Endscape

{{Infobox song | name = Endscape | cover = EndscapeRE.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Uverworld | album = | released = May 30, 2007 | recorded = | studio = | genre = Rock | length = 13:15 | label = gr8! records | composer = Uverworld | lyricist = Takuya∞ | producer = Uverworld<br>Satoru Hiraide | prev_title = Kimi no Suki na Uta | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Shaka Beach: Laka Laka La | next_year = 2007 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = CD/DVD Cover | type = Single | cover = EndscapeLE.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }}

'''“Endscape”''' is the seventh single by Japanese rock band Uverworld, released on May 30, 2007, under Gr8! Records.<ref name="SonyMusic">{{cite web |title=Endscape - UVERworld |url=https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/UVERworld/discography/SRCL-6541 |website=Sony Music Japan |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=ja}}</ref> The single was issued in two formats: a standard CD edition and a limited CD+DVD edition. The title track was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series ''Toward the Terra''.<ref name="AnimeNews">{{cite web |title=Terra e... (TV) - Anime Opening Theme |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6690 |website=Anime News Network |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref>

==Background and release== "Endscape" continued Uverworld's integration of hard rock and electronic elements. The band contributed both music and production to the single, with lyrical content written by lead vocalist Takuya∞.<ref name="JameProfile">{{cite web |title=UVERworld – Biography |url=https://www.jame-world.com/en/artist/138/uverworld.html |website=JaME World |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref> The CD/DVD version included a music video for the title track.

==Track listing== All lyrics written by Takuya∞. All tracks arranged by Uverworld.

{{Track listing | headline = CD single | extra_column = Length | total_length = 13:15

| title1 = Endscape | extra1 = 4:36

| title2 = Unknown Orchestra | extra2 = 4:29

| title3 = Monochrome: Kizuke Nakatta Devotion (モノクローム～気付けなかったDevotion～) | extra3 = 4:10 }}

==Commercial performance==

"Endscape" debuted at number 4 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart, selling over 60,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="Oricon">{{cite web |title=UVERworld – Endscape |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/367787/products/707308/1/ |website=Oricon |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=ja}}</ref> It remained on the chart for three consecutive weeks.

===Oricon sales chart (Japan)=== {| class="wikitable" !Release date !Chart !Peak position !Sales !Weeks charted |- |May 30, 2007 |Oricon Daily Singles Chart |style="text-align:center;"|3 |– |– |- |May 30, 2007 |Oricon Weekly Singles Chart |style="text-align:center;"|4 |60,921 |3 |- |May 2007 |Oricon Monthly Singles Chart |style="text-align:center;"|10 |– |– |}

==Music video== The music video for "Endscape" features the band performing in an abstract industrial landscape. It was directed by Masaki Ohkita and released as part of the CD+DVD limited edition.<ref name="MoraDVD">{{cite web |title=Endscape [CD+DVD] |url=https://mora.jp/package/43000001/SRCL-6541/ |website=Mora |access-date=17 June 2025}}</ref>

==In popular culture== * The title track served as the first opening theme song for the anime ''Toward the Terra'' (''Terra e...'').<ref name="AnimeNews" />

==Further reading== * {{cite magazine |title=Endscape |magazine=Newtype USA |volume=6 |issue=9 |page=127 |date=September 2007 |issn=1541-4817 }}

==External links== * {{MusicBrainz release-group |id=40d96077-c510-3eb1-960e-a2923643cc04 }} * [https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/artist/UVERworld/discography/SRCL-6541 Official Sony Music Japan listing]

==References== <references />

Category:2007 singles Category:Uverworld songs Category:2007 songs Category:Gr8! Records singles