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Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 12-18
posted on by Egan Loo
According to the Oricon survey firm and the AV Watch news source, the first Blu-ray Disc volume of Bakemonogatari stayed on top of the Oricon chart for a third week in a row. It sold 2,564 more copies for a total of about 40,000 copies.
Crows Zero II, Takashi Miike's second prequel film based on Hiroshi Takahashi's Crows fighting manga, rose back up from #3 to #2 in its third week on SoundScan Japan's chart. According to Oricon, it sold 824 more copies. Miike's first Crows Zero film dropped from #13 to #15. Chris Nahon's live-action film adaptation of Production I.G's Blood: The Last Vampire anime went up from #6 to #4 in its second week. Yatterman Tenko-Mori Blu-ray, the deluxe version of Miike's live-action film adaptation of the Yatterman anime, stayed at #5 in its fourth week.
(SoundScan Japan's methods of surveying home video sales are different from those of the competing firm Oricon, which often lead to differing results between the two.)
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | Bakemonogatari Hitagi Crab (Complete Limited Pressing) | September 30 | Aniplex |  |
| 7 | 4 | Spice and Wolf II #1 | October 7 | Pony Canyon |  |
| 9 | 15 | K-ON! #3 (Limited First Pressing) | September 16 | Pony Canyon |  |
| 10 | 17 | Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone (Evangelion Shin Gekijōban: Jo) | May 27 | King Records |  |
| 11 | 7 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood #2 | September 30 | Aniplex |  |
| 13 | 18 | Vexille - 2077 Isolation of Japan (Bargain-Priced Edition) | October 2 | Avex |  |
| 17 | 8 | Taishō Yakyū Musume. Vol. 1 (Limited First Pressing) | October 7 | Pony Canyon |  |
Source: Phile-web
follow-up of Japanese Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, October 5-11
