Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Jan 5 - 11

tsubasalover said:
CD Single
*4.　15,002　*15,002　Tsukimonogatari ED "border" by ClariS
11.　*5,842　**5,842　Seiken Tsukai no World Break OP "Hi no Ito Rinne no Gemini" by petit milady
38.　*1,375　*42,231　Sword Art Online II EDs "Shirushi/No More Time Machine" by LiSA (incl. in "Shirushi")
52.　**,942　*50,091　Stand By Me Doraemon ED "Himawari no Yakusoku" by Motohiro Hata
62.　**,746　*30,234　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OP "Hikaru nara" by Goose house
79.　**,606　*12,978　Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise ED "EONIAN" by ELISA


CD Album
89.　**,673　*64,853　Mai Kuraki "Mai Kuraki BEST 151A -LOVE & HOPE-" (incl. older Detective Conan theme songs and new OP "DYNAMITE")
90.　**,668　*19,221　Nagi Yanagi "Polyomino"
97.　**,602　*79,234　AAA "GOLD SYMPHONY" (incl. One Piece OP "Wake up!" and One Piece 3D2Y: Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai ED "Next Stage")

tsubasalover said:
*1.　10,495　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru (2014/12/17)

Mogami-kun said:


Darn, I was really hoping it would break the 10k mark this week. Oh well, it's doing well and that's all that matters. Looking forward to seeing if vol 2 can keep up the momentum.

tsubasalover said:
Preliminary DVD & Blu-ray Sales Rankings for Fall 2014 (First Volumes)
*1.　*9,588　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru (2014/12/17)
*4.　*7,427　Psycho-Pass 2 (2014/12/17)

D-Joe said:
I think you forget to add Yuuki Yuuna's number, and Cross Ange is BD+DVD i think?

Ejc said:
Yuuki Yuuna should be 10,495 (9,956 BDs + 539 DVDs)
Psycho-Pass 2 should be 8,592 (6,418~6,433 BDs + 2,174~2,177 DVDs, taking the lower bounds)

moonnya said:
Looks like Yuyuyu average will be off 10k mark
I dont know much whether Oricon has a problem with Gundam G sale or not, since SS gave much higher value. But seems that Gundam G wont get through 10k line
So this Fall may only have 1 show above 10k, and its F/SN

tsubasalover said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for January 5th - 11th

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

Blu-ray

*6.　1,217　*1,217　Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Vol.4
*8.　*,907　*9,956　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.1
*9.　*,873　*7,172　Shirobako Vol.1 Limited Edition

DVD


13.　*,392　*11,551　Majo no Takkyuubin HD-Remaster
15.　*,366　*11,185　Free!: Eternal Summer Vol.4
(cut-off 272)

CD Single
38.　*1,375　*42,231　Sword Art Online II EDs "Shirushi/No More Time Machine" by LiSA (incl. in "Shirushi")

45.　*1,170　*41,746　Sword Art Online II OP "courage" by Haruka Tomatsu
62.　**,746　*30,234　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OP "Hikaru nara" by Goose house
74.　**,663　*39,655　[url=http://myanimelist.net/anime/19157/]Youkai
Previous Week's Ranking

Hoppy said:
Slow week for BD/DVD sales

The Cinderella Master cds are selling though but the preorder rankings for the anime are insane, it even sunk Kancolle.

Kaioshin_Sama said:


Idolmaster is up for preorder? This is literally the absolute first I have heard of this.

Hoppy said:
Slow week for BD/DVD sales

The Cinderella Master cds are selling though but the preorder rankings for the anime are insane, it even sunk Kancolle.

Hoppy said:
You mean the ranking

http://blog-imgs-64.fc2.com/y/a/r/yaraon/20150111173013a15.jpg

Ejc said:


It's not a sales ranking though. It is based on the volume of tweets that have used the appropriate hashtags to identify which anime it is about. I have found the website, where the yaraon image was taken from. The image is strange though, I would've thought that KanColle would have a previous day ranking since it aired 2 days earlier than Im@s Cinderella Girls, but the yaraon image indicates no previous day ranking. It makes sense for the weekly ranking i'm about to post because it couldn't have ranked before Jan 4th, since the first broadcast was on Jan 8th.

Here is a more updated ranking:
http://i.imgur.com/VmKBbFT.png

This shows that 9,775 people made 117,168 tweets (11.99 tweets/person), and 10,347 people made 98,981 tweets (9.57 tweets/person) for IM@S and KanColle respectively. Still not quite sure how those pts number is calculated though, but could be based on the number of tweets and a few other metrics.

Hoppy said:
Thanks for clearing that up, and yeah that BD image for Cinderella Girls is dubious, I've been looking for a better resolution image of the cover since 12 in the morning can't find anything on that cover before I went to bed an hour later. It's either a leaked cover or a very good fake.

Ejc said:


It's not a sales ranking though. It is based on the volume of tweets that have used the appropriate hashtags to identify which anime it is about. I have found the website, where the yaraon image was taken from. The image is strange though, I would've thought that KanColle would have a previous day ranking since it aired 2 days earlier than Im@s Cinderella Girls, but the yaraon image indicates no previous day ranking. It makes sense for the weekly ranking i'm about to post because it couldn't have ranked before Jan 4th, since the first broadcast was on Jan 8th.

Here is a more updated ranking:
http://i.imgur.com/VmKBbFT.png

This shows that 9,775 people made 117,168 tweets (11.99 tweets/person), and 10,347 people made 98,981 tweets (9.57 tweets/person) for IM@S and KanColle respectively. Still not quite sure how those pts number is calculated though, but could be based on the number of tweets and a few other metrics.

Ejc said:


Care to link where the anime has been solicited? I don't mean the Animation First Set BDs, but nevertheless, IM@S Cinderella Girls has been tipped as the only anime in 2015 Winter that has a chance to beat KanColle, as Kuroko no Basket Season 3 will probably have the normal sequel drop again (S1 to S2 was 24,459 to 18,555, a drop of 24.1%), and Durarara!! x2 Shou will have to not suffer the normal sequel drop (only 23 anime out of a sample size of 100 has not dropped in average from S1 to S2). Both those 2 would have to sell significantly higher than their previous seasons. If there is a dark horse in the midst that can sell like Madoka, then it will deserve to be the best seller for 2015 Winter.

It's just KanColle is dominating at storefront (Animate, gamers, softmap, HMV, etc), so its Amazon ranking looks pretty tame at the moment. But it did start out very well in the first week it was solicited at Amazon (20 days before ep1 even aired). Also, 3 to 4 episodes hasn't aired yet, so i'm pretty sure there are many people still sitting on the fence, pondering whether it is something they want to own or not.

Kaioshin_Sama said:
One thing I've learned is never count out idol fans. Not sure if people have ever seen the infamous pictures of a guy getting a receipt for 50 copies of the same Love Live disc or guys like this who will plunk down the equivalent of $425 USD (50,000 yen) just to get one ultra rare card of their favorite idol waifu in a cell phone game. The reaction he gives 7:35 when he finally gets it and just desperation and earnestness in his voice leading up to it says it all. That was 110% totally worth it to that guy and I just don't see how you compete against that level of obsession unless somebody can show me an equivalent from Kantai Collection which is supposed to be a popular collect all the waifus game in it's own right.

Ejc said:


I already know this. I play Sukufesu, lol. It is due to how difficult it is to obtain the currency required to obtain cards in each of the games. In Sukufesu, you need at least 5 loveca stones to have a chance at obtaining SR or higher, but it is better to use 50 loveca stones to get 11 draws (and also have a guarantee of at least 1SR). I am pretty sure the BD discs were not bought for the UR cards, as you can get what you want with 1 copy, so that's not a good example to give. It was more for the event ticket application in the 1st BD. This is different with the CDs, are there is a random selection in a pool of cards. I have seen many videos of people spending 3,000 loveca to get 2 UR cards, which is around $1,750.

In KanColle, the same currency gained from playing the game is used to obtain rarer ship girls. However, one update that was implemented where you can marry a shipgirl and be able to increase her level to triple digits (with a max of 150). This brings in more revenue that before, but I still think KanColle is being run at a loss (since the player base number is still limited by lottery).

In my playing experience (I have or is still playing both) it is much easier to gain the currency required in KanColle, hence less money is needed to be spent in game.

EDIT: Just saw that you mentioned waifus... well yes there are some obsessive guys who want to get their favourite girl's UR card, but there are also many female fans who spend thousands on Sukufesu too. There was a poll done for the gender of Android users before which ended up with a result of 46.1% female, with a sample size of around 700,000. That is when the total player base was between 5 to 6 million (5 million was reached on Oct 5, and 6 million on Dec 4). I haven't seen a poll done for iPhone users, but it would be interesting to see what the gender split is there.

And then the 2014 cosplay costumes ranking at COSPA had the Love Live! School Uniform as #1. It really is a popular franchise amongst both genders. Female fans find the clothing in Love Live! cute and also like to sing and dance to some of the music and MVs, so it's no surprise it is so popular amongst the cosplay community. KanColle is also incredibly popular amongst cosplayers.

slashitup101 said:
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru still in top ten! o/ When does vol. 2 come out?

Edit: typo.