Anime Sales in Japan - 2012

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

This is TBS's quarterly report. The information we're looking for is on pg. 4 (underneath 映像・文化事業セグメン/video & cultural portion) which says:
アニメ事業では、「映画けいおん！」のBD/DVDを７月に発売、セル22万６千、レンタル４万５千、と驚異的なセールスを記録しました。(As for the anime side of business, K-On! the Movie, released in July, has already recorded wonderful sales. It's sold 226,000 sale versions and 45,000 rental versions.)

Okay thanks. I guess my crappy PDF reader here can't search for Japanese.

I highly doubt that other companies include rental figures. They're listed as different copies by the distributor, so I really doubt they're included.

Makes sense. I just included it as a note then, but didn't count it in the total.

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Originally Posted by meruruchan

I was wondering what are average sales of TV shows for major anime studios.

I've been meaning to add animation production studio to my spreadsheet, but hadn't gotten around to it. I might try to add that soon, when I'm feeling masochistic enough. Might hang around work a bit today and work on it, since there's no point in me rushing home early given that my electricity is still out.

In the meantime there's a (rather out of date) list at the link here:
http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost....&postcount=247. It goes to about August 2010.

The person who compiled that included boxset sales too, though, so it won't really be a clean comparison.

[meruruchan]

I see, thanks for the info.

Hope your electricity will come back soon.

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Ughh.

I was stalking the 2ch thread all day and they finally go and post the full data just as I have to head into a meeting, and then it's long dead (since its only up like 2-3 minutes usually) by the time I get back, of course.

Well, from subsequent replies I was able to gather the following:

2,588 *1 Kokoro Connect v1 [BD]
2,161 *1 Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica v2 [1557 BD + 604 DVD]
1,895 *1 Rinne no Lagrange season 2 v2 [BD]
1,856 *1 Natsu-iro Kiseki v4 [BD]
1,615 *1 Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! v2 [BD]
1,455 *1 Kidou Senshi Gundam AGE v9 [BD]
1,437 *1 Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate v2 [BD]

Guess I'll have to fill in any blanks when the DVDBD wiki updates this weekend unless it gets posted in full in one of the other places I check.

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https://twitter.com/anime_hidamari/s...53288134119426

The power of event tickets works fast...
***,*56位/***,110位 ★ (**1,728 pt) [*,*17予約] 12/12/26 12/10 ひだまりスケッチ×ハニカム 1(完全生産限定版)

Jumped 54 spots in one hour. Nice as it is to see it ranking high, I rather hope its success is more long-lasting than this. With Chuunibyou and Girls und Panzer rocking the charts, all I need is success for Hidamari and my top 3 will make me very happy.

*15位/*16位 ★ (**2,970 pt) [*,104予約] 12/12/19 中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray]
*25位/*26位 ★ (**2,277 pt) [*,*52予約] 13/01/16 中二病でも恋がしたい! (2) [Blu-ray]
*26位/*27位 ★ (**1,975 pt) [*,*25予約] 12/12/21 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 1 [Blu-ray]
*34位/*33位 ★ (**2,015 pt) [*,*43予約] 13/02/20 中二病でも恋がしたい! (3) [Blu-ray]
*36位/*37位 ★ (**1,925 pt) [*,*43予約] 13/05/15 中二病でも恋がしたい! (6) [Blu-ray]
*37位/*38位 ★ (**1,945 pt) [*,*43予約] 13/03/20 中二病でも恋がしたい! (4) [Blu-ray]
*38位/*39位 ★ (**1,936 pt) [*,*44予約] 13/04/17 中二病でも恋がしたい! (5) [Blu-ray]
*50位/*50位 ★ (**1,317 pt) [*,*12予約] 13/01/29 ガールズ & パンツァー 2 (初回限定版) [Blu-ray]
*55位/*56位 ★ (**1,728 pt) [*,*17予約] 12/12/26 ひだまりスケッチ×ハニカム 1(完全生産限定版) [Blu-ray]
*58位/*58位 ★ (**1,259 pt) [*,**8予約] 13/02/22 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 3 [Blu-ray]
*64位/*64位 ★ (**1,232 pt) [*,**8予約] 13/03/22 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 4 [Blu-ray]
*74位/*73位 ★ (**1,133 pt) [*,**6予約] 13/05/28 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 6 [Blu-ray]
*75位/*75位 ★ (**1,128 pt) [*,**6予約] 13/04/24 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 5 [Blu-ray]

More like this please. Also, Chuunibyou passed both Jojo and Little Busters! in points now:
(**5,635 pt) [*,*20予約] 12/12/19 12/10 銀魂´ 延長戦 01(完全生産限定版) [DVD]
(**4,549 pt) [*,*19予約] 12/12/21 12/10 To LOVEる-とらぶる-ダークネス 第1巻 〈初回生産限定版〉 [Blu-ray]
(**2,970 pt) [*,104予約] 12/12/19 12/10 中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [Blu-ray]
(**2,949 pt) [*,*85予約] 12/12/26 12/10 リトルバスターズ! 1 (初回生産限定版) [Blu-ray]
(**2,838 pt) [*,185予約] 13/01/30 12/10 ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 Vol.1 (全巻購入特典フィギュア応募券付き)(初回限定版) [Blu-ray]
(**1,975 pt) [*,*25予約] 12/12/21 12/10 ガールズ&パンツァー (初回限定生産) 1 [Blu-ray]
(**1,728 pt) [*,*17予約] 12/12/26 12/10 ひだまりスケッチ×ハニカム 1(完全生産限定版) [Blu-ray]
(**1,284 pt) [*,*13予約] 12/12/21 12/10 ヨルムンガンドPERFECT ORDER 1 (初回限定版) [Blu-ray]
(**1,275 pt) [*,*14予約] 12/11/07 12/10 K vol.1 [Blu-ray]

They've got more DVD points, but only by 100-200.

[meruruchan]

I was wondering if this will be included in the count for the Chuunibyou average...

[ultimatemegax]

Originally Posted by meruruchan

I was wondering if this will be included in the count for the Chuunibyou average...

It's listed as volume 7, so it definitely will. OVAs tend to be added unless they're released far from the original series's final release.

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Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

It's listed as volume 7, so it definitely will. OVAs tend to be added unless they're released far from the original series's final release.

Yeah, it's admittedly a somewhat arbitrary distinction sometimes, but as ultimatemegax says, I (and others, such as DVDBD wiki and the like) will count it because it's just listed as Vol. 7 instead of standalone.

[Suzuku]

***,439位/***,494位 ○ (***,405 pt) [*,**4予約] 12/12/19 12/10 中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [DVD]

Chuu2koi also has its highest DVD rank thus far. This makes a >1,000 debut more likely.

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Originally Posted by Suzuku

***,439位/***,494位 ○ (***,405 pt) [*,**4予約] 12/12/19 12/10 中二病でも恋がしたい! (1) [DVD]
Chuu2koi also has its highest DVD rank thus far. This makes a >1,000 debut more likely.

The main issue is that it's going to come out in a brutal week, where I expect Disney and Ghibli to be hogging more DVD spots than usual due to Christmas. So 1,000 is probably a bare minimum for it to rank at all. Getting 30 animated DVDs ups chances a lot but it'll still be a hell of a week. We don't get DVD >100 lists anymore either.

Chuunibyou's DVD is doing better than Hyouka's at an equivalent point (average #2230 vs #3071). Hyouka's averaged #1839 in the end, so Chuunibyou would need to match that at least, since Hyouka is holding onto >1k DVD opening weeks through 5 volumes now. An average around #1500 or so might be fairly comfortable for Chuunibyou.