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Mar 5, 2013 12:40 AM
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Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

Blu-ray
*4, 24,949 24,949 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*6, *8,047 *8,047 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
*7, *7,778 *7,778 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, *6,224 *6,224 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition
11, *5,516 *5,516 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb vol.3 Limited Edition
12, *5,257 *5,257 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai Blu-ray Box
13, *4,779 *4,779 (Sphere Music Clips 2009-2012)
14, *4,521 *4,521 Blood-C: The Last Dark Limited Edition
15, *4,238 31,595 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
16, *4,130 *4,130 Shoujo Kakumei Utena Blu-ray Box vol.2
17, *3,956 *3,956 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition
19, *3,317 *3,317 Joshiraku vol.5 Limited Edition
20, *3,296 *3,296 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.6

DVD
*1, 6,734 *,*29,871 Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki
*2, 6,628 *,**6,628 Yorinuki Gintama-san On Theater 2D Kabuki Cho Shitennoh Hen Limited Edition
*3, 5,896 *,**5,896 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*4, 3,904 *,*18,433 Kuroko no Basket vol.8
*5, 3,704 *,**3,704 Magi vol.3 Limited Edition
*6, 3,297 *,**3,297 Hakuouki Reimeiroku vol.6 Limited Edition
*7, 2,909 *,**2,909 Aikatsu! vol.1
*8, 2,144 *,**2,144 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, 1,825 *,**1,825 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition
10, 1,622 *,**1,622 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
11, 1,485 *,**9,609 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.4
12, 1,418 *,**1,418 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition
13, 1,406 *,*23,006 Biohazard: Damnation
14, 1,362 *,**1,362 Blood-C: The Last Dark
15, 1,339 *,**4,103 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.2 Limited Edition
16, 1,121 *,**1,121 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb vol.3 Limited Edition
17, 1,026 *,**4,245 New Prince of Tennis vol.6
18, *,988 *,***,988 Arcana Famiglia vol.6 Limited Edition
19, *,984 *,***,984 Campione!: Matsurowanu Kamigami to Kamigoroshi no Maou vol.6 Limited Edition
20, *,882 *,**5,523 Tiger & Bunny Movie 1: The Beginning Limited Edition
21, *,878 *,***,878 Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi. vol.6 Limited Edition
22, *,859 *,***,859 Smile Precure! vol.9
23, *,809 *,***,809 Smile Precure! vol.10
24, *,756 *,***,756 Nintama Rantarou Selection
25, *,705 *,***,705 Oda Nobuna no Yabou vol.6
26, *,644 *,***,644 Joshiraku vol.5 Limited Edition
27, *,620 1,181,479 Tonari no Totoro
28, *,614 *,***,614 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo vol.2
29, *,607 *,***,607 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol.4 Limited Edition
30, *,596 *,***,596 Hagure Yuusha no Estetica vol.6

Single CD
*2, 68,784 68,784 Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dogu Hakubutsukan "Mirai no Museum"
16, *5,008 *5,008 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.8 Makoto
17, *4,903 *4,903 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.7 Azusa
23, *3,277 *3,277 Cuticle Tantei Inaba "Haruka Nichijo no Naka de" "Prima Stella"
26, *2,925 15,651 Love Live! School Idol Project "Susume→Tomorrow" "Start:Dash!!"
34, *2,331 *2,331 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Yume no Tsuzuki"
37, *2,230 36,703 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure "Bloody Stream"
40, *2,137 *2,137 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Prime number~Kimi to Deaeru Hi~"
42, *2,103 *2,103 Hetalia: The Beautiful World "Mawaru Chikyu Rondo"
44, *1,849 *1,849 Senran Kagura "Shissoron"
48, *1,714 15,032 Toaru Majutsu no Index: Endymion no Kiseki "Shining Star-☆-Love Letter"

Source: Oricon Youtaiju
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Mar 5, 2013 12:42 AM
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dtshyk said:

*2, *,*68,784 *,*68,784Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dogu Hakubutsukan "Mirai no Museum"
23, *,**3,277 *,**3,277 Cuticle Tantei Inaba "Haruka Nichijo no Naka de" "Prima Stella"
34, *,**2,331 *,**2,331 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Yume no Tsuzuki"
40, *,**2,137 *,**2,137 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Prime number~Kimi to Deaeru Hi~"
42, *,**2,103 *,**2,103 Hetalia: The Beautiful World "Mawaru Chikyu Rondo"


Nice~~
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Mar 5, 2013 12:50 AM
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Fujoshi forgot to buy Magi blurays lol

Oh the horror.
Mar 5, 2013 12:51 AM
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Temporal Blu-ray + DVD Sales Rankings for Autumn 2012 the first volumes
*1, 28,877 Girls und Panzer
*2, 23,957 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
*3, 17,520 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!
*4, 16,625 Magi
*5, 12,838 To LOVE-Ru Darkness
*6, 12,349 Gintama' Enchousen
*7, 11,609 Little Busters!
*8, 11,462 Initial D Fifth Stage
*9, *9,928 Hidamari Sketch x Honeycomb
10, *9,503 Psycho-Pass
11, *9,010 K
12, *6,249 Kamisama Hajimemashita
13, *3,649 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
14, *2,909 Aikatsu!
15, *2,497 Onii-chan Dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!
16, *2,494 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
17, *2,392 Jormungand: Perfect Order
18, *2,256 Teekyuu
19, *2,184 Busou Shinki
20, *2,024 Hiiro no Kakera 2nd Season
21, *1,911 Zetsuen no Tempest
22, *1,759 Ixion Saga DT
23, *1,235 Robotics;Notes
24, *1,011 Hayate no Gotoku! Can't Take My Eyes Off You (vol.2)
25, *,*652 Medaka Box Abnormal
26, **,613 Code:Breaker (vol.2)
27, **,528 Shinsekai yori (vol.2)
28, **,415 Ebiten: Kouritsu Ebisugawa Koukou Tenmonbu (vol.3)
29, **,345 Btooom! (vol.3)

Out of the rankings
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Mar 5, 2013 12:54 AM
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Fujoshi forgot to buy Magi blurays lol

Oh the horror.


Did Magi really only sell like 3k-ish for DVDs? That's such a big drop. It could be because of the new direction the series is going. ._.
Mar 5, 2013 12:59 AM
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*4, 24,949 24,949 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*7, *7,778 *7,778 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, *6,224 *6,224 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition
Really nice rankings.
Mar 5, 2013 1:03 AM
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dtshyk said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

Blu-ray
*4, 24,949 24,949 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*6, *8,047 *8,047 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
*7, *7,778 *7,778 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
17, *3,956 *3,956 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition

DVD
*3, 5,896 *,**5,896 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*5, 3,704 *,**3,704 Magi vol.3 Limited Edition
*8, 2,144 *,**2,144 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, 1,825 *,**1,825 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition
10, 1,622 *,**1,622 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition


A tad better 1st week for SAO v5 compared to v2 and a tad lower compared to v3. Good to see it quite consistent.

Also quite consistent for Little Busters! and To Love-Ru Darkness!

Nice 1st week for OreShura! Didn't expect it to sell so well (5781).

As expected to see Magi v3 drop so much after v2. Maximum it can have is 6999 1st week (when the full list comes out on Thursday)... just ouch. The DVD drop is even worse than Ao no Exorcist's drops across each subsequent volume. I guess advance live event ticket applications make such a big difference in sales for anime with a significant fujoshi fanbase.

Example:
○青の祓魔師 【全10巻】
巻数    初動       2週計      累計     発売日
      BD(DVD)     BD(DVD)    BD(DVD)
01巻 *7,318(10,892) *8,256(12,551) *8,852(14,415) 11.06.22 ※合計 23,267枚
02巻 *6,220(*8,126) *6,901(*9,390) **,***(10,126) 11.07.27 ※合計 17,027枚
03巻 *5,307(*6,882) *6,054(*8,097) **,***(**,***) 11.08.24 ※合計 14,151枚
04巻 *4,697(*6,090) *5,484(*7,426) **,***(*7,798) 11.09.21 ※合計 13,282枚
05巻 *4,306(*5,601) *4,857(*6,569) **,***(*6,803) 11.10.26 ※合計 11,660枚
06巻 *3,793(*4,867) *4,386(*5,846) **,***(**,***) 11.11.23 ※合計 10,232枚
07巻 *3,108(*3,985) **,***(*5,558) **,***(**,***) 11.12.14 ※合計 *8,666枚
08巻 *3,452(*4,539) *3,907(*5,218) **,***(**,***) 12.01.25 ※合計 *9,125枚
09巻 *3,179(*4,083) *3,681(*4,892) **,***(**,***) 12.02.22 ※合計 *8,573枚
10巻 *3,257(*4,169) *3,807(*4,975) **,***(**,***) 12.03.21 ※合計 *8,782枚

○マギ 【全 巻】
巻数    初動       累計     発売日
      BD(DVD)    BD(DVD)
01巻 *4,798(*9,003) *5,677(10,948) 13.01.30 ※合計 16,625枚
02巻 *3,645(*6,377) *4,258(*7,551) 13.02.06 ※合計 11,809枚
03巻 **,***(*3,704) **,***(**,***) 13.02.27 ※合計 **,***枚
04巻 **,***(**,***) **,***(**,***) 13.03.27 ※合計 **,***枚
05巻 **,***(**,***) **,***(**,***) 13.04.24 ※合計 **,***枚
06巻 **,***(**,***) **,***(**,***) 13.05.22 ※合計 **,***枚
07巻 **,***(**,***) **,***(**,***) 13.06.26 ※合計 **,***枚
08巻 **,***(**,***) **,***(**,***) 13.07.24 ※合計 **,***枚
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Mar 5, 2013 1:09 AM
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That is an impressive free-fall for Magi.
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Blu-ray
*4, 24,949 24,949 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*6, *8,047 *8,047 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, *6,224 *6,224 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition
17, *3,956 *3,956 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition

DVD
*3, 5,896 *,**5,896 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*9, 1,825 *,**1,825 Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru vol.1 Limited Edition
10, 1,622 *,**1,622 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
12, 1,418 *,**1,418 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition

Pleasant results, pleasant indeed. But holy fuck, how is SAO selling that well? Don't get me wrong, I love the LN-version of it but in my eyes A-1 didn't do it justice at all (as it's with nearly everything A-1 do) so it's just the more surprising that SAO is selling so well constantly.
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Mar 5, 2013 2:10 AM

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Wow, What happened to Magi.

And woohoo Little Busters
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18, *2,256 Teekyuu

I wonder how much this show would sell if it was a full length anime, as opposed to only two minutes.

I can't say that Teekyuu, considering its style and rapid delivery of jokes, would work as a full length anime. I can say, considering how outrageously funny it was, that it deserves a chance.
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I'm not surprised that Magi 3 sold so little. I heard that many fans were angry at how they changed so many things in the anime. Not to mention, they rushed it like anything. They were doing 4 chapters in one episode...
ah well, the manga got a good boost and that's what really matters.
I really wonder why A-1 Pictures, the studio which did an amazing job with Uta-Pri, completely butchered Magi. I hope the low sales taught them not to mess with fujoshi.

Oreshura v1 close to ~6k BD + DVD combined.But this had an event ticket right? Curious to see how other volumes will do...

according to this:

http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/index2.cgi?smd=title&tn=%89%B4%82%CC%94%DE%8F%97%82%C6%97c%82%C8%82%B6%82%DD%82%AA%8FC%97%85%8F%EA%82%B7%82%AC%82%E9

Volume 2 and so on don't seem to be doing that well.
Did it get a good boost in novel sales?
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^not that I recall (regarding the novel sales). But that might change.

Concerning Magi, I'm not surprised in the least. That's what you get for failing at adapting such a great manga. The fans are pissed, rightfully so, mind you. Personally I only got the first BD volume because of the limited Sinbad manga coming with it, otherwise I wouldn't give a crap about it.
The manga itself is selling splendidly and that's all what counts in my eyes.
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dtshyk said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

Blu-ray
16, *4,130 *4,130 Shoujo Kakumei Utena Blu-ray Box vol.2

Not a bad at all for a 14-year old series. Too bad it didn't outsell Little Busters, maybe it would have told JC Staff something if it say.

Nevertheless, those are some good figures there.
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I'm not surprised that Magi 3 sold so little. I heard that many fans were angry at how they changed so many things in the anime. Not to mention, they rushed it like anything. They were doing 4 chapters in one episode...
ah well, the manga got a good boost and that's what really matters.
I really wonder why A-1 Pictures, the studio which did an amazing job with Uta-Pri, completely butchered Magi. I hope the low sales taught them not to mess with fujoshi.




I really agree with you. It could have gone a lot better in the sales if people weren't put off by the recent filler/changes!

dtshyk said:

*4, 3,904 *,*18,433 Kuroko no Basket vol.8


Nice total and weekly sales! GJ!!
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nice to see To Love-Ru selling well.
gimme second season!

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Magi 1&2 had event tickets too I think.

Glad to see Little Busters holding up well, didn't drop much from volume two. Ahead of Chuunibyou in BD and close overall.

Oreshura doing better than I'd expected. Still not great but I was expecting under 3000 and it did quite a bit better.

Will have to wait for the top 100 to see if any of my other favorites ranked : Sukitte ii na yo 3, Kokoro Connect Kako Random, Tonari no Kaibutsu kun 4, Sakurasou no Petto na kanojo 2. Glad to see the latter two in the DVD rankings as least. My poor Sukitte probably won't rank again...

Teekyuu is based upon 14-16 page manga chapters so I don't think 23 minutes would work.

I preferred the original Sakurasou OP and ED but good to see them selling anyways.

Good to see LoveLive! CDS doing well. Looking forward to the next one, Korekarano Someday / Wonder Zone!
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Blood-C sells almost 6k. Not very good, but still way more than I expected. Especially since the TV anime bombed hard.
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Awww...poor Magi that's a really huge drop. SAO is raking in money as usual. Oreshura has ok sales..Love Live can make it to 10k but the rest of winter season are sucky..
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Blood-C sells almost 6k. Not very good, but still way more than I expected. Especially since the TV anime bombed hard.

The movie wasn't very good. Saw it at a film festival last year, visually stunning but the story was not good. No surprise to me it sold poorly.
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dtshyk said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

Blu-ray
*4, 24,949 24,949 Sword Art Online vol.5 Limited Edition
*6, *8,047 *8,047 Little Busters! vol.3 Limited Edition
*7, *7,778 *7,778 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.3 Limited Edition
*9, *6,224 *6,224 Accel World vol.8 Limited Edition


Damn son.
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SAO is very consistent, obvious from its very firm fan-base. I'm not really liking it though, anime was truly the worst form of adaptation for much superior novel one. Understandable, but my heart won't take its success.

GirlPan and Jojo getting top sales spot is always fine, however.
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Glad to see SAO, Little Busters! and Accel World selling so well, but sad for Sakurasou.

22 days left for Haganai NEXT volume 1... I wonder how it'll do. 1st season sold very well.
Mar 5, 2013 5:44 AM

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Pleasant results, pleasant indeed. But holy fuck, how is SAO selling that well? Don't get me wrong, I love the LN-version of it but in my eyes A-1 didn't do it justice at all (as it's with nearly everything A-1 do) so it's just the more surprising that SAO is selling so well constantly.


Cause of the LN fanbase is loyal to the series.

As for Magi despite the animation is it really that badly butchered? I'm the kind of person who don't read the manga until after the anime is complete.

A-1 did have some amazing series like AnoHana, Tsuritama, Working!!, and UtaPri. I did like SAO, Kuroshitsuji (first season only), and Ao no Exorcist even if A-1 did make them mostly filler personally as long as it is interesting I don't really mind although I'm left with "What could have been if they would have followed the series loyally". The worst adaption to leave their ass was Togainu no Chi cause its a yaoi VN and when they adapted it for TV there wasn't even any yaoi much less BL. ~_~
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Well, it did get a boost in novel sales.

It went from 400k copies in circulation (averaging 80k copies per volume) at the time of the anime announcement to 700k copies in circulation (averaging 100k copies per volume) right now. The volumes released in the last two months seem to have sold better than the previous volumes in Oricon's weekly rankings, although those previous volumes sales were split between a regular edition and a special edition with some extra stuff bundled (IIRC) so they dropped off the rankings faster. While we didn't see any of the previous volumes ranking in the Oricon's weekly rankings (like we did for Mondaiji) they did rank in Osakaya's weekly rankings which is typically indicative of a boost in sales.

Now, whether this boost in sales can be considered good enough or not will depend on the publisher. For reference, the other two light novels from that publisher that had an anime adaptation, Nyaruko and Oda Nobuna, both reached 1 millions copies in circulation with an average of 111k copies per volume while their respective anime was airing; they were respectively at 550k copies in circulation (average of 78k copies per volume) and 600k copies (average of 85k copies per volume) before it.


hmm. thanks for the detailed info. Much appreciated. So while it got a boost it wasn't that much of a boost, I think.
so it depends on the publisher...
I'm interested to see how volume 2 will rank.
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Holy cow at that Magi drop. Did the first two volumes have events tickets and/or discounts?
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Holy cow at that Magi drop. Did the first two volumes have events tickets and/or discounts?


First volume came with manga from what I read in an earlier post. Volume 2 had event tickets.
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Aikatsu!
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Surprised Gundam UC isn't there.. well it only came out for a day so whatever.

EDIT: Actually that was live stream, so yeah I mixed up dates.
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Key observations:

- The very good sales number for KuroBas revives the talk about whether KuroBas is going to keep the TOP FOUR BESTSELLER SERIES honor of 2012 and what is the chance of GirlPan overtaking it to snatch the slot.

- Despite concern about the sales for its subsequent volumes, the better than expected sales of OreShura v1 starts off the Winter season sales with a good start. The first week sales number is >40% better than the Amazon Stalker prediction, which is more than a lot of people thought.
If we follow the same adjustment, we would get first week number of >13k for LoveLive, >9k for ViviPan and 8.5k for Hagani2. And conventional wisdom puts all these 3 series to have an even stronger storefront sales model than OreShura, meaning potentially the underestimation by Amazon Stalker could be even more.
This would mean that, like I predicted earlier, we may have 2 titles this season that will have >10k for vol.1 sales, which is not really anything great but at least it is better than the worst scenario (nothing over 10k even for vol.1) many have feared.

- So far it is getting almost certain that for the TOP FOUR BESTSELLER SERIES in 2013 Winter Season, LoveLive, ViviPan and Haganai2 will get three slots. The remaining slot is tricky to predict. Once MaoYuu seemed to have a very strong claim, but its star has waned a lot since more than a month ago.
Currently the strongest contenders include:
* OreShura - it all depends on how it sells from vol.2 onwards. Currently Amazon Stalker predicts <2k for vol.2 (BD+DVD) but if it underestimates by the same extent as vol.1 it will have 3k which may be already enough to lay a claim for Top Four Bestseller Series of the Season -- it is really this sad.
* MaoYuu - Stalker projects 3.7k for BD (DVD is <600)
* Yama no Susume - Stalker projects 3.8k for BD. Since this is just one volume, it has an advantage in terms of series average. It all depends on whether we allow Top Four to include short anime.
* Minamke4 - Stalker projects 3.2k for BD (DVD is <600)
* Tamako Market - Stalker projects 2.8k for BD (DVD is <600)
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
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Nice to see Utena BD up there! :3

They did a good job touching it up, I wish it had English subs.
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Fujoshi forgot to buy Magi blurays lol

Oh the horror.


Totally agree.
Mar 5, 2013 7:44 AM
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bippo said:
Fujoshi forgot to buy Magi blurays lol

Oh the horror.


Totally agree.


they didn't forget. they did it on purpose. =)
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Yeah, we're not seeing a Magi sequel. Oh well.

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Well, as expected, Seitokai no Ichizon didn't rank. It's a true shame, especially considering what other shows managed to sell 3k+. I hate myself for not having enough money to fund a 3rd season on my own.
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Yeah, we're not seeing a Magi sequel. Oh well.

I think I can make due without another season of it. =/

Glad Accel World is doing well now, it more than deserves its success. Can't wait for the next season!

Little Busters is doing as well as I hoped it would. :)

Haven't heard of Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki until now, I think I'll give this one a look.
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Haven't heard of Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki until now, I think I'll give this one a look.
Have you heard of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time or Summer War ? Same director.
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
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phoenixalia said:
MillaMaxwell said:
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Fujoshi forgot to buy Magi blurays lol

Oh the horror.


Totally agree.


they didn't forget. they did it on purpose. =)


Never Forgive, Never Forget!
Oh how you drew our precious bishes all derpy and make them look like cardboard cutouts
You shall pay the price!
Never Forgive, Never Forget!
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"
Mar 5, 2013 8:06 AM

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bNq said:
Well, as expected, Seitokai no Ichizon didn't rank. It's a true shame, especially considering what other shows managed to sell 3k+. I hate myself for not having enough money to fund a 3rd season on my own.

It ranked last week. 667 BDs.
Just checked back since I'm absolutely sure I didn't see it on last weeks thread, and it indeed didn't show up there yet. Maybe 667 wasn't enough to make the list.

Anyway, thanks. I guess that's something at least, wondering how GJ Bu will do. I'm sure there are enough people who'd buy "that type" of anime, I guess they were just put off by the changes made to SnI sadly.
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symbv said:
kenshin_sama said:
Haven't heard of Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki until now, I think I'll give this one a look.
Have you heard of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time or Summer War ? Same director.

Haven't heard of the prior, but I do know about the latter. I heard he did a great job on Summer Wars (something I've been meaning to get to for a while).
Mar 5, 2013 8:15 AM

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jmal said:
GJ-bu has been the second strongest ranking show after Love Live (and sometimes even higher) for a couple weeks now. But it had a bad start so it may be "too little too late", but considering it was on track for total failure initially, it is doing better than expected. It could have decent sales, at least by the low standard of sales we're seeing this season anyway.


Similar to OreShura (and K last season), I think the early release will screw up the projection and make it sell better than expected. I wouldn't be surprised to see it sell 4-5k.

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I guess that's something at least, wondering how GJ Bu will do. I'm sure there are enough people who'd buy "that type" of anime, I guess they were just put off by the changes made to SnI sadly.
GJ-bu has one great advantage over other titles this season (except the fact that Mao was voted the most moe character in this season in one poll of course) - its BD is much cheaper. Vol.1 costs just around 6000 yen which becomes 4500 yen in Amazon and it contains THREE episodes instead of the usual two in most BDs. And this is not just its vol.1

From the official twitter, it is disclosed that they put in a lot of effort in cost control, particularly over what extra they think fans will want most (since the stories in the anime never show any outdoor activities following the season, so they create BD cover design based on the four seasons) and the cost of the physical package (for example, the big enclosure box is in color but the inside component is in black and white)

Who knows, it may even get enough follow-up sales to lay a claim to Top Four Bestseller of the Season.
symbvMar 5, 2013 8:38 AM
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
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Epic lolz as usual. Especially SAO, LB! and OreImo.
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jmal said:

I always wonder how they make these decisions. Lower price don't necessarily mean higher unit sales, and even if it does they have to be increased enough to offset the lower ¥/ep revenue. I mean selling 5,000 average over 4 discs (20,000 units) at ¥6,090 MSRP aka ¥2,030/ep (¥122m) loses out to selling even 3,000 average over 6 discs (18,000 units) at ¥7,140 MSRP aka ¥3,750/ep (¥129m). And yet most fans will assume the 5k seller was the obvious winner.

This is why people who think the super expensive model we usually see in the anime industry is so irrational tend to be wrong. (Granted even ¥6,090*4 is a lot of money, but not nearly as much as the alternative.)
I have a feeling that there are a lot of things about the actual profit and cost analysis for an anime series that we don't know or know only little (for example variation of physical packaging cost or production cost for the extras). Personally I welcome any pricing experiment that does not radically hit the production's bottom line because any innovation in packaging/pricing that allows package to be sold at lower price and yet allows studio and production to make money will be a win-win situation for everyone. The question at the end is how much the cost reduction effort has lowered the breakeven line for the anime production.

And of course inspired by this news, fans in Japan are now doing another bout of attacking Kadokawa for its notorious "Kadokawa Price".
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
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Well, this time smile vol 9 and 10 are out. O.o Blood C movie now has subs, but first, to rewatch the anime...
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Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

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14, 1,362 *,**1,362 Blood-C: The Last Dark

why?
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Ore Shura sold better than I expected, but vol 1 has an event ticket so it will be interesting to see how much it falls next volume.

Can't help but think this show aired at a bad time though. Airing right after Chuunibyou ended when the two shows overlap ( With OreShura doing a weak job in comparison to Chuunibyou when it comes to depicting character delusions ) must have lost them potential sales.

Speaking of Chuunibyou, I hope it and Hyouka got a second week. Will have to wait for the thursday list.
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dtshyk said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for February 25th - March 3rd.

Blu-ray
14, 1,362 *,**1,362 Blood-C: The Last Dark

why?


Those kinds of anime don't sell. The last Blood anime sold like crap.

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RyanSaotome said:
Z-flame said:

Blu-ray
14, 1,362 *,**1,362 Blood-C: The Last Dark

why?
Those kinds of anime don't sell. The last Blood anime sold like crap.


Both of you forgot there are both BD and DVD numbers. And Z-flame made it worse by quoting the DVD number as the Blu-ray number.

In fact:
BD
14, *4,521 *4,521 Blood-C: The Last Dark Limited Edition
DVD
14, 1,362 *,**1,362 Blood-C: The Last Dark

The total is actually 5,883. Not overly great, but much better than 1362 and actually it is better than some had previously expected (particularly given the bad feedback by fans for the TV series).

And its OP CD sold A LOT (well, it's by Mizuki Nana, so...)
symbvMar 5, 2013 9:33 AM
So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old?

I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them?

I wonder how long people would put up with this.

As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series.
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jmal said:
RyanSaotome said:
Those kinds of anime don't sell. The last Blood anime sold like crap.
Eh, I think Blood-C was perceived to have enough problems on its own that it doesn't require overly broad generalizations to explain its failure. Dark stuff can sell, but Blood-C was not generally seen as one of the better examples of such... genre and story elements don't always dictate sales.


What dark/gory anime in the last couple years have actually sold though? Only thing I can think of that put up respectable numbers is Psycho Pass... a lot of the gory stuff the West likes typically sells very little, like Blood-C, Deadman Wonderland, Btoom, Mirai Nikki, etc.

Its a culture difference that America just likes violence and gore more than Japan. Its not even anime alone, video games also focus a lot less on violence since thats not what sells over there like it does here.
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