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Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Apr 23 - 29

by dtshyk
May 1, 2012 1:19 AM | 70 Comments
Here are the weekly Blu-ray and CD rankings for April 23rd - 29th.

Blu-ray
*1, 50,160 50,160 Nisemonogatari vol.1 Limited Edition
*2, 18,747 18,747 Persona 4 The Animation vol.6 Limited Edition
*3, *7,570 *7,570 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai vol.4
*4, *7,063 *7,063 Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition
*5, *6,844 *6,844 Highschool DxD vol.2
*6, *6,674 *6,674 Aquarion Evol vol.1
*7, *5,824 *5,824 Ano Natsu de Matteru vol.2 Limited Edition
*8, *5,608 *5,608 Inu x Boku SS vol.2 Limited Edition
*9, *5,602 *5,602 The iDOLM@STER vol.7 Limited Edition
10, *5,538 *5,538 Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
11, *5,489 *5,489 Guilty Crown vol.4 Limited Edition
12, *4,847 *4,847 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi vol.3 Limited Edition
13, *3,979 *3,979 Mawaru Penguindrum vol.7 Limited Edition
14, *3,675 *3,675 Tamayura: Hitotose vol.5
15, *3,662 19,650 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon vol.5 Limited Edition
16, *3,542 *3,542 Senki Zesshou Symphogear vol.2 Limited Edition

DVD
*1, 12,918 *,*12,918 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 5 - Blood Prison Limited Edition
*2, *9,207 *,**9,207 Gintama' vol.10
*3, *7,352 *,**7,352 Nisemonogatari vol.1 Limited Edition
*4, *6,220 *,**6,220 Persona 4 The Animation vol.6 Limited Edition
*5, *5,735 *,**5,735 Inu x Boku SS vol.2 Limited Edition
*6, *3,554 *,**3,554 Natsume Yuujinchou Shi vol.3 Limited Edition
*7, *2,786 *,**2,786 Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2 vol.5 Limited Edition
*8, *2,456 *,**2,456 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 5 - Blood Prison Standard Edition
*9, *2,381 *,**2,381Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition
10, *2,374 *,**2,374 Highschool DxD vol.2
11, *2,212 *,**2,212 Bleach Gotei 13 Tai Shingun Hen vol.3
12, *2,157 *,**2,157 Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai vol.4
13, *2,003 *,**2,003 Aquarion Evol vol.1
14, *1,920 *,**1,920 Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA
15, *1,674 *,**1,674 Brave 10 vol.2
16, *1,671 *,**1,671 Guilty Crown vol.4 Limited Edition
17, *1,668 *,**6,438 New Prince of Tennis vol.1
18, *1,271 *,**1,271 The iDOLM@STER vol.7 Limited Edition
19, *1,087 1,133,609 My Neighbor Totoro
20, *1,015 *,**1,015 Shakugan no Shana III vol.5 Limited Edition
21, **,946 *,***,946 Kimi to Boku. vol.5 Limited Edition
22, **,940 *,***,940 Beelzebub vol.11
23, **,811 *,***,811 Nintama Rantarou vol.3
24, **,796 *,***,796 Maken-Ki! vol.5 Limited Edition
25, **,786 *,**5,593 Detective Conan Bonus File Fantasista no Hana
26, **,760 *,***,760 Mashiroiro Symphony: The Color of Lovers vol.4
27, **,730 *,***,730 Zero no Tsukaima F vol.3
28, **,717 *,***,717 Senki Zesshou Symphogear vol.2 Limited Edition
29, **,714 *,***,714 Tamayura: Hitotose vol.5

Single CD
*4, 35,044 *35,044 Detective Conan Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker "Haruuta"
*6, 20,868 *20,868 Natsuiro Kiseki "Non stop road" "Asu e no Kaerimichi"
*7, 15,315 *15,315 Hanazawa Kana "Hoshizora☆Destination"
12, *8,049 *31,812 Fate/Zero 2nd Season "to the beginning"
16, *5,061 **5,061 Mouretsu Pirates "Black Holy"
20, *4,474 162,977 Doraemon: Nobita and the Miracle Island - Animal Adventure "Ikiteru Ikiteku"
24, *3,617 *40,943 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.2 Anzu
25, *3,579 **3,579 Medaka Box "Happy Crazy Box"
26, *3,553 **3,553 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead "***Passionate"
30, *3,332 **3,332 Saki: Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A "Square Panic Serenade"
34, *3,088 **3,088 Tasogare Otome x Amnesia "Choir Jail"
35, *3,083 *36,435 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.4 Kaede
36, *2,972 *36,425 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.1 Rin
38, *2,739 *34,855 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.3 Kanako
40, *2,607 *12,356 Kuroko no Basket "Can Do"
42, *2,505 **2,505 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Asia Circuit Hen "Limit Break"
43, *2,490 *32,635 The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Master vol.5 Rika
45, *2,315 *30,534 Ozuma "Neverland"
46, *2,299 **2,299 Imai Asami "Hasta La Vista"
49, *2,192 **2,192 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? of the Dead "Koi no Beginner nan desu (T_T)"

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

20 of 70 Comments Recent Comments

jmal said:
whoahyuu said:
LOL. When Tsukihi Phoenix Part 1 comes out, I am 100% positive that it will sell over 90k 1st week.

I'd like to know what that confidence is based on. o_O

This will not happen. 100% positive.
I think it's based on the unspeakable teeth brushing scene. However 90k are very unlikely to happen.

May 15, 2012 2:18 AM by Sury

LOL. When Tsukihi Phoenix Part 1 comes out, I am 100% positive that it will sell over 90k 1st week.

May 14, 2012 7:32 PM by whoahyuu

jmal said:
whatev said:
What I'm most interested in finding out this season sales wise is how much AKB48 will be able to tap into its big fanbase. It seems like they're going the cheap first volume route, so we might see some huge numbers, at least for that first volume.

A couple hours after being solicited, it's already #10 on Amazon. =P Sales are going to be completely absurd for Vol. 1 if that keeps up, although whether subsequent normal-priced volumes sell anywhere near as much will be the more interesting question.


Weirdly enough, it was removed from Amazon.... no idea why. Maybe they put its price too low?

May 6, 2012 9:24 AM by RyanSaotome

Nisemonogatari sold well as expected

May 6, 2012 9:16 AM by GodlyKyon

Hmm. It doesn't seem like Nise will be able to beat the Gundam SEEDs to give Shaft the three highest selling series since Eva. I would have given a chuckle at the Shaft domination had that acutally happened. Thinking out the various possibilities for Fate/Zero is interesting, but I don't think that it could have actually beaten Nise. What I'm most interested in finding out this season sales wise is how much AKB48 will be able to tap into its big fanbase. It seems like they're going the cheap first volume route, so we might see some huge numbers, at least for that first volume.

May 5, 2012 11:26 PM by whatev

Huh, kinda weird to see Penguindrum so low on the list... Maybe because it's been a while since it's aired? Or... because nobody likes incest anymore?

However, top 3, FTW. Nise, P4 and Haganai... Great to see those three on top >:D

May 2, 2012 3:45 PM by icantfeelmyarms

jmal said:
articuzwolf said:
really? last time I checked it was on 44k and it was the third week of sales I think...

It ranked again after that, just not in the Top 10/20 lists dtshyk posts. Its current total is 50,103.

Wk1: 42,690 (42,690)
Wk2: *4,933 (47,623)
Wk3: unranked
Wk4: unranked
Wk5: **,415 (49,788)
Wk6: **,315 (50,103)

Since the 5th week Oricon ranking gave the cumulative total, we know it did a total of 1,750 in weeks 3-4 or about 875 each week. In any case, cumulative total is what matters.


About Nisemonogatari, don't forget that after this, they will eventually release the Boxset, last time I check I believe Bakemonogatari has over 25K BD/DVD boxset, so add that to the volume releases, Bake might as well reached 80-100K level/volume.

May 2, 2012 8:50 AM by Ghostalker

mitch3315 said:
RyanSaotome said:
Just look at MAL, Jun has more favorites than anyone else but Inami. It certainly isn't the guys who are giving him the favorites.


Wait, I have to be a chick to have him in my favourites? That's news to me.


Well it was wrong of me to say no guys would favorite him, but attractive male characters generally favor the female fanbase. The majority of the men watching Working are watching it for the girls, not Jun, so most of them would not be favoriting him.

May 2, 2012 8:12 AM by RyanSaotome

neurogal91 said:
articuzwolf said:
not even F/Z can break domination of monogatari series...


But F/Z already sold almost 50,000 boxsets with the price of $400 of each set. That's quite impressive for a boxset to sold that much.

Hypothetically, if Fate/Zero sell in volumes instead of boxsets I think it can outsells or matched Nise in sales. Maybe even Madoka level sales.


really? last time I checked it was on 44k and it was the third week of sales I think...

and what I mean by monogatari series is not limited to Nise...

May 2, 2012 7:21 AM by articuzwolf

Progeusz said:
fri said:
Guilty Crown season 2 WHERE?!
Hopefully nowhere.
Good to see it's selling so poorly (considering its ridiculous budget). Maybe people will finally learn that investing more than 1% into decent script is a good idea.

It's not selling poorly actually, although it decreased a lot

Nisemono is selling well, but decreased from Bakemono. That's pretty normal seeing how the quality dropped from Bakemono

May 2, 2012 5:46 AM by Firixizu_Mint

Blu-ray
*4, *7,063 *7,063 Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition
DVD
*9, *2,381 *,**2,381Working'!! vol.7 Limited Edition

Hell yeah! I want season 3 right now !

May 2, 2012 5:19 AM by ainky

articuzwolf said:
not even F/Z can break domination of monogatari series...


But F/Z already sold almost 50,000 boxsets with the price of $400 of each set. That's quite impressive for a boxset to sold that much.

Hypothetically, if Fate/Zero sell in volumes instead of boxsets I think it can outsells or matched Nise in sales. Maybe even Madoka level sales.

May 2, 2012 4:51 AM by neurogal91

It's nice to see Nise on the top.

May 2, 2012 1:53 AM by Lohvo

Glad to see Nise and Haganai at the top... although by a very large difference lol.

Seitokai OVA also sold a lot for an OVA I think so I'm hoping for a 2nd season of that as well as Haganai.

May 2, 2012 1:29 AM by 2DAdvocate

phoenixalia said:
...um I can't believe my post started this big argument...

but I'll just put in my 2 cents...I've been following Inu X Boku since it was a manga and let me just say in the mangafox forums, many wanted to change the demographic to shoujo and most of the readers there are female.

So I guess females DO like it?


I dropped Inu X Boku after ever other shot was of the dude acting all cute. The shounen tag is a troll tag, the only thing shounen about it is the fan service that the chick gives.

May 1, 2012 11:15 PM by mdz

...um I can't believe my post started this big argument...

but I'll just put in my 2 cents...I've been following Inu X Boku since it was a manga and let me just say in the mangafox forums, many wanted to change the demographic to shoujo and most of the readers there are female.

So I guess females DO like it?

May 1, 2012 10:56 PM by phoenixalia

j0x said:
AlexSadist-sama said:
Good to see Guilty Crown.


agreed!!! it sold well despite the hate on it, its not a bad show at all, i watch anime simply their stories are more engaging than normal real-life and hollywood TV shows i see here


THe people hating on it aren't the people that contribute to the weekly sales of it.

May 1, 2012 7:49 PM by Anime_Name

RyanSaotome said:
LolSoMeme said:
oh i also forgot to mention DxD, haganai, working!!, etc that sold on DVD too, does that also mean the female otakus bought them? Lol wow dude, just wow.


I do believe Working has a female fanbase. Those two male characters in it seem to get quite a bit of attention from women.

Just look at MAL, Jun has more favorites than anyone else but Inami. It certainly isn't the guys who are giving him the favorites.


Wait, I have to be a chick to have him in my favourites? That's news to me.

May 1, 2012 7:39 PM by mitch3315

not even F/Z can break domination of monogatari series...

May 1, 2012 6:13 PM by articuzwolf

LolSoMeme said:
Yvese said:
LolSoMeme said:
Yvese said:
Haganai and DxD season 2 NAO!!!

So glad they're doing well.

Oh and wth. Setokai Yakuindomo? I thought the 3rd ova wasn't until july?

MAL fooled me again -__-


Wait for it meng, wait for it Lol
Bah! But I hate waiting!

I NEED MY KOBATO-CHAN AND RIAS!! T_T


It's worth the wait though, and there's a high chance for both of them getting second seasons, i'm hearing some really good things from folks who read the novels, apparently we're getting more HNGGGGG moments and the story development for both is quite the hot shiz, just thinking about it gives me goosebumps ;p
Ugh.

That just makes me wish it were possible to freeze myself until it's out :(

May 1, 2012 5:08 PM by Yvese

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