"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website where anime buyer Higuchi Sho from Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its extensive selection of anime songs, reports on best-selling anime songs and the voices of those at the sales floor. The number one album at the store from October 6th to 13th was "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 06," the sixth CD in the series for the smartphone game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Shinimasu)."
◇Last week's results
The top-ranked "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 06" contains three songs by Noctil, an idol unit full of transparency formed by four childhood friends from "Shinimasu," as well as an audio drama.
Singles by units within the virtual school idol group Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club, from the popular anime series Love Live!, were also popular, with DOLLCHESTRA's fourth single Proof coming in second, Cherry Bouquet's fourth single Tsukiyomi Kurage coming in third, and Mirakura Park's third single Fanfare!!! coming in fourth.
Among the works that made their debut was Prism Flare, the opening theme to the second season of the TV anime The Idolmaster Shiny Colors, which came in seventh. Other notable works included fripSide's album infinite Resonance 3, which came in eighth, and VTuber project Nijisanji's virtual live streamer Higuchi Kaede's second full album GAME GIRL, which came in tenth.
◇This week's trends
We're keeping our eye on voice actress and singer Nagisa Aoyama's first album "Kaihou", the ninth single "MOTTO!!!/JUMPIN' OVER!" by the idol unit "MORE MORE JUMP!" from the smartphone game "Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)", and the first album "Ahoy!! You're all Pirates" by Marine Houshou, a member of the popular VTuber group "HoloLive".
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song corner ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 06" Noctilum single
2nd place: "Proof" DOLLCHESTRA single
3rd place: "Tsukiyomi Kurage" Cerise Bouquet single
4th place: "Fanfare!!!" Mirakura Park! Singles
5th place: "Bring the LOVE!" Watanabe You (Saito Shuka), Uehara Ayumu (Onishi Aguri), Shibuya Kanon (Date Sayuri), Hinoshita Kaho (Nyuri Nozomi), Kosaka Honoka (Nitta Emi) Singles
6th place: "ELEMENTS" Ave Mujica Albums
7th place: "Prism Flare" Shiny Colors Singles
8th place: "Bundle" Bundle Albums
8th place: "infinite Resonance 3" fripSide Albums
10th place: "GAME GIRL" Higuchi Kaede Albums
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho Anime buyer on the 7th floor of Tower Records Shinjuku (Japanese music/sales promotion). Transferred from Machida store in 2014. She first became interested in anime through 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."
