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Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: August 15-21

The Premium Edition for the live-action film adaptation of the Ashita no Joe sold 7,006 copies to debut at #2. The Standard Edition sold 1,239 copies at #13.

Morning Musume's Concert Tour 2011 Spring disc sold 2,670 copies at #7. AKB48's AKB ga Ippai ~The Best Music Video~ collection stayed at #11 in its ninth week. It sold 1,478 more copies for a new total of 138,809.

The Blu-ray Disc for the K-ON!! Live Event ~Come with Me!!~ concert dropped from #6 to #15 in its third week. It sold 1,107 more copies for a total of 35,401.

Rank	Last Week	Title	Weekly Copies	Total Copies	Release Date	Maker	Cover
1	-	Hana-Saku Iroha #2	7,512	7,512	August 17	Pony Canyon
4	2	Rapunzel DVD+Blu-ray Set	5,827	94,060	July 20	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
14	-	C #1	1,180	1,180	August 19	Pony Canyon
16	-	Astarotte's Toy #3	1,102	1,102	August 17	Pony Canyon
-	15	Rapunzel Blu-ray Set	792	15,013	July 20	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
-	-	Kure-nai Blu-ray Disc Box (Limited First Pressing)	659	659	August 17	Pony Canyon
-	-	Puella Magi Madoka Magica #4 (Limited Complete Pressing)	521	55,142	July 27	Aniplex
-	-	Rapunzel 3D Super Set	480	8,800	July 20	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
-	-	Karigurashi no Arrietty (Arrietty the Borrower)	452	56,852	June 17	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
-	19	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Blu-ray+DVD Set	439	4,725	August 3	Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment

Source: Oricon

[There are gaps in the chart above because non-animated Blu-ray releases are not included. Oricon does not directly post more data for weekly sales than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]