{"id":96364,"date":"2024-09-18T08:12:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=96364"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:16:07","slug":"buyee-demon-slayer-ensemble-stars-merch-sales-highest-of-h1-2024-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/18\/buyee-demon-slayer-ensemble-stars-merch-sales-highest-of-h1-2024-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Buyee: Demon Slayer, Ensemble Stars Merch Sales Highest of H1 2024 Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>BEENOS<\/strong> recently revealed its sales ranking of H1 2024 anime merchandise based on the data from its cross-border ecommerce service Buyee. The ranking takes into account Buyee purchases that were made from January 1 to June 30, 2024 and are related to anime that premiered in Japan during this period.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to the ranking, <em>Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba<\/em>-related goods were the most popular.<em> Ensemble Stars!!<\/em> and <em>My Hero Academia<\/em> followed behind it at second and third place, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The other anime titles in the top 10 ranking, in order, were <em>Saint Seiya<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Wind Breaker<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Kingdom<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Blue Archive the Animation<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Delicious in Dungeon<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Black Butler<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"548\" data-attachment-id=\"97766\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/18\/buyee-demon-slayer-ensemble-stars-merch-sales-highest-of-h1-2024-anime\/anime\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?fit=298%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"298,548\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"anime\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?fit=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?fit=298%2C548&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?resize=298%2C548&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97766\" style=\"width:311px;height:572px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?w=298&amp;ssl=1 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/anime.png?resize=228%2C420&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The merchandise sales from these 10 titles combined amounted to 5% of all anime merchandise transactions done via Buyee during the research period.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">BEENOS also released H1 2024 merchandise popularity rankings for mobile games, J-pop artists, and tokusatsu works. The mobile games ranking was headlined by <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/08\/23\/colorful-stage-the-movie-miku-global-release\/\"><em>Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage!<\/em><\/a>, with <em>Ensemble Stars!! Music &amp; Basic<\/em> and <em>Disney Twister Wonderland<\/em> settling at second and third, respectively.<em> Idolish 7<\/em> and <em>Granblue Fantasy<\/em> were next, followed by <em>Fate\/Grand Order<\/em> at sixth place. The remaining four spots were held by <em>Umamusume: Pretty Derby<\/em>,<em> Honkai: Star Rail<\/em>, <em>The Battle Cats<\/em>, and <em>Idle Mushroom Garden<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">For the J-pop artist ranking, which counts sales of CDs and DVDs as well, <strong>Ado<\/strong> sat at the top with <strong>Hatsune Miku<\/strong> in second place. <strong>YOASOBI<\/strong>, which has started to become prolific in the anime theme song realm, was sixth in the ranking. Popular hololive VTuber<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/09\/midnight-grand-orchestra-drops-wit-studio-produced-anime-music-video-for-allegro\/\"><strong> Hoshimachi Suisei<\/strong><\/a> and<strong> ZUTOMAYO<\/strong> ranked seventh and eighth, respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"294\" height=\"545\" data-attachment-id=\"97767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/18\/buyee-demon-slayer-ensemble-stars-merch-sales-highest-of-h1-2024-anime\/game\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?fit=294%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"294,545\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"game\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?fit=162%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?fit=294%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"97767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?resize=294%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?w=294&amp;ssl=1 294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?resize=162%2C300&amp;ssl=1 162w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/game.png?resize=227%2C420&amp;ssl=1 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"540\" data-attachment-id=\"97768\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/09\/18\/buyee-demon-slayer-ensemble-stars-merch-sales-highest-of-h1-2024-anime\/jpop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?fit=295%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"295,540\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"JPOP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?fit=164%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?fit=295%2C540&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"97768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?resize=295%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?w=295&amp;ssl=1 295w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?resize=164%2C300&amp;ssl=1 164w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JPOP.png?resize=229%2C420&amp;ssl=1 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Merchandise of the top 10 mobile games contributed 44% of total sales in the category. For the J-pop artist category, the top 10 provided 34% of of total sales.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Finally, for tokusatsu, the Kamen Rider, Godzilla, UltraHero, Super Sentai, and Mothra\/Gamera franchises (in that order) occupied the top five spots.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i>To keep up with our anime and anime-adjacent news stories,&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>subscribe to our newsletter<\/i><\/a><i>, where you can get updates on our&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anitrendz.com\/polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>user-voted anime chart<\/i><\/a><i>&nbsp;rankings as well.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Press release, email correspondence<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEENOS recently revealed its sales ranking of H1 2024 anime merchandise based on the data from its cross-border ecommerce service Buyee. The ranking takes into account Buyee purchases that were made from January 1 to June 30, 2024 and are related to anime that premiered in Japan during this period. 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