CATDOLL: Amazon Japan releases anime BD/DVD sales rankings

Amazon, the leading shopping website in Japan, has a turnover of billions of dollars every year. At the end of each year, the website will publish the sales rankings of its products. This time, we bring you the 2014 "Animation BD/DVD Sales Rankings". Let's see which animation will become the big winner in sales this year.

No. 1 "Mobile Suit Gundam UC" (Included in the list: Mobile Suit Gundam UC 7 (First Press Limited Edition) "Blu-ray")

The original work was a series of novels serialized by Fukui Harutoshi in Gundam Ace, which was adapted into a 7-episode OVA animation in 2009. The video product of the last episode was released in June this year and received unprecedented response, making this work the top of the sales ranking this year.

The story of the UC series will begin after the Second Neo Zeon War. Three years after the Earth Sphere gained a brief peace, a secret transaction regarding the top-secret "Laplace Box" was carried out on the industrial colony "Industrial 7". In order to prevent the outbreak of a new war, Audrey Bowen tried every means to stop the transaction. The young boy Banagher Links, who was involved in this storm, will drive the "RX-0 Unicorn Gundam" to face this dangerous space war.

No. 2 "Puella Magi Madoka: The New Story of Rebellion" (number of episodes on the list: Magical Girl Madoka☆Magika "The New Story of Rebellion (Complete Production Limited Edition) "Blu-ray")

This work has won many awards including the Japan Academy Awards and the Kobe Animation Awards. The sequel to the original work, "Treason Story", is also a super popular work that has set a new first-week sales record. Its sales are only slightly lower than the classic masterpiece "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 You Can (Not) Advance". For a new series, it can be said to be a very proud achievement.

The plot of the new series will continue after the original work. Madoka Kaname sacrifices everything in exchange for the future of all magical girls. One of the girls, Homura Akemi, miraculously retains her memories because of her extreme longing for the magical girls and continues to fight in the reorganized world... And the new world that Madoka has exchanged her life for, does it bring hope or despair?!

No. 3 "LoveLive!" 》 (Number of episodes on the list: ラブライブ! 2nd Season 1 (Special Limited Edition) "Blu-ray")

LoveLive, an idol work jointly launched by SUNRISE, Lantis and the monthly magazine Dengeki G's magazine, has attracted great attention since its launch. Its related audio-visual products have repeatedly achieved excellent results in various rankings.

The story of this work will be set in the traditional high school "Otonokizaka Academy" which is facing the crisis of closing down due to the decreasing number of students. In order to save her beloved alma mater, Honoka Kosaka, a second-year student, came up with a way to increase the school's fame by becoming an idol. To this end, nine girls with distinct personalities gathered together and embarked on the road to becoming idols together.

【Top 4～10】

No. 4: The Movie: Kara no Kyoukai: Future Gospel

No. 5 The Idolmaster Movie

No. 6 "Girls und Panzer: This is the real Battle of Anzio!"

No. 7: The Tale of the Immortal Vol. 1

No. 8: Attack on Titan

No. 9: The Tale of the Immortal Vol. 2

No. 10: Bakemonogatari

The above is the list of this time. Most of the shortlisted works are very familiar to the audience. Among them, there are 3 works in the Monogatari series on the list, which shows that its popularity cannot be underestimated.