President and Voice Actor Yoko Hikasa Reveals Why She "Really Struggled" with 'The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity' on 'ShibuAni' #71

In the latter half of the show, they investigated the "2025 Anison Sales Trends" at Tower Records Shinjuku Store. Higuchi-san, who has been in charge of the anime section for over 15 years, appeared and announced that the number one spot was 'KiLLKiSS', the opening theme for the anime 'BanG Dream! Ave Mujica'. Boasting high popularity both domestically and internationally, he analyzed that "The 'BanG Dream!' series is a work that's supported worldwide, not just in Japan. The purchasing demographic is also very broad, ranging from men in their 20s to 50s."

The background to the explosive hit includes factors such as it being released while maintaining the buzz immediately after broadcast, and the tarot cards that were impressively used in the opening video being actually included in the CD, and "Being able to feel the world of the work in reality leads to CD purchases as an extension of oshi-katsu (stan activities)."

Additionally, as Higuchi-san's favorite song of 2025, he introduced 'Worlders', the ending theme song for 'COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing'. It was described as "An ending theme befitting the culmination of 'ProSeka's' five-year journey."

At this point, the program staff requested, "Could you create a 'ShibuAni' corner at Tower Records Shinjuku Store?", to which the positive response was, "It's not impossible. It might be interesting if there were recommendations from Haraichi's Iwai-san, Sora Tokui-san, and Shugo Nakamura-san." In response to this, it was decided that a "'ShibuAni' special corner" would be set up at Tower Records Shinjuku Store. Details will be announced on the show as soon as they are finalized.

Furthermore, the program featured 'Chibi Maruko-chan', a nationally beloved anime with over 1,500 broadcast episodes. Currently on ABEMA, a 'Chibi Maruko-chan' channel has been opened to commemorate 35 years of broadcasting, and on 'ShibuAni', there was great excitement over a quiz about Tomozou's famous quotes.

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