Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Mar 3 - 9

by tsubasalover
Mar 11, 2014 2:55 AM | 52 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for March 3rd - 9th

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

Blu-ray
*1.　24,546　24,546　Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie Limited Edition
*2.　11,224　11,224　K-On! Blu-ray Box Limited Edition
*3.　*9,368　*9,368　Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Vol.3
*4.　*6,805　*6,805　Kill la Kill Vol.3 Limited Edition
*5.　*6,733　*6,733　Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.6 Limited Edition
*6.　*2,845　*2,845　Kyoukai no Kanata Vol.3
*7.　*2,386　*2,386　Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie Limited Special Edition
*8.　*2,115　33,853　Monogatari Series: Second Season Otorimonogatari Vol.1 Nadeko Medusa Part.1 Limited Edition
(cut-off 2,115)

DVD
*1.　4,977　*,**4,977　Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie Limited Edition
*2.　2,508　*,**2,508　Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. Movie Regular Edition
*3.　1,311　*,**1,311　One Piece 16th Season "Punk Hazard" Vol.5
*4.　1,303　*,**1,303　One Piece 16th Season "Punk Hazard" Vol.6
*5.　1,101　*,**1,101　Kill la Kill Vol.3 Limited Edition
*6.　1,043　*,**8,806　Hakuouki Movie 1: Kyoto Ranbu Limited Edition
*7.　1,037　*,**6,389　Captain Harlock
*8.　*,991　*,***,991　Naruto: Shippuuden "Ninkai Taisen - Sasuke to Itachi" Vol.1
*9.　*,963　*,***,963　Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Vol.3
10.　*,879　*,*28,050　Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976) DVD-BOX Vol.1
11.　*,859　*,***,859　Kyoukai no Kanata Vol.3
12.　*,755　*,***,755　Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.6 Limited Edition
13.　*,700　1,240,318　Tonari no Totoro
14.　*,593　*,***,593　Aikatsu! 2nd Season Vol.1
15.　*,495　*,*13,192　Manga Nippon Mukashibanashi (1976) DVD-BOX Vol.2
16.　*,489　*,531,945　Majo no Takkyuubin
17.　*,483　*,**2,892　Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Vol.2 Limited Edition
18.　*,460　*,**9,905　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Vol.2
19.　*,454　*,**3,851　Hetalia: The Beautiful World Extra Disc
20.　*,435　*,*10,923　Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.8
(cut-off 435)

CD Single
11.　6,715　*6,715　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Character Song Solo Series Vol. 16 "Rifujin ni" by Atsushi Murasakibara (CV: Kenichi Suzumura)
13.　6,609　*6,609　Happiness Charge Precure! OP/ED "WOW!! Happiness Charge Precure!/Precure Memory" by Sayaka Yanaka/Hitomi Yoshida
14.　5,947　*5,947　Hoozuki no Reitetsu ED "Parallax View" by Sumire Uesaka
15.　5,869　*5,869　Kill la Kill OP "ambiguous" by GARNiDeLiA
17.　5,561　*5,561　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Character Song Solo Series Vol.15 "QUICK START" by Ryou Sakurai (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki)
25.　3,741　25,848　Hoozuki no Reitetsu OP "Jigoku no Sata mo Kimi Shidai" by Jigoku no Sata All Stars
27.　3,448　*3,448　Kill la Kill ED "Shinsekai Koukyougaku" by Sayonara Ponytail
29.　3,230　*3,230　Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil OP "JUSTITIA" by Lia
32.　2,716　*2,716　D-Frag! ED "Minna no Namae wo Irete Kudasai" by Roka Shibasaki (CV: Kana Hanazawa), Takao (CV: Shizuka Itou) & Funabori (CV: Aki Toyosaki)
34.　2,669　71,386　Love Live! School Idol Project "Takaramonos/Paradise Live" by μ's
40.　2,109　10,839　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season ED "FANTASTIC TUNE" by Kensho Ono
48.　1,575　*1,575　Hamatora the Animation OP FLAT by livetune adding Yuuki Ozaki (from Galileo Galilei)
49.　1,560　14,969　Gin no Saji 2nd Season ED "Oto no Naru Hou e→" by Goose house
56.　1,474　*8,352　Mikakunin de Shinkoukei ED "Masshiro World" by Mikakuning!
57.　1,429　*9,252　Mikakunin de Shinkoukei OP "Tomadoi→Recipe" by Mikakuning!
60.　1,331　*4,464　D-Frag! OP "Stalemate!" by IOSYS jk Girls
61.　1,300　*8,475　Nobunaga the Fool OP "FOOL THE WORLD" by Minori Chihara
64.　1,215　43,319　The iDOLM@STER Movie: Kagayaki no Mukougawa e Theme Song "M@STERPIECE" by 765PRO ALLSTARS
66.　1,091　*7,889　Wake Up, Girls! OP "7 Girls War" by Wake Up, Girls!
71.　*,981　22,569　Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. ED & Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda OP "SAVED./Be mine!" by Maaya Sakamoto
74.　*,943　*4,229　Buddy Complex OP "UNISONIA" by TRUE
79.　*,907　11,243　Witch Craft Works ED "Witch☆Activity" by KMM Dan [Tanpopo Kuraishi (CV: Shiori Izawa), Tsurupeta (CV: Momo Asakura), Twintail (CV: Shiina Natsukawa), Gantai (CV: Yuuko Iida), and Deko (CV: Natsumi Hioka)]
80.　*,902　31,979　Nisekoi OP "CLICK" by ClariS
82.　*,851　11,304　Noragami OP "Goya no Machiawase" by Hello Sleepwalkers
84.　*,832　*6,672　Wake Up, Girls! ED "Kotonoha Aoba" by Wake Up, Girls!
87.　*,816　*4,379　Aikatsu! 2nd Season IN "Sexy Style (Kira-pata-shining)" buy Sunao, Yuna, Remi, Waka from STA☆ANIS
89.　*,787　20,849　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season OP "Hengen Jizai no Magical Star " by GRANRODEO
93.　*,712　*7,957　Mahou Sensou ED "Born to be" by Nano
99.　*,670　*2,316　Hakuouki Movie 2: Shikon Soukyuu ED "Soukyuu no Hata" by Aika Yoshioka
(cut-off 670)

CD Album
*3.　26,823　*26,823　Aki Angela "Tapestry of Songs - The Best of Angela Aki" by Angela Aki
*4.　22,710　173,641　Yuzu "Shin Sekai" by Yuzu
*6.　12,378　*12,378　DAIGO "Daigold" by DAIGO
31.　*4,411　*47,234　Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Gekidan Shining "JOKER TRAP" by Ranmaru Kurosaki (CV: Tatsuhisa Suzuki), Camus (CV: Tomoaki Maeno), Tokiya Ichinose (CV: Mamoru Miyano), Ren Jinguuji (CV: Junichi Suwabe)
76.　*1,392　**1,392　Samurai Flamenco ED "Koidama Cholesterol" by Mineral★Miracle★Muse
79.　*1,320　**1,320　Aika Yoshioka "Aika's Best ~Sakurairo~" by Aika Yoshioka
81.　*1,271　**1,271　Aika Yoshioka "Aika's Best ~Sorairo~" by Aika Yoshioka
94.　*1,072　**8,896　ViViD "The Pendulum" by ViViD
(cut-off 1,000)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

Last Week's Ranking

20 of 52 Comments Recent Comments

The v2(/3) drops for winter 2014 tv anime.

link

The Sonico drop just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Mar 17, 2014 1:19 PM by rederoin

scytheavatar said:

RyanSaotome said:
They're both hugely popular Shonen Jump sports manga that are big in the Comiket circles. I don't see why you'd expect Haikyu to not sell well, its got everything going for it that Kuroko did as well.

Haikyu is a lot more realistic and less flashy than Kuroko. More in the vein of YowaPedal than Kuroko, those who like Haikyu praise it precisely for how it's more a Sports anime than the DBZ Basketball that Kuroko is. But because of it I seriously think Haikyu is more likely to pull off the 6k+ numbers YowaPedal had than the Kuroko numbers because it's not the type of badass Bishie filled series that can get fangirls going nuts over.

But most of the fans of Kuroko and Yowapeda likes Haikyuu as well, I think its possible to pull off a 10K+ its one of the most anticipated shows (at least for the ladies) this winter ^_^

Mar 16, 2014 11:23 PM by mistress_kisara

Mar 16, 2014 11:04 PM by scytheavatar

Oneechan ga Kita is good. Not good enough to buy though I do buy a lot of shorts...

Tonari no Seki Kun however, I may have to buy now that the two discs each have a bonus episode AND now it seems the last 8 episodes won't be broadcast on TV. Otherwise I'm not sure I'll be able to see them, and that short has surprised me, really really good! DVD only kind of sucks but at least it's cheap, 77+ minutes per disc for 3800 yen each.

Mar 16, 2014 5:55 PM by hpulley

rederoin said:
***,*17位/***,*18位 ★ (**4,104 pt) [*,120予約] 2014/03/19 未確認で進行形 vol.1 初回生産限定版【イベントチケット優先販売申込券付き】 [Blu-ray]

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei v1 suddenly made one hell of a jump. From 40#~ to the top 20.

hpulley said:

rederoin said:
link

Estimates for next week's releases.

2014/03/22

0.4k Onee-chan ga Kita

Did they release the Bluray before all the episodes came out? We've only seen episode 10, perhaps we'll see 11 by the 22nd but not the 12th (final episode) I think.

Seems like it, I can't find any other versions on Stalker.

What is strange, aside from bd's coming out before all the eps are aired, is that the DVD is released on another date(2 April).

Ahhhh Oneechan ga Kita...that's a funny little show. Kind of cute, and enjoyable for a short.

Mar 16, 2014 1:45 PM by Hahalollawl

***,*17位/***,*18位 ★ (**4,104 pt) [*,120予約] 2014/03/19 未確認で進行形 vol.1 初回生産限定版【イベントチケット優先販売申込券付き】 [Blu-ray]

Mikakunin de Shinkoukei v1 suddenly made one hell of a jump. From 40#~ to the top 20.

hpulley said:

rederoin said:
link

Estimates for next week's releases.

2014/03/22

0.4k Onee-chan ga Kita

Did they release the Bluray before all the episodes came out? We've only seen episode 10, perhaps we'll see 11 by the 22nd but not the 12th (final episode) I think.

Seems like it, I can't find any other versions on Stalker.

What is strange, aside from bd's coming out before all the eps are aired, is that the DVD is released on another date(2 April).

Mar 16, 2014 1:21 PM by rederoin

rederoin said:
link

Estimates for next week's releases.

2014/03/22

0.4k Onee-chan ga Kita

Did they release the Bluray before all the episodes came out? We've only seen episode 10, perhaps we'll see 11 by the 22nd but not the 12th (final episode) I think.

Mar 16, 2014 1:17 PM by hpulley

link

Estimates for next week's releases.

Mar 16, 2014 12:24 PM by rederoin

Regarding Haikyuu!, I honestly don't know how well it will do.

On one hand, it's fanbase in Japan is comprised of the type of fans KuroBasu has. It's also already inspired it's own doujin events before it's anime was announced. Not to mention, if we compare, it's selling more pre-anime than how KuroBasu used to sell pre-anime.

On the other hand we have another example of a popular JUMP manga which is doing quite badly in sales this Winter, Nisekoi. It was selling almost as much as Haikyuu! before it's anime and it was promoted heavily by Shueisha(definitely more than the promotion Haikyuu! got for it's anime) but volume 1 will probably end up selling ~3.5k - 4k. And that's with an event ticket. Volume 2+ will probably sell ~2k -2.5k. But still, Nisekoi caters to a whole different fanbase.

Mar 16, 2014 9:22 AM by phoenixalia

RyanSaotome said:

rederoin said:

Below 10k does not mean it won't sell well.

The reason I don't think it will reach 10k is because its a daytime show, I can't even think of the last time a daytime show reached 10k.

Gintama? Magi?

Magi did not reach 10k, so only gintama. I think you can also include FMA:B. I think those are pretty much all of the 10k+ daytime shows in the last 5 years that I know off.

I'd say the ods are in favor of it not selling 10k. It can obviosly happen, but with only around 10k of all shows reaching 10k, it being a day-time, and popularity does not always translate to BD/DVD sales(oh hey, Silver spoon). I'm placing my bets on it not selling 10k, since it seems far more likley.

Mar 16, 2014 8:59 AM by rederoin

rederoin said:

Below 10k does not mean it won't sell well.

The reason I don't think it will reach 10k is because its a daytime show, I can't even think of the last time a daytime show reached 10k.

Gintama? Magi? Ao no Exorcist?

Those female series can sell well regardless of daytime or late night

Mar 16, 2014 8:54 AM by RyanSaotome

Below 10k does not mean it won't sell well.

The reason I don't think it will reach 10k is because its a daytime show, I can't even think of the last time a daytime show reached 10k.

Mar 16, 2014 8:53 AM by rederoin

They're both hugely popular Shonen Jump sports manga that are big in the Comiket circles. I don't see why you'd expect Haikyu to not sell well, its got everything going for it that Kuroko did as well.

Mar 16, 2014 8:52 AM by RyanSaotome

RyanSaotome said:

rederoin said:

RyanSaotome said:
Spring should be a lot better for sellers, at least. I'm expecting Love Live 2, JoJo 2, Mahouka, Mekaku City Actors and Haikyu to all do 10k+. There might be one or two others that make it up there as well.

A daytime show? doing 10k? What are you basing that on?

Do you mean Haikyu? Its the exact same demographic as Kuroko, and same studio. I'd expect it to be a big seller among those fans

Yes.

What studio does it does not have a big effect on sales, and demographics do not mean something will turn into a hit. So many shows with the same demographic did not even hit 10k.

Mar 16, 2014 8:50 AM by rederoin

rederoin said:

A daytime show? doing 10k? What are you basing that on?

Do you mean Haikyu? Its the exact same demographic as Kuroko, and same studio. I'd expect it to be a big seller among those fans

Mar 16, 2014 8:40 AM by RyanSaotome

A daytime show? doing 10k? What are you basing that on?

Mar 16, 2014 8:21 AM by rederoin

Spring should be a lot better for sellers, at least. I'm expecting Love Live 2, JoJo 2, Mahouka, Mekaku City Actors and Haikyu to all do 10k+. There might be one or two others that make it up there as well.

Mar 16, 2014 7:46 AM by RyanSaotome

volare1 said:
Gjbu OVA and DAL2 having good starts. Really early solicit and only 5 volumes consisting of 10 episodes?!
Didn't notice Madoka is now back at the top of the animation category rankings.

So anyway, Chuu2 or Hozuki or Mikakunin? Who will take the top.

Hozuki because it has lots of DVDs as well.

Mar 14, 2014 3:40 AM by kuuderes_shadow

Gjbu OVA and DAL2 having good starts. Really early solicit and only 5 volumes consisting of 10 episodes?!
Didn't notice Madoka is now back at the top of the animation category rankings.

So anyway, Chuu2 or Hozuki or Mikakunin? Who will take the top.

Mar 14, 2014 2:30 AM by volare1

jmal said:

rederoin said:
GJ-bu@ went up on Amazon.jp, I hope it has a good performance.

Speaking of GJ-bu the boxset (er single disc set whatever) is estimated at nearly 6.9k four days out from release which is utterly insane considering the show only averaged 3.3k.

It's not KMB-level rise (box sold 5x singles) even if the estimate is correct (which is questionable, the singles were Amazon-biased so there's little reason this wouldn't be too), but that's a lot harder to do when you sold 3.3k vs 1k.

* Of course it's worth noting the whole season is being sold for the price of one disc of normally priced anime which makes it much less impressive in revenue terms, but still impressive in terms of increase in the number of people who decided to buy it.

The show deserves it, so its nice too see it getting some more money.

Mar 13, 2014 10:23 AM by rederoin

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