"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" features anime buyer Higuchi Sho from Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its extensive selection of anime songs, reporting on best-selling anime songs and live feedback from the sales floor. The store's top pick from August 24th to 31st was the album "Game App 'World Daistar Yume no Stellarium' Vocal Album Vol.7 'Dear Ex Machina! Act-2'," from the smartphone game app "World Daistar Yume no Stellarium (Yumeste)."
◇Last week's results
"Yumeste" is a rhythm game from the theater girls project "World Dye Star," which is based on a TV anime and a game app. The top-ranked "Game App "World Dye Star Yume no Stellarium" Vocal Album Vol.7 "Dear Ex Machina! Act-2"" is the second album that mainly features songs sung by members of "Gekidan Denki." In addition to the songs from the game, the CD also includes a version of "Worlds Dye Star," a song sung by all members of Gekidan Denki.
Coming in second place was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER 01 Clash of Colors," which includes the "Round 1" song "Clash of Colors" from the in-game event "BATTLE OF THEATER" of the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATER DAYS (Mirishita)."
Coming in third place is the original soundtrack for Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, the latest installment in the popular Gundam anime series. The music for the film was produced in collaboration with Junsei Terui, also known as a member of the bands Haisuinonasa and siraph, and Masayuki Hasuo, also a member of siraph. The soundtrack includes music used in the early theatrical release, as well as music composed by Terui and sung by Orika Okachi and Maria Mikkilla (of NOMELON NOLEMON).
Coming in at number 4 is the CD "Uta no Prince-sama LIVE EMOTION 1st Anniversary CD," which celebrates the first anniversary of the new game "Uta no Prince-sama LIVE EMOTION (Raiemo)" from the popular "Uta no Prince-sama (Uta☆Pri)" series. It includes songs from the groups "ST☆RISH," "QUARTET NIGHT," and "HE★VENS."
Other notable singles include "Feathered Dreams," the eighth single by Morfonica, a band from the popular anime and game franchise "BanG Dream!", which came in fifth place, and "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Kousaka Umi," part of the "SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS" project, which sees the release of 52 solo collection CDs of all 52 idols from the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!" over 52 consecutive weeks.
◇This week's trends
"THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Dearest Days/Fading Stars/Future Transit/KoiKyun!", which includes songs from "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism (Shanison)," a new game for the smartphone game "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS (Shinimas)," and "Kashiyo Hanabi/ Love Live! Very! COCO Natsu/Fusion Crust," the second unit split single by "Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club," a school idol group that appears in the smartphone app "Link! Like! Love Live!", based on the popular anime series "Love Live!", are expected to perform well initially.
We're also keeping our eye on the 11th single "Sono Oto naru nara/Sympathy" by the band "Leo/need," which appears in 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 "Game App 'World Daistar Dream Stellarium' Vocal Album Vol.7 'Dear Ex Machina! Act-2'" Gekidan Denki Album
2nd place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER 01 Clash of Colors" Nao Yokoyama (Yui Watanabe), Mizuki Makabe (Rika Abe), Yukiho Hagiwara (Azumi Asakura), Subaru Nagayoshi (Yuki Saito) Single
3rd place: "Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Original Soundtrack" by Junsei Terui and Masayuki Hasuo
4th place "Uta no Prince-sama LIVE EMOTION 1st Anniversary CD" Otoya Ittoki (Takuma Terashima), Masato Hijirikawa (Kenichi Suzumura), Natsuki Shinomiya (Kisho Taniyama), Tokiya Ichinose (Mamoru Miyano), Ren Jinguji (Junichi Suwabe), Sho Kurusu (Hiro Shimono), Cecil Aijima (Kosuke Toriumi), Reiji Sumeragi (Shotaro Morikubo), Ranmaru Kurosaki (Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Ai Mikaze (Shouta Aoi), Camus (Tomoaki Maeno), Eiichi Otori (Hikaru Midorikawa), Kira Sumeragi (Daisuke Ono), Nagi Mikaze (Tsubasa Yonaga), Eiji Otori (Yuma Uchida), Van Kiryuin (Hidenori Takahashi), Yamato Hinata (Ryohei Kimura), Shion Amakusa (Daiki Yamashita) Single
5. "Feathered Dreams" Morfonica Single
6th place "Yuranin" MyGO!!!!! Single
7th place "SUMMER WARNING" Tennoji Rina (Tanaka Chiemi) Single
8th place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
9. "Completeness" Ave Mujica Album
10th place: "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Umi Kosaka" Reina Ueda album
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho is a buyer in charge of anime at Tower Records Shinjuku's 7th floor (Japanese music and sales promotion). He was transferred from the Machida store in 2014. He first became interested in anime through 1990s works such as "Neon Genesis Evangelion," "BLUE SEED," and "VS Knight Ramune & 40 Flames," and among anime songs, he loves listening to character songs, especially those 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."
