Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & DVD Rankings for Sep 28 - Oct 4

by tsubasalover
Oct 6, 2015 2:32 AM | 80 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & DVD rankings for September 28 - November 4

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

Blu-ray

*1.　49,382　*49,382　Love Live! μ's Go-Go! LoveLive! 2015 ~Dream Sensation!~ Blu-ray Memorial BOX
*2.　15,821　*15,821　Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Vol.1 Limited Edition
*3.　*7,202　**7,202　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season Vol.6 Limited Edition
*4.　*4,877　**8,920　Overlord Vol.1
*5.　*4,699　**9,020　The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Vol.5 Limited Edition
*6.　*4,481　**4,481　Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Vol.1 Limited Edition
*7.　*4,072　**4,072　Prison School Vol.1 Limited Edition
*8.　*3,860　**3,860　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.4 Limited Edition
*9.　*2,882　**5,160　To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Vol.1 Limited Edition
10.　*2,861　**2,861　Gintama° Vol.3 Limited Edition

11.　*2,632　**2,632　Nisekoi: Vol.4 Limited Edition
12.　*2,381　**2,381　Sore ga Seiyuu! Vol.1 Limited Edition
13.　*2,331　**5,758　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Vol.6
14.　*1,997　**1,997　Ushio to Tora (TV) Vol.1
15.　*1,836　**1,836　Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai shinai Taikutsu na Sekai Vol.2 Limited Edition
16.　*1,737　**1,737　Joukamachi no Dandelion Vol.1
17.　*1,717　**1,717　Houkago no Pleiades (TV) Vol.4 Limited Edition
18.　*1,689　**1,689　Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack"
19.　*1,517　**1,517　Aikatsu! 3rd Season "Akari Generation" Blu-ray BOX 3 (eps.127-139)
20.　*1,496　**4,298　Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic Vol.4

21.　*1,460　**1,460　Maison Ikkoku Movie & OVA Set
(cut-off 1,460)

DVD
*1.　*4,256　**4,256　Love Live! μ's Go-Go! LoveLive! 2015 ~Dream Sensation!~ DVD Day 1
*2.　*4,150　**4,150　Love Live! μ's Go-Go! LoveLive! 2015 ~Dream Sensation!~ DVD Day 2
*3.　*2,831　**9,603　One Piece Log Collection "Shirahoshi" (eps.536-554)
*4.　*2,772　**2,772　Gintama° Vol.3 Limited Edition
*5.　*2,585　**5,835　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Vol.6
*6.　*1,997　**1,997　Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Vol.1 Limited Edition
*7.　*1,834　**1,834　Prison School Vol.1 Limited Edition
*8.　*1,808　**6,595　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX Vol.3
*9.　*1,380　**1,380　JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders 2nd Season Vol.6 Limited Edition
10.　*1,001　**4,699　Usavich Zero

11.　**,872　***,872　Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri Vol.1 Limited Edition
12.　**,867　***,867　Tokyo Ghoul: "Jack"
13.　**,856　***,856　Akagami no Shirayuki-hime Vol.1 Limited Edition
14.　**,832　***,832　Durarara!!x2 Ten Vol.2 Limited Edition
15.　**,778　***,778　Aoharu x Kikanjuu Vol.1 Limited Edition
16.　**,754　***,754　Nisekoi: Vol.4 Limited Edition
17.　**,748　**1,372　Arslan Senki Vol.3 Limited Edition
18.　**,734　**1,415　Overlord Vol.1
19.　**,715　**1,251　To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Vol.1 Limited Edition
20.　**,703　***,703　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Vol.4 Limited Edition

21.　**,617　***,617　Pri Para Vol.13
22.　**,609　128,810　Youkai Watch Movie 1: Tanjou no Himitsu da Nyan! Special Price Edition
23.　**,595　***,595　Ushio to Tora (TV) Vol.1
24.　**,589　**2,111　Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori Vol.2 "Nyaossyi to Asobanassyi" Limited Edition
25.　**,557　**1,341　Junjou Romantica 3 Vol.1 Limited Edition
26.　**,548　**1,071　Owari no Seraph Vol.4 Limited Edition
27.　**,546　**2,001　Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori Vol.3 "Guressyi to Shoubunassyi" Limited Edition
28.　**,506　***,506　Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace Vol.1 Limited Edition
(cut-off 506)

Preliminary DVD & Blu-ray Sales Rankings for Spring 2015 (First Volumes)

*1.　60,465　Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love Revolutions (2015/07/01)
*2.　22,116　Kekkai Sensen (2015/06/17)
*3.　13,754　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku (2015/06/24)
*4.　10,295　Hibike! Euphonium (2015/06/17)
*5.　*9,862　Show By Rock!! (2015/06/24)
*6.　*9,488　Gintama° (2015/07/22)
*7.　*7,130　Hello!! Kiniro Mosaic (2015/06/24)
*9.　*6,831　High School DxD BorN (2015/07/24)
*8.　*6,666　Owari no Seraph (2015/06/24)
10.　*6,217　Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki (2015/04/29)

11.　*6,167　Nisekoi: (2015/06/24)
12.　*6,071　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka (2015/06/24)
13.　*5,979　Arslan Senki (TV) (2015/07/23)
14.　*3,751　Grisaia no Rakuen (2015/08/26)
15.　*3,538　Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015/07/24)
16.　*3,291　Plastic Memories (2015/06/24)
17.　*3,092　Tesagure! Bukatsumono Spin-off Purupurun Sharumu to Asobou (2015/06/24)
18.　*2,281　Houkago no Pleiades (TV) (2015/06/24)*
19.　*2,973　Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu (2015/06/26)
20.　*2,960　Grisaia no Meikyuu (2015/07/23)

21.　*2,479　Shokugeki no Souma (2015/07/29)
22.　*2,142　Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation (2015/05/27)
23.　*2,078　Teekyuu 4 (2015/08/28) [BD-Box]
24.　*1,936　Triage X (2015/06/26)
25.　*1,932　Ninja Slayer From Animation(2015/06/24)*

26.　*1,784　Takamiya Nasuno desu!: Teekyuu Spin-off (2015/08/28) [BD-Box]
27.　**,969　Re-Kan! Volume 0 (2015/06/17)
28.　**,938　Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku (2015/06/24)
29.　**,918　Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo (TV) (2015/08/26) [BD-Box/DVD-Box]
30.　**,817　Etotama (2015/04/15)

31.　**,786　Ore Monogatari!! (2015/06/24)
32.　**,600　Punch Line (2015/07/22)
33.　**,590　Denpa Kyoushi (TV) (2015/08/26)
34.　**,453　Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me (2015/06/19)*
35.　**,401　Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) (2015/07/15) [DVD]
* - partial sales

No Data
**.　**,***　Ame-iro Cocoa (2015/07/17) [DVD]

Source: Oricon Youtaiju, Someanithing

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dat love live stomp

Oct 11, 2015 2:15 AM by Llumi

So much for the industry apparently dying when news broke out that manglobe was bankrupt, eh fellas? Dang Nabbit

So much for summer sales being low, darn I guess we'll have to wait until this season is over, maybe the industry will die then? *fingers crossed*

Oct 8, 2015 3:36 PM by davinci12

dem Love Live tho, just as expected...
Glad for JoJo, Part 4 might actually come in the near future and Prison School is selling quite well but it would be great if it sells just a little bit more to guarantee another season.

Oct 7, 2015 4:02 AM by tr1ckst3r

edge13 said:

ichii_1 said:

LOL,even their own company couldn't write their name correctly

Because of auto translation.
Here's the original tweet https://twitter.com/Madhouse_News/status/649765113793146880

Oct 6, 2015 8:36 PM by Ale1212

edge13 said:

ichii_1 said:

LOL,even their own company couldn't write their name correctly

overload is the h doujin funded by madhouse

Oct 6, 2015 8:09 PM by Jerkhov

ichii_1 said:

LOL,even their own company couldn't write their name correctly

Oct 6, 2015 8:05 PM by edge13

I forgot to post this last week, but Oricon does not cover the UtaPri live concert discs for some reason, which means these sales are from Soundscan. The thresholds at Soundscan are much higher than at Oricon, so of course the sales will be a few thousand higher than this. The 4th live concert disc was released on Sep 24th by the way.

The first week sales reiterates the gradual shift of female buyers from the DVD format to the BD format, but it also shows that the fanbase has grown somewhat since the 3rd concert.

Live Concerts
巻数　　　初動　　　　　　　2週計　　　　　　累計　　　　発売日
　　　　　　BD(DVD)　　　　 BD(DVD)　　　　BD(DVD)
LIVE1　**,***(23,337)　**,***(26,636)　**,***(26,636)　12.05.31 [DVD only]
LIVE2　**,***(24,917)　**,***(29,679)　**,***(29,679)　13.04.26 [DVD only]
LIVE3　21,913(20,026)　25,321(23,712)　25,321(23,712)　14.06.05 ※合計 49,033枚
LIVE4　26,191(18,002)　**,***(**,***)　**,***(**,***)　15.09.24 ※合計 44,193枚

Soundscan numbers for Sep 28~Oct 4 are not out yet, so the 4th concert sales are not updated yet.

ichii_1 said:

Ejc said:

What are you talking about? It never reached #1 on Amazon last week (the highest it's been is #6 for around a day), so these sales are about what it is supposed to be selling, with the missing sales being added back for the 2nd week.

It was near the top for the whole week, and this

1st place amongst anime is not equal to 1st place overall at Amazon. As I said the highest it reached overall last week was 6th at Amazon for just 1 day, and it spent the majority of the time between rank 11 and 20, so it was not selling thousands of discs per day as you may be thinking.

Look at its ranking history here (I did not include the Amazon edition, because it was ranking much much worse last week, so its sales for last week were pretty insignificant compared to the normal Limited Edition):
http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/show.cgi?&n=B010IWRFJ8
http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/top2000_show.cgi?a=B010IWRFJ8&si=DVD&ym=20151007&rg=1440&li=1000

最高順位 ***,**6位(2015年10月01日) ※登録24時間以降

Ranking history for last week (Sep 28th~Oct 4th)

Oct 6, 2015 5:41 PM by Ejc

Let's hope the last volume for JoJo will include some kind of teaser for Part 4, just like the previous one.

Oct 6, 2015 4:25 PM by EasyGo-er

Tokyo Ghoul Jack is surprisingly selling somewhat good. Hmm, I did not expect that at all.

Oct 6, 2015 3:09 PM by Avok

rederoin said:

bigivelfhq said:

In reality what people say is that any Madhouse anime that isn't a Light Novel doesn't sell.

This is still true given that Overlord is a light novel.

Or we could just go with the studio being irrelevant when it comes to sales.

Not saying that is. Just what people say about Madhouse, and the fact that Overlord doesn't proves nothing.

Oct 6, 2015 2:45 PM by bigivelfhq

bigivelfhq said:

RedHair-Shanks said:
and some people say MadHouse anime don't sell......

In reality what people say is that any Madhouse anime that isn't a Light Novel doesn't sell.

This is still true given that Overlord is a light novel.

Or we could just go with the studio being irrelevant when it comes to sales.

Oct 6, 2015 2:20 PM by rederoin

RedHair-Shanks said:
and some people say MadHouse anime don't sell......

In reality what people say is that any Madhouse anime that isn't a Light Novel doesn't sell.

This is still true given that Overlord is a light novel.

Oct 6, 2015 2:12 PM by bigivelfhq

and some people say MadHouse anime don't sell......

Oct 6, 2015 12:27 PM by RedHair-Shanks

I just hope Symphogear GX won't beat Nanoha StrikerS. Overall not bad week. Gate, Overlord and JoJo are selling decently.

Oct 6, 2015 12:02 PM by Nachtwandler_21

@Eji: Thank you sir, it's really helpful to me :)

Oct 6, 2015 11:41 AM by removed-user

vikki7783 said:
why is Love Live worshipped by the masses
not that I've watched/played it but still

One of the most effective solid brainwashing campaigns ever devised. Though in all seriousness it's an almost AKB48 like execution on the anime scene. Whereas AKB48 got by on the idea of idols you can meet Love Live's main gimmick is that the fans got to design a lot of aspects of the brand including the group names, the sub-units, the centers for certain singles, some aspects of their personalities and vote in popularity contests which were then collected as data by researchers and focus groups at Bandai who fed and sold it back to Japan in the form of Muse and now Love Live Sunshine.

With the brand integration of cell phone games, music, live concerts with the voice actors acting as their characters and the anime all pretty much pinpoint targetted at otaku's moe weakpoint (At least one character is virtually guaranteed to trigger anybody) the result is them emptying their wallets over the idea that they are supporting their beloved waifus. It's the closest I've seen an anime come to convincing it's fans that it's cast really does exist and they are tangible.

It's very cunning really, but is probably going to leave a lot of people without strong will and the common sense to budget poor and destitute.

Ejc said:

2014 Oricon Yearly Top 10 Overall Series Ranking (2013/12/09～2014/12/07)
*2　￥11,051,200,000　Manga　　　　Shingeki no Kyojin
*3　￥*7,253,400,000　Manga　　　　ONE PIECE
*4　￥*6,143,500,000　Anime　　　　Gundam
*5　￥*5,371,600,000　Anime　　　　Love Live!
*6　￥*5,229,700,000　Manga　　　　Kuroko no Basket
*7　￥*5,151,200,000　Manga　　　　Haikyuu!!
*8　￥*4,763,800,000　Light Novel　＜Monogatari＞Series
*9　￥*4,618,300,000　*Game　　　　Youkai Watch
10　￥*4,291,800,000　Manga　　　　Tokyo Ghoul

This does not report things like merchandise sales, only media otherwise I know for a fact from reading Bandai Namco's annual earnings report that Gundam made about 80 billion yen give or take. It's not the most popular anime related brand in Japan though. Tokyo Ghoul I never realized was quite that popular, no wonder they're coveting it and trying to turn it into a hit cell phone game.

Ejc said:

Kaioshin_Sama said:
Eek total cleansweep for Lantis idols between the Love Live Blu-Ray and iDOLM@STER CD's. Both sold about the same number of copies, but what's crazy is the Love Live one was priced at 19,500 yen or about $160 USD.

Well, the Love Live BD-BOX contains both days of the 5th live concert, consisting of over 8 hours (Day 1 = 247 mins, Day 2 = 244 mins) of concert footage. Compare that to say a standard 1 cour anime series for around 44,000 yen and only getting like 4 to 5 hours of content, and i'd say that's pretty damn good value. Also, it isn't quite as equal footing, since as you said, Love Live BD is 19,500 yen while the Idolmaster CD is only around 2000 yen.

Well I know for Love Live fans it's a must. They're of the coveted "buy everything" breed of customer that I've only known a few franchises to attract en masse. The brand loyalty is immensely strong which is why I'm curious to see if belongs to the Muse label or Love Live label next week with Sunshine. I think that PV might be able to do some damage, it's very very polished animation wise and goes on for 7 minutes making it I believe the longest in franchise history.

Oct 6, 2015 11:41 AM by PeacingOut

Ejc said:

ichii_1 said:
They must have still not reported all the sales, it was the nr. 1 selling on amazon for a while last week.
Madhouse better have the real sales.

*4.　*4,877　**8,920　Overlord Vol.1
18.　**,734　**1,415　Overlord Vol.1

It was near the top for the whole week, and this

Oct 6, 2015 11:36 AM by ichii_1

Love live is unstoppable. I"m not as huge a fan as some, but I enjoyed the anime seasons.

A pretty successful turnout for Symphogear as well. Overall a good season and glad to see the success there.

At least Overlord is now properly represented on that list. A good result for them.

Oct 6, 2015 11:16 AM by FlarisKnight

I still don't get all that Love Live worshipping but oh well...

Oct 6, 2015 10:14 AM by Ale1212

Need to watch/read Jojo some day

Oct 6, 2015 10:13 AM by FireEmblemIke24

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