"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 November 24th to December 1st was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 05 Mikansei no Polaris," the fifth release in the "MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD" CD series for the popular game "The Idolmaster Million Live! Theater Days (Mirishita)."
◇Last week's results
The top-place winning "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 05 Mikansei no Polaris" includes the event lead song "Mikansei no Polaris" from the in-game project "STARDOM ROAD THEATER," where the idols sing and act, as well as a drama part.
Coming in second is "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Heads or Tails? / Goodbye," which includes songs from the game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors Song for Prism (Shanison)." CDs have been released for both the units "Cometic" and "Noctilus," and include Noctilus' song "Goodbye" and Cometic's song "Heads or Tails?".
Coming in at number 8 is "HE4RT BE4T!", which features songs by virtual live streamers from the VTuber project "Nijisanji". This is Nijisanji's first work to be released simultaneously on vinyl and CD, and it features four new songs based on the concept of spring, summer, fall, and winter. Coming in at number 9 is the ninth album "TRANSFORM" by popular Vocaloid producer DECO*27 (Deconina).
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on the CD "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS COLORFUL FE@THERS -CoMETIK-" from the smartphone game "THE IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors (Shinimas)," and "Memories of the Coral Reef," the original soundtrack and vocal collection for the first chapter of the animated film "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club: The Final Chapter," based on the popular anime series "Love Live!", "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 05 Incomplete Polaris" Miyao Miya (Kiritani Chocho), Mochizuki Anna (Natsukawa Shiina), Maihama Ayumi (Toda Megumi), Yokoyama Nao (Watanabe Yui) Single
2nd place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Heads or Tails?/Goodbye" Cometic/Noctil Single
3rd place "TARINAI/Tremolo Eyes" Poppin'Party Single
4th place "We will" Yuzuru Band Album
5th place "Bubble Rise/Special Color" Liella! Single
6th place: "IDOLiSH7 3rd Album "LEADiNG TONE"" IDOLiSH7 Album
7th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 03 Hypernova" Subaru Nagayoshi (Yuki Saito), Sayoko Takayama (Yuri Komagata), Karen Shinomiya (Yui Kondo), Chizuru Nikaido (Kanako Nomura), Arisa Matsuda (Rie Murakawa) Single
8th place “HE4RT BE4T!” Various Artists Album
9th place: "TRANSFORM" DECO*27 Album
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 02 Upper Dog" Hakozaki Serika (Asakura Momo), Tenkubashi Tomoka (Koiwai Kotori), Nonohara Akane (Ogasawara Saki), Baba Konomi (Takahashi Minami) 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 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".
