Come ogni anno l’autorevole sito Oricon ha rilasciato la consueta classifica annuale dei top 50 relativi ai DVD anime maggiormente venduti in tutto il territorio Giapponese durante tutto il 2012. La classifica è interessante da vedere perché mostra quale potrebbero essere gli acquisti dei diritti effettuati dagli editori nostrani ed in effetti leggendo attentamente la classifica, salterà agli occhi più di un titolo noto e già licenziato sul territorio italiano.
| Rank | Estimated Discs Sold | Title | Releaser | Release Date |
| Artist | ||||
| 1 | 65,697 | Mobile Suit Gundam UC 5 | BVS | 12/6/8 |
| Animation | ||||
| 2 | 59,411 | From Up On Poppy Hill | WDS | 12/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 3 | 59,126 | My Neighbor Totoro | BVH | 01/9/28 |
| Animation | ||||
| 4 | 56,681 | Cars (11.07) | WDS | 11/7/6 |
| Animation | ||||
| 5 | 51,389 | Toy Story 3 (12.07) | WDS | 12/7/4 |
| Animation | ||||
| 6 | 45,431 | Cars 2 | WDS | 12/1/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 7 | 37,914 | Toy Story Special Edition | WDS | 10/5/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 8 | 37,822 | From Up On Poppy Hill Yokohama Special Edition | WDS | 12/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 9 | 34,905 | Madagascar 2 Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 10 | 33,503 | K-ON! (film) (DVD Limited First Edition) | TBS/Sakuragaoka Light Music Club | 12/7/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 11 | 32,530 | Toy Story 2 Special Edition | WDS | 10/6/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 12 | 29,229 | Madagascar Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 13 | 29,084 | Monsters, Inc. (07.06) | BVH | 07/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 14 | 26,157 | One Piece Log Collection “Water Seven” | AVE | 11/12/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 15 | 26,048 | One Piece Log Collection “Nico/Robin” | AVE | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 16 | 25,920 | One Piece Log Collection “CP9” | AVE | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 17 | 25,552 | One Piece Log Collection “Foxy” | AVE | 11/12/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 18 | 24,981 | One Piece Log Collection “Rocket Man” | AVE | 12/1/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 19 | 24,385 | Finding Nemo (07.06) | BVH | 07/6/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 20 | 24,048 | Shrek Forever (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 21 | 23,959 | One Piece Log Collection “Franky” | AVE | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 22 | 22,184 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | BVH | 01/6/8 |
| Animation | ||||
| 23 | 22,177 | The Prince of Tennis: Eikoku-shiki Teikyū-jō Kessen! (Deluxe Edition) | The Prince of Tennis Project/BVS | 12/3/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 24 | 22,041 | One Piece Log Collection “Thriller Bark” | AVE | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 25 | 21,799 | Summer Wars Limited-Time Special Price Edition | VAP | 12/7/11 |
| Animation | ||||
| 26 | 21,097 | Usavich Season 4 | PC | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 27 | 20,523 | Kung-Fu Panda 2 | PHE | 12/6/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 28 | 20,514 | K-ON! (film) (DVD Stanadard Edition) *Special Price | TBS/Sakuragaoka Light Music Club | 12/7/18 |
| Animation | ||||
| 29 | 19,208 | Pokémon the Movie: White – Victini and Zekrom/Pokémon the Movie: Black – Victini and Reshiram | SGK | 11/12/16 |
| Animation | ||||
| 30 | 18,670 | Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/4/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 31 | 18,215 | Uta no Prince-sama – Maji Love 1000% 6 | K | 12/2/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 32 | 17,880 | Kung-Fu Panda Special Edition (11.11) | PHE | 11/11/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 33 | 17,102 | Beauty and the Beast Special Edition | WDS | 10/10/9 |
| Animation | ||||
| 34 | 15,865 | Aladdin Special Edition (08.08) | WDS | 08/8/6 |
| Animation | ||||
| 35 | 15,597 | Laputa: Castle in the Sky | BVH | 02/10/4 |
| Animation | ||||
| 36 | 14,372 | How to Train Your Dragon Special Edition | PHE | 11/7/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 37 | 14,209 | Kuroko’s Basketball 4 | BVS | 12/10/26 |
| Animation | ||||
| 38 | 14,049 | Mobile Suit Gundam UC 4 | BVS | 11/12/2 |
| Animation | ||||
| 39 | 13,501 | Kuroko’s Basketball 2 | BVS | 12/8/24 |
| Animation | ||||
| 40 | 13,194 | Tangled | WDS | 11/11/16 |
| Animation | ||||
| 41 | 13,168 | Kuroko’s Basketball 1 | BVS | 12/7/27 |
| Animation | ||||
| 42 | 13,049 | The Penguins from Madagascar DVD Debut | PHE | 12/7/13 |
| Animation | ||||
| 43 | 13,001 | Puss in Boots | PHE | 12/7/20 |
| Animation | ||||
| 44 | 12,225 | Gintama’ 11 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/5/23 |
| Animation | ||||
| 45 | 12,061 | Space Battleship Yamato 2199 1 | BVS | 12/5/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 46 | 11,956 | Gintama’ 07 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/1/25 |
| Animation | ||||
| 47 | 11,839 | Kuroko’s Basketball 5 | BVS | 12/11/22 |
| Animation | ||||
| 48 | 11,820 | Kuroko’s Basketball 3 | BVS | 12/9/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 49 | 11,580 | Gintama’ 09 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/3/21 |
| Animation | ||||
| 50 | 11,535 | Gintama’ 13 (Limited Complete Pressing) | ANX | 12/7/25 |
| Animation |
Fonte: Oricon