Editing Asian Kung-Fu Generation (section)

===2004–2005: ''Sol-fa''===
{{Main|Sol-fa (album)}}
As they entered 2004, AKFG received the award for Best New Artist while their video for "Kimi to Iu Hana" won the award for Best Music Video at the [[Space Shower Music Video Awards|SPACE SHOWER Music Video Awards]].<ref name=SSMVA04/> From January 19 to February 25, AKG held their first headlining tour: Five Nano Seconds. The tour consisted of thirteen shows. On July 1, the band held their third ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION presents Nano-Mugen Festival at the Tokyo arena [[Nippon Budokan]].<ref name="History | NANO-MUGEN FES. 2008"/> Over the course of the following summer, the band played in more than ten summer rock festivals, including Meet The World Beat, [[Rock In Japan Fes|Rock In Japan Fes 04]], and Fuji Rock Festival 04.

Over the course of the year, the band released four more singles: {{nihongo|"[[Siren (Asian Kung-Fu Generation song)|Siren]]"|サイレン|}}, {{nihongo|"Loop & Loop"|ループ＆ループ|}}, {{nihongo|"[[Rewrite (song)|Rewrite]]"|リライト|}} and {{nihongo|"''[[Kimi no Machi Made]]''"|君の街まで}}, before finally releasing their second full-length album, {{nihongo|''[[Sol-fa (album)|Sol-fa]]''|ソルファ|}} on October 20.<ref name="ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION: Biography"/> The album debuted at number-one on the Oricon charts where it stayed for two consecutive weeks and eventually went on to sell more than 600,000 copies.  The album received critical praise for its honed sound and high production quality, which thoroughly nullified the language barrier that frequently impeded non–[[Japanese language|Japanese]]-speaking audiences.<ref name="Talkin Bout My (Asian Kung-Fu) Generation">{{cite web|author=Kao, Larry |title=Talkin Bout My (Asian Kung-Fu) Generation |url=http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32753 |work=Asian Pacific Arts |publisher=UCLA Asia Institute |date=2005-11-03 |access-date=2008-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218074243/http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=32753 |archive-date=2007-02-18 }}</ref>  This notion became evident following the domestic release of ''Sol-fa'', when AKFG fans from around the world organized themselves and petitioned for copies of the second album to be distributed outside Japan. The support for Ajikan eventually resulted in [[Tofu Records]] striking a contract to release ''Sol-fa'' in the [[United States]] on October 18, 2005.<ref name="Talkin Bout My (Asian Kung-Fu) Generation"/> Additionally, the song "Rewrite" found recognition both domestically as well as on an international level when it was chosen as the fourth opening theme for the anime series ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/eng/Arch/ASIANKUNG-FU/KSCL-925/ |title=ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION: "Rewrite" |access-date=2008-10-09 |work=ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Official Website |publisher=Ki/oon Records Inc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025053135/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/eng/Arch/ASIANKUNG-FU/KSCL-925/ |archive-date=25 October 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Around the same time, their song "[[Haruka Kanata]]" enjoyed similar recognition after being used for the second opening of the anime series ''[[Naruto]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/KS/ASIANKUNG-FU/KSCL-542/index.html |title=ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION: Hōkai Amplifier |access-date=2008-10-09 |work=ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Official Website |publisher=Ki/oon Records Inc | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080924073613/http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/KS/ASIANKUNG-FU/KSCL-542/index.html| archive-date= 24 September 2008 | url-status= live}} {{in lang|ja}}<!--Japanese--></ref> Asian Kung–Fu Generation spent the next two months on a national tour consisting of twelve shows called "Tour SUI CUP 2004 -No! Member, November." The tour included a prestigious headliner at Nippon Budokan arena. The four then released a year-end video DVD, ''izō Sakuhinshū Vol. 1'' on November 26. The DVD is compilation of the [[music videos]] for all singles from "Haruka Kanata" to "Kimi no Machi Made," including a never before seen clip of "Siren." The video contains audio commentary for each song, a making-of featurette, and live footage derived from their concerts.<ref name="ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION: Biography"/> In 2016, the song "[[Re:Re:]]" was rerecorded and used as the opening for the anime ''[[Erased (manga)|Erased]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=ERASED/Boku dake ga Inai Machi Anime's 2nd Promo Unveils Asian Kung-Fu Generation's Opening Song|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-31/erased-boku-dake-ga-inai-machi-anime-2nd-promo-unveils-asian-kung-fu-generation-opening-song/.97105|access-date=19 March 2016|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=1 January 2016}}</ref>