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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, August 15-21

The Premium Edition for the live-action film adaptation of the Ashita no Joe sold 10,971 copies to debut at #1. The Standard Edition sold 4,369 copies at #11.

AKB48's Maji Suka Gakuen 2 DVD-Box moved 10,314 units at #2. AKB48's AKB ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~ collection (pictured right) rose from #7 to #6 in its ninth week. It sold 5,595 more copies for a total of 347,702.

Berryz Kobo's Single Video Clips 5 collection debuted at #24 with 2,581 copies sold. Takashi Yamazaki's live-action film adaptation of the Space Battleship Yamato anime (pictured left) dropped from #18 to #26 in its ninth week. It sold 2,292 copies for a new total of 113,116.

The first film in Shinsuke Satō's live-action adaptation of Hiroya Oku's Gantz action manga dropped from #37 to #50 in its sixth week. It sold 1,103 more copies for a new total of 49,684. The DVD for the K-On!! Live Event ~Come with Me!!~ concert dropped from #40 to #98. It sold 714 more copies for a total of 7,584.

Rank	Last Week	Title	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Release Date	Maker	Cover
5	2	Cars (11.07)	6,328	44,011	July 6	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
15	13	Karigurashi no Arrietty (Arrietty the Borrower)	3,375	247,539	June 17	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
31	29	My Neighbor Totoro	2,027	1,091,850	September 28, 2001	Buena Vista
34	44	Kung Fu Panda Special Edition	1,835	7,527	June 26 2009	Kadokawa Entertainment
39	45	Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales	1,388	26,213	April 20	Walt Disney Studio Japan
48	34	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue	1,118	6,270	August 3	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
56	53	Toy Story 3	1,035	115,935	December 1, 2010	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
57	69	Toy Story Special Edition	994	141,609	May 21, 2010	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
68	59	Laputa: Castle in the Sky	908	734,010	October 4, 2002	Buena Vista
73	77	Monsters Inc. (07.06)	852	138,749	June 20, 2007	Buena Vista
76	-	Toy Story 2 Special Edition	836	126,820	June 23, 2010	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
83	54	One Piece Mugiwara Chase	808	9,307	July 20	Pony Canyon
84	9	Hakuōki Sekkaroku Vol. I (Limited First Edition)	803	17,694	August 5	Geneon Universal Entertainment
86	72	Kiki's Delivery Service	796	464,283	June 8, 2001	Buena Vista
89	86	Finding nemo (07.06)	772	100,796	June 20, 2007	Buena Vista
-	-	Beauty and the Beast Special Edition	646	64,044	October 9, 2010	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
-	-	Madagascar 2 Special Edition (10.03)	637	15,154	March 26	Paramount Japan
-	92	Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana (Special Edition)	636	11,603	July 20	Pony Canyon
-	-	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	577	643,338	November 19, 2003	Buena Vista
-	75	One Piece Log Collection "God"	566	27,326	July 22	Avex
-	-	Princess Mononoke	564	333,764	November 21, 2001	Buena Vista
-	-	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Special Edition, 10.06)	547	44,181	June 25	Fox
-	-	Hana-Saku Iroha #2	540	540	August 17	Pony Canyon
-	-	Spirited Away	538	2,364,002	July 19, 2002	Buena Vista
-	-	Ratatouille (11.07)	537	3,445	July 6	Walt Disney Studios
-	-	Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi DVD-Box Part 1	517	22,596	April 1	Toho Video
-	-	Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan Special Edition	516	4,329	July 22	Amuse
-	-	Madagascar Special Edition	497	12,691	March 6	Paramount Japan
-	71	Manga Nihon Mukashi Banashi DVD-Box Part 3	473	5,277	August 2	Toho Video
-	-	C #1	460	460	August 19	Pony Canyon

Source: Oricon

[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.]