Japanese Animation Market Hit an All-Time High in 2018, But Sales in the Overseas Market have Decelerated

The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released the Anime Industry Report 2019 back in December last year, but the English and Japanese summary of the report for the public to consume were not made available till later this year. The report summarizes the industry’s performance on a year-to-year basis taking into account several aspects such Continue reading Japanese Animation Market Hit an All-Time High in 2018, But Sales in the Overseas Market have Decelerated

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Sales of Video Games in Japan for the week between June 8 to June 14 slumped across the board with the exception of Pokémon Sword and Shield which has been on a steady rise this couple of weeks. The positive growth could be brought about by the release of the new expansion passes released a Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

The latest weekly Light Novel sales ranking is finally out and available via Oricon here for your perusals. The week between June 8 to June 14 saw sales of Kimetsu no Yaiba novels dropped more than they did the week before with Katabane no Chou seeing its volumes sold contracting the most out of the Continue reading Japan Top 10 Weekly Light Novel Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Sales of Kimetsu no Yaiba volumes are still going strong with all of it’s volumes accounted for with the exclusion of volume 5, which did not make into the Top 30 for the week between June 8 to June 14 according to Oricon’s latest Manga sales chart accessible here. The Limited Edition of its twentieth Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Manga Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Sales of Anime Blu-rays were on a roll the past two weeks, but they have finally settled down the second week of June with only six out of ten titles making into the Top 20 Blu-rays sold in Japan. To compare,  the period between May 25 to May 31 and June 1 to June 7 Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Ranking: June 8, 2020 ~ June 14, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 1, 2020 ~ June 7, 2020

Famitsu has released the full Top 30 chart for Video Games sold in Japan via their site which can be found here. Don’t shy away from visiting the guys over at Famitsu here as it is all thanks to them that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis. The Top 10 for Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 1, 2020 ~ June 7, 2020