No Frontier

* Cover 1

No Frontier cover

## Audio

**No Frontier** is Aile The Shota's sixth single, which had a digital release on July 5, 2023. It is the opening theme song for sci-fi anime series *AI no Idenshi (AIの遺電子 / The Gene of AI)*, which was adapted from the manga written and illustrated by Kyūri Yamada.

It is the third track on his fourth EP Epilogue, which was released December 6, 2023.

## Background and Release

On May 26, 2023 it was announced Aile The Shota's new song *No Frontier* would be used as the opening theme for upcoming sci-fi anime series *AI no Idenshi*, an adaptation of the manga by writer/illustrator Kyūri Yamada, which was set to premiere on July 7.

A commercial for the series featuring the song was released at the same time.

About the song Shota said, "I was drawn into the world of the original work of *AI no Idenshi*, and after much thought about the near future it depicted, I looked around at the real world and wrote the theme song *No Frontier*. 'There is no love at the borderline.' I sang about love in a place where the original work and reality are linked. I am truly happy to have encountered this work and to be able to sing about it."

For *No Frontier* 's lyrics, Shota tried to convey messages both from him as an artist and from the worldview of *AI no Idenshi*. He paid attention to the lyrics and making them sound natural in both worlds, and creating a character in the song was different from previous productions . He tried to base the lyrics off of the main character's, Sudo Hikaru, feelings after reading the story. The lyrics ended up receiving the OK from the get go and he didn't need to make any changes.

He received a series of keywords from the animation studio to keep in mind when producing the song, including "instability" and "dystopia". He used them as a guide throughout his readthrough of the work, and then modified them through his own interpretation of the story. He shared them with the song's producer, Ryosuke "Dr. R" Sakai, as they created the music together. SKY-HI, who was present during the song's production and is a big fan of *AI no Idenshi*, reassured them that they were on the right path.

The melody was written as if the entire song was made up of different choruses, to make sure it would hit harder and have the real "theme song potential". For the song itself, he decided to use "inhuman"-like autotune to process the vocals .

On June 9, the CM version of the song was pre-released on TikTok along with a teaser video.

On June 16, the artwork was reveled and a short lyric video was released on TikTok, both illustrated by Kyūri Yamada.

On June 22, it was finally announced the song would be digitally released on July 5.

## Other Credits

### Song

* Recording & Mixing Engineer: Ryosuke “Dr.R” Sakai (STUDIO726 TOKYO)
* Mastering Engineer: Stuart Hawkes (Metropolis Studio)

### Music Video

Starring: Aile The Shota

Draft & Story: Tom Kawada

Storyboard & Research: Yoshiharu Hatakeyama

Vision Development: AR3Bros.

AR3Bros. are Tom Kawada, Shinji Takagi, You Ogasawara

Director: Kota Watanabe (Rom inc.)

Prducer: Masaki Ogino (XM)

DP: Tom W Carey

1stAC: Kei Ichikawa

2ndAC: Kenny

Lighting Director: Ryo Ueda

Lighting Assistant: Akinori Katsuyama

Make-Up Artist: Megumi Kuji (L&co.)

Make-Up assistant: Ayumi Sasaoka (L&co.)

Hair Stylist: Yuji Nishimura

Hair Stylist assistant: Natsumi Taga

Stylist: Yuji Yasumoto

Production Manager: Yu Okuzono

Production Assistant: Mizuho Kamada

Production Assistant: Kazuhiro Sakuma

Production Assistant: Hiroyuki Nagai

Production Assistant: Koji Minoshima

Transport: Takaaki Sugimoto (HORSE)

## Performances

* TV
* Live

* [2023.07.24] Premium MelodiX! / TV Tokyo

* [2023.07.02-29] Aile The Shota -1st Oneman Tour "Prologue"-
* [2023.07.17] LuckyFes'23
* [2023.07.27] Odaiba Bohken-Oh 2023 SUMMER SPLASH! Mezamashi Live
* [2023.10.09] FM802 MINAMI WHEEL 2023 25th ANNIVERSARY
* [2023.10.14] J-WAVE INNOVATION WORLD FESTA 2023
* [2023.11.18] OSAKA DREAM LIVE 2023 -autumn-
* [2023.12.05] Aile The Shota Oneman Live "Epilogue"
* [2024.01.06] Shinshun CANAL FES
* [2024.01.13] SHIGA BEAT CRUISIN'

## Chart Positions

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## Lyrics

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**Featured Members**Aile The Shota

**Lyrics**
* Side-by-Side View
* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

Kasaneatta sono toi ni kai wo motomeru bokura wa

Nitari yottari na koe ni nani wo nosetemo kawaranai

Kanjita taion ni karamaru irony

Mamoritakatta fuantei na jittai

Kimi no koe wo te wo sono itami wo kizu wo

Kono yugami wo sono hikari wo

Daremo wakaranai esoragoto

Kata ni hamerareta kokoro no genzaichi

Gisei ga egaita kegare naki Utopia

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

No pain No gain modorenai

Kyoukaisen ni ai wa nai

No frontier kotae wa nai

Ima wa migatte na ai wo daite

Naosenai kizu ni kakureta ai wo

Tomarenai nami ni asete yuku iro wo

Kasurete yuku koe wo

Kanjiteitai no ni itsu shika gensou ni

Mamoritakatta fuantei katsu fukanzen na mirai

Bokura wa nanimono demo nai

Kachikan wo koete

Kimi dake no seikai wo wazuka na hikari wo

Daremo sawarenai esoragoto

Katachi aru mono ja kiseki wa egakenai

Sono kokoro no naka kegare naki Utopia

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

No pain No gain modorenai

Kyoukaisen ni ai wa nai

No frontier kotae wa nai

Ima wa migatte na ai wo daite

“Ushinawanaide” No frontier

“sono mama de ite” No frontier

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

**English Translation**
No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

Questions overlap as we search for the answers

Nothing makes it through when voices sound the same

Entwining body heat, feel the irony

I tried to protect our unstable state

Your voice, your hands, that pain, those scars

That distortion, that light you shine

A pipe dream no one can understand

A state of mind trapped inside of a frame

Our sacrifices paint an immaculate utopia

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

No pain, no gain, no going back

No love at the border

No frontier, no answer

Holding on to a selfish love

Love hidden away in wounds that can’t heal

Colors that fade into waves so unstoppable

A voice that’s dying

A feeling once so real is now just an illusion

I tried to protect our unstable, imperfect future

We are nothing

Overcoming our different values

Find your own answers, glimmers of light

A pipe dream no one can touch

Tangible things can’t paint miracles

Inside that heart, an immaculate utopia

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

No pain, no gain, no going back

No love at the border

No frontier, no answer

Holding on to a selfish love

“Don’t lose yourself” No frontier

“Stay the way you are” No frontier

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

**Japanese Lyrics**
君が今どんな理想に泣いたって

どんな未来に泣いていたって

代わりはいない　誰でも唯一無二

feel your heart

重ね合ったその問いに解を求める僕らは

似たり寄ったりな声に何を乗せても変わらない

感じた体温に　絡まるirony

守りたかった不安定な実態

君の声を　手を　その痛みを　傷を

この歪みを　その光を

誰も理解らない絵空事

型にはめられた心の現在地

犠牲が描いた　穢れなきUtopia

君が今どんな理想に泣いたって

どんな未来に泣いていたって

代わりはいない　誰でも唯一無二

feel your heart

No pain No gain　戻れない

境界線に愛はない

No frontier　答えはない

今は身勝手な愛を抱いて

治せない傷に隠れた愛を

止まれない波に褪せていく色を

掠れてゆく声を

感じていたいのに　いつしか幻想に

守りたかった不安定かつ不完全な未来

僕らは何者でもない

価値観を超えて

君だけの正解を　僅かな光を

誰も触れない絵空事

形あるものじゃ奇跡は描けない

その心の中　穢れなきUtopia

君が今どんな理想に泣いたって

どんな未来に泣いていたって

代わりはいない　誰でも唯一無二

feel your heart

No pain No gain　戻れない

境界線に愛はない

No frontier　答えはない

今は身勝手な愛を抱いて

“失わないで” No frontier

“そのままでいて” No frontier

君が今どんな理想に泣いたって

どんな未来に泣いていたって

代わりはいない　誰でも唯一無二

feel your heart

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

Kasaneatta sono toi ni kai wo motomeru bokura wa

Nitari yottari na koe ni nani wo nosetemo kawaranai

Kanjita taion ni karamaru irony

Mamoritakatta fuantei na jittai

Kimi no koe wo te wo sono itami wo kizu wo

Kono yugami wo sono hikari wo

Daremo wakaranai esoragoto

Kata ni hamerareta kokoro no genzaichi

Gisei ga egaita kegare naki Utopia

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

No pain No gain modorenai

Kyoukaisen ni ai wa nai

No frontier kotae wa nai

Ima wa migatte na ai wo daite

Naosenai kizu ni kakureta ai wo

Tomarenai nami ni asete yuku iro wo

Kasurete yuku koe wo

Kanjiteitai no ni itsu shika gensou ni

Mamoritakatta fuantei katsu fukanzen na mirai

Bokura wa nanimono demo nai

Kachikan wo koete

Kimi dake no seikai wo wazuka na hikari wo

Daremo sawarenai esoragoto

Katachi aru mono ja kiseki wa egakenai

Sono kokoro no naka kegare naki Utopia

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

No pain No gain modorenai

Kyoukaisen ni ai wa nai

No frontier kotae wa nai

Ima wa migatte na ai wo daite

“Ushinawanaide” No frontier

“sono mama de ite” No frontier

Kimi ga ima donna risou ni naitatte

Donna mirai ni naiteitatte

Kawari wa inai dare demo yuiitsu muni

Feel your heart

**English Translation**
No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

Questions overlap as we search for the answers

Nothing makes it through when voices sound the same

Entwining body heat, feel the irony

I tried to protect our unstable state

Your voice, your hands, that pain, those scars

That distortion, that light you shine

A pipe dream no one can understand

A state of mind trapped inside of a frame

Our sacrifices paint an immaculate utopia

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

No pain, no gain, no going back

No love at the border

No frontier, no answer

Holding on to a selfish love

Love hidden away in wounds that can’t heal

Colors that fade into waves so unstoppable

A voice that’s dying

A feeling once so real is now just an illusion

I tried to protect our unstable, imperfect future

We are nothing

Overcoming our different values

Find your own answers, glimmers of light

A pipe dream no one can touch

Tangible things can’t paint miracles

Inside that heart, an immaculate utopia

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

No pain, no gain, no going back

No love at the border

No frontier, no answer

Holding on to a selfish love

“Don’t lose yourself” No frontier

“Stay the way you are” No frontier

No matter what ideals you ache for

No matter what futures bring you to tears

No one can take your place — everybody’s unique

Feel your heart

**Credits**
**Japanese:** Lyrical Nonsense
**Romaji:** Lyrical Nonsense

**English:** Official

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* No Frontier -LYRICS×PERFORMANCE Video-
* TV Anime 『AI no Idenshi / The Gene of AI』OP | Aile The Shota / No Frontier

## References

1. ↑ Aile The Shota Official Site
2. ↑ JaME - *Interview with Aile The Shota*. 2023/12/05.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 AnimeTimes - *夏アニメAIの遺電子連載インタビュー第1回：OPテーマアーティストAile The Shota｜境界線に愛はないは、現代を生きる僕たちにとっても大事な言葉*. 2023/07/12.
4. ↑ Aile The Shota Info Twitter
5. ↑ Aile The Shota Info Twitter
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Aile The Shota Info Twitter
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8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Aile The Shota Info Twitter
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13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Virgin Music JP Twitter
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