| Oricon has released the yearly sales rankings of anime music media for fiscal 2011. Seiyu Mizuki Nana has been at the top for two consecutive years. Her music Blu-ray "Nana Mizuki Live Grace -Orchestra-" released this October has made up half of her sales. Seiyu Total Sales Rankings Top 5 1, 820 million yen Mizuki Nana 2, 420 million yen sphere 3, 170 million yen Tamura Yukari 4, 140 million yen Toyosaki Aki 5, 120 million yen Hirano Aya Anime Song Rankings Top 5 1, 257,932 Crayon Shin-chan "T.W.L" "Yellow Pansy Street" 2, 216,239 Detective Conan "Don't Wanna Lie" 3, 151,056 Nintama Rantarou Movie "Yumetamago" 4, 142,810 Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu "Kakko Warui I love you!" 5, 129,046 Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi "Good Luck My Way" Anime Song Rankings Top 20 (without tie-in songs) (as far as I searched) *1, 87,209 Dog Days "Scarlet Knight" *2, 82,182 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica "connect" *3, 53,386 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000% "Maji Love 1000%" *4, 48,994 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" *5, 48,403 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica "Magia" *6, 47,932 The iDOLM@STER "Ready!!" *7, 44,759 Fate/Zero "oath sign" *8, 32,973 Fate/Zero "Memoria" *9, 31,198 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai "nexus" 10, 29,313 IS: Infinite Stratos "Super∞Stream" 11, 28,968 The iDOLM@STER "Change!!!!" 12, 28,599 Ro-Kyu-Bu! "Shoot!" 13, 28,104 C³ "Endless Story" 14, 28,070 Guilty Crown "My Dearest" 15, 25,624 Tiger & Bunny "Seigi no Koe ga Kikoerukai" 16, 24,856 Prince of Tennis "Love Festival" 17, 24,690 Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa "Hokago Overflow" 18, 24,437 Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko "Os-Uchujin" 19, 24,435 Hidan no Aria "Scarlet Ballet" 20, 23,787 Dragon Crisis! "Immoralist" Anime Album CD Rankings Top 5 1, 138,237 Gintama Best 2 2, 104,163 Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa netabare album the end of "triangle" 3, *36,984 Rurouni Kenshin Complete Collection 4, *30,045 Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt The Original Soundtrack 5, *28,848 Bleach Berry Best (Dec 2010, total 64,269) Sources: Oricon Youtaiju, Oricon Biz |
dtshykDec 2, 2011 6:08 AM
| ...And our queen Nana Mizuki continues to dominate the anime music industry. Aki Toyosaki's pretty good too, considering that both her group and herself got into the Top 5. Totally not expecting Aya Hirano. I think almost all of her sales were from the first part of 2011. |
| Wow wasn't oath sign released like 2 weeks ago? Already reached number 9 O.o And damn Dog Days really is very popular in Japan. Also isn't Kakko Warui i love you SKET Dance's opening theme? |
 Tonight... we are young... so let's set the world on fire, we can burn brighter, than the sun... |
Misdreavius said: And damn Dog Days really is very popular in Japan. Well it has a magazine exclusive light novel, 3 magazine exclusive manga, 2 manga out on the market which if you visit the season 2 announcement I have pics of since I have them both. Merchandise up the scale (still no Ricotta figure, please I want one, it needs to be made). It needs an action or RPG genre video game as well. The Episode Side Story Manga sold extremely well in the first week. Nana still on top and Yukari in third, makes me a happy camper. |
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| Oh wow Mizuki Nana.. Gintama :D |
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jmal said: And damn Dog Days really is very popular in Japan. Heh, well, Dog Days is modestly popular, but the reason the OP sold so much is because it's Mizuki Nana. The people basically buy the single for Nana Mizuki... |
| And once again, queen Nana owns Japan! She's definitely will hold on into top spot if she does continue like that! Either way, I was surprise that Tiger & Bunny was into top 5. But nah, this is Japan after all. No harm done |
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| full metal alays has good songs so maybe 5, 129,046 Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Seinaru Hoshi "Good Luck My Way" will be interesting too. Will be waiting |
| Well,what can i say Muzuki nana is awesome! |
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Misdreavius said: Also isn't Kakko Warui i love you SKET Dance's opening theme? I second this one. I'm pretty sure it was Sket Dance's first OP. dtshyk said: *4, 48,994 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" *7, 44,759 Fate/Zero "oath sign" 14, 28,070 Guilty Crown "My Dearest" I have all three of these on my Ipod =D. Too bad My Dearest isn't higher. My guess is that, although the flagship song and it's instrumental are orgasmic, the other songs on the single are rather crappy. Koeda's voice...*sigh*... is why the instrumental version of My Dearest is my favorite song on the single. |
ExkalamityDec 2, 2011 8:54 AM
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dtshyk said: 1, 820 million yen Mizuki Nana 2, 420 million yen sphere 3, 170 million yen Tamura Yukari 4, 140 million yen Toyosaki Aki I approve of this. ;3 |
3, *36,984 Rurouni Kenshin Complete Collection 10 years and it's still kicking! |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Both OP and ED of madoka magic is on the list. I really prefer the ED. |
| lol, i bet that if aya hirano had released more music this year she would have been number 2 or 3... anyway i only have My Dearest on my iPod the other ones for me are normal |
 "Can you feel that hybrid rainbow?" |
| Oh Mizuki Nana, I'm still a fan of yours. XD Now it's time for me to search for all of these songs, since I'm pretty much inactive in the animu world. |
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Detective said: 18, 24,437 Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko "Os-Uchujin" Yeah! My favorite opening of the year! Yeah it was hella addicting xD |
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| i agree |
At times, a sense of adversity strengthens men, giving them that troublesome feeling that they're fighting for a righteous cause. |
| Both of Fate Zero's songs were really good; they deserved their good rankings. Mizuki Nana is talented as well, but I don't think her Dog Days song is her best. |
 Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol. |
| i not watch dog days, so i don't about the songs. just download the songs and it really awesome. Nana Mizuki FTW! |
| As expected. Not that I'm complaining, not at all. ^^ I'm surprised "My Dearest" isn't higher, too. Otherwise, nothing new. I'm so glad AnoHana's ED is up there. That was definetly my favourite anime song of that season. It's just perfect. ^^= |
| AnoHana's ED continues to deserve all of its praise. |
| Mizuki Nana is the top. She have all the respect from me. |
| Connect was good but I definitely prefer Magia. |
| Anime song top 5 look very disapopinting. |
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| My Dearest is...only that far? |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| Well I'm happy since Macross Frontier is in the rankings. |
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Forest-kun said: As expected. Not that I'm complaining, not at all. ^^ I'm surprised "My Dearest" isn't higher, too. Otherwise, nothing new. I'm so glad AnoHana's ED is up there. That was definetly my favourite anime song of that season. It's just perfect. ^^= I'm surprised its so high. Gets annoying after the second episode. Well I guess everything was. It evens out o; Doing good Fate/Zero! I haven't skipped a single OP / ED out of every single episode that I've watched and re-watched (Which is over 8 times, each episode.) And I'm glad Mahou Shoujo is also up there. I loved theirs. |
KigenDec 3, 2011 7:29 PM
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giusex27 said: lol, i bet that if aya hirano had released more music this year she would have been number 2 or 3... anyway i only have My Dearest on my iPod the other ones for me are normal how about not likely? Unless you take out the whole sex scandal thing and the outraged fanbase and the agency shut her down. |
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| Interesting bit of info to know. Yay for anime songs ranked at #4, #7, #8 and #9 [: |
dtshyk said: Anime Song Rankings Top 5 [...] Anime Song Rankings Top 20 (without tie-in songs) What's the difference? (I searched for the definition of "tie-in", but I still don't get it). |
| Steins;Gate where? Didn't expect to see C3 up there since its so late in the year, but at the same time it doesn't surprise me; its quite a good OP song. |
| @jmal: I see, that explains the differences in sales... Thanks. |
| Wooo Tamura Yukari and Hirano Aya among the top 5! |
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dtshyk said: *2, 82,182 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica "connect" *4, 48,994 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai "secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~" *5, 48,403 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica "Magia" *7, 44,759 Fate/Zero "oath sign" *8, 32,973 Fate/Zero "Memoria" 14, 28,070 Guilty Crown "My Dearest" LOVE all of these. dtshyk said: 17, 24,690 Macross Frontier: Sayonara no Tsubasa "Hokago Overflow" Surprised this was on there, but still good nonetheless. Ranka FTW! Exkalamity said: Koeda's voice...*sigh*... is why the instrumental version of My Dearest is my favorite song on the single. Dot dot dot. AlexSadist-sama said: Connect was good but I definitely prefer Magia. Agreed. Zeream said: Steins;Gate where? Also agreed. OP and ED are both amazing--especially the latter. |
DraconisMarchDec 6, 2011 4:32 AM
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| @DraconisMarch: What? Koeda's voice drowns out the rich complexity in the instrumental version. Koeda's pitch just tends to waver in a certain zone unchanging, making the entire song sound repetitive. When you remove her voice, you here the symphonic elements in the background rising and falling, drums building up tension, and crashing guitars signifying raging climax. It's quite an experience to listen to at full volume. =D |
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Exkalamity said: Dude, her voice is frickin' beautiful. And she's only 15 years old.@DraconisMarch: What? Koeda's voice drowns out the rich complexity in the instrumental version. Koeda's pitch just tends to waver in a certain zone unchanging, making the entire song sound repetitive. When you remove her voice, you here the symphonic elements in the background rising and falling, drums building up tension, and crashing guitars signifying raging climax. It's quite an experience to listen to at full volume. =D Maybe the equalizing is off and her voice is too loud compared to the background music, but still... that doesn't make her voice bad. |
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DraconisMarch said: Exkalamity said: Dude, her voice is frickin' beautiful. And she's only 15 years old.@DraconisMarch: What? Koeda's voice drowns out the rich complexity in the instrumental version. Koeda's pitch just tends to waver in a certain zone unchanging, making the entire song sound repetitive. When you remove her voice, you here the symphonic elements in the background rising and falling, drums building up tension, and crashing guitars signifying raging climax. It's quite an experience to listen to at full volume. =D Maybe the equalizing is off and her voice is too loud compared to the background music, but still... that doesn't make her voice bad. Her voice IMO, is not bad per se, but it was unsuited for singing My Dearest. Her voice lacked the raw power and quality to match the intensity of the song. It's probably not her fault; it would probably take someone with a voice as powerful as Nana Mizuki to sing My Dearest at it's fullest potential. However there is no doubt in my mind that Koeda couldn't do it. =/ |
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