[Siegel Clyne]

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Animation (Anime) DVD Sales in Japan for 2005, 2006...

Top 10 Animation (Anime) Series DVD Sales Figures Ranking in Japan For 2005 - Oricon Examination, Animedia Magazine, February 2006

01. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY (Volumes 1-10) 645,512 Copies Sold
64,551 Copies Sold Per Volume

02. AIR (Volumes 1-6 + SUMMER + MEMORIES) 174,299 Copies Sold
21,787 Copies Sold Per Volume

03. Initial D Fourth Stage 146,024 Copies Sold

04. BLEACH (Soul Society Shinigami Daikou-hen Volumes 1-5, Soul Society Sennyuu-hen Volumes 1-5) 126,429 Copies Sold
12,643 Copies Sold Per Volume

05. Mahou Sensei Negima! [Negima] (Volumes 1-6) 103,661 Copies Sold
17,277 Copies Sold Per Volume

06. DRAGON BALL Z (Volumes 1-6) 99,576 Copies Sold
16,596 Copies Sold Per Volume

07. Mai-HiME [My-HiME] (Volumes 1-9) 98,025 Copies Sold
10,892 Copies Sold Per Volume

08. Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. 88,865 Copies Sold

09. Keroro Gunsou [Sergeant Frog] 85,077 Copies Sold

10. Aa! Megamisama! [Ah! My Goddess] (Volumes 1-8) 78,681 Copies Sold
9,835 Copies Per Volume Sold

Studio Ghibli and Disney animation DVD sales are excluded.

[Contemporary Disney television animation series tend not to sell in Japan.]

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Top 20 Television Animation (Anime) DVD Sales Figures Ranking in Japan for 2006

Television Animation DVD Sales Figures Ranking in 2006 (2006/01/02 - 2006/12/04 {January 2, 2006 - December 4, 2006})

01.*568,216*DRAGON BALL Z*(Volumes 7-39)
17,219 Copies Sold Per Volume

02.*339,610*Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY*(Volumes 11-13, Special Edition Volumes 1-3)
56,602 Copies Sold Per Volume

03.*225,293*Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu [The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]*(Limited Edition Volumes 00-5, Regular Edition Volumes 2, 4)
37,549 Copies Sold Per Volume

04.*194,973*Fate/stay night (Volumes 1-7 + Volume 8 Limited Edition)
24,372 Copies Sold Per Volume

05. 108,181 BLEACH (Soul Society Kyuushutsu-hen Volumes 1-5, Baunt-hen {Bount-hen} Volumes 1-6)
9,835 Copies Sold Per Volume

06.*100,334*ARIA*(The ANIMATION Volumes 1-6, The NATURAL Volumes 1-5)
9,121 Copies Sold Per Volume

07.**88,456*NANA*(Volumes 1-5)
17,691 Copies Sold Per Volume
Note: NANA Volume 1 sold over 50,000 copies; for nearly three months after its release date in Japan, the retail price was around 700 or so yen (less than 7 US dollars).

*8.**81,011*Shakugan no Shana*(Volumes 1-8)
10,126 Copies Sold Per Volume

09.**78,017*Mai-OtoHiME [Mai-Otome; My-Otome; Mai-ZHiME; My-ZHiME] (Volumes 1-9)
8,669 Copies Sold Per Volume

10. *76,528 Gintama (Volumes 1-5)
15,306 Copies Sold Per Volume

11.**72,221*BLOOD+*(Volumes 1-12)
6,018 Copies Sold Per Volume

12.**66,627*Initial D Fourth Stage*(Volumes 10-12)
22,209 Copies Sold Per Volume

13.**64,903*Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's [Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's]*(Volumes 1-6)
10,817 Copies Sold Per Volume

14.**60,631*Eureka 7*(Regular Edition Volumes 6-13, UMD Volumes 8-13)
7,579 Copies Sold Per Volume

15.**55,712*Rozen Maiden Traumend*(Volumes 1-6)
9,285 Copies Sold Per Volume

16.**54,762*Keroro Gunsou [Sergeant Frog]*(2nd Season Volumes 4-13, 3rd Season Volumes 1-2)
4,564 Copies Sold Per Volume

17.**54,116*Honey and Clover*(Volumes 5-9, II Volumes 1-2)
7,731 Copies Sold Per Volume

18.**53,263*SHUFFLE!*(Volumes 3-12)
5,326 Copies Sold Per Volume

19.**48,038*Pani Poni Dash!*(Volumes 2-7)
8,006 Copies Sold Per Volume

20. *46,830 Mushishi (Volumes 1-5)
9,366 Copies Sold Per Volume

As usual, non-Japanese television animation DVDs fail to sell in Japan. Only some non-Japanese movie animation DVDS (e.g., Pixar) sell well in Japan.

There is not much correlation between television audience ratings and animation DVD sales in Japan.

In Japan, television animation series with the highest television audience ratings - e.g., #1 Sazae-san, #2 Chibi Maruko-chan, #3 Crayon Shin-chan, #4/#5 Doraemon, #4/#5 Meitantei Conan (Detective Conan aka Case Closed) - hardly sell on DVD, if they sell them at all, except maybe for the movies.

The television animation series which has the highest sales figure for a single volume in Japan during 2006 is Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY.

Summer 2006 DVD sales figures show that Volume 13 of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY sold at least 93,739 copies - by far the most sold of any single volume of any television animation series in Japan during 2006.

According to sales figures, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY Volume 13 by itself appears to have outsold all but five or six other television animation series on DVD in Japan during 2006.

Last edited by Siegel Clyne : 2007-01-02 at 23:59 PDT. Reason: Fate/stay night had 8 volumes, not 7 volumes, released in Japan during the January 2, 2006 to December 4, 2006. Therefore, it sold 24,372 copies per volume, not 27,853 copies per volume.