"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 album at the store from July 6th to 13th was "Vivid BAD SQUAD SEKAI ALBUM vol.3," an album from the smartphone game "Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)."
◇Last week's results
The number one album, "Vivid BAD SQUAD SEKAI ALBUM vol.3," is the fifth in the "SEKAI ALBUM vol.3" series. It contains 12 popular songs sung by members of the group "Vivid BAD SQUAD" and virtual singers in the "Sekai ver." format.
Coming in at number 4 is the seventh single "I Do Me!" by the virtual school idol group Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club from the popular anime series Love Live! In sixth place is the official album "Magical Mirai 2025 OFFICIAL ALBUM" for the Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai 2025 event, which will be held in August and will feature virtual singers including Hatsune Miku. In addition to the event theme song "Lastras" written by Luna, the album includes songs that will be performed at the live concert.
◇This week's trends
We're paying close attention to the album "THE PRIMALS - Dark Decades" by "THE PRIMALS," the official band formed around Masayoshi Soken, the sound director of the popular game "FINAL FANTASY XIV."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place “Vivid BAD SQUAD SEKAI ALBUM vol.3” Vivid BAD SQUAD Album
2nd place: "37.5℃ Fantasy/Ai My May Day/BLAST!!/Jurokuya Selene" Cherise Bouquet, DOLLCHESTRA, Mirakura Park!, Edel Note Single
3rd place: "Requiem for Fate" Roselia Single
4th place "I Do Me!" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
5th place: "Dazzle the Destiny" Roselia Single
6th place: "Magical Mirai 2025 OFFICIAL ALBUM" Hatsune Miku Album
7th place: "POPIGENIC" Poppin'Party Album
8th place: "COWBOY BEBOP" Yoko Kanno Album
9th place "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER OP Top Battle Victory!!!!!!" Mogami Shizuka (Tadokoro Azusa), Kikuchi Makoto (Hirata Hiromi), Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yuu), Ogami Tamaki (Inagawa Eri), Kitakami Reika (Hirayama Emi), Tenkubashi Tomoka (Koiwai Kotori) 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".
