Splatoon’s 1st Anniversary & Sea O’ Colors Live CD going to be released

Splatoon is celebrating its first anniversary of its release with a special illustration for the anniversary. The official Splatoon Twitter account released this Tweet earlier today:

「スプラトゥーン」は昨年の5月28日に発売された。
今日で発売1周年だ。
この1年、いろいろなことがあった。ここまで続けてこられたのも、ひとえにプレイヤーの皆さんあってのことだ。
心からの感謝とともに、今後もよろしくと申し上げたい。 pic.twitter.com/2FsJ2Y2fTi

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP)   May 28, 2016

Translation: Splatoon was released in May 28th of last year. So, today is it’s first anniversary. With many things happening, it has been a busy year. We owe the success of Splatoon to the players. Thank you very much, and we are sincerely looking forward to Splatoon‘s bright future.

Also, the Twitter account has mentioned that Sea O’ Colors has an album that is going to be released. Sea O’ Colors is a virtual celebrity unit inside Splatoon, having Callie (CV: keity.pop) and Marie (CV: Mari Mikuma) as its members.

シオカラーズファン待望のライブCD、「SPLATOON LIVE IN MAKUHARI -シオカライブ-」が7月13日に発売されることが決定した！
過去2回行ったライブ音源に加え、サントラ未収録の楽曲やボイスも含まれているぞ。 pic.twitter.com/uZRfmJDNRy

— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP)  May 28, 2016

Translation: The long-awaited live CD, “SPLATOON LIVE IN MAKUHARI – Sea O’ co-live” is going to be released on July 13th! In addition to the live recordings made in the past, includes unreleased songs in the sound track and voices.

For those who don’t know this game, Splatoon is a third-person shooter developed by Nintendo. It was released in May 29th, 2015 in North America, and has sold 4.27 million copies worldwide by March of this year. It received positive reviews from several game critics, such as 81/100 from Metacritic, 9/10 from Eurogamer, 8.6/10 from IGN. With its success, people are expecting a sequel to the next Nintendo console, NX.