Anime Sales in Japan - 2012

[BigOnAnime]

I can smell the second season of Kuroko's Basketball already. I wonder if this will manage to average 10,000 by the time the final volume comes out.

[Hououin91]

Originally Posted by something

Accel World v1 sells 7372/1766 for 9,138.

if AW sold this well. I'm really curious to know how much SAO will do. Horizon level?

[something]

Originally Posted by Hououin91

if AW sold this well. I'm really curious to know how much SAO will do. Horizon level?

If it keeps sitting in the top 20, yeah... it's got to drop eventually, but if it continues to be as well received as it has been I won't be too shocked. There's a long time until release week though.

[something]

2012 Total Average Sales, TV/ONA
Note: This list is incomplete. Some 2012 series will not complete until late 2013 and chart into 2014 (yearly rankings). I will keep this list periodically up to date, but not weekly.

Key: Total Average - Title - # Vols - Format breakdown (if applicable)
Updated as of 2012/12/03 list

10,000+
60,107 - Nisemonogatari (Winter, 5 vols) 8,532 DVD (15%) / 51,575 BD (86%)
45,804 - Fate/Zero Second Season (Spring, 1 vols)
38,212 - Sword Art Online (Summer, 9 vols) 7,779 DVD (21%) / 30,434 BD (80%)
23,183 - Kuroko no Basuke (Spring, 9 vols) 12,698 DVD (55%) / 10,485 BD (46%)
21,283 - Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II (Summer, 7 vols)
10,622 - Inu x Boku SS (Winter, 7 vols) 5,246 DVD (50%) / 5,376 BD (51%)


5,000-9,999
*9,800 - Hyouka (Spring, 11 vols) 1,203 DVD (13%) / 8,598 BD (88%)
*9,751 - High School DxD (Winter, 6 vols) 2,345 DVD (25%) / 7,406 BD (76%)
*9,269 - Natsume Yuujin-chou Shi (Winter, 5 vols) 4,016 DVD (44%) / 5,253 BD (57%)
*9,044 - Accel World (Spring, 8 vols) 1,564 DVD (18%) / 7,480 BD (83%)
*8,751 - Dog Days' (Summer, 6 vols) 2,187 DVD (25%) / 6,564 BD (76%)
*8,526 - Tari Tari (Summer, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / 8,526 BD (100%)
*7,857 - Yuru Yuri♪♪ (Summer, 6 vols) 1,253 DVD (16%) / 6,604 BD (85%)
*7,564 - Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama (Winter, 7 vols) 6,273 DVD (83%) / 1,292 BD (18%)
*7,337 - Mouretsu Pirates (Winter, 7 vols) 278 DVD (4%) / 7,059 BD (97%)
*7,147 - Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (Spring, 6 vols) 1,098 DVD (16%) / 6,049 BD (85%)
*6,951 - Ano Natsu de Matteru (Winter, 6 vols) 315 DVD (5%) / 6,637 BD (96%)
*6,462 - Aquarion EVOL (Winter, 9 vols) 1,387 DVD (22%) / 5,076 BD (79%)
*6,120 - Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (Summer, 9 vols) 886 DVD (15%) / 5,235 BD (86%)
*5,610 - Saki Achiga-hen episode of side - A (Spring, 9 vols) 392 DVD (7%) / 5,219 BD (94%)
*5,553 - Hakuouki Reimeiroku (Summer, 6 vols) 4,145 DVD (75%) / 1,409 BD (26%)
*5,286 - Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (Summer, 6 vols) 741 DVD (15%) / 4,546 BD (86%)
*5,152 - K (Fall, 7 vols) 1,562 DVD (31%) / 3,590 BD (70%)


3,000-4,999
*4,884 - AKB0048 (Spring, 5 vols) 1,179 DVD (25%) / 3,705 BD (76%)
*4,866 - Oda Nobuna no Yabou (Summer, 6 vols) 791 DVD (17%) / 4,075 BD (84%)
*4,824 - Senki Zesshou Symphogear (Winter, 6 vols) 780 DVD (17%) / 4,045 BD (84%)
*4,351 - Joshiraku (Summer, 6 vols) 700 DVD (17%) / 3,652 BD (84%)
*4,351 - Eureka Seven AO (Spring, 9 vols) 438 DVD (11%) / 3,913 BD (90%)
*4,206 - Lupin the Third Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna (Spring, 1 vols) 1,404 DVD (34%) / 2,802 BD (67%)
*4,140 - Amagami SS+ plus (Winter, 7 vols) 854 DVD (21%) / 3,286 BD (80%)
*4,041 - Black Rock Shooter (Winter, 1 vols) 749 DVD (19%) / 3,292 BD (82%)
*3,848 - Jormungand (Spring, 6 vols) 615 DVD (16%) / 3,234 BD (85%)
*3,785 - Campione! (Summer, 7 vols) 1,079 DVD (29%) / 2,707 BD (72%)
*3,730 - Natsu-iro Kiseki (Spring, 7 vols) 1,611 DVD (44%) / 2,119 BD (57%)
*3,510 - Tsuritama (Spring, 6 vols) 1,557 DVD (45%) / 1,953 BD (56%)
*3,469 - Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai! (Winter, 5 vols) 362 DVD (11%) / 3,108 BD (90%)
*3,369 - Queen's Blade Rebellion (Spring, 6 vols) 1,037 DVD (31%) / 2,332 BD (70%)
*3,223 - Precure: Smile Precure! (Winter, 16 vols) 960 DVD (30%) / 2,263 BD (71%)
*3,136 - Rinne no Lagrange (Winter, 6 vols) 363 DVD (12%) / 2,773 BD (89%)
*3,070 - Nazo no Kanojo X (Spring, 6 vols) 591 DVD (20%) / 2,479 BD (81%)


1,000-2,999
*2,905 - BRAVE10 (Winter, 6 vols) 1,818 DVD (63%) / 1,088 BD (38%)
*2,893 - Arcana Famiglia (Summer, 6 vols) 1,919 DVD (67%) / 974 BD (34%)
*2,820 - Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of The Dead (Spring, 5 vols) 569 DVD (21%) / 2,252 BD (80%)
*2,678 - Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate (Summer, 6 vols) 1,007 DVD (38%) / 1,671 BD (63%)
*2,525 - Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! (Summer, 6 vols) 747 DVD (30%) / 1,778 BD (71%)
*2,523 - Sengoku Collection (Spring, 12 vols) 1,729 DVD (69%) / 794 BD (32%)
*2,506 - Another (Winter, 6 vols) 350 DVD (14%) / 2,157 BD (87%)
*2,494 - Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun (Fall, 7 vols) 1,237 DVD (50%) / 1,257 BD (51%)
*2,445 - Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou (Winter, 6 vols) 1,151 DVD (48%) / 1,295 BD (53%)
*2,320 - Kokoro Connect (Summer, 7 vols) DVD (0%) / 2,321 BD (100%)
*2,304 - Tantei Opera Milky Holmes 2 (Winter, 6 vols) 750 DVD (33%) / 1,554 BD (68%)
*2,303 - Sakamichi no Apollon (Spring, 4 vols) 510 DVD (23%) / 1,794 BD (78%)
*2,246 - Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica (Summer, 6 vols) 632 DVD (29%) / 1,615 BD (72%)
*2,223 - Acchi Kocchi (Spring, 6 vols) 769 DVD (35%) / 1,454 BD (66%)
*1,903 - Hiiro no Kakera (Spring, 7 vols) 1,161 DVD (62%) / 742 BD (39%)
*1,885 - Rinne no Lagrange season 2 (Summer, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,885 BD (100%)
*1,837 - Tasogare Otome x Amnesia (Spring, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,837 BD (100%)
*1,759 - Ixion Saga DT (Fall, 8 vols) 754 DVD (43%) / 1,005 BD (58%)
*1,644 - Moyashimon Returns (Summer, 6 vols) 769 DVD (47%) / 875 BD (54%)
*1,614 - Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai. (Summer, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,614 BD (100%)
*1,488 - Sankarea (Spring, 6 vols) 300 DVD (21%) / 1,189 BD (80%)
*1,411 - Uchuu Kyoudai (Spring, 16 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,411 BD (100%)
*1,279 - Upotte!! (Spring, 5 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,279 BD (100%)
*1,215 - Binbougami ga! (Summer, 5 vols) DVD (0%) / 1,216 BD (100%)


0-999
**,993 - Kill Me Baby (Winter, 6 vols) 293 DVD (30%) / 700 BD (71%)
**,992 - Shirokuma Cafe (Spring, 6 vols)
**,934 - Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu Utakoi. (Summer, 6 vols) 935 DVD (100%) / BD (0%)
**,771 - Medaka Box (Spring, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / 772 BD (100%)
**,705 - Kimi to Boku. 2 (Spring, 6 vols) 706 DVD (100%) / BD (0%)
**,400 - Saint Seiya Omega (Spring, 7 vols) 400 DVD (100%) / BD (0%)
**,315 - Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ (Spring, 6 vols) 315 DVD (100%) / BD (0%)
**,302 - Natsuyuki Rendezvous (Summer, 4 vols) DVD (0%) / 302 BD (100%)
**,**0 - BTOOOM! (Fall, 6 vols) DVD (0%) / BD (0%)
**,**0 - Ebiten: Kouritsu Ebisugawa Koukou Tenmonbu (Summer, 5 vols) DVD (0%) / BD (0%)
**,**0 - Recorder to Randoseru (Winter, 1 vols) DVD (0%) / BD (0%)
**,**0 - Shinsekai Yori (Fall, 9 vols) DVD (0%) / BD (0%)
**,**0 - Therma Romae (Winter, 2 vols) DVD (0%) / BD (0%)


Note: '0' does not literally mean zero, it means no volume ever ranked in any format.

[something]

Miscellaneous notes:

- Updated the 2011 average sales thread for the first time in about two months. We won't have final 2011 data for a very long time yet, but we're pretty far into everything by now, and done most.

- Started a 2012 average sales post. Super super premature, and I almost didn't do it because of that but I want to get an alternative to the Vol. 1 lists up, because judging sales purely by Vol. 1 isn't a good idea. These numbers will, of course, change drastically over time. Hopefully I can keep it updated at least monthly, but feel free to poke me for an update if I've gone more than 3-4 weeks without one.

Also, please try not to reply directly to the yearly posts or vol. 1 posts; I'm trying to keep those sections of the thread clean so posts can be found easily. Just drop a comment in reply to this, or under the "miscellaneous" subthread, or under the latest weekly data post.

So it looks like 2012 already has almost as many solid 5000-9999 series as 2011 with less than two full seasons solicited. Some of them might drop below 5k in the end, but most won't. Only Saki is in any danger of that and I think it'll at least hold the 4k line. But 2012 is far behind on 10k+ series, which is probably why there are so many 5-9k shows.

Spring will add Fate/Zero, and Summer will add Horizon, and probably SAO. Some others have an outside chance (notably Muv Luv) but assuming they don't, that brings us to 6, if Kuroko holds on. That's 9 short of 2012 with only one season remaining after. Now Fall looks like it ought to be huge (LB!, Robotics, Darkness, Chuuni, Hidamari, and Hayate all have at least a modest chance) but even if everything pans out we're still a good ways below 2012.

Of course four of 2011's 10k series were 10-12k, and that's not a huge difference over a few 2012 series that might do 9k. 2012 also appears to have less outright bombs so far than 2011.

[Ingraman]

Originally Posted by something

10,000+
11,246 - Inu x Boku SS (Winter, 7 vols) 5,623 DVD (50%) / 5,624 BD (51%)

Heh... BD version sells one more copy (averaged) than DVD, and it's given a full percentage point more, so that the total ends up being 101%. ^^;

Use decimals out seven or eight places! ;p

[something]

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...278942/432-435

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


2012 07/23~07/29 DVD List
-- (*76) --- *1,096 *,**1,096 **1 Hyouka v2
-- (*78) --- *1,086 *,**1,086 **1 AKB0048 v2
-- (*80) --- *1,077 *,**1,077 **1 Queen's Blade Rebellion v2
-- (*83) --- *1,018 *,**1,018 **1 Shakugan no Shana III -Final- v8
-- (*89) --- **,939 *,**2,958 **3 Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (7/2012 rel.)
-- (*96) --- **,839 *,***,839 **1 Beelzebub v14
-- (*98) --- **,823 *,*35,385 **6 Kokurikozaka Kara LE

-- (*27) --- *3,534 *,**3,534 **1 Working'!! Wagnaria ~Haru no DaiDaiDaiKanshasai~
-- (*97) --- **,836 *,***,836 **1 Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! Bongore Saikyou no Carnival Collection v2

2012 07/23~07/29 BD List
-- (21) -- *3,404 **3,404 *1 Senki Zesshou Symphogear v5
-- (22) -- *3,365 **3,365 *1 Jormungand v2
-- (23) -- *3,274 **3,274 *1 Mardock Scramble Nenshou
-- (24) -- *3,239 **3,239 *1 AKB0048 v2
-- (28) -- *2,628 **2,628 *1 Uchuu Senkan Yamato BD Box
-- (29) -- *2,576 **2,576 *1 Shakugan no Shana III -Final- v8
-- (30) -- *2,554 **2,554 *1 Nazo no Kanojo X v2
-- (33) -- *2,435 **2,435 *1 Rinne no Lagrange v5
-- (34) -- *2,432 **2,432 *1 Last Exile -Ginyoku no Fam- v7
-- (35) -- *2,405 **2,405 *1 Queen's Blade Rebellion v2
-- (37) -- *2,148 **2,148 *1 OVA ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers v2
-- (38) -- *2,086 **2,086 *1 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead v3
-- (40) -- *2,067 **2,067 *1 Tsuritama v2
-- (41) -- *2,037 **2,037 *1 Sakamichi no Apollon v1
-- (42) -- *2,018 **2,018 *1 Natsu-iro Kiseki v2
-- (44) -- *1,889 **1,889 *1 Another v5
-- (45) -- *1,880 **1,880 *1 Tasogare Otome x Amnesia v2
-- (47) -- *1,636 **1,636 *1 Zero no Tsukaima F v6
-- (48) -- *1,534 **1,534 *1 Mirai Nikki v8
-- (49) -- *1,523 **1,523 *1 Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE v6
-- (50) (1,470)

-- (25) -- *2,965 **2,965 *1 Working'!! Wagnaria ~Haru no DaiDaiDaiKanshasai~～

Additions to the DVD list! And quite a few of them, wow. Including Hyouka, thank goodness. I don't think I've seen that many anime releases in the DVD top 100 since the new format came out.
BD threshold still sucks though.


Spring update:
Sakamichi v1 sells 2,037 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Hyouka v2 sells 7050/1096 for 8,146, up 4% on v1 wk1. Impressive, though wk1 added 1621 in wks 2-3 so we'll see how v2 does. It's fared much better than most of the other titles that started last month.

AKB0048 v2 sells 3239/1086 for 4,325, down 40.8% on v1. Yeah, v1 was super inflated by the discount.

Tsuritama v2 sells 2067/1786 for 3,853. Down 14.3% on v1.

QB Rebellion v2 sells 2405/1077 for 3,482, only 7.4% down on v1.

Jormungand v2 sells 3,365 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Down 3.8% from v1 wk1 BD, so it's consistent at least.

Kanojo X v2 sells 2,554 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Down 12.6% on v1 wk1 BD.

KoreZom 2 sells 2,086 BDs, DVDs do no rank. Down 16.9% on v2 in a rather large tumble. Closer to v1 wk1 though.

Natsu-iro v2 sells 2,018 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Down 34.6% on v1 wk1 BD and since DVDs didn't rank, they must ave dropped by literally half, at least (1,611 last time, threshold 823 this week). Big collapse after the discounted v1, as I kinda expected.

Tasogare v2 sells 1,880 BDs, down 8.7% on v1. Being Silver Link is suffering, apparently.


Winter update:
Symphogear v5 sells 3,404 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Maybe we'll get a >100 estimate like last volume. DVD sales have been very consistent for this show, though. Max 3631 (v1 not counting wk2), min 3404 (v5).

Lagrange v5 sells 2,435 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Up 5% on v3 wk1.

Another v5 sells 1,889 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

ZnT F v6, final volume, sells 1,636 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Final average: 2,269.


Past seasons:
Shana III v8, final volume, sells 2576/1018 for 3,594. Final average, 3,897. Low, but consistent. Ah well.

Last Exile Fam v7, final volume, sells 2,432, up 10.8% on v6 wk1. Final average, 2,657.

Mirai Nikki v8 sells 1,534 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Gundam AGE v6 sells 1,523 BDs, DVDs do not rank.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
n/a

I just realized this means the Manabi Straight BD box sold less than 1,470. ;_; Damnit.

[Chipp12]

Originally Posted by something

Ah, forgot to update v1s for the 06/18 full Thursday list in general. Fixed Hiiro too.

You also forgot to mark Zetman as ranked in BD-only.

[something]

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/434

Glad we didn't need to rely on the >100 DVD list for Hyouka, because the first guidepost rank isn't until way down at #168, making estimates almost impossible.

2012 07/23~07/29 DVD >100 List
*98 *,823
106 ToHeart2 Dungeon Travelers v2
108 Kimi to Boku, 2 v2
109 Zero no Tsukaima F v6
113 Natsu-iro Kiseki v2
114 Nintama Rantarou 19th Series v3
118 Ginga e Kickoff!! v1
120 Sakamichi no Apollon v1
124 Senki Zesshou Symphogear v5
126 Medaka Box v1
133 Jormungand v2
140 Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE v6
141 Nazo no Kanojo X v2
152 Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard TV DVD Box v2
163 Scryed Alteration Quan
165 Mardock Scramble Nenshou
168　 *,483
178 Eureka Seven AO v2
183 Tasogare Otome x Amnesia v2
207 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead v3
211 Sket Dance v12
214 Tenchi Muyou DVD Box v2
218 Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A v2
222 Another v5
236 Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan v1
244 Rinne no Lagrange v5
251 Last Exile -Ginyoku no Fam- v7
255 [~*,315] Ano Natsu de Matteru v5
256 *,309
258 [~*,300] Sankarea v2
263 Mouretsu Pirates v10
283 Inazuma Eleven GO v11
286 Tantei Opera Milky Holmes v2
*** Danbooru Senku W v2
*** Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu DVD Box
*** Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Purezza♪ DVD Box
*** Ergo Proxy DVD Box v1
*** Phi Brain ~Kami no Puzzle v7
*** Battle Spirits Heroes v6
*** Black Rock Shooter v2
*** Zetman v2
*** Mirai Nikki v8


The gap between #98 and #168 is too bit to provide an estimate for Sakamichi or Medaka. Shining Hearts I could maybe do but let's see if any later volumes have a better estimate. I'd also rather not give it an estimate but not the other two and make it seem like they sold less than Shining Hearts. So what we know:

Sakamichi no Apollon v1: 483-823
Medaka Box v1: 483-823
Shining Hearts v1: 309-483

We can say ~300 for Sankarea v2 since just 2 spots ahead is 309. No BD rank this time though.
And let's say 315 for AnoNatsu v5, just 1 spot ahead of 309. This is the first time we have a DVD estimate for AnoNatsu, for what it's worth.

[William K]

This week I'm probably more interested in seeing the result of the battle between Mizuki Nana's "Bright Stream" and No Name's AKB0048 OP/ED Single.

Bright Stream seems to be leading at the moment due to the fact that you get not only the Nanoha A's movie theme, but also the Dog Days' OP "Fearless Hero"