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Also: 14% drop in units sold, anime accounts for 23% of the market Market research firm GfK Japan revealed last week that the total Blu-ray Disc and DVD home video market for the first half (January-June) of 2017 had reduced in both sales volume and revenue compared to the same period in 2016. The market moved 17.23 million units in the time period, which is a 14% decrease from last year. The market earned 82.6 billion yen (about US$755 million), a 10% decrease from last year. The figures do not count purchases by rental stores. While sales of Blu-ray Disc units have gone down, they account for a higher proportion (51%) of the total. Since Blu-ray Discs have a higher average price, this change in proportion may account for some of the drop in sales volume. Sales of Japanese anime now account for 23% of the market, down from 24% last year. In addition, the anime home video market alone has seen at least a 10% decrease from last year. Japanese anime is the second-largest c

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The rental DVD version of the Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale anime film debuted on Tuesday with a new intro text screen added before film starts. The new text confirms that the film's post-credits scene is a teaser trailer for an upcoming "new work." The original theatrical version of the film already included the teaser after the ending credits, but it did not have this new intro text screen. The retail Blu-ray Disc and DVD release of the film will ship in Japan on September 27. In the teaser, a character mentions, "Welcome to Rath." Rath is a company that is central to the story of the original novels' "Alicization Arc," which is the new arc after the Phantom Bullet and Mother's Rosario arc that were shown in the television anime. The "Dengeki Bunko Aki no Saiten 2017" event's Sword Art Online stage panel will have announcements for new developments in the franchise, including but not limited to games. Rina Hidaka, the voice of Silica in the anime, will host the segment

Both series listed with English dubs Funimation is listing Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo pack releases for the Hundred and Taboo Tattoo anime. Both are listed with both English and Japanese language tracks. Hundred will ship on December 19. The show initially premiered in April 2016 and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired. The 12-episode series adapts Jun Misaki's light novel series of the same name. Funimation describes the story: Hayato Kisaragi has what it takes to control the only effective weapon against devastating creatures known as the Savage. But his high Hundred compatibility won't be enough to help him survive the girls of Little Garden academy! Tomoki Kobayashi (Akame ga KILL!, Utawarerumono) directed the series at Production IMS. Hideki Shirane (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Date A Live) handled series composition and Norie Tanaka (chief animation director for Absolute Duo, M3 the dark metal) was in charge of character design. Shuhei