All us tech fans know that Sony’s Blu ray disc has won the format war (over the successor to DVD). Of course, what most of us anime & Tech fans don’t know is that Anime is actually HELPING raise blu ray disc sales quite a bit.

Quoting Sankaku Complex:
“According to a ranking released by Amazon.co.jp, of the top ten best selling Blu-ray titles, six were anime.”

The list is as follows:

1　Biohazard Trilogy Box バイオハザードトリロジーBOX(3枚組) 2008/03/19

2　Pirates of the Carribean パイレーツ・オブ・カリビアン/ワールド・エンド 2007/12/5

3　5 Centimeters Per Second 秒速5センチメートル 2008/4/18

4　I Am Legend アイ・アム・レジェンド 2008/4/24

5　.hack//G.U TRILOGY 2008/3/25

6　Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counter Attack 機動戦士ガンダム逆襲のシャア 2008/2/22

7　The Place Promised in Our Early Days 雲のむこう、約束の場所 2008/4/18

8　The Phantom of the Opera オペラ座の怪人 2007/12/21

9　Ratatouille レミーのおいしいレストラン 2007/12/5

10 Mobile Suit Gundam F91 機動戦士ガンダムF91 2008/2/22

Source: Sankaku Complex

Tags: 5 cm per second, anime sales, blu ray discs