Anime Sales in Japan - 2012

[symbv]

Might as well update the Fall 2012 season Volume 1 ranking:

2012 Fall Vol 1 Rankings
Key: Total - # Weeks Charted - Title - Format - Release Date
Updated as of 2012/12/29 list
14,458 *1 Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/19
13,550 *1 Girls und Panzer [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
10,214 *1 To LOVE-Ru Darkness [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
10,197 *1 Gintama' Enchousen [DVD]: 2012/12/19
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10,000 Line - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*7,503 *4 K [DVD+BD]: 2012/11/07
*5,659 *1 Psycho-Pass [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
- - - - - - - - - - - Manabi Line (2,899) - - - - - - - - - - -
*2,494 *1 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun [DVD+BD]: 2012/11/21
*2,392 *1 Jormungand Perfect Order [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
*1,759 *1 Ixion Saga DT [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/05
**,*** ** BTOOOM! [DVD+BD]: 2012/11/21
**,*** ** Shinsekai Yori [DVD+BD]: 2012/11/30
**,*** ** Code:Breaker [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
**,*** ** Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
**,*** ** Initial D 5th Stage [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/21
Future releases:
**,*** ** Busou Shinki [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Little Busters! [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankenai yo ne [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Sukitte Ii na yo [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Zetsuen no Tempest [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/26
**,*** ** Kami-sama Hajimemashita [DVD+BD]: 2012/12/28

[HitokiriShadow]

Originally Posted by symbv

I don't know about how Amazon JP ships orders overseas, but my years of buying from Amazon JP in Japan is that partial shipping is the norm, and it has been always like this since the beginning. From my many hundreds of purchase through Amazon JP I would say I got partial shipping more often than whole. If the size of the order is not big, it may be more likely that they ship the order whole but in the shopping option on the website the default is always to permit partial shipping, unless you specifically pick the option that allows shipping only when the full order is available.

It probably still works that way in Japan. Until about a year ago, Amazon would partial ship everything to overseas buyers even if you clicked the "wait until everything is available" option. You simply could not get them to hold onto anything. Part of an order could ship out a day or two before another item was scheduled to come in stock. Now the only time I see them partial ship is if an item in the order gets delayed, which causes them to automatically split that part of the order off into a separate order and sometimes that causes them to start splitting it into more partial orders.

[something]

http://uni.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/anime4vip/1350802208/

We're supposed to get a DVD Top 500 and BD Top 200 later, but last year it came out January 27th so there's another moth to wait, assuming anyone can get their hands on it at all this year. For the record, last year the thresholds were 9,989 for DVD 500 and a little under 8,340 for BD 200. I expect BD to be higher this year.

[+###] means this is an addition beyond the last regular weekly monthly ranking, so most but not all of the numbers you see are fully or partly known from monthly, half-yearly, or preliminary yearly lists. Also, I only added a number for titles I track, i.e. TV series and late night anime movies.

Covers weeks starting 2011-12-12 through 2012-12-03 inclusive. This means all the Fall '12 series with the potential to sell enough will get their complete runs counted with the 2013 list.

2012 DVD Top 100
*35　*65,697 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v5
*45　*59,411 Kokurikozaka Kara RE
*48　*59,126 Tonari no Totoro
*92　*37,822 Kokurikozaka Kara LE

2012 BD Top 100
**1　123,926 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v5
**4　108,029 K-ON! Movie LE [+1,420]
*11　*56,542 Nisemonogatari v1 [+1,141]
*15　*52,133 Fate/Zero Part I [+1,267]
*16　*51,598 Nisemonogatari v5 [+257]
*18　*51,213 Nisemonogatari v2 [+1,274]
*19　*50,404 Nisemonogatari v3 [+2,042]
*20　*50,216 Nisemonogatari v4 [+353]
*22　*45,804 Fate/Zero Part II
*26　*35,299 Strike Witches Movie [+325]
*29　*33,294 Sword Art Online v1 [+1,861]
*31　*31,552 Bakemonogatari BD Box
*36　*29,435 Sword Art Online v2
*39　*28,719 Persona 4 v10
*41　*27,764 Kokurikozaka Kara LE
*43　*25,812 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 v1
*45　*25,075 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v1 [+470]
*46　*24,821 Tiger & Bunny v9 [+186]
*47　*24,820 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 v2
*51　*24,574 Persona 4 v2 [+1,721]
*54　*23,446 Persona 4 v3 [+922]
*58　*22,766 Persona 4 v4 [+1,252]
*59　*22,431 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II v1 [+470]
*60　*22,211 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 v3
*61　*22,102 Tiger & Bunny v8 [+311]
*64　*21,903 Toradora! BD Box [+221]
*66　*21,716 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v2
*67　*21,672 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v7 [+1,031]
*68　*21,665 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v3 [+256]
*69　*21,476 Persona 4 v6 [+281]
*72　*21,224 Persona 4 v5 [+255]
*73　*21,146 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v5 [+566]
*74　*21,020 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II v3 [+446]
*75　*20,850 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v6 [+849]
*76　*20,846 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II v2 [+184]
*77　*20,716 Kidou Senshi Gundam UC v4
*79　*20,574 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v4 [+718]
*85　*19,873 Persona 4 v9 [+258]
*86　*19,348 Persona 4 v7 [+319]
*89　*19,190 Persona 4 v8 [+627]
*96　*17,456 Steins;Gate v9
100　*16,323 Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch: Nunnaly in Wonderland

[something]

Originally Posted by edujude

Hi! Where can I find an updated list of 歴代累計平均ランキング（テレビアニメ) (集計期間1988年頃～2012年12月24日付速報) that extends beyond 50 places? The list at http://www38.atwiki.jp/uri-archive/pages/75.html lists only 50 titles, including OVAs. Is there still an updated list that goes down to TV anime with average sales of at least 10K copies?

There's always the 10k pre-2000 list. Data reporting was pretty different pre-Oricon, which is why I have them separate. Pre-2000 you need to be extra sure the list is including VHS and LD, and it's not always clear.

I've considered going below 10k a few times before, but 10k is a nice round number and I don't know if I want to mix "big hits" with "better than average" 5k series. I could do it as a separate post, though it'd be tricky (by no means impossible) to keep accurate. Maybe in the 2013 thread, but the main reason I'm holding off is that my data only goes back to 2005 + 10k series before then. I wouldn't want to present a 5k+ list until I finish going back to 2000, though I guess I could call it a 2005-Present 5k+ list. For now though, the other sources being provided are better until I have all the data.

Regarding that data, I have a couple more 2005 series to add before that year is done, and its average sales will be in the 2013 thread. But I can already see how things get sketchy even starting back in 2006, but especially earlier. With everything DVD only, thresholds were regularly over 1k, and even successful titles often lacked second weeks. A sales average is only really accurate when every volume ranks a similar number of weeks, or at least two each.

Take the first season of FMP! for example. There are three different averages we could use for it, depending on how you count:
　
Vol - Version - Week 1 - Week 2 - Volume total

*1　DVD　LE　3390　2168　5,558
*2　DVD　LE　3376　2733　6,109
*3　DVD　LE　4461　　　　　　4,461
*4　DVD　LE　3988　　　　　　3,988
*5　DVD　LE　4133　　　　　　4,133
*6　DVD　LE　4113　　　　　　4,113
*7　DVD　LE　3118　　　　　　3,118
*8　DVD　LE　2433　　　　　　
*8　DVD　RE　1099　　　　　　3,532
*9　DVD　LE　2915　　　　　　
*9　DVD　RE　1698　　　　　　4,613
10　DVD　LE　2498　2168　6,057
10　DVD　RE　1391　　　　　　6,057
11　DVD　LE　2146　　　　　　2,146
12　DVD　LE　3173　　　　　　3,173

You can process the above these ways:
4,250 - Average of each volume's total, ignoring all caveats
5,297 - Average of each LE + Average of each RE
7,064 - Average of each wk1 LE + Average of each wk2 LE + Average of each RE

The first is simplest, but also ignores the realities of higher thresholds and is absolutely lower than the real number.
The second adjusts for REs, which apparently sold well for FMP, and risks some assumptions to arrive at what is probably a better number. This is the calculation the DVDBD wiki and I both use. At least 3 REs ranked, with reasonably close numbers, so an average is probably fine.
The third adjusts both for REs and missing second week data. This incorporates the most assumptions, but truth be told I would bet it's the most accurate. Nobody uses it because of the extra layer of assumptions required though.

This sort of thing isn't a big problem nowadays. Unlike 5-10 years ago, anime sells much more of its total in the first week unless it's a late bloomer or understocked. Second weeks are small, and many shows get them, and we have monthly rankings to fill in most of the cases where we don't get them, and expect it to be more than a couple hundred copies. Number of weeks ranked is also more consistent now, with shows that get a second week usually getting it for most volumes, while those that don't, don't for most volumes. Averages are calculated from volume-on-volume data that is more consistent.

That wasn't the case as much in the past, where you could get things like v10 LE up there, which would be truly bizarre to see on any show in 2012. But in 2005? Yeah really not all that uncommon. Shows averaging under 5k could still get 1k+ second weeks. I just took a look at 2011-2012 and the only show averaging less than 10k to get 1k (DVD+BD) or more in the second week for every volume is Hyouka, thuogh prbbaly not for every volume. The only show that really looks like a pre-2007 series is the first season of Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi, averaging under 5k with 1k+ second weeks except the second week unranked last volume.

All that to say, data really is different at different times and I'm almost hesitant about even going back to 2000 in my spreadsheet, though curiosity will take me there eventually.

[something]

http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?t=111958

The 2013 thread is now live. Please direct all future replies to that thread.

This thread will be updated once more, to post the 12/24~12/30 data just so 2012 is not missing any 2012 weeks; however it will also be posted in the 2013 thread and discussion and updates will take place there.

[something]

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Full list. 998 DVD threshold, 536 BD.


2012 12/24~12/30 DVD List
*1 (*10) **3 9,354 *,*37,470 **2 Kuroko no Basuke Fandisc
*2 (*18) --- 6,172 *,**6,172 **1 Sword Art Online v3
*3 (*23) **7 4,506 *,*19,681 **2 ONE PIECE Log Collection "OHZ"
*4 (*24) **8 4,480 *,*19,588 **2 ONE PIECE Log Collection "Brook"
*5 (*31) --- 3,155 *,**3,155 **1 Kami-sama Hajimemashita v1
*6 (*36) --- 2,849 *,**2,849 **1 Hellsing OVA v10
*7 (*37) *13 2,803 *,*11,608 **2 Kuroko no Basuke v6
*8 (*52) *19 1,896 *,**7,095 **2 Pokemon Best Wishes! Kyurem vs. Seikenshi
*9 (*56) --- 1,833 *,**1,833 **1 Dog Days v4
10 (*59) *50 1,782 1,173,842 575 Tonari no Totoro
11 (*60) --- 1,757 *,**1,757 **1 Little Busters! v1
13 (*67) --- 1,610 *,**1,610 **1 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb v1
15 (*74) *11 1,526 *,*11,723 **2 Gintama' Enchousen v1
16 (*81) --- 1,413 *,**1,413 **1 Accel World v6
18 (*87) *37 1,247 *,**4,150 **2 Shin Tennis no Ouji-sama v5
20 (*90) --- 1,206 *,**1,206 **1 Aquarion Evol v9
22 (*97) *48 1,130 *,**3,558 **2 Hakuouki Reimeiroku v4
23 (---) *83 1,068 *,**6,180 **6 Soreike! Anpanman Yomigaerebanana-shima
25 (---) --- 1,062 *,**1,062 **1 Arcana Famiglia v4
26 (---) --- 1,045 *,**1,045 **1 Hyouka v7
29 (---) --- *,999 *,***,999 **1 Campione! v4
30 (---) --- *,998 *,***,998 **1 Shirokuma Cafe v6


2012 12/24~12/30 BD List
*1 (**1) --- 25,552 25,552 *1 Sword Art Online v3
*2 (**8) --- *8,358 *8,358 *1 Little Busters! v1
*3 (*11) --- *7,306 *7,306 *1 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb v1
*4 (*12) --- *6,969 *6,969 *1 Hyouka v7
*5 (*14) --- *6,148 *6,148 *1 Accel World v6
*6 (*18) --- *5,227 *5,227 *1 Dog Days' v4
*7 (*20) --- *3,992 *3,992 *1 Aquarion Evol v9
*8 (*21) --- *3,801 *3,801 *1 Hellsing OVA v10
10 (*23) **6 *3,275 18,959 *2 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II v4
-- (*28) **9 *2,605 16,155 *2 Girls und Panzer v1
-- (*30) --- *2,515 *2,515 *1 Campione! v4
-- (*32) --- *2,231 *2,231 *1 Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankenai yo ne! v1
-- (*33) --- *2,184 *2,184 *1 Busou Shinki v1
-- (*34) --- *2,066 *2,066 *1 Kokoro Connect v3
-- (*35) *14 *2,027 12,375 *2 Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED BD Box v4
-- (*36) *19 *1,992 *9,911 *2 Kuroko no Basuke v6
-- (*38) --- *1,834 *1,834 *1 Natsu-iro Kiseki v6
-- (*40) *18 *1,768 10,054 *2 To LOVE-Ru Darkness v1
-- (*41) *10 *1,715 14,288 *2 Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! v1
-- (*44) --- *1,607 *1,607 *1 Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! v4
-- (*45) *25 *1,603 *6,079 *2 Psycho-Pass v1
-- (*46) --- *1,592 *1,592 *1 Kami-sama Hajimemashita v1
-- (*49) --- *1,559 *1,559 *1 Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai! v4
-- (*50) --- *1,534 *1,534 *1 Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica v4
-- (*51) **7 *1,441 15,732 *2 Cowboy Bebop BD Box LE
-- (*53) --- *1,402 *1,402 *1 Strike Witches 2 BD Box RE
-- (*56) *17 *1,328 *9,864 *2 Tiger & Bunny Special Edition Side Bunny
-- (*59) --- *1,300 *1,300 *1 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate v4
-- (*62) --- *1,238 *1,238 *1 Upotte!! v5
-- (*63) --- *1,209 *1,209 *1 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun v2
-- (*64) --- *1,199 *1,199 *1 Roukyuubu! BD Box
-- (*68) *31 **,964 *4,376 *2 Muv Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse v4
-- (*70) --- **,932 **,932 *1 Uchuu Kyoudai v2
-- (*80) --- **,726 **,726 *1 Medaka Box v6
-- (*81) --- **,714 **,714 *1 Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu Utakoi. v4
-- (*82) *66 **,701 10,820 *4 Majo no Takkyuubin
-- (*83) --- **,693 **,693 *1 Arcana Famiglia v4
-- (*88) *36 **,614 *3,355 *2 Eureka Seven AO v7
-- (*89) --- **,594 **,594 *1 Shinsekai Yori v2
-- (*92) 101 **,572 31,086 *6 Sword Art Online v2
-- (*93) *20 **,569 *5,710 *2 Yuru Yuri v4
-- (*98) 123 **,536 34,604 10 Sword Art Online v1
-- (100) (*,512)

BD 100~! BD 100~!

Fall update:
Little Busters! v1 sells 8358/1757, total 10,115. Very nice. Not compared to what people expected a LB! anime could do before it aired, but much better than Stalker's estimates. 10k first week when it's not discounted or including an event ticket app is promising.

Hidamari s4 v1 sells 7306/1610, total 8,916. This is the best first week for any Hidamari season release. Absolutely fantastic, because even if it drops a decent amount for v2 onward, it should still average 7k at worst, and be more than enough for fifth season.

KamiMashita v1 sells 1592/3155, total 4,747.

OniAi v1 sells 2,231 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Busou Shinki v1 sells 2,184 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Kaibutsu-kun v2 sells 1,209 BDs, DVDs do not rank. This is very very odd. BDs dropped only very slightly, but DVDs went from 1237 to below 998.

Chuunibyou v2 adds 1715 BDs, total 16,173.

Shinsekai Yori v2 sells 594 BDs, DVDs do not rank. First volume to rank since we don't have anything for v1.

GirlPan v1 adds 2605 BDs, total 16,155.

TLR Darkness adds 1768 BDs, total 11,982.

Gintama' Enchousen v1 adds 1526, total 11,723.

Unranked in either format:
Sukitte Ii na yo


Summer update:
Sword Art Online v3 sells 25550/6172, total 31,722.
v1 adds 536 BDs, total 43,101, filling in 2,635 over wk 5-9.
v2 adds 572 BDs, total 38,146, filling in 441 in wk 5.

Dog Days' v4 sells 5227/1833, total 7,060. Small increase on v3wk1.

Hakuouki v4 adds 1130 DVDs, total 3,558.

Arcana Famiglia v4 sells 693/1062, total 1,755.

Horizon II v4 adds 3275, total 18,959. Should still hit 20k eventually, even if it takes a monthly or yearly list.

Campione v4 sells 2515/999, total 3,514.

Kokoroko v3 sells 2,066 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

NakaImo v4 sells 1,607 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Dakara Boku wa H v4 sells 1,559 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Hagure Yuusha v4 sells 1,534 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

KoiChoco v4 sells 1,300 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Utakoi v4 sells 714 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Yuru Yuri♪♪ v4 adds 569 BDs, total 5,710, since DVDs didn't rank for this volume due o thresholds the previous week (boo).

Total Eclipse v4 adds 964 BDs, total 4,376.


Past seasons:
Hyouka v7 sells 6969/1045, total 8,014.

Accel World v6 sells 6148/1413, total 7,561.

Aquarion Evol v9, final volume, sells 3992/1206, total 5,198. Final average: 6,322.

NatsuKise v6 sells 1,834 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Upotte!! v5, final volume, sells 1,238 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Final average: 1,269 on 4 of 5 volumes ranking. It never deviated more than 46 copies.

Shirokuma Cafe v6 sells 998. BDs Animate-only and unavailable.

Uchuu Kyoudai v2 sells 932 BD boxes. It's being released in 16 DVD singles and 4 BD boxes.

Medaka Box v6, final volume, sells 726 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Final average: 756 on 3 of 6 volumes ranking.

KuroBas v6 adds 1992/2803, total 21,519.

Shin Tenipri v5 adds 1247 DVDs, total 4,150.

Eureka AO v7 adds 614 BDs, total 3,355.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Gundam SEED BD Box v4 adds 2027, total 12,375. It kinda cheats its way ahead of Bake by being four times as long but falls short of Haruhi. (Unlike other bits of this post, the numbers for BD boxes below include next week because it's too much of a pain to separate them after the fact)
01) ¥1356.6m (34,000 * ¥39,900) - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu
02) ¥1009.7m (48,082 * ¥21,000) - Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED (4 parts: 11,457 + 11,491 + 12,473 + 12,661
03) ¥*927.7m (31,553 * ¥29,400) - Bakemonogatari

Cowboy Bebop BD Box adds 1441 LEs, total 17,064.
04) ¥*873.9m (21,903 * ¥39,900) - Toradora!
05) ¥*627.1m (17,064 * ¥**,***) - Cowboy Bebop (LE 15,732*¥36,750 + RE 1,332*¥26,250)
06) ¥*503.5m (13,701 * ¥**,***) - Strike Witches (Three pressings: 7,011*¥36,750 + 5,416*¥36,750 + 1,274*¥22,050)

Strike Witches 2 RE BD Box sells 1,402.
12) ¥*309.8m (*9,220 * ¥33,600) - Working!!
13) ¥*270.7m (*7,367 * ¥**,***) - Strike Witches 2 (Two pressings: 5,618*¥36,750 + 1,749*¥22,050)
14) ¥*230.1m (*5,768 * ¥39,900) - Fate/Stay Night

Roukyuubu BD Box sells 1,199.


No new shows next week. The week after, Initial D Fifth Stage.


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