Anime Market Recovers By Success of Blu-ray
DVD & Blu-ray Total Sales in Japan 2007 - 2009
Breakdown Charts of DVD & Blu-ray Sales in Japan 2009
The sales of Blu-ray increased fivefold and Anime & Tokusatsu category made up 60% of it. As a result, the sales of Anime & Tokusatsu DVD and Blu-ray media in 2009 increased by 9% compared to 2008.
The sales of Anime & Tokusatsu DVD + Blu-ray
2008 71.5 billion yen
2009 77.7 billion yen
The expansion of the anime Blu-ray market brought about a remarkable progress of the anime media manufacturers. Bandai Vidual achieved 5.2% increase in sales and won the top in the market share ranking. The sales of Aniplex increased by 54.2%.
Market Share Top5 of Media Makers in Japan (% of increase in sales compared to 2008)
1, 5.4% Bandai Visual (+5.2%)
2, 5.0% Warner Home Video (+13.9%)
3, 4.8% TBS Video (+19.1%)
4, 4.7% Aniplex (+54.2%)
5, 3.9% Walt Disney (+26.9%)
Sources: Anime!Anime!, AV Watch
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lol the otaku lifeforce market willl live forever in our heart and mind
"who the hell do they think we are "
it will never be affect by the world crises
"i hope
Jan 22, 2010 5:55 PM by enerjak
Jan 22, 2010 4:49 PM by mitamaking
damn must buy ps3
Haha same here. I'll wait for English Anime Blu-Ray's though.
360 owners because they have the exact same video games?
Jan 22, 2010 4:13 PM by kkslider5552000
Jan 22, 2010 3:14 PM by xDoN904
damn must buy ps3
Haha same here. I'll wait for English Anime Blu-Ray's though.
me cause i am broke..and i got billz
Jan 22, 2010 1:47 PM by kisami
damn must buy ps3
Haha same here. I'll wait for English Anime Blu-Ray's though.
Jan 22, 2010 1:38 PM by en_____
Blu-ray is really 2 years into its lifespan, and is all ready set to take over the industry.
Jan 22, 2010 12:05 PM by Tyranid5
Go aniplex!
Jan 22, 2010 11:48 AM by ringoo4
damn must buy ps3
Haha same here. I'll wait for English Anime Blu-Ray's though.
Jan 22, 2010 11:00 AM by Detective
Jan 22, 2010 9:11 AM by Mr_Gutts
Jan 22, 2010 9:04 AM by Sohei
I'm not sure this success will continue. A lot of the BD sales this year must have been people upgrading their DVDs to BDs and that won't continue forever. Here's hoping I'm wrong.
Jan 22, 2010 8:34 AM by kuroshiroi
Jan 22, 2010 8:00 AM by Arcadies
Jan 22, 2010 5:23 AM by TerrorH3ctor
and holy shit that's a lot of blu rays O_o
also...brealdown lol
Jan 22, 2010 4:58 AM by katzenjammer
Jan 22, 2010 2:19 AM by feeq
They should probably thank the otaku, Bakemonogatari and K-ON! for that.
haha proably yeah, and also for those haruhi fans who keep buying endless eight DVD
Jan 22, 2010 2:16 AM by villains
Well, probably got to thanks the various BD versions of Live Tours (namely Nana, Yukarin and Minorin)
Jan 22, 2010 12:10 AM by BasakaNZ
Jan 21, 2010 9:54 PM by tehnominator
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damn must buy ps3
Haha same here. I'll wait for English Anime Blu-Ray's though.
360 owners because they have the exact same video games?
Jan 27, 2010 1:27 AM by bbobjs