Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & CD Rankings for Apr 13 - 19

by tsubasalover
Apr 21, 2015 1:51 AM | 54 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for April 13th - 19th

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

Blu-ray

*1.　6,422　*6,422　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5
*2.　3,922　*3,922　Psycho-Pass 2 Vol.5
*3.　3,386　*3,386　Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road Vol.4
*4.　2,397　*2,397　Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Vol.2
*5.　1,183　*1,183　Akame ga Kill! Vol.7
*6.　1,139　*1,139　Rolling☆Girls Vol.2
*7.　1,136　*1,136　Houkago no Pleiades Limited Edition
*8.　*,559　*6,377　Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus Vol.3
*9.　*,494　**,494　Etotama Vol.1
10.　*,418　12,543　Shirobako Vol.4 Limited Edition
11.　*,373　36,467　Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) Blu-ray BOX Vol.1 Limited Edition
12.　*,355　12,152　Omoide no Marnie
13.　*,350　**,350　Denki-gai no Honya-san Vol.5
14.　*,339　*6,353　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Blu-ray BOX Limited Edition
15.　*,329　**,329　Garo: Honoo no Kokuin Vol.3
16.　*,275　23,501　Persona 3 the Movie 2: Midsummer Knight's Dream Limited Edition
(cut-off 275)

DVD

*1.　3,553　*3,553　Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! Vol.2
*2.　3,247　*3,247　Yowamushi Pedal: Grande Road Vol.4
*3.　1,303　71,916　Stand By Me Doraemon Limited Edition
*4.　*,924　**,924　Psycho-Pass 2 Vol.5
*5.　*,866　19,157　Omoide no Marnie
*6.　*,602　15,669　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX Vol.2
*7.　*,528　31,051　Tonari no Totoro
*8.　*,461　**,461　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5
*9.　*,368　**,368　Cardfight!! Vanguard: Legion Mate-hen Vol.8
10.　*,333　**,333　Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika Vol.1 "Muchimuchi Kikkou-hen"
11.　*,321　15,749　Majo no Takkyuubin
12.　*,312　**,312　Akame ga Kill! Vol.7
13.　*,290　*4,669　Gudetama Anime
14.　*,242　23,738　Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
15.　*,199　**,199　Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V Vol.10
16.　*,194　*9,232　Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
17.　*,192　14,264　Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
18.　*,185　*4,252　Kamiusagi Rope: Warau Asa ni wa Fuku Kitaru tte Maji ssuka!? Vol.7
19.　*,183　*4,312　Kamiusagi Rope: Warau Asa ni wa Fuku Kitaru tte Maji ssuka!? Vol.6
20.　*,178　*2,727　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) Vol.1 Limited Edition
21.　*,169　*7,198　Gake no Ue no Ponyo
(cut-off 169)

CD Single

*3.　28,814　28,814　Uta no☆ Prince-sama♪Maji Love Revolutions OP "Shine" by Mamoru Miyano
*5.　24,882　24,882　Detective Conan Movie 19: The Hellfire Sunflowers ED "Oh! Rival" by Porno Graffitti
*6.　24,735　24,735　Crayon Shin-chan Movie 23: Ora no Hikkoshi Monogatari - Saboten Daisuugeki ED "OLA!!" by Yuzu
*7.　19,871　19,871　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 06 "ΦωΦver!!" by * (Asterisk) [Miku Maekawa (CV: Natsumi Takamori) x Riina Tada (CV: Ruriko Aoki)]
12.　*8,676　41,081　Uta no☆ Prince-sama♪Maji Love Revolutions ED "Maji Love Revolutions" by ST☆RISH
19.　*3,621　*3,621　Prince of Tennis Character Song "Empty Sky" by Kuranosuke Shiraishi (CV: Yoshimasa Hosoya)
20.　*3,568　21,720　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 05 LET’s GO HAPPY!! by 凸-lation [Rika Jougasaki (CV: Nozomi Yamamoto) x Kirari Moroboshi (CV: Rei Matsuzaki) x Miria Akagi (CV: Tomoyo Kurosawa)]
26.　*2,071　24,390　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 04 Happyx2 Days by CANDY ISLAND [Anzu Futaba (CV: Hiromi Igarashi) x Kanako Mimura (CV: Yuka Ootsubo) x Chieri Ogata (CV: Naomi Oozora)]
28.　*1,699　*6,897　Pankis! 2-jigen ED "Coffee ga Nomemasen" by M!LK
34.　*1,419　29,817　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 03 -LEGNE- Adanasu Tsurugi Hikari no Senritsu by Rosenburg Engel [Ranko Kanzaki (CV: Maaya Uchida)]
42.　*1,193　28,587　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 02 Memories by LOVE LAIKA [Minami Nitta (CV: Aya Suzaki) x Anastasia (CV: Sumire Uesaka)]
48.　**,920　14,714　Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid ED "Pleasure treasure" by Yukari Tamura (incl. in "Sukidatte Ienakute")
49.　**,912　**,912　High School DxD BorN OP "BLESS YoUr NAME" by ChouCho
53.　**,880　*4,418　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season OP "ZERO" by Kensho Ono
67.　**,670　62,069　The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Animation Project 01 "Star!!" by Cinderella Project
72.　**,623　53,592　Kantai Collection: KanColle ED "Fubuki" by Shiena Nishizawa
73.　**,608　29,568　Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes ED "360°" by miwa
77.　**,584　56,558　Kantai Collection: KanColle OP "Mi-iro" by AKINO from bless4
89.　**,430　*1,925　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season ED "Ambivalence" by SCREEN mode
90.　**,425　*9,415　Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika ED "Karappo Capsule" by Maaya Uchida
(cut-off 425)

CD Album

*4.　31,537　*31,537　ClariS "ClariS ~SINGLE BEST 1st~"
*6.　11,087　*11,087　"noitaminA FAN BEST" by Various Artists
*7.　*7,938　*58,193　miwa "ONENESS" (incl. Doraemon: Nobita's Space Heroes ED "360°")
20.　*2,618　448,878　Sekai no Owari "Tree" (incl. Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! ED "RPG")
28.　*1,979　**1,979　Gundam: G no Reconguista OST by Yugo Kanno
31.　*1,900　*19,951　Suzuko Mimori "Fantasic Funfair"
32.　*1,883　**1,883　Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD Insert Songs Album "Treasure Disc" by Milky Holmes
40.　*1,356　**6,573　Nisekoi BEST SONGS by Various Artists
57.　**,944　*11,681　"J-Anisong Kamikyoku Matsuri ~Happiness~" by DJ Katsu
67.　**,837　**7,115　"J-Anisong Kamikyoku Matsuri ~Matome~" by DJ Katsu
75.　**,771　*21,514　Kantai Collection: KanColle Character Song "KanMusu no Uta" Vol.1 by Various Artists
82.　**,716　***,716　Yun*chi "Ani*Yun ~anime song cover~"
92.　**,662　115,601　Love Live! "μ's Best Album Best Live! collection" by μ's
93.　**,658　*15,678　OLDCODEX "pledge" (incl. Q Transformers: Kaette Kita Convoy no Nazo OP "physical")
(cut-off 658)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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20 of 54 Comments Recent Comments

Binan S2!!!!

Apr 25, 2015 4:06 AM by Hiryu12

tsubasalover said:

Blu-ray
10.　*,418　12,543　Shirobako Vol.4 Limited Edition

It's so awesome to see this!!

Apr 23, 2015 12:22 AM by removed-user

tsubasalover said:

Blu-ray
*1.　6,422　*6,422　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5
*2.　3,922　*3,922　Psycho-Pass 2 Vol.5
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*6.　1,139　*1,139　Rolling☆Girls Vol.2
*7.　1,136　*1,136　Houkago no Pleiades Limited Edition
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11.　*,373　36,467　Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) Blu-ray BOX Vol.1 Limited Edition

This pleases me.

Apr 22, 2015 12:35 PM by SuiNoByakko

Nothing interesting this week. Well, still good for yuyuyu

*4.　31,537　*31,537　ClariS "ClariS ~SINGLE BEST 1st~"

and claris doing well. I loved this album :)

Apr 22, 2015 8:54 AM by TapuTapuu

tsubasalover said:
*1.　6,422　*6,422　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5

Yes! I have hopes for season 2. <3

Apr 21, 2015 7:32 PM by Chobitslover98

Kaioshin_Sama said:
Also the G4U costs 9,698 while the anime costs 5,494 yen. This is not a case of them being similarly priced, it's a different overall package in a different market set by a different publisher than the anime disc. Anime discs typically do not sell for this kind of money unless they are part of a special package, but premium collectors edition video game packages do indeed.

I also thought of the price differential here. It seems it is actually the G4U game plus the anime discs, because it would truly be just a bonus if it was the same price as the standalone BDs. But it doesn't matter, as it seems this is their magic formula to sell more discs than they would've, because the CD sales are really indicative of how much smaller the fanbase of Cinderella Girls is compared to the original Idolmaster.

We can compare this to Love Live! and the 2nd Season, which did not go this route. The BD volumes are exactly the same price as normal 2ep ones (Vol.1 only had 1 ep, so it is discounted as normal), with the bonuses tacked on. They did not go and make standalone discs with an event ticket bundled, and then made a higher priced package with the PS Vita games plus the anime BD volume. I would expect it to have sold even higher had this occurred, since it seems the PS Vita game market differs from the anime buying fanbase.

We can see this in the difference in sales for the PS Vita game CD single (which is at 40K), vs all the other singles (which are at 60K~100K). Clearly singles not associated with the anime or the mobile game end up tanking, which makes it highly likely the the upcoming single on Apr 22 will only be able to do around 40K or so. Hopefully I am wrong about that, but trends seem to suggest this.

Apr 21, 2015 7:05 PM by Ejc

Hoppy said:

Paulo27 said:

What does releasing it earlier have to do with them thinking it won't sell? It's a bad move to release it so soon though.

You can't gauge if an anime is worth buying in 2 episodes. The bare minimum for 1 cour anime is 3 episodes with 5-6 being the limit (if you aren't confident in buying an anime within 6 episodes, you may want to not buy it).

My question still stands, why would they release it earlier anyway? "Our anime won't sell, might as well make it sell even less", I doubt that was their reasoning, there's obviously some other reason.

Apr 21, 2015 4:39 PM by Paulo27

Paulo27 said:

Yvese said:

That's one of the dumbest things anyone could do in the industry so bravo to the production committee I guess. I mean why even fund the project if you're essentially telling viewers that you're not confident it could sell? Shame really.. I enjoyed the first two eps and I think it had potential to at least average 2-3k.

What does releasing it earlier have to do with them thinking it won't sell? It's a bad move to release it so soon though.

Apr 21, 2015 4:30 PM by Hoppy

Yvese said:

belatkuro said:

It actually went on sale before episode 2 aired and the BD contains both episodes.

What does releasing it earlier have to do with them thinking it won't sell? It's a bad move to release it so soon though.

Apr 21, 2015 4:09 PM by Paulo27

Hoppy said:

Yvese said:

The production committee needs to be fired, they didn't even give the anime a fighting chance.

Agreed. I'll continue to enjoy the show but it sucks knowing this early that it already bombed.

Apr 21, 2015 3:57 PM by Yvese

>*1.　6,422　*6,422　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru Vol.5

All is well with the world.

Apr 21, 2015 3:54 PM by Okashi

Yvese said:

belatkuro said:

It actually went on sale before episode 2 aired and the BD contains both episodes.

The production committee needs to be fired, they didn't even give the anime a fighting chance.

Apr 21, 2015 3:53 PM by Hoppy

Yay for YuYuYu <3 i need another season o3o

Apr 21, 2015 3:53 PM by onesnowyday_

belatkuro said:

Yvese said:
Wait why did Etotama release so early? Ep 3 hasn't even aired yet so the show just pretty much suicided sales-wise.

How odd.

It actually went on sale before episode 2 aired and the BD contains both episodes.

Apr 21, 2015 3:51 PM by Yvese

Nachtwandler_21 said:

tsubasalover said:

49.　**,912　**,912　High School DxD BorN OP "BLESS YoUr NAME" by ChouCho

What the hell? Are you sure there's no mistake here? Even if franchise popularity dropped it's to low

Is that really right? It's not my favorite Choucho song but less than 1000?!

Apr 21, 2015 3:17 PM by Hahalollawl

Nice, both UBW and P3: MKD are selling well

Apr 21, 2015 12:24 PM by Comic_Sans

Kuruba said:

Kaioshin_Sama said:

I think it helps but it isn't the main reason.
I bet the G4U sales will be much lower than Imas 2011 because cinderella girls don't have a strong fanbase as 765 pro but it will be compensated by BD/DVD higher sales.

Well it's your personal belief and reasoning versus the franchise creator/publisher and retailers categorization.

TV anime Idol master Cinderella Girl G4U! Pack VOL.1 (limited idle bundled benefits one social game "Idol Master Cinderella Girls," "[G4U!] Shimamura Uzuki +" (draw down!) Serial number 2THE IDOLM @ STER M @ STERS OF IDOL WORLD !! 2015 Day2: 346 Production Special seat ticket purchase application (lottery) serial number 3 "THE IDOLM @ STER CINDERELLA GIRLS SUMMER FESTIV @ L 2015" ticket purchase application (lottery) serial number and [Amazon.co.jp limited] with PC wallpaper (until April 22 order worth 2015))
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 3

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Platform: PlayStation 3
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Media: Video Game
Product Quantity: 1

Apr 21, 2015 10:43 AM by PeacingOut

Kaioshin_Sama said:

Kuruba said:

This just a game on taking photo, if you think that's why people bought it, i don't care. Sales are recorded ( Oricon+Famitsu) FACT.

巻数　　　初動　　　　　累計　　　発売日
　　　　　BD(DVD)　　　BD(DVD)
01巻　3,915(1,549)　4,772(*,***)　11.10.27 ※G4U版初動 **,***枚、合計 *6,321枚
02巻　5,375(1,420)　6,207(*,***)　11.11.23 ※G4U版累計 16,069枚、合計 23,696枚
03巻　5,132(1,314)　6,513(*,***)　11.12.29 ※G4U版累計 26,453枚、合計 34,280枚
04巻　5,703(1,357)　6,732(*,***)　12.01.26 ※G4U版累計 22,433枚、合計 30,522枚
05巻　7,159(1,895)　8,684(2,527)　12.02.23 ※G4U版累計 20,030枚、合計 31,241枚
06巻　5,834(1,353)　6,453(*,***)　12.03.29 ※G4U版累計 20,181枚、合計 27,987枚
07巻　5,602(1,271)　6,819(*,***)　12.04.26 ※G4U版累計 19,834枚、合計 27,924枚
08巻　5,723(1,277)　6,876(*,***)　12.05.24 ※G4U版累計 19,133枚、合計 27,286枚
09巻　6,769(1,479)　7,530(*,***)　12.06.28 ※G4U版累計 17,849枚、合計 26,858枚

Apr 21, 2015 10:40 AM by Kuruba

Kuruba said:

Kaioshin_Sama said:
I feel like you're overestimating the video game that focus just on taking pictures, I won't deny that this help, it doesn't even seem like the price will be that much higher with the game there either, it'll obviously help some people who were thinking wether or not they should buy it but it's not like it'll bring in people who never buy BDs or were not interested just because the game is there.

If you want to go out and ask every single individual person why they bought it or conduct some sort of exit survey at storefront you might have something to work on, but other than that again when something is classified as a game, released by a video game publisher, has the Playstation logo on it and is categorized as a game then it's a game. I think that simple fact trumps pure speculation and spin does it not?

Also the G4U costs 9,698 while the anime costs 5,494 yen. This is not a case of them being similarly priced, it's a different overall package in a different market set by a different publisher than the anime disc. Anime discs typically do not sell for this kind of money unless they are part of a special package, but premium collectors edition video game packages do indeed.

Anyway I don't know why some people are fighting so hard on this point, like it's just beyond the point of arguing given the categorization and everything else. Even if people don't like the idea of a photography sim being classified as a game I'd just as soon argue that if visual novels can somehow get classified as PC Games by retailers than it is what it is. Don't argue with me, argue with the publishers in question.

Apr 21, 2015 10:34 AM by PeacingOut