Anime Sales in Japan - 2012

[superdry]

Originally Posted by something

03) ¥*833.3m (28,343 * ¥29,400) - Bakemonogatari

Go go Bake! It's pretty crazy to see that within the top 10, Bake is number three and it has the cheapest MSRP. I wonder when it'll break the 1000 million yen barrier. Pretty soon?

[something]

Originally Posted by superdry

Go go Bake! It's pretty crazy to see that within the top 10, Bake is number three and it has the cheapest MSRP. I wonder when it'll break the 1000 million yen barrier. Pretty soon?

It would need to sell almost 6,000 more copies, which I suppose is possible but I don't know if it would happen before it drops off the rankings. Most recent week was 906, it would need about 6 more weeks at consistent sales.

[something]

http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...278942/287-288
http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/290 >100 DVDs

Full list. 901 DVD threshold, 828 BD.


2012 01/23~01/29 DVD List
*1 (**1) --- 18,697 18,697 **1 ONE PIECE Log Collection "ROCKET MAN"
*2 (**3) --- 10,519 10,519 **1 Gintama' v7
*3 (**5) --- *6,653 *6,653 **1 Persona 4 v3
*4 (**6) --- *6,424 *6,424 **1 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000% v5
*5 (**9) --- *4,539 *4,539 **1 Ao no Exorcist v8
*6 (*12) --- *3,715 *3,715 **1 Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch DVD Box
*7 (*13) --- *3,372 *3,372 **1 Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi 2 v2
*8 (*16) --- *2,878 *2,878 **1 Guilty Crown v1
10 (*24) --- *2,680 *2,680 **1 Bleach Arrancar Metsubou-hen v12
11 (*27) --- *2,633 *2,633 **1 Starry Sky v12
12 (*30) --- *2,549 *2,549 **1 Working'!! v4
15 (*44) --- *1,744 *1,744 **1 Tiger & Bunny v9
16 (*49) --- *1,579 *1,579 **1 Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen no Makyou~ v5
17 (*51) --- *1,524 *1,524 **1 Roukyuubu! v5
18 (*52) --- *1,514 *1,514 **1 NO.6 v5
19 (*55) --- *1,362 *1,362 **1 Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni! v5
20 (*56) --- *1,357 *1,357 **1 Idolmaster v4
21 (*59) --- *1,345 *1,345 **1 Kimi to Boku. v2
23 (*64) --- *1,209 *1,209 **1 Junjou Romantica DVD Box
24 (*65) --- *1,204 *1,204 **1 Higurashi no Naku Kori Ni Kira v4
27 (*70) --- *1,121 *1,121 **1 Keroro Gunsou 7th Season v12
28 (*77) --- *1,048 *1,048 **1 Shakugan no Shana III -Final- v2
29 (*80) --- *1,031 *1,031 **1 Beelzebub v8
30 (*92) --- **,954 **,954 **1 Morita-san wa Mukuchi. 2
-- (*97) --- **,901 **,901 **1 ef - a tale of melodies DVD Box v1

*97 *,901
101 *,875 Super Robot Taisen OG: The Inspector v8
102 Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard OVA DVD Box
107 *,840 Mashiro-iro Symphony v1
108 *,835 Maken-ki! v2
113 *,805 Usagi Drop v4
117 *,780 Tamayura ~hitotose~ v2
124 *,740
127 Sket Dance v6
128 Battle Athletes OVA & TV DVD Box
150 UN-GO v1
151 Mayo Chiki v5
153 Towa no Quon v6
156 KakkoKawaii Sengen! Tawakega! Hen
159 Nichijou v8
162 Gosick v10
170 Suite Precure v8
178 Mawaru Penguindrum v4
179 BLOOD-C v5
183 gdgd Faeries v1
188 Steins;Gate v8
223 Last Exile -Ginyoku no Fam- v1
225 Naantsuiro Drops DVD Box
228 Hunter x Hunter v1
234 C3 v2
241 Meitantei COnan Part 20 v1
253 R-15 v5
260 Kami-sama no Memo-chou v5
286 EMOTION the Best Lodoss-tou Senki ~Eiyuu Kishi-den~ DVD Box
288 Taiyou no Kiba Dogram DVD Box v2
289 Itsuka Tenma no Kurousagi v5
295 Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel KyunKyun Tokimeki Paradise!! v5
297 Taiyou no Fune Sol Bianca DVD Box
*** Ikoku Meiro no Croisee v5
*** Kami-sama Dolls v5
*** Sacred Seven v5
*** Dantalian no Shoka v5
*** Phi Brain ~Kami no Puzzle~ v1
*** Mirai Nikki v2
*** Joshikousei Girl's High DVD Box
*** EMOTION the Best DiGi Charat Nyo DVD Box v1
*** EMOTION the Best Hi no Labyrinth DVD Box
*** EMOTION the Best Mahou no Stage Fancy Lala DVD Box
*** My-Otome 0~S.ifr~ DVD Box
*** My-Otome Zwei DVD Box


2012 01/23~01/29 BD List
*1 (*1) -- 21,757 21,757 *1 Tiger & Bunny v9
*2 (*2) -- 20,208 20,208 *1 Persona 4 v3
*3 (*3) -- 18,281 18,281 *1 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v2
*4 (*4) -- 13,412 13,412 *1 Steins;Gate v8
*5 (*5) -- *7,498 *7,498 *1 Working'!! v4
*6 (*6) -- *7,164 *7,164 *1 Guilty Crown v1
*7 (*8) -- *5,703 *5,703 *1 Idolmaster v4
*9 (10) -- *5,148 *5,148 *1 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000% v5
10 (11) -- *4,599 *4,599 *1 Mawaru Penguindrum v4
-- (12) -- *4,468 *4,468 *1 Roukyuubu! v5
-- (13) -- *3,885 *3,885 *1 gdgd Faeries v1
-- (14) -- *3,876 *3,876 *1 Tamayura ~hitotose~ 2
-- (16) -- *3,452 *3,452 *1 Ao no Exorcist v8
-- (17) -- *3,372 *3,372 *1 Mayo Chiki! v5
-- (18) -- *3,276 *3,276 *1 Onegai Teacher BD Box
-- (19) -- *3,076 *3,076 *1 Usagi Drop v4
-- (20) -- *3,026 *3,026 *1 Last Exile Ginyoku no Fam v1
-- (22) -- *2,753 **2,753 *1 Shakugan no Shana III -Final- v2
-- (23) -- *2,440 **2,440 *1 Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni! v5
-- (24) -- *2,325 **2,325 *1 Mashiro-iro Symphony v1
-- (26) -- *2,138 **2,138 *1 Maken-ki! v2
-- (28) -- *2,021 **2,021 *1 Mirai Nikki v2
-- (29) -- *1,936 **1,936 *1 C3 v2
-- (30) -- *1,864 **1,864 *1 Nichijou v8
-- (31) -- *1,826 **1,826 *1 Towa no Quon v6
-- (32) -- *1,779 **1,779 *1 Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kira v4
-- (33) -- *1,676 **1,676 *1 Gosick v10
-- (34) -- *1,546 **1,546 *1 UN-GO v1
-- (36) *9 *1,445 *24,118 *5 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon v1
-- (37) -- *1,409 **1,409 *1 Sacred Seven v5
-- (38) -- *1,290 **1,290 *1 Kami-sama Dolls v5
-- (39) -- *1,256 **1,256 *1 NO.6 v5
-- (43) -- *1,056 **1,056 *1 Ikoku Meiro no Croisee v5
-- (45) -- **,920 ***,920 *1 R-15 v5
-- (46) -- **,902 ***,902 *1 BLOOD-C v5
-- (48) *3 **,851 **7,278 *2 Hanasaku Iroha v7
-- (50) -- **,828 ***,828 *1 Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen no Makyou~ v5

Guilty Crown. That's actually fairly in line with Stalker's estimates, but I thought I remembered stalker's estimates being significantly lower in each the last time I checked - which granted probably wasn't recently. Either way I didn't expect both formats to sell more than Stalker was estimating. I wonder how v2+ will sell, considering it's what, 11 volumes? Has a count been confirmed yet? This wasn't a discounted first volume though.


Fall update:
Guilty Crown does 7164/2878 for 10,042 first week. That's... well whatever.

Mashiro-iro v1 starts at 2,325, DVDs don't rank. Pretty much what you expect from a romance visual novel adaptation these days. Update: About 840 DVDs, so total 3,165.

Last Exile Fam v1 does 3,026 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

UN-GO v1 starts at 1,546 BDs, DVDS don't rank.

Maken-ki v2 shows a big drop from v1 at 2,138. v1 was 3,119 BDs with about 1k DVDs. Update: About 835 DVDs, so total 2,973.

Mirai Nikki v2 does 2,021 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

C3 v2 does 1,936 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Persona 4 v3 gets 20208/6653 for 26,861 which is actually 5% higher than v2 wk1.

Horizon v2 starts at 18,281, a 12% increase on v1 wk1. Granted, I don't think we can expect it to add another 6.3k like v1 has but it'll be over 20k.
v1 adds 1,445 for a total of 24,118.

Working'!! v4 starts very consistent with v3, doing 7498/2549 for 10,047, only a 0.47% drop on v3 wk1. Both still a bit of a drop from the 13.9 v2 did. Too bad there was nothing in the monthly rankings for Working, guess the time period just didn't align well, because it probably lost a good 600 DVDs at least from not getting a second week.

Tamayura v2 starts with 3,976 BDs, DVDs don't rank like with v1. It's only down 101 copies (2.5%) from v1 wk1 BD, so hopefully it can stay consistent even if it's not high. I like to think this is enough for a presumably low budget iyashikei slice of life show to break even. I hope so anyway. Update: About 780 DVDs, so total 4,756.

KimiBoku v2 falls to 1,345 DVDs, BDs don't rank.

Shana III v2 gets DVDs this time, 1,048 and BDs will come on Thursday, probably around 2.5k... sigh. Update: 2,753 BDs, total 3,801. Really close to v1, for what that's worth.

Morita-san 2 sells 954, it's a DVD-only one-volume release.


Summer update:
UtaPri v5 sells 5148/6424 for 11,572. I noticed that as soon as it was announced that the next and final disc came with a lottery for a live event ticket, it shot up in the rankings ahead of Nisemonogatari, and even ahead of Gundam UC's DVD version (but not BD obviously). The DVD is still #2 and the BD is #4.

Idolmaster v4 sells 5703/1357 for 7,060 (no G4U data yet). A 10% increase on standalone v3 wk1, though that's from going up almost 600 BDs, which I guess is 600 people switching from G4U to standalone for this volume. [Update: 18,179 for G4U, total 25,239, less than a 1% drop from v3 wk1.]

Roukyuubu v5 continues along the path of stability, selling 4468/1524 for 5,992. Half a percent up on v4 wk1, though v4 got a monthly ranking adjustment later (which 2 and 3 didn't).

Penguindrum v4 does 4,599 BDs, DVDs don't rank. 2.1% increase on v3.

Usagi Drop v4, final volume, does 3,076 BDs, DVDs don't rank again. Slightly better than v2 or v3. But I really wish this show sold ten times this much. Update: About 805 DVDs, so total 3,881. Final average: 3,917.

BakaTest Ni v5 also ranks BDs only and increases a bit, 1,362, though BDs should rank on Thursday. Update: 2440 BDs, total 3,802.

Mayo Chiki v5 sells 3,372 BDs, DVDs don't rank as usual.

NO.6 v5 sells 1,514 DVDs, BDs don't rank. Slight increase (0.9%) on v4 which also saw no BDs rank. Update: 1,256 BDs, total 2,770.

Sacred Seven v5 does 1,409 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

KamiDols v5 is 1,290 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Ikoku Meiro v5 sells 1,056 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

R-15 v5 drops below 1k for 920 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Blood-C v5 sells 902 BDs, DVDs don't rank.


Past seasons:
Tiger&Bunny v9, the final volume, does 21757/1744, a modest increase on v8 wk1, to finish up at 23,501. Total average is currently 25,471, though it'll be getting adjustments for a time and v9 has a few weeks left in it.

Steins v8 jumps in with 13,412, a better first week than v6 or v7, though that probably means it'll have a smaller second week.

Gintama' v7 sells 10,519.

AoEx v8 has a much better first week this time at 3452/4539 for 7,991, a 12.6% increase. However v7 got a 1.6k adjustment in DVD alone in the monthly rankings, so we'll see how v8 compares there.

Nichijou v8 does 1,864 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Gosick v10 gets 1,676 BDs, DVDs don't rank.

Hanasaku v7 adds 851 BDs, total 7,704.


OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Onegai Teacher gets 3,276 first week, not bad. Wonder how many of those were riding on interest in AnoNatsu.


No new v1s next week, then Gundam AGE, then nothing until Fate/Zero. Some Winter v1s actually start before Fate releases.


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

[Buster Darkwings]

Originally Posted by something

Berserk BD box sells only 513. I'm not sure that bodes well for the upcoming movies. How much of Berserk fandom in Japan is still interested in the anime?

Hmm, well my box probably makes it at least 514 (didn't pay for mine until the 25th), but yeah, I hope that this doesn't mean VAP won't ever do a new film scan when releasing cel-based anime on BD, if they in fact do any more old series.

With Berserk though, it's not a bad adaption in my mind, but it does seem rather watered down compared to the manga, so I can see why only the hardest of the hardcore would be willing to buy it nowadays.

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by something

Guilty Crown does 7164/2878 for 10,042 first week. That's... well whatever.

Wait... How did this happen? Like, seriously. It was down in the 100's for a very long time on Amazon Japan, and it had a little boost to the 20's just around it's release date like a lot of series' (Haganai and Horizon come to mind) but I don't see where this came from.

Due to it's behaviour on Amazon I expected it to do 5k maybe 6k. Though I guess I shouldn't be surprised as Infinite Stratos sold tons more and that was a worse series. But even then Infinite Stratos shown signs of being an incredibly good seller because of it's various rankings on different sites from what I remember, Guilty Crown didn't.

Maybe the Supercell music CD which came with vol. 1 made people buy it.

[something]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

Due to it's behaviour on Amazon I expected it to do 5k maybe 6k.

I think what threw most people was DVDs. I honestly didn't pay any attention to ts DVD sales, and then it goes and almost gets 3k, a good ~29% of its total.

Maybe the Supercell music CD which came with vol. 1 made people buy it.

Maybe. v2 is showingf 3255 BD, 1148 DVD on stalker right now but that doesn't really mean much of anything a month out and for a 2nd volume.

[Chipp12]

Why won't you add gdgd Fairies? It's an anime too, a 3D though...
And I'm quite a fan of it

Guilty Crown has also surprised me, because I've expected it to sell around 7,5-8k judjing from the stalker. Well, I hope that it will keep above 10k border.

[angelx03]

Originally Posted by something

Guilty Crown does 7164/2878 for 10,042 first week. That's... well whatever.

[/quote]

That's a fluke, right? RIGHT?

[MelancholicMariya]

Originally Posted by angelx03

That's a fluke, right? RIGHT?

I doubt it. No discounts, came with Supercell music and it's by people who did Code Geass so some people might just auto-buy it just because of that.

Volume 2 has 「SOUNDTRACK ANOTHER SIDE 01」which is more music, some of which is composed by Ryo like on the actual soundtrack which was released in stores. That and people actually enjoy this series unironically it turns out.

So what seems to of happened is that they've released an actual soundtrack but held tracks back so they could release the music with the BD's.

[Grapadura]

No fifth week for Horizon v1? I'm sad. Although v2 starting higher than v1 makes me feel better.

I really thought Last Exile would sell less than 1k. 3k is nothing to make a fuss about, but at least it's not the last one on the list.

Finally, i don't get all the hate Guilty Crown gets on /a/. Is it because of the cliche ridden high school episodes? And the last episode has been so good, i see no reason now to not stick to it till the end.