AnotherSide: Earthbound, a spinoff novel focusing on supporting characters from the film, sold 32,000 copies for the week, and has sold a total 207,000 copies, ranking #2 on the paperback book chart. Arata Kanō wrote the novel; he has also written novelizations for Shinkai’s Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days films, as well as a spinoff novel for 5 Centimeters Per Second.
The book is the 34th book in the history of the bunko book chart that has sold more than 1 million copies.
The novel also ranked #1 on Oricon’s bunko (trade paperback) book chart for the October 10-16 week — keeping its top position for the eighth week in a row.
The first volume of Ranmaru Kotone’s manga adaptation of the film sold 21,000 copies for the week, and has sold a total of 160,000 copies.