"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 album at the store from March 2nd to 9th was "Game App 'World Daistar Yume no Stellarium' Vocal Album Vol.5 'Sirius no Kagayaki no Youni Act-2'" from the smartphone music game app "World Daistar Yume no Stellarium (Yumeste)".
◇Last week's results
"Yumeste" is a theater girls project that is developed around a TV anime and a game app, and the top-ranked "Game App "World Dye Star Dream Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.5 "Like the Light of Sirius Act-2"" is the fifth album that contains songs from the game. It mainly features songs sung by members of "Sirius", as well as popular songs and a version of the song "Worlds Dye Star" sung by all members of Sirius only.
Coming in third is "Alibi na Curtesy," the ending theme for the TV anime "I Want to Run Away from Princess Education," sung by the female voice actor unit "DIALOGUE+." In fourth place is "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)," the opening theme (OP) for season 2 of "Solo Leveling," sung by singer LiSA. The song has also been a hot topic for featuring Felix from the Korean vocal group "Stray Kids."
Coming in fifth place is "Halloween and Morning Story," a song commemorating the 20th anniversary of the music unit Sound Horizon's major debut.
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on the second single series from "Gakuen Idolmaster (Gakumasu)," a completely new smartphone app from the popular "The Idolmaster (Idolmaster)" series, "Hanaumi Saki's 2nd Single "Boom Boom Pow," "Tsukimura Temari's 2nd Single "IV," and "Fujita Kotone's 2nd Single "Yellow Big Bang!", as well as "Trois," the third album by TRIGGER, a three-member unit that appears in the smartphone game "Idolish Seven."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "Game App "World Daistar Dream Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.5 "Like the Light of Sirius Act-2"" Sirius Album
2nd place: "AURORA FLOWER" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
3rd place: "Alibi na Courtesy" DIALOGUE+ Single
4th place: "ReawakeR (feat. Felix of Stray Kids)" LiSA Single
5th place: "Halloween and Morning Story" Sound Horizon Album
6th place "Ai Scream!" AiScReam Single
7th place: "POPIGENIC" Poppin'Party Album
8th place "KiLLKiSS" Ave Mujica Single
9th place: "Uma Musume Pretty Derby WINNING LIVE 24" Various Artists Album
10th place “Rekka/ULTRA C” Vivid BAD SQUAD Single
◇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".
