Top 10 Blu-ray of 2009
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 27, 2009 09:50 JST
- Tags: Bakemonogatari, Blu-ray, Evangelion, K-ON!, Rankings
The overall Japanese sales figures for Blu-ray discs in 2009 reveal the format to be dominated by anime, with Bakemonogatari and K-ON! making very strong showings…
The BD sales in detail:
1. 96,000 – Evangelion 1.11
2. 75,000 – The Dark Knight
3. 51,000 – Bakemonogatari 1
4. 49,000 – FFVII Advent Children
5. 47,000 – Bakemonogatari 2
6. 46,000 – Terminator 4
7. 46,000 – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
8. 44,000 – Bakemonogatari 3
9. 42,000 – Biohazard Degeneration
10. 40,000 – K-ON!
BD sales certainly appear to be driven by anime in the Japanese market. The trailing titles are comprised of the other K-ON! discs followed by Macross… A top listing of DVD sales would however feature only Ponyo, with anime sales dwarfed by various music DVDs.
However, if actual gross sales rather than copies sold are considered, the dominance of anime over BD sales is even more apparent.
Below are the gross Blu-ray sales, measured in hundreds of millions of yen (100 million yen is approximately 1.1 million US dollars):
1. 5.9 – Evangelion 1.11
2. 3.9 – Bakemonogatari 2
3. 3.7 – The Dark Knight
4. 3.7 – Bakemonogatari 1
5. 3.7 – Bakemonogatari 3
6. 3.6 – Darker Than Black Blu-ray Box
7. 3.2 – K-ON! 1
8. 3.1 – FFVII Advent Children
9. 2.8 – K-ON! 2
10. 2.6 – K-ON! 3
With 6 BD discs apparently averaging about 3.5 million dollars each, Bakemonogatari looks set to command sales over 20 million dollars – and this excludes normal DVD sales. Shafted indeed…
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But FF VII AC in Blu-Ray was an awesome movie nevertheless, even if it WAS bundled with the FF XIII demo.
Still think Bakemonogatari should go #1 though.
bakemonogatari total sales are impressive indeed.
hell yeah Bakemonogatari!
Final Fantasy 7 is overrated
Endless Eight is not there somehow I feel happy
Haruhi has been released only on DVD anyway...
KyoAni must be shitting bricks because their fail trolling doesn't make money
49,000 – FFVII Advent Children
WTF? ACC sold more than 250K
Thought advent children would be in the top 3, but still, never the less it made good selling prices this year ;)
I didn't know they liked Batman so much...
Where is Haruhi??
In your face Harutards XD
Suck it K-ON!
Anime is so expensive.
Stop with this eva 1.0 bullshit, i want 2.0 on BD right now for god sake, is taking to long to be released.
k-on of last O.o
This mean we can expect a lot more Bakemonogatari to be made?
Oksy next year I hope people start to support kobato more! just love it
Glad to see Bakemonogatari on the list! Seeing Evangelion on there I wonder when the next movie is out on blu-ray/DVD
good sales of ff7 AC on BR had nothing to do with the ff13 demo of course! right
bakemonogatari ftw.. <3
Wow, DTB2 is starting to take Bakemonogatari's steps too :3
I think that's the first season. The second probably hasn't come out on Blu-Ray yet.
I'm surprised Terminator 4 is on the list,
I mean, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't even in it!!!
I sorta agree; judging from Japan's countless number of Arinamin and Ramen ads with him; I thought the ppl worship him there..
Yes, he was...sort of.
even if it was digitalised, it was one of the most epic cameos of all time
inb4 kanye west
thats why it was on the list
Since you mentioned Terminator 4, I have some critiques as well.
1. Skynet is dumb(city full of robots and they send CG Schwarzenegger alone)
2. Story sucked
3. Batman voice
I'm really surprised Dark Knight is so popular in Japan.
I'm surprised shit like Terminator 4 has made any list.
Well, the neo Joker is quite well received in Japan iirc..
so does that mean eva 1.11 BD is roughly $60 USD each in japan?
if that is so.... that is freaken expensive!
It's quality!
15:32 - About $60 USD is the going rate for a lot of regular DVDs in Japan, never mind Blu-Ray. It is a sad, unfortunate fact.
They pay ~$30-35 USD for regular music CDs, too.
No, its just the fetish people (and I) have.
2 words;
Plugsuits Rock
WHAT ARE DENSE??? ARE YOU RETARDED???
ITS THE GODDAMN BATMAN!!!
Well-played, 11:13. I lol'd.
i think he KNOWS its batman and not the car...
shut up amerifag
You do realise that his comment is a quote from frank miller's version of batman? next time, you guys should know more before making his comment a negative. Btw, not samefag, just fan of batman.
Oh no another small dicked internet tough guy.....
What about Transformers:Revenge ofthe Fallen. I thought they liked robots and stuff in japan?
*sigh*..............
Transformers 2 was a rushed train wreck compared to the better developed first movie; I bet the toys and merchandises sell better than the blu-ray itself.
Well it was not much of a surprised that evangelion got the most but bakemonogatari as a company earned more, when you add them three up together.
yeah because 3 against one is FAIR right?
EVA won, like always, in the past or in the future it will ALWAYS win. You should try 3 EVA DVDs sales vs Bakemonogatari ones, really funny
Eva 1.1 ftw
Now where eva 2.0 BD?
It only came out in theaters this last summer, you're in for a long wait.
wtf Harry Potter ?? I have never finish watch one movie even it was air on the tv ??? for real otaku should be shammed watching those craps.
P,S : yes i am drunk so don't post any negative comment below plz. God will blessed you for a longer life.
hint: Don't cheat on your lover or Jezus wil fuck you.
The people want, what the people want!
Bakemonogatari WOOOOT
Omgawd, wheres clannad blue ray?
Oh wait, wrong post.
I wonder when this K-On fashion will die out?
I want serious anime back!
Drama ftw
Cheers;
Niker
"I wonder when this K-On fashion will die out?
I want serious anime back!"
DTB and NGE are up there, even higher than K-on, what are you complaining about?
As is, more importantly, Bakemonogatari. :<