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[cajunator]

Azumanga Daioh 24

Oh man oh man Mayaa is the most adorable kitty and Sakaki being a mommy is just so daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw. And then Sakaki was all "I like cute things, because I've never been cute." and Chiyo was all "No! You're cute!" And it was so DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Betterman 16

Okay, so Betterman is fighting some guy and they're doing all this cryptic mumbojumbo talk. Meanwhile, SHO THE COOL GUY WITH AN ACTUAL GIRLFRIEND! is fighting three other robots along with his ACTUAL GIRLFRIEND! Beats the living hell out of them and we learn that his brother's ghost, which has been haunting him since the Ajaunta Caves, is in fact the psychic emission of whatever is left of his brother in a tube the size of a fire extinguisher hooked up to one of these mechs. He kills it, and then we're left wondering if Betterman has (obviously) survived his battle with the other guy.

The Vision of Escaflowne 15

I SAID GAT DAYUMMM. Merl totally shut Hitomi down and called her out for her crap about liking Van AND Beautiful Sephiroth, which is ironic because Hitomi JUST pointed out to Milurna that Beautiful Sephiroth HAS A KID HE KEPT SECRET FROM ERRYONE and all. Wait, isn't this show about giant robots and not five way love triangles? WHY YES IT IS. And to prove it, two sexy cat ladies show up in robots with long flowin' hair. Oh and Van is tryin' to figure out how to fight in a giant robot and not kill anyone. We need a name for this common affliction of Mecha Protagonists. I want to call it Kira Syndrome, but Kira is hardly the first example, so I'm seeking candidates for a name for the thing that Mechatagonists get when they can't straight up kill people with their OP giant robots no more.

Azumanga is turning you :cajun lol.
its kind of adorable.
also nice to see you enjoying anime rather than suffering.
watch Kiddy Grade next.

Mahoromatic 2
Hey, listen up, Mahoro's got something important to say to you deprived perverts


So there you have it. Also, this show can sure alternate fast between cute and lewd. And what's with the depressing countdown at the end of each episode? Lot of conflicting emotions here..

Mahoro is an ultra cutie.
this show is best gainax (in my opinion)

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

So what have I been missing for the past year starting, AnimeGAF? Currently watching Gargantia, Hataraku Maou-sama, Chihayafuru S2, Date A Live, Hentai Ouji, OreGairu, and Devil Survivor 2.

I second Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (2012). I think Girls und Panzer also counts.

 

[jgminto]

So what have I been missing for the past year starting, AnimeGAF? Currently watching Gargantia, Hataraku Maou-sama, Chihayafuru S2, Date A Live, Hentai Ouji, OreGairu, and Devil Survivor 2.

Well the best show you aren't watching this season are Attack on Titan and Valvrave. Jojo's is also great.

 

[Articalys]

Weekly Sales Rankings for April 29 - May 5

Blu-ray
*1, 34,207 347,049 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*2, *3,661 *32,071 Girls und Panzer vol.4
*3, *2,866 *24,715 Sword Art Online vol.7 Limited Edition
*4, *2,659 **2,659 GJ-bu vol.3
*5, *1,929 *15,386 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.4 Limited Edition
*6, *1,883 *17,132 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.2 Limited Edition
*7, *1,734 *33,030 Girls und Panzer vol.3
*8, *1,378 **8,831 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 6 - Road to Ninja Limited Edition
*9, *1,222 *14,638 Macross FB7: Ginga Rukon - Ore no Uta wo Kike! Limited Edition
10, *1,153 **1,153 Kotoura-san vol.2 Limited Edition

DVD (partial)
*1, 23,079 143,905 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*2, *2,870 *15,795 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 6 - Road to Ninja Limited Edition
*3, *1,153 **8,250 New Prince of Tennis vol.7
*5, *1,053 **3,367 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 6 - Road to Ninja
*6, **,994 **5,860 Sword Art Online vol.7 Limited Edition
*7, **,962 **7,238 Hetalia: The Beautiful World vol.1 Limited Edition
*8, **,935 ***,935 Naruto Shippuden Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist 2
10, **,874 *59,819 MS Gundam UC 6
11, **,843 ***,843 Ixion Saga DT 6
13, **,801 **3,927 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.4 Limited Edition
16, **,766 **8,201 Gintama': Enchousen vol.3 Limited Edition
18, **,672 *43,097 Wolf Children DVD
19, **,637 **3,174 Magi vol.5 Limited Edition
28, **,455 **2,709 Amnesia vol.2 Limited Edition

 

[CorvoSol]

Azumanga is turning you :cajun lol.
its kind of adorable.
also nice to see you enjoying anime rather than suffering.
watch Kiddy Grade next.

When Sakaki was rollin' on the floor with Mayaa I was just gushing. So adorable.

Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!! 11

And now let me wax philosophic 'bout a rom-com. This is the Social Science episode where everyone has to go and flirt to get people to get the new club room. Kaname explains flirting to Sousuke as "basically you have to act like Kurz." But the best part is that Kaname notes, at the end of the episode, that this is the first time Sousuke has complemented her appearance. This is the resolution of one of her problems from earlier episodes (namely beach episodes where clueless Sousuke never notices Kaname's new swim suits etc.) and draws attention to a pattern in the series: that basically every step of physical intimacy, no matter how basic, is something of a significant milestone for the series

Spoiler

given that Sousuke and Kaname do not ever kiss or tell each other how they feel in the anime (all though there is this whole hair cut thing), and that in the manga they hold hands just prior to Leonard starting a damn war in Japan to get Kaname, and only admit that they love each other after Sousuke returns the favor by launching an assault on Leonard's pad. And that as of this writing, Sousuke's promise to kiss Kaname when next they meet is still unfulfilled.

Another enjoyable part of the episode is that a member of the Model Club flips out on an ugly chick, and Kaname notes that said member of the Model Club is also a member of the Student Council (which is humorous because while we're used to seeing Ren, Hayashimizu, Kaname and Sousuke, we've only ever seen this kid in the Council Room once.)

 

[lazybones18]

Episodes 92-103

103 episodes down, 103 episodes to go

Spoiler

The crew has finally arrived at Alabasta. What a place. Filled with sand, a three year drought, sand, giant shrimp scorpions, bird thieves, sand, desert pirates & desert bandits, sand sledding, ruined towns, hallucinogenic cacti. Did I mention sand already, cause there's a lot of it. Makes sense for a desert country.

And look who just happened to be in Alabasta....Capt. Smoker! Glad to see him again. The Kuina knockoff....not so much, but I'm sure I'll change my opinion of her eventually. Maybe they'll aid in Luffy's attempt to bring down Crocodile once they find out what's really going on.

But clearly more attention was focused on Ace, Luffy's older brother, who is way more smarter and wiser than Luffy. It's only fitting that with his flame/fire Devil Fruit powers that he would voiced by the same guy who does the dub voice for Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist on FMA. Shame he couldn't stick around with the others after finding out Black Beard was in Alabasta. I do wonder what the blank paper is all about. Probably will be a while before that's fully explained.

I'm also curious about the ancient ruins discovered by Luffy, Zoro and Chopper. That will probably be explained as well in a couple of episodes.

And then there's the reveal of the other major Baroque Works agents: Mr. Four, Miss Merry Xmas, Mr. One and Miss Doublefinger (does she enjoy sticking two fingers up someone's butt or something?). I already like Mr. Two and his Devil Fruit power is pretty cool so I hope the crew go easy on him (and I really don't think Zoro's bandage plan will work). And Mr. Three is still at large (no doubt he brought Golden Week, Five and Valentine with him to Alabasta).

As for the Rebel soldiers and their leader Koza, I get the strange feeling he won't be so generous to Vivi once they finally see other again. Things are clearly gonna get messy as the attack by the rebels approaches. And with the crew so far away from the actual rebel camp, I wonder how will they to Katorea in time before it's too late. Maybe blend in with other rebels in a close enough town? Or just head for the kingdom itself to stop the rebels from taking control and overthrowing the king? In any case, the shit will be hitting the fan very soon. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Karoo has been captured or will be captured soon. Just a question of who will nab him first.

Remind me again, how long should I wait to see the 3rd OP so I won't be spoiled by something major?

 

[duckroll]

Weekly Sales Rankings for April 29 - May 5

Blu-ray
*7, *1,734 *33,030 Girls und Panzer vol.3
*2, *3,661 *32,071 Girls und Panzer vol.4
*3, *2,866 *24,715 Sword Art Online vol.7 (Limited Complete Pressing)

Yeaaaaaaaaaah tanks running over Asuna's face!!!!!!! That's what they get for sidelining Silica. SUCK IT A-1!

 

[PdotMichael]

Sadly, we will never see the final sales of volume 1 and 2 of GuP.

 

[duckroll]

Sadly, we will never see the final sales of volume 1 and 2 of GuP.

We might get more numbers at the end of this month though. They're re-releasing the blu-rays as standard non-LE releases starting with Vol1 and Vol2 at the end of May.

 

[cajunator]

Yeaaaaaaaaaah tanks running over Asuna's face!!!!!!! That's what they get for sidelining Silica. SUCK IT A-1!

And also for Lisbest.

 

[Regulus Tera]

[Ugly Soldier Sailor Moon R] 076

I'm having Akio flashbacks here.

I should already be used to this show's sporadic dips in quality, but goddamn, this was on a whole other level. Just what the fuck is going on in this action shot? Shit stopped being ugly and became hilarious. Toei orz

Esmeraude is awesome. Best villain since An and Eiru.

Pretty much.

 

[Canis lupus]

Beck

This is awesome, quickly developing into my favourite music anime. Good musisc, good artstyle, great plot and characters!

Love the ingrish

Progressive Ryusuke


When the bullying of Koyuki ends

Nah make it Foo Fighters, lol

When Koyuki took a job to finance the Telecaster and came to look at it everyday in the music shop

Rofl he drops the condom. Later in the show after Ryusuke and Maho barge into his room to sleepover because Ryusukes appartment stinks, he gives Koyuki a pack of condoms lol. They sleep in the same bed, but nothing happens

 

[BGBW]

Well since everyone was doing it on the previous page:

The sadism that loves porn. A ponderer of happiness. Cure BGBW!

dimb, it's finally my birthday

Happy B-Day!

So what have I been missing for the past year starting, AnimeGAF? Currently watching Gargantia, Hataraku Maou-sama, Chihayafuru S2, Date A Live, Hentai Ouji, OreGairu, and Devil Survivor 2.

MITSUDOMOE!

 

[jgminto]

Beck

This is awesome, quickly developing into my favourite music anime. Good musisc, good artstyle, great plot and characters!

Yeah BECK! Best music anime ever! Top-notch music. Maho is probably my favourite anime chick ever, such a great character. The whole cast is fantastic really. Great dub too.

 

[sonicmj1]

dimb, it's finally my birthday

Happy birthday, dimb.

 

[Milamber]

Sadly, we will never see the final sales of volume 1 and 2 of GuP.

Here ya go...

Vol. 1 BD　　　 　　 　　
Week *1---13,550 13,550
Week *2---*2,605 16,155
Week *3---**,200 16,355
Week *4---*2,358 18,713
Week *5---**,463 19,176
Week *6---*3,853 23,029
Week *7---*3,416 26,445
Week *8---*1,048 27,493
Week *9---**,701 28,194
Week 10---**,683 28,877
Week 11---**,423 29,300

Vol. 2 BD
Week *1---24,733 24,733
Week *2---*2,273 27,006
Week *3---**,332 27,338
Week *4---**,285 27,623
Week *5---**,403 28,026
Week *6---**,926 28,952
Week *6---**,826 29,778
Week *7---**,236 30,014
Week *8---**,349 30,363

Vol. 3 BD
Week *1---23,528 23,528
Week *2---*2,300 25,828
Week *3---*2,555 28,383
Week *4---**,439 28,822
Week *5---**,856 29,678
Week *6---*1,618 31,296
Week *7---*1,734 33,030

Vol. 4 BD
Week *1---28,410 28,410
Week *2---*3,661 32,071

 

[Articalys]

DVD (partial)
*1, 23,079 143,905 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo
*2, *2,870 *15,795 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 6 - Road to Ninja Limited Edition
*3, *1,153 **8,250 New Prince of Tennis vol.7
*5, *1,053 **3,367 Naruto: Shippuuden Movie 6 - Road to Ninja
*6, **,994 **5,860 Sword Art Online vol.7 Limited Edition
*7, **,962 **7,238 Hetalia: The Beautiful World vol.1 Limited Edition
*8, **,935 ***,935 Naruto Shippuden Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist 2
10, **,874 *59,819 MS Gundam UC 6
11, **,843 ***,843 Ixion Saga DT 6
13, **,801 **3,927 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure vol.4 Limited Edition
16, **,766 **8,201 Gintama': Enchousen vol.3 Limited Edition
18, **,672 *43,097 Wolf Children DVD
19, **,637 **3,174 Magi vol.5 Limited Edition
28, **,455 **2,709 Amnesia vol.2 Limited Edition

Don't know why I wasted time making this when I should just wait for the MAL list.

Also added it to above post.

Here ya go...

Compiled by hand or from a wiki somewhere?

 

[CorvoSol]

Gargantia 4

I don't even know why I like this show so much, but I like this show so much. The flute revelation was like POW RIGHT IN YO FEELS. Good show.

 

[Dresden]

shingeki no kyojin / attack on titan - 05

Man, I was looking forward to this ep, too.

The constant interludes rob tension out of any scene. And those interludes were shit--no one gives a fuck about the primitive politicking they attempted to show here, when it's all just stereotypes being expounded on, the rich man screwing over the poor. Then you have the titan-lesson time that probably should have ended up in one of the two training-arc episodes.

There's no build-up, no progression to the narrative arc within the episode. It comes in stutters and the viewer is supposed to appreciate it for the sheer shock value, but then, I was too busy laughing to be truly affected. From the hilarious titan designs to the almost sarcastic (not sadistic) way with which the characters are dispatched, it's like, what's the fucking point?

And goddamn, it's only episode five and already they can barely animate anything. The best cuts were all the in trailer they showed weeks ago! The action has no sense of place or progress to it, either, outside of those 'good' cuts. People seemingly teleport from one place to another with the vague assumption being that they must have gotten there somehow.

 

[cajunator]

Gargantia 4

I don't even know why I like this show so much, but I like this show so much. The flute revelation was like POW RIGHT IN YO FEELS. Good show.

Because of Amy. She makes the show what it is.

 

[BGBW]

People seemingly teleport from one place to another with the vague assumption being that they must have gotten there somehow.

They quite clearly showed that people can teleport around with a bolt of lightning.

 

[wonzo]

Aikatsu! 29

Hmm, these last two episodes may have looked cheaper than usual but there was first year that kinda sounded like Omigawa and that's good enough for me. A shame there's still no site of the red=headed girl in the OP.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Smile Precure 1-5 Recap

So yeah, Doing this because I just watched episode 6 in order to leave off two potential scenarios in the near future. Since it's 48 episodes, I wanted to make sure I can end this evenly, so in case someone is watching it around the same time I'm watching this when I finish Suite, I'll do maybe 4 episodes, so I'd only have to watch 2 more. Otherwise it'll be about 6 a day.

Anywho, as I stated before, this has the worst start of any Precure that isn't Max Heart, because it is literally infuriating seeing them being incompetent in battle because they don't think. The characters themselves are pretty simple, and their personality traits were established right off the bat, and some of their aspects could've been condensed. Cure March's was probably the least aggravating episode since it wasn't mindnumbingly incompetent. Anyway, The Bad End dudes are trying to gather Bad Energy so that way they can revive Studio Pierrot to send everyone into a bad end. That is a fate worse than death. But what about the Pretty Cure? Why are they here? It's answered in..

Smile VNcure 6

Intro has spoilers for Precure Allstars New Stage. Smile group and everyone up to GoGo! gets shown. What about the rest of them? Fuck them. Probably a good thing since I really don't want to see what Cure Muse looks like in the intro yet.

The group asks Candy questions on everything, Candy atttempts to say "they're legendary warriors" to everything and fails miserably. Then LIONO appears with answers, and revealing that

Spoiler

they have a magic book case that can take them anywhere.

. Miyuki wants to create a catchphrase since everyone is here.

Akane and Nao: Who cares? With cold stares in their eyes. I might grow to like these two. Yayoi embraces it and Reika is like why not.

And then trouble

Spoiler

AHAHAHAAHA, Miyuki fucked up the teleport by yelling PENGY! Sending her to Antarctica. No one transform because Miyuki isn't there, so they can't come up with a catchphrase. Speaking of which, she's in the fucking south pole, with no suitable clothing, how the fuck did she not freeze immediately? Is wanting to see pengies that strong? Is such a thing even possible? Yes it is. But everything is alright. They got their catchphrase, now then can fig-- NOPE, shot immediately. And we fai-- HOLY SHIT TRANSFORMING LION AND THE DAY IS SAVED

In anycase, despite the rough start, that was actually a fun episode, and quite humorous to boot! Holy shit is it colorful though. Like slightly more subdued than Heartcatch's very bright colors but damn.

 

[Canis lupus]

Yeah BECK! Best music anime ever! Top-notch music. Maho is probably my favourite anime chick ever, such a great character. The whole cast is fantastic really. Great dub too.

Even the 'bad' guys become somewhat sympathetic

Maho is amazing indeed, I love the romance between her and Koyuki, nothing cliche.

Momoko the teacher is pretty hot too, wearing a miniskirt at school

 

[jgminto]

Even the 'bad' guys become somewhat sympathetic



Maho is amazing indeed, I love the romance between her and Koyuki, nothing cliche.

Momoko the teacher is pretty hot too, wearing a miniskirt at school

Yep, an all round great show. One of my favourites. Only thing that disappointed was the ending.

 

[Westlo]

Titans 5

da fuck

Sadly, we will never see the final sales of volume 1 and 2 of GuP.

We might get more numbers at the end of this month though. They're re-releasing the blu-rays as standard non-LE releases starting with Vol1 and Vol2 at the end of May.

We'll get the sales with the end of year chart anyway won't we? Surely it will rank high enough to be on that...

 

[Articalys]

Rewatch of Evangelion ep 20, 21-24(DC), 25-26

おめでとう and all that.

 

[CorvoSol]

Because of Amy. She makes the show what it is.

Iunno. Between Amy and Bellows its still Bellows for me.

 

[Westlo]

Bellows is a fine woman, bring on the next comiket.

Weekly Sales Rankings for April 29 - May 5

Blu-ray
*1, 34,207 347,049 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo

DVD (partial)
*1, 23,079 143,905 Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo

Wow, there was a 206,665 drop in opening week sales from 2.22 to 3.33 and than the second week only does another 57k....

Asuka >>>>> DTL

 

[Dresden]

gargantia ep5 swimsuit rankings:

1. amy
2. ridget
3. bellows
4. ledo
5. ai kayano
6. melty

 

[firehawk12]

RIP GJ-bu and Kotoura-san.

 

[fertygo]

Bellows is a fine woman, bring on the next comiket.



Wow, there was a 206,665 drop in opening week sales from 2.22 to 3.33 and than the second week only does another 57k....

Asuka >>>>> DTL

Its does much better in theater tho.

Asuka at this version can EAD.

 

[Westlo]

Its does much better in theater tho.

Asuka at this version can EAD.

I haven't even watched 1.11 yet! Heck I didn't know about what they did to Asuka in 2 until I saw it on a Newtype cover

Maybe I'll just pretend these versions don't exist and rewatch the TV series, it's been like 15 years since I watched it on TV.

 

[jgminto]

gargantia ep5 swimsuit rankings:

1. amy
2. ridget
3. bellows
4. ledo
5. ai kayano
6. melty

First and last are correct. I'd probably move Ledo up. Making a hawaiian shirt work is impressive.

 

[Dresden]

Its does much better in theater tho.

Asuka at this version can EAD.

Out of the mess that 3.33 is, she's one of the three or so characters that are still salvageable!

 

[Theonik]

Don't worry, I'll always love Iorin (as number 2 anyway). Makoto can't be beat.

Good man.

Ah, whatever, it's not like we have anything else better to do while waiting for Newtype info to leak.

New shindan - "Your Precure Catchphrase"
edit:

A portent of things to come?

A protester of disaster? Really?

The innocence that spreads through the world. A creator of porn. Cure Curenik!

The innocence that even flies avoid. A failure of love. Cure Theonik!

The NEET that blinds us. A destroyer of anime. Cure theonik!

Not sure if accurate.

dimb, it's finally my birthday

Happy Birthday!

 

[Reknoc]

Yea,

The weeaboo that runs away. A protector of life. Cure Reknoc!

The pervert that poisons. A destroyer of peace. Cure reknoc!

The dream that represents hope. A longing of happiness. Cure OhNoMelon!

yea these are all p.accurate

 

[Articalys]

Weekly Sales CD Single
*2, 79,182 79,182 Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! theme song "RPG"
*4, 22,193 22,193 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% character song "Idol Song: Syo Kurusu"
*7, 12,155 12,155 Arata Kangatari OP "Genesis Aria"
*9, 11,777 62,622 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% theme song "MAji Love 2000%"
22, *3,936 35,165 Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai. OP "reunion"
23, *3,588 15,276 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W OP "Koi wa Chaos no Shimobee Nari"
26, *3,209 *3,209 Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 OP "Uchuu Senkan Yamato"
30, *2,445 22,492 Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko. OP "Fantastic future"
33, *2,280 *9,173 Suisei no Gargantia OP "Kono Sekai wo Bokura wa Matteita"
34, *2,266 62,593 AKB0048 Next Stage OP＆ED "Kono Namida wo Kimi ni Sasagu"
35, *2,110 *9,086 Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san "Nanatsu no Umi yori Kimi no Umi"
42, *1,754 *8,339 Yuyushiki OP & ED "Se-no!! / Affection"
44, *1,610 36,944 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% OP "Canon"
45, *1,601 *5,988 Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 2nd A's character song "Snow Rain ~unison~trilogy~"
48, *1,415 12,774 Detective Conan Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea theme song "One More Time"
50, *1,381 *8,558 Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru. OP "Yukitoki"
51, *1,353 *4,126 Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu ED "Itsumo Kono Basho de"
53, *1,329 *4,560 Hataraku Maou-sama! OP "Zero!!"
54, *1,318 *4,424 Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu OP "Anata no Eranda Kono Toki wo"
63, *1,070 21,944 Dokidoki! Precure OP & ED "Happy Go Lucky! Dokidoki Precure / Kono Sora no Mukou"

New releases bolded for your convenience.

 

[Kurita]

Weekly Sales CD Single
*2, 79,182 79,182 Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! theme song "RPG"

Yaaaay!

 

[duckroll]

Its does much better in theater tho.

Asuka at this version can EAD.

Not really entirely accurate. There were already signs that 3.0 was not meeting expectations.

When 1.0 opened in Japan, I think it was on 50 screens or something like that. It made about $20 million. For 2.0, they expanded it to over 100 screens, and it made $40 million. 3.0 opened on over 200 screens, the widest opening for Eva ever, and had tons of hype behind it, and yet it only managed a little over $50 million. It made more than 2.0, but I think a lot more was expected of it considering how much more money they were spending on the marketing and distribution this time.

(I'm using 1 billion yen = $10 million for the examples here for simplicity's sake. Eva 3.0 ended its run with about 5.2 billion yen iirc.)

 

[Westlo]

Not really entirely accurate. There were already signs that 3.0 was not meeting expectations.

When 1.0 opened in Japan, I think it was on 50 screens or something like that. It made about $20 million. For 2.0, they expanded it to over 100 screens, and it made $40 million. 3.0 opened on over 200 screens, the widest opening for Eva ever, and had tons of hype behind it, and yet it only managed a little over $50 million. It made more than 2.0, but I think a lot more was expected of it considering how much more money they were spending on the marketing and distribution this time.

(I'm using 1 billion yen = $10 million for the examples here for simplicity's sake. Eva 3.0 ended its run with about 5.2 billion yen iirc.)

So bad word of mouth after a massive fuckton of hype led to to this 32% reduction in opening week sales? Will be interesting to see what 4.0 does....

 

[Regulus Tera]

Can I start waving the "khara is doomed" banner?

KHARA IS DOOMED

 

[duckroll]

So bad word of mouth after a massive fuckton of hype led to to this 32% reduction in opening week sales? Will be interesting to see what 4.0 does....

I think there was definitely a HUGE ton of hype at first, which we can see from the massive opening, but the legs after that got considerably worse. The word of mouth must have been really bad.

 

[Westlo]

Can I start waving the "khara is doomed" banner?

KHARA IS DOOMED

Bomba status!

 

[fertygo]

Out of the mess that 3.33 is, she's one of the three or so characters that are still salvageable!

Fuck all three then, I only give my love to Kaworu and Touji's sistah.

And seriously this Asuka are horrible, the worse of 3.. that saying a lot. Have dat chin the most too.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Seems like Newtype is gonna be a day late or something. Imaishipocalypse delayed

 

[Theonik]

Seems like Newtype is gonna be a day late or something. Imaishipocalypse delayed

Project cancelled Aniplex putting the money on things that matter like Vividred S2.

 

[/XX/]

dimb, it's finally my birthday

Happy Birthday at last, pizzaroll!

Seems like Newtype is gonna be a day late or something. Imaishipocalypse delayed

Well, Newtype magazine is releasing on its marked day, isn't it? Thing is determined people didn't it get early this time (or so it seems).

But even before that maybe we have get a possible confirmation of additional upcoming information:

Animation producer Kazuya Masumoto will be attending "Future Sync vol.3" which will take place in Kyushu Sangyo University.
The event consists of a gathering and a talkshow of IT (Information Technology) professionals to enlight our future!
And, yes! Our producer will be discussing about the future of animated contents!

http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/news/20130507.html

 

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Well, Newtype magazine is releasing on its marked day, isn't it? Thing is determined people didn't it get early this time (or so it seems).

But even before that maybe we have get a possible confirmation of additional upcoming information:


http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/news/20130507.html

Hope prevails. Suck my dick anti-Spirals.

 

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Happy Birthday at last, pizzaroll!


Well, Newtype magazine is releasing on its marked day, isn't it? Thing is determined people didn't it get early this time (or so it seems).

But even before that maybe we have get a possible confirmation of additional upcoming information:


http://www.st-trigger.co.jp/news/20130507.html

I think that translation gives the wrong idea. The Japanese wording is pretty clear that he'll be giving a talk about the animation industry - its current state and where it could go in the future. It's an education lecture, not a PR event.