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Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 13–20
posted on by Egan Loo
Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea has ranked as the #1 film at the Japanese box office for over a month, and that propelled almost all the previous Miyazaki/Ghibli feature films into the bestselling DVD charts again. My Neighbor Totoro was not only #1 on the anime DVD chart last week, but it moved from #22 to #8 for all DVDs in Japan. The film also celebrated its 20th anniversary with a July television screening that earned high ratings. The Totoro DVD was actually first released back in 2001, and has sold 846,000 copies since then. Laputa: Castle in the Sky (#58 to #31 on the overall DVD chart), Kiki's Delivery Service (#65 to #35), Princess Mononoke (#77 to #44), and Spirited Away (#84 to #45) also made the top 10 anime DVD chart, with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind coming in at #14 (#90 to #58) and Porco Rosso at #19 (#109 to #83). Only the last feature by Miyazaki, 2004's Howl's Moving Castle, did not make the top 20 anime DVD list this past week.
| Rank | Title | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Neighbor Totoro | September 28, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
| 2 | Dragon Ball The Movies #01 Dragon Ball Z | August 8 | Toei |  |
| 3 | Dragon Ball The Movies #02 Dragon Ball Z Movie 2: The World's Strongest | August 8 | Toei |  |
| 4 | One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura | July 21 | Toei |  |
| 5 | Slam Dunk DVD-Collection #1 | August 8 | Toei |  |
| 6 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | October 4, 2002 | Buena Vista |  |
| 7 | Kiki's Delivery Service | June 8, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
| 8 | Library War 1 | August 6 | ASMIK |  |
| 9 | Princess Mononoke | November 21, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
| 10 | Spirited Away | July 19, 2002 | Buena Vista |  |
Source: Oricon
Image © 1988 Nibariki, Ghibli
follow-up of Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, August 6–12
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