2V-ALK

2V-ALK (pronounced "walk") is the second studio album by Hiroyuki Sawano's vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]. It was released on September 20, 2017 through the Sony Music label SACRA MUSIC. 2V-ALK was proceeded by the singles "Into the Sky", "CRYst-Alise", "e of s", "gravityWall" and "sh0ut".

The album charted at #3 in the daily ranks for the first week. It charted for 8 weeks in the Oricon charts.

Background
"Into the Sky" was used in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 as the opening theme, while "Next 2 U -eUC-" was used as the first ending theme.

"CRYst-Alise" was used as the main theme for the mobile game VALHAITRISING.

"e of s" was used as the opening theme for the mobile game Soul Reverse Zero, while "ninelie " was used as the ending theme for the first Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation film.

"gravityWall" was used as the first opening theme for the anime television series Re:Creators, while "sh0ut" was used as the second opening theme.

"Amazing Trees" was used as the opening theme for the PS4 game Border Break.

Credits
Adapted from Booklet. Production Instruments
 * Hiroyuki Sawano – arranger, producer, programming
 * Yasushi Horiguchi – executive producer
 * Daisuke Katsurada – executive producer
 * Mitsunori Aizawa – recording, mixing engineer & Pro Tools operator
 * Kozo Miyamoto – assistant engineer
 * Hideto Matsumoto – assistant engineer
 * Masakatsu Mizuno – assistant engineer
 * Kosuke Abe – assistant engineer
 * Eriko Iijima – assistant engineer
 * Yosuke Maeda – assistant engineer
 * Keisuke Narita – assistant engineer
 * Yota Ishizuka – assistant engineer
 * Kei Izawa – assistant engineer
 * Kazuaki Takanishi – assistant engineer
 * Erika Shimada – assistant engineer
 * Yuji Chinone – mastering
 * Ryotaro Kawashima – art direction & design
 * Kiyoaki Sasahara – photographer
 * Aya Murakami – hair & make-up
 * Yuko Mori – products coordination
 * Toru Takeuchi – a&r
 * Anna Komatsuzaki – a&r
 * SME Records Promotion Room – media promotion
 * Yukihiro Sato – sales promotion
 * Kei Yamamoto – digital promotion
 * Kazuto Fushimi – digital promotion
 * Keiichi Tonomura – superviseVocals
 * Aimer – vocals (track 8)
 * Eliana Silva – vocals (track 17)
 * Gemie – vocals (tracks 3, 5, 9, 14)
 * mizuki – vocals, background vocals (tracks 4, 10)
 * naNami – vocals (track 13)
 * Tielle – vocals (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15), background vocals (track 6)
 * Yosh Morita – vocals (tracks 7, 11)
 * Hiroyuki Sawano – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
 * Anna Komatsuzaki – background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
 * Akiko Shimodoi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)
 * cAnON. – background vocals (tracks 10, 17)
 * Hajime – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 17)
 * Kohta Yamamoto – background vocals (track 4)
 * Yasushi "yassh!!" Horiguchi – background vocals (tracks 4, 17)
 * Harutoshi Ito – cello (tracks 1, 12, 17), guitar (tracks 1, 6-8, 10-13, 15, 17)
 * Hiroyuki Sawano – piano (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-13, 15, 16, 17), keyboards (tracks 2-14, 15, 17), all other instruments (all tracks)
 * Hiroshi Iimuro – guitar (tracks 2-4, 9, 13)
 * Masashi Tsubakimoto – guitar (tracks 1, 5, 14)
 * Toshino Tanabe – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-13, 15)
 * Yu "masshoi" Yamauchi – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-10, 12-13, 15)