In June 2012, a promotional video was released for a song titled “Yoru o Koete” ( 夜を越えて , Beyond the Night ) , in promotion of the Nano-Mugen Festival 2012.
On April 11, 2012, AKFG released the single, titled “Kakato de Ai o Uchinarase” ( 踵で愛を打ち鳴らせ , Ring Out Love with Your Heel ) .
and the best of album, Best Hit AKG , was released in January 2012
The single, titled “Marching Band”, was released on November 30
In November 2011, the band announced that they would release a new single and a best of album.
In July 2011, Asian Kung-Fu Generation played live at “Jisan Valley Rock Festival” an annual 3 day music festival held every July at Jisan Valley Ski Resort, in Icheon, South Korea.
In the next month, Gotoh later announced in his diary that they were in the studio, recording new songs.
In March 2011, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused the band to cancel the rest of their “2010-2011 Vibration of Music Tour”, due to some touring equipment being damaged.
Within the next week after the disaster, Masafumi Gotoh published lyrics on his diary, inspired by the disaster, called “Suna no Ue” ( 砂の上 , On the Sand ) .
In April 2010, Gotoh posted an entry into his diary stating that the band’s 6th full-length album would be released in June 2010 with the title ” Magic Disk ” ( マジックディスク , Majikkudisuku ) .