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Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, December 20-26
posted on by Egan Loo
The Blu-ray Disc release of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer Complete Edition sold 59,000 copies to debut at #1 on Oricon's overall Blu-ray Disc sales chart for the December 20-26 week. The DVD version sold 26,662 copies to rank #4 on its respective chart. It is the third Gundam Blu-ray in a row to top the chart, and the fifth one to do so.
The Nana Mizuki Live Games x Academy -Blue- and -Red- concert Blu-ray Discs sold 16,000 and 15,000 copies, respectively, to rank at #1 and #2 in the music Blu-ray Disc category for the week. They were also #6 and #7 on SoundScan Japan's overall Blu-ray chart. The -Blue- release set a personal sales record for the voice actress. (The DVD versions of -Blue- and -Red- sold 7,811 and 7,636 copies, respectively.)
| Rank | Last Week | Title | Release Date | Maker | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 164 | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer Complete Edition | December 25 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 3 | - | Angel Beats! #7 (Complete Limited Pressing) | December 22 | Aniplex |  |
| 4 | - | Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Oreimo) #1 (Complete Limited Pressing) | December 22 | Aniplex |  |
| 5 | - | Laputa - Castle in the Sky | December 22 | Walt Disney Japan |  |
| 8 | - | Strike Witches 2 Vol. 4 (Limited First Pressing) | December 24 | Kadokawa |  |
| 9 | - | Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A wakening of the Trailblazer | December 25 | Bandai Visual |  |
| 11 | 4 | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Limited Edition | December 18 | Kadokawa Pictures |  |
| 12 | - | Shinryaku! Ika Musume #1 (Limited First Edition Bundle with 1/1-Scale Tentacle Clipping and Metal Badge) | December 24 | Pony Canyon |  |
| 13 | - | Yosuga no Sora I | December 22 | King Records |  |
| 16 | 9 | Toy Story 3 Blu-ray+DVD Set (Blu-ray Case) | November 3 | Walt Disney Japan |  |
| 19 | - | Tamayura Volume II (Limited First Pressing) | December 23 | Shochiku Co., Ltd. |  |
| 20 | - | Highschool of the Dead #4 | December 22 | Geneon Universal Entertainment |  |
[There are gaps in the chart above because non-animated Blu-ray Disc releases are not included. 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. Neither firm directly posts more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]
Source: Phile-web
follow-up of Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, December 13-19 (Updated)
