According to the latest Oricon sales report, the 9,800-yen special limited edition Blu-ray of the anime film adaptation of Fumiyo Kouno’s award-winning manga Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni/In This Corner of the World, released on September 15, sold a very good 24,000 units in its first week, becoming the top-selling Blu-ray disc of the week in Japan.
The disc’s 4,800-yen regular disc also sold 20,000 units and ranked 3rd in the weekly sales chart. The film beomes the second anime title that entries its two version discs in top 3 at the same time this year, following Makoto Shinkai’s Kimi no Na wa./Your Name. in August, and the sixth anime tile in the history of the Oricon chart. started working on its extended edition based on his original storyboards. director Hidenori Matsubara was boren in the Toyoma prefecture).