Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

[Westlo]

Is Gundam AGE gonna flop hardcore? Copy pasta my post.

2.5% for Episode 3 for the people curious about these matters.

Younger audience not watching (maybe an early morning timeslot like what Gurren Lagann and Eureka Seven aired in would've been better for it's target audience?)
BD not selling on Amazon (Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,078 in DVD)
DVD not selling on Amazon (Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,341 in DVD)

Are the models at least getting any interest? Oh well I guess Hino doesn't care as long as his Gundam AGE PSP RPG sells.

Meanwhile Gundam SEED is showing who's boss.. curious to see how that sells.

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Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Did the rest of the list which sold less than the 3,126 threshold come out yet or is that not a thing this week?

Haven't seen it yet. There will be more, those anime BDs only covered the top 20, it's just slow in coming this week. The archive thread hasn't posted them and while I haven't been able to follow the sales discussion threads perfectly, I did skim the last few and haven't noticed anything posted.

Hopefully soon, there could be another 10-20 BDs to add.

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http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...278942/234-235

Full list is out, and the following was added on the DVD and BD side. Original post has not been updated accordingly just yet in terms of the tallies below the chart, I'll get that up when I get out of work. I just wanted to get the chart up now.


2011 10/24~10/30 DVD List
-- (*93) *85 **,845 259,726 20 Karigurashi no Arrietty
-- (*96) --- **,812 ***,812 *1 Katte ni Kaizou v3
100 (*,757)

-- (*28) --- *2,864 **2,864 *1 Infinite Stratos One-off Festival
-- (---) --- **,384 **9,412 *4 Mizuki Nana Live Grace- Orchestra-


2011 10/24~10/30 BD List
-- (21) -- *2,731 **2,731 *1 Katte ni Kaizou v3
-- (22) -- *2,638 **2,638 *1 Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni! v3
-- (25) -- *2,076 **2,076 *1 Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II v4
-- (26) -- *2,045 **2,045 *1 Towa no Quon v3
-- (27) -- *2,020 **2,020 *1 Nichijou v5
-- (32) -- *1,643 **1,643 *1 Sacred Seven v2
-- (33) -- *1,631 **1,631 *1 Gosick v7
-- (35) -- *1,549 **1,549 *1 NO.6 v2
-- (36) -- *1,450 **1,450 *1 Kami-sama Dolls v2
-- (37) -- *1,161 **1,161 *1 Ikoku Meiro no Croisee v2
-- (39) -- *1,109 **1,109 *1 Maria Holic Alive v4
-- (40) -- *1,105 **1,105 *1 C v3
-- (41) -- *1,077 **1,077 *1 Rurouni Kenshin Ishin Shishi e no Requiem
-- (42) -- *1,061 **1,061 *1 Suite Precure BD Box v1
-- (43) -- *1,035 **1,035 *1 Zero no Tsukaima BD Box
-- (44) -- *1,026 **1,026 *1 R-15 v2
-- (45) -- **,948 ***,948 *1 BLOOD-C v2
-- (46) *2 **,925 **7,968 *2 Hanasaku Iroha v4
-- (48) -- **,913 ***,913 *1 Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen no Makyou~ v2
-- (49) -- **,908 ***,908 *1 Kami-sama no Memo-chou v2
-- (50) -- **,842 ***,842 *1 Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa nai v5

-- (*5) -- *8,363 **8,363 *1 Infinite Stratos One-off Festival


Wow, more than 30 anime DVDs in a week, that's incredibly rare.


Summer update:
BakaTest Ni v2 does 2638/1517 for 4,155. Slightly up from v1.

NO.6 v2 sells 1549/1957 for 3,506, a 29% drop from v1 wk 1.

Sacred Seven v2 drops to 1,643 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

KamiDolls v2 does 1,450 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Croisee v2 does 1,161 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

R-15 v2 drops 31% in BDs to 1,026, DVDs don't rank.

Blood-C v2 does 948 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

KamiMemo v2 does 908 BDs, DVDs don't rank.


Spring update:
KamiNomi II v4 does 2,076 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Nichijou v5 does 2,020 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Mariaholic Alive gets 1,109 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

C v3 sells 1,105 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

OreTsuba v5 sells 842 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Hanasaku v4 adds 925 BDs in its second week, total 8,428.


Winter update:
Gosick v7 does 1,631 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Suite Precure first BD release (Box 1 of 4 accompanying the 16 DVDs) sells 1,061. Well, that's about double what its been selling on DVD, I guess. In terms of ¥ it's about 2x as much in sales.

[Megiddo]

So, I may be wrong on this, but I think the Japanese database isn't showing the correct number of points for Fate/Zero or perhaps I don't get how it works.

Right now it's showing that for each day that Fate/Zero was at #1 it earned 331 points. So one would think that's the maximum amount of points it can earn in a day.

However, by taking a look at Persona 4's vol. 1 BD amount of points (30464 at the time of this post), one can see that it easily eclipsed this supposed maximum daily cap. Since it has been available for 71 days, and 71 * 331 = 23501... plus the fact that it hasn't been at #1 position yet so far. I can only think something somewhere is screwed up.

What is even stranger is if you change the maximum number of points for the middle graph on the Fate/Zero page, its points jump all the way up to 19,200 (with a crazy prediction of 300,000+ total points)

All I'm saying is, the database code seems borked somewhere. Or it could just be because I can't read Japanese and it's working as intended despite my aloof tinkering.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by Megiddo

What is even stranger is if you change the maximum number of points for the middle graph on the Fate/Zero page, its points jump all the way up to 19,200 (with a crazy prediction of 300,000+ total points)

Eh? That can't be right...

*goes and looks*

最終予測累積ポイント Blu-ray:314400pt(残り日数123)

LOLWUT

Ok, something is definitely screwy here. I do think they calculate box-sets differently, but this just...can't be right. There is no way they'll sell half, or even a third that amount.

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by something

2011 10/24~10/30 DVD List
-- (*96) --- **,812 ***,812 *1 Katte ni Kaizou v3



2011 10/24~10/30 BD List
-- (21) -- *2,731 **2,731 *1 Katte ni Kaizou v3

This makes me happy. I'd consider that "doing well" for what it is. I want to say that's more than enough for more OVA's, or a single TV series.

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Originally Posted by Megiddo

So, I may be wrong on this, but I think the Japanese database isn't showing the correct number of points for Fate/Zero or perhaps I don't get how it works.
Right now it's showing that for each day that Fate/Zero was at #1 it earned 331 points. So one would think that's the maximum amount of points it can earn in a day.

The database uses a different formula for "high priced" items, where #1 is 331 instead of 1,000. Normally it's a good idea, or re-release boxes end up being waaaaaaaaay over-estimated. Like, the Top wo Nerae BD box said 24,000+ points at one point. Obviously incorrect. With the cut in points to high priced items, estimates for those items became more accurate. They tend to get a couple really high ranked days even if they only end up selling a few thousand, and 1,000 a day skews the numbers even more than it does for individual discs.

However, it remains to be seen how well the adjustment works for initial release boxsets. Basically, we don't have any other similar release to compare to, so it may undercount them. I'd say that's basically guaranteed actually.

You can tell how something is calculated by the icon:
※★はBlu-ray、○はDVD、◎はBOXなどの高額商品を表します。累積ポイントはそれぞれ算出方法が異なっていま す
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※★ is Blu-Ray, ○ is DVD, ◎ is boxsets and high-priced items. The method for calculating accumulated points is different for each.

Oh, and predictions of final points and sales are totally useless for something like F/Z that's been in first all along. The predictions are projected from current behavior. So basically the prediction probably assumed it'll be #1 forever or at least for longer than is likely.

Edit: Oooooooh, Fate box finally fell out of first. It had 193 hourly updates in a row in first, then it fell to #2 behind AKB48 on 2011年 11月 05日 13時 JST.

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http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/238

Full list. 444 DVD threshold, 461 BD.


2011 10/31~11/06 DVD List
*1 (**9) --- 5,410 *,**5,410 **1 WORKING'!! v1
*2 (*12) **8 3,357 *,*13,813 **2 Hakuouki Sekkaroku v4 ~Toudou Heisuke~
*3 (*15) *17 2,720 *,*36,574 **3 Macross Frontier ~Sayonara no Tsubasa~
*4 (*17) --- 2,468 *,**2,468 **1 ONE PIECE 14th Season Marineford-hen v2
*5 (*47) **7 1,379 *,*13,315 **2 Gintama' v4
*6 (*49) *23 1,316 *,**4,749 **2 Sekaiichi Hatsukoi v5
*7 (*53) --- 1,239 *,**1,239 **1 Naruto Shippuden Gokage no Shuuketsu no Jou v3
*9 (*59) *10 1,176 *,*10,526 **2 Tennis no Ouji-sama OVA Another Story II ~Ano Toki no Bokura v2
10 (*67) *15 *,968 *,**6,569 **2 Ao no Exorcist v5
11 (*70) *12 *,918 *,**7,481 **2 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000% v2
13 (*83) --- *,819 1,102,779 515 Tonari no Totoro
16 (*98) *93 *,695 *,260,421 *21 Karigurashi no Arrietty
18 (---) --- *,615 *,***,615 **1 Manyuu Hikenchou v2
20 (---) *20 *,555 *,**4,608 **2 Natsume Yuujinchou v3
21 (---) *21 *,543 *,**4,355 **2 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai v5
22 (---) --- *,539 *,***,539 **1 Soreike! Anpanman Akaana Chappy Yuuki no Christmas
23 (---) --- *,538 *,***,538 **1 Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ v5
24 (---) --- *,509 *,***,509 **1 Fairy Tail v22
25 (---) *31 *,476 *,**3,211 **2 Starry ☆ Sky v9
26 (---) *47 *,462 *,**2,282 **2 Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen no Makyou~ v2
27 (---) --- *,461 *,***,461 **1 Toriko v3
29 (---) --- *,446 *,*41,092 *21 Macross Frontier ~Itsuwari no Utahime~
30 (---) --- *,444 *,***,444 **1 Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi v5


2011 10/31~11/06 BD List
*1 (*4) -- 10,050 *10,050 *1 WORKING'!! v1
*2 (13) -- *1,755 **1,755 *1 Manyuu Hikenchou v2
*3 (15) *2 *1,629 *21,403 *2 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai v5
*4 (18) *1 *1,288 *22,901 *2 Tiger & Bunny v6
*6 (27) -- **,859 ***,859 *1 Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ v5
*8 (29) *3 **,750 *14,550 *2 Steins;Gate v5
*9 (32) -- **,690 ***,690 *1 Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi v5
10 (38) *6 **,585 **5,975 *2 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000% v2
-- (40) 14 **,580 **4,495 *2 Idolmaster v1
-- (44) 13 **,551 **4,857 *2 Ao no Exorcist v5
-- (46) *9 **,510 **5,726 *2 Mawaru Penguindrum v1
-- (48) 11 **,461 **5,322 *2 Dog Days v4

-- (34) *5 **,676 **9,039 *2 Infinite Stratos One-off Festival

Working'!! gets Fall off to a good start. Second weeks are really low almost across the board. Some significant drops from previous volume wk2s.


Fall update:
Working'!! v1 starts at 10050/5410 to total 15,460. I expect far less of a drop between v1 and v2 this season, so this is quite good. Figure it gets to about 18k total, and the whole show could end up... oh, being pessimistic maybe 12k or so, which isn't so bad when season one did 15.2k if you exclude the 32.4k v1 (17.7k with it).


Summer update:
Manyuu v2 does 1755/615 for 2.370.

Idolmaster v1 adds 580, total 6,044.

PingDrum v1 adds 510, total 6,376.

UtaPri v2 adds 585/918 for 13,456. Now 44.8% off v1.

Natsume San v3 adds 555 DVDs, total 10,052.


Spring update:
Sengoku Otome v5 does 859/538, total 1,397.

HoshiKaka v5 does 690/444, total 1,134.

AnoHana v5 adds 1629/543, total 25,758. By far the lowest second week of an volume, 500 lower than v2. Guess it's because wk1 was so close to v4 wk1.

AoEx v5 adds 551/968, total 11,426.

Tiger&Bunny v6 adds 1288 BDs, 24,698 total.

Gintama' v4 adds 1379 for 13,315.

Sekaiichi v5 adds 1316 to total 4,749. One of the exceptions this week, this is its biggest wk2.

Steins;Gate v5 adds 750 BDs, total 15,025.

Dog Days v4 gets a second week and adds 461, total 7,460, leaving it only 105 copies short of v3.


Past seasons:
none


Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica:
Vol 1: 78,237 (12 wk)
Vol 2: 72,507 (*8 wk)
Vol 3: 66,648 (*4 wk)
Vol 4: 67,396 (*9 wk)
Vol 5: 66,467 (*6 wk)
Vol 6: 66,394 -> 66,642 (*5 wk) - Adds 248 DVDs in monthly ranking.
Current average: 69,608
- May retire this list if they don't rank next week. Might not see them again until the yearly list.

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai:
Vol 1: 45,356 (*4 wk)
Vol 2: 32,466 (*4 wk)
Vol 3: 29,510 (*4 wk)
Vol 4: 27,537 (*4 wk)
Vol 5: 23,586 -> 25,758 (*2 wk) - Adds 1629/543.
Vol 6: **,*** (** wk)
Current average: 32,125


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
none

No v1s for two weeks, then Persona and Majikoi.


Link to TV anime top-sellers list
Link to Vol. 1 Sales by Season

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Here's the rankings for Fall 2011 anime, based on first volume sales:

Updated for 12/19/2011 weekly list

39,425 *4 Persona 4 [DVD＋BD]: 2011/11/23
19,613 *3 Working'!! [DVD＋BD]: 2011/11/02
16,349 *1 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon [BD]: 2011/12/22
- - -- - - - - - - - - - - 10,000 Line - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*4,077 *1 Tamayura ~hitotose~ [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21 [●]
*4,046 / *3,421 *2 Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!! [DVD＋BD]: 2011/11/25
*3,624 *1 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2 [DVD]: 2011/12/22
*3,379 *1 Shinryaku!? Ikamusume [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21 [●]
*3,119 *1 Maken-ki! [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/22 [●]
- - - - - - - - - - - Manabi Line (2,899) - - - - - - - - - - -
*2,828 *1 Shakugan no Shana III -Final- [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/22 [●]
*2,336 *1 Mirai Nikki [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/22 [●]
*2,101 *1 Ben-To [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21 [●]
*2,038 *1 C3 [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21 [●]
*1,853 *1 Kimi to Boku. [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21 [●]
**,*** ** Chihayafuru [DVD＋BD]: 2011/12/21




Numbers not yet released:
**,*** ** Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/13
**,*** ** Guilty Crown [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/25
**,*** ** Mashiro-iro Symphony [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/25
**,*** ** Last Exile Ginyoku no Fam [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/25
**,*** ** UN-GO [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/27
**,*** ** Phi Brain Kami no Puzzle [DVD＋BD]: 2012/01/27
**,*** ** Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE [DVD＋BD]: 2012/02/10
**,*** ** Fate/Zero [BD-BOX]: 2012/03/07
**,*** ** Hunter x Hunter (2011) [DVD+BD]: 2012/01/25
**,*** ** Bakuman 2 [DVD+BD]: 2012/??/??


[●] - Only one of the two formats (generally BD) ranked. Numbers incomplete.
##,###/##,### - First number in italicized purple indicates that total includes estimates of DVDs based on >100 ranking lists. Generally only included if believed accurate within 50 copies.

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http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/236

>100 DVD list for the week of 2011 10/24~10/30
100 *,757
101 (*,750) Mayo Chiki v2
109 Towa no Quon v3
117 (*,650) Nichijou v5
118 (*,650) Mawaru Penguindrum v1
122 Tatakau Shisho the Book of Bantorra DVD Box v1
125 Tatakau Shisho the Book of Bantorra DVD Box v2
129 Emotion the Best Ginga Houryuu Vifam 13 DVD Box
131 (*,560) Blood-C v2
132 *,552
146 (*,510) Gosick v7
147 *,503
158 (*,475) Steins;Gate v5
164 (*,450) Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai v5
167 (*,450) Kami-sama no Memo-chou v2
169 Emotion the Best Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami DVD Box v3
174 (*,425) R-15 v2
179 (*,425) Itsuka Tenma no Kurousagi v2
181 Meitantei Conan DVD Part 19 v10
190 Atashinchi Waraeru x Waraeru Kessakusen
196 *,377
197 (*,375) C v3
200 Atashinchi Kyunkyun x Waraeru Kessakusen
205 Atashinchi Honobono x Waraeru Kessakusen
230 (*,325) Ikoku Meiro no Croisee v2
240 (*,325) Softenni v5
258 (*,325) Kami-sama Dolls v2
268 Inazuma Eleven GO v2
278 (*,300) Dantalian no Shoka v2
300 *,265
*** Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel Kyunkyun Tokimeki Paradise!! v2
*** Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai II v4
*** Sacred Seven v2
*** Deadman Wonderland v5
*** Dororon Enma-kun Meera Mera v5
*** Hen Semi v3
*** Maria Holic Alive v4
*** Element Hunter DVD Box v2
*** Emotion the Best Gunparade Orchestra DVD Box
*** Emotion the Best Tide Line Blue DVD Box
*** Emotion the Best Tsubasa Chronicle DVD Box

A lot we can estimate within ~100 discs here, I think, less in most cases. I basically estimate in units of 25 here unless it's really close to a guidepost. I'll go update lists and such later tonight.

Steins;Gate really would have been better off not releasing DVDs at all... I bet anything that if it had aired in Fall '11 or Winter '12, we wouldn't have a DVD option, given that Horizon and Fate have broken that taboo.