Anime, Action help drive Blu-ray sales in Japan

  • Posted June 29th, 2008 at 04:28 EDT by
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According to Amazon Japan, Blu-ray sales have seen a prominent increase over the last year. Curiously enough, five of the top 10 best-selling movies are animated titles.

With the list also including other movies such as Resident Evil: The High Definition Trilogy and I Am Legend, Amazon Japan went on record to state, "Many software manufactures consider that 'action' is the genre that can make the most of BD. The BD share is expected to grow among new titles especially in this genre from now on." 


Here is the complete top 10 list:

1. Resident Evil: The High Definition Trilogy
2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
3. 5 Centimeters Per Second
4. I Am Legend
5. .hack//G.U. Trilogy
6. Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack
7. The Place Promised in Our Early Days
8. The Phantom of The Opera
9. Ratatouille
10. Mobile Suit Gundam F91

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  1. Daneroy | Daneroy

    • 5:14am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 1

    I want the BD saturation rate to pick up so I can start renting them from the local video store.

  2. Anim3Fr33K | Anim3Fr33K

    • 6:07am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 2

    I hope to all h3ll the .hack//G.U. Trilogy blu ray comes out in australia, my avatar should be evidence enough of how much i want it lol

  3. darksora | Rav_M

    • 8:19am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 3

    they'd better release GU trilogy worldwide as the games were never f****** released in the uk. >_< So much for watching roots in preperation for the game >_<

  4. SolsticeZero | SolsticeZero

    • 8:26am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 4

    I just want all the Miyazaki movies on BluRay

  5. Alpha2

    • 10:41am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 5

    Animation both traditional and CG as well as blockbuster Action/scifi with lots of effects are the best kinds of titles to own on BR. These are titles you WANT to see perfectly, dramas, comedies and other slower less visual geners just dont require that kind of fidelity... certainly not for 30 bucks a pop.

  6. mcwups1

    • 10:48am BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 6

    It's because animated movies look the best on your HDTV.  Every animated movies sells well on BD.

  7. Sevket_Erhat

    • 1:10pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 7

     Resident Evil: The High Definition Trilogy could be my first blu-ray purchase

  8. Odium_Generis_Humani

    • 3:08pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 8

    I've been a Blu-Ray supporter since the beginning (you know, when even PS3 fans were whining that "It's a console first!" stuff), and I still think animation on BD is a waste of money.  There's no point. 

  9. Staude | Staude

    • 3:22pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 9

    @ darksora.. completely agree !

  10. Wuzixi | idoasiplease

    • 3:22pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 10

    Oh I want .hack for blu-ray!!!

  11. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 4:31pm BST - June 29th, 2008
    • 11

    .hack//G.U. was a great trilogy, the games were great, the prequel anime and the OVA

  12. SamTheSkater

    • 8:28am BST - June 30th, 2008
    • 12

    they should release all 3 seasons of avatar: the last airbender on blu-ray. 3 seasons on 3 BD's, that would be great. (the official season 3 trailer is available on ign.com, youtube.com and some other sites.)

  13. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 2:58pm BST - June 30th, 2008
    • 13

    Anime and TV seasons will definitely reap the most benefit of using BD for me personally.

  14. Intervention

    • 10:29am BST - July 1st, 2008
    • 14

    Anime, and cgi are so much better on BD, but what isn't? Nothing, bring us the anime!

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