Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Jan 6 - 12

by tsubasalover
Jan 14, 2014 3:15 AM | 124 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for Jan 6th - 12th

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

Blu-ray
*1. 13,377 13,377 Free! Vol.5
*2. *7,567 *7,567 Kill la Kill Vol.1 (Limited Edition)
*3. *6,090 *6,090 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G Vol.4 (Limited Edition)
*4. *3,616 *3,616 Kyoukai no Kanata Vol.1
*5. *1,298 11,584 Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Vol.1
*6. *1,075 *1,075 Kyousou Giga Vol.1
*7. *1,013 45,791 Gintama: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Limited Edition)
*8. **,969 **,969 Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! Vol.4
*9. **,825 26,709 Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito 2 - Hikisakareshi Yokuryuu
(cut-off 825)

DVD
*1. 8,290 *,**8,290 Free! Vol.5
*2. 1,778 *,**1,778 Kyoukai no Kanta Vol.1
*3. 1,635 *,**1,635 Aikatsu! Vol.8
*4. 1,525 *,*58,378 Gintama: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Limited Edition)
*5. 1,492 *,*21,075 Gintama: Kanketsu-hen - Yorozuya yo Eien Nare (Regular Edition)
*6. 1,422 *,**1,422 One Piece 16th Season "Punk Hazard" Vol.1
*7. 1,396 *,**1,396 One Piece 16th Season "Punk Hazard" Vol.2
*8. 1,221 *,**1,221 Kill la Kill Vol.1 (Limited Edition)
*9. *,974 1,235,014 Tonari no Totoro
10. *,893 *,***,893 Naruto: Shippuuden "Ninkai Taisen - Kanata kara no Kougekisha" Vol.5
11. *,624 *,***,624 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G Vol.4 (Limited Edition)
12. *,579 *,528,839 Majo no Takkyuubin
13. *,539 *,*20,020 One Piece Log Collection "Hancock" (eps.408-421)
14. *,531 *,**8,731 Kamiusagi Rope: Warau Asa ni wa Fuku Kitaru tte Maji ssuka!? Vol.4
15. *,526 *,**8,641 Kamiusagi Rope: Warau Asa ni wa Fuku Kitaru tte Maji ssuka!? Vol.3
16. *,467 *,*14,564 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% Vol.7
17. *,456 *,**6,898 Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Shinsoku no Genosect - Mewtwo Kakusei (Regular Edition)
18. *,402 *,369,763 Mononoke Hime
19. *,385 2,397,744 Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
(cut-off 385)

CD Single
*3. 8,988 **8,988 Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Character Song Duet Series Vol.7 "Ultimate Zone" by Taiga Kagami (CV: Yuuki Ono) and Daiki Aomine (CV: Junichi Suwabe)
*5. 7,879 **7,879 Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Character Song Duet Series Vol.6 "Coat no Ue de Korekara mo" by Tetsuya Kuroko (CV: Kensho Ono) and Shintarou Midorima (CV: Daisuke Ono)
10. 5,026 486,067 Naruto: Shippuuden OP "Tsuki no Ookisa" by Nogizaka 46
13. 4,489 **4,489 Saint Seiya Omega OP "Senkou Strings" by Cynthia
18. 3,615 **3,615 Kyoukai no Kanata Character Song Vol.2 "AS IT IS/CAGE FOR LOVE" by Akihito Kanbara (CV: KENN) and Hiroomi Nase (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki)
21. 3,329 *44,499 Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission ED "Hyouriittai" by Yuzu
28. 2,450 243,428 Shingeki no Kyojin OP "Jiyuu e no Shingeki (Guren no Yumiya/Jiyuu no Tsubasa)" by Linked Horizon
29. 2,251 *10,723 Sword Art Online: Extra Edition ED "Niji no Oto" by Eir Aoi
43. 1,452 *58,271 Log Horizon OP "database feat. TAKUMA (10 Feet)" by MAN WITH A MISSION
44. 1,376 120,489 Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season OP "Kakumei Dualism" by Nana Mizuki x T.M.Revolution
51. 1,025 *24,045 Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova OP "Savior of Song" by Nano
(cut-off 1,000)

CD Album
*9. 5,754 *5,754 Sumire Uesaka "Kakumei-teki Broadway Shugisha Doumei" by Sumire Uesaka
17. 3,681 *3,681 nano.RIPE "Namida no Ochiru Sokudo" by nano.RIPE
29. 2,063 26,339 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Music Collection
31. 1,937 *1,937 Kyoukai no Kanata OST "Beyond the Melodies" by Hikaru Nanase (Masami Ito)
32. 1,839 76,297 Gintama Best 3
41. 1,665 *1,665 Brothers Conflict Character CD 2nd Series Vol. 6 with Ukyou and Kaname by Daisuke Hirakawa and Junichi Suwabe
46. 1,529 41,845 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Gekidan Shining "Masquerade Mirage" by Reiji Kotobuki (CV: Showtaro Morikubo), Ai Mikaze (CV: Shouta Aoi), Natsuki Shinomiya (CV: Kishou Taniyama)
75. 1,031 10,649 Kill la Kill OST by Hiroyuki Sawano
(cut-off 1,000)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

Anime Sales Music Sales

20 of 124 Comments Recent Comments

I have a question!

Does Oricon only count storefront sales and Amazon's pre-orders? Or do they count the sales from multiple factors?

Jan 21, 2014 3:24 AM by Xinception

^ Are we looking at the same chart because chuuni is not on the top 10 on the recent chart. I think it was just two days where chuuni all volumes are in the top 10. Or are you talking about volume one only?
I hope it would chart more the next few days.

Anyways, new thread coming up.

Jan 21, 2014 1:35 AM by volare1

I'm also expecting chuuni to drop a bit and go high on other stores (HMV,animate) but looks like it is ranking quite low for a few days. The first days, sure, it ranked high. But I'm surprised other titles like arpeggio, monogatari and shingeki are above it and not consistent. Particularly HMV. Nisekoi HMV boost is understandable but still surprised it is above chuuni yesterday.It seems buyers are on a wait-and-see approach or go full storefront for chuuni. Speaking of nisekoi lmao it ranked on animate on its first day. It also seems nisekoi buyers are considering store exclusives or might go storefront as well.

Jan 20, 2014 6:54 PM by volare1

Slow day for preorders today. Seems like SYD and Nisekoi have been quiet on the top. Hozuki, Noragami and Nisekoi manga having good anime boosts these past few days.
Still can't predict numbers for now. Too early and unstable.

Hoping for K-on box set to topple Madoka at least on amazon but rebellion is too strong. Also Magi creeping up on top 100. I hope to see good numbers next week for another season of the show.

Jan 20, 2014 5:42 AM by volare1

jmal said:
I guess I've worked on this as much as I can this weekend. Sales data has a new home:

http://www.someanithing.com

Awesome! This makes accessing data sooo much easier so I guess something good came out of the Mania downtime. I hope it comes back up though. I miss reading posts on sales/speculations.

Jan 19, 2014 10:21 PM by Yvese

Series Data - Quick View looks great. Will definitely be using that a lot. Thanks jmal.

Jan 19, 2014 6:57 PM by Meddigo

jmal said:

Andan210 said:
It's just that, with all the cult and the fanbase The Idolm@ster has in Japan, i thought the movie had at least a chance of coming close to it. But either way i'm just happy with the release of the movie.

Main difference is that mostly just otaku will go see an Idolmaster movie, while the K-ON! movie was very popular in the mainstream as well, as something that could be enjoyed by parents and children and was pretty self-contained. Same deal with AnoHana crossing ¥1bn. Madoka is a little harder to explain but never underestimate Aniplex' marketing strengths. Madoka got a lot of attention in mainstream press back when it aired so I guess a broad range of people went to see the movie.

I think somewhere between ¥500-700m for the Idolmaster movie, assuming it's well received.

I see, that explains it. Well, the good thing is that they are making the movie, and i'm sure it's going to be well received by its fans. Thank you very much for answering.

By the way, i really need to watch the "K-ON!" movie. I just don't have enough time for all the anime i wanna watch :(

Jan 18, 2014 8:05 PM by Andan210

Yvese said:

Andan210 said:
By the way, I know "The Idolm@ster" movie it's expected to be a big hit, but just exactly how big? Like, at the same level of the "K-ON!" movie? Bigger? Lower?

K-ON level? That's setting the bar a bit high lol. Since Mania is down I can't check the numbers, but the K-ON movie sold over 100k ( or was it over 150k? I forget ) discs and was one of the highest grossing late night anime movies IIRC. I think it was recently passed by the Madoka 3 movie ( meaning I believe K-ON held the record previously ). Not sure if there were any other anime movies that passed it that are in the late night category.

jmal is the person to ask for these kinds of things though lol.

I hope it does well though. I <3 me some idolmaster but it sucks that I have to wait like 6-8 months for the disc + sub :(

Yeah, i know the tremendous success of the "K-On!" movie.

It's just that, with all the cult and the fanbase The Idolm@ster has in Japan, i thought the movie had at least a chance of coming close to it. But either way i'm just happy with the release of the movie.

And indeed, the waiting for the Blu-Rays sucks.

Jan 18, 2014 7:37 PM by Andan210

^ Yeah Madoka is the highest grossing late night anime currently according to available numbers and stats. Took them a couple of months before surpassing K-on. Impressive to be honest. If there's other articles suggesting its not, then feel free to correct me since many people here are Kyoani/k-on fans from the looks of it and might want to defend the franchise.
Maybe it would take years before someone will surpass Madoka.
I predict Im@s will go Nanoha movies level of hit. I' m excited for the movie actually. Its been soo long for another Im@s anime.

Jan 18, 2014 7:15 PM by volare1

Andan210 said:
By the way, I know "The Idolm@ster" movie it's expected to be a big hit, but just exactly how big? Like, at the same level of the "K-ON!" movie? Bigger? Lower?

Jan 18, 2014 7:10 PM by Yvese

Kaioshin_Sama said:
No reason to stick around for bad news. Congrats Moe fans, your future looks set and I'll be taking my leave.

Good to know. Please don't come back. We won't miss you.

Xinception said:

This season is the season of cuteness and rom-com. So far, Chuunibyo S2, Saki S2 and SYD* have been floating in the top 100 when new episodes come out, at lowest they fall to the 200-300 range. We've seen Engaged to the Unidentified, Sakura Trick, World Conquest, Nisekoi and Sonico (although it's because of the figma) flying up to the top 50/top 100 and at lowest (currently) they hang at the 100 -250 range. I get that this is quite early in the season, but this has to be some sort of indicator, right?

......... And I am loving every single minute of this season!

Hell yeah!. And don't forget "The Idolm@ster" Movie, that comes out this month.

By the way, I know "The Idolm@ster" movie it's expected to be a big hit, but just exactly how big? Like, at the same level of the "K-ON!" movie? Bigger? Lower?

Jan 18, 2014 6:45 PM by Andan210

Svezda and Nisekoi weekly boosts. It would be funny to be for those two going up and down every Saturday lolol. There's aniplex shop as well.
SYD boosted earlier last night too.
Yamakan and WUG fans might be waiting for a spark in the show I believe. They might be hesitating right now because of the haterage, criticism and Yamakan's mouth not shutting up!
I'm excited for kill la kill's aniplex bump if it could go 1k or not for now and not the winter season's show. Nonbiyori is showing no signs of giving up to it though.
Aaaand welcome gatchaman again to the top 100. Its been a long time heh.

Jan 18, 2014 5:55 PM by volare1

Progeusz said:
Perhaps the fans are still wondering how the story will unfold? Some powerful concert in ep 03 or 04 should be perfect to turn the tides.

True, the movie ends nicely with the debut concert with lots of nice animated skirt twirling / pantsu flashing while we are still sort of waiting for that kind of moment in the series. And yes, it really is like episodes 1-2, honestly anyone who watches "episode 1" without watching the movie is going to be confused.

Seitokai Yakuindomo is high but it is close to release date so it doesn't have many points. Could be underestimated though.

I'm happy that Sakura Trick is doing alright. Hope it continues.

No-Rin episode 2 didn't do a lot for me but it is ranking well.

Jan 18, 2014 11:40 AM by hpulley

hpulley said:
While the series discs aren't that high, the Wake Up Girls movie is sitting at #21 and has a decent number of points too. Actually a bit strange that the series is sitting at around #232 while the movie is so high.

I'm viewing the movie as Vol. 1, since its essentially the first 2 episodes (it even releases exactly a month before the TV series, so it fits a normal release schedule). Its normal for 2nd volumes to be far behind the first volume.

Jan 18, 2014 11:24 AM by RyanSaotome

Perhaps the fans are still wondering how the story will unfold? Some powerful concert in ep 03 or 04 should be perfect to turn the tides.

Jan 18, 2014 11:23 AM by Progeusz

While the series discs aren't that high, the Wake Up Girls movie is sitting at #21 and has a decent number of points too. Actually a bit strange that the series is sitting at around #232 while the movie is so high.

Jan 18, 2014 10:56 AM by hpulley

Kaioshin_Sama said:
Well Kyokai wasn't the top seller of Fall so that's my part done. Looking at how things are shaping this season though it looks like its back to business as usual though. No reason to stick around for bad news. Congrats Moe fans, your future looks set and I'll be taking my leave.

Congratulations for you leaving.

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This season is the season of cuteness and rom-com. So far, Chuunibyo S2, Saki S2 and SYD* have been floating in the top 100 when new episodes come out, at lowest they fall to the 200-300 range. We've seen Engaged to the Unidentified, Sakura Trick, World Conquest, Nisekoi and Sonico (although it's because of the figma) flying up to the top 50/top 100 and at lowest (currently) they hang at the 100 -250 range. I get that this is quite early in the season, but this has to be some sort of indicator, right?

......... And I am loving every single minute of this season!

Jan 18, 2014 10:49 AM by Xinception

Well Kyokai wasn't the top seller of Fall so that's my part done. Looking at how things are shaping this season though it looks like its back to business as usual though. No reason to stick around for bad news. Congrats Moe fans, your future looks set and I'll be taking my leave.

Jan 18, 2014 10:02 AM by PeacingOut

Lull/NagiAsu boost again. Wow this show. The thresholds are the only thing blocking volume 1 from charting.
K-on bluray box new edition has been going up this morning. I'll not be surprised if it overthrows the Madoka movie at number 1 spot later this evening. Will it hold its ground there? It would be interesting.

Jan 17, 2014 7:17 PM by volare1

Nice that Aikatsu is on the list. Maybe in the furute when sunrise begin with the BD, they will sell as good as DVD.

Jan 17, 2014 6:41 AM by minimiau

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