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The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, KanColle CDs Reach #4, #6 on Weekly Oricon

The "THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS ANIMATION PROJECT 01 Star!!" CD reached the number four slot on the Japanese Oricon weekly charts, selling 47,000 copies since its release on February 18.

The CD contains the songs "Star!!", sung by CINDERELLA PROJECT (the unit name for The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls characters), "Onegai! Cinderella" (Please! Cinderella), sung by the characters Kaede Takagaki (voiced by Saori Hayami), Mika Jougasaki (Haruka Yoshimura), Miho Kohinata (Minami Tsuda), Airi Totoki (Hitomi Harada), Mizuki Kawashima (Nao Tōyama), Akane Hino (Chinatsu Akasaki), Sachiko Koshimizu (Ayana Taketatsu), Mayu sakuma. (Yui Makino), and Koume Shirasaka (Chiyo Ousaki), and "Message", sung by the characters Uzuki Shimamura (Ayaka Ōhashi), Rin Shibuya (Ayaka Fukuhara), and Mio Honda (Sayuri Hara).

"Star!!" is the opening theme for The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls TV anime, which premiered in Japan on January 9. Daisuki is streaming the series in North America as it airs. "Onegai! Cinderella" was an insert song in the show's first episode, and "Message" was the ending theme to the show's first episode. A limited edition pack of the CD was also available, with that version containing the anime's creditless opening theme and a Blu-ray CD with high-quality stereo and 5.1 surround sound.

Shiena Nishizawa's "Fubuki" (Blizzard) CD single reached the number six slot on the Oricon weekly charts, selling 28,000 copies since its release on February 18. The CD contains the songs "Fubuki" and "Meaning," as well as instrumental versions of the songs.

"Fubuki" is the ending theme for the Kantai Collection -Kan Colle- TV anime series, which premiered on Japanese television on January 7. Crunchyroll is streaming the series in North America as it airs.

Source: OKMusic, Oricon Style