why is it so much more popular on dvd vs BD?
Also Ano Hana 20k 6 months after it aired? Is that normal?
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why is it so much more popular on dvd vs BD?
Also Ano Hana 20k 6 months after it aired? Is that normal?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Totoro is still charting and that came out in 1988!
That's Ano Hana's last volume I think.
Gintama is only released on DVD.
I don't know, it's the second volumes sales that are likely to be truly indicative. The thing to bear in mind is that it's a cut-price, single episode volume that is also the only way to get the OP/ED CD single, which is likely to be one of the larger factors driving demand.
The first volume of the first season of Working!! actually pulled very similar numbers under the same circumstances, and promptly dropped off by about half following that.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Wait, Kirino and Kyousuke aren't
?!
blood-related
Even if Persona 4 ends up selling half of those numbers on average for the remaining volumes, it will still be the most successful series this season. I don't see Guilty Crown being able to match the numbers. Fate/Zero can probably outsell everything, but we won't know until March next year.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
In one of the "What if?" scenarios
Kirino and Kyousuke find out that they aren't related by blood. One of them was adopted. It is literally the only thing that was keeping her from boning her brother.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Wait, so that means they still aren't
blood-related in all the other time lines
Trojita
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Nope. Well.... technically if they don't even talk about it, it could still be possible. But yeah I think it is assumed they are
still related in the other routes.
Surveying. You need to gather information on how roads are used somehow. People sitting on the side of the road counting is the traditional way to do it, but other methods are more common now like just laying down a pneumatic tube across the road and counting depressions.
Fluttermoe is blushing.
Except those slacker moeblobs couldn't even count the cars correctly.
Unknown Soldier
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Persona 4 should have had a higher budget judging from those sales. Oh well. The first volume sold well, that's good news!
Unknown Soldier
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This post is like 3 pages old now (counting as a member of the 100 Posts Per Page Master Race), but it's something I meant to respond to. I'm not having a Jex moment here.
For the record, Yuno never tortures anybody. Torture is incredibly slow and inefficient, and Yuno's primary goal is to return to being at Yukki's side as soon as possible, so she kills her enemies joyfully with both speed and efficiency so she can hurry up and resume stalking Yukki. It's one reason she prefers to use bladed weapons, I think. A decapitation is both swift and effective and with her apparent skill with blades, it's considerably more effective than firearms.
It's an interesting read, at the very least. I always find contrived academic defenses of what are fundamentally blatant examples of exploitation cinema in a genre amusing.
You should get into watching K-dramas. :3
For the record, Yuno never tortures anybody. Torture is incredibly slow and inefficient, and Yuno's primary goal is to return to being at Yukki's side as soon as possible, so she kills her enemies joyfully with both speed and efficiency so she can hurry up and resume stalking Yukki. It's one reason she prefers to use bladed weapons, I think. A decapitation is both swift and effective and with her apparent skill with blades, it's considerably more effective than firearms.
It's an interesting read, at the very least. I always find contrived academic defenses of what are fundamentally blatant examples of exploitation cinema in a genre amusing.
You should get into watching K-dramas. :3
Are the Japanese rights holders that reactionary? It seems the opposite to me, if it were merely sales that drove the cost of a license overseas I think we'd have a lot more shit so I figure that even if something is a failure on their shores they still look over here like "it's the shit fuckers, better pay handsomely."
No wonder the dad is being a douche to him all the time.
It depends on the nature of the bomba. If the show is still profitable but just missed expectations, and is a popular franchise/brand, then there's no reason they would react to it much in terms of licensing. On the other hand if a show is a sort of failure domestically, it would almost certainly have an impact on the license being hawked off at a lower price just so they can recoup some more money from the project. Remember, it's all about money in the end. It also matters if there is actual interest in terms of licensing a show. If there are interested bidders, they wouldn't react much. If no one is really interested, you bet your ass they'll jump at the first low offer.
This better not be a round about way of telling me that all the shit I want that's unlicensed is because there's no interest. I tell myself it's because they want too much damnit.
It depends on what shit you want. Both answers are valid!
I assure you only the best shit is the shit I seek, lack of interest can't possibly be it.
Depends on whether a show has any merchandising to sell at all.
Penguin dolls,penguin hats,penguin slippers,destiny diary.etc
penguin plushies, penguin pillows, penguins...
In other to push mainstream merchandising to have worthwhile sales at all, a show first needs to be popular and a known brand. If a show airs at 3am, has shit ratings, isn't really targeted at any demographic, and the DVD/BD sales bomb, the change of merchandising making any money is pretty low.
You'd be surprised how much difficulty some Japanese e-tailers have been having keeping Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere novels in stock...
*ahem* All joking aside, point taken - I just wanted to warn against people reading too much into sales of a volume which may not be indicative of the series as a whole due to the particulars of the volume in question.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Yeah, as I understand it, the PSP OreImos are to the main story as the Tenchi TV series was to the Tenchi OVA. It's basically an alternate universe.
Where's my 7th? Shit just got real. The latest guest illustration on the Idolmaster anime site is by Yoh Yoshinari!
http://www.idolmaster-anime.jp/illust/index.html
http://www.idolmaster-anime.jp/illust/index.html
Dedication Through Light
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At this rate thats the only way Ill be able to get into Penguin Drum, I hate missing popular shows late in the season.
Deliverers must be getting more buff now delivering those dictionary size novels.
And readers must be getting a workout as well throwing something that heavy at the wall.
CornBurrito
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There is clearly a reason for everything in the show. Whether it is good, or really jarring, I believe that nothing in that show is meaningless. Because I believe in unmei.
That is the best guest illustration.
persona sales -_-..........does this mean theres hope for the budget to go up?
No.
The characters look like they came out of any random shoujo manga then got a bunch of ugly colours slapped on to them (don't get me start about shoujo manga art), while the adult characters are a failed attempt at copying 70s to early 90s drama anime/manga(shibru), topped off with very inconsistent animation where the character looks would change frame by frame.
But still anime character design is mostly bland , it’s come to point where I would take ugly mishmash of colour over bland.
No.
The characters look like they came out of any random shoujo manga then got a bunch of ugly colours slapped on to them (don't get me start about shoujo manga art), while the adult characters are a failed attempt at copying 70s to early 90s drama anime/manga(shibru), topped off with very inconsistent animation where the character looks would change frame by frame.
But still anime character design is mostly bland , it’s come to point where I would take ugly mishmash of colour over bland.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Nice.
It's so true. People just need to accept Penguindrum is bomba. And we all know shows that don't sell well are obviously bad.
Also <3 Hitokage. I deserved it
STILL NOT GONNA GET ME TO WATCH THOUGH.
airmangataosenai
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Isn't 5k considered good/decent for an anime? Back in the day I remember it being something like 10k+ being a big hit and 5k being acceptable.
That is what I assumed as well...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Where's my 7th? Shit just got real. The latest guest illustration on the Idolmaster anime site is by Yoh Yoshinari!
http://www.idolmaster-anime.jp/illust/index.html
:cajun x 10!!!
Such a great illustration!
It's so true. People just need to accept Penguindrum is bomba. And we all know shows that don't sell well are obviously bad.
Also <3 Hitokage. I deserved it
STILL NOT GONNA GET ME TO WATCH THOUGH.
This is why Pokémon: The First Movie remains a cinematic masterpiece.
Embrace your sailor pony lifestyle!
hosannainexcelsis
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If anything, these sales prove that Persona 4 shouldn't have had a higher budget. If the minimal effort and money they're putting in can yield this kind of result, why bother putting in more?
It's an important lesson. The Japanese anime buyers have no taste and will buy absolute crap, so there's no reason to try hard at all.
The lesson is actually that if you already have a market for your crap, don't try to make it smell better.
I was going to say pride in your product and the desire to put forth your absolute best effort but, obviously, people who have to work on shit like Sora no Otoshimono and Strike Witches 2 have to be pretty lacking in that trait.
hosannainexcelsis
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Mononoke 10
The shift in time period is unexpected, but welcome. Curious that the show is going with another arc about a bakeneko; I suppose it's trying to bring things full circle while also bridging the world of Mononoke with modern Japan.
The shift in time period is unexpected, but welcome. Curious that the show is going with another arc about a bakeneko; I suppose it's trying to bring things full circle while also bridging the world of Mononoke with modern Japan.
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