Empathy (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)

"Empathy" (エンパシー) is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as single on August 4, 2021, and it was used as the theme song for the 2021 anime film, My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission. The single's B-side, Flowers also added as insert song for the same film. The single was produced and arranged by Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Ryosuke Shimomura, who also support member for their live concerts.

Personnel
Adapted from the single liner notes.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation
 * Masafumi Gotoh – vocals, guitars
 * Kiyoshi Ijichi – drums
 * Kensuke Kita – guitars, vocals
 * Takahiro Yamada – bass guitar, vocals

Production
 * Asian Kung-Fu Generation - production
 * Kenichi Koga – recording (track 1 & 2), mixing (track 1 & 2) , protools programming (track 1 & 2)
 * Mai Kondo – assistant engineered (track 1 & 2)
 * Randy Merrill - mastering
 * Kenichi Nakamura – recording (track 1 & 2)
 * Ryoma Nakamura – assistant engineered (track 1 & 2)
 * Hajime Yamamoto – editing (track 1 & 2)

Artwork and design
 * Yusuke Nakamura – illustration

Additional musicians
 * ermhoi – chorus (track 2)
 * Yosuke Inoue – acoustic guitar advisor (track 2)
 * Fumihiro Ibuki – drum technician (track 1 & 2)
 * Mariko Hirose – strings section arrangement (track 2)
 * Shuta Nishida – guitar sound adviser (track 1 & 2) guitar noise (track 1)
 * Seiho – remix (track 3)
 * Ryosuke Shimomura – synthesizers (track 1 & 2), programming (track 1 & 2) , editing (track 1 & 2) , production
 * Naoto Tange – equipment staff (track 2)
 * Koji Yamada – equipment staff (track 1 & 2)
 * YOUSAYSOUNDS – fuzz (track 2)
 * Tomoe Nakajima (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 1st violin (track 2)
 * Leina Ushiyama (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 1st violin (track 2)
 * Sena Oshima (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 2nd violin (track 2)
 * Anzu Suhara (Yasuko Murata Strings) – 2nd violin (track 2)
 * Mikiyo Kikuchi (Yasuko Murata Strings) – viola (track 2)
 * Yasuko Murata (Yasuko Murata Strings) – viola (track 2)
 * Robin Dupuy (Yasuko Murata Strings) – cello (track 2)
 * Shuhei Ito (Yasuko Murata Strings) – cello (track 2)