Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi is a compilation album

Album

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 by pop

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 duo PUFFY

Puffy

Puffy can refer to one of the following:* Puffy or Puffy AmiYumi , a Japanese pop duo** Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, animation series about fictional adventures of Puffy AmiYumi** Puffy: P.S...

, released in 2004. It was compiled to tie in with the group's animated series

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

is an American-Japanese animated series from Cartoon Network, produced by Renegade Animation. The show was created by Sam Register, who also serves as the series' executive producer....

 of the same name. There is also a Japanese version of this CD, of which contains the subtitle, "Happy Fun Rock Music from the Series" and includes two additional "TV Mix" tracks.

Track listing

1. "Hi Hi" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer)–2:54
2. "Friends Forever" (Sturmer)–4:03
3. "Planet Tokyo" (Sturmer)–3:50
4. "Joining a Fan Club" (Manning
   Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
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   , Sturmer)–3:58
5. "Forever" (Sturmer)–2:29
6. "V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N" (Yasuharu)–3:30
7. "Love So Pure" (Sturmer)–3:57
8. "True Asia
   Asia no junshin
   "Asia no Junshin" is the song recorded by the Japanese pop rock duo Puffy, released in May 1996 as their debut single. It was produced and composed by Tamio Okuda, with lyrics written by Yōsui Inoue.-Cover versions:...
   
   " (Inoue, Okuda)–4:40
9. "Boogie-Woogie No. 5
   Boogie Woogie No. 5
   "Boogie Woogie No.5" is the 12th single released by Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi with the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra on September 27, 2000.-Track listing:#"Boogie Woogie No. 5"...
   
   " (Okuda)–4:10
10. "That's the Way It Is
    Kore ga watashi no ikiru michi
    "Kore ga Watashi no Ikirumichi" is the 2nd single released by the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi on October 7, 1996. It sold over 1.5 million copies and was their first #1 hit....
    
    " (also known as "Kore ga Watashi no Ikiru Michi" (Okuda)–3:19
11. "Sunrise" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer)–3:56
12. "Into the Beach" (also known as "To the Beach" (Okuda)–3:12
13. "December" (Onuki, Yoshimura, Sturmer)–4:20
14. "Teen Titans Theme" (Sturmer)–3:10
15. "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (TV Mix)" (Sturmer)–2:59 †
16. "Teen Titans Theme (TV Mix)" (Sturmer)–3:06 †

† Appears only on the Japanese Version of this CD.

Personnel

• Ami Onuki - vocals
• Yumi Yoshimura - vocals
• Puffy AmiYumi - vocals, harmony
• Ikhoka Mukara - guitar
• Kohsaku Abe - drums
• Shinji Asakura - percussion
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• Dorian Crozier - drums
• John Fields - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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  , keyboards
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• Takashi Furuta - drums, harmony
• Michael S. Kawai - percussion
• Hiroharu Kinoshita - bass
• Maki Kitada - bass
• Masahiro Kitahara - trombone
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• Haruo Kubota - guitar
• Daisaku Kume - keyboards
• Takamune Negishi - bass, harmony
• Tamio Okuda - guitar, saxophone
  Saxophone
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  , vocoder
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  , harmony
• Susumu Osada - guitar, harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Zac Rae - glockenspiel
  Glockenspiel
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  , theremin
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  , optigan
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• Yuta Saito - keyboards
• Zuyi Ratza - background vocals
• Tetsutaro Sakurai - background vocals
• Iyaza Kukora - background vocals
• Thomas Tjärnqvist - bass, guitar, keyboards
• Lyle Workman - guitar
• Konishi Yasuharu - keyboards

Production

• Producers: Tamio Okuda, Tetsutaro Sakurai, Andy Sturmer
• Executive producers: Yasunori Heguri, Taizo Ito
• Mixing: David Bianco, John Fields, Osamu Hirose, Tetsuhiro Miyajima, David Thoener, Dave Way, Joe Zook
• Mastering: Stephen Marcussen
• A&R: June Shinozaki
• Director: Isao Tanuma
• Compilation: Kaz Utsunomiya
• Art direction: Aimee MacAuley
• Design: Aimee MacAuley
• Photography: Bruce Osborn