
The widely held belief that the Haruhi franchise is a spent force seems to have been shattered by the news that the latest novel in the series, “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” (Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyougaku), has sold a record 341,000 copies.
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A ranking of the top 10 mangaka to have changed the history of manga reveals some distinctly uncontroversial choices.
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Surpassing initial expectations, Evangelion 2.22 has outsold even the mouldering corpse of Michael Jackson to become the best selling Blu-ray ever.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: May 27, 2010 02:56 JST
- Tags: Asuka Langley, Blu-ray, Evangelion, Mari, Marketing, Movies, Oricon, Records, Rei Ayanami

The DVD and Blu-ray release of Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance has proven a record-breaking success, with a total of 320,000 copies being sold on the first day alone.
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A Vocaloid album, Vocalogenesis, has hit the number one spot in Japan’s national album charts.
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K-ON! has once again secured a lock on the Japanese single charts by way of Houkago Tea Time, getting both number 1 and 2 slots.
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The OP for To Aru Kagaku no Railgun, “Only My Railgun” by FripSide, has attracted no small note by managing to seize the number 3 slot in the charts…
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The Blu-ray edition of Bakemonogatari’s second volume has sold in excess of 39,000 copies, making it the best selling Blu-ray TV anime ever, and the second best selling Blu-ray anime of all time, easily beating K-ON! and only surpassed by Evangelion 1.11.
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Japanese gamers asked to identify the games they shed the most tears over have once again provided a list of top RPGs, and, of course, Clannad…
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A survey asking manga fans which titles they would like to see continued anew even after concluding yields some not entirely unsurprising results, although in some cases it is hard to see how the events of the story lend themselves to any continuation…
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The latest weekly Anime DVD Sales rankings have been released by Oricon, highlighting the many mecha fans that are purchasing the flood of Gundam 30th Anniversary re-releases of classic Gundam titles, and of course the immense popularity of anything directed by Miyazaki.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 5, 2009 19:02 JST
- Tags: Blu-ray, K-ON!, Kadokawa, Kyoto Animation, Moe, Oricon, Rankings, Records, TV

The release of the K-ON! Blu-ray edition has seen a new opening day sales record set, with the Blu-ray edition selling 33,000 copies, with a further 8,000 sales of the DVD edition, a total which makes it the best selling TV anime of all time, and one of the best selling anime titles ever.
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