amazarashi is a band led by Hiromu Akita.
In December 2009, they released an album 0. as a limited release of 500 copies in Aomori. Since the album created a lot of buzz and they were flooded with inquiries, they eventually released the album nationwide as 0.6.
As the intense worldview of their lyrics grabbed the attention of listeners with quick ears, they made a major debut with How To Make A Bomb released from Sony Music in June 2010.
“a band led by Hiromu Akita from Aomori”
It was the only information officially shared about the band, but they have expanded their fan base by word of mouth, mostly through the internet, to such an extent that their latest album Hey Mom, It’s Just As You Say went up to the number 8 in the Oricon weekly album chart.
When performing live, they have a unique style where they play behind a screen that covers the whole stage and projects various images to go along with the music. Their shows have been much talked about, and some say it gives the audience a sense of watching a film and enjoying live music at the same time.
They are also known as their music videos with CG animation and have won a variety of awards worldwide.
In 2010, their music video for “Waiting for the Summer” won the Excellence Award at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival. amazarashi’s “Waiting for the Summer” and sakanaction’s “Arukuaround” were the only music videos that won the awards that year.
Furthermore, they have attracted interest throughout the world as they won prizes at Annecy International Animated Film Festival (originally a part of Cannes Film Festival) in France, SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011 (the world’s biggest computer graphics event), one dot zero 2011 (a digital animation festival in London), and more.
2009年12月在青森發行500張限定的專輯『0』，由於受到熱烈的迴響，之後進而發行日本全國版『0.6』。其強烈的歌詞世界觀在耳朵敏銳的樂迷間引起話題，而於2010年6月以『製造炸彈的方法』正式在Sony Music主流出道。
「青森縣在住、以Hiromu Akita為中心的樂團」除了這樣的情報以外，幾乎所有資料皆不公開，主要以網路為中心，靠著口耳相傳的方式累積樂迷，最新專輯『嘿 媽媽 如你所說的』也登上了Oricon專輯榜週榜第8名的成績。
現場演出則是在舞台前方設置銀幕，以銀幕投射出的影像與音樂結合，「宛如一邊看電影一邊享受Live」這樣的獨特詮釋方式造成話題。
此外，使用CG動畫創作的音樂錄影帶也在世界各國獲獎無數。
2010年所發行的「等候著夏天」MV，榮獲了第14屆文化廳Media藝術祭的優秀賞。而在這一年MV獲獎的只有sakanaction魚韻的「四處遊走」和amazarashi而已。此外，從坎城影展獨立出來的法國安錫動畫國際影展，以及在美國的CG SIGGRAPH盛會中堪稱全世界最大的電腦動畫展SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011、倫敦的數位影像活動one dot zero 2011中也頻頻獲獎，在全世界造成話題。