"Hologram" is the sixth single by the Japanese band Nico Touches the Walls

Nico Touches the Walls

Nico Touches the Walls is a Japanese rock band formed in 2004. In the same year, they won the Lotte Prize at the Yamaha Teen Music Festival. Rising quickly, they signed to "Senha & Co." before signing to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records in 2007...

 and second from the album, Aurora

Aurora (Nico Touches the Walls album)

Aurora is the second full length album released by Nico Touches the Walls in Japan on November 25, 2009, through Ki/oon Records. The album features all three songs from their previous singles: "Kakera -Subete no Omoitachi he- ", "Big Foot" and including the opening song to Fullmetal Alchemist:...

released on November 25, 2009.

The single is the second opening theme for the anime, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and became one of the most popular songs by the band. In addition, it was used as the ending theme for the final episode of Brotherhood.

The B-side has two songs: "Fujjin" (theme song of the movie Kanikousen, also a song from the album Aurora) and "Aitai kimochi" (an unreleased song).

Other versions

The single has two versions: CD-only and CD+DVD, Two different versions of the "Hologram" music video and a CM will be in the DVD.

There are also variant covers: the cover with an original image and the other one with the characters from the Fullmetal Alchemist

Fullmetal Alchemist

, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...

anime.

Chart position

The single was released on August 12, 2009, and reached number 11 on the Oricon Chart. Hologram became the band's highest ranking single on the Oricon music chart, and a steady stream of fans have been downloading the single's truetone version.