{"rewrite":{"id":"r_222093ca142a4ee67a170b18","clusterId":"c_9b334e664e855d6e73a5422c","slug":"eve-moves-to-sony-s-echoes-label-will-sing-the-apothecary-diaries-ed","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Eve Moves to Sony's Echoes Label, Will Sing The Apothecary Diaries ED","summary":"Singer-songwriter Eve has announced his move from Toy's Factory to Echoes, the Sony Music label that is also home to YOASOBI and Tatsuya Kitani. His first release after the transfer is \"AIYOU,\" the ending theme for the first cour of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3. The song goes to streaming services at midnight on October 2, ahead of the anime's first broadcast that same day at 11:00 PM on Nippon TV's 30-station FRIDAY ANIME NIGHT block. Yorushika handles the opening theme. Season 3 shifts the story from the inner palace to the city streets, with the first cour running from October 2026 and the second from April 2027. The second promotional video centers on Jinshi, now back in his position as the Emperor's younger brother, facing a calamity and a mysterious celestial maiden, and was released alongside the theme announcement.","whyItMatters":"Echoes now pairs the two acts most closely tied to anime openings across the past several seasons, and its roster extends past musicians to creators, which is the part of the label's model that differs from a conventional artist imprint.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eEve leaves Toy\u0026#39;s Factory, the label he had released from since his 2019 album \u0026#34;Otogi.\u0026#34; His most recent single there was \u0026#34;Kaze no Anthem\u0026#34; in April 2026, which featured suis of Yorushika.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEchoes is a label inside Sony Music. Its roster includes YOASOBI, Tatsuya Kitani, Aooo, NOMELON NOLEMON, asmi, MAISONdes, Puppet Sunsun and Ukai.\u003c/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePuppet Sunsun is a character act, and Ukai is a horror author and web writer, so the label signs creators alongside musicians. LAYRA, the protagonist of the live show \u0026#34;Ani-Immersive Live \u0026#39;Belle,\u0026#39;\u0026#34; was announced to debut from Echoes as a virtual artist.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEve\u0026#39;s anime tie-ups include the opening \u0026#34;Kaikai Kitan\u0026#34; for the first cour of \u0026#34;Jujutsu Kaisen\u0026#34; and the ending \u0026#34;Teenage Blue\u0026#34; for \u0026#34;Blue Box.\u0026#34; He is booked for a hall and arena tour titled \u0026#34;Kaiki\u0026#34; across 2026 and 2027, and his YouTube channel has more than 5.6 million subscribers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#34;AIYOU\u0026#34; is a gentle, sorrowful song written around Jinshi\u0026#39;s new duties. Eve said: \u0026#34;People\u0026#39;s hearts cannot be unraveled the way mysteries can, and I believe there are times when feelings that cannot be put into words create a distance as vast as the universe between two people who are right beside each other.\u0026#34;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeason 3 is animated at OLM, directed by Akinori Fudesaka, with series composition by Noritomo Naganuma, character design by Yukiko Nakatani and music by Satoru Kousaki, Kevin Penkin and Arisa Okehazama. The mini anime \u0026#34;Maomao\u0026#39;s Soliloquy\u0026#34; returns for Season 3, streaming every Monday at noon on the TOHO animation YouTube channel, with new mini characters for Maomao, Jinshi, Baryou, Rahan, Lihaku and Chou\u0026#39;u.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Echoes already houses YOASOBI and Tatsuya Kitani. Eve's move puts him in the same label structure that owns his new ending theme's release schedule.","twitterPost":"Eve's new label Echoes shares a parent company, Sony Music, with the release pipeline for his Apothecary Diaries ending theme.","threadsPost":"Echoes is the Sony Music label that already houses YOASOBI and Tatsuya Kitani. Eve's move puts his Apothecary Diaries ending theme under the same corporate roof as the label's existing roster.","newsletterBlurb":"Eve leaves Toy's Factory for Echoes, the Sony Music label where YOASOBI and Tatsuya Kitani also record. His first release there is \"AIYOU,\" the ending theme for the first cour of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3. It arrives at midnight on October 2, hours before the season premiere.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96660\",\"title\":\"Eve, along with YOASOBI and others, transfers to music label \\\"Echoes\\\" - to perform ED for anime \\\"The Apothecary Diaries\\\"\"},{\"source\":\"Magmix\",\"url\":\"https://magmix.jp/post/377933\",\"title\":\"\\\"The Apothecary Diaries\\\" Latest Info to Be Revealed Tonight! A \\\"Teasing\\\" Post Was Spotted, Drawing Attention to a Possible Connection with Eve\"},{\"source\":\"Anime Anime\",\"url\":\"https://animeanime.jp/article/2026/09/25/103235.html\",\"title\":\"Fall Anime \\\"The Apothecary Diaries Season 3\\\": What New Trial Awaits Imperial Brother Jinshi? 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