Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by something

Yeah, doing 2,156 for a BD set when your original sales were 3,389/disc is really quite good.

Melancholic, my guess is that the huge success of Durarara!! (which is of course by the same animation studio and same original author) is what influenced a lot of people to go back and take a second look at Baccano even if they didn't pay attention to it initially.

It would be interesting if this prompted a sequel series for Baccano!, especially if they feel they need to wait a bit for the proper time to do a second DRRR!! series.

[angelx03]

Originally Posted by Suwako Moriya

I have no idea, I still have yet to give it past episode and not sure if I ever will.

So this is going to be one of those series where it took at least a quarter of the series in order to get good, huh?

[something]

Originally Posted by angelx03

So this is going to be one of those series where it took at least a quarter of the series in order to get good, huh?

Well, enough people had to like it to still be watching late in I guess. I dropped after ep 1 though.

There's a site where you can track how unreleased discs are ranking on Amazon Japan, and Suzuku noted this on January 9th:

Originally Posted by Suzuku

Also this week's/today's Star Driver episode has caused it to shoot up as well in the amazon rankings, from the 150's to the high 10's-low 20's. Admittedly, this week's SD episode was probably the best so far for me.

So maybe ~4 eps ago.

[TJR]

Originally Posted by angelx03

Geez, how many episodes did it take for the otaku to finally take an interest in Star Driver?

Star Driver has gotten a ton of hype from "sakuga otaku". By that, I mean the people who obsess over individual animators, their trademark styles, the quality and creativity of key frames, etc. Aniplex assembled a star-studded team (week after week at that) to work on this show, and it wasn't too long before the hype spread to more general fans of anime.

I wouldn't say that animation alone can sell a show, but the cult following that emerged definitely propelled this one to new heights.

Just look at how Milky Holmes flew off around the middle of its run. Naturally, the numbers don't compare to Star Drivers, but it was looking to be a total (and expected) bomb until a vocal following gave it visibility. The producers wisely hired some renowned animators too.

[Suzuku]

Actually, Milky didn't take off until after its last episode, so I don't think that has much to do with it. Likewise, Star Driver didn't start to sale well until like four weeks ago.

Originally Posted by something

Gah, so busy this week and I even skipped a bunch of stuff.

I'm considering going back and translating the full lists from 2011 onward (or maybe the end of 2010 onward to catch the early Fall Vol. 1s) though it'll have to happen later in the day. Too much time needed to do so when posting from work. These things come out with really bad timing for me.

I have the lists fully translated from the 12/16 week to now, so I can copy/past them here if you want.

Originally Posted by something

So maybe ~4 eps ago.

Yep.

[sickVisionz]

Originally Posted by TJR

Star Driver has gotten a ton of hype from "sakuga otaku". By that, I mean the people who obsess over individual animators, their trademark styles, the quality and creativity of key frames, etc.

I've been hearing the name of this show and never checked it out but reading that paragraph makes me really really really want to see it. I can't watch a show solely for animation but I can watch a show with a story decent enough to get from one well animated fight/sequence (I've been awe struck by hair flowing) to the next.

Hell, most of the shounen I watch and enjoy fits into this category and all the shounen I dislike is because the animation doesn't get good enough quick enough.

[ilmaestro]

Originally Posted by Fencedude

Railgun is a significantly better show than Index. Sidestory or not, its just better done.

It seems the Index/Railgun team is better at expanding material to fit the alloted space than cutting it down.

(also this season of Index is just...not very good, the last two arcs in particular were bordering on being outright bad)

I think the second series of Index has also been adapted less to the tone of the novels than the first, they have cut out a lot of the long speechs about the series' religious history and some of the more incidental character interaction (this was possibly inevitable from being semi-forced into adapting one more novel than they did for the first series) - so whatever anyone's opinion of that, it is a bit of a disconnect. Whereas I think the original content for Railgun was very faithful in tone to the series as a whole.

[something]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

I have the lists fully translated from the 12/16 week to now, so I can copy/past them here if you want.

Oh, hah, I read this just now as I was coming here to post exactly that. Well, thanks for the offer, would have saved me some time if I'd checked first. Well, not that I mind doing it, and at least I have a format down now that I can use going forward. I'll probably work backwards earlier than 12/13~12/20 over time.

Gonna link these in the 2010/2011 indexes as well.

[something]

This week was posted in the prior thread, but I don't want to revive it just for this.

Weekly rank | Previous week | Weekly sales | Total sales | # weeks on list | Title

Note: LE is assumed unless it doesn't exist or otherwise specified.
Note: Bold for the TV anime Vol. 1s.

2010 12/13~12/19 Oricon DVD Top 100
**1 *** 96,014 *,*96,014 **1 Gintama Benizakura-hen LE
**4 *** 19,667 *,*19,667 **1 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
*10 *** 11,076 *,*11,076 **1 Gintama Benizakura-hen RE
*12 *** 10,611 *,*10,611 **1 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Gen'ei no Hasha Zoroark
*28 *** *4,249 *,**4,249 **1 To Aru Majutsu no Index DVD Box v1 LE
*30 *** *3,776 *,**3,776 **1 K-ON!! v6
*38 *** *3,137 *,**3,137 **1 BLEACH Zanpakuto Ibun-hen v8
*42 *** *2,820 *,**2,820 **1 Katekyou Hitman REBORN! Primo Family-hen v2
*52 *** *2,311 *,**2,311 **1 TRIGUN Badlands Rumble
*59 *56 *2,057 1,045,545 469 Tonari no Totoro
*62 *** *1,971 *,**1,971 **1 Kuroneko New Series - Shin Kisetsu no Kuruneko v1
*64 *** *1,902 *,**1,902 **1 Heartcatch Precure! v7
*73 *** *1,554 *,**1,554 **1 To Aru Majutsu no Index DVD Box v1 RE
*80 *** *1,469 *,**1,469 **1 Amagami SS v4 - Tanamachi Kaoru Part 2
*86 *55 *1,344 *,*59,102 **6 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v2
*88 *** *1,330 *,**1,330 **1 Amagami SS v5 - Nakata Sae Part 1
*92 *** *1,283 *,**1,283 **1 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu RE
*98 178 *1,185 *,*21,563 *18 EMOTION the Best Saraba Uchuu Senkan Yamato Ai no Senshitachi
100　*72 *1,156 *,**9,812 **4 Crayon Shin-chan Choujigen! Arashi wo Yobu Ora no Hanayome

2010 12/13~12/19 Oricon BD Top 50
*1 ** 77,056 *77,056 *1 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu LE
*2 ** 28,260 *28,260 *1 K-ON!! v6
*5 ** 18,026 *18,026 *1 Black★Rock Shooter LE
*9 ** *4,747 **4,747 *1 TRIGUN Badlands Rumble
11 ** *3,756 **3,756 *1 Amagami SS v4 - Tanamachi Kaoru Part 2
12 ** *3,494 **3,494 *1 Amagami SS v5 - Nakata Sae Part 1
15 ** *2,030 **2,030 *1 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu RE
17 *8 *1,957 *69,243 *4 Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st
24 12 *1,227 100,221 *6 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v2
28 ** *1,093 **1,093 *1 Precure All Stars DX - Minna Tomodachi ☆Kiseki no Zenin Daishuugou!
34 37 **,791 *35,601 *5 K-ON!! v5
35 ** **,734 ***,734 *1 Black★Rock Shooter RE
38 30 **,700 *34,000 *4 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu BD Box
50 (479)

*3 ** 19,385 *19,385 *1 Macross F Music Clip Collection - Nyan Kuri

[something]

Weekly rank | Previous week | Weekly sales | Total sales | # weeks on list | Title

Note: LE is assumed unless it doesn't exist or otherwise specified.
Note: Bold for the TV anime Vol. 1s.

2010 12/20~12/26 Oricon DVD Top 100
*4 ** 26,662 *,*26,662 **1 Kidou Senshi Gundam OO -A wakening of the Trailblazer-
*5 ** 25,994 *,*25,994 **1 ONE PIECE Log Collection "CHOPPER"
*6 ** 24,322 *,*24,322 **1 ONE PIECE Log Collection "GRAND LINE"
14 ** 10,767 *,*10,767 **1 Durarara!! v11
15 ** 10,468 *,*10,468 **1 Angel Beats! v7
16 ** 10,351 *,*10,351 **1 Hakuouki Hekketsuroku v1
17 *1 96,014 *,106,323 **2 Gintama Benizakura-hen LE
22 *1 *9,271 *,**9,271 **1 Hetalia World Series v4
32 ** *6,733 *,**6,733 **1 Kuroshitsuji II v4
36 *4 *6,213 *,*25,880 **2 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
42 12 *5,595 *,*16,206 **2 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl - Gen'ei no Hasha Zoroark
46 ** *5,093 *,**5,093 **1 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai v1
55 ** *4,506 *,**4,506 **1 Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~ v7
62 10 *3,922 *,*14,998 **2 Gintama Benizakura-hen RE
64 ** *3,755 *,**3,755 **1 G-SELECTION Kidou Shinseiki Gundam X DVD Box
68 59 *3,527 1,049,072 470 Tonari no Totoro
70 ** *3,374 *,**3,374 **1 "Bungaku Shoujo" Memoire III -Koisuru Otome no Kyousoukyoku (Rhapsody)
72 ** *3,229 *,**3,229 **1 Nurarihyon no Mago v4
73 ** *3,166 *,**3,166 **1 EMOTION the Best Kyuukyoku Choujin R
77 ** *2,973 *,**2,973 **1 Tennis no Ouji-sama - TV Anime Pair Pri v8
83 ** *2,686 *,**2,686 **1 Tennis no Ouji-sama - TV Anime Pair Pri v7
85 ** *2,593 *,**2,593 **1 Motto To LOVE-Ru v2
86 ** *2,587 *,**2,587 **1 Strike Witches 2 v4
100 (2,218)

26 ** *7,811 *,**7,811 **1 Mizuki Nana Live Games x Academy -Blue-
27 ** *7,636 *,**7,636 **1 Mizuki Nana Live Games x Academy -Red-
** ** *2,030 *,*10,979 **2 Macross F Music Clip Collection - Nyan Kuri
** ** **,739 *,***,739 **1 Mecha Motte Iinchou - Kayou Matsuri 2010 "Minna de Utaimasuwa~!"
** ** **,724 *,**2,558 **2 Katekyou Hitman REBORN! OP&ED Movie Collection


2010 12/20~12/26 Oricon BD Top 50
*1 ** 58,556 *58,556 *1 Kidou Senshi Gundam OO -A wakening of the Trailblazer- COMPLETE EDITION
*3 ** 19,329 *19,329 *1 Angel Beats! v7
*4 ** 18,085 *18,085 *1 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai v1
*6 ** 15,501 *15,501 *1 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
*8 *1 12,798 *89,854 *2 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
*9 ** 10,066 *10,066 *1 Kidou Senshi Gundam OO -A wakening of the Trailblazer-
10 ** *9,906 **9,906 *1 Strike Witches 2 v4
14 ** *6,181 **6,181 *1 Shinryaku! Ikamusume v1
16 ** *5,862 **5,862 *1 Yosuga no Sora v1
20 ** *4,148 **4,148 *1 Tamayura v2
21 ** *4,045 **4,045 *1 Gakuen Mokushiroku - HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD v4
24 ** *3,638 **3,638 *1 Motto To LOVE-Ru v2
27 ** *3,368 **3,368 *1 Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls v2
28 ** *3,229 **3,229 *1 Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~ v5
31 *2 *2,910 *31,170 *2 K-ON!! v6
32 ** *2,767 **2,767 *1 Sora no Otoshimono Forte v1
36 *5 *2,416 *20,442 *2 Black★Rock Shooter
38 ** *2,219 **2,219 *1 Mokei Senshi GunPla Builders Beginning G Collector's Edition
39 ** *2,127 **2,127 *1 Panty&Stocking with Garterbelt v1
41 ** *2,033 **2,033 *1 Ookiku Furikabutte ~Natsu no Taikai-hen~ v7
42 ** *2,021 **2,021 *1 Asobi ni Iku yo! v4
44 ** *1,718 **1,718 *1 Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru v1
45 ** *1,691 **1,691 *1 OVA ToHeart2 adnext v2
46 ** *1,601 **1,601 *1 Fortune Arterial -Akai Yakusoku- v1
48 ** *1,481 **1,481 *1 Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin v4
49 17 *1,355 *70,598 *5 Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st
50 (1,352)

*5 ** 15,580 *15,580 *1 Mizuki Nana Live Games x Academy -Blue-
*7 ** 14,922 *14,922 *1 Mizuki Nana Live Games x Academy -Red-
37 *3 *2,333 *21,718 *2 Macross F Music Clip Collection - Nyan Kuri