Gin Tama
The first "Gin Tama" light novel became the top-selling novel from Japan in 2006. The same achievement was made by the third novel during 2008. The anime adaptation has also been featured several times in the Japanese TV ranking, with the first two episodes having a rating of 5.6. DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD ranking various times, while the third DVD of season 3 ranked ninth in the Japanese Amazon.com Top Ten of best sellers DVDs during 2008. In August 2008, TV Tokyo announced that "Gin Tama" and "Naruto" "contributed to robust sales of overseas rights in the last fiscal year which ended in March." In a poll from "Puff", "Gin Tama" won in the category "Best Animation". The DVD from the "Gin Tama" OVAs became the top-selling OVA in Japan in 2009, having sold 61,226 units after two weeks of being released. In the Oricon survey "2009's Top-Selling DVDs in Japan", the same DVD ranked at the top of the category "Animation/Special Effects DVDs" with a total of 76,000 units sold. The CD soundtrack "Gintama The Best" received the "Animation Album of the Year award" from the Kinema Junpo's "DVD Navigator" Japanese magazine.