Late-night anime is self-sponsored paid-programming/infomercial. It's a huge chunk of the expense of producing a series, but it was found to be worth it for the increased sales, as opposed to the old way of selling OVAs where you just promote them in magazine ads.mAcOdIn said:And of course the other factor we're leaving out is whatever revenue they make from their run on domestic television broadcast in Japan.
To be fair, how would YOU sell Penguin Drum to a wide audience?zeroshiki said:I didn't even notice 5k for Penguin Drum. What has the world come to.
Welcome to the world ofMorro! said:Oniisama E 01
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Yup. I now see where Ikuhara got the inspiration for Utena from.
LESBIANS WHO TOTALLY LOOK LIKE DUDES EVERYWHERE.
It would be a lie if I said I wasn't shocked when Rei started talking for the first time. I tought she was gonna be like the Akio of this show, I was like, "OH SHIT".
I would give away miniature penguin plushies.Jexhius said:To be fair, how would YOU sell Penguin Drum to a wide audience?
So, they might make more 'good' Gundam? That is actually heartening new.duckroll said:Well, if you guys want some GOOD news... Gundam Unicorn is pretty much the most successful anime OVA release ever.
Blu-ray sales:
Vol1 - 111k
Vol2 - 112k
Vol3 - 110k
DVD sales:
Vol1 - 69k
Vol2 - 61k
Vol3 - 62k
That puts it at over 500k units sold for just the first half of the series.
Sblargh said:Anyone has news about Panty & Stocking?
cajunator said:5K is a decent success in terms of BR sales isn't it?
I know discs are hella expensive in Japan but honestly, why are sales always so low?
Arent there 150 million Japanese? Are you telling me that the dedicated Otaku fanbase only numbers in the low thousands? I find that hard to believe.
Jexhius said:To be fair, how would YOU sell Penguin Drum to a wide audience?
I would definitely buy a plush of the penguins. I was already considering buying that giant squishables penguin that costl ike 40 bucks. My roommate actually did buy one. We have penguin related stuff all over the house as it is.Obsessed said:Everyone fucking loves penguins. Hell, PD merchandise should be selling to people that don't even know the show. Just make #2 a plushy.
Oh god if I had a #2 plushy I would hug it and never let go and we would have sex every night and... I mean, wait... what?
The structures are not parallel but there's actually a fair number of things you can trace back from Utena to Oniisama e.... I've only started to notice then on my second time through.icarus-daedelus said:Yeah but...isn't that just a 13 episode production schedule times 3? Is there any parallel in the actual structure?
Dresden said:There's a GIRL in the show
and she's sometimes HALF NAKED
and she's an IMOUTO
Regulus Tera said:I would give away miniature penguin plushies.Then I would go bankrupt.
You really should see it all yourself. The connections are pretty strong, strong enough to spoil.icarus-daedelus said:Such as? I'm not denying connections exist, but episode count seems kind of tenuous.
Well, painting in broad strokes, there's character and thematic links, as well as the obvious visual aesthetic approach and Dezaki's directorial style.icarus-daedelus said:Such as? I'm not denying connections exist, but episode count seems kind of tenuous.
Well you'd have to change it first. I'd have MPD star Ringo as the main character and set in in 1920s Japan in the film noir style with her being a quirky 27 year old private eye, don't call her a dick she hates that, who's hired by the two brothers, whose names escape me since they're so dull and boring, to find the Penquin Drum. Watch as Ringo is led down a twisting path of mystery, lies and deceit set to awesome jazz and accompanied by stylish noir visuals as she unravels the truth of the Penquin Drum andJexhius said:To be fair, how would YOU sell Penguin Drum to a wide audience?
Indeed. I mean, in all fairness to Utena I'm sure it made a lot of headway by riding partly on Sailor Moon's coat-tails.icarus-daedelus said:Sometimes you just have to accept that you're in a niche of a niche and take your 5k sales with pride.
If humanity's weird obsession with penguins won't sell it, clearly nothing will.
icarus-daedelus said:I think it's just to hammer it home to darkside1557 that no one in Japan cares about Nichijou or MPD.
It's an IRC thing. There was or was not a bet regarding whether or not Nichijou would outsell MPD + Blood-C.Trojita said:I don't know how saying MPD made only 2x what Nichijou is supposed to make you feel any worse about Nichijou or any better about MPD.
Please don't do this. It hurts me bad.Infinite Justice said:Or Usagi Drop.
It was school with me, so no, never a dream about forgetting my pants in a war.Reknoc said:Have you ever had that dream, where you're going off to fight in a war and then you look down and realise you forgot to put your pants on?
mAcOdIn said:It was school with me, so no, never a dream about forgetting my pants in a war.
That was intentional because I wanted to wear a Polish loli as a pair of pants. I fucking hate lolis.Reknoc said:Really? Never found yourself invading Poland and thinking that your sexy long Aryan legs were a bit nippy for some reason?
Their jet things attach to their legs.icarus-daedelus said:Don't the Strike Witches turn into airplanes and stuff? Maybe you just don't need pants when your legs are functionally landing gear or whatever. They'd just get in the way. Underwear is a much more sensible option.
I'm still working out the logic of space pirates wearing miniskirts, but I suppose there's still plenty of time for that before it airs.
It's to properly show off their peglegs.icarus-daedelus said:I'm still working out the logic of space pirates wearing miniskirts, but I suppose there's still plenty of time for that before it airs.
You mean zettai ryouki or whatever it's called.trejo said:It's to properly show off their peglegs.
Someone once told me that they didn't wear pants because as witches they needed their skin to make physical contact with the striker unit(the propellers they wear on their legs) for maximum magical power transfer.icarus-daedelus said:Don't the Strike Witches turn into airplanes and stuff? Maybe you just don't need pants when your legs are functionally landing gear or whatever. They'd just get in the way. Underwear is a much more sensible option.
I'm still working out the logic of space pirates wearing miniskirts, but I suppose there's still plenty of time for that before it airs.
That'd only really be possible if one of them had stockings and a longer skirt right? This is just blatant pandering like your mentioned fetish just for a different audience.firehawk12 said:You mean zettai ryouki or whatever it's called.
firehawk12 said:You mean zettai ryouki or whatever it's called.
mAcOdIn said:That'd only really be possible if one of them had stockings and a longer skirt right? This is just blatant pandering like your mentioned fetish just for a different audience.
The jet packs are stockings and their shirts are long enough to be skirts!Reknoc said:Nah, that requires clothing.
firehawk12 said:The jet packs are stockings and their shirts are long enough to be skirts!
Perfect for the Gundam fan!Reknoc said::O You're right! It's Mechanical Zettai Ryouiki! Though they're pretty far down, so a rather low grade.
I'm pretty sure that those are the official explanations, from the show. It's pretty silly, and doesn't explain why some of them have tights and such, but that's what they claimed.mAcOdIn said:Someone once told me that they didn't wear pants because as witches they needed their skin to make physical contact with the striker unit(the propellers they wear on their legs) for maximum magical power transfer.
Then when I asked why all the non witches also did not wear pants I was told it was because everyone looked up to the witches and emulated them.
But I don't know if this is from official channels or anything like that, just something I was told when I asked the same thing a while back.
Yeah, zettai ryouiki generally refers to the (several inch long) gap between the top of the leg coverings and the bottom of the skirt. I'm not sure if it could also refer to the strike witches, given that they don't wear skirts...That'd only really be possible if one of them had stockings and a longer skirt right? This is just blatant pandering like your mentioned fetish just for a different audience.
You're asking too many questions!Dresden said:Why don't they just wear pants until they have to fight aliens or whatever?
Dresden said:Why don't they just wear pants until they have to fight aliens or whatever?
Dresden said:Why don't they just wear pants until they have to fight aliens or whatever?
Why you gotta tear down the creative process?mAcOdIn said:It's all BS anyways, clearly the author started with girls in their underwear and worked backwards to try and think of a reason why they were in their underwear, there's no real logic behind it.