Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan

21 Responses to “2015 03/09 – 03/15 Weekly Sales List”

1. AnimePhoenix says:

   March 17, 2015 at 6:09 AM

   Orefuro was overestimated a lot. Still, it’s good sales for a short but I hope it can add a sizable amount next week.

   And oh boy, Boueibu v1 will be out next week. Please, please at least do 2k.

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2. Shiru says:

   March 17, 2015 at 6:58 AM

   Yay I’m really happy for Fafner <3
   How bad is it that Persona 3 sold 10k less than the first movie?
   I hope that Omoide no Marnie will sell well, but I'm quite sure it won't T.T

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3. ried says:

   March 17, 2015 at 7:35 AM

   Is it sad that I’m happy ShoHolly managed a 4-digit average at all? I want the second season not to dip below 1000 average as well, but that might be a long shot, isn’t it ;_;

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4. Lidieth says:

   March 17, 2015 at 9:27 AM

   Congratulations to Fafner for its highest selling volume. Vol.2 was underestimated like vol.1.
   I thought its fanbase was mostly female but it doesn’t sell that much DVDs and a lot of its sales come from Amazon rather than Animate, even if the first volumes have been slightly underestimated. Fafner may just have a unique pattern?

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   • something says:

     March 17, 2015 at 10:29 AM

     We have seen shows popular with women be BD-heavy before. It’s becoming more common, albeit slowly. The gap is larger than usual here though, yes.

     The reason it’s only been 16-17% underestimated on BD so far is because Amazon had an exclusive artbox for v1. If anything, being modestly underestimated despite an exclusive box is rather unusual. When Amaburi had an exclusive box, it was overestimated 38%. So I think that still reflects significant storefront presence for Fafner v1.

     v2 is a little less obvious, because there was no exclusive this time. But I think once fans started buying buying at Amazon for v1, there was no incentive to buy other volumes (at full MSRP) from other retailers like Animate.

     Especially because the Animate box requires the purchase of *all* volumes, while Amazon’s was just one volume. And if you bought v1 from Amazon, well, you’re no longer eligible for the Animate box unless you double-dip on v1, which is a bit much for most people. Might as well just continue with Amazon and pay 26% less for v2+.

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     • Lidieth says:

       March 18, 2015 at 5:23 AM

       So many parameters to take into account. Your explanations are amazing, as always.
       Thanks for the answer!

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5. moonnya says:

   March 17, 2015 at 11:20 AM

   Well I see this …
   **6,693位/—,—位 ★ (***,*68 pt) [*,**1予約] 2015/04/15 えとたま 壱 [Blu-ray]
   Why would a 12 episode shows sell its BD after 1-2 weeks released ?

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   • something says:

     March 17, 2015 at 12:14 PM

     Some of the volumes only have 1-2 week gaps in between as well. It’s an exceptionally bizarre release. (Also seems to be mostly CGI junk, not sure it’ll even qualify for tracking.)

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6. Jim says:

   March 17, 2015 at 12:59 PM

   I like those numbers for Saekano. That’s been my favorite show from this season, and the way it’s going, it looks like it’s really going to need a second season to give it a proper ending, so anything that increases the odds of that happening is cool with me.

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7. GoldenCatch says:

   March 17, 2015 at 7:17 PM

   What are your predictions for Rolling Girls v1, The shingeki no kyojin movie and Kiseijuu v1?

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   • something says:

     March 17, 2015 at 8:04 PM

     I think Stalker will be a little low but generally close enough on Rolling Girls (1.2k becomes 1.5-1.8k?) and probably accurate on Kiseijuu (dead, sub-1k, might depend on if DVDs rank). Shingeki, er, I dunno. There are this many versions:

     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版(描き下ろしオリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [Blu-ray]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版(描き下ろしオリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [DVD]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版(描き下ろしオリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [Blu-ray]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版(描き下ろしオリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [DVD]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編～紅蓮の弓矢～初回限定版(メーカー早期予約特典:発売記念カード付)(オリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [Blu-ray]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編～紅蓮の弓矢～初回限定版(メーカー早期予約特典:発売記念カード付)(オリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [DVD]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編～紅蓮の弓矢～通常版(メーカー早期予約特典:発売記念カード付)(オリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [Blu-ray]
     【Amazon.co.jp限定】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編～紅蓮の弓矢～通常版(メーカー早期予約特典:発売記念カード付)(オリジナル缶バッチ(大型)付) [DVD]
     劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版 [Blu-ray]
     劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版 [Blu-ray]
     劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版 [DVD]
     劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版 [DVD]
     【早期購入特典付】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版(発売記念カード付) [Blu-ray]
     【早期購入特典付】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~初回限定版(発売記念カード付) [DVD]
     【早期購入特典付】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版(発売記念カード付) [Blu-ray]
     【早期購入特典付】 劇場版「進撃の巨人」前編~紅蓮の弓矢~通常版(発売記念カード付) [DVD]

     WHICH IS RIDICULOUS.

     All told Stalker is predicting a touch under 10k if you add them all up. I feel like it could be more, but it’s not going to sell all that much, all things considered.

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     • GoldenCatch says:

       March 17, 2015 at 8:54 PM

       I see. Pretty unfortunate that Kiseijuu sales will be so low. Also I’m quite surprised at how the sales for the shingeki movie are only about 10K! I was expecting it to do better considering that the TV series averaged at 51K. Anyways thank you for answering my question! :)

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       • something says:

         March 17, 2015 at 9:02 PM

         Hard to tell with Shingeki if it’s just very low interest in a recap movie for a show that already spent way too much time recapping itself, or if the anime’s popularity was a flash in the pan and we should expect any sequel to sell way way less.

         Of course it could drop by more than half and still sell well over 20k so it’s not like it’s in danger of doing poorly or anything.

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8. imredjimmy says:

   March 17, 2015 at 8:23 PM

   This is my first time posting here and I don’t know if my question as been asked before but is there a reason Parasyte is considered dead or why it’s sales or so low? It seemed to be really popular on the sites I usually go to and I believe there are even live-action adaptations. Is it just not popular in Japan anymore?

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   • something says:

     March 17, 2015 at 8:50 PM

     I’ve heard mixed reactions to how it fares as an adaptation of the manga, but as individuals, our viewpoints are always narrow and anecdotal. The main idea behind the anime was to promote the live action films. How well they worked for that, I don’t know. The first film came out shortly after the anime started airing was in the top 10 for at least 7 weeks and had grossed ¥1.17bn by week 3. I assume that’s pretty good but don’t know much about live action film grosses in Japan.

     But I guess that’s the gist of it. Kiseijuu’s audience was more interested in live action than anime. This isn’t too uncommon, by the way. Ao Haru Ride’s live action grossed at least ¥1.71bn after six weeks whereas the anime sold very little. Not all audiences are equally interested in anime.

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     • imredjimmy says:

       March 18, 2015 at 8:38 AM

       Oh, I had no idea about that. That’s quite interesting. I was also surprised to see how little Ao Haru Ride sold but now it makes sense. Although isn’t making an anime just for the sake of promotion kind of a waste of money if you don’t intend on making money from the anime at all…

       But what do I know, I have no idea how economics work.

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       • something says:

         March 18, 2015 at 9:22 AM

         It happens all the time for novels and manga and such. Now how often it’s successful, as in how often it raises sales of other media adequately enough to justify the production costs, is debatable. There’s of course always the hope the anime will do well on its own, but it is just one piece of a much larger pie.

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         • hpulley says:

           March 19, 2015 at 4:57 PM

           Ao Haru Ride did a good job of giving the manga a boost as well so I’d say between the live action and the manga sales it was mission accomplished.

           Parasyte manga ended in the ’90s and I’m not sure the reprint sold enough but the live action film did well and the reason for the long time between the manga and the anime and Japanese live action films coming out was that there was a Hollywood film rights purchase in the ’90s which expired recently so I expect they got money from that as well at the time even though they probably would have got more money if there had been royalties associated with a Hollywood release.

           Some days we just have to be glad that things get made at all, shoujo and ’90s manga adaptations. I hope they make some money too but if not, I enjoyed them anyway.

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     • primadog says:

       March 19, 2015 at 11:53 AM

       A billion yen would be box office analogy to “manabi line” in the Japanese box office, so both films you mentioned would be considered successes.

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9. something says:

   March 19, 2015 at 11:42 AM

   Updated with the full ranking.

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10. something says:

    March 22, 2015 at 5:21 PM

    Checked the extended rankings for this week. About 50 DVDs and 95 BDs were new or added a week of ranking. As before, I’ll just highlight some updated v1s, BD boxes, and miscellaneous:

    Nanatai v1 → 8,434
    Drrr x2 v1 → 6,904
    Wixoss s2 v1 → 3,066
    Kamimashita s2 v1 → 1,365

    Psycho-Pass BD Box → 9,717
    Nanoha s3 BD Box → 8,588
    Fafner BD Box → 3,047
    DxD New BD Box → 1,977

    Strike Witches OVA v1 → 20,363

    Speaking of the Witches, Oricon’s extended rankings for v2 don’t include the Amazon version, just the non-Amazon version. Amazon versions are such a pain in the ass.

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