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Regarding the sales performance of Light Novels, the half-year Top 10 list for 2023 shows that KADOKAWA had the most titles with four, accounting for 40% of the Top 10. SB Creative followed with two titles while the remaining titles were from Kodansha, Micro Magazine, Overlap, and SHUFUNOTOMO, each with one title. If we expand … Continue reading Oricon’s Half-Year Light Novel Sales Ranking 2023 and a Short Market Update
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the amazing folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here and show … Continue reading Japan Top 16 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: January 2 – January 8, 2023
Remember! That it is thanks to Oricon that we get to see these charts on a yearly basis, so be sure to say your thanks by visiting their site here. All the information you see below is accessible via Oricon right here (Series), here (Individuals) and here (Bunko). For previous years’ charts, you can read … Continue reading Oricon’s Yearly Light Novel Sales Ranking 2022
Box office revenue for Makoto Shinkai’s latest Animated film, Suzume no Tojimari in its first 17 days has hit 6,260,000,000 yen (≈45.15 million USD), a further increase of about 4,400,000,000 yen (≈32 million USD) from the 1,884,215,620 yen (≈13.66 million USD) in box office revenue it made in its first 3 days. The number of … Continue reading Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume No Tojimari Hit 6.26 Billion Yen in 17 Days, Number of Audience Swelled to 4.6 Million People
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the amazing folks over at Oricon that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here and show … Continue reading Japan Top 11 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: October 31 – November 6, 2022
Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari tops the Light Novel sales chart at 27,130 copies sold in its first 5 days. It adapts Makoto Shinkai’s upcoming film of the same name that is slated for release on November 11 this year. You can obtain more information about the work via KADOKAWA’s Natsu Fair page right here, … Continue reading Japan Top 16 Weekly Light Novel Sales Ranking: August 22 – August 28, 2022
