"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 the sales floor. The number one song at the store from February 9th to 16th was "KiLLKiSS," the second single by Ave Mujica, a band from the popular anime and game series "BanG Dream!". This is the second time the single has topped the charts, following its ranking from January 12th to 19th.
◇Last week's results
Ave Mujica is a band whose identity was revealed in the TV anime "BanG Dream! It's MyGO!!!!!" of "BanG Dream!", which aired from June to September 2023, and became a hot topic. The TV anime "BanG Dream! Ave Mujica" began airing in January this year, and the band's second single, which includes the opening theme "KiLLKiSS" and the ending theme "Georgette Me, Georgette You", won first place. From "BanG Dream!", the band "MyGO!!!!!"'s first album "Meiseiha" also ranked 7th.
Among the works that made their debut was the fifth CD in the series "Season Solo Collection Vol.5 'Happy Millefeuille'" from the popular "Idolmaster (Imas)" series, a new smartphone app called "Gakuen Idolmaster". The CD includes a song inspired by Valentine's Day that appeared in an in-game event.
Also making its debut was singer and creator Soraru's sixth album "Yume Toki," at No. 6, and the second release in the new CD series for the smartphone game "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (Deresute)," "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 02 Fin［e］ ～Beautiful End～," at No. 9.
◇This week's trends
We're looking forward to "Stella," the ending theme for the TV anime "Ubel Blatt," sung by voice actress and singer Tachibana Hina, and "Juou Sei Minami 1st Single 'Small Ambition'," the first single by Juou Sei Minami, who appears in "Gakuen Idolmaster."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place: "KiLLKiSS" Ave Mujica Single
2nd place "KEY of Like!" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
3rd place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
4th place "Ai Scream!" AiScReam Single
5th place: "Season Solo Collection Vol.5 'Happy Millefeuille'" Hatsuhoshi Gakuen Album
6th place "Yume Toki" Soraru Album
7th place "Meiseiha" MyGO!!!!! Album
8th place: "Novice Catalog" Suisei Hoshimachi Album
9th place "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 02 Fin[e] ~Beautiful End~" Ichinose Shiki (Aihara Kotomi), Kurosaki Chitose (Sakura Kaoru), Sunatsuka Akira (Tomita Miyu) Single
10th place "No sting" Togenashitogeari Album
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho is a buyer in charge of anime at Tower Records Shinjuku store, 7th floor (Japanese music/sales promotion). He was transferred from the Machida store in 2014. He got into anime because of 1990s works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion", "BLUE SEED", and "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Flame", and among anime songs, he loves listening to character songs, especially songs related to idol anime. His favorite anthem is "Up! 10sion Pleeeeeeeeease!" from "The Idolmaster Million Live!". His favorite anime and games include "Pretty Rhythm", "The Idolmaster", "Photo Kano", and "Sakura Wars".
