Shade of Yggdrasil(仮)

Low-selling week, with a lot of western stuff. Note to self: annoy Higurashi fanboy friends about The Simpsons -and- 101 Dalmatians both outselling its most recent volume.
Also, Ex Machina held on pretty good for an OVA.

*11　－　18,775　*18,775　**1　CLANNAD 4 (FPLE)
*14　－　13,863　*13,863　**1　Lucky☆Star 10 LE
*26　*6　*6,773　*18,863　**2　Ex Machina -APPLESEED SAGA- standard edition
*28　－　*6,635　**6,635　**1　Moyashimon VOL.4
*31　－　*5,705　**5,705　**1　Shakugan no Shana II Vol. III

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Totoro broke 800,000, and is still only down to half its average weekly sales. You can pretty much tell a dead week by how much Ghibli shows up, and with two in the top 100, four noted total…
Nice to see that Gundam 00 is at least hitting the low 40s lifetime, though. When the BluRays start coming out in August, even 10k will leave it pretty respectible.

**6　－　12,090　*12,090　**1　Ex Machina -APPLESEED SAGA- standard edition
**9　－　*9,246　**9,246　**1　Minamike 3 (LE)
*12　16　*5,714　111,114　*60　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01
*15　24　*4,217　*83,720　*54　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.02
*21　－　*3,080　**3,080　**1　Ex Machina -APPLESEED SAGA- premium edition

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This week is pretty much back to normal dull sales. The only major niche releases were theatrical Clannad, kneecapped by its three-SKU release, and Toward the Terra, another step in the downward spiral of Doroku towards its termination in two weeks; the monthly DBGT double-release, which is coming out at R1 prices, easily outdid both.

**5　－　*14,646　*14,646　**1　DRAGON BALL GT #3
**6　－　*14,207　*14,207　**1　DRAGON BALL GT #4
*13　－　**6,738　**6,738　**1　theatrical CLANNAD SE (FP)
*14　－　**5,251　**5,251　**1　TOWARD THE TERRA Vol. 8 (LE)
*16　17　**4,982　105,400　*59　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01

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Nothing really surprising this week at all. Gundam sells according to expectations, Gurren runs in the middle ground between kids’ show and nerd show it’s always occupied, and the big OVAs from last week hold on is the lower half.

**4　－　19,334　*19,334　**1　Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS Vol.8
**5　－　17,166　*17,166　**1　Ookiku Furikabutte Vol.9【Final】
**6　－　17,025　*17,025　**1　Gurren Lagann 8
*10　－　12,581　*12,581　**1　Gintama Season Two 08
*15　*3　*7,922　*27,849　**2　Mobile Suit Gundam 00 2

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 My last post got the attention of someone who, in passing, mentioned The Beat; taking a moment to check it out, I happened upon a link to Bookscan numbers for 2007, which struck me as a great topic.

* 192 titles sold over 10,000 copies

* 572 of the top 750 GNs for 2007 were manga or sold as (28 of which domestically-produced,) sales gross $61.5 million on 6.8 million units on these titles alone.

* 338 titles for Viz, for $39.0 million; 144 titles for TP, for $15.0 million; 44 titles for Del Rey, for $4.8 million; 13 titles for Dark Horse, for $1.1 million; 7 titles for ADV Books, for $440k; 5 titles for Brocolli, for $275k

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Full figures for each genre are below the cut. Starred values are estimates by the industry group rather than official numbers.

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Gundam is still lagging, Hellsing and Votoms are both a little low but close to par, and in general way too much shit came out this week—so much, it pushed Totoro out of the top 100.

**2　－　*20,146　*20,146　**1　CLANNAD 3 (FPLE)
**3　－　*19,927　*19,927　**1　Mobile Suit Gundam 00 2
**5　－　*16,832　*16,832　**1　Lucky☆Star  9 LE
**9　－　**8,989　**8,989　**1　MO NO NO KE vol. 5 “Bakeneko”
*14　－　**6,482　**6,482　**1　My-Otome 0~S.ifr~

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They sure do like their golden eggs, I guess.

**8　14　*6,009　*88,344　*56　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.01

*14　18　*4,357　*67,658　*50　The World of GOLDEN EGGS Vol.02

*16　*4　*4,132　*16,523　**2　DRAGON BALL GT 1

*19　*5　*3,841　*14,868　**2　DRAGON BALL GT 2

*23　33　*2,947　*28,766　*26　World/GOLDEN EGGS “SEASON 2″ Vol.03

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(this is the second segment of a three-part article reposted from ADTRW for posterity)

Gundam 00 DVD sales are out; *22,847 of vol. 1 in week 1, at retail price of \3,990. This isn’t particularly good. Read the rest of this entry »