Japan's Namco Bandai FY net profit jumps 71 pct; weak PS3 sales to slow growth - Forbes.com
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'Sales of the DVD box featuring our original Mobile Suit Gundam TV animation series was a smash hit beyond our wild expectations, which boosted profit margin,' Namco Bandai president Takeo Takasu told a news conference.
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Namco Character Sales: Fiscal Years 2000-2006
NAMCO BANDAI Principal Individual Characters - Individual Sales Trends
A fiscal year (FY) ends in March of the following year. Example: Fiscal Year 2006 ends in March 2007.
Each single unit in sales represents one hundred million yen (100,000,000 yen). Example: "178" represents 178 hundred million yen = 17.8 billion yen (nearly 150 million US dollars).
FY2000 | FY2001 | FY2002 | FY2003 | FY2004 |
FY2005 |
FY2006 | Characters
***160 | ***200 | ***272 | ***320 | ***251 | ***213 | ***178 | Gundam
****64 | ***110 | ***131 | ***130 | ***116 | ***108 | ***101 | Sentai Series [Super Sentai]
***118 | ****94 | ***139 | ***120 | ****79 | ****65 | ****71 | Kamen Rider
****44 | ****50 | ****60 | ****80 | ****80 | ****81 | ****88 | Anpanman
****28 | ****64 | ****62 | ****54 | ****31 | ****** | ****** | One Piece
*****5 | ****15 | ****16 | ****28 | ****11 | ****** | ****** | Sailormoon
*****- | *****- | *****- | *****- | ***101 | ***123 | ****60 | Pretty Cure
****60 | ****94 | ****48 | ****31 | ****59 | ****39 | ****36 | Ultraman
****52 | ****16 | *****8 | ****42 | ****51 | ****40 | ****34 | Pokemon
*****- | ****14 | ****26 | ****56 | ****61 | ****60 | ****79 | Dragon Ball
*****- | *****- | *****- | ****25 | ****42 | ****34 | ****** | NARUTO
*****- | *****- | *****- | *****4 | ****28 | ***120 | ***124 | Tamagotchi
****30 | ****24 | ****14 | ****10 | ****11 | ****** | ****** | Sanrio Characters
*****- | *****- | *****- | *****- | ****22 | ****61 | ****37 | Cinnamoroll
*****- | ****14 | ****28 | *****7 | *****- | ****** | ****** | Crash Gear
***142 | ****79 | ****45 | *****5 | *****4 | *****5 | ****31 | Digimon
*****- | *****- | ****23 | *****5 | *****- | ****** | ****** | .hack
****76 | ****65 | ****40 | *****0 | ****** | ****** | ****** | Ojamajo Doremi
*****- | *****- | *****- | ****50 | ****64 | ****** | ****** | Konjiki no Gash Bell!!
***430 | ***345 | ***340 | ***348 | ***314 | ****** | ****** | Others
*1,209 | *1,184 | *1,252 | *1,286 | *1,325 | ****** | ****** | Total