What was the best selling late night anime of the 2000s? Announcing the top 50 sales!

A popular romantic manga serialized in Young Animal was adapted into an anime in 2002.
The heroine, Aoi Sakuraba, who is the daughter of a kimono shop and usually wears a kimono, became popular among anime fans and was a big hit.
The next year in 2003, the second season was broadcasted and was also a hit.

No. 34 [1.26 million] BLEACH

Based on the Jump manga, which has a total of 120 million copies of the worldwide series, the anime version was broadcast from 2004 to 2012.
The best seller was the Shinigami Agency Arc, but after that the average number of copies of the Nitai-Kai Infiltration Arc and the Rescue Arc also exceeded 10,000, and after that it recorded stable sales.
In 2021, 20 years after the start of the series, the final chapter “The Thousand Year Blood War Arc” is scheduled to be animated as a 20th anniversary project.

No. 33 [1.29 million] Mononoke

It is an original anime that was aired in the summer of 2007 in the Noitamina slot.
The genre was horror, and it consisted of five episodes, “Zashiki-Doji”, “Umibobo”, “Tall Tallboy”, “White man”, “White man”, “White man”, and “Kakeneko”, in a total of 12 episodes.
The fact that it was a short animation with a main storyline and sold more than 10,000 copies is just one word to describe it, and it is a testament to the quality of the content.

No. 32 [1.32 million] HAND MAID May

It is an original anime aired on WOWOW in the summer of 2000.
It was produced by TNK, which was just established at the time, and although the broadcast station was limited, the content of the gyaru-game type harem romantic comedy with many sexy scenes was well received and recorded high sales.
Yanagisawa Tetsuya, the director of “High School DxD” and “Sound Robot Daimidara”, who became the leading director of sexy anime, is in charge of the animation director.

No. 31 [13,200 units] ARIA series

It is a series of visualization of Amano Kozue’s daily fantasy manga set in the former Mars “Aqua” which was reborn as a water planet.
The anime adaptation of the series started in 2005, but the most successful anime was the third season “ARIA The ORIGINATION” broadcast in 2008.
After that, the series remained popular even after the original series ended in 2010, and a completely new anime is scheduled to be produced in 2020.

No. 30 [1.34 million] D.C.: Da Capo

It is an anime based on an erotic game that has been in production since 2003.
It is a romantic comedy in a single episode format, and is a historical work that made it known that an anime mainly focusing on character moe would be a big hit.

No.29 [13,800 copies] Magetsukan Tsukihime

TYPE-MOON, which is now the leading game maker in Japan with “FGO”, is the anime version of their first work produced during the doujin era.
It was a doujin game that became a huge hit, and although the anime version was a bit divisive, it was still a huge hit.
It has been announced that a remake of the original game is in development, but it seems that there is no prospect of its release yet.

No. 28 [1.38 million] Strike Witches.

I’m not embarrassed because I’m not in my underwear! It is a media mix work that depicts the activities of girls who fly in the sky, which is well known by the catchphrase “I’m a girl”.
The first season aired in 2008 was very popular, and if you include the Blu-ray box sales, it sold nearly 30,000 copies.
The new series, “The 501st Joint Fighter Wing Strike Witches ROAD to BERLIN” is scheduled to begin airing in October 2020.

No. 27 [13,900 copies] Please!

This original anime aired in the winter of 2002.
It is a romantic comedy of the 2000s, which depicts a romance between an older heroine with alien blood and an earthbound high school student, and is a milestone in the history of oneshotas.
The new series “Please Twins” was broadcasted the following year and sold almost as well.

No. 26 [1.4 million] Black Butler

It is a dark fantasy based on the manga, which started to be developed into an anime in 2008.
Even though it is a dark fantasy with cruelty, the gory details do not stand out, and the stylish and dangerous scent of handsome men can be enjoyed in this anime.
It is a pioneer of dark fantasy for women.

No. 25【14,100 units】Mahoromartic

The first season was aired in the fall of 2001 and the second season in the fall of 2002, and is based on the manga.
The story is about Ando Mahoro, who used to be the most powerful battle android in history, taking care of a young boy as a housemaid….
The character moe as well as the emotional storyline became popular, and the anime sold more than 10,000 copies not only in the first season but also in the second season.

No. 24 [1.5 million] DEATH NOTE

It is a very famous suspense serialized in JUMP, but the anime version was broadcasted after the release of the live-action movie, so it may be a bit overshadowed in terms of its position.
However, the anime version was also a big hit, and it showed the unifying force of the work perfectly.
Unlike the live-action film version, which had a different ending, the basic story is faithful to the original.

No. 23 [1.54 million] Gintama

This is an anime adaptation of JUMP’s mega-hit manga, which has sold over 55 million copies in total, starting in 2006.
The most successful season was the first season, Vol. 1, and it sold more than 10,000 copies for a long time after that.
The TV series has aired a total of 367 episodes, with a new theatrical version scheduled to be released in 2021 (even though the concluding episode was released in 2013).

No. 22 [1.66 million] Magic Teacher Negima!

An anime adaptation of a popular manga serialized in magazine since 2005.
It was not a smooth sailing for the first season as the quality of the drawings was seen as a problem, but the anime CD and goods sales of discs, theme song ‘Happy☆Materials’ and character songs have been soaring. From 2006 to 2007, the second season of “Negima! was broadcasted.

No.21 [18,200 copies] Kanon (Kyo-anime version)

Based on a romance ADV game that was key’s first work, it was made into a TV anime by Toei Animation in 2002, and then re-animated by Kyoto Animation between 2006 and 2007.
The Toei version was also a hit with about 9,000 copies sold, but the Kyoto Animation version was an even bigger hit because of the success of AIR’s anime adaptation and the trust it had gained from fans.

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