Top Sellers: April 2013
Another month, another sales chart! Trying to close that gap on time it takes us to post these now as we know people are interested by how the shows are doing and this time the chart was compiled by me [Andrew] and as I'm feeling extra talkative [*], you'll get an extra layer of commentary.
Highest sales overall:
| RANK | TITLE | COMPANY |
| 1 | POKEMON 4EVER | CANAL UK |
| 2 | PERSONA 4 - THE ANIMATION - BOX 2 | KAZE / VME |
| 3 | SPIRITED AWAY | CANAL UK |
| 4 | MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO | CANAL UK |
| 5 | THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME | MANGA UK |
| 6 | HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE | CANAL UK |
| 7 | ARRIETTY | CANAL UK |
| 8 | OKAMI-SAN & HER 7 COMPANIONS - COMPLETE | MANGA UK |
| 9 | REDAKAI SEASON CONQUER THE KAIRU | MANGA UK |
| 10 | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - BOX SET 12 | MANGA UK |
Notes from El Presidente:
- To make this chart you had to sell more than 300 copies.
- HOWEVER to sit at the top of it - you had to sell under 1,050.
- The above range is not out of the ordinary for a regular month.
- With HMV returning to the picture now, the range may shift by a few hundred units from June.
Top sellers for new releases in April:
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | PERSONA 4 - THE ANIMATION - BOX 2 | KAZE / VME |
| 2 | OKAMI-SAN & HER 7 COMPANIONS - COMPLETE | MANGA UK |
| 3 | KING OF THORN | MANGA UK |
| 4 | NURA - RISE OF THE YOKAI CLAN - S1 PT 1 | KAZE / VME |
| 5 | FRACTALE - THE COMPLETE SERIES | MANGA UK |
| 6 | TIGER & BUNNY - VOL 2 - EPS 8-17 | KAZE / VME |
| 7 | OBLIVION ISLAND | MANGA UK |
| 8 | LOUPS GAROUS | MANGA UK |
| 9 | SHANA SERIES 2 PT 2 | MVM |
| 10 | GA-REI-ZERO - COLLECTION | MVM |
Notes from El Presidente:
- To make the bottom of this chart you had to sell over 100 copies [EDIT: Apologies, Oblivion Island's shift to April 1st threw us as it showed up on a different date in sales data]
- To reach the top of it you had to sell under 800 copies.
- The difference between #10 and Vampire Princess Miyu (which didn't make the top 10) was very small.
BONUS FACTOID: Perfect Blue:
Also a small factoid for people, while it was stated that Perfect Blue didn't do so well vs the price for reacquiring it in the UK before in a previous podcast from our friends at Manga UK - we think there may have been a bit of confusion over what they meant. BVA figures show it actually sold over 55,000 copies on DVD previously - a lot of which were pretty cheap but still represents lot of units!
That still puts it just inside Manga UK's top 10 sellers of all time, so we suspect what was meant was that at the time everyone started looking for the license again it was in a rights management agency's hands who wanted $$$$$$$$ for it beyond what was fair. When the rights reverted, the fee went back to something more reflective of its actual value. That said it also became much harder to find the correct rights holder at that point too!
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Hope these figures are proving interesting to people! We'll keep posting them up so long as there's interest :).
[*] OK - it's that or focus on localising a booklet from French to English for one of Anime Ltd's clients and I figure, why not procrastinate for a bit...
Top Sellers: March 2013
It's May already? Everything is so exciting here that the time is flying by. Time for the March top sellers!:
Highest sales over all:
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | DRAGONBALL Z - COMPLETE SEASON 6 | MANGA UK |
| 2 | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - BOX SET 12 | MANGA UK |
| 3 | SPIRITED AWAY | STUDIO UK |
| 4 | CODE GEASS - LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- 2 | MANGA UK |
| 5 | ARRIETTY | STUDIO UK |
| 6 | MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO | STUDIO UK |
| 7 | THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME | MANGA UK |
| 8 | BLEACH THE MOVIE - 4 HELL VERSE | MANGA UK |
| 9 | HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE | STUDIO UK |
| 10 | NINJA SCROLL | MANGA UK |
Highest sales of titles released in March:
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | DRAGONBALL Z - COMPLETE SEASON 6 | MANGA UK |
| 2 | NARUTO SHIPPUDEN - BOX SET 12 | MANGA UK |
| 3 | CODE GEASS - LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- 2 | MANGA UK |
| 4 | MARDOCK SCRAMBLE - THE SECOND COMBUSTION | MANGA UK |
| 5 | SHANA - SERIES 2 PT 1 | MVM |
| 6 | DREAM EATER MERRY - COLLECTION | MVM |
Interesting to note that Code Geass still ranks number 3 despite being a re-release.
ANIME LEGEND – SHINICHIRO WATANABE TO ATTEND LONDON COMIC CON
CELEBRATING BEBOP WITH STYLE
We’re very excited to announce that Shinichiro Watanabe – director of Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo and Kids on the Slope will be coming to the UK courtesy of London Comic Con as their Anime Guest of Honor for May expo!
It’s something we have had to keep quiet until now – but we’re finally at the stage where we can announce it. He’ll be at the event to promote both the upcoming HD release of Cowboy Bebop as well as his most recent show – Kids on the Slope (Sakimichi no Apollon).
EVENTS AT MCM EXPO:
Asides from him participating in panels across MCM Expo’s weekend - we’ll have some exclusive signing sessions on the Anime Limited booth promoting both shows – with Sakimichi no Apollon coming out from our friends at MVM (www.mvm-films.com).
FOR PRE-ORDERS OF BEBOP ONLY:
Pre-order either at HMV or Amazon before MCM and bring proof of pre-order and while stocks last we’ll give you an exclusive A4 Bebop print to get signed. These are extremely limited in volume so come early to avoid disappointment! Preview image will go up online at AlltheAnime.com at the start of May.
Pre-orders will open no later than May 1st
Look forward to seeing you at London Comic Con!
Top Sellers: February 2013
Here are February's top sellers, so fresh they're still warm! It should be noted that there were only 6 titles released this month, so we've only done top 6 for new products.
Highest sales over all
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | SPIRITED AWAY | CANAL UK |
| 2 | BLEACH THE MOVIE - 4 HELL VERSE | KAZE |
| 3 | THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME | MANGA UK |
| 4 | MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO | CANAL UK |
| 5 | ARRIETTY | CANAL UK |
| 6 | ORIGIN - SPIRITS OF THE PAST | MANGA UK |
| 7 | HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE | CANAL UK |
| 8 | DRAGONBALL Z - COMPLETE SEASON 5 | MANGA UK |
| 9 | NINJA SCROLL | MANGA UK |
| 10 | TIGER & BUNNY - VOL 1 - EPISODES 1-7 | KAZE |
Highest sales of titles released in February
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | BLEACH THE MOVIE - 4 HELL VERSE | KAZE |
| 2 | TIGER & BUNNY - VOL 1 - EPISODES 1-7 | KAZE |
| 3 | BAKA & TEST - SUMMON THE BEASTS 2 | MANGA UK |
| 4 | BODACIOUS SPACE PIRATES - PT 1 - EPS 1-8 | MVM |
| 5 | EDEN OF THE EAST COMPLETE COLLECTION | MANGA UK |
| 6 | NEEDLESS - PT 2 | MVM |
What do you guys think? Surprised by what you see?
Top Sellers: January 2013
Following up on our earlier post, here’s a wee list of January’s anime sales. Again, we’ve kept the actual figures ambiguous for previously stated reasons. Makes for interesting reading though!
Here are the sales for all titles in January.
| ALL PRODUCTS | ||
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | ORIGIN - SPIRITS OF THE PAST | MANGA UK |
| 2 | DRAGONBALL Z - COMPLETE SEASON 5 | MANGA UK |
| 3 | THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME | MANGA UK |
| 4 | MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO | CANAL UK |
| 5 | GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 | MANGA UK |
| 6 | ARRIETTY | CANAL UK |
| 7 | AKIRA | MANGA UK |
| 8 | BLEACH COMPLETE - SERIES 9 | KAZE |
| 9 | HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD | MANGA UK |
| 10 | SPIRITED AWAY | CANAL UK |
And here are the sales for just new titles released that month.
| NEW PRODUCTS | ||
| RANK | TITLE | LABEL |
| 1 | DRAGONBALL Z - COMPLETE SEASON 5 | MANGA UK |
| 2 | BLEACH COMPLETE - SERIES 9 | KAZE |
| 3 | BLEACH - SERIES 10 - PT 1 | KAZE |
| 4 | JOURNEY TO AGARTHA | KAZE |
| 5 | CODE GEASS- LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION- S1 | KAZE |
| 6 | PERSONA 4 - THE ANIMATION - BOX 1 | KAZE |
| 7 | BERSERK - FILM 1 EGG OF THE KING | KAZE |
| 8 | SHIKI PT 2 | MANGA UK |
| 9 | THE WORLD GOD ONLY KNOWS - SERIES TWO | MANGA UK |
| 10 | CANAAN - COMPLETE SERIES - EPISODES 1-13 | MVM |
As you'll note - there is still a disparate difference between what is actually the top 10 in volume vs what is new in the UK market. To give some background too - while stats are good sometimes on a month to month basis we find it hard to find a metric that works on numbers. To give you a bit of meat to chew on though - for new titles, to make it to #10 for a new title - you just need to sell more than 100 copies...
Sorry for the wait on this folks, thanks for sticking with us. Keep an eye out for February's figures, it'll be up much quicker (rumour has it even Friday)!