Oricon has released its top Blu-ray and DVD charts for the year 2021 albeit a shorter list with no exclusive charts for Anime only related titles. Nevertheless, I have deemed this year’s charts to be sufficient enough for a post. Hopefully, if the wind blows my way in 2022, I will post a longer list on my blog, so do keep a lookout for that.
Of course, not to forget, it is thanks to the amazing folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts this time of the year! So, be sure to head over to their site here and show them lots of love! Plus, all the data you find below is accessible via Oricon right here (Blu-ray) and here (DVD). Note that you can check out the full list for 2020 right here.
Well, the chart may not come to much of a surprise to many as we are all mostly aware of how well Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen performed back when it charted in June this year. Some of the four available versions made a very impressive feat to see 1,310,783 copies sold in its first 5 days with sales amounting to 8,193.2 million yen (≈71.60 million USD) inclusive of tax. Between June 21 to December 12, that amount has grown to 1,643,719 copies. Note that, there are some editions that may not have made onto the list, such as the ufotable complete set. Thus, it can be safely assumed that the actual copies sold may be more than that.
The one that may have come as a surprise would have been Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Season 2 Blu-rays which in total, all four volumes have accumulated 754,726 copies in sales. Recently, the title has been making a comeback despite having released way back in May. Each volume had an excellent turnout in their first 5 days with all seeing copies sold above 100,000 copies. Volume 2 had the best debut sales of up to 150,390 copies sold in its first 5 days.
Top Anime Blu-ray
(From From December 14, 2020 to December 12, 2021)
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 459,173
Release date: June 16, 2021
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen [Limited Edition]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 368,485
Release date: June 16, 2021
3. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Season 2 Umabako The 1st Corner [Trainer Box]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 209,982
Release date: May 26, 2021
4. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Season 2 Umabako The 2nd Corner [Trainer Box]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 191,366
Release date: June 23, 2021
5. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Season 2 Umabako The 3rd Corner [Trainer Box]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 177,746
Release date: July 21, 2021
6. Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (TV) Season 2 Umabako The 4th Corner [Trainer Box]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 175,632
Release date: August 18, 2021
As for DVDs, only Mugen Ressha-hen made it onto the list with a total of 816,061 copies sold since June 16.
Top Anime DVD
(From From December 14, 2020 to December 12, 2021)
1. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 633,426
Release date: June 16, 2021
2. Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen [Limited Edition]
Type: Anime
Estimated number of sales: 182,635
Release date: June 16, 2021
This is certainly a very interesting list. To put into perspective, the entire Top 20 Blu-ray combined for 2020 only amounted to 833,505 copies while DVD was at 341,032 copies. Of course, the chart is still missing many other heavyweight titles such as Fate/stay night Movie: Heaven’s Feel – III. Spring Song, Gintama: The Final, Violet Evergarden Movie, Jujutsu Kaisen, and many more. This year is certainly a good year for the Anime videogram market.
If you find any faults with the lists above, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two down below and share your thoughts with us!
Sources:
Oricon 2021 chart
Oricon 2021 Blu-ray chart
Oricon 2021 DVD Chart
Visualisation:
Top Anime Blu-ray and DVD
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