2019’s Top-Selling Anime CD Singles Are Revealed!

Dec 24, 19 at 7:38am

Serena Rei

2019 was something in the world of anime and Japanese music. Oricon has recently released the top-selling CD Singles of this year and here are the results:

Uma to Shika from Children of the Sea’s Umi no Yurei is at number 1 with estimated number of 483, 265 CDs sold. The single was released on September 11, 2019. The song is performed by Kenshi Yonezu

Homechigirist/Kizudarake no Ai from Captain Tsubasa is ranked at number 2 with an estimated number of 151,547 CDs sold.

Third is Super Powers (One Piece)/Right Now by V6 with around 112,720 CDs sold.

The fourth and fifth singles in the ranks are respectively performed by Aqours. The songs are Tōsō Meisō Möbius Loop/Hop? Stop? Nonstop! and Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa../Next SPARKLING!!, both songs from Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow

Here is the complete list of the ranks below. Note that the survey covers the sales from December 10, 2018 until December 8, 2019.

Rank	Title	Artist	Estimated Sales in Discs	Release Date
1	Uma to Shika (Children of the Sea's Umi no Yūrei)	Kenshi Yonezu	483,265	11/09/2019
2	Homechigirist/Kizudarake no Ai (Captain Tsubasa)	Johnny's West	151,547	30/01/2019
3	Super Powers (One Piece)/Right Now	V6	112,720	16/01/2019
4	Tōsō Meisō Möbius Loop/Hop? Stop? Nonstop! (Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow)	Aqours	107,632	30/01/2019
5	Bokura no Hashittekita Michi wa../Next SPARKLING!! (Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow)	Aqours	106,669	23/01/2019
6	Believe again/Brightest Melody/Over The Next Rainbow (Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow)	Saint Snow/Aqours/Saint Aqours Snow	93,025	06/02/2019
7	THROW YA FIST/Starlight/Down By Law (Fairy Tail)	THE RAMPAGE from EXILE TRIBE	90,734	30/01/2019
8	Uchōten Shooter (Duel Masters!)	Matsuri Nine.	85,808	20/03/2019
9	Kodō (Touken Ranbu)	Touken Danshi formation of Mihotose	85,346	04/09/2019
10	THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER GENERATION 12 D/Zeal (Harmonics)	D/Zeal	84,679	26/12/2018
11	Reason/Never Lose (Ace Attorney Season 2)	Tomohisa Yamashita	74,432	13/02/2019
12	Sankaime no Date Shinwa/Fuwari, Koi Tokei/Mō Saikō! (Trolls: The Beat Goes On!)	Tomohisa Yamashita	65,984	27/02/2019
13	THE IDOLM@STER MILLION THE@TER WAVE 01 Flyers!!!	765 MILLION ALLSTARS	65,323	24/07/2019
14	I beg you (Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly)/Hanabira-tachi no March/Sailing	Aimer	64,179	09/01/2019
15	Are you ready? (Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS)	BiS	62,278	20/03/2019
16	Gurenge (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)	LiSA	54,104	03/07/2019
17	Akai Wana (who loves it?)/ADAMAS (Sword Art Online: Alicization)	LiSA	52,170	12/12/2018
18	The Idolm@ster SideM WORLD TRE@SURE 06 (Hallo, Freunde!)	Various Artists	51,780	06/02/2019
19	Remember Me	MAN WITH A MISSION	49,690	05/06/2019
20	Mitaiken HORIZON	Aqours	49,367	25/09/2019

About One Piece

One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, who gained the ability to stretch his body like rubber after he accidentally ate a Devil Fruit. Together with the Straw Hat Pirates, they explore the Grand Line in search of the “One Piece,” the greatest treasure in the world, and the key to becoming the next Pirate King.

The manga was first released in the Weekly Shonen Jump on July 22, 1997. The anime adaptation began airing in Japan in 1999 produced by Toei Animation. So far it one of the longest-running anime series to date.

The One Piece manga has sold millions of physical copies both in print and digital worldwide. In fact, the series has even won a Guinness World Record for “most copies published in the comic book series by a single author in 2015. One Piece is just one example of a great series that still haven’t lost momentum until this day.

Aside from its anime adaptation, the series also has its own anime movie. Just recently, the official website of the franchise’s recent anime film One Piece Stampede revealed that the movie had earned more than 5.5 billion yen in Japan alone. The movie’s total worldwide earnings are at 9.3 billion yen. The release of the movie marks the 20th anniversary of the One Piece anime adaptation.

About Children of the Sea

Children of the Sea is an animated film that is directed by Ayumu Watanabe and produced by Eika Tanaka. It premiered in theaters on May 19, 2019, and earned a box office gross of 310 million yen.

The movie is based on the manga of the same name created by Daisuke Igarashi who is also writing the movie’s screenplay. It is set by and in the ocean with themes about the mysteries of life, as well as showing the connections between humanity and nature.

Love Live! Sunshine!! The School Idol Movie Over the Rainbow

The Over the Rainbow movie opened in Japan on January 4, earning a total of 93, 963, 900 yen in the first three days of its release. The movie follows through on the second season of the highly popular idol animé, where Aqours won the Love Live contest. As the first and second years prepare to enroll in a new school, the third years suddenly go missing during their graduation trip to Italy. Chika and her fellow Aqours members go to Italy to look for the third years.

Source: Oricon, Anime News Network

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