Shinjuku Anime Song Ranking Announced, IDOLiSH7's 3rd Album Tops, "Parallel" Singer Nanami Urara's First Album Also

"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website where anime buyer Higuchi Sho from Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its wide selection of anime songs, shares the best-selling anime songs and the voices of the sales floor. The No. 1 album at the store from November 17th to 24th was "IDOLiSH7 3rd Album "LEADiNG TONE"," a new album by "IDOLiSH7," an idol group from the popular game and anime "Idolish Seven." ◇Last week's results "IDOLiSH7 3rd Album "LEADiNG TONE," which took the top spot, is IDOLiSH7's third album, which also includes new songs. The title "LEADiNG TONE" also means "to lead the listener to a new future," and the track order is designed to give a sense of the transition of a day, from night to dawn, and back to night again. In third place is the first album "Kiss and Cry" by Nanami Urara, who is popular on video sharing sites and is also known as a "parallel" singer who travels between the real and virtual worlds. The album contains 14 songs in total, including "Akane Hikari," which became a hot topic as an insert song for the episode "Koumatou no Settori wa Kangaete Ote" of "Yonimo Kimyo na Monogatari '23 Autumn Special Edition," which was broadcast on Fuji TV in November 2023, and "Emotion Revolution Rock'n'Roll," the opening theme of the TV anime "Future Mastermind Villainous Lady Moriarty's Perfect Crime White Paper in Another World." In fourth place is "GG," the opening theme of the TV anime "Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II" sung by singer ReoNa. In addition, "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism C'mon! Join Us/Aina View/Summer Summer Ocean Party Vacation," which includes songs from the game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Song for Prism (Shanison)," made its debut in fifth place. ◇This week's trends We are keeping our eye on the fifth release of the "MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD" CD series from the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 05 Unfinished Polaris," "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Heads or Tails?/Goodbye," which includes songs from "Shanisson," and the ninth album "TRANSFORM" by popular Vocaloid producer DECO*27 (Deconina). ◇Ranking of the anime song section at Tower Records Shinjuku store (from left: title, artist, titles omitted) 1st place: "IDOLiSH7 3rd Album "LEADiNG TONE"" IDOLiSH7 Album 2nd place: "We will" Yuuzou Band Album 3rd place: "Kiss and Cry" Nanami Urara Album 4th place: "GG" ReoNa Single 5th place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism C'mon! Join Us/Aina View/Summer Summer Ocean Party Vacation" Shiny Colors Single 6th place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 07" Seeds Single 7th place: "COWBOY BEBOP" Kanno Yoko Album 8th place: "Yuzou Band" Yuuzou Band Album 9th place: "Tsuri Nashi" Togenashi Toge Ari Album 10th place: "Specter" Hoshimachi Suisei Album ◇Profile Higuchi Sho Buyer in charge of anime at Tower Records Shinjuku store (Japanese music/sales promotion) on the 7th floor. Transferred from Machida store in 2014. She got into anime because of 1990s works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion", "BLUE SEED", "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Flame", and among anime songs, she loves character songs, especially songs related to idol anime. Her favorite anthem is "Up! 10sion Pleeeeeeeeease!" from "The Idolmaster Million Live!". Her favorite anime and games include "Pretty Rhythm", "The Idolmaster", "Photo Kano", and "Sakura Wars".