Japan's Weekly Blu-ray & DVD Rankings for Dec 14 - 20

by tsubasalover
Dec 22, 2015 1:10 AM | 72 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray & DVD rankings for December 14 - 20

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

Blu-ray

*1.　193,769　193,769　Love Live! The School Idol Movie Limited Special Edition
*2.　**8,528　**8,528　Love Live! The School Idol Movie
*3.　**6,387　**6,387　Hibike! Euphonium Vol.7
*4.　**6,074　**6,074　Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Saikai Vol.1
*5.　**5,699　**5,699　Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa Limited Edition
*6.　**3,821　**3,821　Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou Vol.4
*7.　**3,491　**3,491　Yowamushi Pedal: Re:ROAD
*8.　**3,484　**3,484　Yuru Yuri San☆Hai! Vol.1
*9.　**3,016　**3,016　Himouto! Umaru-chan Vol.4
10.　**2,654　**2,654　Haikyuu!! Movie 2: Shousha to Haisha

11.　**2,317　**2,317　Gintama° Vol.6 Limited Edition
12.　**2,118　**2,118　Cardcaptor Sakura Blu-ray BOX
13.　**1,916　**1,916　Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Vol.1
14.　**1,527　**1,527　Arslan Senki Vol.6 Limited Edition
15.　**1,515　**1,515　Gakkougurashi! Vol.4 Limited Edition
(cut-off 1,515)

DVD

*1.　**4,171　**4,171　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX 4
*2.　**3,738　**3,738　Yowamushi Pedal: Re:ROAD
*3.　**3,705　**3,705　Pokemon the Movie XY: Ring no Choumajin Hoopa
*4.　**2,816　**2,816　Diamond no Ace Inamisen-hen Vol.4
*5.　**2,790　**2,790　Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa Limited Edition
*6.　**2,545　**2,545　Haikyuu!! Movie 2: Shousha to Haisha
*7.　**2,248　**2,248　Gintama° Vol.6 Limited Edition
*8.　**1,748　**1,748　Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Saikai Vol.1
*9.　**1,144　*48,650　Tonari no Totoro
10.　**1,038　**1,038　Arslan Senki Vol.6 Limited Edition

11.　**1,019　**1,019　Shingeki no Kyojin Movie 2: Jiyuu no Tsubasa
12.　***,872　134,610　Youkai Watch Movie 1: Tanjou no Himitsu da Nyan! Special Price Edition
13.　***,848　**3,636　Sore Ike! Anpanman: Mija to Mahou no Lamp
14.　***,839　*11,361　Crayon Shin-chan Movie 23: Ora no Hikkoshi Monogatari - Saboten Daisuugeki
15.　***,832　**7,631　Gekijouban Meitantei Conan: Gouka no Himawari
16.　***,762　***,762　Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou Vol.4
17.　***,693　***,693　Yuru Yuri San☆Hai! Vol.1
18.　***,687　*14,639　Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin vol.2
19.　***,664　***,664　Hibike! Euphonium Vol.7
20.　***,614　*25,045　Majo no Takkyuubin

21.　***,594　*10,678　Gekijouban Meitantei Conan: Gouka no Himawari Limited Special Edition
22.　***,577　*27,413　Dragon Ball Z Movie 15: Fukkatsu no "F"
23.　***,558　***,558　Himouto! Umaru-chan Vol.4
24.　***,499　***,499　Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid Vol.1
(cut-off 499)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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Ejc said:

You're right. One of my other sources for sales, says this:

(2011) *47,628　劇場版マクロスF ～サヨナラノツバサ～ (Hybrid Pack：182,337)
(2009) *43,415　劇場版マクロスF ～イツワリノウタヒメ～ (Hybrid Pack：211,367)

Ejc, these numbers are correct? This page the numbers are a little different:

http://dvdbd.wiki.fc2.com/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9F%EF%BC%88%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2%EF%BC%89

Dec 27, 2015 10:03 AM by MMMacross

Ejc said:
*8　130,323　SHIROBAKO

All that matters, wewt! Here's hoping for a damn dub so I don't have to read rapid fire pages of text any time I want to enjoy this show.

Dec 26, 2015 8:20 AM by RealityRush

Yearly BD/DVD sales are now out. In regards to the Overall Series Sales in yen, if the Love Live Movie was released just one week earlier, then Love Live would've been at ￥7,218,695,397, since it made ￥2,157,200,000 as a series this week:
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/zzl/w/2015-12-28/

Period covered: 2014/12/08~2015/12/13

2015 Oricon Yearly Top 30 Overall Sales Ranking
Key: Rank / Sales / Main Contributor to sales / Series Title

Note: Main contributor can be Movie BD/DVD, Anime BD/DVD, Music BD/DVD, Music CD, Book/Novel, Game or Manga

Anime Overall Series
Rank / Total Yearly Sales / Anime Series

BD Top 100
Rank / Yearly Sales / Release Date / Disc Title

DVD Top 100

BD Music

Dec 25, 2015 11:04 PM by Ejc

tsuki_shiro said:

Ejc said:

I think it'll be soon, but the preliminary music related sales have been released on Oricon Youtaiju/Oricon website.

2015 Yearly Music sales (Seiyuu/Anime song artists)
Period covered: 2014/12/08~2015/12/13

CD Single
55　131,274　Angelic Angel／Hello,星を数えて by μ's (ラブライブ! 劇場版シングル 1)
57　125,225　SUNNY DAY SONG／?←HEARTBEAT by μ's (ラブライブ! 劇場版シングル 2)
58　124,254　僕たちはひとつの光／Future style by μ's (ラブライブ! 劇場版シングル 3)
68　*95,304　冬がくれた予感 by BiBi (ラブライブ! スクフェスコラボシングル)
69　*91,749　HEART to HEART!／嵐のなかの恋だから by μ's (ラブライブ! スクフェス 2ndテーマシングル)
94　*67,428　THE IDOLM@STER LIVE THE@TER DREAMERS 01 Dreaming!
95　*65,213　THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA GIRLS ANIMATION PROJECT 01 Star!! by CINDERELLA PROJECT
96　*64,640　君のこころは輝いてるかい? by Aqours (ラブライブ! サンシャイン!! 1stシングル)

CD Album
31　138,105　μ's Best Album Best Live! Collection II by μ's
49　*77,524　SMASHING ANTHEMS by 水樹奈々
96　*48,870　D'AZUR by 藍井エイル
97　*48,086　ClariS ~SINGLE BEST 1st~ by ClariS

Artist Total Sales
*8　￥3,150,000,000　μ's

Music BD
*7　*57,971　ラブライブ! μ’s Go→Go! LoveLive! 2015~Dream Sensation!~ Blu-ray Memorial BOX　[64,435 total with Day 1 BD+DVD. 64,367 total with Day 2 BD+DVD]

with these sales, I'm expecting it will increase to 10 billion yen or more in no time.

Yeah, it really deserves all these billions.

Dec 23, 2015 10:52 AM by removed-user

Ejc said:

Z4k said:

It ended already? When can we expect the yearly list to come out then?

with these sales, I'm expecting it will increase to 10 billion yen or more in no time.

Dec 23, 2015 9:36 AM by tsuki_shiro

kamil88 said:
Question, i know Cardcaptor Sakura was already released for Blu Ray in Japan few years ago, what is difference between this version and previous one? http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/GNXA-1149

This one has all 70 episodes, while in 2012 it was in 3 BD-BOX (episode 1~28, episode 29~46 and episode 47~70). There was also a 2 BD-BOX release in 2009 (episode 1~46, episode 47~70).

Really, there's not much difference, except buyers can now enjoy all 70 episodes at once rather than having to wait a few months for all episodes with the previous BD-BOX releases. However, the upfront cost is of course higher.

Dec 23, 2015 6:19 AM by Ejc

Question, i know Cardcaptor Sakura was already released for Blu Ray in Japan few years ago, what is difference between this version and previous one? http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/GNXA-1149

Dec 23, 2015 4:00 AM by kamil88

Z4k said:

Ejc said:
By the way, this is how much Love Live made in a week from just the movie BD sales:
193,769 * ￥10,584 + 8,528 * ￥7,344 = ￥2,113,480,728

2016. 2015 year ended on Dec 13.

It ended already? When can we expect the yearly list to come out then?

Dec 22, 2015 11:07 PM by Ejc

tsuki_shiro said:
that LL LE just own the chart,not that surprising but kinda expected since it owned amiami blu ray sales for about 2-3 weeks i guess.

Not just Amiami, but Animate, HMV, gamers, softmap, etc. Pretty much everywhere at storefront it was dominating, which is why the Limited Edition was heavily underestimated ((193769 - 131048) / 131048 = 47.86%) and the Regular Edition marginally underestimated ((8528 - 6,920) / 6920 = 23.24%) by Stalker since it only takes into account the Amazon JP rankings.

Dec 22, 2015 8:56 PM by Ejc

that LL LE just own the chart,not that surprising but kinda expected since it owned amiami blu ray sales for about 2-3 weeks i guess.

Dec 22, 2015 6:57 PM by tsuki_shiro

rederoin said:
The Amazon stalker BD/DVD estimates for next week. For those interested.

25.3k Owarimonogatari
10.4k Gochiusa S2
10.2k One Punch Man
*9.0k Gundam – Iron-Blooded Orphans
*5.7k High School Musical
*3.2k Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
*1.7k Asterisk
*1.4k Hidan No Aria AA
*1.3k Sakurako-san
*1.1k Dance with Devils
*1.0k Heavy Object
*0.9k Taimadou Gakuen 35
*0.5k Fushigi(short)
*0.4k Young Black Jack.

Thank you for the effort you put in, Rederoin. I always check out your blog when looking up sales numbers of shows I like.

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Idol animes aren't my thing. so yeah i'm kind of weary of their success.

Why?

cause when Harem shows got popular. We got hundreds of harem shows after.

when Moeblobs got popular, we got hundreds of moeblob shows after.

when Tsundere female got popular, we got hundreds of Tsundere shows after

Japan manga artists and anime producers aren't particularly original. In fact they copy the same themes endlessly until the well runs dry.

So when you see a plot theme or trope gain popularity and you don't like it. You know you're going to be in for a wave of facepalmy moments when knockoff versions are inundating the entire anime lineup for a seasons to come.

While I'm indifferent to love live!. I'm going to hate what those sales numbers do to the anime industry over the next 5 years.

Dec 22, 2015 5:59 PM by Cirris

NeoAnkara said:

rederoin said:
*3.2k Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry

Very promising. I hope it's underestimate and the real volume sold more.

Yuru Yuri S3 was underestimated and it ended up selling 50% more than stalker points estimated. Saekano ended up selling 2-3 times of estimated. So Rakudai may end up selling 5k or maybe even above 7k.

Dec 22, 2015 5:27 PM by AP24

FallenUndead said:

Zefyris said:
Rokka no Yuusha BD aren't even in the list anymore the week they get out~

I actually imported all the four japanese BD that are out. Nice to see someone else buying Rokka's BD, japanese version or american version that's a nice sight anyway, especially since I think the american release sold very poorly too.

Dec 22, 2015 4:20 PM by Zefyris

>Valkyrie Drive that low
Ayyy just when I found another series I'm really enjoying. Too bad Japan doesn't like the silly fanservice as much as we do :(

Dec 22, 2015 3:02 PM by Rukaliini

Almost 8k for Digimon, I guess that's good.

Dec 22, 2015 11:49 AM by Houreki

Zefyris said:
Rokka no Yuusha BD aren't even in the list anymore the week they get out~

I am sad now since reading your comment, I just got Rokka Limited Edition Vol.1 that just released here and pre-ordered Vol.2 (Rightstuf had a tempting bonus as well)

THis anime is gold and it pains me that it isn't selling that good, tempted to import all of the volumes

*3.2k Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
(Got mine pre-ordered, same goes for Vol.2)

I hope this is enough to get many more seasons

Dec 22, 2015 10:16 AM by FallenUndead

Zeta-Astacion said:

Username said:
Idols anime are awesome, why people hate it? :(

Elitist hate it because it panders to Horny Otakus.

Idols = Slut Dumpster

Elitist Logic!

I'm

Lol, hello horny otaku, how are you? How is Niko?

Dec 22, 2015 10:13 AM by removed-user

thepath said:

THis proves that these crap only sell well because it has Gundam name. I dropped G no Reconquista after 1 episode

Or maybe people just enjoy the series.

Dec 22, 2015 8:56 AM by rederoin

Ejc said:

Zeta-Astacion said:

Elitist hate it because it panders to Horny Otakus.

Idols = Slut Dumpster

Elitist Logic!

Shows that they know nothing because Love Live's fanbase is 43.4% female, with 30.2% of those fans being within the 15 to 19 year old age group: http://yusaani.com/news/2015/09/19/194023/. Anime BDs aren't the only thing fans buy. There's the real life Love Live store in Japan, which is particularly popular among teenage females. There's the mobile game, where the female players are slightly more represented in the player numbers than the male players. Other associated merchandise, music BD/DVD, CDs, etc. Then there are many female fans cosplaying and dancing to the Love Live songs on Nico Nico and Youtube.

I suppose it's the sheep mentally, where they think it's cool to hate on things other people hate. Also, look at how many people lap up those reviews on ANN, and use those to dictate what they watch, rather than deciding themselves what is worthy of watching. Oh well, just have to live with these kinds of people.

This. BTW both one of my friends and his younger sister are big LL fans and play the game.

Dec 22, 2015 8:37 AM by Nachtwandler_21

TripleSRank said:

thepath said:

How a mediocre anime like Iron-Blooded Orphans get 9K ? is it because it have Gundam name on it ?

I'm not sure if you're baiting or if you're legit curious, but IBO isn't mediocre in the slightest. I'm not surprised at all that it's selling well.

It's the best non-sequel of Fall imo.

Baiting ?! IBO was average at most. I rate it 5/10 at most. I might have rated it 6/10 if it did not have ugly looking child main character.

I'm also watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin movies, but this one is miles better than Iron-Blooded Orphans

scytheavatar said:
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9k for vol 1 would be a pretty mediocre result for a Gundam series, considering G no Reconquista sold 8.6k average and it's a piece of crap.

THis proves that these crap only sell well because it has Gundam name. I dropped G no Reconquista after 1 episode

Dec 22, 2015 8:28 AM by thepath

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