Japan's Weekly Blu-ray and DVD Rankings for Dec 18 - 24

by tsubasalover
Dec 26, 2017 3:34 AM | 47 Comments

Here are the weekly Blu-ray and DVD rankings for December 18 - 24

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

Blu-ray

*1.　41,768　*41,768　Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season Vol.1 Special Limited Edition
*2.　*6,593　**6,593　Gekijouban Pocket Monster: Kimi ni Kimeta! Limited Edition
*3.　*6,205　**6,205　The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Gekijou 2nd Season Vol.2
*4.　*5,321　**5,321　Houseki no Kuni Vol.1
*5.　*5,120　**5,120　Drifters Episode 13-14 Special Limited Edition
*6.　*4,939　**4,939　Made in Abyss Blu-ray BOX Vol.2
*7.　*4,922　**4,922　Princess Principal Vol.4 Limited Edition
*8.　*4,869　**4,869　Osomatsu-san 2nd Season Vol.1
*9.　*4,774　**4,774　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou
10.　*2,996　**2,996　Knight's & Magic Vol.2

11.　*2,730　**2,730　Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - The Animated Series Vol.1 Limited Edition
12.　*2,663　**2,663　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? Blu-ray BOX
13.　*2,513　**2,513　New Game!! Vol.4
14.　*1,999　**1,999　Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.7 Limited Edition
15.　*1,806　**1,806　Just Because! Vol.1 Limited Edition
16.　*1,349　**1,349　Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! & 2wei Herz! Blu-ray BOX
(cut-off 1,349)

DVD

*1.　*6,624　**6,624　Gekijouban Pocket Monster: Kimi ni Kimeta! Regular Edition
*2.　*5,947　**5,947　One Piece Log Collection "SOP" (eps.662-678)
*3.　*5,452　**5,452　Osomatsu-san 2nd Season Vol.1
*4.　*1,568　113,036　Tonari no Totoro
*5.　*1,481　333,865　Kimi no Na wa. Standard Edition
*6.　*1,283　**5,696　Sore Ike! Anpanman: Buruburu no Takarasagashi Daibouken!
*7.　**,990　***,990　Code:Realize: Sousei no Himegimi Vol.1
*8.　**,963　***,963　Houseki no Kuni Vol.1
*9.　**,865　*19,617　Gekijouban Meitantei Conan: Karakurenai no Love Letter Regular Edition
10.　**,793　***,793　Cardcaptor Sakura DVD BOX Limited Edition

11.　**,729　***,729　Sengoku Night Blood Vol.1
12.　**,716　*17,737　Doraemon Movie 37: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken
13.　**,650　***,650　The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Gekijou 2nd Season Vol.2
14.　**,601　*31,064　Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
15.　**,591　*49,994　Majo no Takkyuubin
16.　**,559　**6,996　Crayon Shin-chan Movie 25: Shin-chan Shuurai! Uchuujin Shiriri
17.　**,502　***,502　Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.7 Limited Edition
18.　**,490　*20,676　Granblue Fantasy The Animation Vol.7 Limited Edition
19.　**,464　*20,690　Gekijouban Meitantei Conan: Karakurenai no Love Letter Limited Edition
20.　**,440　***,440　Hitorijime My Hero Vol.4

21.　**,427　*37,303　Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
22.　**,407　*19,810　Gake no Ue no Ponyo
(cut-off 407)

Source: Oricon Youtaiju

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20 of 47 Comments Recent Comments

Stripesu said:
Can't say it's shocking. The wave of relevance is gonna kill anime that can't make seasons one year after the next and it's a shame.

This may be one of the prices we pay for the trend of more and more new TV anime coming out each year (in addition to the human cost, like the "animator situation"). New TV anime, even popular series, may fade from the collective memory faster than ever before. Perhaps not into complete obscurity, but enough so that sequels aren't as viable as they would have been, say, ten years ago.

Dec 30, 2017 8:21 AM by LeeTailor

tsubasalover said:
Japanese fan explains why Osomatsu-san 2nd season is not as heated up as 1st season. Female fans tends to enjoy things in group (more than solo), so not heated up means they no longer talk about it anymore (the "heated up" season passed).
https://nijimen.net/topics/15217

Can't say it's shocking. The wave of relevance is gonna kill anime that can't make seasons one year after the next and it's a shame.

Dec 30, 2017 6:29 AM by Stripes

give me my 2nd season of Houseki.

Dec 30, 2017 1:54 AM by IheartCC

@LeeTailor Oh, thanks for the education and video, I'll look it up.

Dec 29, 2017 10:23 PM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:
So, if I understand you correctly, do the Japanese gradually discover more and more opportunities for getting good commercial returns from successful titles?

A question of such scope is above my paygrade (though I'm a total amateur, so that doesn't say much), thus I can only give my interpretation of what's happening, and you're better off doing research yourself.

The markets are changing worldwide, that is, people may not be willing to pay for certain things anymore, but they may be willing to pay for other things. Some methods have become less viable, but new technology has allowed other methods to take over (like companion mobile games). If my limited information is correct, the anime market is growing (there's more and more money thrown on the pile, as e.g. international streaming services like Netflix and Amazon want a slice of the pie too), but the industry is kind of broken (yay for capitalism and Japanese work culture). For example, there's a serious animator shortage, as the job pays criminally little, so studios are forced to outsource to (usually foreign) subcontractors more and more of the work.

Okay, I got a litle off-topic, but my point is that the idea that the story is more complicated than the Japanese corporations gloriously discovering new ways of making money off anime. On the mobile game thing, this video might explain it better than I did:

Dec 29, 2017 3:38 PM by LeeTailor

Maellirn said:
Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

Simple but nice music, cute girls for every taste, yuri-bait and cute moe slice of life.

@LeeTailor So, if I understand you correctly, do the Japanese gradually discover more and more opportunities for getting good commercial returns from successful titles?

Dec 29, 2017 3:10 PM by RobertBobert

Yes, it's probably a hit, but not undisputed just yet (we only know for sure that the manga is very popular). For example, March Comes in like a Lion 2nd Season vol. 1 and Girls Last Tour vol. 1 are releasing in January, and they might sell better. And extrapolating the overall (cumulative) sales from the first volume's sales can produce results that later turn out to be wildly inaccurate.

BluRay sales by themselves aren't conclusive either, as there are other ways anime can make money, e.g. music and merch. There are also more and more shows each year that expect to make their money back through mobile game tie-ins (Princess Principal has an official mobile game "companion", for example), which these BluRay listings don't take into account, same as music and merch sales.

Maellirn said:
Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

One reason why Love Live is successful is that idol fans are more likely to be dedicated to buying merchandise. It's not necessarily indicative of the preferences of "Japanese Weeboos" in general.

Dec 29, 2017 12:32 PM by LeeTailor

Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

Dec 29, 2017 11:22 AM by RafaelPereira97

LeeTailor said:
Princess Principal and Houseki no Kuni are selling very nicely! I am pleased.

RobertBobert said:
Houseki no Kuni earned more than Princess Principal and Made in Abyss? Wow, this was a surprise for me. I wonder if we can call they as the most successful titles this season with the exception of Love Live?

Vol. 1 of Houseki no Kuni was competing with "vol. 4 special edition" of PP and "vol. 2 box" of MiA. And they weren't even on TV in the same season; PP and MiA were summer shows.

So, if I understand correctly, this is the undisputed hit of this season?

Dec 29, 2017 11:19 AM by RobertBobert

Antagonized said:
PriPri and Houseki no Kuni is just well received in Japon, Glad they got decent sales.

On this list, those are the two franchises I care about the most as well.

Vol. 1 of Houseki no Kuni was competing with "vol. 4 special edition" of PP and "vol. 2 box" of MiA. And they weren't even on TV in the same season; PP and MiA were summer shows. The sales of the HnK volumes that are yet to be released might fluctuate as well. It's not really an apt comparison, is my point. Over 5000 is definitely not a bad start, though.

Dec 29, 2017 11:15 AM by LeeTailor

Japanese fan explains why Osomatsu-san 2nd season is not as heated up as 1st season. Female fans tends to enjoy things in group (more than solo), so not heated up means they no longer talk about it anymore (the "heated up" season passed).
https://nijimen.net/topics/15217

Dec 28, 2017 1:59 AM by tsubasalover

tsubasalover said:

*1.　41,768　*41,768　Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season Vol.1 Special Limited Edition

Huge drop in comparison to Vol.1 of the 1st season, despite having a much bigger underestimation of 62.7% on Stalker. But it seems disc sales in Japan for "big hit" anime is in decline now.

Biggest earning content in Japan for 2017
Rank / Earnings in Yen / Content name
*1　50,200,000,000　Arashi
*2　46,000,000,000　EXILE
*3　22,800,000,000　Love Live!
*4　19,900,000,000　Final Fantasy Series
*4　19,900,000,000　Nogizaka46
*6　19,800,000,000　Kanjani∞
*7　17,700,000,000　Godzilla Series
*8　16,000,000,000　Hey! Say! JUMP
*9　15,600,000,000　NEWS
10　15,500,000,000　ONE PIECE

Source from Cool Japan magazine:

Love Live! is down from the 42.3 billion yen, earned in 2015.

Source:
http://yusaani.com/l-ra/t-ra/lovelive/2015/09/19/194023/

Dec 26, 2017 8:55 PM by Ejc

Well I'm glad Houseki no Kuni and Kino no Tabi are doing nicely, same with YuYuYu.

Dec 26, 2017 4:07 PM by removed-user

Z4k said:
Lmao the physical media in japan is dying so fast. I used to think AoT's decline was because of the long delays but after Kekkai Sensen, Osomatsu-san, Durarara and other titles aimed at female otakus, it's becoming much more clear that it wasn't the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Yuri on Ice also had a big drop.

I completely agree on the general sales' decline, but I think that shows like SnK don't really need the boost of the physical copies because they always sell insanely well in merchandise.

Dec 26, 2017 12:10 PM by Danae

Holy....

I remember the 1st volume Osomatsu-san selling around 70k sales...that's a HUGE drop

Dec 26, 2017 11:29 AM by Xenocrisi

Pretty good sales all around this time. Rabu Raibu being the top seller...again...

Dec 26, 2017 10:49 AM by Tarotist

Is it wrong for me to have the theory that Osomatsu-san had such a big drop because of the Hiroshi Kamiya marriage scandal? I know that Osomatsu-san has a stacked cast but Kamiya is the biggest fish of them all, and my impression is that Osomatsu-san got supported by the fujoshis more as an idol series than anything else.

Dec 26, 2017 10:43 AM by scytheavatar

Jesus, i can understand attack on titan since its been 4 years and kekkai in a way because its been 2 years but osomatsu-san ... its only been a year and that fuckin drop.

Dec 26, 2017 10:11 AM by DatRandomDude

Happy for Houseki no Kuni. ^^

Made in Abyss doing it well too and I don't want to continue watching the series, I've been in episode 10 for months.

Dec 26, 2017 9:46 AM by SkyLETV

Two Car, Ousama Game, Sho-bitch :'( and Dies Irae were also released but didn't make the cut.
LL sunshine obviously not on the OG level but still great.

This is better than expected, season 2 maybe.
10.　*2,996　**2,996　Knight's & Magic Vol.2

Dec 26, 2017 8:52 AM by ichii_1

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