Japan's Weekly Blu-ray and DVD Rankings for Sep 19 - 25

Thank you very much Ejc!!!

I have no idea what happened to the thread listings there, but the actual threads themselves are located at katsu instead of cheese.

Daily ranking:
http://katsu.ula.cc/test/read.cgi/piropiro320jp/1432224816/l10

Weekly ranking:
http://katsu.ula.cc/test/read.cgi/piropiro320jp/1432224768/l10
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Oricon Daily All-Genre Top 20 DVD/Top 30 BD Rankings for Oct 1.

DVD
*26 *27 *28 *29 *30 **1 **2
*** **3 **3 **1 **3 **2 *** | -- | B-PROJECT Vol.2
*** **4 **1 **7 *11 **4 *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 2
*** *** *** **5 **5 **5 *** | -- | Tsukiuta. Vol.1
*** **7 **8 **8 *12 **6 *** | -- | SERVAMP Vol.1
*** *** *** **4 **6 **7 *** | -- | Bungou Stray Dogs Vol.4
*** **6 **5 *12 *17 *12 *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 1
**1 *18 *** *** *** *13 *** | -- | KuroBas Wintercup Soushuu-hen ~Kage to Hikari~
*** *13 **9 *18 **9 *** *** | -- | Mob Psycho 100 Vol.1
*** *** *** *13 *13 *** *** | -- | Masou Gakuen HxH Vol.1
*** *** *** *17 *** *** *** | -- | Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2 Vol.7
*** *12 *14 *19 *** *** *** | -- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond wa Kudakenai Vol.4
*** *** *19 *** *** *** *** | -- | Re:Zero Vol.4
*** *** *20 *** *** *** *** | -- | Highschool Fleet Vol.4
**2 *20 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | MacrossΔ Vol.3
**3 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ONE PIECE Log Collection "CAESAR.CROWN"
**9 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Boueibu LOVE! LOVE! Vol.1
*13 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | OVA Starmyu Vol.2
*15 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.4
*18 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Cheer Danshi!! Vol.1

BD
*26 *27 *28 *29 *30 **1 **2
**1 **3 **2 **3 **1 **1 *** | -- | Love Live! Sunshine Vol.1
*** **1 **1 **1 **2 **2 *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ BD Memorial BOX
*** *** *** **7 **7 **6 *** | -- | Tsukiuta. Vol.1
*** *** *** **9 **4 **7 *** | -- | KINGSGLAIVE FINAL FANTASY XV
**2 *12 *13 *19 *25 **8 *** | -- | MacrossΔ Vol.3
*** **6 **9 *18 *16 *10 *** | -- | Joker Game BD-BOX Vol.2
*** **8 **7 *21 *20 *13 *** | -- | Highschool Fleet Vol.4
*** **9 *10 *20 *15 *14 *** | -- | NEW GAME! Vol.1
*** *14 *12 *12 *14 *16 *** | -- | B-PROJECT Vol.2
*** *** *** *10 **6 *17 *** | -- | Film Collections Box FINAL FANTASY XV
*** **4 **5 *14 *21 *18 *** | -- | Re:Zero Vol.4
*** *11 *16 *22 *22 *19 *** | -- | Accel World -Infinite Burst-
**6 *** *** *** *** *20 *** | -- | KuroBas Wintercup Soushuu-hen ~Kage to Hikari~
*** **7 **6 *25 *** *21 *** | -- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond wa Kudakenai Vol.4
*** *** *** **6 **9 *22 *** | -- | Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! Vol.1
*** *** *** **5 *13 *25 *** | -- | Masou Gakuen HxH Vol.1
*** *15 *17 *26 *26 *26 *** | -- | Danganronpa 3 The End of Kibougamine Gakuen BD-BOX Vol.1
*** *19 *14 *13 *30 *28 *** | -- | Mob Psycho 100 Vol.1
*** *10 **8 *23 *28 *29 *** | -- | planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~
*** *** *** *11 *24 *30 *** | -- | Bungou Stray Dogs Vol.4
*** *** *** **8 *11 *** *** | -- | Eiga PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare♪ Let's Go☆Prix Paris
*** *** *** *** *18 *** *** | -- | Kidou Senkan Nadesico BD-BOX
*** *** *** *** *23 *** *** | -- | BROTHERHOOD FINAL FANTASY XV
*** *17 *15 *** *29 *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 2
*** *** *** *27 *** *** *** | -- | Koukaku no Pandora Vol.5
*** *** *** *28 *** *** *** | -- | Hundred Vol.4
*** *20 *20 *** *** *** *** | -- | Amanchu! Vol.1
*** *24 *24 *** *** *** *** | -- | Ushio to Tora Vol.13
*** *22 *25 *** *** *** *** | -- | Strike the Blood BD-BOX
*** *29 *26 *** *** *** *** | -- | Rewrite Vol.1
**3 *** *27 *** *** *** *** | -- | G Gundam Sekiha Tenkyou BD-BOX Vol.1
*** *21 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Bakuon!! Vol.4
**8 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.4
*11 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Concrete Revolutio Choujin Gensou Vol.9
*14 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | OVA Starmyu Vol.2
*15 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Boueibu LOVE! LOVE! Vol.1
*16 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Live Collection
*18 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Cheer Danshi!! Vol.1
*20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Flying Witch Vol.4
*21 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Active Raid -Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachi Gakari- 2nd Director's Cut Edition
*25 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Haikyuu!! Second Season Vol.9
*29 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | SUPER LOVERS Vol.4

@phoenixalia Oh hahaha, I was just looking at the blu-Ray, thanks. 5k copies is that not bad. :)

The DVD version is the volume 4. The Blu-ray is volume 1.




Ejc, you know if this address is still active: http://cheese.ula.cc/urisure/

Can not access, so I could not see the daily ranking. Thanks for posting here.

Nice to see Flying Witch and Girls und Panzer on there.

Alderamin getting 0.6k is not a surprise. How about advertising your anime properly, WB. Between that and contestable choices from Madhouse, they ruined any potential it could have on the market, good job, really.

^I think you confused the list at the top as the BD list

From last week's results and this week's rankings, we can deduce which series will sell more BD/DVD
1: Love Live Sunshine
2: B-Project
3-5: Boueibu, Mob Psycho, New Game
6: Danganronpa 3
7-10: Masou Gakuen HxH, Prisma Illya 3, Tsukiuta, Amanchu

Oricon Daily All-Genre Top 20 DVD/Top 30 BD Rankings for Sep 29.

No surprises on Love Live! dominating this week.

A few surprises though for the rest of the rankings so far:
●　Joker Game BD-BOX Vol.2 looks like sales have dropped from BD-BOX Vol.1, despite also having an event ticket bundled on it. The reason why is that it has ranked lower than Re:Zero Vol.4, while BD-BOX Vol.1 ranked higher than Re:Zero Vol.3 a month back. Although, it could also be that Re:Zero Vol.4's first week sales are again higher than its previous volume. We shall see next Tuesday, which one it is.
●　Tsukiuta. Vol.1 looks like a strong contender for #2 or #3 for the Summer season, alongside B-PROJECT. It came as a bit of a surprise in the ranking it did not show up on Amazon Stalker, due to being an Animate exclusive release. Although it also didn't show up in the Oricon BD/DVD database.

DVD
*26 *27 *28 *29 *30 **1 **2
*** **3 **3 **1 *** *** *** | -- | B-PROJECT Vol.2
*** *** *** **4 *** *** *** | -- | Bungou Stray Dogs Vol.4
*** *** *** **5 *** *** *** | -- | Tsukiuta. Vol.1
*** **4 **1 **7 *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 2
*** **7 **8 **8 *** *** *** | -- | SERVAMP Vol.1
*** **6 **5 *12 *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 1
*** *** *** *13 *** *** *** | -- | Masou Gakuen HxH Vol.1
*** *** *** *17 *** *** *** | -- | Ansatsu Kyoushitsu 2 Vol.7
*** *13 **9 *18 *** *** *** | -- | Mob Psycho 100 Vol.1
*** *12 *14 *19 *** *** *** | -- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond wa Kudakenai Vol.4
*** *** *19 *** *** *** *** | -- | Re:Zero Vol.4
*** *** *20 *** *** *** *** | -- | Highschool Fleet Vol.4
**1 *18 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | KuroBas Wintercup Soushuu-hen ~Kage to Hikari~
**2 *20 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | MacrossΔ Vol.3
**3 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ONE PIECE Log Collection "CAESAR.CROWN"
**9 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Boueibu LOVE! LOVE! Vol.1
*13 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | OVA Starmyu Vol.2
*15 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.4
*18 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Cheer Danshi!! Vol.1

BD
*26 *27 *28 *29 *30 **1 **2
*** **1 **1 **1 *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ BD Memorial BOX
**1 **3 **2 **3 *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! Sunshine Vol.1
*** *** *** **5 *** *** *** | -- | Masou Gakuen HxH Vol.1
*** *** *** **6 *** *** *** | -- | Prisma☆Illya 3rei!! Vol.1
*** *** *** **7 *** *** *** | -- | Tsukiuta. Vol.1
*** *** *** **8 *** *** *** | -- | Eiga PriPara Mi~nna no Akogare♪ Let's Go☆Prix Paris
*** *** *** **9 *** *** *** | -- | KINGSGLAIVE FINAL FANTASY XV
*** *** *** *10 *** *** *** | -- | Film Collections Box FINAL FANTASY XV
*** *** *** *11 *** *** *** | -- | Bungou Stray Dogs Vol.4
*** *14 *12 *12 *** *** *** | -- | B-PROJECT Vol.2
*** *19 *14 *13 *** *** *** | -- | Mob Psycho 100 Vol.1
*** **4 **5 *14 *** *** *** | -- | Re:Zero Vol.4
*** **6 **9 *18 *** *** *** | -- | Joker Game BD-BOX Vol.2
**2 *12 *13 *19 *** *** *** | -- | MacrossΔ Vol.3
*** **9 *10 *20 *** *** *** | -- | NEW GAME! Vol.1
*** **8 **7 *21 *** *** *** | -- | Highschool Fleet Vol.4
*** *11 *16 *22 *** *** *** | -- | Accel World -Infinite Burst-
*** *10 **8 *23 *** *** *** | -- | planetarian ~Chiisana Hoshi no Yume~
*** **7 **6 *25 *** *** *** | -- | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Diamond wa Kudakenai Vol.4
*** *15 *17 *26 *** *** *** | -- | Danganronpa 3 The End of Kibougamine Gakuen BD-BOX Vol.1
*** *** *** *27 *** *** *** | -- | Koukaku no Pandora Vol.5
*** *** *** *28 *** *** *** | -- | Hundred Vol.4
*** *17 *15 *** *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Final LoveLive! ~μ’sic Forever♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪~ Day 2
*** *20 *20 *** *** *** *** | -- | Amanchu! Vol.1
*** *24 *24 *** *** *** *** | -- | Ushio to Tora Vol.13
*** *22 *25 *** *** *** *** | -- | Strike the Blood BD-BOX
*** *29 *26 *** *** *** *** | -- | Rewrite Vol.1
**3 *** *27 *** *** *** *** | -- | G Gundam Sekiha Tenkyou BD-BOX Vol.1
*** *21 *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Bakuon!! Vol.1
**6 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | KuroBas Wintercup Soushuu-hen ~Kage to Hikari~
**8 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge Vol.4
*11 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Concrete Revolutio Choujin Gensou Vol.9
*14 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | OVA Starmyu Vol.2
*15 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Boueibu LOVE! LOVE! Vol.1
*16 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Love Live! μ’s Live Collection
*20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Cheer Danshi!! Vol.1
*21 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Flying Witch Vol.4
*25 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Active Raid -Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachi Gakari- 2nd Director's Cut Edition
*29 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | SUPER LOVERS Vol.4

Sorry it was an hard day yesterday, i apologize with the 418 guys (and i'm not sarcastic)

Not sure why everyone is surprised at the sales of LoveLive and even Naria. Sales are really quite simple. People buy things because they want to buy them.

Why?

Because they liked the show and want to own it.

Because they liked the show and want to support the show, to give it a better chance of a getting a sequel. This may cause them to buy multiple copies.

Because they like the bonuses that comes with it, which could be concert lottery tickets, art boxes, bonus CDs, booklets, novels, manga, figures. If there are different bonuses at different stores then they may buy multiple copies to get all the posters, figures, art boxes, etc. If tickets allow for multiple entries by one person then people may buy 100 copies hoping to get a ticket. Often the standard packages will be resold online but a real supporter won't do that as it means money going to the show than if those buyers had bought a new copy.

Some even buy it because they forgot to record the show on their PVR and don't know where to watch it online. Yes, this is a real answer given in surveys to otaku as to why they bought a show.

Why do some shows sell poorly?

Some fans understand that shows on certain TV networks are really driven by ratings instead so unless they really want to collect the show, they don't need to buy it.

Some other fans would rather buy the cheaper manga or novels instead. This is for a few reasons. First, it is 1/10th the cost to buy a book instead of a disc. Next, they may want to support the author/artist directly rather than supporting them indirectly through the anime; they may understand that the original creator gets paid very little for the anime unless they have special involvement like also being the script writer and/or series composition director. Finally, many fans understand that most book adaptations are partial and will never completely adapt the work so there is no point in owning half a story when they can get the whole story in book form for less money.

There can be some bandwagon effects. If a show looks like it is going to sell then some people will support it thinking that could lead to a sequel. If the show looks like it will tank then throwing your support to a lost cause is a waste of your money.

Different opinions are really hard on MAL.

For the love of god.

Finally.

I shouldn't be surprised at all those cries of outrage over Love Live Sunshine doing so well. But I will be a devil's advocate and disagree that Love Live Sunshine is identical to Season 1. I'd concede that the first half of Sunshine parallels the first half of LL Season 1 closely. I'd concede that Sunshine might have relied too much on Muse references. But I disagree completely that Sunshine is identical.

Does Love Live Sunshine parallel Love Live S1? Yes, in the first half, and almost certainly not in the second half. It would be stretch to argue that Episode 7 onwards is identical to S1. Were it identical, the You episode would have been all about You leaving Japan on a swimming scholarship to America, hence threatening the continued survival of Aqours. Were it identical, there would have been no conflict between the Third Years that dominated the middle-parts of Sunshine.

Were it identical, the Tokyo event in Episode 7-8 where Chika's group of six gains no votes whatsoever would never had occurred, because it has no parallel to Love Live unless you are going to stretch things and claim it's parallel to Muse disappointing first performance. That kind of claim is hard to sustain, considering that Aqours was repudiated in a head-to head against other groups, infront of an audience, while Muse couldn't even get much of an audience to begin with, changing the entire dynamics of the second half. Does it parallel Muse not making it past the preliminaries in episode 12 -13 of S1? No, because Muse didn't even perform.

Where Sunshine does parallel with the original is in the first six episodes. And it's probably not too surprising that such parallels exist, because Sunshine and S1 does share similar premises, in that a girl is inspired by some idol group and decides to try to form her own. This would mean that a composer needs to be found, a debut performance produced, the group must be expanded and so on. In that sense, Sunshine does track S1, by largely following the narrative structure of S1.

But wait a moment? Is the way Riko was recruited identical to Maki? No, it started out that way, and diverged the moment Riko and Chika began one of the heart to heart private talks that defines their relationship throughout Sunshine. Does Yohane's recruitment in episode 5 have any parallels to S1? No, and Nico doesn't count since Nico's type of Chuuni is completely different from Yohane's.

Of course, if Sunshine continued tracking the S1 structure past Episode 6, I might have agreed with you. But once the basic foundations of an Idol Group was established, Sunshine moved rather quickly to diverging very sharply from the S1 plot. And I suspect it's the second half of the season, that is generating nearly 50K plus projected sales, with a possible under-estimation of nearly 40%.

Should Sunshine have run a different premise? Maybe. But I think they wanted to play it safe, and believed the fanbase had to be eased into accepting a different group and hence they choose not to risk a different premise but have a familiar one that initially seems to run in a similar manner to the first iteration of Love Live. I suspect that this strategy has paid off, and I think that Sunshine has sufficiently differentiated itself in the second half, that calling it identical is tad-bit too far.

To answer the question why Sunshine is doing so well briefly then: Sunshine probably got those numbers by pandering cautiously to the Muse fanbase with a familiar first-half, and creating just enough differences in the second half to convince said fanbase that they were buying a new product, that was still part of the same Love Live brand, but different enough that buying it was worth it. Make no mistake, Love Live is a franchise-brand, and Sunshine was written probably to protect and sustain that brand.

Also, the main pairing pushed in Sunshine is Riko-Chika. The most popular pairing happens to be Hanamaru-Yohane in Japan, even though that pairing has more or less reduced to a background Manzai routine post Episode 5. Riko-Chika is very far behind in the popularity polls, so I really, really doubt the idea that pairings are driving sales, given the main pairing isn't really that popular to begin with.

That's your opinion. For me, I found S2 superior to S1, because that drama near the end of S1, was a turn-off for many fans. It also logically makes sense why the numbers are higher than S1, as the Love Live fanbase number rapidly grew in between S1 and S2.

This is evident in the sales numbers of the S2 volumes (2~7) without the event ticket serial code on them, as you can see below.

S1
Vol.2: 28,618
Vol.3: 26,209
Vol.4: 26,379
Vol.5: 23,857
Vol.6: 26,547
Average w/o Vol.1&7: 26,322

S2
Vol.2: 59,409
Vol.3: 53,264
Vol.4: 55,539
Vol.5: 50,983
Vol.6: 51,140
Average w/o Vol.1&7: 54,067

Jesus Christ how...just how is it pulling those kinds of numbers when it's identical to yet worse than S1. Buying it for the made up pairings I guess.

Nice to see super lovers on the list hoping it continues to sell well I want more of the anime in the future for now I'll just wait for winter to come to watch season 2 ^_^

Love Live S2 Vol.1
59,400 Stalker estimate
82,505 week 1
39.16% underestimated...

thanks to Love Live nearly always having strong performance at stores other than Amazon JP (Animate, gamers, etc).

Wow, One Piece on DVD outsold all those fancy blu-ray.

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And WHY

One of the worst thing ever.

WOOOO Starmyu taking #1!