Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Nov 24 - 30

tsubasalover said:
CD Single
10.　15,327　*15,327　Nanatsu no Taizai ED "7 -seven-" by FLOW x GRANRODEO
19.　*4,790　*21,447　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OP "Hikaru nara" by Goose house
22.　*4,111　**4,111　Brothers Conflict OVA OP "MY SWEET HEAVEN♂♀" by Gero
23.　*3,939　*21,311　Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) ED "believe" by Kalafina
30.　*3,585　**3,585　Magic Kaito 1412 OP "Kimi no Matsu Sekai" by LAGOON
49.　*1,811　**6,728　Madan no Ou to Vanadis OP "Ginsen no Kaze" by Konomi Suzuki
58.　*1,621　**1,621　Gugure! Kokkuri-san ED "This Merry-Go-Round Song" by Atsushi Suemitsu
63.　*1,528　**1,528　Magic Kaito 1412 ED "WHITE of CRIME" by REVALCY
81.　*1,027　*18,528　Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) OP "ideal white" by Mashiro Ayano

CD Album
21.　*5,141　54,287　Mai Kuraki "Mai Kuraki BEST 151A -LOVE & HOPE-" (incl. older Detective Conan theme songs and new OP "DYNAMITE")
82.　*1,090　21,728　Detective Conan "The Best of Detective Conan 5 ~Meitantei Conan Theme Song Collection~" by Various Artists

chrisedmonds said:
sword art online is really getting a big fanbase, i dropped it a while back, maybe i should rewatch it.

Kaioshin_Sama said:
Does it occur to anybody that a fictional 2D idol group headed by mainly newcomers is pretty much keeping pace with a new Nana Mizuki single and that their singles cost almost twice as much too (2,200 yen vs. 1,234), someone who was previously considered to be untouchable in the seiyuu/singer world. u's could at this juncture be argued to be as or more popular than Nana Mizuki. Think about that for a second.

animefan8800 said:
So Is the order a rabbit Season 2 when? :)

Tengai said:
Sword Art Online II, huh.



Man, that's pretty sad.

Ejc said:
@Kaioshin_Sama

Idol culture is big in Japan. You do know how many copies AKB48 sells for each of their singles? Their new single "希望的リフレイン", which was released on Nov 26, sold 1,130,312 copies. Effective marketing is key for idol franchises, whether it is 2D, 2.5D (which is what u's is at the concerts, events, etc) or 3D.

For Love Live's case, they effectively market their discography through the Sukufesu mobile game. The occasional events and promotional work the seiyuu do, drive the concert disc sales. This is the phenomenon of 2.5D idols (half-way between 2D and 3D). Not to mention merchandise sales, book sales, etc, keeping interest in the franchise as a whole.

tsubasalover said:

Blu-ray
*1.　14,398　14,398　Sword Art Online II Vol.2
*2.　11,486　11,486　IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge-hen

F0XFIRE said:


Shit sells. Fucking Otaku.

SolvitePriest said:


mothers rosario has been legitimately good.

TheNaturalPerm said:
The Top 4 are kind of sad.

At least Barakamon and Gekkan Shoujo did fairly well



But volume 2 is still Gungale Online :|
was that also legitimately good? D:

j0x said:
anyone knows the preorder data of Expelled From Paradise? when we will know its sales? i heard its doing pretty good

SolvitePriest said:


Its sales are way worse than they were in season 1.

Stop crying because a show you probably havent even seen sold well.

Just because MAL says you have to dislike something, doesnt mean you have to.

Blu Ray + DVD
17,245　17,245　Sword Art Online II Vol.2
14,420　14,420　IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge-hen
10,034　10,034　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei "Kyuukousen-hen" Vol.2 Limited Edition

CD Single
10.　15,327　*15,327　Nanatsu no Taizai ED "7 -seven-" by FLOW x GRANRODEO
30.　*3,585　**3,585　Magic Kaito 1412 OP "Kimi no Matsu Sekai" by LAGOON
35.　*3,146　**3,146　Madan no Ou to Vanadis ED "Schwarzer Bogen" by Hitomi Harada
37.　*3,022　*85,313　Youkai Watch ED "Dan Dan Dubi Zubaa!" by Dream5 + Burii Taichou
49.　*1,811　**6,728　Madan no Ou to Vanadis OP "Ginsen no Kaze" by Konomi Suzuki
54.　*1,694　134,399　Youkai Watch OP "Geragerapou no Uta" by King Creamsoda
63.　*1,528　**1,528　Magic Kaito 1412 ED "WHITE of CRIME" by REVALCY
69.　*1,345　**5,480　Trinity Seven OP "Seven Doors" by ZAQ
82.　*1,001　*55,209　Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo OP "Kindan no Resistance" by Nana Mizuki

17.　*7,210　**7,210　Akame ga Kill! ED "Liar Mask" by Rika Mayama

tsubasalover said:

Blu-ray
*1.　14,398　14,398　Sword Art Online II Vol.2

CD Single
*3.　40,116　*40,116　"Aki no Anata no Sora Tooku" by lily white [Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida), Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kushida) from μ's]
10.　15,327　*15,327　Nanatsu no Taizai ED "7 -seven-" by FLOW x GRANRODEO
13.　*8,709　**8,709　Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! OP "Yuruyu Rin Rin Rin Rin Rin" by Nanamori Chu☆Goraku-bu
14.　*8,548　**8,548　Ai Tenchi Muyo! Recap ED "Viva! Otome no Daibouken!!" by Otome Shinto
16.　*8,395　**8,395　Yuru Yuri Nachuyachumi! ED "After School Days" by Nanamori Chu☆Goraku Bu
17.　*7,210　**7,210　Akame ga Kill! ED "Liar Mask" by Rika Mayama
18.　*5,901　*53,323　"Eien Friends" by Printemps [Honoka Kousaka (CV: Emi Nitta), Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida), Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo) from μ's]
19.　*4,790　*21,447　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OP "Hikaru nara" by Goose house
21.　*4,186　**4,186　Shirobako OP/ED "COLORFUL BOX/Animetic Love Letter" by Yoko Ishida / Aoi Miyamori (CV: Juri Kimura) & Ema Yasuhara (CV: Haruka Yoshimura) & Shizuka Sakaki
22.　*4,111　**4,111　Brothers Conflict OVA OP "MY SWEET HEAVEN♂♀" by Gero
23.　*3,939　*21,311　Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) ED "believe" by Kalafina

j0x said:
anyone knows the preorder data of Expelled From Paradise? when we will know its sales? i heard its doing pretty good

MAGiC_DREAMBOX said:
Liar Mask is the OP not the ED.

MAGiC_DREAMBOX said:

Fantastic! All 3 selling incredibly well, yet to watch any of IS but reading the novels and they are great so could not be happier to see the anime sell. Unless that is that they mucked up the adaptation, I'll find out soon enough. Mahouka remaining steady in sales and after the fab news of seeing how much of a boost the LNs got it's a great week. Japan doing us proud again.

Paulo27 said:


From what I read it looks like Aniplex is shipping 30k copies on day 1 (doesn't mean 30k sales but they only planned for 10k to begin with so it's doing a lot better than expected).

Gochiusa also managed 10k series average, best selling CGDCT since K-ON.
Nozaki-kun is also on track for 10k, hope it manages.

SolvitePriest said:
SAO 2 sales gonna skyrocket for mothers rosario.

I cant wait for the next episode and im no SAO fanboy.

Also, why the fuck are people in Nippon still buying infinite stratos.

Kaioshin_Sama said:
I don't actually expect all that much out of it other than a hyped up blockbuster since even Japanese fans are saying that the script is nothing particularly noteworthy and this is their beloved Urobuchi we're talking about here so I'm even more inclined to believe it's the case.

ichii_1 said:

Just a name alone will net them millions regardless of quality unlike Infinite Stratos World Purge which deserves the sales :)

*1.　14,398　14,398　Sword Art Online II Vol.2
*2.　11,486　11,486　IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge-hen
*3.　10,809　41,769　Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season Vol.6 Special Limited Edition
*4.　*8,201　*8,201　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Vol.6 Limited Edition

iLostReason said:
Seeing Nozaki-kun and Barakamon having not that bad numbers makes me really happy.Hoping for seasons 2 of both in future.

Oh man...I don't even know where to start so I'm just going to leave, lol.

Moodie said:
feels good living in an era of moe and harems

if u want manly anime the 90s are the right place for u

Hoppy said:


The recession in Japan guarantees there will be more as it's almost recession proof, that and idol anime/cds (as said in WUG).

Kaioshin_Sama said:


It also helps that it has like 4 different versions of the disc up on Amazon alone. They just added another one early today so now it's like 5 which has to be some sort of record. It's ridiculous how much they'll strip mine one entity for all potential profit like that. It's realistically probably going to sell much higher than 30K since again they've successfully managed to create a craze for a property with their marketing and use of popular names and are making sure to squeeze every last potential sale they can out of it with whatever kind of packaging they can throw on the market with a week to go to release, but also realistically I don't actually expect all that much out of it other than a hyped up blockbuster since even Japanese fans are saying that the script is nothing particularly noteworthy and this is their beloved Urobuchi we're talking about here so I'm even more inclined to believe it's the case.

Ejc said:
@Kaioshin_Sama

Idol culture is big in Japan. You do know how many copies AKB48 sells for each of their singles? Their new single "希望的リフレイン", which was released on Nov 26, sold 1,130,312 copies. Effective marketing is key for idol franchises, whether it is 2D, 2.5D (which is what u's is at the concerts, events, etc) or 3D.

For Love Live's case, they effectively market their discography through the Sukufesu mobile game. The occasional events and promotional work the seiyuu do, drive the concert disc sales. This is the phenomenon of 2.5D idols (half-way between 2D and 3D). Not to mention merchandise sales, book sales, etc, keeping interest in the franchise as a whole.

moonnya said:

http://rankstker.net/index_news.cgi
the first one (ranking 2nd). What is this anime about anyway ? I heard that it isnt even an anime

Paulo27 said:


From what I read it looks like Aniplex is shipping 30k copies on day 1 (doesn't mean 30k sales but they only planned for 10k to begin with so it's doing a lot better than expected).

j0x said:


its an anime although 3DCG or cel-shaded to be exact, the story was made by Urobuchi and i heard the fans love it so it surprisingly selling so well



yep i even heard it will sell like 40,000+ discs so its really doing great

iLostReason said:
Seeing Nozaki-kun and Barakamon having not that bad numbers makes me really happy.Hoping for seasons 2 of both in future.

Oh man...I don't even know where to start so I'm just going to leave, lol.