"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website 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 song at the store from March 23rd to 30th was the mini album "MOMENTUM" by ROF-MAO, a four-member unit from the VTuber project "Nijisanji."
◇Last week's results
ROF-MAO is a male VTuber unit consisting of Nijisanji members Hayato Kagami, Touya Kenmochi, Minato Fuwa, and Haru Kaida. The album includes the October ending theme song for TV Tokyo's morning children's variety show "Oha Star," which was provided by NAOTO of the band "ORANGE RANGE," and "Jounetsuteki Boy," the theme song for the unit's streaming program "Thursday 10! Rofmao Juku Season 7." In addition, the album contains a total of seven songs by a luxurious group of creators.
Coming in third is the "SPECIAL" album "Come to Ishikawa! Tourism" by the virtual school idol group "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club" from the popular anime series "Love Live!". In addition to the title song, the album also includes songs by the group's units "Three's Bouquet," "DOLLCHESTRA," and "Mirakura Park!".
In fourth place was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 08 Knowing Tears," the eighth release in the "MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD" CD series from the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Theater Days (Mirishita)," and in fifth place was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION RADIO! Reward Sweets," which contains the new opening theme for "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION RADIO!," the radio program based on "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!".
Coming in at sixth place is another song from the "Idolmaster" series, the single "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Real Mind Shakes / THE LAST PRIDE," from the new smartphone browser game "Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Shinimasu)" game "Idolmaster Shiny Colors Song for Prism (Shanison)."
The theme song single for the 22nd installment of the currently airing popular anime series "PreCure," "You and Idol Pretty Cure Theme Song Single," came in at 8th place, You and Idol Pretty Cure Katsuragi Liliya 2nd Single "Aurora" from the second single series for "Gakuen Idolmaster (Gakumasu)," a completely new smartphone app in the "Idolmaster" series, came in at 10th place.
◇This week's trends
We are looking forward to the 10th single "Supernova/Killer" by MORE MORE JUMP!, the four-member idol unit that appears in the smartphone game "Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)," and the 10th anniversary CD of "THE IDOLM@STER SideM 10th ANNIVERSARY P@SSION 12 SEM."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1. "MOMENTUM" ROF-MAO Album
2nd place "All directions Kyun" Mirakura Park! Single
3rd place "Come on! Ishikawa University Tourism" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Album
4th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 08 Knowing Tears" Sakuramori Kaori (Kari Arisa), Ogami Tamaki (Inagawa Eri), Julia (Aimi), Nakatani Iku (Harashima Akari) Single
5th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION RADIO! Reward Sweets" Kasuga Mirai (Yamazaki Haruka), Mogami Shizuka (Tadokoro Azusa), Hakozaki Serika (Momo Asakura) Single
6th place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Real Mind Shakes / THE LAST PRIDE" Straylight, Antique Single
7th place "Ai Scream!" AiScReam Single
8th place "You and Idol Pretty Cure Theme Song Single" Ami Ishii, Akane Kumada, Chihaya Yoshitake, Cure Idol (Misato Matsuoka) & Cure Ink (Minami Takahashi) & Cure Kyun Kyun (Natsumi Takamori) Single
9th place "KiLLKiSS" Ave Mujica Single
10th place "Katsuragi Lilya 2nd Single "Aurora"" Hatsuhoshi Gakuen 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 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".
