Shinjuku Anime Song Scope:Roselia's 15th single tops the charts, with Yukina and Lisa as main vocalists, and the 20th anniversary song for "Idolmaster"

"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 song at the store from December 8th to 15th was the single "Kizana no Hanakan" by Roselia, the girls' band from the popular anime and game series "BanG Dream!".

◇Last week's results

The number one song, "Kizuna no Hanakanwakaram" is Roselia's 15th single. It contains two songs, including the title song, which is also notable for featuring twin vocals by members Yukina and Lisa.

Coming in second is "Ai NEED YOU (FOR WONDERFUL STORY)," the 20th anniversary song of the popular game series "The Idolmaster (Idolmaster)." The song is a masterpiece that is over 7 minutes long, and is a reunion of Nakagawa Koji, mft (Onoda Hiroyuki), and Kobayashi Hiroki, who worked on the theme song for the series' 10th anniversary live show "Ai MUST GO!". The CD has also been released in six versions, including the "765PRO ALLSTARS version," "Cinderella Girls version," "Million Live! version," "SideM version," "Shiny Colors version," and "Gakuen Idolmaster version," which have become a hot topic.

Coming in at number 4 is Yukimura.'s album "- Never ending Nightmare-†," a singer popular among women in their teens and twenties. The album is a culmination of Yukimura.'s work to date, featuring cover songs from her own "utatte mita" (cover songs) and new songs. Coming in at number 6 is the soundtrack "Splatoon3 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Ordertune-," which features songs from the downloadable content of the popular game "Splatoon 3."

Coming in at number 7 is the new CD ".Koto no Ha Tou" by the Chuo Ward "Koto no Ha Tou" from the music-based character rap project "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-" (Hypnosis Mic). Starting with the Ikebukuro Division "Buster Bros!!!" in June, "Hypnosis Mic" has released CDs by division for seven consecutive months, with ".Koto no Ha Tou" being the last of the releases. It includes solo songs by Touhou Ten'otsu Tojo, Kaneyukouji Mukaiki, and Aohitsugi Nemu.

In addition, the album "Season Solo Collection Vol.4 'White Night! White Wish!'," which contains songs inspired by Christmas that appear in the "seasonal event" of "Gakuen Idolmaster," a completely new smartphone app in the "Idolmaster" series, came in at No. 8.

◇This week's trends

We are looking forward to the CD "Love Live! Love Live! Sunshine!! !! ," a popular anime and game series, and the second album "Ato Dan Sora" by "MyGO!!!!!," a band appearing in "BanG Dream!", a popular anime and game series.

◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)

1st place: "Foundation's Crown" Roselia Single

2nd place: "Ai NEED YOU (FOR WONDERFUL STORY)" THE IDOLM@STER BRILLIANT STARS Single

3rd place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS ECHOES 08" Comedic Single

4th place "- Never ending Nightmare-†" Yukimura. Album

5th place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS COLORFUL FE@THERS -CoMETIK-" Comedic Single

6th place: "Splatoon3 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK -Ordertune-" GAME MUSIC Album

7th place ". Koto no Ha Tou" Koto no Ha Tou Single

8th place: "Season Solo Collection Vol.4 'White Night! White Wish!'" Hatsuhoshi Gakuen Album

9th place "We will" Kessoku Band Album

10th 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

◇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".