"Shinjuku Anime Song Scope" is a website where Higuchi Sho, 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 number one song at the store from January 12th to 18th was "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Emily Stewart," part of the "SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS" project for "THE IDOLM@STER Million Live!", a popular game series from the "Idolmaster" series.
◇Last week's results
"SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS" is a project to release 52 solo collection CDs of all 52 idols appearing in "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE!" over 52 consecutive weeks, with the first release being released in July 2025. Each CD contains nine anniversary songs released since the launch of the game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATRE DAYS." This time, "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Emily Stewart," which contains a song sung by Emily Stewart, came in at number one.
Coming in third place is voice actress and singer Yukari Tamura's new single "Camellia." The title song is the ending theme for the TV anime "Eris no Seihai" which began airing in January. Coming in fourth place is the single "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Ranbu/Shippuu Xabunguru" by the unit "After School Climax Girls" from the game "The Idolmaster Shiny Colors (Shinimas)."
Coming in at number 7 is the "Love Live! Series 15th Anniversary Tribute Album," a tribute album celebrating the 15th anniversary of the "LoveLive!" series. This gorgeous album features characters from popular works such as "You and Idol Pretty Cure," "Uma Musume Pretty Derby," "Aikatsu!," "The Idolmaster," and "BanG Dream!" singing songs from the "Love Live!" series.
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on the first album "FLOW GLOW" by "FLOW GLOW," a debut album by "hololive DEV_IS," a female group from the popular VTuber group "hololive," and singer TRUE's first self-cover album "Miho no Uta."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Emily Stewart" Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yuu) Album
2nd place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER EX02 Iron Wing Exodus" Hakozaki Serika (Momo Asakura), Satake Minako (Ozeki Eri), Hagiwara Yukiho (Asakura Ayumi), Ogami Tamaki (Inagawa Eri), Suou Momoko (Watanabe Keiko), Tokoro Emi (Fujii Yukiyo) Single
3rd place "Camellia" Yukari Tamura single
4th place "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Ranbu/Shippuu Xabunguru" After School Climax Girls Single
5th place: "Kessoku Band" Kessoku Band Album
6th place "Seigo Sou" MyGO!!!!! Single
7th place: "LoveLive! Series 15th Anniversary Tribute Album" Various Artists Album
8th place "NANA BEST" Anna Tsuchiya, OLIVIA album
9th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Takayama Sayoko" Takayama Sayoko (Komagata Yuri) Single
10th place "Rokka" Rokudenashi Album
◇Profile
Higuchi Sho is an anime buyer on the 10th floor of Tower Records Shinjuku (Japanese music and sales promotion). 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 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."
