"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website where Sho Higuchi, the anime buyer at Tower Records Shinjuku, known for its extensive selection of anime songs, reports on best-selling anime songs and direct feedback from the sales floor. The store's top seller from October 26th to November 2nd was "Magical Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel~ROCK'n Mami 80's~," an album of covers of classic 1980s songs by Takako Ota, the voice actress for Yu Morisawa/Creamy Mami, the main character in the TV anime "Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel Creamy Mami."
◇Last week's results
The number one-selling album, "Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel Mami ~ROCK'n Mami 80's~," is the second in the " Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel Mami 80's J-POP Hits" series, which was released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of " Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel Angel Creamy Mami." Ota, who plays Yu Morisawa/Creamy Mami, covers classic songs such as Seiko Matsuda's "Angel's Wink," "M" from Princess Princess, "Aini Kite I NEED YOU!" from GO-BANG'S, and Ayumi Nakamura's "Winged Angel."
Coming in second place is "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE＠TER EX 01 Hug a nice day!", which features music from the in-game event "BATTLE OF THEATER" in the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATER DAYS (Mirishita)."
In fourth place is " Zombie Land Saga Yume Ginga Paradise Franchouchou The Best Paradise," the third best album by the idol group Franchouchou , who appear in the anime "Zombie Zombie Land Saga Saga," which is themed around zombies, saga, idols, and comedy. In fifth place is "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 10 Otomegokoro Update," the 10th CD in the CD series for the smartphone game "The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage (Deresute)."
Coming in at number 10 was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Ganaha Hibiki," part of the "SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS" project, which involves releasing 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
We are focusing on Kagami Hayato, a member of the VTuber group "Nijisanji," whose first mini-album is "ULTIMATE CITY," and the mini-album " Love Live!," which contains the theme song for the second chapter of the animated film "Love Live! Love Live! High School Idol Club: The Final Chapter," based on the popular anime series "Love Live!".
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place " Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel Mami ~ROCK'n Mami 80's~" Takako Ota album
2nd place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER EX01 Hug a nice day!" Umi Kosaka (Reina Ueda), Tsumugi Shiraishi (Saki Minami), Fuka Toyokawa (Rie Suegara), Subaru Nagayoshi (Yuki Saito), Akane Nonohara (Saki Ogasawara), Kana Yabuki (Ibuki Kido) Single
3rd place: "M30 ~Your Best~" Maaya Sakamoto album
4th place "Zombie Land Saga Yumeginga Paradise Franchouchou The Best Paradise" Franchouchou album
5th place "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER CRYSTAL QUALIA 10 Otomegokoro Update" Tsujino Akari (Umezawa Megu), Seki Yumi (Saya Aizawa), Hoshi Teruko (Satsumi Matsuda) Single
6. "Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounter!-" Vocal & Soundtrack Album -Aikatsu! ver.-" Various Artists Album
7. "CHAINSAW MAN THE MOVIE: REZE ARC original soundtrack -summer's end-" Kensuke Ushio Album
8th place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
9th place: "Aikatsu! x PriPara THE MOVIE -The Miracle of Encounter!-" Vocal Album -PriPara ver.-" Various Artists Album
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Hibiki Ganaha" Hibiki Ganaha (Aimi Numakura) 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."
