For the first time ever, a Japanese film takes the top spot in the 2011 TSUTAYA annual rankings for DVD rentals.

2011.12.19 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

—In terms of genre, the top three were the Japanese film "Confessions," the foreign film "Knight and Day," and the anime "The Secret World of Arrietty"—

■DVD/Blu-ray Rental Overall Ranking: Top 20 of the Year

1. Confessions
2 Knight and Day
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
4. Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose!
5 The Karate Kid
6 Inception
7. Resident Evil IV: Afterlife
8. The Secret World of Arrietty
9 THE LAST MESSAGE: Umizaru
10 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
11 The Incite Mill: 7-Day Death Game
12 Kick-Ass
13 The Expendables
14 RED
15. Villain
16 Toy Story 3
17 SP Ambition Edition
18. Tangled
19 Salt
20 The A-Team

■Japanese Film Category: TSUTAYA DVD/Blu-ray Rental Annual Top 20

1. Confessions
2. Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose!
3 THE LAST MESSAGE: Umizaru
4. The Incite Mill: 7-Day Death Game
5. Villain
6 SP Ambition Edition
7. Thirteen Assassins
8 BECK
9 Kimi ni Todoke
10. Hanamizuki
11 SPACE BATTLESHIP Yamato
12 Outrage
13. Ooku: The Inner Chambers
14 SP Revolution Edition
15 GANTZ
16 Tokyo Island
17 Trick: The Movie - Psychic Battle Royale
18 A Boy and His Samurai
19 Slapstick Brothers
20 Golden Slumber

■Foreign Film Category: TSUTAYA DVD/Blu-ray Rental Annual Top 20

1 Knight and Day
2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
3 The Karate Kid
4 Inception
5. Resident Evil IV: Afterlife
6 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
7 Kick-Ass
8 The Expendables
9 RED
10 Salt
11. The A-Team
12 The Tourist
13 Tron: Legacy
14. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
15 The Social Network
16 Unstoppable
17 Iron Man 2
18 Robin Hood
19 Double Mission
20 Black Swan
 

■Anime Category: TSUTAYA DVD/Blu-ray Rental Annual Top 20

1. The Secret World of Arrietty
2 Toy Story 3
3. Tangled
4 Despicable Me
5 How to Train Your Dragon
6 Shrek Forever
7 Up
8 ONE PIECE FILM STRONG WORLD
9. Macross Frontier the Movie: The False Songstress
10 Cars
11. Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky
12. Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance.
13 Summer Wars
14. Crayon Shin-chan: Super Dimension! The Storm-Calling Bride
15 The Princess and the Frog
16. Pokémon the Movie: Diamond & Pearl - Zoroark: Master of Illusions
17 My Neighbor Totoro
18. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
19 Kung Fu Panda
20 You Are Umasou

■TSUTAYA DVD/Blu-ray Rental Annual Top 20 (International TV Drama Category)

1 24 -TWENTY FOUR- Final Season
2 BONES - The Bones Tell the Story - Season 5
3. Glee
4 LOST Final Season
5. Gossip Girl Season 2
6 Flash Forward
7. The Mentalist Season 1
8 Lie to Me Season 2
9. Nikita Season 1
10 FRINGE Season 2
11 HEROES: The Final Season
12 Criminal Minds Season 4
13. Chuck Season 2
14. Chuck Season 1
15 Supernatural Season 5
16. Burn Notice Season 3
17 Lie to Me Season 1
18 SUPERNATURAL Season 6
19 Ghost Whisperer Season 4
20 Desperate Housewives Season 5

■Korean TV Drama Category: TSUTAYA DVD/Blu-ray Rental Annual Top 20

1. You're Beautiful
2. Sungkyunkwan Scandal
3. Playful Kiss
4. Mary Stayed Out All Night
5 Pasta
6. The Slave Hunters
7 My Princess
8. My Fair Lady
9. Lee San, Wind of the Palace
10 Brilliant Legacy
11 Temptation of an Angel
12. Kim Su-ro, The Iron King
13 Coffee Prince
14 My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho
15. Personal Taste
16 Ja Myung Go
17. Still, Marry Me
18. Will It Snow for Christmas?
19. King of Baking, Kim Tak-gu
20 Boys Over Flowers
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