"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a program where anime buyer Higuchi Sho from Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its wide selection of anime songs, reports on best-selling anime songs and the voices of the sales floor. The number one single at the store from September 8th to 15th was "Tsukiyomi Kurage," the fourth single by "Cherries Bouquet," a unit within the group of virtual school idol group "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club," from the popular "Love Live!" series.
◇Last week's results
"Tsukiyomi Kurage," which took the top spot, was released on September 4th and debuted at number 2 in the rankings last week. It took the top spot in its second week since its release. "Cherries Bouquet" is the first single to be released under the new lineup of Hinoshita Kaho, Otomune Kozue, and Momose Ginko, and the title song is a Japanese-style pop song that depicts the process of Momose Ginko's decision. It also includes "Reflection in the mirror (104th NEW Ver.)," a rearrangement of a traditional song by "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club." This time, "Proof," the fourth single by "DOLLCHESTRA," a unit within the group "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club," also ranked third.
In second place is "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 05," the fifth CD in the series for the smartphone game "THE IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors (Shinimas)." It features music by the idol unit Straylight.
In fourth place is "TV Anime Girls Band Cry Original Soundtrack," the original soundtrack for Toei Animation's original TV anime "Girls Band Cry (Garukura)." It also features songs from the show's bands, "Togenashi Togeari" and "Diamond Dust."
In addition, the CD series "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER HEART TICKER! 09 Kamisama! Zettai Da yo" from the smartphone game "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (Deresute)" ranked 6th, and illustrator and VTuber Shigure Ui's second album "fiction" debuted at 9th place.
◇This week's trends
We are paying attention to the new CD ".Matenro" by Shinjuku Division "Matenro" of the music-based character rap project "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-" (Hypnosis Mic), the theme song CD "Bring the LOVE!" for the first joint Asia live tour of the Love Live! series "LoveLive! Series Asia Tour 2024 ~Minna de Kanaeru Monogatari~", and the album "DIALOGUE +3" by the female voice actor unit "DIALOGUE +".
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song corner ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place: "Tsukiyomi Kurage" by Cherries Bouquet, single
2nd place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 05" by Straylight, single
3rd place: "Proof" by DOLLCHESTRA, single
4th place: "TV anime Girls Band Cry original soundtrack" by Tanaka Yusuke, Togenashi Togeari, album
5th place: "Sashi Nashi" by Togenashi Togeari, album
6th place: "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER HEART TICKER! 09 "God! Absolutely!" Eve Santa Claus, Saionji Kotoka, Shimamura Uzuki, Takamori Aiko, Nitta Minami, Kobayakawa Sae, Shiomi Shuuko Single
7th place "Kyuu-Band" Yuu-Band Album
8th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 02 Upper Dog" Hakozaki Serika, Tenkubashi Tomoka, Nonohara Akane, Baba Konomi
9th place "Fiction" Shigure Ui Album
10th place "Shironeko-do Demo Tape (Cassette)" Shironeko-do Cassette
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho Anime buyer at Tower Records Shinjuku 7th floor (Japanese music/sales promotion). Transferred from Machida store in 2014. She first became interested in anime due to 1990s works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion", "BLUE SEED", and "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Flame", and among anime songs, she loves listening to character songs, especially songs related to idol anime. Her favorite anthem is "Up! 10sion Pleeeeeeeeease!" from "The Idolmaster Million Live!" Her favorite anime and games include "Pretty Rhythm", "The Idolmaster", "Photo Kano", and "Sakura Wars".
