A breath of fresh air indeed! After the two-week slump Anime Blu-ray had the first half of the month, May 17 to May 23 saw better sales week-on-week with the release of new volumes. The week’s chart is topped by the 5th volume of Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima which has continued to do well on the charts. Sales have maintained above 6,000 copies sold for the series with Volume 1 still remains its best opener, 6,760 copies sold in its first week. Volume 4 slid to 6,186 copies sold from Volume 3’s 6,628 copies, though sales have improved debut-to-debut for Volume 5 after it reported 6,328 copies sold for the week.
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Walt Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon had a decent performance in Japan with 5,351 copies in its first week while the 3rd volume of 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬ that trails after it sold 3,964 copies for both Blu-ray and DVD editions. The sales of its Blu-ray is a tiny bit better than Volume 2 which had 3,312 copies sold back April. A3! Volume 8, Show by Rock!! Stars!! Volume 2 and Osomatsu-san 3rd Season Volume 6 all reported above 1,000 copies sold.
The week between May 24 to May 30 will be more exciting as an array of new releases from popular titles will be coming out such as: Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 5, Natsume Yuujinchou: Ishi Okoshi to Ayashiki Raihousha, SK∞, Horimiya and so many more. So, look forward to that! Without further ado, the full list is as follows:
Anime Blu-ray Weekly Top 10
1. Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima Vol. 5 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 19, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 6,328
Producer: Aniplex
Link (JPN): CDJapan

2. Raya and the Last Dragon MovieNEX (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 21, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 4,693
Producer: Walt Disney Japan
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

3. 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬ Vol. 3 (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 19, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 3,365
Producer: Pony Canyon
Link (JPN): CDJapan

4. A3! Vol. 8 (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 19, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 1,371
Producer: Pony Canyon
Link (JPN): CDJapan

5. Show by Rock!! Stars!! Vol. 2 (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 19, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 1,169
Producer: FuRyu
Link (JPN): CDJapan

6. Osomatsu-san 3rd Season Vol. 6 [Blu-ray] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 21, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 1,031
Producer: avex pictures
Link (JPN): Amazon

7. Raya and the Last Dragon 4K UHD MovieNEX (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: May 21, 2021
Estimated number of sales: 658
Producer: Walt Disney Japan
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

8. Soul MovieNEX (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 28, 2021
Estimated number of sales: N/A
Producer: Walt Disney Japan
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

9. A3! Vol. 7 (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 21, 2021
Estimated number of sales: N/A
Producer: Pony Canyon
Link (JPN): CDJapan

10. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Umabako The 3rd Corner [Trainer Box] (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: October 17, 2018
Estimated number of sales: N/A
Producer: Toho
Link (JPN): CDJapan

Anime DVD Weekly Top 20
*1. (NEW) Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle – Rhyme Anima Vol. 5 [Limited Release]
*2. (NEW) Osomatsu-san 3rd Season Vol. 6 [DVD]
*3. (NEW) 5-toubun no Hanayome ∬ Vol. 3
*4. Stand By Me Doraemon 2 DVD
*5. Tonari no Totoro
*6. (NEW) A3! Vol. 8
*7. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
*8. Majo no Takkyuubin
*9. Frozen II [Limited Release]
10. Doraemon Movie 40: Nobita no Shin Kyouryuu DVD [Regular Edition]
11. Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
12. Mononoke Hime
13. Tom and Jerry Dodoun to 32-wa Tenkomori Pack Vol. 1
14. (NEW) Tomica Kizuna Gattai: Earth Granner DVD BOX Vol. 3
15. The Secret Life of Pets 2
16. Despicable Me 3
17. Paw Patrol Season 2: Trouble Ippai! Snow Board Lesson
18. Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
19. SING
20. PAW Patrol: Pup a Doodle Do!
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