Anime Sales in Japan - 2012

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by something

As for Chuunibyou, ChuunibyouVol. 1 BD chart here with episode numbers added. Episode 7 was the big "hey this show is a serious drama sometimes too!" episode with a dramatic cliffhanger and was also the beach episode. And yet this marks the first time the title has been out of the top 50 (if only barely) since the beginning of November. Hardly bad of course. I'm just surprised the first episode to drop it below 50 was, of all things, that most recent episode. Maybe it's just because the episode 6 bump was so high and so long-lasting that it all evens out. Hoping to see it back in the top 20-30 again after the next episode. It's still on track to pass Darkness in BD points within a few days.

The day after episode 7, when the big rise tends to occur coincided with the relevation of the four box images from HMV, Gamers, Animate, and Tsutaya. I've noticed the sales have been higher at the middle two (typically haven't checked Tsutaya) since the box art was revealed. My assumption is that the people who would buy after the episode either want to wait after the cliffhanger is resolved and/or are purchasing from those stores for the boxes. Still not doing horrible though.

[something]

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

The day after episode 7, when the big rise tends to occur coincided with the relevation of the four box images from HMV, Gamers, Animate, and Tsutaya. I've noticed the sales have been higher at the middle two (typically haven't checked Tsutaya) since the box art was revealed. My assumption is that the people who would buy after the episode either want to wait after the cliffhanger is resolved and/or are purchasing from those stores for the boxes. Still not doing horrible though.

Makes sense, actually meant to ask about store extras. Saw the four boxes and they all look rather nice. I can see that having a small impact on sales.

It is back up to 49 at the moment.

And GirlPan is back in the top 20 at #17! Yay.

[Chipp12]

Originally Posted by something

Somewhat impressive early rankings for Teekyuu a couple days after initial solicitation, considering I expected absolutely nothing from it sales-wise. Didn't realize it was 12 2-minute episodes, so it's only a single ¥3000 disc:

*46位/*46位 ★ (***,342 pt) [*,**8予約] 13/02/22 てーきゅう [Blu-ray]

I'm sure it'll drop but it was registered on the 16th, started in the top 100, dropped a little to around 200, then came back to the top 50.

That's not that surprising actually. I'm watching this site for some time and PP was always on the top until a week ago or so. So I guess Teenkyuu has it's audience too.

[something]

http://uni.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ani...802208/230-231

Full list. 259 DVD threshold, 299 BD.


2012 11/12~11/18 DVD List
*2 (*48) --- *,696 *,***,696 **1 Acchi Kocchi v6
*7 (*67) *72 *,561 1,165,658 569 Tonari no Totoro
*8 (*82) *12 *,477 *,**2,084 **2 K v1
16 (---) *71 *,354 *,**3,260 **4 Momo e no Tegami
17 (---) --- *,333 *,375,002 *19 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha (Evangelion 2.22)
20 (---) *25 *,312 *,**1,359 **2 K v2
29 (---) --- *,282 *,***,590 **2 Soreike! Anpanman to Gomira no Shiro no Christmas
26 (---) --- *,269 *,491,405 515 Majo no Takkyuubin
30 (---) --- *,259 *,**8,497 **4 Sword Art Online v1


2012 11/12~11/18 BD List
*1 (10) -- 1,366 **1,366 *1 Acchi Kocchi v6
*2 (13) *8 *,946 **4,536 *2 K v1
*3 (15) 46 *,812 170,918 90 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo (Evangelion 1.11)
*4 (19) 23 *,717 *31,433 *4 Sword Art Online v1
*5 (20) -- *,664 456,517 45 Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha (Evangelion 2.22)
*6 (23) 10 *,634 **3,266 *2 K v2
*7 (32) *1 *,421 **7,749 *2 Tari Tari v3
*8 (41) 48 *,360 **5,903 *6 Five Star Stories
*9 (42) 26 *,356 *34,692 *4 Strike Witches Movie LE
10 (47) *6 *,307 **4,001 *2 Oda Nobuna no Yabou v3
-- (50) (*,299)

-- (*6) -- 2,229 **2,229 *1 Chihara Minori Live 2012 PARTY -Formation Live Blu-ray
-- (*7) -- 2,219 **2,219 *1 Chihara Minori Live 2012 ULTRA -Formation Live Blu-ray


Slooooooooow.
Nothing added in the full list besides some live event stuff.


Fall update:
K v1 adds 946/477, total 6,620.
v2 adds 634/312, total 4,625. Looking a bit better but still maybe a 5k average at best?


Summer update:
Sword Art Online v1 adds 717/259, total 39,930. Still just short of 40k.

Tari Tari adds 421 BDs, total 7,749.

Oda Nobuna v3 adds 307 BDs, total 4,830.


Past seasons:
Acchi Kocchi v6, final volume, sells 1366/696, total 2,062. Final average: 2,224.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Strike Witches movie adds 356 BDs, total 39,789. Damnit, just hit 40k!


Next week, BTOOOM and Kaibutsu-kun.


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

[something]

Upcoming releases for: November 19-25 2012
2012/11/21 Battle Athletes Daiundoukai OVA&TV DVD Box
2012/11/21 Black Lagoon DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 Black Lagoon DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Black Lagoon The Second Barrage DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 Black Lagoon The Second Barrage DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 BLEACH Shingami Daikou Shoushitsu-hen v4
2012/11/21 Cardcaptor Sakura BD Box v2
2012/11/21 Cardfight!! Vanguard Asia Circuit-hen v4
2012/11/21 Chaos;Head BD Box
2012/11/21 Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu Utakoi. v3
2012/11/21 Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai v3
2012/11/21 Dog Days' v3
2012/11/21 ef - a tale of melodies. DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 ef - a tale of melodies. DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 ef - a tale of memories. DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 ef - a tale of memories. DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Fate/stay night DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 Fate/stay night DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Future GXP Cyber Formula OVA BD Box
2012/11/21 GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class BD Box
2012/11/21 Guilty Crown v11 [final volume]
2012/11/21 Houkago Midnighters
2012/11/21 Inazuma Eleven GO v15
2012/11/21 Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita v3
2012/11/21 Kimi to Boku. 2 v6 [final volume]
2012/11/21 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate v3
2012/11/21 Kokoro Connect v2
2012/11/21 Natsu-iro Kiseki v5
2012/11/21 Nazo no Kanojo X v6 [final volume]
2012/11/21 Niji-iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsuyasumi~
2012/11/21 Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A v6
2012/11/21 Seirei no Moribito DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 Seirei no Moribito DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Shin Tenchi Muyou TV DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ v5
2012/11/21 Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard OVA DVD Box
2012/11/21 Soukyuu no Fafner BD Box
2012/11/21 Sword Art Online v2
2012/11/21 To LOVE-Ru BD Box
2012/11/21 To LOVE-Ru DVD Box v1
2012/11/21 To LOVE-Ru DVD Box v2
2012/11/21 Tsuritama v6 [final volume]
2012/11/21 Uchuu Kyoudai DVD v3
2012/11/21 Yuru Yuri♪♪ v3
2012/11/21 BTOOOM! v1
2012/11/21 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun v1
2012/11/22 Araiguma Rascal DVD Box
2012/11/22 Arashi no Yoru ni ~Himitsu no Tomodachi~ v6
2012/11/22 Binbougami ga! v3
2012/11/22 Eureka Seven AO v6
2012/11/22 Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri DVD Box
2012/11/22 Hiiro no Kakera v6
2012/11/22 Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE v10
2012/11/22 Kuroko no Basuke v5
2012/11/22 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II v3
2012/11/22 Mazinkaizer BD Box
2012/11/22 Rinne no Lagrange season 2 v3
2012/11/22 Saint Seiya DVD Box v1
2012/11/22 Saint Seiya Omega v4
2012/11/22 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 v3
2012/11/23 Natsuyuki Rendezvous v2
2012/11/23 Zetman v6 [final volume]
2012/11/24 Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki v3

The thresholds are going to be very ugly next week.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by something

The thresholds are going to be very ugly next week.

That sure is... I think we can forget for a 5th week for Strike Witches Movie (I think our only hope is the yearly list now...).I hope next week won't be that ugly and we will be able to have second week for releases I care for.

[ScottyDaHotty2]

What do you think SAO's final BD+DVD average will be? I'm not asking for an exact number but a general window considering only one volume is out so far.

[something]

Originally Posted by ScottyDaHotty2

What do you think SAO's final BD+DVD average will be? I'm not asking for an exact number but a general window considering only one volume is out so far.

Having Vol. 2 numbers would make guesses much easier (or maybe Vol. 3 since Vol. 2 comes with an event ticket application) but if we look at the shows in the same ballpark:

41,038 - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
39,930 - Sword Art Online (Vol. 1)
39,385 - K-ON!!
39,353 - Kidou Senshi Gundam 00
36,511 - Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist (first series, 2003)
34,601 - Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 S2
34,116 - Angel Beats!
33,813 - IS -Infinite Stratos-

There's no indication that thhis volume is supply-constrained, or that later volumes are estimated to be considerably higher, so I think it will definitely be below K-ON!! and Gundam 00.

If it's really consistent it has a shot at beating FMA.

If it drops at the same rate as Infinite Stratos, it should still be slightly higher than Gundam 00 S2 and Angel Beats because it's ahead of IS at an equivalent point right now.

So let's say 35-37k range if it performs strongly through to the end (assuming Vol. 1 will continue to add a bit more, and 39.9k isn't its final). 33-38k at the widest likely range. Somewhere between Infinite Stratos and Gundam 00.

[something]

Originally Posted by something

I've been meaning to add animation production studio to my spreadsheet, but hadn't gotten around to it.

So, adding the studios to the chart didn't take very long. But I've been holding off posting averages because it's really not a straight comparison based on the data I have. Here's a quick list of reasons why the averages I'm about to provide have problems:

1. So far my data only goes back through part of 2005 + any >10k title from 2000 to now + some earlier seasons of shows that had recent sequels. Studios with a lot of 10k+ shows may have an extra advantage because their big hits from 2000-2004 are counted while their misses aren't. This actually hurts KyoAni slightly (FMP Fumoffu drops their average by 1k), but it's a huge benefit to Sunrise (SEED increases theirs by almost 4k).

2. Late night and prime time anime is my focus, so the criteria for whether I include "kids' shows" (which generally are not expected to sell DVD/BDs), and how much of it, is fairly arbitrary, and affects the math. E.g. including just the three >10K Bleach arcs helps Pierrot, while including all of Precure hurts Toei a bit, and only including the first season of Phi Brain helps Sunrise's w/0 number slightly.

3. Unranked shows (recorded as "0") pose a problem so I provide both with and without 0, plus the difference between the two. Just look what excluding unranked does for AIC Spirits.

4. Different studios are trying to do different things with different shows. KyoAni is almost always looking for a big sales hit. Sunrise, JC Staff, or Madhouse sometimes are, sometimes aren't. Home video sales are not of equal importance to all shows.

5. I tried to credit just one studio when I saw multiple animation production studios listed. Usually you can get an idea of which studio was in the lead but in a few cases it's completely equal, so I count those shows under both.

6. Data entry errors can and do happen. I corrected two just while doing this post.

But here's the list based on all those caveats above (and more) anyway, ranked by average w/o zeroes, minimum 10 shows per studio.


Key: # Shows included - Average w/o zero - Average w/zero - Difference - Studio name

15  21,490  20,058  1,432  Kyoto Animation
27  18,887  17,488  1,399  Sunrise
23  13,338  12,758  *,579  Shaft
21  11,352  11,352  *,**0  A1 Pictures
27  *6,887  *5,867  1,020  Production IG
10  *6,701  *6,031  *,670  AIC ASTA
19  *6,299  *6,299  *,**0  Bones
12  *6,263  *6,263  *,**0  Seven Arcs
15  *6,199  *5,785  *,413  Satelight
17  *5,753  *5,076  *,676  Brains Base
10  *5,655  *3,958  1,696  Hal Film Maker
10  *5,535  *5,535  *,**0  Gainax
12  *5,356  *4,463  *,892  Studio Pierrot
41  *5,214  *4,323  *,890  AIC (all divisions)
10  *5,190  *2,595  2,595  AIC Spirits
59  *5,161  *4,899  *,262  JC Staff
13  *5,071  *4,290  *,780  Arms
54  *4,776  *4,334  *,442  Studio Deen
24  *4,607  *4,031  *,575  Xebec
15  *4,444  *4,444  *,**0  Feel
10  *3,848  *3,848  *,**0  Diomedia
50  *3,719  *2,454  1,264  Madhouse
16  *3,210  *3,009  *,200  AIC
10  *3,036  *3,036  *,**0  Dogakobo
29  *2,838  *2,153  *,685  Gonzo
12  *2,381  *1,389  *,992  TMS Entertainment
20  *2,301  *1,973  *,329  Toei Animation
14  *1,863  *1,596  *,266  Zexcs


Here's a few other studios that haven't hit the 10 show mark yet (at least 4 though), but might be of interest anyway because they tend to have name recognition, for better or for worse:

4  13,454  13,454  *,**0  ufotable
5  10,384  10,384  *,**0  PA Works
4  *7,387  *7,387  *,**0  White Fox
6  *3,206  *3,206  *,**0  Silver Link
8  *1,996  *1,497  *,499  Manglobe


Random tidbit: Nise+Bake+Madoka, 3 out of 23 shows, literally triples Shaft's average (~4k without those).

[Hououin91]

Pretty interesting I have to say.

Confirms Manglobe fails... and for some reason I though Bones was a better selling studio but that's just me.