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Mr. Noone Special

Mr. Noone Special is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mr. Noone Special rather than just read about it. In short: Mr. Noone Special is the second studio album by the Japanese pop rock band Cymbals, released on September 21, 2000, by Victor Entertainment.

Key takeaways

Mr. Noone Special belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mr. Noone Special to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mr. Noone Special from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mr. Noone Special is the second studio album by the Japanese pop rock band Cymbals, released on September 21, 2000, by Victor Entertainment. Its songs were mainly written and composed by Reiji Okii, the band's bassist. Two singles supported it; the first was "Do You Believe In Magic?", while the second, "Highway Star, Speed Star", was the album's major single. Mr. Noone Special received positive reviews from critics, who praised its inventiveness and lauded its creativity. It peaked at number 44 on the Oricon albums chart, becoming the band's best-known performance.

Background The Japanese pop rock band Cymbals had previously released their debut studio album That's Entertainment (2000) just 8 months prior, which featured the character "Mr. Noone Special", appearing in interlude tracks on the album. Reiji Okii, the Cymbals bassist, intentionally combined the words "No" and "One" to create a single word, imagining the character whilst in the shower, basing him off himself, with the character referring to himself as both "nothing", and "everyone".

Composition Mr. Noone Special maintains a pop rock soundscape, featuring segments of French pop and elements of jazz, taking influence from English rock bands such as The Beatles and The Who. Mr. Noone Special focuses mainly on both guitars and piano, with lead vocalist Asako Toki singing in often "cutesy" vocals, and in English throughout most of the album.

Release "Do You Believe In Magic?" was released as a single on April 21, 2000, followed by "Highway Star, Speed Star" on August 23. Mr. Noone Special was eventually released on September 21, 2000, by Victor Entertainment, a special limited edition release also included the bonus song "Good-night". Mr. Noone Special appeared 3 times on the Oricon albums chart, peaking at number 44, and has remained Cymbals' highest charting album as of February 2026. On September 25, 2013, a reissue of Mr. Noone Special was released exclusively for sale at Tower Records Japan. It contains the bonus songs "Out of Order", and "Business Show", a rearrangement of "Show Business", which was featured on their debut studio album That's Entertainment (2000). Whilst touring in promotion for their fourth studio album Love You (2003), the band released the live album Requests! on September 8, 2003, containing live versions of the tracks "Highway Star, Speed Star" and "Do You Believe in Magic?"

Reception

Upon release, Mr. Noone Special received positive reviews from critics. Sayuki of Moma-BD gave the album a four out of five, calling it and the bands debut album That's Entertainment (2000), the band's masterpieces. Akihisa Ikeda, the manga artist of Rosario + Vampire, stated that when the series was adapted into an anime, he requested the opening imitate the song "Highway Star, Speed Star", leading the songs to sound similar to each other. In 2025, "Hey, Leader!" appeared as a part of a Laura Nyro radio tribute show on the New Jersey radio station WFMU.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel Credits adapted from the EP's back notes.

Asako Toki – lead vocals Reiji Okii – mixing engineer, lead guitar, bass, percussion, writing Hiroyasu Yano – drums Oki Yuichi – Steinway piano (track 2) NARGO – trumpet (track 2) Isao Kaneyama – Deagan vibraphone (track 2) Miyako Yonegawa – triangle (track 2, 9–10), Musser vibraphone (track 9–10) Harumoto Uchida – Fender Stratocaster (track 3–9), Epiphone Sheraton (track 6–7, 10, 12) Chinami Nishino – Steinway piano (track 4) Ichiro Koizumi – Yamaha piano (track 5–7, 9–10, 12), Musser vibraphone, Hammond organ (track 8–9) Takafumi Sugawara – hand clapping (track 7) Ryo Tanaka – hand clapping (track 7) Satoshi Sano – trombone (track 10) Masayuki Kuramoto – bongo drums (track 10)

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mr. Noone Special

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mr. Noone Special claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mr. Noone Special before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mr. Noone Special ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mr. Noone Special

In research: Mr. Noone Special appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mr. Noone Special in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mr. Noone Special is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000 albums, Fiction about radio, Pop rock albums by Japanese artists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mr. Noone Special outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mr. Noone Special in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Mr. Noone Special means in your own words.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Mr. Noone Special in simple terms?

Mr. Noone Special is the second studio album by the Japanese pop rock band Cymbals, released on September 21, 2000, by Victor Entertainment.

Why does Mr. Noone Special matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mr. Noone Special?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mr. Noone Special.