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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, December 21-27 (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
The limited first edition of the KAT-TUN Live Break the Records concert DVD dropped from #1 to #8 in its second weekend. Rookies ~Sotsugyō- Last DVD Album (pictured at right), the DVD for the live-action feature based on Masanori Morita's Rookies baseball manga, also dropped from #10 to #11 in its fourth weekend. The Nana Mizuki Live Diamond x Fever concert DVD debuted at #12, while the Lucky Star in Budōkan ~Anata no Tame Da Kara~ concert DVD landed at #19.
Update: Nana Mizuki's concert release sold 13,000 Blu-ray Discs to top Oricon's weekly chart for December 21-27. Source: animeanime.jp
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
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| 3 | - | Fireball Winter Package | 24,643 | 24,643 | December 22 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
| 6 | - | Hetalia - Axis Powers Vol. 6 (Limited First Edition) | 17,280 | 17,280 | December 22 | Frontier Works |  |
| 13 | 6 | Bolt | 12,626 | 35,164 | December 16 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
| 15 | - | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya #5.571428 (Vol. 5) Limited Edition | 11,965 | 11,965 | December 25 | Kadokawa Shoten |  |
| 16 | - | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II End of World | 10,957 | 10,957 | December 22 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 20 | 11 | Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Pocket Monster Diamond & Pearl: Arceus Chōkoku no Jikū e) | 9,054 | 26,179 | December 18 | Shogakukan |  |
| 24 | - | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Special Edition) | 7,706 | 7,706 | December 22 | Fox |  |
| 25 | - | The Prince of Tennis OVA Fan Disc: ~Message in a bottle~ | 7,428 | 7,428 | December 22 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 27 | - | Hidamari Sketch Fan Disc: Mō Sugu! Hidamari Sketch × Hoshimittsu | 6,909 | 6,909 | December 23 | Aniplex |  |
| 30 | - | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood #5 | 6,608 | 6,608 | December 23 | Aniplex |  |
| - | - | Kimi ni Todoke Vol. 1 | December 23 | VAP |  |
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| - | - | Sora no Otoshimono Limited Edition | Vol. 1 | December 25 | Kadokawa Shoten |  |
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| - | - | Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea | July 3 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | Tales of the Abyss Special Fan Disc | 7,070 | 7,070 | December 22 | Bandai Visual |  |
| - | - | Zan Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei Vol. IV (Special Edition) | December 23 | King |  |
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| - | - | Darker than Black: Ryūsei no Gemini #1 | December 23 | Aniplex |  |
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| - | - | My Neighbor Totoro | September 28, 2001 | Buena Vista |  |
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| - | - | Queen's Blade: Gyokuza no Tsugumono Vol. 1 | December 22 | Media Factory |  |
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| - | - | Hellsing OVA Volume VII (Limited Initial Edition) | December 23 | Geneon Entertainment |  |
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| - | - | Hayate the Combat Butler!! 2nd season 05 (Limited First Edition) | December 23 | Shogakukan |  |
Source: Oricon
[Oricon does not directly post more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverifiable, anonymous sources.]
follow-up of 2009's Top-Selling DVDs in Japan (Overall)
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