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BBFC Updates:

A Certain Scientific Railgun
15 - Episode 01 - infrequent strong sexual activity
12 - Episode 02 - moderate sex references
PG - Episode 03 - mild violence, innuendo
PG - Episode 04 - mild innuendo, violence
PG - Episode 05 - mild violence
PG - Episode 06 - mild violence, innuendo
12 - Episode 07 - moderate sex references
12 - Episode 08 - moderate sex references
12 - Episode 09 - moderate violence, sex references
PG - Episode 10 - mild violence
12 - Episode 11 - moderate sex references, gory image
12 - Episode 12 - moderate sex references, gory images
15 - Episode 13 - sexualised images
PG - Episode 14 - mild bad language, mild violence
12 - Episode 15 - moderate violence, threat, sex references
12 - Episode 16 - moderate violence, sex references, occasional bloody moments
12 - Episode 17 - infrequent moderate threat, natural nudity
U - Episode 18 - very mild threat, slapstick
12 - Episode 19 - moderate sex references
PG - Episode 20 - mild threat, sex references
PG - Episode 21 - mild threat
12 - Episode 22 - moderate sex references
PG - Episode 23 - mild violence, mild bad language
PG - Episode 24 - mild violence
Dragon Ball Z Kai
*Episodes 27-46 not up yet*
12 - Episodes 47-52 - moderate fantasy violence
Naruto Shippuden
12 - Episodes 271-277 - moderate fantasy violence
12 - Episodes 278-283 - moderate violence
Noragami
PG - Episode 01 - mild bad language, mild fantasy violence
PG - Episode 02 - mild bad language, mild fantasy violence
12 - Episode 03 - moderate bloody images, suicide references
12 - Episode 04 - moderate violence
12 - Episode 05 - moderate sex references
12 - Episode 06 - moderate violence
12 - Episode 07 - moderate violence, gore
12 - Episode 08 - moderate threat
12 - Episode 09 - moderate threat, bloody images, brief nudity
PG - Episode 10 - mild bad language, fantasy violence
*Episode 11 not up yet*
12 - Episode 12 - moderate violence
Rozen Maiden: Zuruckspulen
PG - Episodes 01-07 - mild bad language, fantasy threat
12 - Episodes 08-13 - moderate sex references, fantasy violence
Samurai Flamenco
15 - Episodes 01-11 - strong bloody violence
 
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I don't think I have ever heard of that description before. I haven't seen the show before, is there some kind of off screen sex or something? Implied Masturbation? I'm kind of just taking shots in the dark. From what I've heard/seen of the show, it can be pretty fan service-y so I'd expect something like that.
 
Japanese Animation Blu-ray sales for September 14-20

UPDATED TO HELP NAVIGATION, OPEN SPOILER FOR ALL THE INFO :wink:

[spoilerbutton]Rank - Title - Weekly Copies (Total Copies)

Red - Summer titles

01 - Charlotte Vol.1 - 6,287 (6,287)
02 - Your Lie in April Vol.8 - 5,595 (5,595)
03 - The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Vol.5 - 4,321 (4,321)
04 - Overlord Vol.1 - 4,043 (4,043)
05 - Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 Vol.6 - 3,427 (3,427)
06 - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! Vol.1 - 2,984 (2,984)
07 - Hello!! KINMOZA Vol.4 - 2,802 (2,802)
08 - Mobile Suit V Gundam Blu-ray Box II - 2,392 (2,392)
09 - To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness 2nd Vol. 1 - 2,278 (2,278)
10 - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 5.1ch Blu-ray Box - 2,239 (2,239)
11 - Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Vol.3 - 2,207 (2,207)
12 - The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan Vol.4 - 1,482 (1,482)
13 - The Seven Deadly Sins Vol.9 - 1,465 (1,465)
14 - School-Live! Vol.1 - 1,308 (1,308)
15 - Big Hero 6 - 1,209 (308,265)
16 - Disney Short Film Collection BD+DVD Set - 1,200 (24,074)
17 - Gangsta. Vol.1 - 1,078 (1,078)
18 - Blood Blockade Battlefront Vol. 4 - 1,074 (9,825)
19 - The Heroic Legend of Arslan Vol. 3 - 1,057 (1,057)
20 - Non Non Biyori Repeat Vol. 1 - 967 (4,972)

Junjo Romantica 3 & Sky Wizards Academy didn't make the charts.

Source: ANN

Good lord this Summer's anime season has terrible sales.

Overall Volume 1 sales so far:

7,406 - 01/07 - Charlotte
5,437 - 01/06 - Non Non Biyori Repeat
5,220 - 02/07 - WORKING!!!
5,193 - 01/06 - Monster Musume
4,724 - 01/06 - Overlord
4,469 - 01/06 - Himouto! Umaru-chan
4,321 - 01/05 - The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 2nd Season
2,984 - 01/05 - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
2,572 - 01/06 - Durarara!!×2 Ten
2,278 - 01/07 - To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd
1,857 - 01/06 - GANGSTA.
1,804 - 01/06 - Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist
1,308 - 01/06 - School-Live!
1,064 - 01/02 - Wakaba Girl
1,014 - 01/02 - My Wife is the Student Council President
*,784 - 01/06 - Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
*,551 - 01/06 - Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
*,446 - 01/01 - Danchigai
*,421 - 01/02 - VENUS PROJECT -CLIMAX-
*,309 - 01/06 - Jitsu wa Watashi wa
*,275 - 01/06 - Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki

Upcoming releases for Volume 1 titles:

September 30th:
- Aoharu x Machinegun
- Castle Town Dandelion
- Gatchaman Crowds: Insight
- Gate
- Prison School
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Seiyu's Life!
- Snow White and the Red Hair
- Symphogear GX
- Ushio & Tora

October 2nd:
- Wakako Sake

October 28th:
- Aquarion Logos
- Classroom Crisis

EDIT: Updated the post.

- Despite people saying Gatchaman Crowds Insight failed in the charts, it's apparently not out yet (Amazon's date is Sept 30th).[/spoilerbutton]
 
That's just blu-ray sales.

DVD sales:
*1.　6,772　**6,772　One Piece Log Collection "Shirahoshi" (eps.536-554)
*2.　4,787　**4,787　Youkai Watch DVD-BOX Vol.3
*3.　3,250　**3,250　Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season Vol.6
*4.　1,522　**1,522　Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori Vol.2 "Nyaossyi to Asobanassyi" Limited Edition
*5.　1,455　**1,455　Funassyi no Funafunafuna Biyori Vol.3 "Guressyi to Shoubunassyi" Limited Edition
*6.　1,165　**1,165　Nanatsu no Taizai Vol.9 Limited Edition
*7.　1,119　**1,119　Charlotte Vol.1 Limited Edition
*8.　1,029　128,201　Youkai Watch Movie 1: Tanjou no Himitsu da Nyan! Special Price Edition
*9.　1,013　**3,698　Usavich Zero
10.　*,936　***,936　Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Vol.8 Limited Edition
11.　*,784　***,784　Junjou Romantica 3 Vol.1 Limited Edition
12.　*,779　***,779　Gangsta. Vol.1 Special Limited Edition
13.　*,683　**3,990　Haikyuu!! Movie 1: Owari to Hajimari
14.　*,681　***,681　Overlord Vol.1
15.　*,661　***,661　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Vol.7 Limited Edition
16.　*,624　***,624　Arslan Senki Vol.3 Limited Edition
17.　*,623　**3,809　Kekkai Sensen Vol.4
18.　*,568　***,568　Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Vol.3
19.　*,536　***,536　To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd Vol.1 Limited Edition
20.　*,523　***,523　Owari no Seraph Vol.4 Limited Edition
21.　*,517　**3,994　Diamond no Ace Inamisen-hen Vol.1 (eps.51-54)
22.　*,450　***,450　The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Vol.5 Limited Edition
23.　*,367　*43,123　Tonari no Totoro
24.　*,345　***,345　Gakkougurashi! Vol.1 Limited Edition

source: MAL


Someanithing's analysis of this week's sales is... interesting.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Japanese Animation Blu-ray sales for September 14-20

Rank - Title - Weekly Copies (Total Copies)

Red - Summer titles

01 - Charlotte Vol.1 - 6,287 (6,287)
02 - Your Lie in April Vol.8 - 5,595 (5,595)
03 - The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Vol.5 - 4,321 (4,321)
04 - Overlord Vol.1 - 4,043 (4,043)
05 - Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 Vol.6 - 3,427 (3,427)
06 - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! Vol.1 - 2,984 (2,984)
07 - Hello!! KINMOZA Vol.4 - 2,802 (2,802)
08 - Mobile Suit V Gundam Blu-ray Box II - 2,392 (2,392)
09 - To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness 2nd Vol. 1 - 2,278 (2,278)
10 - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 5.1ch Blu-ray Box - 2,239 (2,239)
11 - Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Vol.3 - 2,207 (2,207)
12 - The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan Vol.4 - 1,482 (1,482)
13 - The Seven Deadly Sins Vol.9 - 1,465 (1,465)
14 - School-Live! Vol.1 - 1,308 (1,308)
15 - Big Hero 6 - 1,209 (308,265)
16 - Disney Short Film Collection BD+DVD Set - 1,200 (24,074)
17 - Gangsta. Vol.1 - 1,078 (1,078)
18 - Blood Blockade Battlefront Vol. 4 - 1,074 (9,825)
19 - The Heroic Legend of Arslan Vol. 3 - 1,057 (1,057)
20 - Non Non Biyori Repeat Vol. 1 - 967 (4,972)

Gatchaman Crowds: Insight, Junjo Romantica 3 & Sky Wizards Academy didn't make the charts.

Source: ANN

Good lord this Summer's anime season has terrible sales.

Overall Volume 1 sales so far:

*7,406 - 01/07 - Charlotte
*6,397 - 01/07 - WORKING!!!
*5,437 - 01/06 - Non Non Biyori Repeat
*5,193 - 01/06 - Monster Musume
*4,724 - 01/06 - Overlord
*4,469 - 01/06 - Umaru-chan
*2,984 - 01/06 - Fate/kaleid liner PrismaIllya 2wei Herz!
*2,572 - 01/06 - Durarara!!x2 Ten
*2,278 - 01/06 - To LOVE-Ru Darkness 2nd
*1,857 - 01/06 - GANGSTA
*1,804 - 01/06 - Shimoneta
*1,308 - 01/06 - Gakkou Gurashi!
*1,064 - 01/02 - Wakaba Girl
*1,014 - 01/02 - Okusama ga Seito Kaicho!
**,784 - 01/06 - Junjou Romantica 3
**,551 - 01/06 - Rokka no Yuusha
**,446 - 01/01 - Danchigai
**,421 - 01/02 - VENUS PROJECT -CLIMAX-
**,421 - 01/06 - Chaos Dragon
**,309 - 01/06 - Jitsu wa Watashi wa

Upcoming releases for Volume 1 titles:

September 30th:
- Aoharu x Machinegun
- Castle Town Dandelion
- Gate
- Prison School
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Seiyu's Life!
- Snow White and the Red Hair
- Symphogear GX
- Ushio & Tora

October 2nd:
- Wakako Sake

October 28th:
- Aquarion Logos
- Classroom Crisis
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That's terrible :S

Unless somethings changed, I'm sure the last I looked the only shows out of the "Yet to be released" list with predicted decent sales are Symphogear GX & Prison School yet that's not guaranteed... :/

At least the written goods have seen some boosts, School Live & Prison School Manga's sales have increased & Overlord is killing it in the Light Novel charts so they could be presumed successes.
 
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Estimates for next week's sales:

18.2k Symphogear GX
*7.4k Prison School
*5.9k GATE
*3.2k Dandelion
*2.9k Ushio to Tora
*1.9k Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
*1.6k Sora ga Seiyuu
*1.4k Ranpo Kitan
*0.8k Aoharu x Kikanjuu

There's rumours going around that the results this week aren't complete. This isn't the first time that it's happened as Gundam Reconguista suffered this problem (people thought it sold poorly but in the end it actually sold a couple thousand copies).
 
Apparently there are rumours circling around that animation studio Manglobe are declaring bankrupt.

Manglobe recently handled Gangsta., Project Itoh: Genocidal Organ, Samurai Flamenco and The World God Only Knows series. They also worked on Ergo Proxy.
 
NormanicGrav said:
Japanese Animation Blu-ray sales for September 14-20

[spoilerbutton]Rank - Title - Weekly Copies (Total Copies)

Red - Summer titles

01 - Charlotte Vol.1 - 6,287 (6,287)
02 - Your Lie in April Vol.8 - 5,595 (5,595)
03 - The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls Vol.5 - 4,321 (4,321)
04 - Overlord Vol.1 - 4,043 (4,043)
05 - Kuroko's Basketball Season 3 Vol.6 - 3,427 (3,427)
06 - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! Vol.1 - 2,984 (2,984)
07 - Hello!! KINMOZA Vol.4 - 2,802 (2,802)
08 - Mobile Suit V Gundam Blu-ray Box II - 2,392 (2,392)
09 - To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness 2nd Vol. 1 - 2,278 (2,278)
10 - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 5.1ch Blu-ray Box - 2,239 (2,239)
11 - Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold Vol.3 - 2,207 (2,207)
12 - The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan Vol.4 - 1,482 (1,482)
13 - The Seven Deadly Sins Vol.9 - 1,465 (1,465)
14 - School-Live! Vol.1 - 1,308 (1,308)
15 - Big Hero 6 - 1,209 (308,265)
16 - Disney Short Film Collection BD+DVD Set - 1,200 (24,074)
17 - Gangsta. Vol.1 - 1,078 (1,078)
18 - Blood Blockade Battlefront Vol. 4 - 1,074 (9,825)
19 - The Heroic Legend of Arslan Vol. 3 - 1,057 (1,057)
20 - Non Non Biyori Repeat Vol. 1 - 967 (4,972)

Junjo Romantica 3 & Sky Wizards Academy didn't make the charts.

Source: ANN

Good lord this Summer's anime season has terrible sales.

Overall Volume 1 sales so far:

7,406 - 01/07 - Charlotte
5,437 - 01/06 - Non Non Biyori Repeat
5,220 - 02/07 - WORKING!!!
5,193 - 01/06 - Monster Musume
4,724 - 01/06 - Overlord
4,469 - 01/06 - Himouto! Umaru-chan
4,321 - 01/05 - The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 2nd Season
2,984 - 01/05 - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!
2,572 - 01/06 - Durarara!!×2 Ten
2,278 - 01/07 - To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd
1,857 - 01/06 - GANGSTA.
1,804 - 01/06 - Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist
1,308 - 01/06 - School-Live!
1,064 - 01/02 - Wakaba Girl
1,014 - 01/02 - My Wife is the Student Council President
*,784 - 01/06 - Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance
*,551 - 01/06 - Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers
*,446 - 01/01 - Danchigai
*,421 - 01/02 - VENUS PROJECT -CLIMAX-
*,309 - 01/06 - Jitsu wa Watashi wa
*,275 - 01/06 - Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki

Upcoming releases for Volume 1 titles:

September 30th:
- Aoharu x Machinegun
- Castle Town Dandelion
- Gatchaman Crowds: Insight
- Gate
- Prison School
- Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace
- Seiyu's Life!
- Snow White and the Red Hair
- Symphogear GX
- Ushio & Tora

October 2nd:
- Wakako Sake

October 28th:
- Aquarion Logos
- Classroom Crisis[/spoilerbutton]
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SoundScan unveiled their results just recently, and it turns out the sales on Monday were incomplete. Read more here.
EVENING UPDATE: Yep! Soundscan differs greatly, in exactly the ways I expected. Also some other ways, which in addition to last week’s data are revealing that it’s super **** at tracking anime specialty shops. This is clearly still hurting Kurobas a little, and probably Deremas as I don’t think Aniplex+ is included. This may also explain both why Charlotte was so underestimated going by Oricon sales, and why Soundscan has such a low number for it. It must be moving a ton at Aniplex+ shop.

Because of the super rare circumstances today, I’m posting the Soundscan tables as well (I won’t normally do this). If you’re curious about Soundscan having slightly different this week and total numbers for series in their first week, my assumption is that it’s counting a handful of discs that were reported/sold really early. Just pay attention to the total in this case.
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Updated Blu-ray chart:

Anime Rank - Chart Rank - Week Sales - Total Sales - #Wks - Title
01 - 03 - 7,359 - 7,368 - 1 - Overlord v1
02 - 04 - 6,603 - 6,616 - 1 - THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls v5
03 - 07 - 4,527 - 4,534 - 1 - Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season v6
04 - 08 - 4,320 - 4,335 - 1 - Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso v8
05 - 09 - 4,190 - 4,219 - 1 - To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd v1
06 - 10 - 3,661 - 3,664 - 1 - Hello!! Kin-iro Mosaic v4
07 - 11 - 3,453 - 3,457 - 1 - Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 5.1ch BD Box
08 - 12 - 3,339 - 3,353 - 1 - Charlotte v1
09 - 13 - 3,100 - 3,122 - 1 - Kidou Senshi V Gundam BD Box v2
10 - 14 - 2,165 - 2,174 - 1 - Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! v1
11 - 15 - 2,125 - 2,132 - 1 - Gakkou Gurashi! v1
12 - 18 - 1,635 - 1,663 - 1 - Arslan Senki v3
13 - 19 - 1,632 - 1,640 - 1 - Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu v4

Updated DVD chart is also up but it's incomplete but you can view that on the link above.

Overall Volume 1 chart:
8,427 - Overlord
7,406 - Charlotte
4,755 - To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd
2,984 - Fate/Kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz! (DVDs didn't rank)
2,477 - Gakkou Gurashi!
1,857 - Gangsta. (worth noting that Japanese fans are probably waiting for the BD-Box that's coming the same time as final vol.)

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School-Live!'s initial sales are beyond disappointing, especially considering that Charlotte managed to shift so many units.

I'm not surprised that Gatchaman Crowds insight doesn't appear to be doing well because to be honest, the series was pretty mediocre outside of its last few episodes.
 
Joshawott said:
School-Live!'s initial sales are beyond disappointing, especially considering that Charlotte managed to shift so many units.
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Why is everyone so bitter about Charlotte's sales? I was really disappointed by Charlotte and went on some colossal rants about one or two episodes, but even I'm fine with how many it sold in comparison to everything else.
 
Buzz201 said:
Joshawott said:
School-Live!'s initial sales are beyond disappointing, especially considering that Charlotte managed to shift so many units.
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Why is everyone so bitter about Charlotte's sales? I was really disappointed by Charlotte and went on some colossal rants about one or two episodes, but even I'm fine with how many it sold in comparison to everything else.
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Because personally, I thought there were a number of shows that deserved to sell more yet didn't. Charlotte had a lot of potential and was visually pleasing, but I can't help but feel that said potential was completely squandered towards the end of its run.
 
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