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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 18-24 (Part 1)
posted on by Egan Loo
The collector's box for Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider x Kamen Rider The Movie: Chō Den-O Trilogy debuted at #4 with 9,207 copies sold. The ninth volume of the live-action Kamen Rider W special-effects television series also debuted at #10 with 4,874 copies.
The second DVD-Box for GeGeGe no Nyōbō (Spooky Wife), the live-action television drama adaptation of an autobiographical essay book by GeGeGe no Kītarō author Shigeru Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura, landed at #18 with 3,264 copies.
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, dropped from #1 to #19 with 3,241 copies sold. After three weeks, it has sold a total of 56,960. The standard edition fell from #8 to #28 with 2,393 more copies and a total of 18,799.
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | - | Hakuōki Vol. IV | 9,284 | 9,284 | October 22 | Geneon Universal |  |
| 5 | - | Hetalia: World Series Vol. 3 (Limited First Edition) | 8,446 | 8,446 | October 22 | Frontier Works |  |
| 14 | - | K-ON!! #4 | 3,941 | 3,941 | October 20 | TBS |  |
| 17 | - | Nurarihyon no Mago Vol. 2 | 3,320 | 3,320 | October 22 | Toho Video |  |
| 20 | 6 | Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime | 3,220 | 29,775 | October 7 | Happinet |  |
| 22 | - | Anime Winter Sonata Uncut Complete Edition DVD Box II | 3,186 | 3,186 | October 20 | Avex |  |
| 25 | - | Strike Witches 2 Limited Edition #2 | 2,593 | 2,593 | October 22 | Kadokawa |  |
| 26 | 2 | Beauty and the Beast Special Edition | 2,474 | 25,127 | October 9 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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 2)
