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Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 8-14
posted on by Egan Loo
The first volume of Kazuhiro Furuhashi and Sunrise's Mobile Suit Gundam UC video anime series has sold 56,000 Blu-ray Discs since March 8 to top both Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo) and Summer Wars as the #1 anime Blu-ray in first-week sales in Japan. Evangelion: 1.11 sold 49,000 copies in its first week of sales last year, and Summer Wars sold 54,000 earlier this month. Gundam UC is now the #2 Blu-ray overall in first-week sales; Michael Jackson's This Is It music documentary film is the only Blu-ray Disc to sell more copies than Summer Wars. Bandai Visual announced on Wednesday that it shipped 75,000 Blu-rays of the first volume of Gundam UC.
The Animelo Summer Live 2009 RE:BRIDGE 8.23 concert DVD rose from #14 to #10 in its third week, and the 8.22 counterpart rose from #18 to #15. The standard edition of Yukihiko Tsutsumi's third live-action film based on Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys suspense manga dropped from #9 to #16. Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance will not ship until May 26, but early orders ranked it at #19 already.
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | Mobile Suit Gundam UC #1 | March 12 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 2 | 1 | Summer Wars | March 3 | VAP |  |
| 6 | 10 | Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo) | May 27, 2009 | King Records |  |
| 9 | 2 | Bakemonogatari Vol. 5 Tsubasa Cat Part I (Complete Limited Pressing) | February 24 | Aniplex |  |
| 13 | 6 | Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Vol. 2 (Limited First Edition) | February 26 | Geneon Entertainment |  |
| 18 | 17 | Bakemonogatari Vol. 4 Nadeko Snake (Complete Limited Pressing) | January 27 | Aniplex |  |
| 19 | 32 | Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Ha) | May 26, 2010 | King Records |  |
Source: Phile-web
follow-up of Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 1-7
