Japan's Yearly Blu-ray Rankings for 2011

dtshyk said:

*1, 28,350 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai

nextday said:

Being Kaiji is suffering.

dtshyk said:
25, *26,907 Kara no Kyoukai Blu-ray Box

jmal said:

*8, *4,485 Usagi Drop
*9, *4,189 Usagi Drop

#8 should be Mayo Chiki.

Confucius said:
Woah, Macross NOT up there?

mitch3315 said:


Season 2 please.

GodlyKyon said:
Madoka is popular, as expected.

But Unicorn has the best overall selling this whole year!? Gundam Fans must be pretty loyal..

dtshyk said:


Spring 2011
Not released yet: Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2

dtshyk said:
25, *26,907 Kara no Kyoukai Blu-ray Box

dtshyk said:

*5, *68,547 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.1 Limited Edition
*6, *63,532 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.2 Limited Edition
*7, *59,387 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.3 Limited Edition
*8, *58,636 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.4 Limited Edition
*9, *57,789 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.5 Limited Edition
11, *57,045 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica vol.6 Limited Edition

HomuraIsMyWaifu said:


<3 Milk me more please. The movies, PSP game, and Online game are great, but more Homura merchandise would be lovely as well.

entropy13 said:
Madoka's the most overrated show in the last 10 years, or at least one of the most overrated shows in the last 10 years.

TenkaseiRyo said:
to took modoka four volumes to sell what gundam did in 2 so as i say gundam wins

jmal said:

Haha, your ignorance of how the anime market works is adorable.

dtshyk said:

Winter 2011
*1, 80,089 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
*2, 38,885 IS: Infinite Stratos
*3, *7,475 Kimi ni Todoke 2nd Season
*4, *6,242 Freezing
*5, *4,846 Yumekui Merry
*6, *4,375 Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?
*7, *3,766 Starry☆Sky
*8, *3,239 Gosick
*9, *3,141 Onii-chan no Koto nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!
10, *2,476 Beelzebub
11, *1,896 Level E
12, *1,156 Mitsudomoe Zouryouchuu!
13, *1,173 Cardfight!! Vanguard
14, *1,112 Rio: Rainbow Gate!
15, *1,056 Hourou Musuko
16, **,883 Fractale
17, **,562 Dragon Crisis!

jmal said:

If you did, you wouldn't compare the sales of Unicorn to Madoka as if they meant anything, let alone implied some deficiency in Madoka's sales. You're ignoring the differences in formats. Compare Madoka to other TV series, not to major OVAs (and Unicorn is even one of the best selling OVAs, to boot). Madoka is the third best selling late-night TV anime in history (behind Evangelion and Bakemonogatari, I generally don't count something like World of Golden Eggs but add that too if you want) , measured by the initial disc release averages (i.e. not counting multiple boxsets released over years and such). The sales of the Unicorn OVA have no relation to that at all.

forgetting sales what has made more

Please stop posting on topics you don't fully understand. You'll just confuse other posters who aren't familiar with this stuff and might be misled into thinking you're making a reasonable comparison.

TenkaseiRyo said:



my views come form some one i what make more meny ofr the industry not direct sales DVD/BR only
im not making direct comparability views of the anime im gundam if year on year the bieegst money maker so sunrise have more money than the low amout UHF[light night] anime gets via ad s and such but thats one way all the anime have advanting over OVa cuase the fact that they have more direct in come than Via any ova cuase of sponsorship and ad revenue

my of had comment is based on all the hype that madoka has got not only on here but around the real world anf if you consider the fatc that most of the hype in either newtype this was AGE focused rather than UC focused

and i know for a rock soild fact that UHF anime rely more on sales then normal tv anime do cuase they would not make there budget back otherwise in TV ratings = income and most UHF done evne get a .5- 1.3 1/4 hour share

and BTW Eva time slot was changed arpd episode 14 it was a Prime time 1700 - 2259] block anime just to say

entropy13 said:
Madoka's the most overrated show in the last 10 years, or at least one of the most overrated shows in the last 10 years.

dtshyk said:
Here are the yearly Blu-ray sales rankings for the fiscal 2011. (Dec 27th 2010 - Dec 19th 2011)

Blu-ray
*2, 101,704 Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu Limited Edition
12, *37,338 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai vol.1 Limited Edition
18, *31,678 Castle in the Sky
Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai vol.2 Limited Edition

dtshyk said:
Blu-ray + DVD Sales rankings (total sales of the first volumes)
Autumn 2010
*1, 28,350 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
*6, *7,598 Shinryaku! Ika Musume
15, *2,052 Bakuman

Spring 2011
*1, 46,474 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
12, *6,334 A-Channel
13, *4,005 Nichijou

Summer 2011
*9, *4,189 Usagi Drop
10, *4,100 Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ni!
15, *1,550 Kamisama no Memochou
17, *1,486 Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

jmal said:

Proofread please, I can barely tell what you're saying.


Well no shit. o_O Hey guys, mega popular Sunrise shows sell more than most late night anime! This is breaking news!


Uh, no. Most late night anime is paying the TV stations for broadcast time. Airing on TV is a net cost for most of these shows. A cost of doing business, because you need to get on TV to get seen.


...And it sold phenomenally, shockingly, historically well by every imaginable measure. Its sales lived up to its reputation and then some. You still haven't clarified what, exactly, you expected it to sell. Your concept of the magnitude of normal sales for TV anime seems skewed, or entirely missing.


Who said anything about ratings? Ratings are completely worthless for late night anime and were being ignored for a reason.


Yes, I know, but it's the kind of anime that would air late night under any other circumstances and it's clunky to make verbal exceptions for the handful of otaku-targeted/otaku-leaning shows that air before
midnight like Eva or Nichigo anime.