Shiny Ray is the introduction song and opening theme of the first cour of the anime. The song is performed by YURiKA, and along with the ending theme Hoshi Wo Tadoreba, were released in CD format on February 22, 2017 in Japan, with a cost of ¥1,728.[1][2]
In addition to including the main song, within the CD there are five additional tracks performed by YURiKA, called "AKATSUKI DEPARTURE" and "My Destination", the other three tracks being instrumental versions of the songs.
Being the opening theme of the first cour, the song is heard from the episode "A New Beginning" to "Samhain Magic". However, in "A New Beginning", the song is used as the ending theme, with the same animation sequence as the opening version. An extended version plays in the series finale, "Tree of Leaves", when Akko rescues Diana using the Shooting Star broom. It stops playing after Akko and Diana use the power of the Grand Triskellion to restore magic and spread happiness across the world.
After days of running at breakneck speed, I arrived here
And opened the door that stood before me
Beyond this starry sky, I gather the footprints of dreams
Singing all the while!
The place those dream run off to...
Is still hidden within my heart
Casting a spell
To envelop the night... I begin my dance!
This colorful scenery is practically etched in my memory;
Stumbling a bit here and there won't break this spell— this world will continue on!
Embracing each fleeting moment that passes
I'll fix my eyes upon this shiny ray, and times unchanged
As I walk onward!
Brushing my cheek is a familiar, stirring wind;
I'm able to recall immediately all the places of my past
Seeing thousands of particles lifting into the night sky's embrace
I wonder if my feelings of longing have made it there as well...
To keep these prayers from shattering apart
I'll always be here, singing them aloud!
Even if the future I chased with all my might is an illusion...
I can never fly if I'm always looking down— I shout out to the sky!
Embracing the flower that's grown in this heart
Still unable to give it up
I'll step down a new path... and into a new future!
Let this voice, wishing into the distance
Ring out through a tear-studded sky!
This colorful scenery is practically etched in my memory;
Stumbling a bit here and there won't break this spell— this world will continue on!
Embracing each fleeting moment that passes
I'll fix my eyes upon this shiny ray, and times unchanged
As I walk onward!
kakedashita hibi ni yukitsuita kono basho
fureta tobira hiraite
hoshizora no kanata yume no ashiato
hiroiatsume utau yo
yume ga kaketeku basho
ima mo kokoro ni himete
yoru o tsutsumikomu
mahou kakete odoridasu
yakitsuita you ni irodzuita fuukei wa
koronda kurai ja tokenai kara sekai wa tsudzuku yo
hakanai mama no ima o dakishimete
kawaranai mama jikan to
hikari mitsumete aruiteku
hoo o nadeta no wa natsukashiku soyogu kaze
minareta fuukei sugu ni omoidaseru yo
yozora ni idakarete ukabu ikusen no tsubu ni
kogareta omoi wa ima mo todoiteru ka na?
inori ga sugu ni kowasarenai you ni
itsumo koko de utau kara
tada oikaketeta ano hi ga maboroshi demo
utsumuita mama ja tobenai kara sora ni sakebu no!
hanasaita kono kokoro dakishimete
yuzurenai kara mirai to
arata na michi o fumishimete
kanata ni negau koe
namida o kizanda sora ni hibike
yakitsuita you ni irodzuita fuukei wa
koronda kurai ja tokenai kara sekai wa tsudzuku yo
hakanai mama no ima o dakishimete
kawaranai mama jikan to
hikari mitsumete aruiteku
aruiteku...
Trivia[]
Shiny Ray was chosen for the opening theme of the TV Series' first cour due to being a cheerful song about young girls' dreams. In this case, it's about Akko whose dreams to be a witch like Shiny Chariot now within her reach.[3][4]