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K-On Franchise Sells Over 500,000 BDs, DVDs
posted on by Egan Loo
The K-On anime franchise has sold over 500,000 Blu-ray Discs and DVDs as of November 21. Specifically, the franchise has moved 424,000 Blu-ray volumes and 81,000 DVD volumes.
In the five days since it officially shipped on November 17, the fifth volume of the second television anime series, rank this volume at #2 and #14 on Oricon's overall weekly Blu-ray and DVD sales charts, respectively. Only the Predators Blu-ray & DVD Set sold more copies (37,000) this past week.
The first four volumes of K-ON!! sold 29,000, 28,000, 28,000, and 29,000 copies in their respective first week of sales.
The two television anime series announced that a K-On! film has been green-lit.
licensed the original manga.
Sources: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web, Akiba Sōken via Livedoor, Uri-Sure Matome R
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