"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 store's top pick from February 16th to 22nd was "Best Album 'Bloomy!'" by NACHERRY, a duo consisting of voice actors Natsumi Murakami and Chiemi Tanaka.
◇Last week's results
NACHERRY has announced that they will be going on hiatus as of March 31st, and their number one-selling "Best Album 'Bloomy!'" will be their last CD before their hiatus. It was released in four formats: the NACHERRY version (regular edition), the Natchan version (first press limited edition), the Chemy version (first press limited edition), and the NACHERRY PARK limited edition, available exclusively to fan club members. The NACHERRY version and the NACHERRY PARK limited edition contain a total of 18 songs, including new songs "KEEP FIGHTING!" and "HOPE" sung by NACHERRY, Murakami's new song "Blue flame," and Tanaka's new song "Journey." Both CDs also include a re-recorded version of their debut song, "Fortune Teller."
Coming in third place is "PROVANT," the 14th single from Hiroyuki Sawano 's vocal project, "SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]," which includes the opening theme for the TV anime "Fate/strange Fake." Coming in fourth place is " Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 Original Soundtrack vol.01," the soundtrack CD for "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 ," the latest installment in the remake series of the popular anime " Space Battleship Yamato ." Coming in fifth place is " Love Live!-Shigure/Ribuuto/Hip, hip, hooray!/Reijo Mob!", the fourth unit split single by Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club, a school idol group featured in the smartphone app "Link! Like! Love Live!", part of the popular "Love Live!" anime series.
Coming in at 9th and 10th place are CDs related to the original anime "Super Kaguyahime!", the first feature-length directorial work by Seigo Yamashita, who has worked on the opening videos for popular anime such as the first season of "Jujutsu Kaisen " and "Chainsaw Man." The main theme "Ex-Otogibanashi," created by ryo of the creator group "supercell," came in at 9th place, while "CPK! Remix," featuring new remixes by ryo specifically for "Super Kaguyahime!", "World is Mine CPK! Remix" and "Melt CPK! Remix," came in at 10th place.
◇This week's trends
We're focusing on the ninth vocal album series for the smartphone music game app "World Daistar Yume no Stellarium (Yumeste)," "Game App 'World Daistar Yume no Stellarium' Vocal Album Vol.9 'Like the Shine of Sirius Act-3'," "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION BATTLE OF THE@TER 05 Texting you," which includes music from an in-game event in the popular game "THE IDOLM@STER MILLION LIVE! Theater Days (Mirishita)," and the singles "Ameya Tsubame 1st Single 'Armed with Theory'" and "Jyuohsei Minami 2nd Single 'Our Chant'," from the smartphone app "Gakuen Idolmaster (Gakumas)."
◇Tower Records Shinjuku store anime song section ranking (from left: title, artist, title omitted)
1st place "Best Album 'Bloomy!'" NACHERRY Album
2nd place: "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Final Chapter Chapter 2 Original Soundtrack & Vocal Collection Sazameki no Machikado" Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Album
3rd place "PROVANT" SawanoHiroyuki [nZk] Single
4th place: "Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199" Original Soundtrack vol.01, Miyagawa Akira, Kanematsu Shu Album
5th place: "Sayo-Shigure/Ribuuto/Hip, hip, hooray!/Reijo Mob!" Singles by Cerise Bouquet, DOLLCHESTRA, Mirakura Park!, and Edel Note
6th place: "Echoes Beyond" Hasunozora Girls' Academy School Idol Club Single
7th place "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism Countdown Love/KAWAII・Metamorphosis Symphony" I'm a Cutie Finder Single
8th place: "THE IDOLM@STER SHINY COLORS Song for Prism QUEEN OF THE PIRATES / Kirapiko.exe / Sleepless Nights / Ai Nou" Antique, After School Climax Girls, Alstroemeria, Cometic Single
9th place: "Ex-Otogibanashi" ryo (supercell) single
10th place "CPK! Remix" ryo (supercell) 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."
