Nikkei Business Publications' Nikkei Trendy magazine announced the results of the "Best 30 Hit Products in 2014" annual column on Monday. The column lists the top 30 products and services and their popularity in Japan.

Disney's film Frozen took first place, with its Blu-ray release alone selling over one million copies in its first three days in Japan. The film has since been featured on food, home products, school supplies, toys, and other merchandise.

Level-5's Yo-kai Watch franchise took second place, with Japanese children and their parents often struggling to search for "Yo-kai Medals" to purchase. A Yo-kai Watch feature film is opening on December 20, and a second film was announced on Monday due to the 721,422 advance tickets the first film has sold- an all-time record for TOHO.

The remainder of the list is as follows:

3. Universal Studios Japan's "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter" area

4. Gell Ball Detergent

5. Ban Sweat Block Roll-On

6. Iyemon Special Tea

7. Disney Tsum Tsum

8. Croissant Donuts

9. Cheap Smartphone

10. Abeno Harukas building

11. Kinetic Sand

12. Smart Dry

13. Dr. Air 3D Massage Sheet

14. Beef Suki Nabezen

15. Chrome Cast

16. Nanatsuboshi in Kyushu

17. Rare Sugar

18. Healsio Tea-presso

19. Friction Colored Pencils

20. MiraCurl

21. Asahi Super Dry: Dry Premium

22. Suzuki Hustler

23. Monster Strike smartphone game

24. FunLoom

25. Kakuno Pens

26. Noodle-Maker

27. Wonder Core

28. Cup Noodle: Tom Yum Goong Noodle

29. Manga Box

30. NISA financial service



Game developer Level-5 announced the Yokai Watch franchise in 2011 with a game, manga, and anime already planned. The franchise's first game for the Nintendo 3DS debuted in Japan in July 2013, and two versions of the Yo-kai Watch 2 3DS game shipped in July. A third version titled Yo-kai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Yo-kai Watch 2: Headliner ) will ship on December 13, and will tie in to the upcoming film. The anime premiered this past January. The manga has four volumes that have sold 1.5 million copies.

Source: Oricon