Reception
Rookies was ranked the 9th top-selling manga in Japan in 2008 with 2,765,163 copies sold.
The last episode of Rookies, broadcasted on July 26, 2008, was rated 19.5 in the average household ratings. The television special episode of Rookies garnered a 10.0 rating. The Rookies Ura Box for the live-action television adaptation of Masanori Morita's Rookies baseball manga sold 5,595 copies during the October 15–21, 2008 weekend. Rookies TV drama DVDs was ranked the top having the most copies sold in 2008. First episode of Rookies was rated a 9.5 when it re-ran on December 31, 2008. Rookies Ura Box was ranked 24th on the Oricon charts with 1,997 copies sold between June 1–7, 2009. Rookies Omote Box was ranked 30th on the Oricon charts with 1,891 copies sold between June 8–14, 2009.
Rookies drama series was awarded five of the possible nine awards at the 58th Television Drama Academy Awards in 2008. Rookies was awarded best drama; Sato Ryuta was awarded best actor; Ichihara Hayato was awarded best supporting actor; "Kiseki" by Greeeen was awarded best theme song and Nikogaku Nine was awarded the special award. Rookies was highly commended as one of the best drama series at the 2008 Asian Television Awards.
Document of Rookies ~Sotsugyō debut at 15th on the Oricon charts between April 21–28, 2009 with 9,141 copies sold. It sold 3,092 copies during June 1–7, 2009 to be ranked 10th. It sold 2,648 copies the following week and dropped to rank 20.
Rookies: Graduation topped the Japanese box office chart when it premiered on May 30, 2009, earning the equivalent of US$12,703,775 over the May 30–31 weekend. It continued to top the Japanese box office chart the following weekend, earning US$12,703,775 that weekend. It was ranked second on the box office chart to Terminator Salvation, earning US$8,278,440 that weekend. It rose back to top the box office charts on the June 20–21 weekend, earning US$6,404,066 that weekend. On the fifth weekend, the movie dropped to second place to Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, earning US$4,290,266 that weekend. On its sixth weekend on the box office charts, it stayed at second place, earning US$2,933,634 that weekend. In its seventh weekend, Rookies: Graduation fell to 4th place and earned US$1,894,007, and has grossed US$82 million dollars as of July 15. In its eighth weekend, Rookies: Graduation, fell to 8th place and earned US$1,129,349. In its ninth weekend, Rookies: Graduation rose to 6th place and earned US$748,804.
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