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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 11-17 (Part 2)
posted on by Egan Loo
The special edition of Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Kōhen (Nodame Cantabile: The Final Movement Part II), the second of two live-action movies based on Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile romantic comedy manga, rose from #2 to #1 with 8,683 copies sold. After two weeks, it has sold a total of 53,719. This is the first release from Nodame Cantabile to rank #1, and the first time that a Japanese actress has put two films at #1. Juri Ueno's Swing Girls went to the top in 2005. The standard edition fell from #7 to #8 with 4,562 more copies and a total of 16,406.
The limited complete pressing of Masaaki Taniguchi's live-action film reimagining of Yasutaka Tsutsui's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time novel debuted at #7 with 4,688 copies. The standard edition moved 2,094 copies to land at #17.
My Darling is a Foreigner, the live-action film adaptation of Saori Oguri's 2002 autobiographical Darling wa Gaikokujin essay manga, dropped from #12 to #25 in its second week. It sold 1,685 copies to add its total of 6,027.
The Young Magazine DVD for AKB48 member Tomomi Itano returned to the chart at #30. It added 1,494 more copies to its total of 21,897.
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
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| 2 | 5 | Beauty and the Beast Special Edition | 7,978 | 22,653 | October 9 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
| 6 | 4 | Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime | 5,515 | 26,555 | October 7 | Happinet |  |
| 20 | 6 | Sengoku Basara Two Volume I | 1,865 | 15,857 | October 6 | Shochiku Home Video |  |
| - | - | One Piece Film Strong World | August 27 | Avex |  |
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| - | 24 | Gekijō-ban Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | September 30 | Geneon Universal |  |
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| - | - | Toy Story Special Edition | May 21 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | Disney Princess Complete Box | October 9 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | Toy Story 2 Special Edition | June 23 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | My Neighbor Totoro | September 28, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
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| - | - | One Piece Film Strong World DVD 10th Anniversary Limited Edition | August 27 | Avex |  |
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| - | - | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Special Edition, 10.06) | June 25 | Fox |  |
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| - | 16 | Doraemon The Movie Box 1989-1997 (Doraemon Movie 30th Anniversary Limited First Pressing) | October 6 | Shogakukan |  |
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| - | - | Up | April 21 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | Monsters Inc. | June 20, 2007 | Buena Vista |  |
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| - | - | Usavich Season 1 | October 31, 2008 | Pony Canyon |  |
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| - | - | One Piece Log Collection "Nami" | August 27 | Avex |  |
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| - | - | Madagascar 2 Special Edition (10.03) | March 26 | Paramount Japan |  |
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| - | 23 | Katanagatari Vol. VII (Complete Limited Pressing) | October 6 | Aniplex |  |
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| - | - | Kiki's Delivery Service | June 8, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
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| - | - | One Piece Log Collection "Logue Town" | August 27 | Avex |  |
Source: Oricon, Mantan Web
[There are gaps in the chart above because non-animated DVD releases are not included. Oricon does not directly post more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]
follow-up of Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 11-17 (Part 1)
