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Songs from Doraemon, Evangelion, Your Name. Ranked Most Popular Anime Karaoke Tracks

The Japanese karaoke company DAM just released a list of the top 50 anime songs for the 2016 fiscal year.

Topping the list was Motohiro Hata's "Promise of Sunflower" (ひまわりの約束) from the movie Stand By Me Doraemon. Stand By Me Doraemon, the 36th Doraemon movie and the franchise's first CGI film, was released in 2014.

In second place was Yoko Takahashi's "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" (残酷な天使のテーゼ), the opening theme song from Neon Genesis Evangelion, which aired from 1995 to 1996. The final entry in the Evangelion film tetralogy, Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :||, is currently in production.

Third place went to RADWIMPS "Many Previous Existences" (前前前世 ), which was featured in the film Kimi no Na wa. Kimi no Na wa. was released in Japan in July 2016, and Funimation will be screening the film in select theaters in the US and Canada beginning April 7.

Coming in fourth place was supercell's "The Story You Don't Know" (君の知らない物語) from Bakemonogatari, the first entry in Shaft's Monogatari series. An anime adaptation of NisiOisin's third Owarimonogatari novel is slated for release this summer.

Fifth place went to UNISON SQUARE GARDEN's "Sugar Song and Bitter Step" (シュガーソングとビターステップ) from Blood Blockade Battlefront, which aired in 2014. The series will be getting a sequel, Blood Blockade Battlefront & Beyond, this fall.

The rest of the top 50, shown below, included tracks from Tokyo Ghoul, Fullmetal Alchemist, Naruto Shippūden, and Gintama, among many others.

6. "Let It Go" by Takako Matsu, Frozen
7. "Single Bed" by Sharam Q, DNA² (TV)
8. "Butter-Fly" by Kōji Wada, Digimon Adventure
9. "RPG" by SEKAI NO OWARI, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Bakauma—! B-Kyū Gourmet Survival!! (movie 21)
10. "Kokoroe" by Road of Major, Major
11. "Touch" by Yoshimi Iwasaki, Touch (TV)
12. "Sekai ga Owaru Made ha..." by WANDS, Slam Dunk
13. "unravel" by TK of Ling Tosite Sigure, Tokyo Ghoul



14. "Love is an Open Door" by Sayaka Kanda and Tsuda Eisuke, Frozen
15. "Nan de mo nai ya" by RADWIMPS, Kimi no Na wa.
16. "God Knows..." by Aya Hirano, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
17. "Genesis of Aquarion" by AKINO, Genesis of Aquarion
18. "Freckles" by JUDY AND MARY, Rurouni Kenshin



19. "Gekkōka" by Janne Da Arc, Black Jack
20. "Lion" by May'n/Megumi Nakajima, Macross F
21. "Hanamaru Pippi ha Yoiko Dake" by AOP, Mr. Osomatsu
22. "only my railgun" by fripSide, A Certain Scientific Railgun
23. "Soul's Refrain" by Yoko Takahashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
24. "The Kouga Ninja Scrolls" by Onmyouza, Basilisk
25. "GO!!!" by FLOW, Naruto Shippūden
26. "Lie" by SID, Fullmetal Alchemist



27. "Pride Revolution" by CHICO with Honeyworks, Gintama
28. "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" by mao, Doraemon
29. "1/3 Pure Heart Emotion" by Siam Shade, Rurouni Kenshin
30. "Donten" by Does, Gintama
31. "Silhouette" by KANA-BOON, Naruto Shippūden



32. "Anpanman's March" by Dreaming, Soreike! Anpanman
33. "Bluebird" by Ikimono-gatari, Naruto Shippūden
34. "Karma" by BUMP OF CHICKEN, Tales of the Abyss
35. "Some Like It Hot!!" by SPYAIR, Gintama
36. "Ai no Scenario" by CHICO with Honeyworks, Magic Kaito
37. "Sen no Yoru wo Koete" by Aqua Timez, Bleach
38. "For the First Time in Forever" by Sayaka Kanda and Takako Matsu, Frozen
39. "Melissa" by Porno Graffitti, Fullmetal Alchemist
40. "We Are" by Hiroshi Kitadani, One Piece



41. "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" by Field of View, Dragon Ball GT
42. "Moonlight Legend" by DALI, Sailor Moon
43. "Rewrite" by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Fullmetal Alchemist
44. "Kasabuta" by Hidenori Chiwata, Zatch Bell
45. "READY STEADY GO" by L'Arc-en-Ciel, Fullmetal Alchemist
46. "Ketsu no Asa ni" by Aqua Timez, Brave Story
47. "Sekai ha Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHICO with Honeyworks, Blue Spring Ride
48. "Ojamajo Carnival!!" by MAHO-Dou, Ojamajo Doremi
49. "Connect" by ClariS, Madoka Magica
50. "Zutto Futari de" by GLAY, Biker Mice from Mars


Source: Ameba via Otakomu