Cinema Staff
# Cinema Staff

Cinema Staff (stylized as cinema staff) are a Japanese alternative rock band from Gifu Prefecture, formed in 2003. Originally formed as Real when the band members were still in high school, they made their major debut on the label Pony Canyon in June 2012 with the release of their EP Into the Green. Their single "Great Escape" was used as the second ending theme to the anime television series Attack on Titan. Another single, "Kirifuda", was used as the fourth opening theme to the anime television series Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.

## Band members

Current members

* Tomotoka Tsuji – guitar
* Mizuki Iida – vocals, guitar
* Sōhei Mishima – bass guitar
* Yōhei Kuno – drums

## Discography

### Studio albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard |
| Cinema Staff | Released: June 1, 2011 Label: Under Bar Format: CD | 41 | 38 |
| Boukyou (望郷; Hometown) | Released: May 22, 2013 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 25 | 22 |
| Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars | Released: April 2, 2014 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 32 | 26 |
| Blueprint | Released: April 22, 2015 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 27 | 23 |
| Eve | Released: May 18, 2016 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 22 | 19 |
| Netsugen (熱源; Heat Source) | Released: May 17, 2017 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 22 | 19 |
| Kaitei Yori Ai wo Komite (海底より愛をこめて; With Love from the Bottom of the Sea) | Released: November 3, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: CD, digital download | 40 | 34 |

### Mini albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard |
| Document | Released: November 19, 2008 Label: Under Bar Format: CD | — | — |
| Symmeteronica | Released: June 10, 2009 Label: Under Bar Format: CD | 115 | — |
| Blue, Under the Imagination | Released: July 7, 2010 Label: Under Bar Format: CD | 72 | 74 |
| Salvage You | Released: September 5, 2012 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 44 | 33 |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard |
| Best Of The Super Cinema 2008-2011/2012-2019 | Released: September 18, 2019 Label: Pony Canyon Format: CD, digital download | 33 | 29 |

### Extended plays

| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - | - |
| Title | EP details | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard |
| Into the Green | Released: June 20, 2012 Label: Pony Canyon Formats: CD, digital download | 42 | 35 |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Notes | Album |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Year | JPN Oricon | JPN Billboard | Sales | Certifications | Notes | Album |
| "Suiheisen wa Yoru Ugoku" (水平線は夜動く) | 2011 | 32 | — | | | | Non-album single |
| "Chiisana Shokutaku" (小さな食卓; "Small Table") | 2013 | 46 | — | | | | Boukyou |
| "Seinansei no Niji" (西南西の虹; "Rainbow in West and Southwest") | 2013 | 38 | — | | | | Boukyou |
| "Great Escape" (Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars only includes an alternative version) | 2013 | 12 | 11 | | RIAJ: Gold | Second ED theme for the anime Attack on Titan Season 1. | Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars |
| "Waypoint E.P." | 2015 | 46 | — | | | | Eve |
| "Solution E.P." | 2015 | 40 | — | | | | Eve |
| "Vektor E.P." | 2016 | 54 | — | | | | Netsugen |
| "Name of Love" | 2019 | 39 | — | JPN: 1,677 | | Second ED theme for the anime Attack on Titan Season 3. | Best Of The Super Cinema 2008-2011/2012-2019 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work/Nominee | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | CD Shop Awards | Regional Production (Tōkai region) | Cinema Staff | Won |
| 2013 | Billboard Japan Music Awards | Animation Artist of the Year | Cinema Staff | Nominated |
| 2014 | Music Jacket Awards | Grand Prize | Boukyou | Nominated |
| 2016 | Music Jacket Awards | Grand Prize | "Solution E.P." | Nominated |
