"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, shares best-selling anime songs and real-life opinions from the sales floor. The number one spot at the store from January 19th to 25th was singer TRUE's first self-cover album, "Miho no Uta."
◇Last week's results
The top-ranked album, "Miho no Uta," is a collection of self-covers of anime theme songs that TRUE previously wrote as lyricist, Karasawa Miho. It includes eight songs in total, including "Ichido Dake no Koi Nara," the opening theme for the anime "Macross △," and "Start Line!", the opening theme for the anime "Aikatsu Stars!".
Coming in second place is voice actress and singer Nana Mizuki's fourth greatest hits album, "THE MUSEUM IV." It includes popular theme songs such as "NEVER SURRENDER," the theme song for the animated film "Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation," "METANOIA," the opening theme for the TV anime "Senki Zesshō Symphogear XV," and "Get up! Shout!", the opening theme for the TV anime "SHAMAN KING."
Coming in fourth place is "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Suou Momoko," 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. Coming in fifth place is "FLOW GLOW," the first album by "FLOW GLOW," a debut album from the female group "hololive DEV_IS" of the popular VTuber group "hololive."
◇This week's trends
We are focusing on "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER 04 Mysterious Discovery Lab!", which contains music from an in-game event in the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! THEATRE DAYS (Mirishita)," and the CDs "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism QUEEN OF THE PIRATES/KiraPico.exe/Sleepless Nights/AiKou" from the game "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism (ShaniSong)."
Other singles expected to perform well include the third singles of Shiun Kiyoka, Shinozawa Hiroshi, Fujita Kotone, and Himesaki Rina, who appear in the smartphone app "Gakuen Idolmaster (Gakumas)," as well as the single "Shoot towards the Moon" by Hoshimachi Suisei, a member of the popular VTuber group "HoloLive."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "Miho no Uta" TRUE Album
2nd place: "THE MUSEUM IV" Nana Mizuki album
3rd place "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Countdown Love / KAWAII Metamoru Symphony" I'm a Cutie Finder Single
4th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Kitazawa Shiho" Kitazawa Shiho (Amamiya Sora) Album
5th place: "FLOW GLOW" FLOW GLOW Album
6th place "Yuuzou Band" Yuuzou Band Album
7th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! SPECIAL SOLO RECORDS Emily Stewart" Emily Stewart (Ikuhara Yuu) Album
8th place "I'll expose everything and live" Togenashi Togeari Single
9th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER EX02 Iron Wing Exodus" Hakozaki Serika (Asakura Momo), Satake Minako (Ozeki Eri), Hagiwara Yukiho (Asakura Ayumi), Ogami Tamaki (Inagawa Eri), Suou Momoko (Watanabe Keiko), Tokoro Emi (Fujii Yukiyo) Single
10th place "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER 03 SHIMMER" Anna Mochizuki (Shiina Natsukawa), Yuriko Nanao (Miku Ito), Ami Futami (Asami Shimoda), Mirai Kasuga (Haruka Yamazaki) Single
◇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."
