Endless Eight DVDs Sell Well
Despite the horror that was Haruhi season two's Endless Eight, the DVDs continue to sell like hotcakes. Kadokawa recently released the second Endless Eight DVD (third Haruhi Season 2 DVD overall), & just like the first one, it's been selling very well. Proving that the followers of Haruhi-ism will buy anything that features their goddess. In its first week, it sold well over 12,000 copies, placing it as the third highest DVD of the week.
While we're talking about the DVDs, it should be pointing out that the DVDs for Bakemonogatari have been doing surprisingly (or rather unsurprisingly) well. The second DVD took the top spot once again, selling over 18,000 copies in its first week on sale. Not only that, but the Blu-ray version sold so many copies that it's now the highest selling anime Blu-ray of all time, even surpassing K-On. Here are the top 10 DVDs in Japan for last week:
- 18,731 Bakemonogatari vol.2 Limited Edition DVD
- 13,533 Gintama Season 4 vol.1 Limited Edition
- 12,708 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009) Endless Eight III & IV Limited Edition
- 11,391 Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I DVD
- 10,229 Hidamari Sketch x 365 Specials Limited Edition
- 7,643 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood vol.3 Limited Edition DVD
- 7,216 CENCOROLL Limited Edition
- 4,622 Tales of the Abyss vol.9
- 4,318 Hetalia Axis Powers vol.5 Limtied Edition
- 3,815 Mobile Suit Gundam MS Anime Archive vol.1