Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

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http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-5156.html

Second week sales, 10,721, total 76,233. Again, this is all versions, no way to tell the split between RE and BD bundle LE.

If the 89.46% sell-through rate in the first week is roughly correct this would imply it's got to be virtually out of stock at this point, as 10.7k would technically take it over 100%. Maybe they already shipped more.

[something]

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=363695

26, *,*27,007 *,115,741 Nichijou vol.7

Does anyone know how Nichijou was selling before the anime? I can't remember if I've asked this yet or not. But I was surprised to see it well over 100k in its second week for this volume.

11, *7,800 302,971 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai vol.1

Haganai officially breaks 300k, congrats to it.

[something]

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

Full list is out, and the following was added on the BD side. Original post has been updated accordingly.


2011 10/31~11/06 BD List
-- (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

Got some second weeks for last week's v1s after all.


Summer update:
Idolmaster v1 adds 580, total 6,044.

PingDrum v1 adds 510, total 6,376.


Spring update:
AoEx v5 adds 551/968, total 11,426.

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

[Suzuku]

Originally Posted by something

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=363695

26, *,*27,007 *,115,741 Nichijou vol.7

Does anyone know how Nichijou was selling before the anime? I can't remember if I've asked this yet or not. But I was surprised to see it well over 100k in its second week for this volume.

Nichijou 6 didn't manage to rank, but Nichijou 5 only did 34,856 copies on record. The anime definitely helped sales a fair bit. Given Kadokawa pricing and this sizable jump in manga sales, I don't think we can call the anime a failure in itself, just a failure by Kyoani standards.

[something]

Originally Posted by Suzuku

Nichijou 6 didn't manage to rank, but Nichijou 5 only did 34,856 copies on record. The anime definitely helped sales a fair bit. Given Kadokawa pricing and this sizable jump in manga sales, I don't think we can call the anime a failure in itself, just a failure by Kyoani standards.

Wow, that's pretty damn good. 35k to unranked to 117k? I don't know how much it makes up for whatever losses the anime has incurred, but a 3-4x increase in manga sales has to count for a lot.

I'm assuming 6 was unranked because it was split between bundle (ep 0 OVA) and non-bundle versions, so it was probably about the same as or more than v5, but either way that's a really nice increase, and Vol. 7 is the first volume since the anime started.

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http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/239

The below are all third week additions to discs that previously ranked for two weeks, except Working!! BD box which is a 4th week.

Newtype Monthly Ranking
UtaPri v1 DVD +302, total 24,685.

Madoka v6 DVD +248, total 66,642. Puts it over v5, and a whole 6 copies behind v3. The stability of the last four volumes of this is just crazy. Less than 1,000 separating them, 66467 min (v5), 67396 max (v4).

Infinite Stratos v6 DVD +283, total 31,344. Average is now 33,707.

Hetalia WS v8 DVD +265, total 7,356. Average is now 10,317.

Index II v8 BD +237, total 15,842. Average is now 16,994.

Yuru Yuri v1 BD +207, total 10,759.

Hanasaku v3 BD +181, total 9,128.


Anime Power Ranking:
Working!! BD Box +214, total 8,730.

Working stays in 8th among re-release BD boxes of TV series:

...
¥*310.4m (*4,960 * ￥62,580) - Clannad
¥*293.3m (*8,730 * ￥33,600) - Working!!
¥*236.5m (*5,499 * ￥43,000) - Fate/stay night
...

[yFSC]

What's up with Mirai Nikki? I figured Japan would eat it up like hotcakes, but it doesn't seem to be doing too well.

[something]

Originally Posted by yFSC

What's up with Mirai Nikki? I figured Japan would eat it up like hotcakes, but it doesn't seem to be doing too well.

Dunno, I never expected more than a couple thousand for it. Probably about what it'll get. Horror series don't seem to tear up the charts or anything.

[Alphanega]

Originally Posted by something

Dunno, I never expected more than a couple thousand for it. Probably about what it'll get. Horror series don't seem to tear up the charts or anything.

Actually I kind of expected it to sell on virtue of Yuno being the goddess of yandere (literally in fact since she;s named after a jealous goddess).

[Suzuku]

Mirai Nikki has always been more popular in the west than the east. The manga only sold 50-80k on average when it was in serialization, which isn't bad but it's not a hit or anything. Just about average to slightly above. Anime sales seem on track to reflect this.