"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a program where anime buyer Higuchi Sho from Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its extensive selection of anime songs, reports on best-selling anime songs and the voices of those selling them. The number one song at the store from May 18th to 25th was the single "Drops" by voice actress and singer Maaya Sakamoto .
◇Last week's results
The number one single, "Drops," is Sakamoto's 36th single. The title track is the opening theme for the currently airing TV anime "Until a Witch Dies." The coupling track, "Twilight," was written by Sakamoto and Yuho Iwasato together for the first time in about 28 years, and was composed and arranged by Tomoya Kawasaki.
Coming in third is the first single from the "Idolmaster" series' new smartphone app "Gakuen Idolmaster (Gakumasu)," "Hataya Misuzu 1st Single 'Tsuki no Kame'." It features a song by Hataya Misuzu. Coming in eighth is the fifth CD from the smartphone game "Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (Deresute)," "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 05 Smile Fantasy," which made its debut.
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on the second album, "Game App "World Daistar Yume no Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.6 "Planetarium Revue Act-2," which is a collection of songs sung by members of "Ginga-za" from the smartphone music game app "World Daistar Yume no Stellarium (Yumeste)," and "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF "STARS" Bestest!!," which includes the in-game song "Bestest!!" from the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER Million Live! Theater Days (Mirishita)."
The third album, "Aspire," by the school idol group Liella! from " Love Live! Love Live! ! Superstar!!," a popular anime series, and "Sokubutsuteki Ensemble," the first EP by the unit Seven Dimensional Student Council! from the VTuber/virtual liver project Ensemble, are also expected to perform well.
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place: "Drops" Maaya Sakamoto single
2nd place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
3rd place "Hataya Misuzu 1st Single "Tsuki no Kame"" Hatsuhoshi Gakuen Single
4th place: "Ratimeria" Liv Album
5th place "25-ji, Night Code de. SEKAI ALBUM vol.3" 25-ji, Night Code de. Album
6th place: "Macross Frontier All Time Best Album 'Nyannyan Greatest Hits!'" May'n, Nakajima Megumi 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 CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 05 Smile Fantasy" Domyouji Karin (Nitta Hiyori), Takafuji Nasu (Morishita Rina), Jougasaki Rika (Yamamoto Nozomi), Kawashima Mizuki (Nao Toyama), Anastasia (Sumire Uesaka), Hori Yuko (Suzuki Eri) Single
9. "Completeness" Ave Mujica Album
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER 070-072 -COOL SELECTION-" Izumi Oishi (Saeko Oki), Sei Mochizuki (Ryoko Hara), Lyra (Kana Ichinose) 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".
