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Kemono Friends, your name. Themes Top JoySound's Best of 2017 Karaoke

Karaoke giant JOYSOUND revealed this year's most popular tracks this week revealing which new anisongs broke into the ranks and which mainstays are still hanging on (hint: it's "Cruel Angel's Thesis").

The top ten songs that were freshly released this year include "Yōkoso Japari Park e" by Dōbutsu Biscuit x PPP (Kemono Friends) at #2, "Peace Sign" by Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academa), "Uchiage Hanabi" by Kenshi Yonezu ft. DAOKO (Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?), at #6, and "Togetsukyō ~Kunsōfu~" by Mai Kuraki (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter) at #9. The Kemono Friends' theme song previously ranked as the top newly released choice for the first half of the year.

JOYSOUND listed a second list of newly released that were most popular with the Utasuki video function. "Yōkoso Japari Park e" ranked first on that list, followed by "Uchiage Hanabi" at #2, "Orion" by Kenshi Yonezu (March comes in like a lion), "Peace Sign" at #6, and "Togetsukyō ~Kunsōfu~" by Mai Kuraki at #7.

The ranking for just anisongs released this year also saw "Yōkoso Japari Park e" shoot up to the top. That full list includes:

1. "Yōkoso Japari Park e" by Dōbutsu Biscuit x PPP (Kemono Friends)
2. "Peace Sign" by Kenshi Yonezu (My Hero Academa)
3. "Uchiage Hanabi" by Kenshi Yonezu ft. DAOKO (Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?)
4. "Doko Made mo ~How Far I'll Go~" by Tomona Yabiku & Miliyah Kato (Moana)
5. "Togetsukyō ~Kunsōfu~" by Mai Kuraki (Detective Conan: The Crimson Love Letter)
6. "orion" by Kenshi Yonezu (March comes in like a lion)
7. "Catch the Moment" by LiSA (Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale)
8. " RAIN" by Seki no Owari (Mary and The Witch's Flower)
9. "Romeo" by LIP×LIP (The Moment You Fall in Love)
10. "Kawaiku Naritai" by HoneyWorks ft. Sora Amamiya (The Moment You Fall in Love)

This year's top choices, regardless of release date, included some of the top 10 above but also continued fan favorites. That list included "Zen Zen Zense (movie ver.)" by RADWIMPS (your name.) at #3, "Cruel Angel's Thesis" by Yoko Takahashi at #9, and "Sugar and Bitter Step" by UNISON GARDEN (Blood Blockade Battlefront) at #13.

This year's top anisong choices, regardless of release date, also includes "Zen Zen Zense (movie ver.)" as #1 and "Yōkoso Japari Park e" by Dōbutsu Biscuit x PPP (Kemono Friends) at #13. The full list includes:

1. "Zen Zen Zense (movie ver.)" by RADWIMPS (your name.)
2. "Himawari no Yakusoku" by Motohiro Hata (Stand By Me Doraemon)
3. "Cruel Angel's Thesis" by Yoko Takahashi (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
4. "Sugar and Bitter Step" by UNISON GARDEN
5. "Nandemonaiya (movie edit.)" by RADWIMPS (your name.)
6. "Let it Go" by Takako Matsu (Frozen)
7. "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari" by supercell (Monogatari Series Season Two)
8. "Single Bed" by Sharan Q (DNA2)
9. "Lion" by May'n & Megumi Nakajima (Macross F)
10. "Touch" by Yoshimi Iwasaki (Touch)
11. "God knows..."by Aya Hirano (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
12. "Butter-Fly" by Kōji Wada (Digimon Adventure)
13. "Yōkoso Japari Park e" by Dōbutsu Biscuit x PPP (Kemono Friends)
14. "RPG" by SEKAI NO OWARI (Crayon Shin-chan: Very Tasty! B-class Gourmet Survival)
15. "Kokoro E (心絵)" by Road of Major (Major)
16. "Sekai ga Owaru Made Wa" by WANDS (Slam Dunk)
17. "Unravel" by tk of Ling Tosite Sigure (Tokyo Ghoul)
18. "Sōsei no Aquarion" by AKINO (Aquarion)
19. "only my railgun" by fripSide (A Certain Scientific Railgun)
20. "Tobira Akete " by Sayaka Kanda and Eisuke Tsuda (Frozen)

[Via Nijimen]