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NEWS: Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, December 14-20


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RitsuLaw



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 11:37 am Reply with quote
Not surprised by the colossal numbers related to Love Live Laughing
But on a side note, i'm quite surprised by how well Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- fared; for a anime promoting a game, that is.
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:07 pm Reply with quote
Love Live crushing everything I know they would get the number one spot but not by 200k
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Rederoin



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:19 pm Reply with quote
Yuri Fan wrote:
I ordered the Love Live movie weeks ago and they sent it the 14th... still hasn't arrived and Christmas is almost heeeere! I need my gift!

Amazing that Love Live's the number 1 and the number 3! Very well done!

Also, Yuru Yuri San Hai! is 11th. Nice! And Valkyrie Drive, Gintama and School-live! I'm satisfied.

Valkyrie drive did rather badly tho.
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KH91



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:52 pm Reply with quote
Love Live domination! Sound gonna Sound! Go tri.! Valkryia Drive on PS Vita compared to home release is well...you know(please don't misinterpret this).
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:01 pm Reply with quote
Shaun the Sheep! Smile


CallumKeyblade wrote:
mewpudding101 wrote:

Definitely the power of the code inside to apply for a ticket to the fins concert. More people are going to be double/triple more buying for just that reason.

Yeah, I saw someone on Twitter had bought 40 copies which is just insane. The dedication of Love Live! fans is on another level.


And then used-video shops would be flooded of these. Laughing
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:23 pm Reply with quote
RitsuLaw wrote:
But on a side note, i'm quite surprised by how well Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- fared; for a anime promoting a game, that is.

What are you talking about? VDM's numbers are goddamn awful. That it's promoting a game is irrelevant, purely original zero-tie-in anime that were less interesting than this have sold better in the past. These numbers guarantee no second season because there's no chance the games will sell well enough.
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Rivailloli



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Love Live! killing it and that's how it should be.
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Razor/Edge



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:23 am Reply with quote
Yuri Fan wrote:
I ordered the Love Live movie weeks ago and they sent it the 14th... still hasn't arrived and Christmas is almost heeeere! I need my gift!

Amazing that Love Live's the number 1 and the number 3! Very well done!

Also, Yuru Yuri San Hai! is 11th. Nice! And Valkyrie Drive, Gintama and School-live! I'm satisfied.

You're looking at the place number, not the sales number. The sales for Valkyrie Drive and School-Live! were terrible.

I'm currently watching School Live, and i'm really enjoying it. But I guess Japan doesn't like zombies mixed in with their moe anime girls.
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Yuri Fan



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 2:38 am Reply with quote
relyat08 wrote:
Lemonchest wrote:
Stretching the meaning of limited edition there.


The store exclusive limited editions are pretty much sold out everywhere now though, so if you consider time the more important aspect of a limited edition, it's been pretty limited. You'll be hard pressed to find the Amazon Exclusive for less than 16,000 yen now.


Yuri Fan wrote:

I ordered the Love Live movie weeks ago and they sent it the 14th... still hasn't arrived and Christmas is almost heeeere! I need my gift!


Where'd you order from and what kind of shipping did you choose? I don't think it should be taking this long unless you ordered from an obscure store somewhere and chose a really slow shipping method. If you ordered through Amazon Japan, it should have gotten to you a week ago. (


I ordered it from yesasia because I got a 5 $ gift coupon... Should have ordered from Amazon. No use crying over spilt milk, though.

So School-Live didn't sell well? That's weird, since I thought it was really popular. My mistake.
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CrowLia



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:15 am Reply with quote
Yuri Fan wrote:




So School-Live didn't sell well? That's weird, since I thought it was really popular. My mistake.


IIRC the manga got a big sales boost thanks to the anime, but the series itself sold pretty badly.
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Sacto0562



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:14 pm Reply with quote
I believe Love Live! has done well because it's still fondly remembered for its first season, which was located around Akihabara and used many well-known landmarks around Akihabara and nearby Kanda in the series, so the places are familiar to many viewers in Japan.
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Suncraft



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PostPosted: Thu Dec 24, 2015 9:24 am Reply with quote
People seem to be forgetting Love Live has a massive userbase playing their mobile game, Love Live School Idol Festival. It's a good game, or at least a bit addicting. I play it, and millions of others do too. We also spend packs of $50 on loveca(love gems) for pulls and events in game.

The current Nico event is a blood bath. Good luck to anyone trying to tier-1.

Those playing the game are bombarded with the characters and songs every day. We obviously get a bit attached, so buying a hardcopy of something huge like the Love Live movie is definitely something a lot will do. I haven't yet, but I might.

Comes as no surprise that Love Live can outshine Disney in their own territory. In fact I'm surprised it didn't sell more than that, though it's only the first week.
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