, 12, 13)
* Gon-chan (M2, 8, 12, 13)
* Takaya Kanegawa - Drums (M1, 11)

**Mixing**
* 324P (324P Studio)
* Hiroya Takayama (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)

**Recording**
* Mau Mau (Mau Mau Studio) & 324P (324P Studio)
* Hiroya Takayama
* Nobuyuki Murakami
* Koichi Harada
* Hidefumi Obuchi (Sony Music Studios Tokyo)
* Tomohito Nomura (MOTHERSHIP STUDIO)
* Hidenori Shin (NONEWYORK STUDIO)
* Atsushi Yamaguchi (MIT STUDIO)
* Chifumi Karasawa (POPHOLIC)

Mastering: Kentaro Kimura (KIMKEN STUDIO)
**Epic Records Japan Staff**
* to be filled in

**Special Thanks**
* to be filled in

**Limited Edition Disc 2 Credits**
* to be filled in

## Promotion

An album digest video was released on February 6, 2013. Unlike most album digests, this video was live-action and filmed in one-take with actors dressed in different themed costumes. For each song preview, an actor would perform a small segment while the song played in the background.

Seishun Fantasia (Region Locked: Japan Only, nicovideo upload)

* A fixed camera angle version of the video also exists (though it is also region locked).

On April 25, 2013, Kuroneko posted a demo version of Houkago Lesson on Tumblr. The demo was sung by Miina in Chinese.

### Promotional Videos

* Promo Part 1
* Promo Part 2

## Bonuses

While supplies lasted, copies of *Seishun Fantasia* came with a tote bag. The design of the tote bag was different based on where you purchased your copy of the album: at Tower Records Japan, you would receive a bag with the five vocalists of Sayonara Ponytail; at HMV, you would receive a bag with a face; and at Sony Music Shop, you would receive a bag with five cone hats and the hairstyles of the five vocalists.

## Post-release

The album charted on the Oricon Albums Chart for 2 weeks and peaked at 70.

## Music Videos

Bokura no Kisetsu (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

Hey!! Nyan♡ (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

Koisuru Sports (Region Blocked: Japan Only)

## Gallery

album creditsextended credits from limited editionalbum creditspromotional flyer forpromo featuring Shuka and Houkago Lesson lyrics
## Trivia

* When discussing the production of the 5th major album Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu (You are My Universe), Kuroneko noted how that album also has a youth theme like Seishun Fantasia. However, it contrasts with Seishun Fantasia's more idyllic take by focusing on youth's impermanence.
* As noted in Lyrical School's website, members Ayaka, Ami, and Yumi covered  Koisuru Sports with their original lyrics. The remix was produced by production duo Fragment.

## External Links

* Streaming
	+ Apple Music: Romanized | Japanese
	+ OTOTOY
	+ Spotify
	+ YouTube
	+ YouTube Music

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mentioned in Kuroneko's discussion on Kimi wa Boku no Uchuu's production (March 1, 2018) (Translation)
2. ↑ Sayonara Ponytail. Booklet. *Seishun Fantasia*, Epic Records Japan, 2013.
3. ↑  etc. was originally「など]
4. ↑ originally「とか」
5. ↑ originally （長期出張中）
6. ↑ The tote bags as previewed on tumblr
7. ↑ Official Oricon data via Wayback Machine