Hot Products Rankings 2012 - Nikkei Trendy

Monthly magazine Nikkei Trendy revealed "Hot Products Rankings 2012".

1 : Tokyo Sky Tree(東京スカイツリー)
A 634 metres(2,080 ft) broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo completed February 29th 2012.

2 : LINE(LINE)
An instant messaging application for smartphones and PCs also enables users to send images, video, audio media messages and make VoIP calls.

3 : LCC domestic lines(国内線LCC)
Low-cost carriers or low-cost airlines. Peach Aviation, AirAsia Japan, Jetstar Japan

4 : Maruchan Seimen(マルちゃん正麺)
Instant ramen noodle brand of Maruchan in flavours of soy sauce, salt, miso, and pork bone broth.

5 : fitcut CURVE(フィットカット カーブ)
Scissors with extremely low rebound resilience grips and curved blades.


6 : JINS PC(JINS PC)
Glasses for PC users cutting blue light from PC and smartphone screens by 50 percents.


7 : Touch Detective(おさわり探偵 なめこ栽培キット)
An adventure game app for iPhone and Android.


8 : KIRIN Metz COLA(キリン メッツ コーラ)
A kind of cola soda from Kirin accredited with the Food for Specified Health Uses(FOSHU) by Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency which restrains fat in food to be absorbed in the body.


9 : Machikon(街コン)
A type of large-scale konpa situated in a whole town gathering about 100 to 3,000 people who seek a partner for marriage.


10: Black beers(黒ビール系飲料)
ASAHI SUPERDRY BLACK / KIRIN STOUT / SAPPORO Barley and Hops


2012年ヒット商品ランキング発表！ 1位は「東京スカイツリー」　―日経トレンディネット
http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/pickup/20121031/1045016/

Studio Ghibli anime DVD sales made it best 300 continuously for 500 weeks

""Kiki's Delivery Service""

Studio Ghibli's "Kiki's Delivery Service" on 117th and "Castle in the Sky" on 179th together reached the record of being in the best 300 of DVD sales continuously for 500 weeks.

Japan's DVD Sales Continuous Best 300 Rank-ins

1:My Neighbor Totoro 554 weeks
2:Kiki's Delivery Service 500 weeks
  Castle in the Sky
4:Spirited Away 389 weeks

"Kiki's Delivery Service" sold 485,000 DVD copies and "Castle in the Sky" sold 754,000 copies until now.


【オリコン】ジブリ作品続々快挙！ 『トトロ』に続き2作がDVD通算500週ランクイン　―ORICON STYLE
http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2015377/full/