Saturday, December 26, 2009

Bestselling Anime DVDs of 2009 (Oricon)

General DVD Category:
Most number of units sold: Kake no Ue no Ponyo (841,000)
Highest sales in yen: Kake no Ue no Ponyo (4.15 billion yen)

Anime Series / OVA Category Top 5:
1) Gintama Jump Anime Tour 2008 & 2005 (76,000 units)
2) Pieces of love vol.1 Tsumiki no Ie (54,000 units)
3) Kido Senshi Gundam 00 Second Season 1 (34,000 units)
4) Usabicchi Season 2 (30,000 units)
5) Usabicchi Season 3 (29,000 units)

Anime Movies Shown in Theatres Category Top 5:
1) Kake no Ue no Ponyo (841,000 units)
2) Biohazard The Generation (121,000 units)
3) Wall E (96,000 units)
4) Tonari no Totoro (87,000 units)
5) Wall E Special Edition (69,000 units)

General Blu-Ray Disc Category:
Most number of units sold: Evangelion Shin Gekijouban Jo (96,000 units)
Highest sales in yen: Evangelion Shin Gekijouban Jo (590 million yen)

Anime Series / OVA Blu-ray Disc Top 5:
1) Bakemonogatari Daiikkan Hitagi Blub (51,000 units)
2) FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE (49,000 units)
3) Bakemonogatari Mayoi Mai Mai (47,000 units)
4) Bakemonogatari Daisankan Suruga Monkey (44,000 units)
5) Kei-on! (1) (40,000 units)

Anime movies Blu-Day Disc Category Top 5:
1) Evangelion Shin Gekijouban Jo (96,000 units)
2) Biohazard The Generation (42,000 units)
3) Wall E (29,000 units)
4) Koukyou Shihen Eureka Seven Pocket ga Niji de Ippai (Limited Edition) (17,000 units)
5) Lupin Sansei Kariosutoro no Shiro (11,000 units)

Friday, December 25, 2009

Top 10 anime ratings ranking (20 Dec 09)

1) Sazae-san (FujiTV) 17.5%

2) Chibi Maruko-chan (FujiTV) 13.9%

3) One Piece (FujiTV) 10.4%

4) Dragonball Kai (FujiTV) 8.9%

5) Meitantei Conan (NTV) 8.7%

6) Fresh Puri Kyua! (TV Asahi) 7.2%

7) Stitch! Itazura Alien no Daibouken Christmas SP (TV Asahi) 6.4%

8) Tamagocchi (TV Tokyo) 5.5%

9) Inazuma Eleven (TV Tokyo) 5.2%

10) Pocket Monster DP (TV Tokyo) 5.1%

Monday, December 21, 2009

First day screening of "Nodame Cantabile Saishusho Part I"

The first day screening of "Nodame Cantabile Saishusho Part I" was held on 19 December 2009 at Yurakucho's TOHO Cinemas Nigeki 1 where cast members including Ueno Juri, Tamaki Hiroshi, Wentz Eiji, Yamada Yu, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Fukushi Seiji and Takenaka Naoto made appearances. The screening was attended by 950 fans. Toho had also confirmed that Part I will be screened in Hong Kong and Macau on 4 March 2010, 5 March 2010 in Taiwan and 11 March 2010 in Singapore. As for South Korea, the screening date has not been confirmed.

Part II of the movie is slated to be shown from 17 April 2010 in Japan.

Source: Sanspo

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Top 10 bestselling manga for the week ended 21 Dec 09

1) ONE PIECE Vol 56 (398,550)

2) BLEACH VOl 42 (162,299)

3) D.Gray-man Vol 19 (156,739)

4) Katei Kyoushi Hitman REBORN! Vol 27 (149,210)

5) Nodame Cantabile Vol 23 (115,047)

6) Hanma Baki Vol 21 (77,385)

7) Souten no Ken Vol 21 (76,934)

8) Vampire Knight Vol 11 (72,522)

9) Chiwayaburu Vol 7 (70,790)

10) Toriko Vol 7 (64,500)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Top 10 anime ratings ranking (13 Dec 09)

1) Sazae-san (FujiTV) 21.7%

2) Chibi Maruko-chan (FujiTV) 14.5%

3) Doraemon Christmas Xmas (TV Asahi) 12.3%

4) One Piece (FujiTV) 10.9%

5) Dragonball Kai (FujiTV) 9.0%

6) Meitantei Conan (NTV) 8.3%

7) Kaidan Restaurant (TV Asahi) 6.6%

8) Stitch! Itazura Italian no Daibouken (TV Asahi) 6.4%

9) Fresh Puri Kyua! (TV Asahi) 6.0%

10) Pocket Monster DP (TV Tokyo) 5.6%

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Top 10 anime ratings ranking (29 Nov 09)

1) Sazae-san (FujiTV) 22.9%

2) Chibi Maruko-chan (FujiTV) 16.0%

3) One Piece (FujiTV) 12.2%

4) Dragonball Kai (FujiTV) 10.7%

5) Crayon Shin-chan (TV Asahi) 10.2%

6) Doraemon (TV Asahi) 9.6%

7) Meitantei Conan (NTV) 8.6%

8) Kaidan Restaurant (TV Asahi) 7.9%

9) Fresh Puri Kyua! (TV Asahi) 7.6%

10) Pocket Monster DP (TV Tokyo) 6.7%