Saat berkaraoke bersama teman-teman, biasanya ada beberapa lagu yang sudah hafal di luar kepala dan bagi para penggemar anime tentunya ada lagu andalan yang selalu kalian bawakan di tempat karaoke bukan? Walau lagu-lagu anime itu sudah lama tak terdengar lagi, dan anime-nya juga sudah tidak lagi tayang, namun lagu itu tetap spesial di hati penggemarnya. Tapi, lagu anime mana sih yang paling populer di tempat karaoke Jepang?
Baru-baru ini tempat karaoke Jepang bernama DAM telah merilis peringkat 50 lagu anime terpopuler selama tahun 2016 dengan lagu Himawari no Yakusoku dari film Stand By Me Doraemon berada di urutan pertamanya. Berikut adalah peringkat selengkapnya dikutip dari animenewsnetwork.com.
1. "Himawari no Yakusoku/Promise of Sunflower" - Motohiro Hata, Stand By Me Doraemon
2. "Zankokuna Tenshi no Thesis/A Cruel Angel's Thesis" - Yoko Takahashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion
3. "Zen zen zense/Many Previous Existences" - RADWIMPS, Kimi no Na wa.
4. "Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari/The Story You Don't Know" - supercell, Bakemonogatari
5. "Sugar Song & Bitter Step" - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN, Blood Blockade Battlefront
6. "Let It Go" - Takako Matsu, Frozen 7. "Single Bed" - Sharam Q, DNA² (TV) 8. "Butter-Fly" - Koji Wada, Digimon Adventure 9. "RPG" - SEKAI NO OWARI, Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Bakauma—! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival!! (movie 21) 10. "Kokoroe" - Road of Major, Major 11. "Touch" - Yoshimi Iwasaki, Touch (TV) 12. "Sekai ga Owaru Made ha..." - WANDS, Slam Dunk 13. "unravel" - TK of Ling Tosite Sigure, Tokyo Ghoul
14. "Love is an Open Door" - Sayaka Kanda & Tsuda Eisuke, Frozen 15. "Nan de mo nai ya" - RADWIMPS, Kimi no Na wa. 16. "God Knows..." - Aya Hirano, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 17. "Genesis of Aquarion" - AKINO, Genesis of Aquarion 18. "Sobakasu/Freckles" - JUDY & MARY, Rurouni Kenshin
19. "Gekkouka" - Janne Da Arc, Black Jack 20. "Lion" - May'n/Megumi Nakajima, Macross F 21. "Hanamaru Pippi ha Yoiko Dake" - AOP, Mr. Osomatsu 22. "only my railgun" - fripSide, A Certain Scientific Railgun 23. "Soul's Refrain" - Yoko Takahashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth 24. "Kouga Ninpoucho/The Kouga Ninja Scrolls" - Onmyouza, Basilisk 25. "GO!!!" - FLOW, Naruto Shippuuden 26. "Uso/Lie" - SID, Fullmetal Alchemist
27. "Pride Revolution" - CHICO with Honeyworks, Gintama 28. "Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon" - mao, Doraemon 29. "1/3 Junjouna Kanjou/1/3 Pure Heart Emotion" - Siam Shade, Rurouni Kenshin 30. "Donten" - Does, Gintama 31. "Silhouette" - KANA-BOON, Naruto Shippuuden 32. "Anpanman's March" - Dreaming, Soreike! Anpanman 33. "Bluebird" - Ikimono-gatari, Naruto Shippuuden
34. "Karma" - BUMP OF CHICKEN, Tales of the Abyss 35. "Some Like It Hot!!" - SPYAIR, Gintama 36. "Ai no Scenario" - CHICO with Honeyworks, Magic Kaito 37. "Sen no Yoru wo Koete" - Aqua Timez, Bleach 38. "For the First Time in Forever" - Sayaka Kanda & Takako Matsu, Frozen 39. "Melissa" - Porno Graffitti, Fullmetal Alchemist 40. "We Are" - Hiroshi Kitadani, One Piece
41. "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteku" - Field of View, Dragon Ball GT 42. "Moonlight Legend" - DALI, Sailor Moon 43. "Rewrite" - ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, Fullmetal Alchemist 44. "Kasabuta" - Hidenori Chiwata, Zatch Bell 45. "READY STEADY GO" - L'Arc-en-Ciel, Fullmetal Alchemist 46. "Ketsu no Asa ni" - Aqua Timez, Brave Story 47. "Sekai ha Koi ni Ochiteiru" - CHICO with Honeyworks, Blue Spring Ride 48. "Ojamajo Carnival!!" - MAHO-Dou, Ojamajo Doremi 49. "Connect" - ClariS, Madoka Magica 50. "Zutto Futari de" - GLAY, Biker Mice from Mars