Oricon’s List of Participating Stores

Oricon lists the shops according to the Japanese syllables. Therefore, the “A” sound here actually refers to the sounds of A, E, I, O, and U as enunciated in Japanese. Similarly, for consonant plus the vowel “A,” it also encompasses sounds like “KA,” “KE,” “KI,” and so on, as pronounced in Japanese. It’s important to Continue reading Oricon’s List of Participating Stores

Important Announcement: Changes in Reporting

As you all may have noticed, there have been some changes as to the reporting style deployed in my recent TSUTAYA and COMIC ZIN’s posts. The changes were brought in due to the increasingly lengthening of production time with the ever-increasing data and titles that I have to analyse and talk about in the posts. Continue reading Important Announcement: Changes in Reporting

Regarding Oricon Rankings and What You May Want to Know (Part 2)

I think it is about time that we talk more about Oricon and their sales charts. It is not to say that the post I wrote about it before is no longer applicable as it still is, though you can consider this latest write up as more of a supplement to ensure that anyone who Continue reading Regarding Oricon Rankings and What You May Want to Know (Part 2)

Thank You Everybody! It Has Been a Year, Plus Some Updates and Thoughts

Well, time really flies does it not? The Blog has actually been around longer than a year, but it was only on July 15, 2019 that I started posting about sales rank. Ever since then, I have kept on going, and finally here we are! One year. Initially – if you checked out the ‘about’ Continue reading Thank You Everybody! It Has Been a Year, Plus Some Updates and Thoughts