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YOASOBI's Oshi no Ko Anime Opening Song Tops YouTube's Global Song Chart
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The song has also ranked at #1 in Oricon's weekly streaming ranking for 13 consecutive weeks since the song debuted. Oricon reported 300 million cumulative streams for the song in Japan, making it the fastest song to exceed 300 million streams in Japan.
The song also holds the record in Japan for the fastest song to exceed 200 million streams, by doing so in nine weeks.
The song has also Apple's Music Top 100: Global chart as of June 21.
The song debuted at #1 in Billboard Japan's streaming song chart on April 19, its first week on the chart after the song debuted digitally on April 12, and only debuted as a CD single on June 14.
The song had ranked #7 on the US Billboard's Global 200 chart (dated July 1). This marks the highest ranking a Japanese artist has ever achieved in the chart's history.
The anime stated that the anime has become the streaming service's "#1 series launch in the streamer's history."
Akasaka, the manga's original author, penned the short story "45510," which served as the basis for YOASOBI's "Idol" song.
Rent-A-Girlfriend) designed the characters.
performs the ending theme song "Mephisto."
Akasaka (releasing the manga in English digitally.
licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who's in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he's about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol's greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Mengo Yokoyari (Scum's Wish).
The manga Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook. The manga has over 3 million copies in circulation.
Sources: YouTube's Global Top Song music chart, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
