Manga Affiliations Dominated 2009 Japanese Box Office

The Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan has announced that box office revenue for domestically produced Japanese films hit an all-time high in 2009. More interesting to manga & anime fans may be the fact that 8 out of last year’s top ten grossing Japanese films were anime movies or adaptations of anime/manga.

01. ROOKIES -Sotsugyo- (8.55 billion yen)
02. Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life (4.67 billion yen)
03. 20th Century Boys: The Last Chapter – Our Flag (4.41 billion yen)
04. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (4.00 billion yen)
05. Amalfi: Megami no Hoshu (3.65 billion yen)
06. Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (3.50 billion yen)
07. Gokusen: The Movie (3.50 billion yen)
08. Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome (3.15 billion yen)
09. Yatterman (3.14 billion yen)
10. Crows ZERO II (3.02 billion yen)

Amalfi: Megami no Hoshu (Amalfi: The Goddess’ Toll) and Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome (April Bride) do not have connections to manga or anime. Rookies, 20th Century Boys, Gokusen, and Crows Zero are live action adaptations of manga. Yatterman is a live action adaptation of an anime.

The otaku are getting ever closer to taking over!

Source: Tokyograph