Anime DVD/BD Sales in Japan

 

Fall update:
G Tekketsu s2 v1 sells 5266/843, total 6,109. 28.4/33.5% overestimated. If you treat it like v10 of an ongoing 18 vol release then this is about right, though sometimes the first volume of a second split cour (or, split four cour in this case) gets a bump. I guess there was no bonus in it.

Brave Witches v1 sells 4611/432, total 5,043. 20.7/52.5% overestimated. As expected, we’re looking at a huge drop from s1-2, even ignoring their insane BD box sales. Won’t do half of what either of those seasons sold. And yet, in today’s market it’s hard to consider 5k bad… well, that’s where we are.

YOI v3 sells 33181/12965, total 46,146. A very good hold considering there’s no event ticket this volume, and it’ll pass 50k with ease. While it’ll be the best-averaging series of 2016 by far if we look at non-ticket volume averages, I don’t think even this strong hold will keep pace with five LL event tickets.
v2 adds 650 BDs, total 63,663.
v1 adds 475 BDs, total 71,470.

Tourabu v3 sells 7644/6287, total 13,931. I’d say it’s a decent non-ticket hold but v2 ticket vol already had a sizable drop from v1 ticket vol so it’d middling. if the rest of the volumes sell like this it could do about 16k.

Haikyuu s3 v3 sells 4800/3867, total 8,667. Figure it adds 1k next week and that leaves it only 5.6% below v2.

Natsume s5 v3 sells 2889/1650, total 4,539.

ViVid Strike v3 sells 3720/382, total 4,102. With a decent wk2 should be very close to v2.

Izetta v3 sells 1,944. BD-only release.

Show By Rock s2 v3 sells 1,792 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Stray Dogs s2 v3 sells 1483/1450, total 2,933. Unless it has a big wk2, it looks like this is where s2 finally dips below s2.

www.Working v4 sells 1508/410, total 1,918.

Long Riders v2 sells 1,229 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Mahoiku v3 sells 1,177 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Takkyuu Musume v3 sells 779 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Lostorage v3 sells 634 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Stella no Mahou v3 sells 614 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Girlish Number v3 sells 531 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

All Out v2 sells 412 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Utapri s4 v2 adds 486/438, total 43,659.

Euphonium s2 v3 adds 511 BDs, total 6,436.

 
Summer update:
LL Sunshine v6 sells 23,884. It’s too soon for the v5-7 concert event ticket announcement to show up, but I’d expect this and v5 to add tens of thousands over the coming weeks, and v7 to open well over 40k.
v5 adds 627, total 32,663.

New Game v6, final volume, sells 4404/511, total 4,915. Series average: 5,769. Will be a little over 5.8k if BDs get a wk2.

Tsukiuta v6 sells 2932/1701, total 4,633.

Mob Psycho v6, final volume, sells 2451/1253, total 3,704. Series average: 4,749.

Masou Gakuen v6, final volume, sells 2143/715, total 2,858. Series average: 3,629.

Illya s4 v6, final volume, sells 2,591 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Series average: 3,382.

Amanchu v6 sells 2,107. BD-only release.

Servamp v6, final volume, sells 778/1089, total 1,867. Series average: 2,901.

Rewrite v6 sells 1,539 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

Konobi v6, final volume, sells 1,143 BDs. DVDs do not rank. Series average: 1,327.

Qualidea Code v6, final volume, sells 811 BDs. DVDs do not rank. Series average: 1,235.

Souma s2 v6 sells 780. Singles are BD-only, DVD box was released in November.

Ange Vierge v3, final volume, sells 528 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Series average: 816.

91Days v5 sells 434 BDs, DVDs do not rank.

ReLIFE v7, final volume, sells 430 BDs, DVDs do not rank. Series average: 410.

 
Past seasons:
Re:Zero v9, final volume, sells 7244/1035, total 8,279. Series average: 10,635. And that’s the only Spring 2016 10k seller.

Delta v8 sells 5583/781, total 6,364.

Jojo pt4 v9 sells 5147/1122, total 6,269. This season is 13 volumes so there’s a ways to go yet. Currently 8k average.

 
OVAs, Movies, Boxsets etc:
Zaregoto v4 sells 11036/2016, total 13,052. It hasn’t *quite* leveled off, but could end up less than 0% down on v3 at least.

Yuyushiki OVA sells 7814/653, total 8,467. It’s overestimated like I expected, but did slightly better than I thought. Importantly, it’s out of stock as hell everywhere (estimated weeks or months restock) so it’s possible it has enough tail to reach 10k, which would be amazing. The best-selling volume of the TV series sold 4k.

planetarian Movie sells 4878/699 LE/RE BDs, total 5,577. BD-only release.

Strike Witches BD Box sells 4,583. This has become simply mind-boggling. No matter how many times this gets released it gets fantastic sales. Now this box included s1, s2, OVA and movie but it marks the fourth time s1 has been released on a box and third time for s2. This brings the lifetime singles + boxes sales of those seasons to:
S1: 13,789 + 18,284 = 32,073
S2: 14,327 + 12,128 = 26,455
Which is just remarkable. s1 is now has the third highest grossing BD boxes ever for a one cour show, behind only Haruhi and Bakemonogatari.

Tenchi s4 v2 sells 5,866.

orange Movie sells 445/312, total 757.

Isshukan Friends BD Box sells 359.

 

Upcoming Releases for 2017 02/27 – 03/05
2017/03/01 Naruto Shippuuden: Ninshuu no Kigen Futatsu no Tamashii Indra Ashura v3
2017/03/01 Occultic;Nine v4
2017/03/01 ONE PIECE 18th Season Zou-hen v3
2017/03/01 orange v6
2017/03/01 Sister Princess 15th Anniversary BD Box
2017/03/02 Aikatsu Stars! v5
2017/03/02 Aikatsu! 2nd Season BD Box v1
2017/03/02 Dream Festival! v4
2017/03/02 Flip Flappers v3
2017/03/02 Kaijuu Girls: Ultra Kaijuu Gijinka Keikaku
2017/03/02 Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars v5
2017/03/03 Idol Memories v2
2017/03/03 Kin-iro Mosaic Pretty Days
2017/03/03 Pripara Season3 v6