Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Sept 22 - 28

by tsubasalover
Sep 30, 2014 2:10 AM | 136 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for September 22nd - 28th

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

Blu-ray
*1.　41,243　41,243　Love Live! School Idol Project 2nd Season Vol.4 Special Limited Edition
*2.　28,473　28,473　Monogatari Series: Second Season Hanamonogatari Vol.1 Suruga Devil Part 1 Limited Edition
*3.　*9,777　*9,777　Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
*4.　*8,541　*8,541　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Vol.3 Limited Edition
*5.　*8,057　*8,057　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei "Nyuugaku-hen" Vol.3 Limited Edition
*6.　*7,639　*7,639　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.1
*7.　*7,280　*7,280　Aldnoah.Zero Vol.1 Limited Edition
*8.　*7,053　*7,053　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Vol.4 Limited Edition
*9.　*7,004　*7,004　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Vol.9
10.　*6,133　*6,133　Sidonia no Kishi Vol.5 Limited Edition
11.　*5,705　*5,705　No Game No Life Vol.4
12.　*4,384　*4,384　Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! Vol.1
13.　*3,941　*3,941　Barakamon Vol.1
14.　*3,834　*3,834　Date A Live II Vol.4
15.　*3,807　*3,807　Nisekoi Vol.7 Limited Edition
16.　*3,449　*3,449　Turn A Gundam Blu-ray BOX Vol.1
17.　*3,280　*3,280　Hanayamata Vol.1 Limited Edition
18.　*3,088　*3,088　Mushishi Zoku Shou Vol.2 Limited Edition
19.　*2,860　*2,860　Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus Vol.2 Limited Edition
(cut-off 2,860)

DVD
*1.　11,820　*11,820　One Piece Log Collection "Promise" (eps.497-516)
*2.　*7,154　**7,154　Kuroko no Basket 2nd Season Vol.9
*3.　*4,137　**4,137　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Vol.1
*4.　*3,451　**3,451　Monogatari Series: Second Season Hanamonogatari Vol.1 Suruga Devil Part 1 Limited Edition
*5.　*2,994　**2,994　Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus Vol.2 Limited Edition
*6.　*2,223　**2,223　Mekakucity Actors Vol.7 Limited Edition
*7.　*2,206　**2,206　Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border:4 Ghost Stands Alone
*8.　*2,112　**2,112　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei "Nyuugaku-hen" Vol.3 Limited Edition
*9.　*1,910　*10,219　Haikyuu!! Vol.3
10.　*1,799　**1,799　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Vol.3 Limited Edition
11.　*1,770　**1,770　Barakamon Vol.1
12.　*1,716　**1,716　Kamigami no Asobi Vol.4
13.　*1,394　**1,394　Tokyo Ghoul Vol.1
14.　*1,245　**1,245　No Game No Life Vol.4
15.　*1,102　**7,774　Free!: Eternal Summer Vol.1
16.　*1,060　**1,060　Nisekoi Vol.7 Limited Edition
17.　*1,013　**1,013　Aldnoah.Zero Vol.1 Limited Edition
18.　**,998　***,998　Love Stage!! Vol.1
19.　**,897　***,897　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Vol.4 Limited Edition
20.　**,853　***,853　Magi: The Kingdom of Magic Vol.9 Limited Edition
21.　**,798　***,798　Bakumatsu Rock Vol.2 Limited Edition
22.　**,792　***,792　Date A Live II Vol.4 Limited Edition
23.　**,778　***,778　Mushishi Zoku Shou Vol.2 Limited Edition
24.　**,710　124,658　Kaze Tachinu
25.　**,569　***,569　Sengoku Basara: Judge End Vol.1
26.　**,541　***,541　Hanayamata Vol.1 Limited Edition
27.　**,525　***,525　Danball Senki Wars Vol.12
28.　**,521　**2,991　Yowamushi Pedal Vol.10
(cut-off 521)

CD Single
15.　5,710　**5,710　Nobunaga Concerto ED "Fukagyaku Replace" by MY FIRST STORY
18.　4,202　**4,202　Miss Monochrome: The Animation Character Song "Watashi dake no Monogatari" by Miss Monochrome (CV: Yui Horie)
25.　3,388　**3,388　Barakamon OP "Rashisa / Watakushigoto" by SUPER BEAVER
29.　2,894　116,285　Youkai Watch OP "Geragerapou no Uta" by King Creamsoda
31.　2,585　*27,603　One Piece 3D2Y: Ace no shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama Tono Chikai ED "Next Stage c/w Sayonara no Mae ni" by AAA
32.　2,540　*21,460　Aldnoah_Zero ED "A/Z｜aLIEz" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]
44.　1,751　**1,751　Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow OP "Connect Link" by Yoko Ishida
46.　1,480　*12,043　Haikyuu!! ED "LEO" by tacica
47.　1,474　**1,474　Ao Haru Ride IN "I will / Animation" by Chelsy
51.　1,430　*20,867　Fairy Tail (2014) ED "Kokoro no Kagi" by May J. (inclu. in "Hontou no Koi")
55.　1,262　*20,479　Hanayamata OP "Hana wa Odore ya Irohaniho" by Team Hanayamata
56.　1,220　*32,692　Stand by Me Doraemon ED "Himawari no Yakusoku" by Motohiro Hata
63.　1,072　*36,734　Sword Art Online II OP "IGNITE" by Eir Aoi
72.　*,864　*17,382　Aldnoah.Zero OP "heavenly blue" by Kalafina (Single Version)
75.　*,844　*24,184　Tokyo Ghoul OP "unravel" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure
77.　*,821　*10,513　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun OP "Kimi ja Nakya Dame Mitai" by Masayoshi Ooishi
79.　*,769　*33,537　Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus OP "ENAMEL" by CID
88.　*,668　**7,377　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei ED "Mirror" by Rei Yasuda
94.　*,613　*14,770　Ao Haru Ride OP "Sekai wa Koi ni Ochiteiru" by CHICO with HoneyWorks
99.　*,564　*17,447　The Idolm@ster Master Artist 3 Prologue "Only My Note" by 765PRO ALLSTARS
(cut-off 564)

CD Album
*3.　21,944　*21,944　GRANRODEO "Karma to Labyrinth"
14.　*7,992　**7,992　The Idolm@ster Live The@ter Harmony 04 by Eternal Harmony
15.　*7,913　**7,913　The Idolm@ster Live The@ter Harmony 03 by Crescent Blue
18.　*6,294　**6,294　Galneryus "VETELGYUS" (incl. Donten ni Warau ED "ATTITUDE TO LIFE")
25.　*4,810　**4,810　Aikatsu! IN "CUTE LOOK" by STAR☆ANIS
38.　*3,122　**3,122　Shoko Nakagawa "TOKYO SHOKO☆LAND 2014 ~RPG no Michi no Kioku~ Shokotan☆Cover Bangaihen Produced by Kohei Tanaka" (cover songs of One Piece OP "We Are!", "We go" and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012) OP "JoJo ~Sono Chi no Sadame~")
40.　*3,042　**3,042　Hetalia: The Beautiful World ED "Mawaru Chikyuu Best" by Various Artists
47.　*2,540　**2,540　Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Vocal Album~Idol, Yattemasu!~ by Nanako Usami (CV: Miku Itou), Yukari Kohinata (CV: Sachika Misawa), Yui Mikoze (CV: Maya Yoshioka), Mirai Nazukari (CV: Inori Minase)
51.　*2,368　*26,070　fripSide "infinite synthesis 2"
66.　*1,720　*17,314　Aldnoah.Zero OST by Hiroyuki Sawano
67.　*1,712　**1,712　DRAMAtic Murder ED Mini Album "Rasterize Memoiry" by Various Artists
74.　*1,479　424,902　Namie Amuro "Ballada"
81.　*1,322　**1,322　Chicago Poodle "Life is Beautiful" (incl. Detective Conan ED "Kimi no Egao ga Naniyori mo Sukidatta")
84.　*1,285　*12,795　Minori Chihara 10th Anniversary Best Album SANCTUARY ~Minori Chiara Best Album~
(cut-off 1,285)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

Previous Week's Ranking

20 of 136 Comments Recent Comments

okay ZnT sells 1,099 BD, one of the worst sales this season
and Tokyo Ghoul total only gets 3,667, much lower than what we expected when the season began
read more at http://www.someanithing.com/2194

Oct 2, 2014 6:25 PM by moonnya

well done one piece

Oct 2, 2014 2:08 PM by Mr_Gutts

BigSimo said:

because hopefully he'll realize it was a mistake and go back to making the greatest anime ever made (bebop + champloo)

Its not him who decides what anime get funded. Not to mention we don't know if ZnT turned a profit, broke even or lost money. But thats a whole other topic.

SolviteSekai said:

bebop flopped too

It did not. It acteally sold a lot of discs.

Oct 1, 2014 4:15 AM by rederoin

Seifer12 said:

scytheavatar said:

The fact that it's one of the best anime comedies ever made?

Even so it is little too high for the best anime comedies ever made to get that sales. maybe i'm little too pessimistic.

I think it might help you to think about it from the other side, from the perspective of people who BOUGHT it, rather than people like yourself who are wondering why on earth so many people bought it.

Why do people buy anime? Why that anime and not another one?

Well, obviously they liked it! They liked it enough to want to own it, to support it, to get the extras, because their PVR forgot to record it... but mostly they really liked it, enough to buy it rather than something else as most buyers only buy a show or two per season.

This high school comedy was more than that. It had great characters of both sexes, side characters which were really well developed, both new and running gags, it made fun of shoujo manga tropes in a shounen series. The music was great, the animation was well done, cute character designs.

Most importantly I think, the first episode was super awesome! It was so surprisingly good that it got people talking and watching. The next episodes kept on hitting all the right notes week after week. Do that for the first 3-4 episodes of the season, then keep on to the end and you have a good chance of becoming a surprise hit like Nozaki-kun.

Watch the shows every week, check out the reaction of Japanese fans (the only ones who buy the discs and show up in the sales lists here). Doing that will let you know what to expect with some sales. Shows with no reactions, "air shows", never sell and shows with a lot of negative reaction often don't sell. Some popular shows will sell even if there is little or mostly negative reaction from haters.

Try to get into the mind of the Japanese anime buyers. That may help you to understand, much more than simply thinking "most high school shows sell xxxx".

Oct 1, 2014 3:07 AM by hpulley

scytheavatar said:

Seifer12 said:
i wonder what drove Gekkan Shoujo to get that sales other than comedy. usually regular highschool anime gets 3-4k sales average. i actually expected it worse than that.

The fact that it's one of the best anime comedies ever made?

Even so it is little too high for the best anime comedies ever made to get that sales. maybe i'm little too pessimistic.

Oct 1, 2014 1:52 AM by Seifer12

SolviteSekai said:
bebop flopped too

Again would you stop spreading misinformation.

This is what the mods should be stopping in these sales threads.

Bebop did not flop. 19,651 (3330 VHS + 7,673 LD + 8,648 (51,888/6, as we don't know how Vol.1~3 DVDs sold) DVD) average. It also sold 28,953 units for 2 DVD-BOX releases. How exactly are those sales a flop??? I would understand if it actually sold poorly, but this is just getting ridiculous dude.

カウボーイビバップ

Re-release DVD-BOXs

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20111118054123/http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/music/3914/1295395600/

Oct 1, 2014 1:19 AM by Ejc

Seeing the Love Live sales never fail to please me.

SolviteSekai said:

ichii_1 said:

I could've sworn I saw 15K somewhere :O
but whatever the point is that Sunrise doesn't give a sh!t about any series that doesn't make BIG MONEY anymore, if Love Live 2 vol.1 sold 40K-50K they would have thrown it in the trash :(
I'm scared for Gundam's future too :( any less than 100K might kill it, they're getting greedier and greedier.

buddy complex got a second season didnt it?

That show sold like 2k

Don't think it's getting a second season anymore, only a two part special to end the series. Maybe they reconsidered after the poor sales.

Oct 1, 2014 1:18 AM by removed-user

BigSimo said:

Quoo said:

WHY DO U WANT TO SEE WATANABE FAIL!!?!?!?!?!

because hopefully he'll realize it was a mistake and go back to making the greatest anime ever made (bebop + champloo)

bebop flopped too

Edit: japanese people dont really like grimdark edgy shit that much.

Sep 30, 2014 7:36 PM by SolviteWoTaberu

Quoo said:

moonnya said:
*3.　11,776　Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Well Nozaki wont get > 10k average after all

*5.　*8,293　Aldnoah.Zero
that power of Aniplex, and people say this can beat Gundam lolwut

and looks like stalker guess right about Zankyou no Terror after all, no buff from Aniplex or teen girls, 1k2 then, I wont feel sorry for them if they have this sell, Five already ruined the show

dem spring series killing summer anime on their first volumes, how rude

WHY DO U WANT TO SEE WATANABE FAIL!!?!?!?!?!

because hopefully he'll realize it was a mistake and go back to making the greatest anime ever made (bebop + champloo)

Sep 30, 2014 7:34 PM by simo000

WHY DO U WANT TO SEE WATANABE FAIL!!?!?!?!?!

Sep 30, 2014 6:00 PM by Quoo

Seifer12 said:
i wonder what drove Gekkan Shoujo to get that sales other than comedy. usually regular highschool anime gets 3-4k sales average. i actually expected it worse than that.

You won't understand until you watch it! It's funny as helll.

Nice to see Gekkan Shoujo, Aldnoah, and Barakamon on here :) Barakamon deserves more though! Surprised Zankyou no Terror didn't make it.

Sep 30, 2014 3:15 PM by Ando

ichii_1 said:

SolviteSekai said:
So any word on if Jojo's is selling enough for part 4 to be animated?

Should be, if they aren't feggits like Sunrise :(
about 20k average for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and 10-15K for Accel World but no new season in years :(

Sunrise is primarily about trying to produce anime original content that they and Bandai own the rights too and are always trying to come up with new franchises so while it's a shame that their adaptation efforts have been lagging behind in the last little while (I swear the last time I recall them doing one was Binbougami-Ga) that's just kind of how it is with them. It doesn't matter how successful the shows are, it's a matter of their business model and MO, adaptations just don't happen very often with them, particularly considering their original titles tend to be fairly successful on average.

ichii_1 said:

rederoin said:

Accel world did not even hit a 9k average.

Gundams measure of success isn't in Blu-Ray sales but in model kits. If a show in the franchise gets Blu-Ray sales it's mainly just like a nice bonus for the Bandai Visual wing of the company cause that's not really what they're aiming for typically.

Also I hate to break it to people but Gundam was always a show aimed primarily at younger viewers. Besides just because a show is aimed at younger viewers doesn't mean it can't be good, but you know people these days have this fixation on the idea that anime needs to be all "mature" and grimdark in order to be considered good. Personally I still see a lot of variety in the franchise and don't find that it's been treated poorly at all lately so I guess it's just a matter of perspective.

Lastly while Sunrise can definitely be kind of greedy I don't see how they don't care about shows that don't make ample money anymore. I think people should take a closer look at their recent catalog and things like Short Peace which was made knowing they would take a loss on it but as a trade off also earned the company the distinction of being the only Japanese animation studio have a work get an Oscar nomination for it's Possessions segment.

Sep 30, 2014 3:12 PM by PeacingOut

SolviteSekai said:

ichii_1 said:

buddy complex got a second season didnt it?

That show sold like 2k

Buddy Complex was split cour and 2k is terrible sales especially with a lot less merchandise than Gundam and even Love Live and Aikatsu. I think I can live without anymore Gundam anime, it's being tainted by creator butthurt, greed, and the dumb decision to kiddify the look and often the feel of the series, I know it's driven by merchandise but make it at least something watchable and put the more kiddy series to side series status. These days I'm more interested in the games than the anime.

Sep 30, 2014 1:51 PM by Hoppy

tsudecimo said:

Moodie said:

10k always guarantee, except if the publisher of the material is a faggot

No it doesn't, stop talking out of your ass.

i guess u didnt read up till the part where i said "Of course, you have another factors,"

Sep 30, 2014 1:48 PM by moodie

SolviteSekai said:

buddy complex got a second season didnt it?

That show sold like 2k

^ they're probably making millions with the games and merchandise :( but some series don't have that luxury.

Sep 30, 2014 1:48 PM by ichii_1

Winter_Fox_Tami said:

IzKir said:
No Hunter x Hunter 2011 in top? wow, that's strange

What do you mean "that's strange"? Hunter x Hunter never sells anything. I barely remember ever seeing it rank.

Lol, I heard from an asian fan, that it DVDs/BDs sell less than a 100. I mean damn, that's bad, even for a long running anime.

Sep 30, 2014 1:47 PM by tsudecimo

ichii_1 said:

rederoin said:

Accel world did not even hit a 9k average.

buddy complex got a second season didnt it?

That show sold like 2k

Sep 30, 2014 1:46 PM by SolviteWoTaberu

Moodie said:

10k always guarantee, except if the publisher of the material is a faggot

No it doesn't, stop talking out of your ass.

Sep 30, 2014 1:45 PM by tsudecimo

rederoin said:

Accel world did not even hit a 9k average.

Sep 30, 2014 1:41 PM by ichii_1

ichii_1 said:

SolviteSekai said:
So any word on if Jojo's is selling enough for part 4 to be animated?

Should be, if they aren't feggits like Sunrise :(
about 20k average for Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere and 10-15K for Accel World but no new season in years :(

Accel world did not even hit a 9k average.

Sep 30, 2014 1:27 PM by rederoin

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