Thanks to our extensive and minute-by-minute coverage here at Japanator, we've exclusively turned the 48-person pop group AKB48 (you may have heard of them) into the best-selling band of all-time!....for DVD's by all-female a...
| Marcus Speer |
I could have just called this one a Captain Obvious post, but many of you were SO ANGRY that Infinite Stratos had breached some top-tier Blu-ray debut sales charts, vowing to cause property damage and probably start cutting y...
| Josh Tolentino |
Harem mecha anime par excellence Infinite Stratos has finally broken into the upper atmosphere...of sales! The release of its first Blu-ray volume moved more than 22,000 units and pushed it to a debut Oricon ranking of #1. Ap...
| Josh Tolentino |
Wow, way to have variety in the music market, huh? Well, when a pop sensation takes over, it usually takes over hardcore. This is just what pop groups AKB48 and Arashi have done this past year. Between the two, they accounted...
| Crystal White |
It's a sad day for fans of Senjougahara-sama, as Bakemonogatari's reign at the top of the Blu-ray sales charts is at an end. Despite the end of the K-ON! anime and manga (or perhaps because of it), sales for the third Blu-ray...
| Bob Muir |
Turns out that it was SMAP that managed to knock Ho-kago Tea Time's songs from the Oricon top spot last week. And by a considerable margin, with their single "This is Love" (be outraged by it under the cut) selling ...
| Josh Tolentino |
When I delivered the sad news that K-ON!!'s original manga would be ending this September, one of our dear readers, fission2, wondered if Ho-kago Tea Time's latest songs would manage to top the Oricon charts.I can answer his ...
| Josh Tolentino |
I love Oricon and their endless surveys. They aren't news, not even remotely, yet I can't seem to stop talking about them. What can I say? I like the subject matter: Japanese celebs, pop stars, hot boys and J-drama. Sounds li...
| Colette Bennett |
AKB48's sixteenth and latest single, "Ponytail to Shushu" debuted on May 26, and has thus far sold 513,000 copies, topping the Oricon Singles Chart. Woo, that's a lot of copies! Why can't I make super pop hits? I co...
| Crystal White |
I've decided I want to work at Oricon. All these freaking people do is sit around surveying the Japanese on who's hot, who would be fun to kiss, who has the best ass, who would make the greatest boyfriend, who would perform c...
| Colette Bennett |
I can't get enough of these lists from Oricon. Top 10 Gravure models, freshest young stars, and more -- they're just so much fun to discuss! The IGN list of the top 25 anime characters of all time really got us all talking re...
| Colette Bennett |
The power of the moe-blob is in full force, as the K-ON character album Hokago Teatime debuted at #1 on the Oricon weekly charts, and has made a landmark as the first album by a fictional cast to reach #1. The CD sold some 67...
| Brad Rice |
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