Anime Sales in Japan - 2013 (Released volumes)

something · #1 12-28-2012, 02:25 PM

Visual table of contents (as of initial thread creation)

Previous threads: 2010, 2011, 2012

This is the Anime Sales in Japan thread for 2013. Any and all useful or interesting information related to sales of anime in its home country is welcome here, but please provide a source for any data cited.

The purpose of this thread is to report on the weekly Oricon DVD and Blu-Ray sales data for anime home video releases, as well as the occasional related content (Vocaloid concerts, anime music video compilations, box office revenues, etc). Various other articles that shed some light on buying trends or the release models will also be posted. I'm interested in having the numbers because it's easy to say "X is super successful" or "Y probably sold poorly", but harder to back it up without concrete data and just as importantly, the sales of other shows as a comparison.

Table of Contents
● Weekly Sales Data Archive - A list of all the posts and source data for the weekly charts.
● Average Sales by Year (Total) - Lists, by year, of almost all non-children's anime released throughout the year, with their average sales
● All-Time Best-Sellers - TV anime averaging over 10k, BD box sales, and box office gross rankings are found here.
● Volume 1 Sales by Season - Per-year and per-season lists ranking sales of the first volume. First volume sales can be misleading, but most of the time they do provide a good ballpark estimate of how well a show is going to sell without waiting 6-24 months for the definitive, final average.
● Miscellaneous Information - As the name implies, other interesting information should be posted as a reply to this post, if you want to be able to find it again easily.

Sales information release schedule
The sales reporting period for Oricon is one week, beginning Monday and ending Sunday.

Daily Top 20-30 DVDs, Top 20 BDs, All-genre, no numbers: Every day during release week (e.g., 1/03-1/09). Generally only posted if it's a very busy week, particularly when a new season's first volumes are being released. Top 20 available on Oricon's public website, though Top 30s go around from other sources. Note these rankings are strictly for the day in question, and are not cumulative. Daily sales numbers are tallied up to provide the weekly number.

Weekly Animation-only Top 30 DVDs, Animation-only Top 10 BDs, All-genre Top 20 BDs, with numbers: Each Tuesday after the release week in question (e.g. 1/11 for a 1/03-1/09 week) a preliminary DVD/BD list containing only the top 30 animation DVDs and top 20 BDs (all genre) or top 10 animation BDs is released. These are called the "Anime 30/10 Lists" in subject lines. There will always be 30 anime releases in the DVD list (minus non-anime animation like Disney) and at least 10 anime releases in the BD list.

Weekly Top 100 DVD/Top 100 BD with numbers: Thursday or Friday after release week (e.g. 1/14), sometimes later, usually brings the full list for that week. These are the sources for the "Full / Translated" updates. Generally the DVD 100 adds few or no new entries beyond the Anime DVD 30 on Tuesday, but the BD 50 can often add a considerable amount of information to the BD list in a heavy week.

Historical changes in Oricon coverage
DVD Weekly Ranking
　2002/10/07： Top 100
　2003/07/07： Top 300
Blu-ray Weekly Ranking
　2008/07/07： Top 50
　2011/03/14： Top 100
　2012/12/24: Top 200
(source) As mentioned above, we only get the 100 lists posted online, but Oricon does count sales for anything up to 300 and 200.

Useful websites
Amazon Ranking Stalker website (Japanese only)
Anime DVD/BD Sales Wiki (Japanese only)
Kerotube Anisong CD Sales Wiki (Japanese only)
List of retailers reporting to Oricon (Japanese only)

Other notes
- All dates are displayed in yyyy mm dd format (with either slashes or dashes) or mm dd where no year is provided. I try to be consistent with this.

- Sometimes the data I post will differ slightly from what you might see on other English-language sites like MAL or AnimeSuki. This is either because they/I made a mistake or they/I used an extra source the other didn't. The most common difference is that I will accept estimates of DVD sales where I feel comfortable that an estimate ±100 units can be made. The most common source is from Oricon lists of DVDs ranking outside the top 100. Usually a couple "guideposts" will be present in the data, releases that ranked with a definite number and position. By taking the guideposts above and below a given release, sometimes an estimate can be obtained.

- Provided there's something to post, this thread will usually be updated every Tuesday, and then later in the week when full data is available, usually on Thursday or Friday.

something · #2 12-28-2012, 02:44 PM

Weekly Sales Data Archive

This subthread is for the yearly lists of weekly forum posts and source data.

● 2009 (8/24 onward)
● 2010
● 2011
● 2012
● 2013

something · #3 12-28-2012, 02:46 PM

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2009 Weekly Sales Data

Opening post

08/24 - translated
08/31 - translated

09/07 - translated
09/14 - translated
09/21 - translated
09/28 - translated

10/05 - translated
10/12 - translated
10/19 - translated
10/26 - translated

11/02 - translated
11/09 - translated
11/16 - translated
11/23 - translated
11/30 - translated

12/07 - translated
12/14 - translated
12/21 - translated
12/28 - data unavailable, week skipped.

something · #4 12-28-2012, 02:46 PM

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something · #6 12-28-2012, 02:47 PM

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2012 Weekly Sales Data

Note, the Livedoor sales threads were shut down and deleted in September 2012. Source URLs will not work through that point, but are being left for reference. See forum post for source(s) after that point.

01/02 - Forum post | Source
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02/06 - Forum post | Source
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08/06 - Forum post | Source
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09/03 - Forum post
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10/01 - Forum post
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12/03 - Forum post
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12/17 - Forum post
12/24 - Forum post
12/31 - Forum post

something · #7 12-28-2012, 02:50 PM

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2013 Weekly Sales Data

12/31 - Forum post

01/07 - Forum post
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something · #8 12-28-2012, 02:52 PM

Average Sales by Year (Total)

This subthread is for the yearly rankings of final series averages.

Not every single animated series released in a year is here; the focus is primarily on the "late night" and "prime time non-children's" anime that dominates sales, with occasional exceptions (e.g. PreCure). Only series with home video releases are included. Many long-running shounen or shoujo shows are not included, for lack of significant home video sales and excessive length.

● 2005
● 2006
● 2007
● 2008
● 2009
● 2010
● 2011
● 2012
● 2013

something · #9 12-28-2012, 02:53 PM

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2005 Total Average Sales, TV/ONA
Key: Total Average - Title - # Vols - Format breakdown (if applicable)

10,000+
24,436 - AIR (Winter, 6 vols)
16,558 - Mahou Sensei Negima! (Winter, 7 vols)
11,315 - Bleach Soul Society Sennyuu-hen (Spring, 5 vols)
11,039 - Hachimitsu to Clover (Spring, 9 vols)
10,817 - Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's (Fall, 6 vols)
10,618 - Shakugan no Shana (Fall, 8 vols)
10,049 - Mushishi (Fall, 5 vols)
10,025 - Aria the Animation (Fall, 6 vols)

5,000-9,999
*9,894 - Aa Megami-sama (Winter, 8 vols)
*9,285 - Rozen Maiden Traumend (Fall, 6 vols)
*8,951 - My-Otome (Fall, 9 vols)
*8,516 - Koukyoushihen Eureka Seven (Spring, 13 vols) 6,313 DVD (74%) / 2,203 UMD (26%)
*8,504 - Paniponi Dash! (Summer, 7 vols)
*6,826 - D.C. S.S. ~Da Capo Second Season~ (Summer, 7 vols)
*6,123 - BLOOD+ (Fall, 13 vols)
*5,702 - Kamichu! (Spring, 8 vols)
*5,586 - SHUFFLE! (Summer, 12 vols)
*5,329 - Ichigo Marshmallow (Summer, 6 vols)

3,000-4,999
*4,961 - Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid (Summer, 7 vols)
*4,034 - Angel Heart (Fall, 4 vols)
*3,655 - Mahoraba ~Heartful Days~ (Winter, 9 vols)
*3,132 - Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama (Spring, 6 vols)

1,000-2,999
*2,988 - Girls Bravo Second Season (Winter, 2 vols)
*2,897 - ToHeart2 (Fall, 7 vols)
*2,858 - Jigoku Shoujo (Fall, 9 vols)
*2,852 - Sousei no Aquarion (Spring, 9 vols)
*2,493 - Tsubasa Chronicle (Spring, 7 vols)
*2,475 - Black Cat (Fall, 12 vols)
*2,439 - Loveless (Spring, 6 vols)
*2,397 - Gun x Sword (Summer, 13 vols)
*2,192 - Gokujou Seitokai (Spring, 7 vols)
*2,177 - Futakoi Alternative (Spring, 2 vols)
*1,902 - Jinki:Extend (Winter, 5 vols)
*1,833 - Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma (Spring, 6 vols)
*1,816 - Canvas 2 ~Niji-iro no Sketch~ (Fall, 12 vols)
*1,815 - Trinity Blood (Spring, 12 vols)
*1,784 - Ichigo 100% (Spring, 2 vols)
*1,624 - Kyou Kara Maou! 2nd Series (Spring, 16 vols)
*1,580 - Ultimate Girls (Winter, 2 vols)
*1,443 - Xenosaga the Animation (Winter, 2 vols)
*1,388 - Starship Operators (Winter, 7 vols)
*1,323 - Basilisk ~Kouga Ninpou-jou~ (Spring, 12 vols)
*1,305 - Okusama wa Joshikousei (Summer, 7 vols)
*1,137 - Lamune (Fall, 6 vols)
*1,114 - Suzuka (Summer, 9 vols)
*1,095 - Play Ball (Summer, 7 vols)
*1,019 - Karin (Fall, 12 vols)

0-999
**,996 - Noein Mou Hitori no Kimi e (Fall, 8 vols)
**,987 - Comic Party Revolution (Spring, 3 vols)
**,976 - Elemental Gelade (Spring, 9 vols)
**,883 - Cluster Edge (Fall, 9 vols)
**,770 - Speed Grapher (Spring, 12 vols)
**,700 - Gunparade Orchestra (Fall, 3 vols)
**,700 - Amaenaideyo!! (Summer, 5 vols)
**,675 - Precure: Futari wa Precure Max Heart (Winter, 12 vols)
**,575 - Zettai Shounen (Spring, 9 vols)
**,**0 - Akagi (Fall, 2 vols)
**,**0 - Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge (Summer, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Buzzer Beater (Winter, 1 vols)
**,**0 - Capeta (Fall, 13 vols)
**,**0 - Gaiking: Legend of Daikuu-Maryuu (Fall, 10 vols)
**,**0 - Gallery Fake (Winter, 3 vols)
**,**0 - Ginban Kaleidoscope (Fall, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Ginga Densetsu Weed (Fall, 13 vols)
**,**0 - Glass no Kamen (Spring, 13 vols)
**,**0 - Happy Seven ~The TV Manga~ (Fall, 7 vols)
**,**0 - IGPX (Fall, 9 vols)
**,**0 - Izumo: Takeki Tsurugi no Senki (Spring, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Kakutou Bijin Wulong (Fall, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Kidou Shinsengumi Moeyo Ken (Summer, 5 vols)
**,**0 - Koi Koi 7 (Spring, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Kyoushoku Soukou Guyver (2005) (Summer, 3 vols)
**,**0 - Lime-iro Senkitan (Winter, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Magical Canan (Winter, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo (Summer, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Paradise Kiss (Fall, 3 vols)
**,**0 - Peach Girl (Winter, 9 vols)
**,**0 - Petopeto-san (Summer, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Solty Rei (Fall, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!! (Winter, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Tide-Line Blue (Summer, 7 vols)

Note: '0' does not literally mean zero, it means no volume ever ranked in any format.
Note: Utawarerumono and Code Geass BDs started much later (2008-2009), but are included on a technicality.

something · #10 12-28-2012, 02:54 PM

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2006 Total Average Sales, TV/ONA
Key: Total Average - Title - # Vols - Format breakdown (if applicable)

10,000+
45,366 - Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch (Fall, 9 vols) 45,366 DVD (90%) / 5,185 BD (11%)
41,037 - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (Spring, 8 vols)
26,047 - Fate/stay night (Winter, 8 vols)
18,170 - Kanon (2006) (Fall, 8 vols)
15,447 - Gintama Season 1 (Spring, 12 vols)
15,021 - Death Note (Fall, 13 vols)
12,523 - Bleach Soul Society Kyuushutsu-hen (Winter, 5 vols)

5,000-9,999
*9,590 - Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (Fall, 4 vols)
*9,240 - Aria the Natural (Spring, 9 vols)
*8,587 - Negima!? (Fall, 9 vols)
*7,776 - Utawarerumono (Spring, 4 vols) 7,525 DVD (97%) / 251 BD (4%)
*7,376 - NANA (Spring, 17 vols)
*6,693 - Aa Megami-sama Sorezore no Tsubasa (Spring, 8 vols)
*6,378 - Juuousei (Spring, 4 vols)
*6,302 - Ouran Koukou Host-bu (Spring, 9 vols)
*6,110 - Hachimitsu to Clover II (Summer, 4 vols)
*5,879 - Zero no Tsukaima (Summer, 6 vols)
*5,491 - Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage (Fall, 6 vols)
*5,433 - xxxHOLiC (Spring, 8 vols)
*5,423 - Black Lagoon (Spring, 6 vols)
*5,186 - D.Gray-man (Fall, 26 vols)

3,000-4,999
*4,700 - Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Spring, 9 vols)
*4,077 - Kin-iro no Corda (Fall, 9 vols)
*3,697 - Shounen Onmyouji (Fall, 13 vols)
*3,584 - Binchou-tan (Winter, 3 vols)
*3,152 - Super Robot Taisen OG: Divine Wars (Fall, 9 vols)
*3,122 - Saiunkoku Monogatari (Spring, 13 vols)
*3,121 - Inukami! (Spring, 9 vols)
*3,073 - Yoake Mae Yori Ruri-iro na - Crescent Love (Fall, 6 vols)

1,000-2,999
*2,964 - School Rumble Nigakki (Spring, 9 vols)
*2,810 - Busou Renkin (Fall, 9 vols)
*2,800 - Kujibiki Unbalance (Fall, 3 vols)
*2,742 - Gakuen Heaven (Spring, 6 vols)
*2,659 - Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ (Winter, 7 vols)
*2,580 - Witchblade (Spring, 8 vols)
*2,496 - Kishin Houkou Demonbane (Spring, 6 vols)
*2,304 - Renkin 3-kyuu Magical Pokaan (Spring, 3 vols)
*2,277 - Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (Fall, 4 vols)
*2,269 - Strawberry Panic (Spring, 9 vols)
*2,140 - Ayakashi (Winter, 3 vols)
*1,960 - .hack//Roots (Spring, 9 vols)
*1,934 - Tactical Roar (Winter, 7 vols)
*1,900 - Happiness! (Fall, 6 vols)
*1,855 - Zegapain (Spring, 9 vols)
*1,788 - Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (Winter, 3 vols)
*1,727 - Pumpkin Scissors (Fall, 8 vols)
*1,710 - Mamoru-kun ni Megami no Shukufuku wo! (Fall, 12 vols)
*1,658 - Galaxy Angel Rune (Fall, 7 vols)
*1,624 - Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi (Fall, 8 vols)
*1,556 - Ghost Hunt (Fall, 11 vols)
*1,538 - Tsuyokiss Cool x Sweet (Summer, 6 vols)
*1,484 - Chocotto Sister (Summer, 8 vols)
*1,435 - Bakumatsu Kikansetsu Irohanihoheto (Fall, 9 vols)
*1,336 - Yomigaeru Sora -Rescue Wings- (Winter, 7 vols)
*1,324 - Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe Wieder (Winter, 7 vols)
*1,320 - Joshikousei Girl's High (Spring, 3 vols)
*1,317 - Air Gear (Spring, 5 vols)
*1,313 - Princess Princess (Spring, 6 vols)
*1,273 - 009-1 (Fall, 6 vols)
*1,259 - Binbou Shimai Monogatari (Summer, 5 vols)
*1,200 - Tokimeki Memorial Only Love (Fall, 9 vols)
*1,191 - Ergo Proxy (Winter, 9 vols)
*1,125 - Koisuru Tenshi Angelique ~Kokoro no Mezameru Toki~ (Summer, 5 vols)
*1,120 - Simoun (Spring, 9 vols)
*1,115 - Kage Kara Mamoru! (Winter, 4 vols)
*1,096 - Souten no Ken (Fall, 9 vols)
*1,094 - Shinigami no Ballad. (Winter, 3 vols)
*1,092 - Lovely Idol (Fall, 7 vols)
*1,068 - Gift ~eternal rainbow~ (Fall, 7 vols)
*1,027 - Sumomo mo Momomo (Fall, 9 vols)

0-999
**,921 - Muteki Kanban Musume (Summer, 6 vols)
**,890 - Shijou Saikyou no Deshi Kenichi (Fall, 13 vols)
**,880 - Night Head Genesis (Summer, 6 vols)
**,850 - Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari ~Eien e no Bunkiten~ (Fall, 3 vols)
**,837 - Gin-iro no Olynssis (Fall, 6 vols)
**,786 - Soul Link (Spring, 6 vols)
**,765 - Amaenaideyo!! Katsu!! (Winter, 5 vols)
**,750 - Coyote Ragtime Show (Summer, 6 vols)
**,750 - Black Blood Brothers (Fall, 6 vols)
**,725 - Play Ball 2nd (Winter, 7 vols)
**,720 - NHK ni Youkoso! (Summer, 12 vols)
**,678 - The Third ~Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo~ (Spring, 12 vols)
**,658 - Asatte no Houkou (Fall, 6 vols)
**,600 - Soukou no Strain (Fall, 7 vols)
**,535 - Marginal Prince -Gekkeiju no Oujitachi- (Fall, 7 vols)
**,480 - Chevalier (Summer, 12 vols)
**,475 - Precure: Futari wa Precure Splash Star (Winter, 13 vols)
**,**0 - Bokura ga Ita (Summer, 9 vols)
**,**0 - Glass no Kantai (Spring, 9 vols)
**,**0 - Hataraki Man (Fall, 4 vols)
**,**0 - Himawari! (Spring, 4 vols)
**,**0 - Hime-sama Goyoujin (Spring, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Innocent Venus (Summer, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo (Winter, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Kami-sama Kazoku (Spring, 5 vols)
**,**0 - Kekkaishi (Fall, 17 vols)
**,**0 - Kemonozume (Summer, 1 vols)
**,**0 - Kiba (Spring, 13 vols)
**,**0 - Lemon Angel Project (Winter, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Majikano (Winter, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Makai Senki Disgaea (Spring, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyousei Torishimarikan Zaizen Joutarou (Summer, 1 vols)
**,**0 - Nerima Daikon Brothers (Winter, 4 vols)
**,**0 - Nishi ni Yoki Majo Astrea Testament (Spring, 7 vols)
**,**0 - Project Blue Chikyuu SOS (Summer, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Rakugo Tennyo Oyui (Winter, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Ray the Animation (Spring, 6 vols)
**,**0 - REC (Winter, 1 vols)
**,**0 - Red Garden (Fall, 4 vols)
**,**0 - Ring ni Kakero 1 - Nichibei Kessen-hen (Spring, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Sasami Mahou Shoujo Club season 2 (Fall, 5 vols)
**,**0 - Sasami Mahou Shoujo Club (Spring, 5 vols)
**,**0 - TOKKO (Spring, 2 vols)
**,**0 - Tokyo Tribe 2 (Fall, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Tonagura! (Summer, 6 vols)
**,**0 - Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge (Fall, 8 vols)
**,**0 - Yume Tsukai (Spring, 6 vols)

Note: '0' does not literally mean zero, it means no volume ever ranked in any format.
Note: Utawarerumono and Code Geass BDs started much later (2008-2009), but are included on a technicality.

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