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Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 25-31
posted on by Egan Loo
The Oricon survey firm reports that the fourth volume of the Bakemonogatari anime series is the top-selling television anime Blu-ray Disc in Japan so far. It sold 48,000 copies to top the previous recordholder — volume 3 at 41,000 copies in November. For all anime Blu-ray Discs, it only trails the Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone film, which sold 49,000 copies in its first week. All told, the Bakemonogatari series has sold 198,000 Blu-ray Discs so far.
However, Michael Jackson's This Is It concert documentary debuted at #1 on the overall weekly Blu-ray Disc charts. With 261,000 copies sold, it is the highest selling Blu-ray Disc in Japan so far.
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | - | Bakemonogatari Vol. 4 Nadeko Snake (Complete Limited Pressing) | January 27 | Aniplex |  |
| 3 | - | Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Vol. 1 (Limited First Edition) | January 29 | Geneon Entertainment |  |
| 4 | - | Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini #2 | January 27 | Aniplex |  |
| 6 | - | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood #6 | January 27 | Aniplex |  |
| 7 | - | My-HiME Complete | January 27 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 8 | - | CANAAN #4 (Limited First Pressing) | January 29 | Pony Canyon |  |
| 9 | 1 | K-ON! #7 (Limited First Pressing) | January 20 | Pony Canyon |  |
| 10 | - | Kämpfer! Vol. 2 (Limited First Pressing) | January 27 | King Records |  |
| 11 | - | Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari #9 | January 27 | VAP |  |
| 13 | - | Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza Vol. 2 (Limited First Edition) | January 29 | Geneon Universal |  |
| 14 | - | Xam'd: Lost Memories #7 | January 27 | Aniplex |  |
| 19 | 12 | Fate/stay night TV reproduction II (Limited First Edition) | January 22 | Geneon Universal |  |
| 20 | 11 | Fate/stay night TV reproduction I (Limited First Edition) | January 22 | Geneon Universal |  |
[SoundScan Japan's methods of surveying home video sales are different from those of the competing firm Oricon, which often lead to differing results between the two. Neither firm directly posts more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverifiable, anonymous sources.]
Source: Phile-web
follow-up of Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, January 18-24
