Speed Star is the second studio album by Japanese singer/voice actress Aya Hirano, released by Lantis on November 18, 2009. On September 1, 2009, the album was announced to be released, on her official website.
The album includes her three singles "Unnamed World", "Set Me Free/Sing A Song!" and "Super Driver", but does not include her collaboration single with Tsunku, "Namida Namida Namida". The single from the album, "Super Driver" was used as the opening theme of the 2009 anime adaptation of Suzumiya Haruhi series.
The first-press limited edition came with a DVD which included the music video of its title tune "Speed Star". The album sold over 20,000 copies in its initial week, debuting at No. 4 on the Oricon weekly album charts.
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Famous quotes containing the words speed and/or star:
“Spig Wead: I’ve been thinking what a heel I’ve been about you and about my own kids. I don’t know, when I do something, I go all the way. Living. Gambling. Flying. I tap myself out. I guess that’s the way I want it to be. Maybe even the way I am.
Minne Wead: Star-spangled Spig. Damn the martinis, full speed ahead and don’t give up the ship.”
—Frank Fenton, William Wister Haines, co-scenarist, and John Ford. Spig Wead (John Wayne)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)