The horse girl
franchise has reaffirmed its status as an unrivaled commercial powerhouse in
Japan. According to the final ranking of popularity and physical sales
collected from Oricon and other platforms, the Uma
Musume Cinderella Gray anime was crowned the absolute king of Blu-ray and DVD sales
during the year 2025.
With a total
of 37,391 copies sold, the series starring Oguri Cap not
only took the top spot but set an insurmountable barrier for the rest of the
industry. Its closest pursuer barely managed a fraction of its figures, proving
that the combination of an emotional story of self-improvement, epic races and
limited editions is still a winning formula for the franchise.
The Top
Seller Anime TV 2025
Below is the list
of the series with the highest performance in physical format (exceeding 1,000
units):
- 1. Uma
Musume Cinderella Gray — 37,391 copies.
- 2. Nuki-tashi THE ANIMATION —
7,681 copies.
- 3. Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru 2 (My
Dress-Up Darling) — 5,332 copies.
- 4. Seishun
Buta Yarou wa Bunny no Yume o Minai — 3,352 copies.
- 5. BanG Dream! Ave Mujica —
3,091 copies.
- 6. Kusuriya
no Hitorigoto Season 2 — 2,266 copies.
- 7. Medalist —
2,069 copies.
- 8. Wind
Breaker Season 2 — 2,031 copies.
- 9. Ao
no Hako (Blue Box) — 1,784 copies.
- 10. Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE —
1,450 copies.
About Uma
Musume Cinderella Gray
Airing in split-cour format
during the spring and fall of 2025, this series adapts the spin-off manga of
the same name. The story follows Oguri Cap, a horse girl who begins
her career at the modest local academy in Kasamatsu. With his gray fur and
unwavering tenacity, he battles stigma and powerful rivals like Tamamo
Cross to ascend to the Central League and become a legend.
The success
of Cinderella Gray continues the tradition of the franchise,
whose second main season (aired in 2021) still holds all-time sales records in
the Japanese market.
