Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for May 27 - Jun 02

Dalek-baka said:
But more about OST, vocal albums and of course OP/ED singles. Those sale decently if I recall.

AO968 said:
I'm curious as how to the other Spring shows will sell, especially Henneko.

AO968 said:


I'm curious as how to the other Spring shows will sell, especially Henneko.

ihateeveryone said:
14, *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1

I get the feeling at least half of those are jmal's.

shigeru212 said:
Nyaruko-san has started to wear on my nerves a little bit. There is just no chemistry between Mahiro and Nyaruko. The idea of a tsundere male lead and a perverted girl was an interesting idea but as the novelty has worn off, I can see why it isn't done more often.

Even Nyaruko's scene on the bed alone with Mahiro, in episode 6 or 7, just felt awkward more than anything else. I thought that would be a touching scene but it left me unmoved.

The comedy and the parody can hit sometimes and the art is nice. There is some value here but overall I'm kind of disappointed.

Takuan_Soho said:

And SAO is going to fall as well. After 2 weeks Vol 8 sold a little under 30,000 combined disks. While they may get a few more this week, that is 5,600 less than their normal average spread out of the 7 vol, that is a reduction of 800 in their average sales, dropping them to around 34,836. The final vol 9 does have that novella attached to it, so they may be able to remedy the situation, a lot of rot has set in.

I had a feeling this was going to happen, and if my prediction holds Vol 6 of GnP will well exceed 36K in sales because of the awesomeness of the final two episodes, making 15th as probably the extreme best we can hope for. I'll be routing all the way. My only hope is that the various production companies take the right lessons away from its success.

Ejc said:
I have a feeling SAO will still win at the end because of this handicap... but it would be awesome if GaruPan ends up winning.

Takuan_Soho said:
GuP is what is right about a anime adaptation

Meddigo said:
Everything right about Saki-inspired anime original content.

Meddigo said:
Everything right about Saki-inspired anime original content.

Takuan_Soho said:
You say that like there is something wrong with "Saki-inspired anime original content"

Kitchiri said:
I thought saki was psychic battle animu.

GarLogan78 said:
Any numbers for the first Chihayafuru 2 boxset?

Takuan_Soho said:
but for me SAO is what was wrong with an adaptation, and GuP is what is right about a anime adaptation, so I am really hoping that GuP pulls the upset.

symbv said:
Although occasionally I can see 2ch picking up poll results from MAL anime series board, I did not know whether there are people in 2ch who check on the News Board, until I saw the following just now:



LOL LOL LOL

Some in 2ch looked at what I wrote and commented that it is not yet "official" but of course the word "official" is used in a tongue-in-cheek way. Except for the deluded, I think what we are seeing is that GirlPan is as good as having outpaced I.S. ;-)

symbv said:
^ Well, I can understand why that is done because it is difficult to put a number if there is no number. Instead of giving an estimate which can easily lead to dispute, putting it as zero is simple and unambiguous.

symbv said:
Of course you can just take out the *** from the average calculation (calculate the BD average and DVD average separately and then combine the two) but this can also lead to dispute.

Ejc said:
I think that's how jmal calculates averages, and I also used this way for the earlier average calculation of 33,819 for GaruPan. I wonder what 2ch will do for the average, for the Standard Edition sales from the Thursday Top 100 BD list?

symbv said:
Ignoring the *** when calculating the average essentially means assuming that volume sold the average sales of all the other volumes. I guess this may be closer to the real number than just zero, although it is more complex for the calculation. And when there are a bunch of ***'s average calculated this way may have substantial error too (though it may still be closer to the real number than using zero).

symbv said:
Actually this kind of dispute can happen in any kind of survey. There is this long running dispute over population census in America -- whether to reach the final population figure by using statistical estimation because of all the people that are not counted during the census or use the number without any of such adjustment.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/aug98/census25.htm

symbv said:
I am not sure how the average for GirlPan will be calculated with the Standard Edition numbers. All I know is that the Standard Edition numbers will not be added to the total of vol.1 and 2 in the tabulation but listed separately, like below:

○ガールズ＆パンツァー 【全6巻】
巻数　　　 初動　　　　　　　2週計　　　　　　累計　　　　 発売日
　　　　　　BD(DVD)　　　　 BD(DVD)　　　　BD(DVD)
01巻　13,550(**,***)　16,155(**,***)　29,300(**,***)　12.12.21　合計29,300　※スタンダード版 **,***
02巻　24,733(*1,119)　27,006(**,***)　30,363(**,***)　13.02.22　合計31,482　※スタンダード版 **,***
03巻　23,528(*1,169)　25,828(**,***)　34,176(**,***)　13.03.22　合計35,345
04巻　28,410(*1,541)　32,071(**,***)　34,725(**,***)　13.04.24　合計35,947
05巻　33,450(*1,841)　**,***(**,***)　**,***(**,***)　13.05.28
06巻　**,***(**,***)　**,***(**,***)　**,***(**,***)　13.06.21

スタンダード版 means Standard Edition

Ejc said:
Yeah I get what you mean. But for GaruPan's case, taking *** out would be closer to the actual sales than 0, looking at how it ranked relative to Jinrui.

Ejc said:
That's quite interesting. For something as important as a population census... that is one debate that should be fought well. Was there a consensus reached for that debate?

symbv said:
As Progeusz said, GuP is never an adpatation, so it seems your premise is fundamentally wrong. At first I thought you were cheering for GuP as what an original anime could pull off compared to the "easy route"of adapting an already successful novel/manga/game (actually it has its own difficulties but I would just along with the crowds here) which is something that anime like Madoka, Anohana and Tiger & Bunny have already proved anyway, but if you are thinking you want GuP to succeed because you think GuP is "what is right about an anime adaptation", you need to rethink why you want GuP to beat SAO in disc sales.

bippo said:
Ouch sales for nyaruko and that yuyu-vocaloid show.

symbv said:
^ I think it would have been much much better if you had explained and defined the term "adaptation" when you said "GuP is what is right about a anime adaptation"

Takuan_Soho said:
Probably, but then again who among us is precisely clear everything they post?

Takuan_Soho said:
I also think both Progeusz and you misunderstood Meddigo post, or perhaps I am but again that shows that few among us are perfectly clear when posting. Follow up questions are generally needed if one cares to know what someone is thinking.

bippo said:
Lots of things going on with that show. Crabs, legs, apple, lidenfilms, Chama Uji owned by the anime designs, yamakan foreshadowing.

hpulley said:
EXIT TUNES is involved in Yuyushiki, are they involved in Airua too? The Yuyushiki OP/ED CD includes a Vocaloid ad booklet for all their products.

symbv said:
So that is what bippo was referring to, you reckoned? Why use "vocaloid" to define the whole anime work just because of some involvement of some vocaloid people?

Raniero said:
symbv. What do you think will be #4 and #5 of spring 2013 in sales.
I'm guessing OreImo and Maou might take #4 and #5 or vice versa.
Gargantia might have a shot at #5

symbv said:
Same here. Although OreImo2 and HaMaou are quite close in Stalker estimate, HaMaou should be more skewed towards Amazon and hence the Stalker estimate more likely to be an overestimate. Gargantia's position has improved since the latest "revelation" episode but not by too much, still hovering at around #100 in Amazon sales ranking. I also think that it can have a shot at #5 but I would give the advantage to HaMaou.

So my guess for the Top Six Bestsellers for 2013 Spring Season are
1. Shingeki no Kyojin
2. UtaPrince2
3. Railgun2
4. OreImo2
5. HaMaou
6. Gargantia

Of course things can change when we reach the end of the season and see how the anime ends (or ends its first cour).

Raniero said:
I wonder. Will the ending of the LN of OreImo will make a significant change to the preorders

symbv said:
I wonder too, because from the alleged leaks of the contents in the last volume of LN (to come out soon) I found in 2ch the ending could turn off a lot of people

symbv said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for May 27th - Jun 2nd

Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles

Blu-ray
*1, 33,450 *33,450 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*2, 23,318 *23,318 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.5
*3, 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.3
*4, 12,596 *12,596 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5
*5, *7,536 **7,536 Little Busters! vol.6
*6, *7,449 **7,449 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.6
*7, *5,245 **5,245 Vividred Operation vol.3
*8, *3,948 372,947 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*9, *3,632 **3,632 Karneval vol.1
10, *3,577 **3,577 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1
11, *3,289 **3,289 Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER vol.3 - Collector's Edition
12, *3,116 *24,177 Sword Art Online vol.8
13, *2,512 **2,512 Jormungand: Perfect Order vol.6
14, *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1
15, *2,077 **2,077 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo vol.5
(cut-ff 2,077)


DVD
*1, 9,597 *,**9,597 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 vol.5
*2, 3,687 *,**3,687 Karneval vol.1
*3, 2,957 *,162,701 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*4, 2,686 *,**2,686 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5
*5, 2,021 *,**2,021 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.6
*6, 1,841 *,**1,841 Girls und Panzer vol.5
*7, 1,572 *,**1,572 Amnesia vol.3
*8, 1,505 *,**1,505 Little Busters! vol.6
*9, 1,172 *,**5,416 009 Re:Cyborg
10, 1,162 *,**1,162 Cuticle Tantei Inaba vol.3
11, 1,068 *,**5,595 Sword Art Online vol.8
12, 1,020 *,**1,020 Meiji Tokyo Renka ~Haikara Rouman Gekijou~
13, *,939 *,***,939 Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited - Hyoubu Kyousuke vol.3
14, *,868 *,***,868 Hiiro no Kakera Dai Ni Shou vol.5
15, *,838 *,**7,410 Gintama': Enchousen vol.4
16, *,831 *,***,831 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W vol.1
17, *,828 *,***,828 Smile Precure vol.16
18, *,811 *,***,811 Vividred Operation vol.3
19, *,808 *,***,808 Smile Precure vol.15
20, *,805 *,***,805 Dokidoki! Precure vol.1
21, *,694 *,**8,593 One Piece Film Z Rendou Tokubetsu-hen: Z no Yabou
22, *,678 *,***,678 Senyuu. vol.2
23, *,621 *,***,621 Hakkenden: Touhou Hakken Ibun vol.3
24, *,610 *,**2,844 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic vol.6
25, *,602 *,***,602 Busou Shinki vol.6
26, *,536 *,***,536 Senran Kagura vol.3
27, *,535 *,***,535 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo vol.5
28, *,531 1,189,891 Tonari no Totoro
(cut-off 531)


CD Single
*5, 27,885 *27,885 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Natsuki Shinomiya"
11, 10,821 *10,821 Kotonoha no Niwa theme song "Koto no Ha"
13, *9,248 146,829 Kakumeiki Valvrave OP "Preserved Roses"
17, *6,867 **6,867 Hetalia Character CD II Vol.4 "Italia (Sugiyama Noriaki) My Friend"
27, *4,603 *31,028 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Ren Jinguji"
29, *4,125 **4,125 Toriko ED "Akai Kutsu"
33, *3,338 106,367 Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! theme song "RPG"
35, *2,819 *25,672 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 018 Nana Abe "Meruhen Debut"
36, *2,763 *42,632 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S OP "sister's noise"
37, *2,742 *26,023 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 020 Sachiko Koshimizu "To My Darling..."
38, *2,727 **2,727 Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties OP "Haru Ulala ■ Love yo Koi!!!"
41, *2,521 *22,460 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 019 Minami Nitta "Venus Syndrome"
43, *2,258 *12,165 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 TV ED "Aikotoba"
44, *1,970 *33,055 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Otoya Ittoki"
45, *1,956 **1,956 Karneval Character Song vol.1
48, *1,849 *19,194 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 017 Miria Akagi "Romantic Now"
49, *1,743 *18,857 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 016 Akane Hino "Nekketsu Otome A"
63, *1,422 *27,380 Saint☆Onii-san (Movie) theme song "Gag"
67, *1,314 **5,597 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W Ending Song Series 2 "Kirari wake Lychee / Sister, Friend, Lover"
68, *1,276 *31,359 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Masato Hijirikawa"
70, *1,265 *71,556 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% theme song "MAji Love 2000%"
76, *1,175 *21,404 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. ED "Baby Sweet Berry Love"
79, *1,102 *14,271 Tanken Driland: 1000-nen no Mahou ED "Step & Go / Candy Room"
81, *1,091 *13,852 Yuyushiki OP & ED "Se-no!! / Affection"
83, *1,048 *14,842 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S ED "Grow Slowly"
(cut-off 1,000)


CD Album
10, 8,809 *8,809 "IdolMaster Million Live!" The iDOLM@STER THE@TER PERFORMANCE 02
13, 8,039 *8,039 Girls und Panzer Drama CD "Kondo wa Drama CD desu!"
19, 5,367 *5,367 Psycho-Pass Complete Original Soundtrack
26, 3,520 *3,520 Infinite Stratos Original Drama Series vol.2 feat. Cecilia Alcott ~Hishochi no Koi wa Honoka ni Amaku~
32, 2,807 *2,807 Kuribayashi Minami "Tight Knot"
40, 2,139 *2,139 Dokidoki! Precure Character Album ~Songbird~
43, 1,902 10,945 Garnet Crow "The One ~All Singles Best~"
50, 1,659 *1,659 Radio CD "Kuroko no Basket Housou Iinkai" vol.3
(cut-off 1,000)


Source: Oricon Youtaiju

jmal said:
Full list is up.