Anime Industry Report 2020: 10 Years of Consecutive Growth, a Market Worth 2.51 Trillion Yen

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Japan Top Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Ranking: August 30, 2021 ~ September 5, 2021

A very slow week with only four new releases making onto the Top 10 chart. The situation will most likely persist as we head into the second week of September, that is between the 6th and the 12th. The third week should see some modest recovery as several notable new releases are to make their Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Ranking: August 30, 2021 ~ September 5, 2021

Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: August 16, 2021 ~ August 22, 2021

The Monogatari Series duo Nisio Isin and VOFAN proof to still be a powerhouse as their latest addition to the Monogatari Series, Shinomonogatari places 1st and 2nd for the week between August 16 to August 22 at 17,685 copies and 17,231 copies sold respectively. This would put its sales as a series at 34,916 copies Continue reading Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: August 16, 2021 ~ August 22, 2021

Top Sales According to Series for the Month of July 2021

Tokyo Revengers as a series hits perhaps its best sales so far, more than double the amount it made back in May 2021 to see revenue it brings in for the month of July 2021 at 3,026.9 million yen (~$27.6 million). The growth is largely in part due to the release of its latest 23rd Continue reading Top Sales According to Series for the Month of July 2021

Dragon Ball Series is Bandai Namco Holdings’ Biggest Earner Among its IPs in 2020

According to Bandai Namco Holdings latest Integrated Report, the Dragon Ball series is its largest sales contributor among its IPs in 2020. Sales for the IP grew 4.37% from 129 billion yen (~$1.169 billion) from 2019 to 134.9 billion yen (~$1.222 billion) in 2020. The Mobile Suit Gundam series comes in 2nd as sales maintained Continue reading Dragon Ball Series is Bandai Namco Holdings’ Biggest Earner Among its IPs in 2020

Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: March 8, 2021 ~ March 14, 2021

Top titles that made onto the chart the previous week have all seen number of copies sold drop sharply as Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 15, Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 2 and Chainsaw Man Vol. 11 stumbled 79.67%, 64.69% and 74.30% respectively. Two-week sales for the three releases are as follows: 1,370,363 copies, 407,870 copies and 412,334 Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: March 8, 2021 ~ March 14, 2021

Registering for Oricon’s Yuutaiju (Personal) Account

I shall be guiding you guys on how to register for Oricon’s Yuutaiju (Personal) Account through this post. Before that, there are a couple of things you will need to know: I shall add more information as I go through the steps. With that said, let’s get on with it! Step 1 Head over to Continue reading Registering for Oricon’s Yuutaiju (Personal) Account