
The Japanese market research firm Oricon has
announced its list of Japan's bestselling DVDs for 2007, and the
Death note/Death Note the Last name live-action movie set and Studio Ghibli's
Tales from Earthsea are #10 and #11, respectively, on the list. The Death Note set sold 251,347 copies, and Tales of Earthsea's standard edition sold 240,952 copies, which makes those two releases Japan's bestselling manga- or anime-related DVDs of 2007. (That is not counting #1's
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End with
Doraemon guest star Johnny Depp or #5's
Spider-Man 3, the movie whose original comic also inspired a Japanese live-action robot series and
manga.)