"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website 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 at the store. The number one album at the store from June 1st to 8th was "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS "Enkan -Halo around-" 01," the first release in the "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS "Enkan -Halo around-"" CD series for the smartphone browser game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Shinimasu)."
◇Last week's results
The "Shinimas" CD series "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS "Enkan -Halo around-"" is linked to the live tour "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS 7th UNITLIVE TOUR Enkan -Halo around-" which will see two units visit four cities across the country. The top-ranked "01" includes songs by the units "Antique" and "Seeds" who will be performing in the Fukuoka concert. CDs for "After School Climax Girls x Straylight", "Alstroemeria x Cometic", and "Illumination Stars x Noctil" are scheduled to be released in the future.
Coming in at number 5 is "Uma Musume Pretty Derby WINNING LIVE 27," which features music from the game "Uma Musume Pretty Derby ." The album includes in-game music, the theme song for the short anime "Umayuru Pretty Gray," "Ashi no Memoir," and new solo songs by Karen Chan and Gran Alegria.
Coming in sixth to eighth place is the album by three graduates of the school idol group "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club," featured in the smartphone app "Link! Like! Love Live! " from the popular " Love Live! " series, including the anime "Love Live!". Otomune Kozue's album came in sixth, Yugiri Tsuzuri's album in seventh, and Fujishima Megumi's album in eighth.
◇This week's trends
We're looking forward to the album "MIC AS ONE," which covers all the songs from the animated film "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle-," based on the music-based character rap project "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- (Hypnosis Mic)," the 13th single "HOWLING AMBITION" by the all-girls band "RAISE A SUILEN," which appears in the popular anime and game "BanG Dream!", and the album "MORE MORE JUMP! SEKAI ALBUM vol.3" for the smartphone game "Project SEKAI Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku (ProSeka)."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS "Enkan -Halo around-" 01" Antique/Seeds Single
2nd place "Game App "World Daistar Dream Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.6 "Planetarium Revue Act-2"" Gingaza Album
3rd place "Daremo" Togenashitogeari Single
4th place " Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
5th place: "Uma Musume Pretty Derby WINNING LIVE 27" Various Artists Album
6th place: "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club 102nd Graduation Album ~Star Sign Memories~ Otomune Kozue" Otomune Kozue (Nina Hanamiya) Album
7th place: "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club 102nd Graduation Album ~Star Sign Memories~ Yugiri Tsuzuri" Yugiri Tsuzuri (Kotoko Sasaki) Album
8th place "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club 102nd Graduation Album ~Star Sign Memories~ Fujishima Megumi" Fujishima Megumi (Tsukine Kona) Album
9th place "Immediate Ensemble" Seven Dimensional Student Council! Album
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION MOVEMENT OF "STARS" Bestest!!" Baba Konomi (Takahashi Minami), Amami Haruka (Nakamura Eriko), Tanaka Kotonoha (Taneda Risa), Nakatani Iku (Harashima Akari), Matsuda Arisa (Murakawa Rie) 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".
