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2000-Present: 10,000+ Sellers

All TV anime series from 2000 until now that have averaged at least 10,000 across all volumes will be listed.

Updated as of 2020-09-01

Rank by Average Series Average Re-release Total Sales * ¥1mil (1st rls only) Vols Eps ¥/ep * ¥1mil Year Animation Studio Publisher Distributor Title Comment 1 79,201 33,233 112,434 ¥3,409.3 6 15 ¥227.3 2009 Shaft Aniplex Sony Bakemonogatari 2 71,061 13,200 84,261 ¥2,923.1 6 12 ¥243.6 2011 Shaft Aniplex Sony Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica 3 69,520 69,520 ¥2,796.2 6 12 ¥233.0 2016 MAPPA Avex Avex Yuuri!!! On Ice 4 68,959 21,086 90,044 ¥5,378.8 13 50 ¥107.6 2004 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny 5 67,366 25,568 92,934 ¥2,917.5 7 13 ¥224.4 2014 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Love Live! 2nd Season 6 66,770 1,891 68,661 ¥3,273.0 8 25 ¥130.9 2015 Studio Pierrot Avex Avex Osomatsu-san 7 60,719 4,417 65,136 ¥2,142.6 5 11 ¥194.8 2012 Shaft Aniplex Sony Nisemonogatari 8 58,939 25,044 83,983 ¥4,597.3 13 50 ¥91.9 2002 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED 9 57,675 57,675 ¥2,512.4 7 13 ¥193.3 2017 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Granblue Fantasy The Animation 10 56,128 56,128 ¥2,472.6 7 13 ¥190.2 2016 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Love Live! Sunshine!! 11 52,285 3,887 56,172 ¥1,986.8 1 13 ¥152.8 2011 ufotable Aniplex Sony Fate/Zero 12 52,078 1,143 53,221 ¥3,152.4 9 25 ¥126.1 2013 WIT Studio Pony Canyon Pony Canyon Shingeki no Kyojin 13 46,873 46,873 ¥2,128.6 7 13 ¥163.7 2017 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season 14 46,344 46,344 ¥1,575.7 1 12 ¥131.3 2012 ufotable Aniplex Sony Fate/Zero Second Season 15 46,297 16,230 62,527 ¥2,583.2 9 25 ¥103.3 2008 Satelight Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Macross Frontier 16 45,423 29,402 74,825 ¥2,265.2 9 25 ¥90.6 2006 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch 17 43,878 14,834 58,712 ¥2,198.9 7 14 ¥157.1 2009 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon K-ON! 18 42,756 37,000 79,756 ¥2,059.0 8 14 ¥147.1 2006 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Kadokawa Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu 19 42,690 21,601 64,291 ¥2,257.7 9 25 ¥90.3 2008 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch R2 20 42,211 3,867 46,078 ¥3,539.2 12 25 ¥141.6 2013 Shaft Aniplex Sony Monogatari Series Second Season 21 39,519 10,899 50,418 ¥2,759.5 9 27 ¥102.2 2010 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon K-ON!! 22 39,353 13,228 52,581 ¥1,541.4 7 25 ¥61.7 2007 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 23 39,283 3,665 42,948 ¥1,532.0 1 12 ¥127.7 2014 ufotable Aniplex Sony Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works 24 36,574 18,824 55,398 ¥2,627.7 13 51 ¥51.5 2003 Bones Aniplex Sony Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 25 36,286 32,010 68,296 ¥1,466.8 6 12 ¥122.2 2012 Actas Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Girls und Panzer 26 36,159 9,540 45,699 ¥2,397.6 9 25 ¥95.9 2012 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Sword Art Online 27 36,004 3,665 39,669 ¥1,260.1 1 13 ¥96.9 2015 ufotable Aniplex Sony Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Part II 28 35,973 35,973 ¥1,386.2 6 13 ¥106.6 2015 A1 Pictures King Records King Records Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions 29 34,601 13,228 47,829 ¥1,425.5 7 25 ¥57.0 2008 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 S2 30 34,107 7,531 41,638 ¥1,588.6 7 14 ¥113.5 2010 PA Works Aniplex Sony Angel Beats! 31 33,863 3,250 37,113 ¥1,428.9 6 12 ¥119.1 2011 8bit Media Factory Media Factory Infinite Stratos 32 33,776 33,776 ¥1,531.2 7 13 ¥117.8 2013 A1 Pictures King Records King Records Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% 33 33,643 33,643 ¥659.4 2 10 ¥65.9 2019 Cygames Pictures Happinet Happinet Manaria Friends 34 32,223 32,223 ¥350.2 1 12 ¥29.2 2016 Shaft Aniplex Sony Koyomimonogatari 35 31,818 10,378 42,196 ¥1,162.7 6 11 ¥105.7 2011 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. 36 31,491 31,491 ¥2,400.4 9 25 ¥96.0 2015 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls + G4U Bundle 37 31,280 1,314 32,594 ¥2,133.5 10 25 ¥85.3 2011 AIC ASTA Aniplex Sony Persona 4 38 30,002 8,524 38,526 ¥2,371.4 12 24 ¥98.8 2007 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Kadokawa Lucky Star 39 29,716 40,073 69,789 ¥1,366.9 7 13 ¥105.1 2013 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Love Live! 40 29,615 29,615 ¥1,127.9 6 13 ¥86.8 2016 A1 Pictures King Records King Records Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Legend Star 41 29,108 29,108 ¥1,118.3 6 12 ¥93.2 2013 Kyoto Animation Kyoto Animation Pony Canyon Free! 42 29,094 29,094 ¥955.0 5 12 ¥79.6 2015 Shaft Aniplex Sony Owarimonogatari 43 28,912 28,912 ¥2,125.9 9 26 ¥81.8 2011 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony The iDOLM@STER + G4U Bundle 44 28,784 3,655 32,439 ¥1,830.7 12 24 ¥76.3 2004 A.C.G.T. Avex Avex Initial D Fourth Stage 45 28,551 9,870 38,421 ¥1,643.2 9 25 ¥65.7 2011 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Tiger & Bunny 46 26,054 26,054 ¥249.6 1 8 ¥31.2 2019 Troyca Bandai Visual Bandai Visual IDOLiSH7 Vibrato 47 26,047 9,436 35,483 ¥1,290.0 8 24 ¥53.7 2006 Studio Deen Production Committee NBC Universal (Geneon) Fate/Stay Night 48 25,644 2,144 27,788 ¥1,035.5 3 26 ¥39.8 2002 JC Staff King Records King Records Azumanga Daiou 49 25,470 25,470 ¥1,354.3 9 25 ¥54.2 2014 Production IG Touhou Touhou Haikyuu!! 50 25,043 25,043 ¥47.8 1 12 ¥4.0 2019 Gainax NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Urashimasakatasen no Nichijou 51 24,943 7,172 32,115 ¥1,514.8 8 24 ¥63.1 2007 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon Clannad 52 24,823 10,993 35,816 ¥1,428.9 8 24 ¥59.5 2009 JC Staff NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 53 24,470 1,656 26,126 ¥1,352.7 9 25 ¥54.1 2012 Production IG Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kuroko no Basuke 54 24,327 854 25,181 ¥831.3 6 13 ¥63.9 2005 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon Air 55 23,934 6,549 30,483 ¥1,300.2 8 16 ¥81.3 2010 AIC Build Aniplex Sony Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai 56 23,497 2,455 25,952 ¥1,255.6 8 24 ¥52.3 2000 Xebec King Records King Records Love Hina 57 23,287 617 23,904 ¥894.2 8 52 ¥17.2 2009 Studio Deen Frontier Works Media Factory Hetalia Axis Powers 58 22,802 866 23,668 ¥224.4 3 13 ¥17.3 2017 Gathering Frontier Works Kadokawa THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Gekijou 59 22,591 8,611 31,202 ¥1,184.0 9 26 ¥45.5 2007 Seven Arcs King Records King Records Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS 60 22,290 22,290 ¥999.1 7 13 ¥76.9 2014 Kyoto Animation Kyoto Animation Pony Canyon Free! -Eternal Summer- 61 21,858 7,134 28,992 ¥990.1 7 13 ¥76.2 2011 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 62 21,603 21,603 ¥1,118.3 7 17 ¥65.8 2018 Troyca Bandai Visual Bandai Visual IDOLiSH7 63 21,107 21,107 ¥403.9 3 7 ¥57.7 2017 Shaft Aniplex Sony Owarimonogatari Season 2 64 20,950 7,134 28,084 ¥952.4 7 13 ¥73.3 2012 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II 65 20,917 20,917 ¥878.5 4 12 ¥73.2 2018 MAPPA Avex Avex Zombieland Saga 66 20,707 7,998 28,705 ¥1,286.0 9 24 ¥53.6 2014 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Sword Art Online II 67 20,051 15,271 35,322 ¥1,039.2 9 27 ¥38.5 2007 Gainax Aniplex Sony Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 68 20,022 1,599 21,621 ¥1,247.6 9 26 ¥48.0 2012 David Production Warner Brothers Warner Brothers Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken 69 19,992 7,570 27,562 ¥1,214.1 8 25 ¥48.6 2008 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon Clannad: After Story 70 19,656 19,656 ¥1,401.8 11 26 ¥53.9 2019 ufotable Aniplex Sony Kimetsu no Yaiba 71 19,641 14,883 34,524 ¥1,532.0 13 26 ¥58.9 2004 Production IG Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Koukaku Kidoutai S.A.C. 2nd GIG 72 19,297 3,000 22,297 ¥1,009.7 9 25 ¥40.4 2007 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Ookiku Furikabutte 73 19,123 19,123 ¥812.3 6 12 ¥67.7 2015 Diomedia Kadokawa Kadokawa Kantai Collection -Kancolle- 74 19,052 36,041 55,093 ¥894.7 8 14 ¥63.9 2009 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Kadokawa Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (2009) 75 18,724 1,628 20,352 ¥1,039.6 9 26 ¥40.0 2013 Production IG Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kuroko no Basuke 2nd Season 76 18,311 5,997 24,308 ¥1,428.2 13 26 ¥54.9 2010 Brains Base Aniplex Sony Durarara!! 77 18,235 18,235 ¥933.6 4 13 ¥71.8 2018 PA Works Touhou Touhou Uma Musume: Pretty Derby 78 18,170 4,047 22,217 ¥872.2 8 24 ¥36.3 2006 Kyoto Animation TBS Pony Canyon Kanon (2006) 79 18,074 18,074 ¥693.8 6 13 ¥53.4 2019 Satelight King Records King Records Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV 80 18,010 18,010 ¥670.8 6 13 ¥51.6 2011 A1 Pictures King Records King Records Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000% 81 17,969 2,199 20,168 ¥636.6 6 12 ¥53.0 2016 Douga Koubou Touhou Touhou Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru 82 17,695 9,220 26,915 ¥646.0 7 13 ¥49.7 2010 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Working!! 83 17,254 2,380 19,634 ¥644.6 6 13 ¥49.6 2015 Bones Touhou Touhou Kekkai Sensen 84 17,103 6,474 23,577 ¥989.5 8 24 ¥41.2 2010 JC Staff NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) To Aru Majutsu no Index II 85 17,052 420 17,472 ¥821.6 7 26 ¥31.6 2005 Xebec King Records King Records Mahou Sensei Negima! 86 16,923 3,695 20,618 ¥1,037.2 8 24 ¥43.2 2013 JC Staff Warner Brothers NBC Universal (Geneon) To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S 87 16,904 1,350 18,254 ¥758.6 7 12 ¥63.2 2013 8bit TBS Overlap Infinite Stratos 2 88 16,671 14,189 30,860 ¥1,185.8 9 25 ¥47.4 2011 White Fox Frontier Works Media Factory Steins;Gate 89 16,433 1,865 18,298 ¥860.1 9 25 ¥34.4 2015 Production IG Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season 90 16,373 4,115 20,488 ¥1,082.7 8 24 ¥45.1 2014 PA Works Warner Brothers Warner Brothers Shirobako 91 16,328 16,328 ¥729.6 7 13 ¥56.1 2017 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony THE IDOLM@STER SideM 92 16,124 16,307 32,431 ¥1,257.7 13 26 ¥48.4 2002 Production IG Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Koukaku Kidoutai STAND ALONE COMPLEX 93 16,082 1,888 17,970 ¥884.7 8 16 ¥55.3 2013 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. 94 15,797 1,102 16,899 ¥713.2 7 13 ¥54.9 2012 Kyoto Animation Kyoto Animation Pony Canyon Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! 95 15,534 8,606 24,140 ¥835.0 13 49 ¥17.0 2006 Sunrise Aniplex Sony Gintama Season 1 96 15,282 7,246 22,528 ¥886.8 13 51 ¥17.4 2008 Sunrise Aniplex Sony Gintama Season 3 97 15,216 7,717 22,933 ¥874.9 13 50 ¥17.5 2007 Sunrise Aniplex Sony Gintama Season 2 98 15,204 225 15,429 ¥734.8 13 37 ¥19.9 2006 Madhouse VAP VAP Death Note 99 15,169 15,169 ¥807.6 9 25 ¥32.3 2015 Production IG Touhou Touhou Haikyuu!! Second Season 100 14,992 1,910 16,902 ¥587.7 4 26 ¥22.6 2003 feel King Records King Records D.C.: Da Capo 101 14,940 1,660 16,600 ¥448.2 6 12 ¥37.3 2010 Studio Deen NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Hakuouki 102 14,798 14,798 ¥443.9 6 12 ¥37.0 2003 JC Staff NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Tsukihime 103 14,792 14,792 ¥562.5 6 13 ¥43.3 2017 Satelight King Records King Records Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ 104 14,739 14,739 ¥505.6 6 13 ¥38.9 2014 WIT Studio King Records King Records Hoozuki no Reitetsu 105 14,730 14,730 ¥634.9 7 14 ¥45.4 2019 MAPPA Aniplex Sony Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2 106 14,641 5,379 20,020 ¥210.8 3 38 ¥5.5 2009 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Movic Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu to Nyoron Churuya-san 107 14,327 12,581 26,908 ¥729.1 6 12 ¥60.8 2010 AIC Spirits Kadokawa Kadokawa Strike Witches 2 108 14,229 14,229 ¥541.2 6 13 ¥41.6 2015 Satelight King Records King Records Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX 109 14,125 14,125 ¥423.7 6 12 ¥35.3 2001 Gainax NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Mahoromatic 110 14,110 14,110 ¥580.4 3 12 ¥48.4 2018 C-Station FuRyu FuRyu Yurucamp 111 14,006 5,851 19,857 ¥566.5 7 12 ¥47.2 2003 Daume Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Onegai Twins 112 13,971 5,290 19,261 ¥715.3 9 24 ¥29.8 2008 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Kuroshitsuji 113 13,907 7,281 21,188 ¥591.8 7 12 ¥49.3 2002 Daume Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Onegai Teacher 114 13,789 18,737 32,526 ¥645.3 6 12 ¥53.8 2008 Gonzo Kadokawa Kadokawa Strike Witches 115 13,597 2,901 16,498 ¥442.6 6 12 ¥36.9 2015 White Fox NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?? 116 13,233 13,233 ¥387.8 5 10 ¥38.8 2000 TNK NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Hand Maid May 117 13,200 21,753 34,953 ¥462.0 7 13 ¥35.5 2008 Hal Film Maker Shouchiku Media Factory Aria the Origination 118 12,992 9,469 22,461 ¥294.0 5 12 ¥24.5 2007 Toei Animation Asmik Ace Kadokawa Mononoke 119 12,952 1,983 14,935 ¥525.2 7 13 ¥40.4 2010 Production IG Shouchiku Pony Canyon Sengoku Basara 2 120 12,872 2,261 15,133 ¥543.2 7 13 ¥41.8 2011 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Working'!! 121 12,718 7,219 19,937 ¥738.2 13 51 ¥14.5 2009 Sunrise Aniplex Sony Gintama Season 4 122 12,693 12,693 ¥490.8 6 13 ¥37.8 2015 Madhouse Showgate Media Factory Overlord 123 12,654 2,410 15,064 ¥617.2 8 16 ¥38.6 2009 Bones Aniplex Sony Darker Than Black -Ryuusei no Gemini- 124 12,649 12,649 ¥843.7 10 25 ¥33.7 2011 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Ao no Exorcist 125 12,575 3,362 15,937 ¥768.3 12 51 ¥15.1 2011 Sunrise Aniplex Sony Gintama' 126 12,541 12,541 ¥431.2 6 13 ¥33.2 2017 ufotable Aniplex Sony Katsugeki Touken Ranbu 127 12,426 12,426 ¥776.4 8 24 ¥32.4 2018 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Sword Art Online: Alicization 128 12,420 1,685 14,105 ¥650.4 6 24 ¥27.1 2014 David Production Warner Brothers Warner Brothers Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Stardust Crusaders 129 12,402 4,396 16,798 ¥1,178.9 16 64 ¥18.4 2009 Bones Aniplex Sony Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (2009) 130 12,290 756 13,046 ¥589.9 8 24 ¥24.6 2002 JC Staff NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Ai Yori Aoshi 131 12,242 5,660 17,902 ¥827.9 10 26 ¥31.8 2014 Madhouse Aniplex Sony Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei 132 12,125 13,273 25,398 ¥679.3 8 24 ¥28.3 2008 JC Staff NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) To Aru Majutsu no Index 133 12,082 4,303 16,385 ¥341.8 4 13 ¥26.3 2007 Daume King Records King Records Minami-ke 134 11,997 2,794 14,791 ¥660.6 9 25 ¥26.4 2016 White Fox Showgate Media Factory Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 135 11,988 1,533 13,521 ¥299.7 5 10 ¥30.0 2010 Studio Deen NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Hakuouki Hekketsuroku 136 11,903 11,903 ¥448.6 4 13 ¥34.5 2018 Kyoto Animation Pony Canyon Pony Canyon Violet Evergarden 137 11,802 896 12,698 ¥463.7 6 13 ¥35.7 2013 White Fox Pony Canyon Pony Canyon Hataraku Maou-sama! 138 11,784 1,170 12,954 ¥457.5 9 24 ¥19.1 2005 JC Staff Asmik Ace Kadokawa Hachimitsu to Clover 139 11,760 2,706 14,466 ¥409.4 5 10 ¥40.9 2016 Studio Deen Kadokawa Kadokawa Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 140 11,705 3,976 15,681 ¥780.3 9 25 ¥31.2 2013 Trigger Aniplex Sony Kill La Kill 141 11,562 11,562 ¥404.7 1 12 ¥33.7 2016 Hoods NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Drifters 142 11,554 603 12,157 ¥404.4 7 14 ¥28.9 2002 Gainax NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono 143 11,404 2,450 13,854 ¥402.8 6 12 ¥33.6 2014 White Fox NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? 144 11,266 1,435 12,701 ¥445.4 6 12 ¥37.1 2012 Xebec Production Committee NBC Universal (Geneon) To Love-Ru Darkness 145 11,259 11,259 ¥272.3 6 10 ¥27.2 2016 Production IG Touhou Touhou Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou 146 11,251 8,977 20,228 ¥349.2 6 13 ¥26.9 2005 Seven Arcs King Records King Records Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's 147 11,218 904 12,122 ¥456.7 6 13 ¥35.1 2011 AIC Build Media Factory Media Factory Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai 148 11,197 11,197 ¥318.1 4 12 ¥26.5 2019 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld 149 11,082 3,597 14,679 ¥486.4 7 13 ¥37.4 2015 feel Marvelous AQL NBC Universal (Geneon) Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku 150 11,054 2,307 13,361 ¥464.3 7 14 ¥33.2 2008 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Kannagi 151 10,999 289 11,288 ¥527.9 8 26 ¥20.3 2002 Madhouse TBS NBC Universal (Geneon) Chobits 152 10,890 1,865 12,755 ¥439.0 7 12 ¥36.6 2012 David Production Aniplex Sony Inu x Boku SS 153 10,872 12,473 23,345 ¥327.6 5 13 ¥25.2 2008 Brains Base Aniplex Sony Natsume Yuujin-chou 154 10,852 6,758 17,610 ¥504.7 5 26 ¥19.4 2005 Artland Marvelous AQL Avex Mushishi 155 10,744 423 11,167 ¥727.8 9 26 ¥28.0 2012 JC Staff Warner Brothers Warner Brothers Little Busters! 156 10,742 24,043 34,785 ¥597.8 8 25 ¥23.9 2008 JC Staff King Records King Records Toradora! 157 10,727 3,749 14,476 ¥596.5 9 22 ¥27.1 2014 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso 158 10,673 3,182 13,854 ¥555.0 8 24 ¥23.1 2005 JC Staff Showgate NBC Universal (Geneon) Shakugan no Shana 159 10,563 4,202 14,765 ¥411.8 6 12 ¥34.3 2014 Douga Koubou Media Factory Media Factory Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun 160 10,535 5,610 16,145 ¥334.8 5 13 ¥25.8 2011 Brains Base Aniplex Sony Natsume Yuujin-chou San 161 10,522 2,301 12,823 ¥373.2 6 12 ¥31.1 2015 Madhouse Bandai Visual Bandai Visual One Punch Man 162 10,514 10,514 ¥319.3 4 12 ¥26.6 2006 feel King Records King Records Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 163 10,513 558 11,071 ¥405.4 6 12 ¥33.8 2009 Arms Media Factory Media Factory Queen's Blade: Rurou no Senshi 164 10,495 8,421 18,916 ¥429.1 7 13 ¥33.0 2015 A1 Pictures Aniplex Sony Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata 165 10,387 12,473 22,860 ¥312.3 5 13 ¥24.0 2009 Brains Base Aniplex Sony Zoku Natsume Yuujin-chou 166 10,364 610 10,974 ¥398.0 8 48 ¥8.3 2010 Studio Deen Frontier Works Media Factory Hetalia World Series 167 10,314 10,314 ¥487.3 8 25 ¥19.5 2017 Studio Pierrot Avex Avex Osomatsu-san Season 2 168 10,187 2,895 13,082 ¥378.4 5 10 ¥37.8 2017 Studio Deen Kadokawa Kadokawa Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 169 10,174 2,977 13,151 ¥597.4 9 26 ¥23.0 2004 Sunrise Bandai Visual Bandai Visual My-HiME 170 10,159 9,524 19,683 ¥429.6 7 13 ¥33.0 2013 Brains Base Marvelous AQL NBC Universal (Geneon) Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. 171 10,158 10,158 ¥641.4 9 26 ¥24.7 2016 Satelight Bandai Visual Bandai Visual Macross Delta 172 10,131 2,112 12,243 ¥266.1 5 12 ¥22.2 2008 Production IG Asmik Ace Kadokawa Toshokan Sensou 173 10,108 2,494 12,602 ¥503.4 8 26 ¥19.4 2001 Studio Deen King Records King Records Fruits Basket 174 10,105 24,625 34,730 ¥312.7 6 13 ¥24.1 2005 Hal Film Maker Shouchiku Media Factory Aria the Animation 175 10,093 14,241 24,334 ¥470.8 6 12 ¥39.2 2003 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Happinet Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu 176 10,069 4,796 14,865 ¥367.5 6 13 ¥28.3 2004 Studio Deen NBC Universal (Geneon) NBC Universal (Geneon) Maria-sama ga Miteru 177 10,062 2,321 12,383 ¥483.0 8 24 ¥20.1 2005 AIC Kodansha Bandai Visual Aa Megami-sama 178 10,058 1,199 11,257 ¥408.3 14 26 ¥15.7 2012 Synergy SP Avex Avex Initial D Fifth Stage 179 10,046 12,246 22,292 ¥759.7 11 22 ¥34.5 2012 Kyoto Animation Kadokawa Kadokawa Hyouka 180 10,041 1,746 11,787 ¥406.3 6 12 ¥33.9 2012 TNK Showgate Media Factory High School DxD 181 10,040 1,741 11,781 ¥529.1 6 24 ¥22.0 2015 David Production Warner Brothers Warner Brothers Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Stardust Crusaders Egypt-hen 182 10,007 10,007 ¥343.9 6 13 ¥26.5 2018 Madhouse Kadokawa Kadokawa Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho

Note: Gross sales in yen are calculated using the MSRP without sales tax as of April 8, 2014. So you may see some numbers dropped, but given the tax rate change in April 2014, I had to convert everything to pre-tax for fairness.

Note: Air is 23,761 if you include Air in Summer. I tend not to add specials if not released in the same volume as core series episodes, though these did air on TV. Could go either way.

Note: Both iDOLM@STER seasons are a tally of the standalone DVD/BDs plus the Gravure For You game+BD bundles. For season one, Vol. 1 came with the full PS3 game which sold 80-100k, which cannot realistically be counted all as anime sales, sales are being calculated as follows: Vol. 1-9 standalone DVD avg + Vol. 1-9 standalone BD avg + Vol. 2-9 G4U bundle avg. Cinderella Girls is just standalone avg + G4U avg.

Note: Code Geass (season 1) tally no longer includes a 5,185 BD average (v1-4, v5-9 did not rank as only yearly lists were available for BDs back then and they didn’t make the cut). The BDs were not released simultaneously with the DVD release, as BDs weren’t very common at the time. Individual BD volumes matching the DVD release were released starting 11 months after the last DVD volume. Before, I included it the BDs in the total because it seemed like an outlier, but now that I have a column for re-release sales, I think it’s more appropriate to put it there. This also aligns with how other sites count the series.



Breakdown by Publisher



Publisher Count % Aniplex 51 28.0% Bandai Visual 27 14.8% King Records 18 9.9% NBC Universal (Geneon) 15 8.2% Kadokawa 12 6.6% TBS 8 4.4% Avex 6 3.3% Touhou 6 3.3% Warner Brothers 6 3.3% Frontier Works 4 2.2% Media Factory 4 2.2% Showgate 4 2.2% Asmik Ace 3 1.6% Kyoto Animation 3 1.6% Marvelous AQL 3 1.6% Shouchiku 3 1.6% Pony Canyon 3 1.6% Production Committee 2 1.1% FuRyu 1 0.5% Happinet 1 0.5% Kodansha 1 0.5% VAP 1 0.5%



Breakdown by Studio



Studio Count % A1 Pictures 22 12.1% Sunrise 19 10.4% Kyoto Animation 16 8.8% JC Staff 11 6.0% Production IG 10 5.5% Studio Deen 9 4.9% Shaft 7 3.8% Madhouse 6 3.3% ufotable 6 3.3% Brains Base 5 2.7% Satelight 5 2.7% White Fox 5 2.7% Bones 4 2.2% David Production 4 2.2% Gainax 4 2.2% Daume 3 1.6% Feel 3 1.6% PA Works 3 1.6% Xebec 3 1.6% MAPPA 3 1.6% 8bit 2 1.1% AIC Build 2 1.1% Douga Koubou 2 1.1% Hal Film Maker 2 1.1% Seven Arcs 2 1.1% Studio Pierrot 2 1.1% TNK 2 1.1% Troyca 2 1.1% WIT Studio 2 1.1% A.C.G.T. 1 0.5% Actas 1 0.5% AIC 1 0.5% AIC ASTA 1 0.5% AIC Spirits 1 0.5% Arms 1 0.5% Artland 1 0.5% C-Station 1 0.5% Cygames Pictures 1 0.5% Diomedia 1 0.5% Gathering 1 0.5% Gonzo 1 0.5% Hoods 1 0.5% Synergy SP 1 0.5% Toei Animation 1 0.5% Trigger 1 0.5% Cloverworks 0 0.0%



Breakdown by Year



Year Count % of 10ks 2000 2 1.1% 2001 2 1.1% 2002 7 3.8% 2003 5 2.7% 2004 5 2.7% 2005 8 4.4% 2006 7 3.8% 2007 9 4.9% 2008 13 7.1% 2009 11 6.0% 2010 11 6.0% 2011 15 8.2% 2012 14 7.7% 2013 12 6.6% 2014 12 6.6% 2015 16 8.8% 2016 10 5.5% 2017 9 4.9% 2018 7 3.8% 2019 7 3.8% 2020 0 0.0%



Updates and corrections

2020/08/13: New Entry – Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2

2020/07/05: New Entry – Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld

2020/01/12: New Entry – Urashimasakatasen no Nichijou

2020/01/12: New Entry – Senki Zesshou Symphogear XV

2020/01/12: New Entry – Kimetsu no Yaiba

2020/01/12: New Entry – Sword Art Online: Alicization

2019/12/07: New Entry – Violet Evergarden

2019/09/03: New Entry – IDOLiSH7 Vibrato

2019/04/23: New Entry – Manaria Friends

2019/01/24: New Entry – Zombieland Saga

2018/11/24: New Entry – Uma Musume: Pretty Derby

2018/09/09: New Entry – Osomatsu-san Season 2

2018/07/21: New Entry – Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho

2018/07/07: New Entry – Yurucamp

2018/05/22: New Entry – IDOLiSH7

2018/03/26: New Entry – THE IDOLM@STER SideM

2018/03/18: Correction – Removed the three Bleach seasons; just tracking three seasons as normal shows and the rest as long-running was a weird distinction to make purely on the basis of the first three hitting 10k.

2018/02/11: New Entry – Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season

2018/01/27: New Entry – Macross Delta

2017/12/25: New Entry – Owarimonogatari Season 2

2017/11/25: New Entry – Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ

2017/10/19: New Entry – Katsugeki Touken Ranbu

2017/08/19: New Entry – Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2

2017/07/16: New Entry – THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Gekijou

2017/07/16: New Entry – Granblue Fantasy The Animation

2017/05/12: New Entry – Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou

2017/04/24: New Entry – Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Legend Star

2017/03/06: New Entry – Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru

2017/03/06: New Entry – Yuuri!!! on Ice

2017/03/06: New Entry – Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

2017/01/15: New Entry – Drifters

2016/12/10: New Entry – Love Live! Sunshine!!

2016/08/08: New Entry – Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!

2016/07/16: New Entry – Koyomimonogatari

2016/07/01: New Entry – One Punch Man

2016/05/14: New Entry – Osomatsu-san

2016/04/25: Correction – Fixed Maria-sama ga Miteru year from 2008 to 2004. Fixed Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso from 2012 to 2014.

2016/02/28: New Entry – Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??

2016/02/28: New Entry – Owarimonogatari

2016/02/28: New Entry – Haikyuu!! Second Season

2016/01/09: New Entry – Overlord

2016/01/09: New Entry – Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata

2015/12/21: New Entry – Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Part II

2015/11/27: New Entry – Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. Zoku

2015/11/27: New Entry – Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Stardust Crusaders Egypt-hen

2015/11/15: New Entry – Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

2015/10/10: Feature added – Distinguished between publisher and distributor. Publisher (発売元) now used for what used to be the distributor (販売元) table.

2015/10/10: New Entry – Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX

2015/08/19: Feature added – Re-releases cleaned up, column added for initial + re-release Total.

2015/07/10: New Entry – Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions

2015/07/10: New Entry – Kekkai Sensen

2015/05/10: New Entry – Kuroko no Basuke 3rd Season

2015/05/10: New Entry – THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls-, with caveats noted below the main list.

2015/04/04: New Entry – Kantai Collection -Kancolle-

2015/04/04: New Entry – Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works

2015/04/04: New Entry – Shirobako

2015/02/21: New Entry – Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

2015/02/21: New Entry – Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

2015/02/03: New Entry – High School DxD

2015/02/01: New Entry – Maria-sama ga Miteru

2015/02/01: New Entry – Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

2015/02/01: New Entry – My-HiME

2015/02/01: New Entry – Aa Megami-sama

2015/02/01: New Entry – Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru

2015/01/12: New Entry – Sword Art Online II

2015/01/12: New Entry – Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken Stardust Crusaders

2015/01/12: New Entry – Free! -Eternal Summer-

2015/01/12: New Entry – Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru.

2015/01/12: New Entry – Hyouka

2015/01/12: New Entry – Initial D Fifth Stage

2014/11/16: New Entry – Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?

2014/10/05: New Entry – Haikyuu!!

2014/10/05: New Entry – Love Live! 2nd Season

2014/07/26: New Entry – Kill La Kill

2014/07/10: New Entry – Hoozuki no Reitetsu

2014/02/06: New Entry – Kuroko no Basuke 2nd Season

2013/12/29: New Entry – Hataraku Maou-sama!

2013/11/07: New Entry – Infinite Stratos 2

2013/10/31: New Entry – Monogatari Series Second Season

2013/09/19: New Entry – Free!

2013/08/16: New Entry – Little Busters!

2013/07/30: New Entry – To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S

2013/07/25: New Entry – Shingeki no Kyojin

2013/07/02: New Entry – Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000%

2013/06/27: New Entry – Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai. (season 2)

2013/06/26: Correction – Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A’s average corrected from 10,817 to 11,251.

2013/04/30: Dropped out – Gintama’ Enchousen

2013/04/27: New Entry – To Love-Ru Darkness

2013/03/28: New Entry – Love Live!

2013/02/07: New Entry – Gintama’ Enchousen

2013/02/05: New Entry – Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken

2013/01/10: New Entry – Girls und Panzer

2013/01/07: New Entry – Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!

2012/12/10: New Entry – Fate/Zero Second Season, split off from part I.

2012/11/22: Feature added – Volume totals.

2012/11/21: Feature added – Sum total of re-releases added after the initial sales column. These are not counted in the initial sales total and do not affect the ranking.

2012/11/21: Clarification – Code Geass decision reversed regarding later BDs.

2012/10/30: New Entry – Sword Art Online

2012/10/01: New Entry – Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II

2012/08/09: New Entry – Kuroko no Basuke

2012/05/01: New Entry – Nisemonogatari

2012/05/01: New Entry – Inu x Boku SS

2012/05/01: New Entry – Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

2012/04/13: Clarification – Code Geass clarification added to reflect its unusual DVD/BD situation.

2012/03/13: New Entry – Fate/Zero

2012/01/02: New Entry – The iDOLM@STER, with caveats noted below the main list.

2011/12/27: New Entry – Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon

2011/11/29: New Entry – Persona 4

2011/11/08: New Entry – Working’!!

2011/10/03: New Entry – Natsume Yuujin-chou San

2011/09/27: Feature added – Distributors added to list and breakdown.

2011/09/27: New Entry – Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 1000%

2011/09/10: Correction – Love Hina’s average revised; VHS numbers were misread, DVD numbers initially used from incorrectly calculated source. New average is DVD-only, 23,497.

2011/08/02: New Entry – Gintama’

2011/07/05: New Entry – Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai

2011/06/28: Dropped out – Star Driver Kagayaki no Takuto

2011/06/28: New Entry – Ao no Exorcist

2011/06/28: New Entry – Steins;Gate

2011/06/05: Correction – Chobits (10,998 DVD) was missing.

2011/06/05: Correction – Love Hina‘s average (20,584 DVD + 2,970 VHS) revised to include VHS.

2011/06/04: Correction – Toshokan Sensou (10,046 DVD) was missing.

2011/06/02: New Entry – Tiger & Bunny

2011/05/12: New Entry – Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica

2011/04/07: New Entry – Infinite Stratos