Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

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http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=285183

Preliminary list, all to report is that KnK Epilogue DVD is up 2,286 to 21,260. Guessing this will be a slow week.

[something]

Originally Posted by something

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=285183
Preliminary list

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi.../1293278942/41
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-836.html

Full list. 760 DVD threshold, 340 BD.

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 02/01~02/07 Oricon DVD Top 100
22 **5 2,286 *,*21,260 **2 Kara no Kyoukai Epilogue
36 *18 1,775 *,*29,156 **3 ONE PIECE Log Collection “ARABASTA”
39 *19 1,652 *,*27,753 **3 ONE PIECE Log Collection “VIVI”
49 *11 1,340 *,*10,878 **2 Sengoku Basara 2 v5
52 --- 1,264 *,**1,264 **1 Uchuu Show e Youkoso
58 *62 1,189 *,*47,161 **8 Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 -A wakening of the Trailblazer-
69 --- *,952 *,***,952 **1 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge v2
88 106 *,836 1,057,362 477 Tonari no Totoro
100 (*,760)

2010 02/01~02/07 Oricon BD Top 50
*2 -- 3,994 **3,994 *1 Uchuu Show e Youkoso LE
*5 *2 1,783 *26,541 *2 Kara no Kyoukai BD Box
*9 -- 1,200 **1,200 *1 Uchuu Show e Youkoso RE
10 -- 1,189 **1,189 *1 Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge v2
20 27 *,645 *77,796 *8 Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 -A wakening of the Trailblazer- Complete Edition
25 20 *,541 **8,841 *3 STAR DRIVER Kagayaki no Takuto v1
29 36 *,504 105,034 12 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v2
31 32 *,491 *16,738 *8 Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 -A wakening of the Trailblazer-
32 16 *,478 *18,968 *3 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai v2
35 45 *,427 *21,682 *7 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
40 -- *,387 450,062 24 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha (EVANGELION:2.22 You Can (Not) Advance)
41 *7 *,381 **4,123 *2 Katanagatari v11 Dokutou Mekki
43 24 *,374 101,074 *9 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu
46 -- *,357 **2,513 *2 Baccano VD Box
50 26 *,340 *30,667 *4 K-ON!! v7


Fall update:
Star Driver Vol. 1 is up 541 to 13,912.

Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga nai Vol. 2 gets another 478 to 23,801.

Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge Vol. 2 starts at 1,189/952 for 2,141.


Summer update:
none


Spring updates:
K-ON!!
!! Vol 1: 42,433 (12 wk)
!! Vol 2: 39,247 (*9 wk)
!! Vol 3: 38,747 (*7 wk)
!! Vol 4: 38,019 (*5 wk)
!! Vol 5: 39,707 (*5 wk)
!! Vol 6: 36,756 (*5 wk)
!! Vol 7: 34,146 -> 34,486 (*4 wk) - adds 340.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Uchuu Show e Youkoso (Welcome to the Space Show) does 3,994/1,200 and 1,264 for 6,458.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Awakening of the Trailblazer adds 645/491 BDs and 1,189 DVDs to 141,695 total for all versions.

Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu adds 374 for 133,674. This will probably be one of the last times it charts, though it could pop in with a couple hundred here and there in really slow weeks.

Kara no Kyoukai epilogue goes up 2,286 to 21,260 and the BD box is up 1,783 to 26,541.


Link to Vol. 1 Sales by Season

[DiGiKerot]

Originally Posted by something

Uchuu Show e Youkoso (Welcome to the Space Show) does 3,994/1,200 and 1,264 for 6,458.

Awwww, this makes me kind of sad.

[something]

Originally Posted by DiGiKerot

Awwww, this makes me kind of sad.

Was a bit curious about this too. I have not followed the movie, but was it supposed to be a fairly big release? I just noticed the runtime is over 2 hours. 6k is kind of... low sounding.

[EmperorBrandon]

Originally Posted by something

Was a bit curious about this too. I have not followed the movie, but was it supposed to be a fairly big release? I just noticed the runtime is over 2 hours. 6k is kind of... low sounding.

Well, it's pretty much the next thing from the same team behind R.O.D the TV and Kamichu (did those sell well in Japan?). Not sure how "big" it was supposed to be beyond that.

[angelx03]

Originally Posted by EmperorBrandon

Well, it's pretty much the next thing from the same team behind R.O.D the TV and Kamichu (did those sell well in Japan?). Not sure how "big" it was supposed to be beyond that.

Wasn't this the movie I heard really mixed reviews on due to pacing and wasted concepts?

[something]

Originally Posted by EmperorBrandon

Well, it's pretty much the next thing from the same team behind R.O.D the TV and Kamichu (did those sell well in Japan?). Not sure how "big" it was supposed to be beyond that.

ROD TV averaged 6,737 and BD box did 4,894. Kamichu averaged 5,703 and BD box did 5,689. Both fairly solid sellers with very successful BD boxes.

Space Show is in the same range but a movie should be moving more than a TV series given that it's a one shot release and not sales x8 or x9. When I saw the sales I was thinking Space Show was a half hour OVA, not a 136 min movie.

[DiGiKerot]

Originally Posted by something

Was a bit curious about this too. I have not followed the movie, but was it supposed to be a fairly big release? I just noticed the runtime is over 2 hours. 6k is kind of... low sounding.

Well, we can add at least one onto the LE count since mine isn't technically bought until iM@S2 comes out next week

In terms of money actually spent on the production of the movie, I'd imagine that Aniplex wanted it to be A Big Deal. It's a pretty darn beautiful movie that must of cost a hell of a lot to produce - I wouldn't be surprised if it was more expensive than any none-Redline movie released last year, anyway. I gather it didn't do particularly good box-office in it's theatrical release either, though.

To be honest, I kind of suspect the problem is that they had absolutely no idea how to position the movie. Too otaku looking for mainstream audiences and too mainsteam-kids movie looking for the otaku audience. To be honest, I kind of wonder if it's got a little too much of Hideyuki Kurata's offbeat sensibility to play well outside the otaku market in Japan, though I suspect it'd play better overseas were it given the opportunity.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by DiGiKerot

In terms of money actually spent on the production of the movie, I'd imagine that Aniplex wanted it to be A Big Deal. It's a pretty darn beautiful movie that must of cost a hell of a lot to produce - I wouldn't be surprised if it was more expensive than any none-Redline movie released last year, anyway. I gather it didn't do particularly good box-office in it's theatrical release either, though.

To be honest, I kind of suspect the problem is that they had absolutely no idea how to position the movie. Too otaku looking for mainstream audiences and too mainsteam-kids movie looking for the otaku audience. To be honest, I kind of wonder if it's got a little too much of Hideyuki Kurata's offbeat sensibility to play well outside the otaku market in Japan, though I suspect it'd play better overseas were it given the opportunity.

2010 was also unusually strong for otaku movies anyway.

Of course, Shoushitsu alone would horribly skew the numbers, much less Nanoha 1st and Itsuwari no Utahime.

[DiGiKerot]

Originally Posted by Fencedude

2010 was also unusually strong for otaku movies anyway.

Of course, Shoushitsu alone would horribly skew the numbers, much less Nanoha 1st and Itsuwari no Utahime.

God, did I really use "To be honest" twice in the same paragraph? That's a terrible habit that I really need to get out of...

But, yeah, I'm not so sure that the numbers are horribly skewed as such, but last year really wasn't a great time to try and launch an original anime movie with all those fan-market super-properties and a new Ghibli movie. You're going to struggle just to get mental bandwidth, yet alone getting people to see it. It really didn't help that there was an unusually large number of less major movies floating around as well.