"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 in the sales field. The number one song at the store from February 23rd to March 2nd was the CD "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 07 All Alone" from "The Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days (Mirishita)," a popular game series from the "Idolmaster" series.
◇Last week's results
The top-ranked "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 07 All Alone" is the seventh CD in the series that includes songs from the "MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD" in-game project of "Mirishita". It includes "All Alone" sung by Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yuu), Kitakami Reika (Hirayama Emi), Kasuga Mirai (Yamazaki Haruka), and Kitazawa Shiho (Sora Amamiya), as well as the drama part. Also making its debut in third place from "Mirishita" is the sixth CD in the series, "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER VARIETY 06", which includes songs from the in-game event.
Coming in second is "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION ARMOR ACE & BEYOND," which includes songs from the play "Idol Senki Million Armor" in "THE IDOLM@STER Million Live!". It includes the song "Roar! Million Armor!" from the "ACE" chapter and "Lullaby for Armors" from the "BEYOND" chapter.
Coming in at No. 4 is the fifth single "AURORA FLOWER" by the virtual school idol group Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club, part of the popular anime series "Love Live!".
In sixth place was "The Highest Quality Heart," the opening theme for the TV anime "I'm a Behemoth, an S-Rank Monster, but I'm Mistaken for a Cat and Living as a Pet Elf Girl Knight," sung by voice actress and singer Tasuku Kaito; in seventh place was "CONTRAST," the artist debut mini-album by voice actress and singer Kaito Tsubasa; and in eighth place was "POPIGENIC," the third album by the girls band Poppin'Party from the popular anime and game series "BanG Dream!", and "Kimi to ne," the first album by the music unit Kimi no ne.
Coming in at No. 10 is "Song Collection from The Rose of The Rose of Versailles," which includes insert songs by Hiroyuki Sawano from the animated film "The Rose of Versailles," making its first appearance.
◇This week's trends
We are paying attention to the fifth vocal album series of the smartphone music game app "World Daistar Dream Stellarium (Yumeste)" "Game App "World Daistar Dream Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.5 "Like the Light of Sirius Act-2"" and the opening theme of season 2 of "Solo Leveling" sung by singer LiSA, "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)". "ReawakeR" is also attracting attention for featuring Felix of the Korean vocal group "Stray Kids". "Alibi na Curtesy", the ending theme of the TV anime "I Want to Run Away from Princess Education" sung by the female voice actor unit "DIALOGUE +", is also expected to have a strong initial response.
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 07 All Alone" Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yuu), Kitakami Reika (Hirayama Emi), Kasuga Mirai (Yamazaki Haruka), Kitazawa Shiho (Sora Amamiya) Single
2nd place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION ARMOR ACE & BEYOND" Sakuramori Kaori (Kari Arisa), Shinomiya Karen (Kondo Yui), Hoshii Miki (Hasegawa Akiko), Kitazawa Shiho (Sora Amamiya), Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yu), Takayama Sayoko (Komagata Yuri), Nakatani Iku (Harashima Akari) Single
3rd place: "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER VARIETY 06" Various Artists Single
4th place "AURORA FLOWER" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
5th place "KEY of Like!" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
6th place "The Best Heart" Nonoka Obuchi Single
7th place: "CONTRAST" Tasuku Kaito Album
8th place: "POPIGENIC" Poppin'Party Album
9th place "With you." Kimi no ne Album
10th place: "Song Collection from The Rose of Versailles" Hiroyuki Sawano 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 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".
