Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

[Astrael]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Anyway I'm sure J.C Staff will work her in somehow and/or give her a lot of focus in some anime original SOL style episodes at the start of the season.

Railgun season 1 ended on the day before the Sisters arc begins. One of Saten's urban legends jumpstarts the whole thing, so she'll at least be a focus in the first episode. Original anime material hinges on whether there will be a timeskip in the manga or not. Like how the two weeks between Level Upper and Sisters gave them wiggle room to do Big Spider and Poltergeist. It should be interesting to see if something similar happens with next week's manga chapter.

[ilmaestro]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

Just because a series focuses on girls doesn't guarantee it success

You/we weren't talking about guaranteed success. Your point was about potential success, and that Railgun didn't have any had it not been made by J.C.Staff. As much as I love J.C.Staff, definitely one of my top five favorite studios and maybe even number one, this is an outrageous statement for anyone who has even casually glanced at the original material and the fanbase around the franchise.

[TJR]

Originally Posted by ilmaestro

You/we weren't talking about guaranteed success. Your point was about potential success, and that Railgun didn't have any had it not been made by J.C.Staff. As much as I love J.C.Staff, definitely one of my top five favorite studios and maybe even number one, this is an outrageous statement for anyone who has even casually glanced at the original material and the fanbase around the franchise.

I think he's referring more to the doubling of sales from Index to Railgun, and attributing that success to Tatsuyuki Nagai's direction (as compared to Hiroshi Nishikiori's handling of Index, which produced a solid hit but not a chart topper). His argument is that Railgun would've remained an Index-level success had Nagai not dazzled viewers with some smart project planning and superior storyboarding. Ditto for Toradora!, which was directed by the same person.

The stark difference in commercial and critical response has been enough for the Japanese to take notice, so there's definitely merit to the argument. Nevertheless, I agree that it's difficult to peg just how much of a difference Nagai's involvement made.

[ilmaestro]

Originally Posted by TJR

I think he's referring more to the doubling of sales from Index to Railgun, and attributing that success to Tatsuyuki Nagai's direction

I have no arguement against the fact that the show's success came in part from the way it was adapted. Arguing against this would be total madness. What you have done is presumably guessed at what he said initially from comments on the last couple of pages rather than going back and reading what he said to spark the debate in the first place:

"this team has a history of taking series that normally would have no chance of selling over 10k and making them into hits (i.e. Railgun and Toradora)."

No-one is arguing that Railgun was always a gold-plated guaranteed 20k+ seller. Just that it has obvious qualities that could be turned into a big success if adapted correctly.

[Suzuku]

Originally Posted by ilmaestro

You/we weren't talking about guaranteed success. Your point was about potential success, and that Railgun didn't have any had it not been made by J.C.Staff. As much as I love J.C.Staff, definitely one of my top five favorite studios and maybe even number one, this is an outrageous statement for anyone who has even casually glanced at the original material and the fanbase around the franchise.

What? I never said that, my entire argument was that Railgun's potential success wouldn't have been higher than Index's without Nagai, not that it wouldn't have sold at all. I specifically said it shouldn't have been a 10k+ seller, not that it would have completely bombed. TJR explained pretty much everything I have to say in response to this post.

That aside, I find this both helpful and amusing.

http://img191.imageshack.us/i/20110419040346a21.jpg/

Also, it turns out T&B has 9 volumes, so it'll be 25 episode 2-cour. Sure are a good amount of multi-cour anime this season, and they're all selling well for the most part so far. Hopefully this leads to more being made than have been in the last two years.

[something]

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi.../1293278942/80
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1619.html

Full list. 820 DVD threshold, 271 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.

2011 04/11~04/17 Oricon DVD Top 100
*13 **2 7,460 *,*52,165 **2 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v3
*38 --- 2,659 *,**2,659 **1 Meitantei Conan Magic File 2011
*42 *36 2,035 *,*12,337 **3 Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi DVD Box v1
*45 *13 1,852 *,*11,233 **2 Hakuouki Hekketsuroku v4
*53 **9 1,461 *,*13,488 **2 Sengoku Basara 2 v7
*68 *53 1,162 *,**8,524 **3 Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi DVD Box v2
*72 *85 1,120 1,066,995 486 Tonari no Totoro
*79 *22 1,006 *,**7,129 **2 Kuroshitsuji II v7
100 (*,820)

37 **7 2,751 *,*19,514 **2 Gintama Spring Festival 2010
47 --- 1,832 *,**1,832 **1 Variety DVD Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyou Ranman
61 --- 1,246 *,**1,246 **1 Live Video Neo Romance Starlight Christmas 2010
71 *16 1,124 *,**9,162 **2 Dengeki Bunko Aki Fuyu no Kin de Durarara Wars

100 *,820
110 Infinite Stratos v1
114 Crayon Shin-chan The Best Hotto Kokoro ga Atta Maru Choitto Ii Hanashi Special Feature
121 Majo no Takkyuubin
122 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
131 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai v4
132 Starry ☆ Sky v2
134 To Aru Majutsu no Index II v3
157 Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto v3
170 Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki janain Dakara ne!! v2
284 Yumeiro Patissiere v14 SP Professional


2011 04/11~04/17 Oricon BD Top 50
*3 *1 8,417 *95,429 *2 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v3
11 -- 2,119 **2,119 *1 Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki janain Dakara ne!! v2
14 13 1,732 *25,443 *3 Infinite Stratos v1
18 *2 1,188 *17,147 *2 Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai v4
20 40 *,987 110.260 47 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v1
21 *3 *,941 *12,414 *2 To Aru Majutsu no Index II v3
22 31 *,877 109,650 20 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v2
28 20 *,621 *34,785 *5 K-ON!! v9
33 *6 *,544 **6,266 *2 Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto v3
35 11 *,510 **3,536 *2 .hack//Quantum v3
39 16 *,379 **1,956 *2 Seikon no Qwaser: Jotei no Jouzou Director's Cut
40 54 *,375 *24,419 15 Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
42 10 *,330 **3,466 *2 Mononoke + Ayakashi Bakeneko BD Box
45 *9 *,322 **3,564 *2 Motto To LOVE-Ru v5
50 (*,271)


Relatively small week.

Winter update:
Infinite Stratos adds 1,732 for 34,511.

Onii-chan v2 starts at 2,119 BDs.


Fall update:
OreImo adds 1,188 to reach 21,182.

Index II v3 adds 941 for 16,343.

Hakuouki Hekketsu v4 is up 1,852 for 11,233.

Star Driver v3 adds 544 for 9,030.

Motto To LOVE-Ru v5 plus 322 equals 5,765.


Past seasons:
Basara 2 v7 has a strong second week (so it does indeed come with an OVA) adding 1.461 for 13,488. That makes it the second best selling volume after Vol. 1.

Kuroshitsuji II v7 adds 1,006 for 7,129.


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: 40,484 (*5 wk)
!! Vol 6: 36,756 (*5 wk)
!! Vol 7: 35,144 (*6 wk)
!! Vol 8: 36,205 -> 36,424 (*6 wk) - adds 219 BDs in monthly ranking.
!! Vol 9: 39,206 -> 39,827 (*5 wk) - adds another 621 BDs. Sooo close. At least it's guaranteed to top it now.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Gundam UC v3 adds 8,417/7,460 140,880.

Mononoke/Bakeneko BD box is up to 3,446.

Those Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi boxes are doing rather well.

Next week we see Vol 1s for Fractale and Gosick.

Link to Vol. 1 Sales by Season

[something]

Some monthly updates:
http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi.../1293278942/81

This is going to be quite useful if it get it every month; all of the below could be updated based on it. The anime DVD list is sadly only a top 15, but the BD list is a top 50, so it went all the way down to give us some info on Panty&Stocking.

Basara 2 v7 DVD, +303 to 11,110.
Ikamusume v3 BD, +229 to 9,183.
Index II v2 BD, +180 to 13,192, total 18,116.
K-ON!! v8 BD, +219 to 32,073, total 36,424.
KamiNomi v3 BD, +301 to 2,588.
Kimi ni Todoke S2 v1 DVD + 767 to 7,475.
OreImo v3 BD, +644 to 18,864, total 23,865.
Panty&Stocking v4 BD, +252 to 1,924.

[Suzuku]

***,**1位(***,**0 pt) [-,---予約] 2011年09月21日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 6 【完全生産限定版】 [Blu-ray]
***,**2位(*25,395 pt) [2,418予約] 2011年04月27日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 1 【完全生産限定版】 [Blu-ray]
***,**3位(*12,412 pt) [*,673予約] 2011年08月24日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 5(完全生産限定版) [Blu-ray]
***,**4位(*10,761 pt) [1,529予約] 2011年05月25日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 2 【完全生産限定版】 [Blu-ray]
***,**5位(**7,469 pt) [*,753予約] 2011年07月27日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 4(完全生産限定版) [Blu-ray]
***,**7位(**6,608 pt) [*,925予約] 2011年06月22日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 3 【完全生産限定版】 [Blu-ray]

***,*25位(***,756 pt) [*,293予約] 2011年04月27日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 1 【完全生産限定版】 [DVD]
***,*26位(***,**0 pt) [-,---予約] 2011年09月21日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 6 【完全生産限定版】 [DVD]
***,*56位(***,439 pt) [*,189予約] 2011年05月25日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 2 【完全生産限定版】 [DVD]
***,*66位(***,265 pt) [*,*74予約] 2011年08月24日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 5(完全生産限定版) [DVD]
***,*75位(***,266 pt) [*,*75予約] 2011年07月27日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 4(完全生産限定版) [DVD]
***,*79位(***,286 pt) [*,105予約] 2011年06月22日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 3 【完全生産限定版】 [DVD]

And the Madoka domination has begun once again.

[something]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

***,*25位(***,756 pt) [*,293予約] 2011年04月27日 魔法少女まどか☆マギカ 1 【完全生産限定版】 [DVD]

This is probably the one that impresses me most. Still think it'll fall short of 10k DVDs but it'd be nice if it gets a final bump in the last week.

And yeah, with Vol. 6 up, there must be a significant number of people who are finally ordering the whole series at once.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by something

This is probably the one that impresses me most. Still think it'll fall short of 10k DVDs but it'd be nice if it gets a final bump in the last week.

And yeah, with Vol. 6 up, there must be a significant number of people who are finally ordering the whole series at once.

Final two episodes aired today as well.