Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Nov 19 - 25

dtshyk said:

*6, **5,923 **5,923 Yuru Yuri ♪♪ vol.3
11, **4,499 **4,499 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A vol.6

18, 1,275 *,**1,275 Yuru Yuri ♪♪ vol.3

phoenixalia said:
Sniff....

Don't mind me, I'm just gonna go to my pathetic corner of woe and brood about Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun's worse than I thought sales. Sigh, and to think the first volume was even discounted.

*broods*

dtshyk said:
Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for November 19th -25th.

Blu-ray
*1, *24,786 *24,786 Sword Art Online vol.2 Limited Edition
*6, **5,923 **5,923 Yuru Yuri ♪♪ vol.3
*8, **4,950 **4,950 Dog Days' vol.3 Limited Edition
11, **4,499 **4,499 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A vol.6
14, **4,016 **4,016 Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita vol.3

DVD
*4, 5,859 *,**5,859 Sword Art Online vol.2 Limited Edition
16, 1,704 *,**1,704 Dog Days' vol.3 Limited Edition
18, 1,275 *,**1,275 Yuru Yuri ♪♪ vol.3
20, 1,237 *,**1,237 Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun vol.1 Limited Edition

mistress_kisara said:

On the bright side Kamisama Hajimemashita will probably sell better since its stalker for both BD and DVD is above 1000...

dtshyk said:
*5, **6,087 **6,087 Thermae Romae Deluxe Edition
12, **4,435 **4,435 Thermae Romae Standard Edition

phoenixalia said:
Sniff....

Don't mind me, I'm just gonna go to my pathetic corner of woe and brood about Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun's worse than I thought sales. Sigh, and to think the first volume was even discounted.

The BD will probably get 900 copies or so. At the very least, put together, it'll at least get 1.5k.

I'm so sorry, Brains Base. You did such a wonderful job and yet....

*broods*

12, 12,410 12,410 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! "Inside Identity"

*3, *18,082 *18,082 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II vol.3

phoenixalia said:


Well, it is a bright side but it isn't much. It was ranking moderately well for a few weeks but now its fallen a bit. It'll do better than Kaibutsu-kun, which is a good thing. But KamiHaji's first volume is discounted too and I think it comes with a drama CD?
So while it's good, it's not great. At least imo.
And to think I thought this was the shoujo renaissance....

*3, *18,082 *18,082 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II vol.3

*3, 18,033 18,033 Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II vol.2 Limited Edition

dtshyk said:
15, **3,160 **3,160 GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class Blu-ray Box

hpulley said:
I love TNK manga. I have all ten volumes and even got the fanbook but ¥4200 / ¥3100 discounted for one episode, even with the ¥750 fanbook, Mitty & Haru duet CD etc. Is still a lot of money for 24 minutes of the actual show. Risky move, sadly doesn't bode well for a second season though the manga is selling very well, volume ten sold out so you never know...

Icebreaker93 said:
WTF
TNK selling poorly damnit.It is very good show.

kuuderes_shadow said:

Shinsekai yori - selling poorly but that doesn't really matter for the success of the series. Don't expect this to rank.

Progeusz said:
He probably means that anime is just used to boost LN sales.

dtshyk said:
Single CD
*1, 91,907 91,907 Nerawareta Gakuen "Hikaru Monotachi"
*4, 34,128 34,128 Magi "V.I.P"
*6, 24,620 24,620 Sword Art Online "Innocence"
12, 12,410 12,410 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! "Inside Identity"
16, 10,854 10,854 Kamiya Hiroshi & Ono Daisuke "Bokutachi dake no Monogatari"
23, *6,255 *6,255 Terashima Takuma "magic words"
27, *4,210 21,429 Psycho-Pass "abnormalize"
28, *4,138 *4,138 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Days of Dash"
30, *3,841 *3,841 Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo "Kimi ga Yume wo Tsuretekita"
33, *3,297 *3,297 Robotics;Notes "Junjo Spectra"
36, *3,106 30,941 Ixion Saga DT "DT Suteru" "Let's go ED"
40, *2,611 22,164 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! "Sparkling Daydream"

Tyrel said:

Care to explain?

kuuderes_shadow said:


The novels have had a big enough sales boost that it wouldn't be a failure even if it sold nothing. Obviously anime sales do matter, but I meant that the series isn't relying on them to the extent that most series do. The novels sold similar numbers per volume to SAO's amazon sales over the past 2 months. If anything slightly more, at least for the first volume. And SAO is a series that tends to get slightly more of is sales from amazon than most things.

I don't think Oricon counts it as a light novel though. The first volume at least definitely would have ranked most weeks since the anime started airing if it did.

mistress_kisara said:


I'm hoping it would reach 3000 in sales that's a good thing already

Tyrel said:

Ah I see because when I looked on the rankings here it never showed up for LN sales, since it's considered a Novel. If it did that well, then that's pretty damn good.

Downgrade355 said:


It did good i believe, Ecchi content's rather strong from what i've seen though lol.

neurogal91 said:

IMHO I think the anime sales for Shinsekai Yori is actually the main priority for the studio compared to novel sales. They adapted it because it's an award-winning critically acclaimed novel, so A-1 studio hoped it will be a jackpot like SAO. Unfortunately looks like Shinsekai Yori will sold poorly.

Downgrade355 said:


It did good i believe, Ecchi content's rather strong from what i've seen though lol.

phoenixalia said:


3000 for first volume or average for the whole anime?
I suppose comparatively it's a good thing. Considering Sukitte is gonna be a complete flop.
I was hoping the first volume would do 4k and then the subsequent volumes would do 3k. Is that too much to ask? I suppose it is...

But even 3k isn't great.
If Tonari and Sukitte's manga volumes don't get a big boost like chihayafuru, I think its safe to say studios won't touch a shoujo manga with a ten foot pole.

mistress_kisara said:


Well compared to the other shows this fall its actually quite good

hpulley said:

I bought all three novels myself. Each has done at least 500k in sales since the anime came out, over one billion yen in sales.

Downgrade355 said:


You mean Shin sekai yori?
But isn't there like only one volume and the most recent ranking stats show it sold around the 150k's?

hpulley said:


I bought all three novels myself. Each has done at least 500k in sales since the anime came out, over one billion yen in sales.

Tyrel said:


http://myanimelist.net/manga/35149/Shinsekai_yori

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jmal said:

I'd say it's actually really good for a show that only averaged 4.6k to begin with.

Best news is the continued strength of DD' and YRYR♪♪ compared to season one, though I'd like to see DD' not drop again (even this small drop) because season one was very consistent from here on out.

As for Shinsekai Yori, the anime is definitely a flop. As for the novels, everyone is correct about the volume count. =P

Original release: 2 volumes
Special paperback release: 1 volume
Paperback release: 3 volumes

It's been released three times, all well before the anime. We would need to know (1) combined sales of all formats and (2) how many of those sales came after the anime was announced.


Well, Uchuu Kyoudai isn't getting any DVD/BD sales. But then it isn't expected too, since it's a mainstream and hugely popular manga, meaning the TV series is just advertising (for the manga) and ratings (airs Sunday 7AM JST).

Downgrade355 said:

Yes the anime will sell poorly because the audiences for the LN and anime are different, the people reading the LN are reading mainly for the plot and such, since it's mostly text, while the anime depends on many other factors, the animated mindfucks and some ehh... "unappealing" content will likely put off many viewers, while it isn't that big of a deal in the LN because it's just text and very brief.

All in all, an award winning-novel doesn't mean it sells or will sell, the LN and Anime are different in many things, it won't even come close to SAO because that's just on a whole different level and targets wider audiences, it doesn't have the extreme settings and contents SSY has and it's pretty original. the characters are aslo very likeable.