Takanori Nishikawa his name was a play on Nishikawa's pseudonym with that band (Haine). [Heine's first name is written as in katakana.] The surnames of both Nishikawa and Westenfluss mean "west river" in Japanese (西川) and German (Westenfluß), respectively. "Ignited"'s title is closely similar to the mobile suit (GOUF Ignited) that Nishikawa's "GSD" character piloted. "Vertical infinity" was released on January 26, 2005 by Epic and exactly six months later by Tofu Records. The infinity symbol (∞), when facing vertically or turned sideways, looks like the number 8. That is also the number of original studio albums Nishikawa has released to date
Number 1 to Infinity one new recording called "Infinity". Instead of including the original studio version of her third number-one "Someday" (1991), the live recording from her "MTV Unplugged" EP (1992) features instead. Carey explains in the liner notes of "#1 to Infinity" that she felt the studio version was overproduced. The Bad Boy Fantasy remix of her ninth number-one "Fantasy" featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard was included instead of the original solo version. Carey describes the remix as a "turning point" in her career. "Someday", "I Don't Wanna Cry" and "Thank God I Found You" were omitted from the international track listing. They were