released DVD Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5

After a busy 2008, the band spent time touring and writing new material. In March 2009, they released their fifth DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 5 , featuring a collection of live videos from various live events in 2008. In July 2009, Asian Kung–Fu Generation held their annual Nano-Mugen festival. This was accompanied by Nano-Mugen Compilation 2009 , which featured a new track, “Yoru no Call” ( 夜のコール , Call of the Night ) , and tracks from each of the other 16 bands that partook in the festival. At the conclusion of the festival, Gotoh announced the group had started writing and producing a new album. Immediately following Nano-Mugen, the group kicked off their 2009 festival summer season with performances at Korea’s Jisan Valley Rock Festival , “Rock in Japan Festival 2009”, and “Sweet Love Shower Festival 2009”. In October, their sixth DVD, Eizō Sakuhinshū Vol. 6 , was released and was also the band’s first release on Blu-ray . It featured a concert from their March 2009 hall tour “World World World”, which featured a more experimental set design and set list, as well as the use of instruments such as tenori-on and a strings section. The second half of the set included the whole of their 2008 album Surf Bungaku Kamakura from start to finish.