Announcing the interim results of Anipota's "Decide the BEST Anime Song! 2016 Anime Annual OP & ED Popularity Poll"!　A fierce dead heat among "Absolute Sunny Blue Sky", "History Maker", and "Open your eyes"!

The anime portal "Anipota" operated by Akiba Research Institute is currently holding an official voting project " Let's decide the BEST anime song! 2016 Anime Annual OP & ED Popularity Poll ".

The number of TV anime that started airing in 2016 exceeded 200, and a great number of works were created. At the same time, a great number of anime songs were also released. We have now selected the opening and ending songs that ranked in the top 3 in the popularity vote for each season from the anime songs broadcasted in 2016. From a total of 24 songs, a popularity vote is being held to decide the best anime song of the year.
As an interim announcement, here is the top 10 as of 5:30 p.m. on January 18, one week after the start of voting.

No. 1 aki "Kesshutteki HARUTEN AOZORA" (Bishojo Yuugi Unit Crane Gale Galaxy): 6,200 votes
No. 2 DEAN FUJIOKA "History Maker" (Yuri!!! on ICE) 1743 votes on ICE) 1743 votes
No.3 ASAKI Hana "Open your eyes" (Occultic;Nine) 1334 votes
No.4 Happy Clover (Yumiri Hanamori, Haruka Shiraishi, Kiyono Anno, Hibiki Yamamura, Mausu Yoshioka) "Tomorrow is fine" (Anhappi♪) 662 votes
No.5 Aqours "Yume uta o uta yori yume" (Love Live. Sunshine!) Sunshine!)　541 votes
No.6 Yushu Fujisaki "Dimension sky" (Nazotokine) 328 votes
No.7 Sayuri "It's like a little light" (Bokutoku dake ga inai machi) 304 votes
No.8 Machico "fantastic dreamer" (Bless this wonderful world!)　230 votes
No.9 Nana Mizuki "STARTING NOW!　215 votes
No.10 Valkyrie "Hitotsubetto koi nara" (Macross Delta) 213 votes

Although it was a close race at the beginning of the popularity contest, aki's " Absolute Sunny Sky", the ending song of "Bishojo Yuugi Unit Crane Gale Galaxy", is currently in a dantotsu lead. Aki has long had a reputation for her singing ability, and her popularity as an artist, as well as the popularity of her works, combined with her popularity and ability as a singer, is the reason for the number of votes she received. Will she continue to run fast to the end with her driving music?

In close pursuit from behind was the second-place finisher, "Historic", the opening song of "Yuri! on ICE" opening "History Maker" (DEAN FUJIOKA), which came in at No. 2. The popularity of "Yuri! on ICE", its opening theme "History Maker" was also a hit tune in the second half of last year, which showed overwhelming strength in the "2016 Autumn Anime OP Theme Popularity Poll ". It will be interesting to see if its strength will be demonstrated in the second half of this year's poll as well.

Third place went to "Open your eyes," the ending song for "Occultic;Nine," which is also Asaka's debut song. Many anime fans may be impressed by the serious and dramatic song that enlivens the mysterious development of the main story of the anime. Ms. Asaka herself spread the information on Twitter and other media. It seems that the song has been receiving a lot of votes, especially from enthusiastic fans.

Let's take a look at the top four and below: No. 4 was "Anhappi♪" ending "Tomorrow is fine" by Happy Clover (Yumiri Hanamori, Haruka Shiraishi, Kiyono Anno, Hibiki Yamamura, and Mausu Yoshioka), a heartwarming pop song with a healing aura and a progressive musical composition that had listeners groaning. The fifth place went to the new series "Love Live! Sunshine!", the successor to the social phenomenon "Love Live! Sunshine! Sunshine!" ending "Yume Uta Wo Yume (Let's Sing Yume) rather than Talk about Yume (Dreams)," a song sung by the lead voice actors. It will be interesting to see how far the anime songs by the cast, who can be considered the faces of the work, will grow in popularity.

Other notable songs included "Bless This Wonderful World! The opening song "fantastic dreamer" by Machico came in at No. 8, and "Kono Bijutsubu ni Matteru Aru! s opening song "STARTING NOW!" sung by Nana Mizuki, the anime song diva, ranked at No. 9, and "Macross Delta" opening song "If it's only love once," sung by Valkyrie, a unit in the drama with a successful live performance, ranked at No. 10, with the songs representing each season in the top 10.

Of course, the songs ranked 11th and below are all songs that ranked high in each season, so there is a possibility that the ranking could change significantly depending on future developments. Please continue to vote for your passionate love of ani-songs and put your votes into the ranking!

Let's decide the BEST anime song! 2016 Anime Annual OP & ED Popularity Poll!
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