{"id":1606,"date":"2010-11-22T02:50:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-22T07:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2010-11-22T03:57:31","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T08:57:31","slug":"2ch-translation-2000-2010-best-selling-tv-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/22\/2ch-translation-2000-2010-best-selling-tv-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation: 2000-2010 best-selling TV anime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note: I frequently encounter people complaining that cheap moe\/fanservice anime are being made because they sell better than “serious” anime. However, these shows typically sell extremely poorly – I hope this list will help improve your internet arguments. I’ve added a somewhat-accurate list of genres\/original source material.<\/i><\/p>\n

Source: Anime sales thread material repository<\/a> on livedoor bbs, presumably from 2ch originally.<\/p>\n

These numbers are per-volume averages, with each DVD in a box set being counted as an individual volume. (*) indicates series still being released when the list was made in 2010\/05.<\/p>\n

List of 2000-2010 TV anime DVD\/BDs with 10,000+ sales<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sales<\/b><\/td>\nGenre<\/b><\/td>\nSeries<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
170,479<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nThe World of Golden Eggs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79,204<\/td>\nMecha SF<\/td>\nGundam SEED Destiny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76,760<\/td>\nLight Novel<\/td>\nBakemonogatari (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70,349<\/td>\nMecha SF<\/td>\nGundam SEED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52,900<\/td>\nShounen<\/td>\nFull Metal Alchemist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50,552<\/td>\nShounen<\/td>\nCode Geass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46,147<\/td>\nMecha SF<\/td>\nMacross Frontier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42,822<\/td>\n4koma Comedy<\/td>\nK-ON!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42,690<\/td>\nShounen<\/td>\nCode Geass R2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41,038<\/td>\nLight Novel SF<\/td>\nThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39,208<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\nGundam 00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34,601<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\nGundam 00 S2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29,890<\/td>\nSeinen<\/td>\nGhost in the Shell S.A.C. 2nd Gig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29,768<\/td>\nVisual Novel<\/td>\nClannad<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29,509<\/td>\nSports<\/td>\nInitial D Fourth Stage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29,146<\/td>\n4koma Comedy<\/td>\nLucky Star<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27,377<\/td>\nSeinen<\/td>\nGhost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26,910<\/td>\n4koma Comedy<\/td>\nAzumanga Daiou<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26,047<\/td>\nVisual Novel Fantasy<\/td>\nFate\/stay night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25,637<\/td>\nHarem Romance<\/td>\nLove Hina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24,346<\/td>\nVisual Novel<\/td>\nAIR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24,253<\/td>\nSF+Moe<\/td>\nA Certain Scientific Railgun (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22,829<\/td>\nLight Novel<\/td>\nDulalala! (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22,591<\/td>\nMagical Girl SF<\/td>\nMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21,831<\/td>\n4koma Comedy<\/td>\nWorking!! (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20,450<\/td>\nVisual Novel<\/td>\nKanon (2006)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20,342<\/td>\nHealing<\/td>\nAria The Origination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20,052<\/td>\nShounen SF<\/td>\nTengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19,819<\/td>\nVisual Novel<\/td>\nClannad After Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19,297<\/td>\nSports<\/td>\nOokiku Furikabutte<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18,683<\/td>\nFighting<\/td>\nBleach (1-20)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18,573<\/td>\nFighting<\/td>\nBleach (42-63)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18,556<\/td>\nLight Novel SF<\/td>\nThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18,535<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nMononoke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17,888<\/td>\nSports<\/td>\nInitial D Second Stage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17,864<\/td>\nHealing<\/td>\nAria The Animation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17,553<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nFull Metal Panic? Fumoffu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17,481<\/td>\nFighting<\/td>\nBleach (21-41)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16,458<\/td>\nHarem Comedy<\/td>\nMahou Sensei Negima!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16,262<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nOnegai Teacher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16,166<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nOnegai Twins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16,079<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\nDarker than Black S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,983<\/td>\nHealing<\/td>\nAria The Natural<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,448<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nGintama S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,284<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nGintama S2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,246<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nGintama S3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15,021<\/td>\nShounen<\/td>\nDeath Note<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14,216<\/td>\nVisual Novel Fantasy<\/td>\nShingetsutan Tsukihime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14,125<\/td>\nFanservice Comedy<\/td>\nMahoromatic S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13,920<\/td>\nNeo-Shounen<\/td>\nKuroshitsuji<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13,789<\/td>\nFanservice<\/td>\nStrike Witches S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13,723<\/td>\nShounen<\/td>\nFull Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13,360<\/td>\nVisual Novel<\/td>\nD.C. ~Da Capo~<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13,233<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nHand Maid May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,971<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nMai-HiME<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,937<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nGintama S4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,673<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\nDarker than Black S2 (*)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,290<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nAi yori Aoshi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,126<\/td>\nLight Novel<\/td>\nA Certain Magical Index S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12,094<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nInfinite Ryvius<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,932<\/td>\nShoujo<\/td>\nFruits Basket<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,920<\/td>\nFighting<\/td>\nScryed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,800<\/td>\nNovel SF<\/td>\nBanner of the Stars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,712<\/td>\nSF<\/td>\nEureka Seven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,521<\/td>\nFanservice Comedy<\/td>\nMahoromatic S2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,440<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nRead or Die TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,265<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nMai-Otome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,251<\/td>\nMagical Girl<\/td>\nMagical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,244<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nMinami-ke S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,243<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nRozen Maiden Tr\u00c3\u00a4umend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11,039<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nHoney & Clover<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,880<\/td>\nHarem Comedy<\/td>\nKannagi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,620<\/td>\nLight Novel<\/td>\nShakugan no Shana S1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,612<\/td>\nLight Novel Drama<\/td>\nToradora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,315<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nNatsume’s Book of Friends S2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,236<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nNatsume’s Book of Friends<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,219<\/td>\nComedy<\/td>\nPani Poni Dash!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,049<\/td>\nSeinen<\/td>\nMushi-shi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,046<\/td>\n???<\/td>\nLibrary War<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Who says SHAFT needs industry awards?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: I frequently encounter people complaining that cheap moe\/fanservice anime are being made because they sell better than “serious” anime. However, these shows typically sell extremely poorly – I hope this list will help improve your internet arguments. I’ve added a somewhat-accurate list of genres\/original source material. Source: Anime sales thread material repository on livedoor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime","category-translation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2chan.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}