{{Short description|Japanese band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cinema Staff | img = | img_capt = | img_size = | landscape = | alias = | origin = Gifu Prefecture, Japan | genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|alternative rock<ref name="Overview">{{cite web|language=ja|website=Rockin'On Japan|url=https://rockinon.com/artist/5164|title=cinema staff の記事まとめ|trans-title=Cinema Staff Overview|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref>|post-rock<ref name="Overview"/>|noise pop|math rock}} | years_active = {{start date|2003}}&ndash;present | label = {{unbulleted list|Under Bar (2008–2011)|Pony Canyon Inc. (2012–2019)}} | production = | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|http://www.cinemastaff.net}} | current_members = {{Unbulleted list|Tomotoka Tsuji|Mizuki Iida|Sōhei Mishima|Yōhei Kuno}} | past_members = | notable_instruments = }} '''Cinema Staff''' (stylized as '''cinema staff''') are a Japanese alternative rock band from Gifu Prefecture, formed in 2003.<ref name="Overview"/> 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''.<ref name=itg>{{cite web|title=Into the green|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/431516/products/music/967405/1/|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref> Their single "Great Escape" was used as the second ending theme to the anime television series ''Attack on Titan.''<ref name=ann1>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Scott|title=Cinema Staff to Perform New 'Attack on Titan' Ending|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/06/06/cinema-staff-to-perform-new-attack-on-titan-ending|publisher=Crunchyroll|date=June 6, 2013|accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref> Another single, "Kirifuda", was used as the fourth opening theme to the anime television series ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V''.<ref name=YuGiOh>{{cite news|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|title=Cinema Staff, Mrs. Green Apple Perform New 'Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V' Theme Songs|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-21/cinema-staff-mrs-green-apple-perform-new-yu-gi-oh-arc-v-theme-songs/.93196|work=Anime News Network|date=September 21, 2015|accessdate=August 16, 2013}}</ref>

==Band members== '''Current members''' * Tomotoka Tsuji – guitar * Mizuki Iida – vocals, guitar * Sōhei Mishima – bass guitar * Yōhei Kuno – drums

==Discography== === Studio albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Oricon<br/><ref name="Oricon Album">{{cite web|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/431516/products/album/|title=Cinema Staffのアルバム|trans-title=Cinema Staff albums|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Billboard |- ! scope="row"| ''Cinema Staff'' | * Released: June 1, 2011 * Label: Under Bar * Format: CD | align="center"| 41 | align="center"| 38<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2011&month=06&day=13|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=June 13, 2011|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Boukyou''<br/>(望郷; ''Hometown'') | * Released: May 22, 2013 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 25 | align="center"| 22<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2013&month=06&day=03|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=June 3, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars'' | * Released: April 2, 2014 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 32 | align="center"| 26<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2014&month=04&day=14|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=April 14, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Blueprint'' | * Released: April 22, 2015 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 27 | align="center"| 23<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2015&month=05&day=04|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=May 4, 2015|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Eve'' | * Released: May 18, 2016 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| 19<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2016&month=05&day=30|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=May 30, 2016|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Netsugen''<br/>(熱源; ''Heat Source'') | * Released: May 17, 2017 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 22 | align="center"| 19<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2017&month=05&day=29|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=May 29, 2017|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Kaitei Yori Ai wo Komite''<br/>(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 | align="center"| 40 | align="center"| 34<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2021&month=11&day=15|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=November 10, 2021|accessdate=May 26, 2022}}</ref> |}

=== Mini albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Oricon<br/><ref name="Oricon Album"/> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Billboard |- ! scope="row"| ''Document'' | * Released: November 19, 2008 * Label: Under Bar * Format: CD | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |- ! scope="row"| ''Symmeteronica'' | * Released: June 10, 2009 * Label: Under Bar * Format: CD | align="center"| 115 | align="center"| — |- ! scope="row"| ''Blue, Under the Imagination'' | * Released: July 7, 2010 * Label: Under Bar * Format: CD | align="center"| 72 | align="center"| 74<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2010&month=07&day=19|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=July 19, 2010|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Salvage You'' | * Released: September 5, 2012 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 44 | align="center"| 33<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2012&month=09&day=17|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=September 17, 2012|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |}

=== Compilation albums === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Oricon<br/><ref name="Oricon Album">{{cite web|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/431516/products/album/|title=Cinema Staffのアルバム|trans-title=Cinema Staff albums|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Billboard |- ! scope="row"| ''Best Of The Super Cinema 2008-2011/2012-2019'' | * Released: September 18, 2019 * Label: Pony Canyon * Format: CD, digital download | align="center"| 33<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/431516/products/1332659/1/|title=Best Of Super Cinema 2008-2011/2012-2019|date=September 18, 2019|accessdate=January 18, 2022}}</ref> | align="center"| 29<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2019&month=09&day=30|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=September 25, 2019|accessdate=May 26, 2022}}</ref> |}

=== Extended plays === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| EP details ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Oricon<br/><ref name="Oricon Album"/> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Billboard |- ! scope="row"| ''Into the Green'' | * Released: June 20, 2012 * Label: Pony Canyon * Formats: CD, digital download | align="center"| 42 | align="center"| 35<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Billboard Japan|language=ja|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=top_albums&year=2012&month=07&day=2|title=Billboard Japan Top Albums Sales {{!}} Charts|date=July 2, 2012|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Notes ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Oricon<br/><ref name="Oricon Single">{{cite web|publisher=Oricon|language=Japanese|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/431516/products/single/|title=Cinema Staffのシングル|trans-title=Cinema Staff singles|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:4em;font-size:90%"| JPN<br/>Billboard |- ! scope="row"| "Suiheisen wa Yoru Ugoku"<br/>(水平線は夜動く) | align="center"| 2011 | align="center"| 32 | align="center"| — | | | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Chiisana Shokutaku"<br/>(小さな食卓; "Small Table") | align="center" rowspan="3"| 2013 | align="center"| 46 | align="center"| — | | | | align="center" rowspan="2"| ''Boukyou'' |- ! scope="row"| "Seinansei no Niji"<br/>(西南西の虹; "Rainbow in West and Southwest") | align="center"| 38 | align="center"| — | | | |- ! scope="row"| "Great Escape" (Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars only includes an alternative version) | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 11<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/japan-hot-100/2013-09-07|title=Japan Hot 100|date=September 7, 2013|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> | | * RIAJ: Gold<ref name="RIAJ CD">{{cite web|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|language=Japanese|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs_search.html|title=Cinema Staff Digital Download Certifications|accessdate=February 6, 2019|format=''Enter'' Cinema Staff ''into the'' アーティスト ''then select'' 検索}}</ref> | {{small|Second ED theme for the anime ''Attack on Titan'' Season 1.<ref name=ann1/>}} | align="center"| ''Drums, Bass, 2(to) Guitars'' |- ! scope="row"| "Waypoint E.P."{{efn|name="EP but a single"|group=lower-alpha|Categorized as a single since it contains 3 songs.}} | align="center" rowspan="2"| 2015 | align="center"| 46 | align="center"| — | | | | align="center" rowspan="2" | ''Eve'' |- ! scope="row"| "Solution E.P."{{efn|name="EP but a single"}} | align="center"| 40 | align="center"| — | | | |- ! scope="row"| "Vektor E.P."{{efn|name="EP but a single"}} | align="center"| 2016 | align="center"| 54 | align="center"| — | | | | align="center" | ''Netsugen'' |- ! scope="row"| "Name of Love" | align="center"| 2019 | align="center"| 39 | align="center"| — | * JPN: 1,677<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/w/2019-06-10/|title=週間 CDシングルランキング 2019年06月10日付|trans-title=Weekly CD Single Ranking for June 10, 2019|work=Oricon Style|accessdate=June 5, 2019|language=Japanese}}</ref> | | {{small|Second ED theme for the anime ''Attack on Titan'' Season 3.<ref>{{cite news|language=ja|website=Natalie|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/325213|title=cinema staff「進撃の巨人」新シリーズED曲をシングルリリース|trans-title=Cinema Staff's new single for "Attack on Titan" new ED song|date=March 24, 2019|accessdate=April 13, 2019}}</ref>}} | align="center" | ''Best Of The Super Cinema 2008-2011/2012-2019'' |}

== Awards and nominations == {|class="wikitable" ! Year ! Award ! Category ! Work/Nominee ! Result |- | align="center"| 2012 | CD Shop Awards | Regional Production (Tōkai region) | ''Cinema Staff'' | {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/65122|title=ももクロがCDショップ大賞受賞「次はノーベル賞！」|trans-title=Momoclo won the CD Shop Grand Prize "Next Nobel Prize"!|language=ja|website=Music Natalie|date=February 27, 2012|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- | align="center"| 2013 | ''Billboard'' Japan Music Awards | Animation Artist of the Year | Cinema Staff | {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard-japan.com/common/special/award/2013/artist/#artist|title=Billboard Japan Music Awards 2013|language=ja|publisher=Billboard Japan|accessdate=February 6, 2019}}</ref> |- | align="center"| 2014 | Music Jacket Awards | Grand Prize | ''Boukyou'' | {{nom}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-news-detail!file.action?id=1&nid=65&fileType=pdfFile1|title=ミュージック・ジャケット大賞 2014」一般投票締め切り迫る！|trans-title="2014 Music Jacket Grand Prize" general votes deadline!|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|date=June 20, 2014|accessdate=February 6, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> |- | align="center"| 2016 | Music Jacket Awards | Grand Prize | "Solution E.P." | {{nom}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/news/id=179|title=「ミュージック・ジャケット大賞2016」大賞候補50作品発表！本日より特設WEBサイトにおいて一般投票をスタート！|trans-title=50 Nominees of "2016 Music Jacket Grand Prize" announced! General votes start on special website today!|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|date=March 10, 2016|accessdate=February 6, 2019|language=ja}}</ref> |}

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==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.cinemastaff.net/ Official website] *[http://cinemastaff.jugem.jp/ Official blog] * [https://myspace.com/cinemastaff Official MySpace] *[https://twitter.com/cinemastaff_ Official Twitter]

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Category:Japanese rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 2003 Category:2003 establishments in Japan Category:Pony Canyon artists Category:Musical groups from Gifu Prefecture