Acidman (often stylized as ACIDMAN) is a Japanese rock group. The band was formed in 1997 with four members, Shiibashi Takeshi, Urayama Ichigo, Satou Masatoshi, and Ohki Nobuo. They created two demo tapes together in 1998, but former vocalist Shiibashi Takeshi left in 1999. Ohki Nobuo took his place and became the leader of the group. They continued playing live concerts, and were eventually signed to Toshiba-EMI. The band is often categorized as punk music or alternative rock but their musical style is broader and is said to blend various kinds of individual styles.

Ohki Nobuo paints many of the band's album covers.

Discography

Singles

SinglesRelease dateTracklist/Notes
'Sekitou' (赤橙)24 November 2000To Live Sekitou (赤橙) - Meaning "Red Orange" Kouen (公園) - Meaning "The Park" Baiyo Smash Party (培養スマッシュパーティー) - Meaning "Culture Smash Party"
'Zouka ga Warau' (造花が笑う)31 July 2002Zouka ga Warau (造花が笑う) - Meaning "The Artificial Flower Laughs"
'Allegro' (アレグロ)4 September 2002Allegro (アレグロ)
'Sekitou' (赤橙)9 October 2002Sekitou (赤橙)
'Slow View'12 March 2003Hikou (飛光) - Meaning "Flying Light" Slow View Shizuka naru Uso to Chouwa (静かなる嘘と調和) - Meaning "Quiet Lie and Harmony"
'Repeat' (リピート)9 July 2003Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) - Meaning "The Waves, White..." Repeat (リピート)
'Suisha' (水写)3 March 2004Suisha (水写) - Meaning "Reflection in the Water" Sai (彩-Sai- (inst ver.)) - Meaning "Colors (instrumental version)" Kaze, Sayuru (風、冴ゆる) - Meaning "The Wind, Serene..."
'Equal e.p.'25 August 2004Equal (イコール) Coda (コーダ) talk (inst.)
'Aru shoumei' (ある証明)18 May 2005Aru shoumei (ある証明) - Meaning "The Proof That's There" Human Traffic SOL (inst.)
'Kisetsu no Tou' (季節の灯)19 October 2005Kisetsu no Tou (季節の灯) - Meaning "Lamplight of the Seasons" Spaced Out (second line)
'World Symphony'9 November 2005World Symphony Turn Around (second line)
'Slow Rain' (スロウレイン)6 September 2006Slow Rain (スロウレイン) Isotope (アイソトープ) (second line) Walking Dada (inst.)
'Prism no Yoru' (プリズムの夜)15 November 2006Prism no Yoru (プリズムの夜) - Meaning "The Prism-like Night" Dawn Chorus (inst.) Simple Story (シンプルストーリー) (second line)
'Remind'18 July 2007Remind Sekishoku Gunzou (赤色群像) (inst.)
'Unfold'27 November 2007Unfold Concord Vega (ベガの呼応) (inst.)
'Shikijitsu'20 February 2008Shikijitsu (式日) - Meaning "Judgment Day" Evergreen (inst.)
'I Stand Free'12 November 2008I Stand Free O (second line)
'Carve with the Sense'25 February 2009Carve with the Sense Freak Out (second line)
'Dear Freedom'21 July 2010Dear Freedom 彩-Sai-(前編) Digest from 8th album (2010 winter)
'Alma'22 September 2010Alma 彩-Sai-(後編) Digest from 8th album (2010 winter) No.2
'Alchemist' (アルケミスト)19 September 2012Alchemist (アルケミスト) Equal (second line) Your Song (acoustic)
'Shinsekai' (新世界)19 December 2012Shinsekai (新世界) - Meaning "New World" swayed (second line) Under the Rain (acoustic)
'Everlight'16 April 2014Everlight ±0 (second line) I Stand Free (acoustic) ±0 (remastering) I Stand Free (remastering)
'Stay in my Hand'16 July 2014Stay in my Hand Slow Rain (スロウレイン) (second line) HUM (second line) Slow Rain (スロウレイン) (remastering) HUM (remastering)
'Sekai ga Owaru Yoru' (世界が終わる夜)24 September 2014Sekai ga Owaru Yoru (世界が終わる夜) type-A (Second line) Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) (Acoustic) type-A (Remastering) Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) (Remastering)
'Saigo no Hoshi' (最後の星)26 October 2016Saigo no Hoshi (最後の星) Sore Alfheim -instrumental- (アルフヘイム -instrumental-)
'Ai wo Ryote ni' (愛を両手に)8 February 2017Ai wo Ryote ni (愛を両手に) snow light Mizu no Yoru ni (水の夜に) Live Track From 2014.10.23 Zepp Tokyo
'Millennium' (ミレニアム)26 July 2017Millennium (ミレニアム) Seesaw Ao no Hatsumei −instrumental− (青の発明 −instrumental−) Live Track From 20141023 Zepp Tokyo
'Haiiro no Machi' (灰色の街)3 June 2020Haiiro no Machi (灰色の街) This CD also contains live recordings of "〜ACIDMAN LIVE TOUR “創、再現” in 新木場STUDIO COAST〜(at 12 December 2019)".
'Shining' (輝けるもの)17 January 2024Shining (輝けるもの) Shining (輝けるもの)(Instrumental) Rebirth (Live Track from 「This is ACIDMAN 2023 at Zepp Haneda (30 October 2023) ALMA (Live Track from 「This is ACIDMAN 2023 at Zepp Haneda (30 October 2023)
'sonet'8 January 2025sonet sonet (Instrumental) Shining (輝けるもの) (Live Track) Ginga no Machi (Live Track) Wonderland (Live Track) Live Track is from ACIDMAN LIVE TOUR 「Golden Setlist」 at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (11 August 2024)

Miniature albums

AlbumRelease dateSongs
'Sanka Zora' (酸化空)6 March 20028 to 1 Ima, Toumei ka (今、透明か) Meaning "Is It Transparent Now?" Silence Sanka Zora (酸化空) Meaning "Oxidized Sky" Free White

Albums

Album nameRelease dateTrack listing
Sou (創)30 October 20028 to 1 Completed Zouka ga Warau Allegro Sekitou Background At Spaced Out Kouro Simple Story Silence Yureru Kyutai Your Song
Loop6 August 2003Type-A Nami, Shiroku Isotope Hikou Slow View Repeat 16185-O O Swayed Dried Out Ima, Toumei ka Turn Around
Equal15 September 20040=All Freak Out Furu Aki Equal Suisya Sai Zenpen (inst.) Sai Kouhen Akatsuki o Nokoshite Colors of the Wind (Cover) migration 1064 cps (inst.) Mawaru, Meguru, Sono Kaku he
And World7 December 2005Introduction World Symphony Id River Kisetsu no Tou SOL (inst.) Ginga no Machi Natsu no Yoin Platanus Water Room (inst.) Stay on land Aru Shoumei and world
Green Chord7 February 2007Green Chord (Introduction) Returning Ride the Wave Slow Rain Real Distance So Far Prism no Yoru AM2:00 (inst.) Dawn Chorus (inst.)
Life16 April 2008Life (The Beginning) Remind Stromatolite Free Star Shikijitsu Walk Room NO.138 (inst.) Machi No Rinkaku Old Sunset Kin'iro No Capella Unfold To the World's End Life (The Ending)
A Beautiful Greed29 July 2009A Beautiful Greed (Introduction) ±0 Carve with the Sense Who Are You? Under the Rain Fantasia Hoshi no Hitohira Hum Ucess (inst.) Bright & Right I Stand Free Over
Alma1 December 2010Saigo no Kuni (Introduction) Kaze ga Fuku Toki One Day Dear Freedom Noël Alma Masshiro na Yoru (inst.) Legato no Mori Final Dance Scene 2145 Nen Wonderland
Shinsekai27 February 2013gen to (intro) SUSY Shinsekai NO.6 Last Chord Alchemist Kaze Oi Hito (zenpen) Kaze Oi Hito (kouhen) Further (Yoru ni Naru Mae ni) Kimi no Shoudai Catastrophe Hakkou (白光) to gen (outro)
Yū to Mu19 November 2014Yū to Mu Eien no Soko EVERLIGHT Stay in my hand star rain EDEN Sekai ga Owaru Yoru Hallelujah en (instrumental) your soul Tasogare no Machi Saigo no Keshiki
Lambda13 December 2017Phi (Introduction) Shiroi Bunmei Millennium Prana Saigo no Hoshi Utopia Mizu no Yoru ni (album version) Lambda-CDM (instrumental) Kuuhaku no Tori MEMORIES Hikari ni Naru Made Ai wo Ryoute ni
Innocence27 October 2021introduction Visitor Yuganda Hikari Rebirth Haiiro no Machi Link (instrumental) ALE Subarashiki Sekai Yoru no Tame ni innocence Fanfare
Optics (光学)29 October 2025Optics (introduction) Astrocytes (アストロサイト) Go Away Shining (輝けるもの) sonet Black & White (白と黒) feel every love 1/f (Interlude) Blue Wind (青い風) Dragon (龍) Fluorescence (蛍光) Night of Light (光の夜) All things (あらゆるもの)

Best albums

Album nameRelease date
Second line & Acoustic collection Second line means re-arranged and re-recorded tracks.28 September 2011
ACIDMAN THE BEST8 February 2012
THIS IS INSTRUMENTAL8 February 2012
Second line & Acoustic collection II18 November 2015
ACIDMAN 20th Anniversary Fans' Best Selection Album "Your Song"26 October 2016

Tribute albums

Album nameRelease date
ACIDMAN Tribute Works29 October 2025

DVD

Scene of Series

DVDRelease dateTracklist
Scene of Sou (創)12 March 2003Opening (オープニング) Ima, Toumei ka (今、透明か) Zouka ga Warau (造花が笑う) Allegro (アレグロ) Sekitou (赤橙) Slow View Bonus Track
Scene of Loop10 September 2003Hikou (飛光) Shizuka naru Uso to Chouwa (静かなる嘘と調和) Slow View Nami, Shiroku (波、白く) Repeat (リピート) Locus of Loop Profile
Scene of Equal14 October 2004Equal (イコール) Suisya (水写) Colors of the Wind [short film] Sai Zenpen (彩-SAI-(前編)) Cps & Mawaru, Meguru, Sono Kaku e (廻る、巡る、その核へ)
Scene of "And World"25 January 2006Aru Shoumei (ある証明) Sol Kisetsu no Tou (季節の灯) World symphony Water Room Making & off shot
Scene of "Green Chord"5 March 2007Slow Rain Prism no yoru Returning Walking Dada" (instrumental) Document in 2006" documentary
Scene of "LIFE"21 May 2008Remind Unfold Shikijitsu FREE STAR THE LIGHT SekishokuGunzo・Vega no Koou・EVERGREEN Document 2007-2008
Scene of "A beautiful greed"2 September 2009I stand free CARVE WITH THE SENSE Under the rain Fantasia ucess Document 2008-2009
Scene of "ALMA"23 February 2011DISC1 Nobuo Ohki's Travelogue Chile & Bolivia DISC2 DEAR FREEDOM ALMA Year 2145 Document 2009-2010
Scene of "New World"27 March 2013DISC1 Travelogue Kenya & Tanzania to live(Music Video) DISC2 Alchemist New World Kazeoi Bito (first part) scene to ALCHEMIST in Morocco Document 2012

Music video

Release yearDirectorMusic titleNote
2002Junji Kojima
2003年
2004Isao Nishigouri
short film
2005
Isao Nishigouri & Takuya Yonezawa
Isao Nishigouri
Hayato Andowater room
2006Tetsuro Takeuchi
Isao Nishigouri
Tetsuro Takeuchi
2007Sanae Kikuchi
Daishin Suzuki
Isao Nishigouri
2008Daisuke Shimada
Nobuo Ohki
Daisuke Shimada
Tetsuro Takeuchi
2009Hideaki Sunaga
Tetsuro Takeuchi
Takayuki Kojima
2010Masakazu Fukatsu
Kensaku KakimotoTheme Song of APRIM2023 (Asia-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting)
performer:Robot Nozomi (ロボットのぞみ)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017Actor:Hirofumi Arai
2020
Akihiro Otagiri
2021
2024Kensuke Endo
Kensaku Kakimoto
2025Shigeaki Kubo
Multilingual Lyric Video
Kensaku Kakimoto

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