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Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 11-17 (Part 1)
posted on by Egan Loo
The special edition of Nodame Cantabile Saishū Gakushō Kōhen (Nodame Cantabile: The Final Movement Part II), the second of two live-action movies based on Tomoko Ninomiya's Nodame Cantabile romantic comedy manga, rose from #2 to #1 with 8,683 copies sold. After two weeks, it has sold a total of 53,719. The standard edition fell from #7 to #8 with 4,562 more copies and a total of 16,406.
The limited complete pressing of Masaaki Taniguchi's live-action film reimagining of Yasutaka Tsutsui's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time novel debuted at #7 with 4,688 copies. The standard edition moved 2,094 copies to land at #17.
My Darling is a Foreigner, the live-action film adaptation of Saori Oguri's 2002 autobiographical Darling wa Gaikokujin essay manga, dropped from #12 to #25 in its second week. It sold 1,685 copies to add its total of 6,027.
The Young Magazine DVD for AKB48 member Tomomi Itano returned to the chart at #30. It added 1,494 more copies to its total of 21,897.
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Weekly Copies | Total Copies | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | Beauty and the Beast Special Edition | 7,978 | 22,653 | October 9 | Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment |  |
| 6 | 4 | Macross Frontier: Itsuwari no Utahime | 5,515 | 26,555 | October 7 | Happinet |  |
| 20 | 6 | Sengoku Basara Two Volume I | 1,865 | 15,857 | October 6 | Shochiku Home Video |  |
Source: Oricon
[Oricon does not directly post more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]
Note: The remaining top 20 animation DVDs will be posted by Wednesday EDT.
follow-up of Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, October 4-10 (Part 2)
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