According to the latest Oricon Report, A-1 Pictures' original feature film Kokoro ga Sakebi Tagatte Irunda. (English title: The Anthem of the Heart), topped Japan's weekly overall Blu-ray sales charts selling 23,000 units in its first week. The film's DVD and Blu-ray were released in Japan on March 30. This is the Japanese animation feature's highest first week sale record of this year so far. The previous record holder was the first press limited edition of Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- released one week earlier selling 17,000 units.

The Tatsuyuki Nagai (Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)-directed film was released in Japan on September 19, 2015, and earned 1.12 billion yen from its domestic theatrical run, becoming the 35th top-grossing Japanese film of 2015.

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Source: Oricon Style

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