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Anime Industry Report 2022 (Part 4): Anime Character Merchandise Grew to Its Best Since 2015, Music Went Up as Well, Black Clover Being the Best-Selling Audio Software Series Second Year in a Row

December 27, 2022December 29, 2022No Comments

Note that this article will be a part of a series of articles about the Anime industry in 2021. Due to the size of the report, I have decided to split them into several sections. You can find the rest here: Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4 – You are here This is just a slightly … Continue reading Anime Industry Report 2022 (Part 4): Anime Character Merchandise Grew to Its Best Since 2015, Music Went Up as Well, Black Clover Being the Best-Selling Audio Software Series Second Year in a Row

Oricon’s Yearly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Sales Ranking 2021

December 25, 2021December 25, 2021No Comments

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 … Continue reading Oricon’s Yearly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Sales Ranking 2021

Oricon’s Yearly Light Novel Sales Ranking 2021

November 29, 2021November 30, 20212 Comments

Please see here for the 2020 chart and here for the 2019 chart. Jujutsu Kaisen: Yuku Natsu to Kaeru Aki tops the individual Light Novel volume ranking with 259,960 copies sold within the aggregated period. The volume made frequent appearances on the Oricon sales chart between November 23, 2020 to April 19, 2021, ranking every … Continue reading Oricon’s Yearly Light Novel Sales Ranking 2021

Oricon’s Yearly Manga Sales Ranking 2021

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021No Comments

Note that this a follow-up to the following yearly sales charts: here (2019) and here (2020) chart. Jujutsu Kaisen volumes are dominant in the individual ranking with all eighteen volumes placing in the Top 30 led by the 14th volume at 2,312,250 copies sold. The volume had a great start selling 1,138,798 copies in just … Continue reading Oricon’s Yearly Manga Sales Ranking 2021

Don’t Miss Out These CDJapan’s 2021 Black Friday Deals! (Ended)

November 17, 2021December 1, 2021No Comments

CDJapan is back with its seasonal offerings, this time around it is for the Black Friday event. Sales will be ongoing until the end of November. There are up to almost 1,200 products on discounts, since I was late for the one before this, I decided to get this one up earlier so that you … Continue reading Don’t Miss Out These CDJapan’s 2021 Black Friday Deals! (Ended)

Don’t Miss Out on CDJapan’s Summer Sale, Ending 22nd of August! (Over)

August 20, 2021August 23, 2021No Comments

CDJapan’s “Big Summer Sale” is now here and I figured some of you may want to get you hands on some of the goods listed below before the duration ends this coming 22nd of August. There is a plethora of merchandise, Manga, Blu-rays etc. on discounts up to 70% off, most of which are viewable … Continue reading Don’t Miss Out on CDJapan’s Summer Sale, Ending 22nd of August! (Over)

Oricon’s Half-Year Light Novel Sales Ranking 2021

May 31, 2021June 1, 20212 Comments

Jujutsu Kaisen and Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s volumes are going strong here as well in the Light Novel section as the two top the charts in both Individual and Series rankings. The slow down of Kimetsu no Yaiba sales in the month of February 2021 has paved a way for Jujutsu Kaisen volumes to see itself … Continue reading Oricon’s Half-Year Light Novel Sales Ranking 2021