| 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-off 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 "England (Sugiyama Noriaki) My Friend" 24, *5,148 **5,148 Hetalia Character CD II Vol.3 "Deutsch (Yasumoto Hiroki) Vorwarts Marsch!" 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 |
symbvJun 11, 2013 4:11 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| 2013 Spring Preliminary First Volume Sales Key: Total - # Weeks Charted - Title - Format ranked - Release Date ------ 10,000 Line ------ *7,319 *1 Karneval [BD+DVD]: 2013/05/28 *4,408 *1 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W [BD+DVD]: 2013/05/31 ---- Manabi Line (2899) ---- *2,230 *1 Yuyushiki [BD]: 2013/05/29 (not yet on sale) Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san. Z [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/05 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii wakeganai. 2nd season [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/19 Devil Survivor 2 the Animation [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/19 Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/19 Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/21 Arata Kangatari [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/21 Uta no Prince sama Maji Love 2000% [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/22 Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/26 Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/26 Yahari Ore no Seishun LoveKome wa Machigatteiru [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/26 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/26 Kakumeiki Valvrave [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/26 Date A Live [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/28 RDG Red Data Girl [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/28 PhotoKano [BD+DVD]: 2013/06/28 Hatarakou Maou-sama! [BD+DVD]: 2013/07/03 Shingeki no Kyojin [BD+DVD]: 2013/07/17 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S [BD+DVD]: 2013/07/24 Zettai Bouei Leviathan [BD+DVD]:2013/07/24 Aku no Hana [BD+DVD]: 2013/07/26 Mushibugyou [BD+DVD]: 2013/07/26 Aiura [BD]: 2013/08/07 Suisei no Gargantia [BD Box]: 2013/08/28 |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Also Music BD *3, 8,458 *8,458 Tamura Yukari "LOVE■LIVE *Fall in Love*" *7, *,349 27,069 Mizuki Nana "Nana Mizuki Live Grace -Opus II- x Union" 10, *,309 *2,259 Kitamura Eiri "Music Clips" Music DVD *8, 1,933 *1,933 Tamura Yukari "LOVE■LIVE *Fall in Love*" |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
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 *3, 15,982 *15,982 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.3 *5, *7,536 **7,536 Little Busters! vol.6 *6, *7,449 **7,449 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.6 14, *2,230 **2,230 Yuyushiki vol.1 DVD *5, 2,021 *,**2,021 To LOVE-Ru Darkness vol.6 *6, 1,841 *,**1,841 Girls und Panzer vol.5 *8, 1,505 *,**1,505 Little Busters! vol.6 Finally a 1st week for GaruPan with no stock issue whatsoever! Average passes Infinite Stratos, to place #19 in the best selling TV anime since 2000. Angel Beats and Gundam 00 S2 are next... which will most likely be passed on Thursday, as v1+v2 Standard Editions only needs to average 298 & 783 respectively, lol. GaruPan is continuing to amaze for an "original" anime which was predicted to sell ~3.5k average before Fall 2012 started! Key: Rank / Average sales / Anime Title *15 *36,511 Full Metal Alchemist *16 *35,636 Sword Art Online *17 *34,601 Gundam 00 S2 *18 *34,116 Angel Beats! *19 *33,819 Girls und Panzer *20 *33,812 Infinite Stratos *21 *31,523 AnoHana Love Live! v3 is slightly up on v2! Nice to see... I have a good feeling for v4 which consists of Maki and Rin. As usual, Little Busters! beats out To Love-Ru on BD but To Love-Ru wins when DVDs come to play. Yuyushiki exceeded my expectations (I predicted ~1.8k). It's unfortunately still under the Manabi Line (2,899), but maybe it'll add more next week. 1st week 2ch prediction (2,288~2,294) was very very close! symbv said: CD Single 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..." 41, *2,521 *22,460 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master 019 Minami Nitta "Venus Syndrome" 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" 81, *1,091 *13,852 Yuyushiki OP & ED "Se-no!! / Affection" Nice to see Imas, Railgun OP and Yuyushiki OP/ED add more. symbv said: 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!" Ooo, GaruPan Drama CD just lost out to Imas... but I think 8k is pretty good I guess. |
EjcJun 4, 2013 3:58 AM
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| The GaruPan-related JSDF DVDs managed to add on more sales this week. They did chart #2~4 for DVDs on June 2. 2,482 21,789 よくわかる！陸上自衛隊～陸の王者！日本を守る戦車の歴史～ 1,601 *8,213 よくわかる！航空自衛隊～緊急発進！日本を守る戦闘機～ 1,348 *7,383 よくわかる！海上自衛隊～海上防衛！護衛艦～ Oricon Daily Top 30 DVD/Top 20 BD Rankings for June 3. DVD Daily **3 **4 **5 **6 **7 **8 **9 週 **1 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Aikatsu! 3 **8 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Eva 3.33 *20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Yamato 2199 5 *22 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Karneval 1 BD Daily **3 **4 **5 **6 **7 **8 **9 週 **1 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Ranma 1/2 BOX 1 **5 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | JoJo 5 **6 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Eva 3.33 **7 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! 3 **9 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Yamato 2199 5 *10 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Little Busters! 6 *12 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | GaruPan 5 *16 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W 1 *17 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | To LOVE-RU Darkness 6 *18 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | SAO 8 *20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ViviPan 3 |
EjcJun 4, 2013 3:50 AM
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| Nice to see Love Live and Little Busters :) Also surprised that Karneval's BD and DVD numbers were close |
XushuJun 4, 2013 3:56 AM
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| oh wow didn't expect Karneval to sell more DVD's, let alone that much DVD's compared to Blu-ray. |
| I was suprised that Karneval sold that much in BD, and the DVDs were overestimated a little, balanced DVD and BD sales are good I guess :P |
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Ejc said: Yeah, 2ch Sales Thread is full of AA pics of "Moppy" (caricature of Shinonono Houki of I.S., very popular in 2ch) reacting in horror with the revelation that GirlPan has finally officially overtaken Infinite Stratos in avg sales. Finally a 1st week for GaruPan with no stock issue whatsoever! Average (33,819) passes Infinite Stratos (33,812), to place #19 in the best selling TV anime since 2000. Angel Beats (34,116) and Gundam 00 S2 (34,601) are next... Ejc said: With Love Live still continuously on the radar (with games, events, concerts, CDs keep coming up), I think people picking up the anime may still be gradually increasing. Love Live! v3 is slightly up on v2! Nice to see... I have a good feeling for v4 which consists of Maki and Rin. Ejc said: The pattern is always like this and so far in terms of BD+DVD total ToLoveRu Darkness still outpaces Little Busters!As usual, Little Busters! beats out To Love-Ru on BD but To Love-Ru wins when DVDs come to play. Ejc said: And of course it exceeded mine too. You are right, the title is skewed towards storefront so stalker estimate is an underestimate. Currently 2ch is comparing it to another slice-of-life show that also sells a bit over 2k - Acchi Kocchi. Yuyushiki exceeded my expectations (I predicted ~1.8k). It's unfortunately still under the Manabi Line (2,899), but maybe it'll add more next week. 1st week 2ch prediction (2,288~2,294) was very very close! Another key thing to note is the BIG DROP for Nyaruko-san, the first week sales for vol.1 of first season is 7410 and for this season it is just 4408. 20% drop is considered within expectation but for Nyaruko-san the drop is over 40%! No wonder 2ch is now grouping it with Milky Holmes and Ika-Musume.... |
symbvJun 4, 2013 4:52 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Nothing that I really care about this week. |
XLNC said: If you have followed the preorder sales ranking in Amazon for this season's anime (to help save people's time I wrote an analysis in MAL here: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=603363&show=100#msg22330719 ) you would know that Karneval has long been tipped as one of the better selling works in this season.Though, I'm really surprised to see Karneval sell that much. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
XLNC said: I should have never underestimate the purchasing power of fujoshi (it worked for Manglobe last season). I blind purchased the blu-ray, (still haven't watched it yet) had no idea about all the 'bromance'. Might give it away. |
symbv said: CD Single 11, 10,821 *10,821 Kotonoha no Niwa theme song "Koto no Ha" 36, *2,763 *42,632 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S OP "sister's noise" 38, *2,727 **2,727 Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties OP "Haru Ulala ■ Love yo Koi!!!" 45, *1,956 **1,956 Karneval Character Song vol.1 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" 83, *1,048 *14,842 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S ED "Grow Slowly" CD Album 19, 5,367 *5,367 Psycho-Pass Complete Original Soundtrack 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 Wow, Natsuki's chara song is too popular. Good job Nai. |
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symbv said: Ejc said: With Love Live still continuously on the radar (with games, events, concerts, CDs keep coming up), I think people picking up the anime may still be gradually increasing.Love Live! v3 is slightly up on v2! Nice to see... I have a good feeling for v4 which consists of Maki and Rin. That is true. I really hope it can pick up a few thousand more fans along the way. As you probably already know, 91,723 votes were cast from March 31~April 22 for the 5th General Election to choose who will be the center of the 6th PV. If we take the average (making it very simple here but no means close to reality), then there may be 30k+ potential fans in that time period. symbv said: Ejc said: And of course it exceeded mine too. You are right, the title is skewed towards storefront so stalker estimate is an underestimate. Currently 2ch is comparing it to another slice-of-life show that also sells a bit over 2k - Acchi Kocchi.Yuyushiki exceeded my expectations (I predicted ~1.8k). It's unfortunately still under the Manabi Line (2,899), but maybe it'll add more next week. 1st week 2ch prediction (2,288~2,294) was very very close! Acchi Kocchi also incidentally came to mind when I saw Yuyushiki's sales. I wonder if it can outsell v1 like GJ-bu did earlier for itself? symbv said: Another key thing to note is the BIG DROP for Nyaruko-san, the first week sales for vol.1 of first season is 7410 and for this season it is just 4408. 20% drop is considered within expectation but for Nyaruko-san the drop is over 40%! No wonder 2ch is now grouping it with Milky Holmes and Ika-Musume.... Wow, that is really disastrous. Well I had a feeling Nyaruko-san was going to drop a lot (like 20% as you said)... but not by 40%. |
| The News Club: Quality News/Discussion (anime, CDs, manga, novels, games, seiyuu), & sales data (daily, weekly, mid-year, yearly). |
| Above average sales from Karneval there. Manglobe is getting some good sales now. I'm not gonna comment on the quality of the show as that always don't go well. inb4 fujoshi and shit taste Big drop of Nyaruko there from its 1st season sales. So much for Xebec trying to cash more from this one. Shame for Yuyushiki. It's fun to watch though. Azazel should be for next week with a lot of titles a few weeks from now. Still a long time before the predicted top sellers come out. We'll probably get a rough estimate as we get closer to their releases. |
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| nice to see this selling good 009 Re:Cyborg |
| One mystery this week is Chokkyuu Hyoudai Robot Anime. Its vol.1 went on sale on May 29th. Its final Amazon point total is around 800 so no surprise for it not showing up in Oricon BD chart today, but in Sound Scan, the other major surveyor of media sales, the figure is almost 2400. Although discrepancy between Oricon and Sound Scan is always to be expected, such big gap is quite rare. I wonder what difference in the survey methodology between the two companies could have produced such big differences. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| For me Nyaruko was crazy and fun in 1st season, but got tiring to watch in 2nd season. I guess the novelty has worn off quite a bit, particularly the antics between Mahiro, Nyaruko, Kuuko and the forks. I remember keenly spending time to check the multiple references to old anime, tokusatsu shows, J-pop, seiyuu in-jokes and Cthultu mythology during the 1st season, even bought the LN but I no longer have the same enthusiasm this season. And the multitude of very competitive shows this season of course does not help. I really love Yuyushiki and in terms of animation and music I think it deserves top-notched praises. Its jokes can be hit or miss though and as I observe its humor is not even widely shared among Japanese fans (kind of same situation in some other anime like Nichijou for example) but I think it depicts the relationship and the interactions of the characters, particularly the three in the main cast really really well. Also I think its character design definitely has some impact for its appeal but then I guess that cannot be helped as it is an adaptation. I have compiled a list of works that I am considering importing, and after quite a lot of consideration at the end I did not include Yuyushiki - not saying it does not deserve buying but it just shows how many good shows (at least to me) in this season. In fact, 2ch got the sales of these two titles pretty spot-on this time. The mean estimate (done before the season starts) for Yuyushiki is 2096 (actual sales 2230) and Nyaruko-san2 is 4159 (actual sales 4408). I am pretty impressed. |
symbvJun 4, 2013 6:13 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Also Music BD *3, 8,458 *8,458 Tamura Yukari "LOVE■LIVE *Fall in Love*" *7, *,349 27,069 Mizuki Nana "Nana Mizuki Live Grace -Opus II- x Union" 10, *,309 *2,259 Kitamura Eiri "Music Clips" Music DVD *8, 1,933 *1,933 Tamura Yukari "LOVE■LIVE *Fall in Love*" Exactly my thought. Well done Yukarin~! |
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| O>o so finally doki doki precure DVD is out. That franchise sells well. |
| @symbv, do Japanese fans comment on Nyaruko's video quality? It's one of very few anime made in 1080p (well, due to it being made by Xebec it looks like average 720p but certainly stomps all shows from this studio). Personally, I don't get why were they trying so hard with good graphics for Nyaruko 2, to me it was obvious it's gonna do much worse than S1 as gags quickly grew old. Surprise hit which soon turned mediocre. What's the point of continuing? Okay, there are LNs, but why spend much more money on how the show looks? Or maybe it sells above 4k due to it being pretty and would do worse otherwise? |
symbv said: Blu-ray *4, 12,596 *12,596 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 DVD *4, 2,686 *,**2,686 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.5 Always good see this here. Impatiently waiting for Part 3 confirmation. |
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| @Progeusz I saw very few comments about the high definition feed of Nyaruko in Japanese forums. In fact if you didn't tell me I would have not known that it was made in 1080p. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Xebec's talent... Regardless, thanks for satisfying my curiosity. |
symbv said: ... I really love Yuyushiki and in terms of animation and music I think it deserves top-notched praises. Its jokes can be hit or miss though and as I observe its humor is not even widely shared among Japanese fans (kind of same situation in some other anime like Nichijou for example) but I think it depicts the relationship and the interactions of the characters, particularly the three in the main cast really really well. Also I think its character design definitely has some impact for its appeal but then I guess that cannot be helped as it is an adaptation. I have compiled a list of works that I am considering importing, and after quite a lot of consideration at the end I did not include Yuyushiki - not saying it does not deserve buying but it just shows how many good shows (at least to me) in this season. ... I think the adaptation is a bit more non-mainstream than even the manga. I think Yuyushiki is a bit more standard and moe in the manga, a bit cuter. The anime character designers seem to have taken a few of the different characteristics from the manga and magnified them even further. I still like and am buying the discs in addition to the manga. The bonus end cards and Yuyushiki Broadcast Club Radio bonus CD are really great extras IMO. I do agree the jokes really are out there and the manga doesn't even have footnotes to help you so either you get them or you don't. I also agree that the humor may be above some people watching it though I am not sure you need to understand every joke and reference to enjoy the show and the manga. I think the manga is also fairly obscure compared to something like Yuruyuri and lack of recognition may not help the disc sales. Hopefully the converse will be true and it will help the manga and magazine sales of Manga Time KKR. I'm not importing much this season. Yuyushiki for sure, already got disc 1. Muromi-san too. And maybe Gargantia if the last 3 episodes can rescue it for me, it is on very thin ice. Not sure why but not a lot appealed to me this season. If I only buy 9 discs with Yuyushiki and Muromi-san it will be the lightest buying season for me since summer 2011... |
hpulleyJun 4, 2013 7:05 AM
| One more piece of information from this week: With the sales data for the last volume of ToLoveRu Darkness out this week, I think we can be quite confident to say that ToLoveRu Darkness gets the last slot of the TOP FOUR in 2012 Fall Season (the first three are GirlPan, JoJo and Chu2byo). So far Darkness has average sales of 10,690 while Little Busters has 10,434. Of course Little Busters may add another 1000 or so in the coming weeks like it previously did but that only adds <200 for the avg sales, and given that Little Busters still have more volumes coming and the sales are most likely going to drop, while Darkness has all the volumes released and done, the likelihood for the average sales for LB to overtake Darkness is going to be tiny. |
symbvJun 4, 2013 7:11 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: I really love Yuyushiki and in terms of animation and music I think it deserves top-notched praises. Its jokes can be hit or miss though and as I observe its humor is not even widely shared among Japanese fans (kind of same situation in some other anime like Nichijou for example) but I think it depicts the relationship and the interactions of the characters, particularly the three in the main cast really really well. Also I think its character design definitely has some impact for its appeal but then I guess that cannot be helped as it is an adaptation. I have compiled a list of works that I am considering importing, and after quite a lot of consideration at the end I did not include Yuyushiki - not saying it does not deserve buying but it just shows how many good shows (at least to me) in this season. What killed Yuyushiki for me was the art. Its an alright show but the art/character designs really killed its chances of ever being anything more to me... since a moe show that doesn't have characters I consider cute has kinda failed in the most important aspect. I've really wished all season that Aiura was the full length show and Yuyushiki was the short, since I really liked Aiuras characters and art a lot more. |
RyanSaotomeJun 4, 2013 7:17 AM
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RyanSaotome said: symbv said: I really love Yuyushiki and in terms of animation and music I think it deserves top-notched praises. Its jokes can be hit or miss though and as I observe its humor is not even widely shared among Japanese fans (kind of same situation in some other anime like Nichijou for example) but I think it depicts the relationship and the interactions of the characters, particularly the three in the main cast really really well. Also I think its character design definitely has some impact for its appeal but then I guess that cannot be helped as it is an adaptation. I have compiled a list of works that I am considering importing, and after quite a lot of consideration at the end I did not include Yuyushiki - not saying it does not deserve buying but it just shows how many good shows (at least to me) in this season. What killed Yuyushiki for me was the art. Its an alright show but the art/character designs really killed its chances of ever being anything more to me... since a moe show that doesn't have characters I consider cute has kinda failed in the most important aspect. I've really wished all season that Aiura was the full length show and Yuyushiki was the short, since I really liked Aiuras characters and art a lot more. Again I think the anime character designers emphasized the differences like their cheeks too much. The manga is more moe to me:    Edit: I'd like to buy Aiura but the disc doesn't include much extra, just a character song CD. No extra episodes or anything which I've gotten used to with the shorts lately with Wooser, Mangirl! and Yama no Susume all including bonus episodes. I guess a bonus CD is alright... will have to think about it as encouraging more Aiura would be a good thing. Perhaps 10 discs this season... |
hpulleyJun 4, 2013 7:37 AM
| ^ Actually I like the character design of Yuyushiki in the anime a bit more than the one in the manga. I guess I find the variation of expressions in the anime more appealing. But I need to also say that it indeed took time to get used to (and they look easier on the eyes when they are moving). In truth, when I read the manga (that was quite some time before the anime was announced) I did not really find the humor that funny. However, my impression of it improves quite a bit after seeing the anime, and I credit the animation, the screenplay which picks and adapts the stories, the art and the seiyuu for that. Aiura is another manga that I did not think much when I picked up long before there is an anime but had my impression improved quite substantially by the anime. Here unlike Yuyushiki the seiyuu are really so-so (they are rookies anyway so can't complain too much) but the art, music and particularly the character design (just check the manga to see what I mean) are so good. One volume of BD is not that much of a cost anyway - and I can get to see all those thighs (and kani kani kani) X-D |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| I'm glad to see JJBA doing so well. Hopefully they'll announce they're doing part three for the fall season. |
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rederoin said: I can't tell if the sales are so low that they just don't rank or if 4-koma stuff isn't on the same lists but I can't remember seeing Yuyushiki, Aiura, Yama no Susume, Teekyuu, Mangirl!, Kotoura-san or any of those in the manga lists, ever. Anyone else remember seeing them?Since Yuyushiki was intended to make the manga sell more(from what i've heard). By how much did the sales of the manga increase? I remember reading news that Kotoura-san's manga circulation had really increased while the anime was on but I can't remember seeing any numbers anywhere. |
| Girls und Panzer doing pretty well huh? I'm pleased with that. |
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Stark700 said: Just an order of magnitude better than originally expected ;-)Girls und Panzer doing pretty well huh? I'm pleased with that. |
| Good to see TLRD's last volume starting off at 9.5k! Bit sad to see Nyaruko with a weak v1w1 :( |
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| What happened to Shakurasou no Pet no Kanojo? I heard the anime is quite good? And poor Yuyushiki, where is jmal?! :p |
ThangLongJun 4, 2013 8:36 AM
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| I'm a bit surprised with Karneval. Would Manglobe get some decent profit from disk sales for once? Otherwise nothing surprising. Too bad SnK BDs and DVDs would come only in July. I have to be patient. |
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ThangLong said: Good anime for you or me does not mean always mean good sales... But anyway, way back in the last season when the anime was still airing we already knew it was going to sell around the manabi line. The DVD of the first 2 volumes managed to rank and the BD+DVD total ended up above the line but the DVD for vol.3 and 4 did not rank and the number was thus down to somewhere above 2k.What happened to Shakurasou no Pet no Kanojo? I heard the anime is quite good? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: 2612 for my poor Sakurasou 5 including the DVDs. This looks at first glance to be up a bit from previous volumes where the DVDs did not rank.ThangLong said: Good anime for you or me does not mean always mean good sales... But anyway, way back in the last season when the anime was still airing we already knew it was going to sell around the manabi line. The DVD of the first 2 volumes managed to rank and the BD+DVD total ended up above the line but the DVD for vol.3 and 4 did not rank and the number was thus down to somewhere above 2k.What happened to Shakurasou no Pet no Kanojo? I heard the anime is quite good? This is a bit below the Manabi line. The Korean cuisine switcharoo didn't help and while it may only have affected sales to the tune of 10% or so, in the case of close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, tactical thermonuclear weapons and the Manabi line, 10% would have helped in this case... |
| While I personally find the adaptation for Karneval to fall quite short of the, admittedly rather high, bar set by the manga, I'm pretty thrilled it's selling well. I will take all unwanted DVDs that prove too bromantic for the original purchaser. I'm kind like that. |
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| Nyaruko being so low... well I'm not surprised at all: first season had a lot of references to Lovecraft works while this went into Kuuko doing/thinking something perverted and defrosting of our poor main character, they should end it with true romance to destroy everything :P Yuyushiki sad to see it low but than after start when I was even considering buying it... it started to be boring or at least chemistry between characters disappeared. Now it's hard to watch but will end just to have it completed :P I still wonder why Toei does even bother with Precure BD :) for movies I get it but here... at least toys sell rather well, will see about music as TV ratings are low (so far lowest of all series and I'm not surprised by this). |
Dalek-baka said: You mean this album by Mako-P ? :-)I still wonder why Toei does even bother with Precure BD :) for movies I get it but here... at least toys sell rather well, will see about music as TV ratings are low > 40, 2,139 *2,139 Dokidoki! Precure Character Album ~Songbird~ |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Good path to becoming an idol XDDalek-baka said: You mean this album by Mako-P ? :-)I still wonder why Toei does even bother with Precure BD :) for movies I get it but here... at least toys sell rather well, will see about music as TV ratings are low > 40, 2,139 *2,139 Dokidoki! Precure Character Album ~Songbird~ Urara did better :P still those were best songs in Yes 5 by far. But more about OST, vocal albums and of course OP/ED singles. Those sale decently if I recall. |
| I can't say Yuyushiki's low sales surprise me. It looks good, but I'm not getting the same vibe from it as I did with Yuru Yuri, which this show has quite some similarities to. Enjoyable, but nothing really groundbreaking. At least its OP/ED single is still selling, so at least something good came from it (though even that is probably not really a bestseller). Nyarlko W dropping that much IS a surprise, though. Maybe it's because the show is becoming more romantic comedy with various shout-outs, rather than full-on parody with romantic aspects. Then again, this was a trend started in season 1, so it shouldn't have cone that much as a surprise, right? I like how Girls und Panzer exceeded everyone's expectations. That show was a huge risk, it being an original show, but it paid off in a way no one could have predicted. I'm curious as how to the other Spring shows will sell, especially Henneko. |
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