Japan's Yearly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for 2016 (First Half)

by tsubasalover
Jun 28, 2016 5:13 AM | 44 Comments

Here are the Blu-ray & CD sales rankings for the first half of the fiscal year of 2016 (December 14, 2015 - June 12, 2016)

Blu-ray

*1.　224,057　Love Live! The School Idol Movie Limited Special Edition
*2.　181,487　Girls und Panzer der Film Special Edition
*3.　*48,273　Osomatsu-san Vol.1 Limited Edition
*4.　*38,571　Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol.3
*5.　*36,762　Osomatsu-san Vol.2 Limited Edition
*6.　*30,232　Osomatsu-san Vol.3 Limited Edition
*7.　*27,660　Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. Limited Edition
*8.　*27,427　Osomatsu-san Vol.4 Limited Edition
*9.　*25,549　Owarimonogatari Vol.1 "Ougi Formula" Limited Edition
10.　*25,174　Owarimonogatari Vol.2 "Sodachi Riddle" Limited Edition

11.　*24,696　Owarimonogatari Vol.3 "Sodachi Lost" Limited Edition
12.　*24,090　Owarimonogatari Vol.5 "Shinobu Mail" Part 1 Limited Edition
13.　*23,713　Owarimonogatari Vol.5 "Shinobu Mail" Part 2 Limited Edition
14.　*23,634　Osomatsu-san Vol.5 Limited Edition
15.　*21,721　Persona 3 the Movie 3: Falling Down Limited Edition
16.　*20,950　Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza Limited Special Edition
17.　*20,365　Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito Final - Itoshiki Monotachi e Limited Edition
18.　*16,677　Aria The Animation Blu-ray BOX
19.　*16,502　Bakemono no Ko
20.　*14,799　Digimon Adventure tri.1: Saikai

21.　*14,690　Bakemono no Ko Special Edition
22.　*14,498　ARIA The NATURAL Blu-ray BOX
23.　*13,578　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? Vol.1 Limited Edition
24.　*13,084　The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Vol.9 Limited Edition
(cut-off 13,084)

DVD

*1.　*66,022　Osomatsu-san Vol.1 Limited Edition
*2.　*47,867　Osomatsu-san Vol.2 Limited Edition
*3.　*36,917　Osomatsu-san Vol.3 Limited Edition
*4.　*32,601　Osomatsu-san Vol.4 Limited Edition
*5.　*30,425　Bakemono no Ko
*6.　*27,428　Osomatsu-san Vol.5 Limited Edition
*7.　*13,639　Girls und Panzer der Film
*8.　*12,508　Tonari no Totoro
*9.　*11,161　One Piece Log Collection "Noah" (ep.555-573)
10.　*10,903　Yowamushi Pedal Movie

11.　*10,495　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Vol.9
12.　*10,080　Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Vol.3
13.　**9,689　Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.1
14.　**7,988　Sore Ike! Anpanman: Mija to Mahou no Lamp
15.　**7,556　Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.2
16.　**7,535　Doukyuusei Limited Edition
17.　**7,405　Majo no Takkyuubin
18.　**7,059　Pokemon the Movie XY: Ring no Choumajin Hoopa
19.　**6,713　Hokuto no Ken: Ichigo-Aji
20.　**6,420　Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.4

21.　**6,384　Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.3
22.　**5,975　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX Vol.4
23.　**5,961　Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.5
(cut-off 5,961)

CD Single

*1.　1,479,562　AKB48 "Tsubasa wa Iranai"
*2.　1,289,671　AKB48 "Kimi wa Melody"
*3.　*,825,450　Nogizaka46 "Harujion ga Saku koro"
*4.　*,805,751　Arashi "I seek / Daylight"
*5.　*,540,910　Arashi "Fukkatsu LOVE"
*7.　*,322,258　PriPara Movie: Mi~nna no Akogare♪ Let's Go☆Prix Paris ED "Chicken LINE" by SKE48
*8.　*,290,843　Hey! Say! JUMP "Maji SUNSHINE"
12.　*,213,771　KAT-TUN "UNLOCK"
14.　*,172,546　AKB48 "Kuchibiru ni Be My Baby"
15.　*,163,621　NEWS "Hikari no Shizuku / Touch"

17.　*,144,954　Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season OP "TRAGEDY"
18.　*,135,607　MOMENT RING by μ's (Final Single)
20.　*,128,063　Gyakuten Saiban: Sono "Shinjitsu", Igi Ari! OP "Gyakuten Winner" by Johnny's West
22.　*,122,402　SMAP "Sekai ni Hitotsu dake no Hana" (Single Version)
24.　*,118,415　Osomatsu-san ED "SIX SAME FACES ~Konya wa Saikou!!!!!!~" by VOICE by Iyami feat. Osomatsu x Karamatsu x Choromatsu x Ichimatsu x Juushimatsu x Todomatsu (CV: Kenichi Suzumura, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Miyu Irino)
25.　*,115,760　V6 "Beautiful World"
31.　*,*76,905　Sakkaku no CROSSROADS by BiBi ~Eri Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo), Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile), Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) from μ's~
32.　*,*74,702　Osomatsu-san ED "SIX SHAME FACES ~Konya mo Saikou!!!!!!~" by VOICE by Totoko feat. Osomatsu x Karamatsu x Choromatsu x Ichimatsu x Juushimatsu x Todomatsu (CV: Aya Endo, Takahiro Sakurai, Yuuichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Kamiya, Jun Fukuyama, Daisuke Ono, Miyu Irino)
34.　*,*66,928　Omoide Ijou ni Naritakute by lily white ~Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori), Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida), Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kusuda) by from μ's~
35.　*,*66,658　°C-ute "Naze Hito wa Arasoundarou? / Summer Wind / Jinsei wa STEP!"

38.　*,*63,076　Koi ni Naritai AQUARIUM by Aqours
39.　*,*62,714　Kobukuro "Mirai"
40.　*,*58,380　L'Arc~en~Ciel "Wings Flap"
41.　*,*57,146　Love Crescendo (SKE48 sub-unit) "Cup no Naka no Komorebi"
44.　*,*54,536　Macross Δ OP/ED "Ichido dake no Koi nara / Rune ga Pika tto Hikattara" by Walküre (Mikumo Δ JUNNA, Freyja Δ Minori Suzuki, Kaname Δ Kiyono Yasuno, Makina Δ Nozomi Nishida, Reina Δ Nao Touyama)
45.　*,*54,049　Diamond no Ace Second Season OP "Sora ga Aozora de Aru Tame ni" (incl. in "G4-IV (Kanojo wa Zombie / Scoop / Supernova Express 2016 / Sora ga Aozora de aru Tame ni)") by GLAY
46.　*,*53,984　Nogizaka46 "Ima, Hanashitai Dareka ga Iru"
52.　*,*43,757　Tokyo Performance Doll ''Gyakkou x Raisan''
53.　*,*43,058　"Ensemble Stars!" Unit Song CD Vol.5 "Ryuuseitai" (Yumenosaki Ryuuseitai-ka) by Ryuuseitai [Chiaki Morisawa (CV: Yuuichi Hose), Kanata Shinkai (CV: Koutarou Nishiyama), Tetora Nagumo (CV: Yoshiki Nakajima), Midori Takamine (CV: Takumi Watanabe), Shinobu Sengoku (CV: Anju Nitta)]
56.　*,*41,663　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS STARLIGHT MASTER 02 Tulip by Kanade Hayami (CV: Yuuko Iida), Shuuko Shiomi (CV: Thing Ru), Mika Jougasaki (CV: Haruka Yoshimura), Frédérica Miyamoto (CV: Asami Takano), Shiki Ichinose (CV: Kotomi Aihara)

Rank 58 - 99

CD Album

*3.　*,300,008　Nogizaka46 "Sorezore no Isu"
*4.　*,299,480　Masaharu Fukuyama "Fuku no On"
*6.　*,269,154　Ikimono-gakari "Chou Ikimono-gakari~Tennen Kinen Members BEST Selection~"
*7.　*,264,514　Bump of Chicken "Butterflies"
*8.　*,204,969　KAT-TUN 10TH ANNIVERSARY BEST "10Ks!" (incl. Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns 2nd Season OP "Tragedy")
12.　*,174,340　Perfume "COSMIC EXPLORER" (incl. Chihayafuru Live-Action Movies Theme "FLASH" and The New A-Class.: Next Stage with YOU Theme "Next Stage with YOU")
13.　*,162,315　MAN WITH A MISSION "The World’s On Fire"
14.　*,154,784　"ZARD Forever Best ~25th ANNIVERSARY~"
16.　*,138,818　Monogatari Series "Utamonogatari: Monogatari Series Theme Song Album" by Various Artists
18.　*,124,207　NEWS "QUARTETTO"

23.　*,*95,798　Momoiro Clover Z "Hakkin no Yoake"
24.　*,*95,071　Momoiro Clover Z "AMARANTHUS"
26.　*,*90,985　Yuzu "TOWA"
27.　*,*86,341　aiko "May Dream"
28.　*,*80,525　Motohiro Hata "Ao no Koukei"
30.　*,*68,528　Kyary Pamyu Pamyu "KPP BEST"
32.　*,*64,193　JUJU WHAT YOU WANT"
33.　*,*62,794　2020 -T.M. Revolution ALL TIME BEST-
36.　*,*58,896　Tomohisa Yamashita "YAMA-P"
39.　*,*54,263　We Love SEIKO -35th Anniversary Seiko Matsuda Kyuukyoku All Time Best 50 Songs-
42.　*,*52,688　Osomatsu-san Mutsugo no Oshigoto Taiken Doramatsu CD Series Osomatsu & Ichimatsu "Uranaishi" by Osomatsu Matsuno & Ichimatsu Matsuno (CV: Takahiro Sakurai & Jun Fukuyama) (Drama CD)

43.　*,*50,993　ONE OK ROCK "Niche Syndrome"
45.　*,*47,787　Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku "Anarchy"
47.　*,*46,900　Osomatsu-san Mutsugo no Oshigoto Taiken Doramatsu CD Series Karamatsu & Ichimatsu "Bengoshi" by Karamatsu Matsuno & Ichimatsu Matsuno (CV: Yuuichi Nakamura & Jun Fukuyama) (Drama CD)
50.　*,*44,153　Dempagumi.inc "GOGO DEMPA"
51.　*,*42,817　THE IDOLM＠STER CINDERELLA MASTER Cute jewelries! 003 by Frédérica Miyamoto (CV: Asami Takano), Shiki Ichinose (CV: Kotomi Aihara), Momoka Sakurai (CV: Haruka Terui), Yuka Nakano (CV: Shino Shimoji), Shouko Igarashi (CV: Atsumi Tanezaki)
52.　*,*41,845　Osomatsu-san Mutsugo no Oshigoto Taiken Doramatsu CD Series Choromatsu & Juushimatsu "Bar" by Choromatsu Matsuno & Juushimatsu Matsuno (CV: Hiroshi Kamiya & Daisuke Ono) (Drama CD)
53.　*,*41,249　miwa ballad collection ~graduation~
55.　*,*38,949　Osomatsu-san Mutsugo no Oshigoto Taiken Doramatsu CD Series Osomatsu & Choromatsu "TV Producer" by Osomatsu Matsuno & Choromatsu Matsuno (CV: Takahiro Sakurai & Hiroshi Kamiya) (Drama CD)
56.　*,*38,904　SCANDAL "YELLOW"
63.　*,*34,048　THE ALFEE "Sanmi Ittai"

Rank 64 - 100

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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^The link also gives the list of Top 30 BD/DVD sales by series in the first half of 2016.

Jul 1, 2016 2:17 PM by AP24

tsubasalover said:

*1.　224,057　Love Live! The School Idol Movie Limited Special Edition
*7.　*27,660　Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda. Limited Edition
15.　*21,721　Persona 3 the Movie 3: Falling Down Limited Edition
16.　*20,950　Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza Limited Special Edition

Additional data here for some movies that were missing weekly data due to thresholds, etc:
http://katsu.ula.cc/test/read.cgi/piropiro320jp/1432224768/390

*2　236,252　ラブライブ！The School Idol Movie
18　*44,327　心が叫びたがってるんだ。
28　*29,200　劇場版蒼き鋼のアルペジオ -アルス・ノヴァ- Cadenza
30　*27,534　劇場版ペルソナ3 #3 Falling Down

Jul 1, 2016 12:58 PM by Ejc

Glad to see Love live!

Jun 29, 2016 6:45 AM by CurrerHime

The μ's Final Live BD-BOX/BD/DVD has been solicited on Amazon, for a September 28th release. As a result, the μ's Live Collection sharply increased in rank on Amazon. The Final Live may even sell higher than the 5th Live's 65,500~66,000, so expect to see some of these in the Yearly list, and also the Love Live! Sunshine anime BDs...

Amazon JP Hourly Overall DVD Ranking / Title

**1　【Amazon.co.jp限定】ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 Blu-ray Memorial BOX (特製収納BOX付)
**2　ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 Blu-ray Memorial BOX
**4　【Amazon.co.jp限定】ラブライブ! μ's Live Collection (Live Collectionカード 31枚組(CDジャケットサイズ)付) [Blu-ray]
**7　ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 DVD Day2
*14　ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 DVD Day1
*19　ラブライブ! μ's Live Collection [Blu-ray]
*24　ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 Blu-ray Day2
121　ラブライブ! μ's Final LoveLive! 〜μ'sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪〜 Blu-ray Day1

Jun 29, 2016 1:02 AM by Ejc

God damn Love Live is still dominating lol.

Jun 28, 2016 9:30 PM by Kotarou_

Blu-ray
*1.　224,057　Love Live! The School Idol Movie Limited Special Edition

ah.. µ's on top 1 as expected. <3

Aqours... now is your time to shine! Bring glory to the first generation!

Jun 28, 2016 6:08 PM by jayvee2016

Xenocrisi said:

Fai said:

Production comitee contract.

Studio only gets money to produce it. The profits go solely to the committee who invested money.
Studio ends up spending more money on the movie than they got to finish it and fulfill their contractual obligations.

As a result, despite Girlpan being one of best selling anime movies, the studio actually LOST money making it and won't see sales because according to contract they go solely to production committee.

It highlights the cancerous state of anime industry and the extent of power corporations like Aniplex have. Its not limited to sales even, as committee can literally alter the product creatively by demanding various things - the writer of Garo:Divine Flame movie is still salt about

What? This doesn't make sense at all.

Why would the Studio produce the anime in first place

How animes are made:
1) The producers decides if they want to adapt a LN or a manga into an anime. Same goes for original animes
2) Negotiation and Contract signing crap between the author of a LN/manga and the producers
3) After all that is done, the producers then funds the studio and the studio creates the anime.

Most -- if not -- all of the money goes towards the producers. Not the studio. The money that the studio gets is from their respective producers.

"Why would the Studio produce the anime in first place"
Because they work under said producer. The production committee is like their big boss. If they don't do what they say then they get no money. If they get no money then their studio will suffer the same fate as Manglobe did.

Jun 28, 2016 2:51 PM by jc9622

blue steel, aria, gup, everything i've been looking forward to has been great this year.

Jun 28, 2016 2:44 PM by perje

I honestly don't understand the taste of the Japanese...

Jun 28, 2016 1:52 PM by RavenxChaser

Fai said:

Too bad Girls und Panzer production studio will see absolutely zero of that money. Yay production committees.

Actas is a 100% Bandai Visual subsidiary so the money was always going there.

Jun 28, 2016 1:17 PM by moodie

Persona 3; proving that all you need is a name to sell your shit.

Jun 28, 2016 12:08 PM by yhunata

Anthem of the Heart number 7? Ayyy. That's what I'mtalking about.

Jun 28, 2016 11:48 AM by HecticLeo

Ejc said:

Xenocrisi said:

What? This doesn't make sense at all.

Why would the Studio produce the anime in first place

They get paid prior to animating it, without taking any risk. This is fairly common for smaller studios, but not for the bigger studios such as Sunrise (see how they're #1 on the Love Live! production committee).

製作　2016 プロジェクトラブライブ！サンシャイン!!（サンライズ、バンダイビジュアル、ランティス、ブシロード、ＫＡＤＯＫＡＷＡ　アスキー・メディアワークス）

Also some license holders can outright have it as requirement if studio wants to work on it - "we are going to let you create product within this license as long as you agree to these terms".

Jun 28, 2016 10:37 AM by Ahenshihael

Glad to see I helped LL reached number 1 lol
and ARIA too :3

Jun 28, 2016 10:31 AM by Wilhelmina

Xenocrisi said:

Fai said:

What? This doesn't make sense at all.

Why would the Studio produce the anime in first place

Jun 28, 2016 10:26 AM by Ejc

Fai said:

Xenocrisi said:

What? Why?
I don't really know how it works, but why? Enlighten me

What? This doesn't make sense at all.

Why would the Studio produce the anime in first place

Jun 28, 2016 10:17 AM by Xenocrisi

Z4k said:

DVD
*1.　*66,022　Girls und Panzer Vol.1 Special Limited Edition
*2.　*47,867　Girls und Panzer Vol.2 Special Limited Edition
*3.　*36,917　Girls und Panzer Vol.3 Special Limited Edition
*4.　*32,601　Girls und Panzer Vol.4 Special Limited Edition
*6.　*27,428　Girls und Panzer Vol.5 Special Limited Edition

These are Osomatsu-san's sales. I think it should be fixed @tsubasalover

Fixed. Sorry about that.

Jun 28, 2016 10:05 AM by tsubasalover

Xenocrisi said:

Fai said:
Too bad Girls und Panzer production studio will see absolutely zero of that money. Yay production committees.

What? Why?
I don't really know how it works, but why? Enlighten me

Jun 28, 2016 9:32 AM by Ahenshihael

Xenocrisi said:

What? Why?
I don't really know how it works, but why? Enlighten me

They're not part of the production committee hence they get no revenue out of the show's big success. This is a very common model as studios usually aren't a part of the committee. They are more like the executive.

Jun 28, 2016 9:14 AM by Fappa

Z4k said:

Xenocrisi said:

What? Why?
I don't really know how it works, but why? Enlighten me

They weren't part of the production committee.

oh hell, that sucks, the movie was absolutely amazing

Jun 28, 2016 9:13 AM by Okami_doge

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