Record-Breaking Opening: This Anime’s Theme Song Shatters Playback Records

Oshi no Ko continues to break records with its opening song, Idol, reaching the top of the charts in Japan and the US.

Oshi no Ko continues its triumphant journey, this time reaching 200 million online views for its opening theme, “Idol” by YOASOBI, in just nine weeks. With the views exclusively from Japan, this sets a new record on Billboard Japan, making it the fastest song to reach 200 million views. But this is not the first record it has broken. It previously surpassed 100 million views in just five weeks and debuted at number 1 on the most listened songs chart on April 19th on Billboard Japan.

This success, in fact, is not limited to Japan alone. The English version of the song has also reached number 1 on the Billboard chart in the US, debuting at number 6, while the original Japanese version has reached the tenth position. This places “Idol” as the first song in history originally composed in Japanese to reach the top of the US charts.

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“Oshi no Ko” is an anime that premiered on April 12th, based on the manga of the same name by Akasaka and Yokoyari. The manga can be read in Spanish on the free service MANGA Plus, and the anime can be watched on the streaming platform Crunchyroll. The premise of the series is that a gynecologist is murdered and reincarnated as the son of his favorite idol, only to discover that the world of music is neither beautiful nor glamorous.

While facing some controversial issues along the way, “Oshi no Ko” is proving to be an absolute success both in Japan and internationally. This is evident in its numbers and the popularity of its opening, achieving something that no other anime had achieved before: reaching the top of the most listened songs in the United States. With the conclusion of the first season yet to be seen, it seems that “Oshi no Ko” is here to stay.

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MANGA Plus provides English versions of new manga

Love manga? This app is perfect for you.

Struggling to find English translations of your favorite manga online is now a thing of the past.

Shueisha, the entertainment section of huge Japanese publisher Shogakukan, has just launched the manga site and app MANGA Plus. You can read the newest manga as they’re published and as of today, you have over 50 different manga series to choose from.

manga plus manga listWe remember having to scour the internet to find current chapters for our favorite manga, and on the off chance that we did find something, ads slowed down the reading experience tremendously. Nostalgia is great and everything, but fortunately, none of those issues are present on the website and the app which run incredibly smoothly. You can enjoy new titles or popular favorites, like One Piece and of course, Naruto.

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manga plus latest updatesWhen a new chapter for an ongoing manga is released in Japan, you’ll be able to read it on MANGA Plus. To find out when you can read a new chapter, just click on a title and the date and time of the future releases will be listed. MANGA Plus is available globally, but at the moment titles are only available in English and Spanish. When selecting your preferred language in the app, you’ll be able to see how many titles that have been translated and are ready to read.

manga plus language selectionThere are a ton of awesome manga out there to be read, and we’re definitely going to be checking MANGA Plus first when we’re looking for something new. What is your favorite manga? Let us know!