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According to the latest Oricon weekly sales charts, the 19th volume of Koyoharu Gotoge's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba dark fantasy manga, released in Japan on February 4, sold impressive 1.378 million copies in its first week of release, taking No.1 spot on the charts for the third time in the series. Hit the jump for more details.
Following the previous one for manga, Oricon has also announced the best-selling DVD/Blu-ray rankings for the first half of 2019, which were compiled between December 24, 2018, and June 17, 2019. The top-selling anime Blu-ray during the period was Mobile Suit Gundam NT (Narrative) that sold 49,390 units. Check out the recent hit anime discs after the jump.
Oricon, a data compiling company specializing in providing data for the Japanese music/book industry, today announced the best-selling book rankings for the first half of 2019, which were compiled between November 19, 2018 and May 19, 2019. Check out the top-selling manga and light novel series in Japan after the jump.
The numbers for Kohei Horikoshi's smash hit My Hero Academia manga continue to impress. The latest installment of NPD BookScan's list of Top 20 adult graphic novels in the U.S. was recently revealed, and this time around the series took nearly half the available spots. Read on for details.
Following the Oricon report introduced yesterday, Amazon Japan today revealed its top-selling lists in each category for the first half of 2018, which are based on the sales data from November 13, 2017, to April 30, 2018. Check out the top-selling manga and anime titles in the six-month period after the jump.
Oricon, a data compiling company specializing in providing data for the Japanese music/book industry, today announced the best-selling book rankings for the first half of 2018, which were compiled between November 20, 2017 and May 20, 2018. See the top-selling manga and light novel titles after the jump.
Oricon, a data compiling company specializing in providing data for the Japanese music/book industry, today announced the best-selling book annual rankings of 2017, which were compiled between December 5, 2016 and November 27, 2017. Check out this year's top-selling manga and light novel series in Japan after the jump.
According to Oricon's latest report, the limited edition Blu-ray of KanColle: The Movie, the anime feature film adaptation of Kadokawa Games' web browser game Kantai Collection/KanColle, was released on August 30 and sold a very good 27,000 units in its first week, becoming the top-selling Blu-ray in the overall weekly sales chart. Hit the jump for more details.
Oricon today announced the sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs for the first half of 2017. According to the report, the top-selling anime Blu-ray in Japan during the period was the special limited edition of the seventh volume of the Love Live! Sunshine!! TV anime that sold 65,036 units. Check out the rankings after the jump.
According to the latest Oricon sales report, the 7,560-yen (about 68 US dollars) sixth and final Blu-ray volume of the Yuri!!! On ICE TV anime sold an impressive 45,000 units in its first week of release, becoming the fourth weekly top-selling Blu-ray disc in the franchise, following the second, third, and fourth volumes. Hit the jump for more details.
Kadokawa announced today on April 5 that Reki Kawahara's fantasy action light novel series Sword Art Online will reach 20 million print run (not the copies sold) worldwide with another reprints on April 25. The series has so far printed 7 million copies outside of Japan. Hit the jump for more details.
According to the latest Oricon sales report, the 7,560-yen (about 68 US dollars) fourth Blu-ray volume of the Yuri!!! On ICE TV anime, released on March 31, sold a very good 33,000 units in its first week, becoming the top-selling Blu-ray disc of the week in Japan. Hit the jump for more details.
According to the latest Oricon sales report, the 7,560-yen (about 67 US dollars) third Blu-ray volume of the Yuri!!! On ICE TV anime sold a very good 33,000 units in its first week, becoming the second weekly top-selling Blu-ray disc in the franchise, following the second disc released in early February. Hit the jump for more details.
According to the newest Oricon sales report, the second Blu-ray volume of the Uta no Prince-sama TV anime series' latest fourth season, Maji Love Legend Star, sold a very good 24,000 units in its first week, becoming the top-selling Blu-ray disc of the week (February 6-11) in all genre in Japan as with the first volume released last month. Hit the jump for more details.