October figures to be an interesting month, the second in a row headlined by multiple releases likely to chart. The most obvious is DBZ: Battle of Gods, which has the combo pack at 138th place a week before release. GitS: Arise and Hellsing Ultimate also have respectable probabilities of ranking given good thresholds; Ultimate is basically in the same position Steins Gate was in a month ago, and that release encouragingly broke into the lower 200s today.
October 7
Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys
[$10; 1,177,926]
Pokemon 4 Ever
[$10; 322,326]
Pokemon: Jirachi – Wish Maker
[$10; 303,682]
Pokemon Heroes
[$10; 222,325]
Junjo Romantica 2 (Season 2)
[$45; 267,530]
Bodacious Space Pirates: Complete Collection
[$70; 131,290]
Bodacious Space Pirates: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
[$90; 84,175]
Mobile Suit Gundam UC (Unicorn), Part 4
[$30; 32,907]
Gargantia: The Complete Series
[$45; 47,136]
Gargantia: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]
[$70; 31,446]
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Uncut Edition)
[$30; 1887]
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (Extended Edition) (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$35; 138]
October 14
Meganebu: Complete Collection
[$50; 379,196]
Meganebu: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
[$60; 393,648]
Black Butler: Complete Season Two – Classic (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$40; 106,956]
Fate / Stay Night TV: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
[$100; 62,037]
Naruto Movies Triple Feature
[$20; 143,146]
Kill Me Baby: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
[$70; 125,413]
Princess Jellyfish: Complete Series – S.A.V.E.
[$30; 24649]
Yu-Gi-Oh GX: Season 1
[$45; 17,328]
A Certain Magical Index II (To Aru Majutsu no Index) – Season 2, Part 1 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$65; 11,367]
Naruto Shippuden Uncut Set 20
[$45; 3014]
October 21
Letter to Momo
[$20; 33,709]
Sunday Without God: Complete Collection
[$60; 177,997]
Sunday Without God: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]
[$70; 66,567]
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate – Anime Movie (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$35; 8520]
Ghost in the Shell Arise: Borders 1 & 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$40; 4953]
October 27
Sherlock Hound the Complete Series
[$60; 234,146]
Cardcaptor Sakura the Movie [Blu-ray]
[$30; 116,531]
October 28
Pokemon: Season 1 – Indigo League – The Comp Coll
[$55; 47,988]
Pokemon: Season 1 – Indigo League Set 2
[$25; 339,844]
Pokemon: Season 1 – Indigo League Set 3
[$25; 296,952]
Street Fighter: Animated Comic Volume 1 – Round One – FIGHT!
[$10; 237,931]
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East 2
[$60; 209,046]
Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East 2 [Blu-ray]
[$70; 88,861]
Fairy Tail: Part 13 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$55; 6983]
Dragon Ball Z: Season 8 [Blu-ray]
[$45; 4245]
Hellsing Ultimate: Volumes 9 & 10 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
[$45, 1577]
ANNCast has their yearly RightStuf sales podcast released today:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2014-10-03/.79530
I listened to the first third of it. He seemed to not have a whole lot of specific figures, but it was neat to hear the aniplex USA stuff is doing well there. I get the impression a lot of flak turned their way is by fans part of a demographic less likely to be buyers in any case.
The merchandising stuff he mentions is more interesting, though I wonder how much of the market that exists is large enough to bring the necessary economies of scale to bear.
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