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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

Top Sales According to Series for the Month of February 2022

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022No Comments

Boku no Hero Academia leads the sales chart for the month of February with 871.6 million yen (≈7.55 million USD) in estimated revenue made mainly thanks to the release of Boku no Hero Academia the Movie: World Heroes’ Mission that made a great impact in its first 5 days selling 44,841 copies for both its … Continue reading Top Sales According to Series for the Month of February 2022

Top Sales According to Series for the Month of January 2022

February 4, 2022February 5, 2022No Comments

Jujutsu Kaisen witnessed a massive amount of sales made ever since the release of Jujutsu Kaisen 0 back in December sitting atop at 2,429.4 million yen (≈21.14 million USD). Its weekly sales peaked between December 27 to January 2 right after the theatrical release, but has since slowed down consistently, ending the month of January … Continue reading Top Sales According to Series for the Month of January 2022

Anime Industry Report 2021 (Part 3): The Crumbling Videogram Market, but is There Still Hope?

December 6, 2021December 7, 20211 Comment

A couple of things to note before you guys jump in to read. All of the information that you see below is accessible via the Anime Industry Report 2021 which must be purchased. You can check out the summary report available here. Note that I was unable to include all of the information included in … Continue reading Anime Industry Report 2021 (Part 3): The Crumbling Videogram Market, but is There Still Hope?

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

Kimetsu no Yaiba’s 1 Trillion ¥ “Economy”

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021No Comments

This is based on a report by Toyo Keizai which extracted most of the information found on their article from Atsuo Nakayama’s (Bushiroad Head of International Development) book “Oshi Economy Kasou Ittochi“. The Kimetsu no Yaiba‘s economy is estimated to be made up of the followings: As of the end of November 2018, cumulative sales … Continue reading Kimetsu no Yaiba’s 1 Trillion ¥ “Economy”

Anime Industry Report 2021: Preliminary Results

October 6, 2021October 7, 20212 Comments

Preliminary results for the Anime Industry Report for the year 2021 are finally out and available through The Association of Japanese Animations site right here. Note that, data is still limited, and the association is expected to publish the full report in Japanese this month, however at a price of roughly 10,000 yen (~90 USD). … Continue reading Anime Industry Report 2021: Preliminary Results