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50 Top-Selling Animation DVDs in Japan: 2012
posted on by Egan Loo
This list covers sales surveyed from December 12, 2011 to December 9, 2012. The top 3 animation Blu-ray Discs releases (among the top 50 DVDs overall) were listed last month.
| Rank | Estimated Discs Sold |
Title | Releaser | Release Date |
| Artist | ||||
| 1 | 65,697 | Mobile Suit Gundam UC 5 | BVS | 12/6/8 |
| Animation | ||||
| 2 | 59,411 | From Up on Poppy HIll | WDS | 12/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 3 | 59,126 | My Neighbor Totoro | BVH | 01/9/28 |
| Animation | ||||
| 4 | 56,681 | Cars (11.07) | WDS | 11/7/6 |
| Animation | ||||
| 5 | 51,389 | Toy Story 3 (12.07) | WDS | 12/7/4 |
| Animation | ||||
| 6 | 45,431 | Cars 2 | WDS | 12/1/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 7 | 37,914 | Toy Story Special Edition | WDS | 10/5/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 8 | 37,822 | From Up on Poppy HIll Yokohama Special Edition | WDS | 12/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 9 | 34,905 | Madagascar 2 Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 10 | 33,503 | K-ON! (film) (DVD Limited First Edition) | TBS/Sakuragaoka Light Music Club | 12/7/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 11 | 32,530 | Toy Story 2 Special Edition | WDS | 10/6/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 12 | 29,229 | Madagascar Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 13 | 29,084 | Monsters, Inc. (07.06) | BVH | 07/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 14 | 26,157 | One Piece Log Collection "Water Seven" | AVE | 11/12/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 15 | 26,048 | One Piece Log Collection "Nico/Robin" | AVE | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 16 | 25,920 | One Piece Log Collection "CP9" | AVE | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 17 | 25,552 | One Piece Log Collection "Foxy" | AVE | 11/12/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 18 | 24,981 | One Piece Log Collection "Rocket Man" | AVE | 12/1/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 19 | 24,385 | Finding Nemo (07.06) | BVH | 07/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 20 | 24,048 | Shrek Forever (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 21 | 23,959 | One Piece Log Collection "Franky" | AVE | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 22 | 22,184 | Kiki's Delivery Service | BVH | 01/6/8 |
| Animation | ||||
| 23 | 22,177 | The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! (Deluxe Edition) | The Prince of Tennis Project/BVS | 12/3/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 24 | 22,041 | One Piece Log Collection "Thriller Bark" | AVE | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 25 | 21,799 | Summer Wars Limited-Time Special Price Edition | VAP | 12/7/11 |
| Animation | ||||
| 26 | 21,097 | Usavich Season 4 | PC | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 27 | 20,523 | Kung-Fu Panda 2 | PHE | 12/6/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 28 | 20,514 | K-ON! (film) (DVD Stanadard Edition) *Special Price | TBS/Sakuragaoka Light Music Club | 12/7/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 29 | 19,208 | Pokémon the Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom/Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram | SGK | 11/12/16 |
| Animation | ||||
| 30 | 18,670 | Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/4/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 31 | 18,215 | Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000% 6 | K | 12/2/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 32 | 17,880 | Kung-Fu Panda Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 33 | 17,102 | Beauty and the Beast Special Edition | WDS | 10/10/9 |
| Animation | ||||
| 34 | 15,865 | Aladdin Special Edition (08.08) | WDS | 08/8/6 |
| Animation | ||||
| 35 | 15,597 | Laputa - Castle in the Sky | BVH | 02/10/4 |
| Animation | ||||
| 36 | 14,372 | How to Train Your Dragon Special Edition | PHE | 11/7/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 37 | 14,209 | Kuroko's Basketball 4 | BVS | 12/10/26 |
| Animation | ||||
| 38 | 14,049 | Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4 | BVS | 11/12/2 |
| Animation | ||||
| 39 | 13,501 | Kuroko's Basketball 2 | BVS | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 40 | 13,194 | Tangled | WDS | 11/11/16 |
| Animation | ||||
| 41 | 13,168 | Kuroko's Basketball 1 | BVS | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 42 | 13,049 | The Penguins from Madagascar DVD Debut | PHE | 12/7/13 |
| Animation | ||||
| 43 | 13,001 | Puss in Boots | PHE | 12/7/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 44 | 12,225 | Gintama' 11 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/5/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 45 | 12,061 | Space Battleship Yamato 2199 1 | BVS | 12/5/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 46 | 11,956 | Gintama' 07 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/1/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 47 | 11,839 | Kuroko's Basketball 5 | BVS | 12/11/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 48 | 11,820 | Kuroko's Basketball 3 | BVS | 12/9/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 49 | 11,580 | Gintama' 09 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/3/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 50 | 11,535 | Gintama' 13 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/7/25 |
| Animation |
Source: Oricon
follow-up of Japan's Animation DVD Ranking, December 24-30
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