Anime Blu-ray and DVD chart between September 27 to October 3 presents a dominating Bandai Namco Entertainment which products it is distributing in the local market placing five out of ten of the titles listed in the Top 10. The list is led by one of its popular title, Love Live! Superstar!! Volume 1 at 14,514 copies sold for the week. However, this is fewer than the copies sold that Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai had back in December of 2020, which at the time sold 22,345 copies in its first 4 days. Note that Superstar!! Volume 1 has 6 days of sales.
At Number 2 is a fellow Anime idol series, IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Volume 1 at 6,024 copies sold in its first 6 days of sales. Like Superstar!!, it too witnesses a lower number of copies sold when compared to Second Beat’s Volume 1 performance the previous year which was at solid 8,592 copies sold in its first 4 days.
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Next, at Number 3 is the direct sequel to the 2017 Anime series, Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 1 which was released in theatre nationwide Japan on February the 11th this year. It settles in at a good 5,899 copies sold. If you missed out on the title, you can check out its promotional video down below!
A spot below is Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season Volume 3 at 3,980 copies sold, a 6.16% improvement over Volume 2‘s 3,735 copies, however note that Volume 3 has 1 day of sales more than Volume 2. Volume 1 unfortunately could not rank back in March amid strong competition at the time, yet it should have had around the same amount of copies sold. Its Volume 5 DVD is also charted, placing 5th on the DVD chart at 499 copies sold.
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song Volume 4 which comes in 5th for the week noted its best performer ever in its first 5 days of sales as copies sold are up 1.65% debut-to-debut from Volume 3’s 3,646 copies sold to 3,707 copies. This is its best performance since Volume 1. The title is expecting two more volumes to be released in October and November respectively, and its increasing trajectory may suggest that copies sold would most likely climb for its subsequent volumes in their debut weeks. Thankfully, Volume 4’s DVD too can be found on the DVD chart at Number 6. The 436 copies sold it has allows Volume 4 sales to push past through 4,000 copies sold.
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RWBY‘s Volume 6 claims the 7th place at 2,501 copies sold, and its final volume is set for an October release while Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei Volume 1 is 8th at 2,187 copies sold. Note that this is nowhere near the number of copies sold Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei: Raihousha-hen Volume 1 had back in December 2020, which it then sold 5,599 copies in its first 5 days.
Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. closes its Blu-ray run with the final volume of the series recording its best 5-day sales ever at 1,987 copies sold! This is a 1.11% improvement over Volume 2’s 1,965 copies which is now its 2nd best seller. At Number 10 is World Trigger 2nd Season Volume 2 which sees better copies sold over Volume 1’s 1,817 copies back in August.
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Finally, if you look at the list closely, I have placed a new indicator which is the price for each volume including its tax to give a better idea of its general performance. Note that, the higher the price would also mean more content in the package or more episodes, therefore it does not answer its actual performance, where “profit” would serve the best indicator to really say whether if it indeed did well or not. Anyway, I have made the following estimation for its revenue as shown below (average price x number of units sold), so do have a look!
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Anime Blu-ray Weekly Top 10
1. Love Live! Superstar!! Vol. 1 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 28, 2021
Price: 7,700 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 14,514
Producer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Link (JPN): Vol. 1 (with Eng. subs)
2. IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Vol. 1 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 28, 2021
Price: 9,900 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 6,024
Producer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Link (JPN): Vol. 1
3. Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 1 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 28, 2021
Price: 8,580 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 5,899
Producer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Link (JPN): Movie 1
4. Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season Vol. 3 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 28, 2021
Price: 19,800 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 3,980
Producer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Link (JPN): Vol. 3
5. Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song Vol. 4 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 29, 2021
Price: 8,800 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 3,707
Producer: Aniplex
Link (JPN): Vol. 4
6. Macross Δ Blu-ray Box Walküre Edition (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 28, 2021
Price: 29,700 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 2,611
Producer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Link (JPN): CDJapan (with Eng. subs)
7. RWBY Vol. 6 [Limited Edition] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 29, 2021
Price: 8,800 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 2,501
Producer: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Link (JPN): Vol. 6
8. Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei Vol. 1 [Limited Release] (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 29, 2021
Price: 7,700 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 2,187
Producer: Aniplex
Link (JPN): Vol. 1
9. Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou. Vol. 4 (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 29, 2021
Price: 11,000 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 1,987
Producer: Toei
Link (JPN): Vol. 4
10. World Trigger 2nd Season Vol. 2 (NEW)
Type: Anime
Release date: September 29, 2021
Price: 15,180 yen (tax included)
Estimated number of sales: 1,923
Producer: Toei
Link (JPN): Vol. 2
Anime DVD Weekly Top 20
*1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen
*2. (NEW) IDOLiSH7: Third Beat! Vol. 1 [Limited Release]
*3. One Piece Log Collection “Levely”
*4. (NEW) Yuukoku no Moriarty Vol. 7 [Limited Release]
*5. (NEW) Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season Vol. 5
*6. (NEW) Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song Vol. 4 [Limited Release]
*7. (NEW) Mahouka Koukou no Yuutousei Vol. 1 [Limited Release]
*8. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen [Limited Edition]
*9. Tonari no Totoro
10. (NEW) 86 Vol. 3 [Limited Release]
11. Tom and Jerry Dodoun to 32-wa Tenkomori Pack Vol. 1
12. (NEW) Bishounen Tanteidan Vol. 3 [Limited Release]
13. Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
14. Majo no Takkyuubin
15. (NEW) Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken 2nd Season Vol. 4
16. (NEW) Super Shiro Vol. 2
17. Tom and Jerry Dodoun to 32-wa Tenkomori Pack Vol. 2
18. Pokemon Movie 23: Coco
19. Pui Pui Molcar
20. Paw Patrol Season 3: Robot Dog Daikaizou
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