"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 those at the sales site. The number one song on the store's website from April 13th to 20th was "Empurple/Bake no Hana," the 10th single by "25-ji, Night Code de.", a unit featured in the smartphone game "Project Sekai Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)."
◇Last week's results
"25-ji, Night Code de." is an unidentified music circle from "Project Sekai." The top-ranked song "Empurple/Bake no Hana" was written and composed by vocaloid producer Harumaki Gohan for "Empurple" and vocaloid producer Nakiso for "Bake no Hana."
Coming in third place is the fifth single "COMPASS" by DOLLCHESTRA, a unit of the school idol group Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club that appears in the smartphone app "Link! Like! Love Love Live! !", part of the popular "Love Live!" series, which is based on anime and other media.
In 8th place is the 4th CD series for the smartphone game "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 04 We wish your smile," and in 9th place is the CD series "THE IDOLM@STER SideM 10th ANNIVERSARY P@SSION 13 THE Kogadou," commemorating the 10th anniversary of "THE IDOLM@STER SideM," also part of the "THE IDOLM@STER" series.
In 10th place was the soundtrack for the latest movie version of the popular anime "Detective Conan", "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback of an Eye", "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Original Soundtrack". It includes the soundtrack by Yugo Kanno and the main theme composed by Katsuo Ohno.
◇This week's trends
We're looking forward to the first album "Completeness" by Ave Mujica, a band from the popular anime and game series "BanG Dream!", and the sixth single "Yujitsu Senshu" by MyGO!!!!!, a band from the same band.
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "Empurple/Bake no Hana" 25ji, Night Code de. Single
2nd place: "MOMENTUM" ROF-MAO Album
3rd place: "COMPASS" DOLLCHESTRA Single
4th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 04 Oshitte Honto" Tokoro Emi (Fujii Yukiyo), Shimabara Elena (Kadomoto Asuka), Satake Minako (Ozeki Eri), Tanaka Kotoha (Taneda Risa), Yabuki Kana (Kido Ibuki) Single
5th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 05 Incomplete Polaris" Miyao Miya (Kiritani Chocho), Mochizuki Anna (Shiina Natsukawa), Maihama Ayumi (Toda Megumi), Yokoyama Nao (Watanabe Yui) Single
6th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF STARDOM ROAD 06 Sky Survive" Shiraishi Tsumugi (Minami Saki), Fukuda Noriko (Hamasaki Nana), Ibuki Tsubasa (Machico), Kinoshita Hinata (Tamura Nao) Single
7th place "Yumewazurai" Cerise Bouquet Single
8th place "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 04 We wish your smile" Mochizuki Satoshi (Hara Ryoko), Eve Santa Claus (Matsunaga Akane) Single
9th place “THE IDOLM@STER SideM 10th ANNIVERSARY P@SSION 13 THE Kogado” THE Kogado Album
10th place: "Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback Original Soundtrack" Yugo Kanno Album
◇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".
