"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 June 15th to 22nd was "iki," the second mini album by "harmoe," a duo consisting of voice actors Iwata Hiyori and Koizumi Moeka.
◇Last week's results
The top-ranked "iki" is a mini-album with 6 songs created around the theme of "Japanese stories" such as "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter," "The Tale of Genji," and "Rashomon." It also includes "Tabi Shiyo! Don't You?", the opening theme for the TV anime "ThatZatsu Tabi: That's Journey ," which aired from April to June.
Coming in at third place is voice actor and singer Yukari Tamura's new mini-album "Felice," which debuts with nine newly written songs. Also ranking seventh is voice actor and singer Makoto Furukawa's first mini-album in about four years, "Catch Me If You Can." It includes songs such as "Hightail it," the ending theme for the TV anime "Please Wear It, Takamine-san."
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on the 16th single "Dazzle the Destiny" and 17th single "Requiem for Fate" to be released simultaneously by Roselia, the girl band from the popular anime and game group "BanG Dream!", as well as "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER OP Choujo Kessen Victory!!!!!!," which contains the theme song for an in-game event in the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Theater Days (Mirishita)."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "iki" harmoe album
2nd place: "HOWLING AMBITION" RAISE A SUILEN Single
3rd place: "Felice" Yukari Tamura Album
4th place "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
5th place "MIC AS ONE" Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Album
6th place "Ai Scream!" AiScReam Single
7th place: "Catch Me If You Can" by Makoto Furukawa
8th place: "COWBOY BEBOP" Yoko Kanno Album
9. "Completeness" Ave Mujica Album
10th place "Meiseiha" MyGO!!!!! 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".
