is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as single on August 4, 2021, and it was used as the theme song for the 2021 anime film, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission. The single's B-side, Flowers also added as insert song for the same film. The single was produced and arranged by Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Ryosuke Shimomura, who also support member for their live concerts.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the single liner notes.

Empathy (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)

Asian Kung-Fu Generation

Masafumi Gotoh – vocals, guitars

Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums

Kensuke Kita – guitars, vocals

Takahiro Yamada – bass guitar, vocals

Production

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - production

Kenichi Koga – recording (track 1 & 2), mixing (track 1 & 2), protools programming (track 1 & 2) Mai Kondo – assistant engineered (track 1 & 2) Randy Merrill - mastering Kenichi Nakamura – recording (track 1 & 2) Ryoma Nakamura – assistant engineered (track 1 & 2) Hajime Yamamoto – editing (track 1 & 2)

Empathy (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)

Artwork and design

Yusuke Nakamura – illustration

Additional musicians

ermhoi – chorus (track 2) Yosuke Inoue – acoustic guitar advisor (track 2) Fumihiro Ibuki – drum technician (track 1 & 2) Mariko Hirose – strings section arrangement (track 2) Shuta Nishida – guitar sound adviser (track 1 & 2) guitar noise (track 1) Seiho – remix (track 3) Ryosuke Shimomura – synthesizers (track 1 & 2), programming (track 1 & 2), editing (track 1 & 2), production Naoto Tange – equipment staff (track 2) Koji Yamada – equipment staff (track 1 & 2) YOUSAYSOUNDS – fuzz (track 2) Tomoe Nakajima (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 1st violin (track 2) Leina Ushiyama (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 1st violin (track 2) Sena Oshima (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 2nd violin (track 2) Anzu Suhara (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 2nd violin (track 2) Mikiyo Kikuchi (Yasuko Murata Strings) – viola (track 2) Yasuko Murata (Yasuko Murata Strings) – viola (track 2) Robin Dupuy (Yasuko Murata Strings) – cello (track 2) Shuhei Ito (Yasuko Murata Strings) – cello (track 2)

Empathy (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)

Charts

Release history

References

Asian Kung-Fu Generation songs

2021 singles

Songs written by Masafumi Gotoh

2021 songs

Ki/oon Music singles