Sales of Anime Blu-rays and DVDs are quite modest between October 5 to October 11, however the appearance of a certain title makes the chart interesting. Before that, Strike the Blood IV’s latest volume takes home the crown for the week selling 6,682 copies in its first week. If you are wondering how the title’s fourth season is doing, the answer is quite well. Sales of its Blu-rays have been hovering around the upper parts of the 6,000 copies sold range. Unfortunately, volume 3 sold a lot less than the 2nd, which managed a good 7,522 copies sold back in July. The same is for the title you see at number 2. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T has also been on a steady boat ride, while the first volume went off on a rough start – 3,000 copies sold, the volumes that came after have all been selling above 4,000 copies. Volume 5 (in the chart) sold slightly better than volume 4 which debuted back in July.
It is thanks to the amazing folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here and show them lots of love! The data for the week can be found here (Blu-ray) and here (DVD).
If you look at number 5 and below, you would see the sudden reemergence of Violet Evergarden. Note that, Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou did make the chart for September 21, 2020 to September 27, 2020, this time you see almost an entire catalogue of the series up in the chart, almost. A quick search on my part did not turn up any significant results as to why this happened, I do infer that this may be due to its recently aired film, which came out back on September 18 – it is still being shown till this day, 24 days counting. Weird if you ask me, why did the numbers not go up at the time except for Gaiden? Since the arson attack happened in July of 2019, I doubt it has any relation to it. Nevertheless, it turns out that the film has been a great success in Japan according to Crunchyroll. It has so far earned 1.28 billion yen (~$12.2 million) since its first screening and is 3rd on the weekend box office in Japan (latest). For those of you who are interested, I leave the first 10 minutes of the film shared by KyoAni down below:
Other than that, Funimation is set to release the complete Blu-ray set for the series, finally after a long absence from the North American market. I have included the links along with the list below, though some of you may still want to check it out here.
As for the rest in the chart, Princess Connect! Re:Dive’s third volume fell 90% for the week to 2,116 copies sold. In total it has sold 23,783 copies in Japan within two weeks. I made an unboxing video of the volume, feel free to watch it here. Apologies for the long post, anyways the full list is as follows:
1. Strike the Blood IV OVA Vol. 3 [Limited Edition] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: October 9, 2020
Estimated number of sales: 6,682
Producer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Link (JPN): Strike the Blood IV OVA Vol. 3 [Limited Edition]
2. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Vol. 5 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: October 9, 2020
Estimated number of sales: 4,865
Producer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Link (JPN): Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Vol. 5 [Limited Release]
3. Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Blu-ray BOX (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: October 7, 2020
Estimated number of sales: 3,727
Producer: King Record
Link (JPN): Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX Blu-ray BOX
4. Princess Connect! Re:Dive Vol. 3 (↓90.23%)
Type: Anime
Release date: October 2, 2020
Estimated number of sales: 2,116
Producer: Cygames
Link (JPN): Princess Connect! Re:Dive Vol. 3
5. Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou (N/A)
Type: Animation
Release date: March 18, 2020
Estimated number of sales: 1,522
Producer: Kyoto Animation
Link (JPN): Violet Evergarden Gaiden: Eien to Jidou Shuki Ningyou
Link ENG): Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll [Blu-ray]
6. Violet Evergarden Vol. 1 (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 4, 2018
Estimated number of sales: 1,022
Producer: Kyoto Animation
Link (JPN): Violet Evergarden Vol. 1
Link (ENG): Violet Evergarden: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
7. Violet Evergarden Vol. 2 (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 4, 2018
Estimated number of sales: 1,019
Producer: Kyoto Animation
Link (JPN): Violet Evergarden Vol. 2
Link (ENG): Violet Evergarden: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
8. Violet Evergarden Vol. 4 (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 4, 2018
Estimated number of sales: 983
Producer: Kyoto Animation
Link (JPN): Violet Evergarden Vol. 4
Link (ENG): Violet Evergarden: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
9. Violet Evergarden Vol. 3 (N/A)
Type: Anime
Release date: April 4, 2018
Estimated number of sales: N/A
Producer: Kyoto Animation
Link (JPN): Violet Evergarden Vol. 3
Link (ENG): Violet Evergarden: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
10. Frozen II MovieNEX with Complete Case [Limited Release] (N/A)
Type: Animation
Release date: May 13, 2020
Estimated number of sales: N/A
Producer: Walt Disney Japan
Link (JPN): Frozen II MovieNex with Complete Case [Limited Release]
Extra Column
Anime DVD Sales Ranking (Title *Total Sales)
1. Frozen II [Limited Release] *732
2. (NEW) Strike the Blood IV OVA Vol. 3 [Limited Edition] *668
3. (NEW) ONE PIECE 20th Season Wano Country piece. 10 *608
4. (NEW) Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Vol. 5 [Limited Release] *556
5. The Secret Life of Pets 2 *N/A
6. SpongeBob Squarepants: Spongebobs Runaway Roadtrip *N/A
7. Tonari no Totoro *N/A
8. (NEW) Boruto: Naruto Next Generations DVD Box 8 [Limited Release] *N/A
9. Trolls [Special Edition] *N/A
10. Miyazaki Hayao Complete Box/Works *N/A
11. PAW Patrol Season 2: Pups Save a Mer-Pup *N/A
12. Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Kan Vol. 1 [Limited Edition] *N/A
13. Tenki no Ko DVD [Standard Edtion] *N/A
14. ONE PIECE Log Collection “WEDDING” *N/A
15. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi *N/A
16. PAW Patrol: Pups Turn on the Lights! *N/A
17. PAW Patrol Season 2: Everest *N/A
18. Mononoke Hime *N/A
19. SING *N/A
20. Despicable Me 3 *N/A
20. Majo no Takkyuubin *N/A
As usual, if you find any faults with the list, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, if you have anything you would like to share with the community about the week’s list, feel free to drop a comment or two down below!
Source: Oricon; Blu-ray; DVD
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