"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website where Higuchi Sho, the anime buyer at Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its extensive selection of anime songs, reports on best-selling anime songs and real-life feedback from the sales floor. The number one song at the store from July 20th to 27th was "Shine in a Cruel Night," the double theme song for the anime film "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba no Yaiba the Movie: Infinity Castle Arc Arc Chapter 1: Akaza Returns," sung by LiSA.
◇Last week's results
LiSA sang the theme songs for " Tanjiro Kamado, Unwavering Resolve Arc " of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV anime, which aired in 2019, and for the 2020 film version of "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Mugen Train," which was a huge hit. The first chapter of the "Infinity Castle Arc" also drew attention with LiSA performing the co-theme songs "Shine in a Cruel Night" and Aimer performing "A World Where the Sun Does Not Rise." The lyrics and composition for "Shine in a Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba."
Coming in second place was the seventh CD in the series for the smartphone game "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 07 Starlight Stage." Coming in third place was Ken Washizaki's album "Ekubogahara Hyomutan."
In fourth place is "Trigger," the second album by Amane Kanata, a VTuber affiliated with the VTuber agency Hololive Production, and in fifth place is "You and Idol Pretty Cure Vocal Album ~We are! You ＆ IDOLPRECURE♪~," the album from the 22nd installment of the popular anime "PreCure" series, "You and Idol Pretty Cure ♪."
Coming in at 7th and 8th place are the CD series "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 09 IV," "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF "STARS" Bestest!!," and "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 08 Namida wo Shiru Koto," which were released between March and May and are based on the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATRE DAYS (Mirishita)."
Coming in at number 10 is "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Kasuga Mirai," the first release of the "SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS" project, which sees the release of 52 solo collection CDs for all 52 idols from "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!" over 52 consecutive weeks. The project is also garnering attention as it attempts to break the Guinness World Record for "the most consecutive weeks in which a music artist releases different versions of the same song on CD."
◇This week's trends
We're focusing on the mini-album "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Chochocho Musubi," which includes the song "Chochocho Musubi," a song commemorating the 8th anniversary of "Mirishita."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st Place: "Shine on a Cruel Night" LiSA Single
2nd place "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 07 Starlight Stage" Moroboshi Kirari (Matsuzaki Rei), Miyamoto Frederica (Takano Asami), Araki Hina (Tanabe Rui), Matoba Risa (Azuma Hana), Nanjo Hikaru (Kamiya Sayaka), Kohinata Miho (Tsuda Minami) Single
3rd place "Ekubogahara Hyoutan" Washizaki Ken album
4th place "Trigger" Amane Kanata Album
5th place "You and Idol Pretty Cure Vocal Album ~We are! You ＆ IDOLPRECURE♪~" Various Artists Album
6th place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
7th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 09 IV" Makabe Mizuki (Abe Rika), Nanao Yuriko (Ito Miku Ito), Mogami Shizuka (Tadokoro Azusa), Momose Rio (Yamaguchi Rikkako), Loco (Nakamura Atsuhime) Single
8th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF "STARS" Bestest!!" Baba Konomi (Takahashi Minami), Amami Haruka (Nakamura Eriko), Tanaka Kotoha (Taneda Risa), Nakatani Iku (Harashima Akari), Matsuda Arisa (Murakawa Rie) Single
9th 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
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Kasuga Mirai" Kasuga Mirai (Haruka Yamazaki) Album
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho is a buyer in charge of anime at Tower Records Shinjuku's 7th floor (Japanese music and sales promotion). He was transferred from the Machida store in 2014. He first became interested in anime through 1990s works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion," "BLUE SEED," and "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Flames," and among anime songs, he loves listening to character songs, especially those 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."
