
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