2008 Anime DVD Sales Ranking

Here we have the rather interesting DVD sales ranking for 2008 anime, in this case focused on the first volume as a proxy for total popularity. There are a number of interesting results within the list, but the top and bottom are likely not surprising.

These numbers are the number of DVDs sold over the period specified. All titles mentioned are the first volume unless otherwise stated:

39,251　コードギアスR2 / Code Geass R2 (7 weeks)
27,142　マクロスF / Macross F (6 weeks)
14,520　ARIA The ORIGINATION (1 month)
11,944~ ストライクウィッチーズ 限定版 / Strike Witches LE (3 weeks)
11,712　図書館戦争 / Toshokan Sensou (4 weeks)
11,531　純情ロマンチカ 限定版 / Junjou Romantica LE (1 month)
11,006　墓場鬼太郎 / Hakaba Kitarou (1 month)
10,367　To LOVEるドキ×2エディション / To Love-Ru (1 month)
9,823 　ソウルイーター / Soul Eater (1 month)
9,689 　ひだまりスケッチ×365 (限定版) / Hidamari Sketch×365 LE
9,327 　かのこん 限定版 / Kanokon LE (4 weeks)
9,139~  狼と香辛料 / Spice and Wolf (1 month)
8,532　 一騎当千 Great Guardians 第壱巻 / Ikki Tousen 2 (2 weeks)
7,444~  ロザリオとバンパイア / Rosario + Vampire (1 month)
7,161　 乃木坂春香の秘密 〈限定版〉 / Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu LE
5,937　 ゼロの使い魔～三美姫の輪舞～ / Zero no Tsukaima III (2 weeks)
5,251　 俗・絶望先生 / Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (First week)
5,128　 みなみけ～おかわり～ / Minamike Okawari (2 weeks)
4,981　 恋姫†無双 生産限定特装版 / Koihime Musou LE
4,864　 xxxHOLiC◆継 / xxxHOLiC (First week)
4,830　 PERSONA -trinity soul- (First week)
3,926　 D.C.II S.S. (限定版) / Da Capo Season 2 LE (First week)
3,773　 ドルアーガの塔 / The Tower of Druaga (2 weeks)
3,278　 チーズスイートホーム〈限定版〉 / Chi’s Sweet Home LE (First week)
3,214　 スレイヤーズREVOLUTION / Slayers Revolution (First week)
3,040　 仮面のメイドガイ 〈限定版〉/ Kamen no Maid Guy LE (First week)
2,869　 true tears (First week)

The top slots won’t surprise anyone, and for that matter nor will the bottom (Kamen no Maid Guy), although Slayers fans will depressed by the doom such results spell for future Slayers titles.

There are a few non-mainstream anime in there, such as yaoi anime Junou, or the various children’s anime such as Kanokon and GeGeGe no Kitarou, but it seems the vast majority are in conformance with ratings and critical reception.

The fact that some titles only have a few weeks to accumulate sales is significant, but it should be noted that most titles see the vast majority of their sales in the first week, so this is not a huge factor.

You may be interested to refer also to the sales for eroge derived anime, or the manga circulation figures…