| I think it is time to go through an overview of the Amazon Stalker estimate for this season's anime since most of the shows are now one third into the series. There is a saying that at lest 3 episodes should be watched before deciding whether the anime is something for you, and by now this point has been past so we should start to have a clearer picture of which works are going for the popularity route and which works are going down in the race. Observations: - If we ignore the very strong franchise of Monogatari, this season is heading for the same destiny of the miserable winter season this year. Projected sales are mediocre or poor and few titles reach near the 10k big-hit line. In the previous season (spring), by this stage there were 15 shows with projected sales above the manabi line - this season we have 10. Last season we had 4 shows with projected sales >10k (and 2 shows within striking distance of it) - this season we have only 2 and no show beneath 10k is near the line. - Monogatari is way ahead of all its rivals. The only question is whether its vol.1 will show any significant drop from the sales of the previous entry of the franchise, Nekomonogatari Kuro. Its projected sales used to be >65k but since it settled into a lower rank (below #10) around 2 weeks ago the projection has softened into high 50k's. - In many ways, Free! is the winner in this season. For a long while after its solicitation, its ranking was under #100 even #200 and the projected sales was barely 6k. This all changed after first the revelation of the packaging and extras details of vol.1 BD/DVD, and then, most importantly, the airing of ep.4. Dollops of male fanservice are one key factor, but a lot had to do with watchers finally deciding that this original anime has a good balance of story, humor, character development and fanservice. It is interesting to see that even the skeptical fans in places like 2ch now talk about how interesting the story is instead of mocking or bashing any perceived "gay theme" or "fujoshi bait". This is all reflected in the shooting up of its vol.1 ranking in Amazon and the projected sales, which more than doubled from 6k to 14k now. - Highschool DxD and Symphogear both started as early favorites to be among the TOP FOUR BESTSELLING titles of the season, according to Stalker. And both have so far performed quite close to each other, though earlier HDxD looked stronger whereas recently it seems Symphogear performed slightly better. Both are a sequel of an earlier series and both benefit from fans affirming that overall quality has stayed consistent in this second season. In fact, the general consensus is that in terms of animation, character appeal and music Symphogear improves substantially in this sequel. That said, attrition and fatigue are facts of life for sequels. A drop of sales from 1st season is a given but it remains to be seen how much drop these two titles will have. - Brothers Conflict benefits a great deal from the disproportionate impact an event ticket brings to disc sales. Before the announcement of the event ticket, its projected sales was less than 3k. It went right above 6k after the announcment and only settled to the current 5.3k over the following weeks. We can expect substantial drop in sales for its subsequent volumes. - Fate Illya and Dangan Ronpa were both tipped as possible candidates to make into the TOP FOUR BESTSELLING titles of this season. They surely accumulated quite a bit of sales in the early period after their solicitation but both have faltered in ranking ever since. Still their ranking have stayed stable recently and both now have projected sales in the 4k-5k range. - 3.8k for KinMosa may not seem particularly impressive but it is enough to put it as the 8th best performing title in this season. Its high production value and consistent humor seems to have secured a good amount of orders. Another slice-of-life anime Tamayura, on the other hand, boasted some very loyal fans and even before the season started people were estimating that it should be able to sell 4k. Interestingly enough although Tamayura started in very high places in Amazon ranking, giving it almost 8k in estimate, it finally settled in a middling rank and indeed the estimate now puts its sales at around 4k. - After Devil and Realist, another female-oriented show benefited from event ticket effect for its vol.1 sales ranking, we have a large number of shows beneath the manabi line. One thing to note is that many of the shows that are above 2k indeed get mainly positive feedback from fans: Uchouten for its stunning art and portrayal of Kyoto as well as an intriguing story; Rokyubu for keeping the quality of 1st season and welcomed introduction of new characters; SerSer for finding good humor from the refreshing setting in a local government while Silve Spoon finds humor from the refreshing setting in an agricultural highschool; Rozen Maiden has settled into fascinating story-telling after a confusing first episode. There are indeed people who complain about lack of theme in Neptunia, the decision to start the story in Tokyo for KimiMachi, and uncertainty of how the series' direction will be in Love Lab (its animation gets a thumb-up though) but none of it seems to be deep feelings widely shared. In all it is hard to think of particular reasons why these titles should not make it above the manabi line. Perhaps the spectacular sales of titles in the spring season are again draining the resource of disc-buying fans. - Even weaker are WataMote and KamiNomi but despite a very imaginative production of WataMote few expected the anime to really sell, and KamiNomi never sells much for its previous 2 seasons. Both seem to pin their hope on boosting the manga sales. - Of all the titles, perhaps Fantasista Dolls and Genei wo kakeru Taiyou are the deepest disappointment. Both are original anime that held hopes of making good success, particularly for Fanta which some even tipped as a possible bestseller candidate based on its character designs and the fame of "Code Geass" Taniguchi. There are fans who hope that more success of original anime can help the industry to be willing to risk similar projects and be less reliant on adaptation works, and those people may be especially let down by the prospect that both are heading for the bottom tier of projected sales, one that is <1k. Fanta suffers from the confusion about its target audience as many think it should aim for an Aikatsu or PreCure demography instead of midnight anime audience; Genei never gets away from comparison with Madoka and fans deem it too grim and uninspiring (its unique character design definitely does not help). - All the titles that fare even worse than the two works above indeed receive more negative feedbacks than those in 2-3k range (with the exception of Genshiken). People are disappointed that C3bu is not portraying the gunfight realstically and not much is taught about airsoft except some abstract mindset or attitude instructions. The LN of KamiNai does not have a strong fanbase to begin with and the adaptation of the first volume (the first 3 episodes) left many people including those who read the LN scratching their heads. Kitakubu receives widespread complaints about the poor voice acting of the mostly rookie cast (and its humor is very much a hit-or-miss affair). Based on the feedbacks I never expect Genshiken to sell this poor but perhaps its subject matter, a university club filled with fujoshi, is never going to be a bestseller for the discs even though the anime seems to be reasonably popular. BD+DVD first week sales estimate according to Amazon Stalker 57.5k Monogatari 2nd 14.1k Free! 6.5k Highschol DxD 2nd 5.6k Symphogear 2nd 5.3k BroCon 4.7k Fate/kaleid Illya 4.4k Dangan Ronpa 3.8k KinMosa 3.8k Tamayura 2nd 3.7k Devil and Realist 2.8k Uchouten Kazoku 2.7k Rokyubu 2nd 2.7k Servant x Service 2.5k Neptunia 2.4k Kimi no iru Machi 2.2k Rozen Maiden 2.2k Love Lab 2.2k Silver Spoon 2.1k Teekyuu 2nd 1.7k KamiNomi 3rd 1.5k WataMote 1.5k Blood Lad 1.2k Senyuu 2nd 0.8k Fantasista Doll 0.7k Genei wo kakeru Taiyou 0.7k Futari wa Milky Holmes 0.7k C3-bu 0.7k InuHasa 0.6k KamiNai 0.5k Kitakubu 0.5-0.7k Genshiken Nidaime *Genshiken only has DVD Box for DVD release. The 0.7k estimate counts the projected DVD Box sales while the 0.5k estimate counts only the BD sales. ??? Gatchaman Crowds (not yet available for preorder, so no prediction is made) |
symbvAug 6, 2013 12:53 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: Blu-ray *3, 5,001 85,054 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 1: Hajimari no Monogatari / Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 2: Eien no Monogatari BD Set *6, 2,537 19,041 Love Live! School Idol Project vol.5 Madoka hits 92k. Hopefully it reaches 100k sales eventually. Love Live! v5 2nd week total sales beats out v2~v4. Probably since Love Live! is still steadily gaining more fans overtime and its BDs keep finding a way back into the Amazon Top 100, lol. symbv said: CD Single *3, 61,648 *61,648 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G OP "Vitalization" 22, *5,307 *26,109 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G Character Song 1 Maria x Tsubasa "Fushichou no Flamme" 33, *2,879 **2,879 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS Character Songs 03 Nagatsu Saki (Hidaka Youko) "Reisei Strategy" 35, *2,848 *19,466 Love Live!: BiBi ~Eri, Maki & Niko from μ's~ "Cutie Panther" 38, *2,691 *11,548 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G Character Song 2 Hibiki "Seigi wo Shinjite, Nigiri-shimete" 63, *1,257 **5,231 Kiniro Mosaic OP/ED "Jumping!! / Your Voice" 70, *1,181 *15,799 Zettai Bouei Leviathan ED "Truly" CD Album 10, 8,373 *8,373 The IdolM@ster Live The@ter Performance 04 Nice sales for Symphogear, Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Love Live!, Kiniro Mosaic, Leviathan and Im@s! symbv said: - Highschool DxD and Symphogear both started as early favorites to be among the TOP FOUR BESTSELLING titles of the season, according to Stalker. And both have so far performed quite close to each other, though earlier HDxD looked stronger whereas recently it seems Symphogear performed slightly better. Both are a sequel of an earlier series and both benefit from fans affirming that overall quality has stayed consistent in this second season. In fact, the general consensus is that in terms of animation, character appeal and music Symphogear improves substantially in this sequel. That said, attrition and fatigue are facts of life for sequels. A drop of sales from 1st season is a given but it remains to be seen how much drop these two titles will have. Symphogear seems to be doing way better than S1 on Stalker. It was heavily storefront... so it remains to be seen if Symphogear has an equivalent ratio of storefront to Amazon reception as first season, thereby giving it a chance to hit around 8k+ average. I think it can because as you said, the quality of Symphogear seems to be higher than in Season 1. I agree with Highschool DxD. Seems to be performing almost as good as Season 1. Whether the performance at storefront as a good as Season 1, also remains to be seen. Hopefully it can still average around 9k+ in the end. |
EjcAug 6, 2013 4:30 AM
The News Club: Quality News/Discussion (anime, CDs, manga, novels, games, seiyuu), & sales data (daily, weekly, mid-year, yearly). |
| Oricon Daily All-Genre Top 30 DVD/Top 20 BD Rankings for Aug 5. DVD **5 **6 **7 **8 **9 *10 *11 週 *11 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tonari no Totoro *23 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ONE PIECE FILM Z Regular Edition *25 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ONE PIECE Log Collection "SABAODY" *29 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa BD **5 **6 **7 **8 **9 *10 *11 週 **6 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Madoka Movies Limited Edition **7 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Yamato 2199 6 **8 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Little Busters! 8 **9 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Zoids BD-BOX Limited Edition *10 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | ARISE 1 *13 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Shingeki 1 *17 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | JoJo 7 *19 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Kurenai no Buta |
| The News Club: Quality News/Discussion (anime, CDs, manga, novels, games, seiyuu), & sales data (daily, weekly, mid-year, yearly). |
| The biggest surprise is there is no trace of 2nd week sales for Railgun2 vol.1 even in this slow week. 11, 14,575 *14,575 ~Nanamori-chu☆Goraku-bu~ in My Little Pony "Magical Dai☆Dai☆Dai-Bouken!" A surprisingly good sales for Yuru Yuri singing the OP for My Little Pony (Japanese dubbed version) |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Great sales for "14 to1" I'm hoping it hits 10K next week :D. Its sad that only 2 shows from summer are expected to hit 10K, I think some people already exhausted their funds from buying Spring shows ^^; and I'm really hoping for great sales for Free! to shut up all the butthurt Kyoani fans. |
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| So it seems Japan is joined with MAL in disliking my favourite shows of this season (my personal top 4 being Genei, KamiNai, KinMosa and Kitakubu in that order). Then again my opinions of the things I've been watching this season has been a lot less varied than in any other since I started routinely watching airing anime near the start of last year. But I'm preparing myself for an upcoming season of disappointment as far as sales are concerned. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
symbv said: Disheartening predictions I would say. Watamote doesn't feel like a big hit seller indeed but I certainly expected it to sell at least closer to the Manabi line, same goes for Silver Spoon, I personally don't enjoy the manga so I didn't see the anime but from its manga following alone I was expecting sales at least above the 3k mark. On the other hand kinmosaic is higher than I expected which is a moderately pleasant surprise. Anyway, I might be missing something but there's no mention to Gatchaman Crowds, is it a special case of some sort? |
kurosaki_kabuto said: It is special in the sense that even after several episodes have been aired there is still no announcement of when the BD/DVD vol.1 will be released. Hence the BD/DVD is not up for preorder in Amazon, so no Stalker prediction data is available.Anyway, I might be missing something but there's no mention to Gatchaman Crowds, is it a special case of some sort? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Oh Watamote, where are you... |
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| At least Secret of the Goddess is selling. It's rather sad that KamiNomi sell is still low like previous season. |
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symbv said: kurosaki_kabuto said: It is special in the sense that even after several episodes have been aired there is still no announcement of when the BD/DVD vol.1 will be released. Hence the BD/DVD is not up for preorder in Amazon, so no Stalker prediction data is available.Anyway, I might be missing something but there's no mention to Gatchaman Crowds, is it a special case of some sort? Oh I see. Well, that's not a good sign. |
symbv said: But still, no mention is just cruel :<kurosaki_kabuto said: It is special in the sense that even after several episodes have been aired there is still no announcement of when the BD/DVD vol.1 will be released. Hence the BD/DVD is not up for preorder in Amazon, so no Stalker prediction data is available.Anyway, I might be missing something but there's no mention to Gatchaman Crowds, is it a special case of some sort? Thanks for the thread and analysis. I'm glad to see another 5k for Madoka. |
| Why Japan? Why do you not appreciating another season of KamiNomi? |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
GuiltyKing said: I would say as long as there is no really bad episode aired most people expect to see a 2nd week sales figure for Railgun2 in such a slow week. I don't think it is necessary related to any filler arc. To be true, even the amazing last part of the Sisters Arc did not shift the ranking of Railgun2 BD much, so I don't think they are that related. Anyway, I still expect to see some numbers when the full list is out later this week and we'll see how much did Railgun actually sell in its second week.symbv said: Hardly surprising after last week's episode signaled the beginning of a filler arc. Not exactly the best marketing strategy to appeal to manga readers.The biggest surprise is there is no trace of 2nd week sales for Railgun2 vol.1 even in this slow week. |
symbvAug 6, 2013 6:00 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
bippo said: Though I know this will happen it just still sad.NeoAnkara said: Why Japan? Why do you not appreciating another season of KamiNomi? It is all about the manga that is successful in its own right. No one really expects the anime to sell well. Even the previous seasons. |
| Kickstarter for Rokujouma is fully funded. Good work everyone. Lets wait for the result of our hard work together. |
| interesting predictions for summer sales. i'm really surprised dangan ronpa and prisma illya only sell around 4-5k, since one is an adaptation of a popular game and the other a part of the fate/ series. oh well :( at least free! is doing well, maybe that'll shut the haters up. |
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| Any data on the sales of Zettai Bouei Leviathan? |
murazrai said: The OP is actually taken from an old single by Yoshikawa Kouji which was released back in February this year (Samurai Rock). The ED will be released on Aug 28th.By the way, when is OP or ED singles for Gifuu Doudou!: Kanetsugu to Keiji comes out? I like the songs, especially the manly epic ED. Sury said: No, and I doubt it will appear in this week's full list either. We will have to live with the sales figure of **,*** (uncharted) for ZBL unfortunately. Any data on the sales of Zettai Bouei Leviathan? |
symbvAug 6, 2013 6:00 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| O.o Precure new stage 2 still on list. The movie is better than the first part. |
symbv said: BD+DVD first week sales estimate according to Amazon Stalker 14.1k Free! 6.5k Highschol DxD 2nd 4.4k Dangan Ronpa 3.8k KinMosa 3.7k Devil and Realist Great! symbv said: 2.7k Rokyubu 2nd 2.7k Servant x Service 2.5k Neptunia 2.2k Love Lab Okay *sigh* symbv said: 1.7k KamiNomi 3rd 1.5k Blood Lad 0.7k C3-bu 0.6k KamiNai Dammit. Why are sales (Well the prediction of the sales) for KamiNai so low? One of the best not-sequel anime this season... |
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hakazee said: good enough. i really love this. Same, I'm really happy that it's on the list. |
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| You know it's a bad season when the result of the sales really is likely to be the Shaft and Kyoani shows going #1 and #2 and the imagined angry fanboy war actually becomes a reality. Not a good look for the industry right now, but then literally nothing else says serious attempt to get buyers attention. So pretty much the shows I find most decent this are among the least popular sellers this season and those I find most loathsome and unwatchable are among the highest. What else is new lol? kuuderes_shadow said: So it seems Japan is joined with MAL in disliking my favourite shows of this season (my personal top 4 being Genei, KamiNai, KinMosa and Kitakubu in that order). Then again my opinions of the things I've been watching this season has been a lot less varied than in any other since I started routinely watching airing anime near the start of last year. But I'm preparing myself for an upcoming season of disappointment as far as sales are concerned. As a general rule everything I seem to like in anime gets almost universally shit on by the masses as terribly written and an abomination and anything I tend to really dislike often seems to get championed as the pinnacle of quality. It's been that way for a while now and only shows the slightest signs of changing. Really makes me feel like a fish out of water sometimes, but like what are you going to do, it's just the way trends have been blowing. GuiltyKing said: After watching the latest WataMote episode, I'm even more puzzled that the predicted sales are so weak. The show itself is entertaining, to say the least, and the theme is something many people out there can relate to. Also, the opening's sex. See above. It's one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while, but I think it might have something to do with it not being of the style of comedy Japan seems to like. They're buyer base seems to be really hard to pin down. Again things you would think would be decent sellers in an average market often seem to tank there and things you might think would never sell in an average market are smash hits. It's just bizarre to me, it never feels like creativity and vision is rewarded much when it comes to TV sales for anime, just pre-established popular names or clear appeals to specific coveted buyer audiences like Fujoshi or Idol fans for the most part. |
PeacingOutAug 6, 2013 6:57 AM
Shadow-Chan said: Yeah, forgot that there are two possible pronunciations for 吉川 as last name.symbv said: Kikkawa.The OP is actually taken from an old single by Yoshikawa Kouji which was released back in February this year (Samurai Rock). Shadow-Chan said: Yeah, but that is not a pressed single but only as a download, so it won't get counted in the Oricon Singles Chart.However the short/anime version of the song was released last month. Available on Amazon and iTunes. Kaioshin_Sama said: At least I don't think Gatchaman Crowds will be among the highest when it becomes finally available for preorder LOL So pretty much the shows I find most decent this are among the least popular sellers this season and those I find most loathsome and unwatchable are among the highest. What else is new lol? |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Aside from Monogatari which is a favorite of mine I am also disappointed in many of the predicted sales for Kamisama inai no Nichiyoubi, Stella C3-bu, Uchouten Kazoku, Rozen Maiden. I really shouldn't be thinking about strategic buys, lost cause bombs or even extras at this point for my personal buys but it is hard not to think about them. Is Kinmoza now safely above the line? Uchouten Kazoku be a better strategic buy? Is Rozen Maiden already a lost cause as it appears, cheap but not enough extras maybe even for me to buy it? First episode was a recap quickly of two prior seasons which is confusing if you haven't seen them. Regarding C3-bu, the comment about it being not realistic enough tells me why it is not and will not be another GaruPan where they military fans came in and bought. Which is too bad as I am really enjoying the surreal nature of it but Japanese fans are not, sadly. As someone who has not read Kamisama Inai no Nichiyoubi's novels I quite enjoyed the first arc and found its mysterious nature to be part of its charm but hearing that novel readers are confused makes me wonder, gives me pause. It is a cheap 5 volume series but extras are light so again might not be one I need to pick up. I am otherthinking it this season perhaps but only Monogatari SS and Teekyuu2 are locks for me still at this point. |
hpulleyAug 6, 2013 7:00 AM
hpulley said: Perhaps I should phrase it better. Those who have read the LN think that the adaptation in the first 3 episodes for the first volume of LN to be missing a lot of key details, which ended up making the behavior of the characters, particularly Hambart, harder to relate or understand.As someone who has not read Kamisama Inai no Nichiyoubi's novels I quite enjoyed the first arc and found its mysterious nature to be part of its charm but hearing that novel readers are confused makes me wonder, gives me pause. |
symbvAug 6, 2013 7:22 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
symbv said: CD Single *8, 18,215 *18,215 Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker-hen OP "Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen∞Rebirth" 16, *9,600 182,379 Shingeki no Kyojin OP "Jiyuu e no Shingeki" 17, *9,266 **9,266 Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon ED "Hello Especially" 18, *8,933 **8,933 Brothers Conflict ED "14 to 1" 19, *8,651 **8,651 Tamayura: More Aggressive OP "Hajimari no Umi" 23, *4,833 **4,833 Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai: Megami-hen OP "God only knows -Secrets of the goddess-" 31, *2,964 *24,281 Free! OP "Rage on" 33, *2,879 **2,879 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS Character Songs 03 Nagatsuka Saki (Hidaka Youko) "Reisei Strategy" 37, *2,705 *10,880 Monogatari Second Season ED "Ai wo Utae" 43, *2,241 167,658 Kakumeiki Valvrave OP "Preserved Roses" 63, *1,257 **5,231 Kiniro Mosaic OP/ED "Jumping!! / Your Voice" 64, *1,232 **6,208 Blood Lad OP "ViViD" 68, *1,172 **8,633 Brothers Conflict OP "Beloved x Revival" 73, *1,130 **4,012 Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist OP "Believe My Dice / a shadow's love song" 77, *1,081 **5,671 Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi ED "Owaranai Melody wo Utaidashimashita" CD Album 24, 3,912 *3,912 IS:_Infinite_Stratos Original Drama Series Vol.4 feat. Charlotte Dunois "~Orimura-ke de Choushoku wo~" 49, 2,099 *2,099 Amnesia Character CD Ikki & Kento Nice! I'm glad that 14 to 1 is doing well. I hope that SPLASH FREE (releasing this week) is doing well as well. symbv said: 33, *2,879 **2,879 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS Character Songs 03 Nagatsuka Saki (Hidaka Youko) "Reisei Strategy" It's Hikasa Yoko, by the way. |
tsubasaloverAug 6, 2013 7:25 AM
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
tsubasalover said: Clearly a typo. Should have been Hikasa Youko. I must be thinking of Hidaka Rina LOL LOL Corrected.symbv said: 33, *2,879 **2,879 Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS Character Songs 03 Nagatsuka Saki (Hidaka Youko) "Reisei Strategy" It's Hikasa Yoko, by the way. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Man those predicted sales of Watamote and Kaminomi... I enjoyed the manga of both of these, guessing it's probably the animation studios (Silver Link and Manglobe, really). The good thing is that they'll both receive a manga boost due to the anime's airing. Good for them. |
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Kaioshin_Sama said: They're buyer base seems to be really hard to pin down. Again things you would think would be decent sellers in an average market often seem to tank there and things you might think would never sell in an average market are smash hits. It's just bizarre to me, it never feels like creativity and vision is rewarded much when it comes to TV sales for anime, just pre-established popular names or clear appeals to specific coveted buyer audiences like Fujoshi or Idol fans for the most part. >They're buyer base seems to be really hard to pin down. >just pre-established popular names or clear appeals to specific coveted buyer audiences like Fujoshi or Idol fans for the most part You're contradicting yourself. Also, most of fujoshi shows aren't hits and Aikatsu or AKB0048 didn't amaze the market either (a shame, as AKB is one of very best 2012 shows in my opinion). Latter part of your quote is simply false. |
| as expected :) one piece always don't fail to get a high ranked state |
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MCsq2 said: The good thing is that they'll both receive a manga boost due to the anime's airing. Good for them. Watamote's latest volume got less sales total every week than the previous volume had after the same period of time on sale. This period overlapped the start of the anime. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
symbv said: hpulley said: Perhaps I should phrase it better. Those who have read the LN think that the adaptation in the first 3 episodes for the first volume of LN to be missing a lot of key details, which ended up making the behavior of the characters, particularly Hambart, harder to relate or understand.As someone who has not read Kamisama Inai no Nichiyoubi's novels I quite enjoyed the first arc and found its mysterious nature to be part of its charm but hearing that novel readers are confused makes me wonder, gives me pause. That must be why I found it so disappointing. When I read that it had won an award, I was expecting something really great, but it was so damn boring. Well, no Splash Free, I guess? I was expecting it to sell a lot since Rage On is also selling a lot (and it's much better than Rage On). |
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| Watamote only estimated to sell at/around 2k what kind of madness is this? I was expecting more than that tbh. Still happy about Free! estimated sales even if they will probably drop over the next couple volumes. I find Free! quite good in a way its different from KyoAni's usual stuff since it involves a main male cast which is a first for this studio. And at the same time its the typical KyoAni setting/storytelling. Probably my favorite anime of the season for more reasons than just OMFG HAWT GUYS!!!111 you see fangirls screaming around everywhere. Valvrave opening still going on strong even after being released for a while. xD I expect to see the second opening sale just as well since Nana Mizuki and TM Revolution are teaming up again. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| I was hoping Kinmoza would get multiple seasons like Hidamari sketch or Yuru Yuri. 3.8k for the first volume is not a comforting number unless it's really boosting the manga/LN. |
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| Vitalization is selling well, good job Nana. The rest of Symphogear G and Ro-Kyu-bu's music selling is good and lookie here we have sales for Jumping/Your Voice, thank goodness. |
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jmal said: I do hope it is just slightly below the cutoff. It would be normal if that is the case. Railgun v1 of season 1 sold 1726 BD in its second week for example. On the other hand, OreImo season 2 v1 (which sold fewer BD than Railgun2 in its first week) sold 1794 BD in second week. The cut-off this week is 1782, so it is already doing worse than OreImo2 v1 for 2nd week sales. I just hope that it will still be around 1700 when the full week's list is out.It's probably a couple hundred below the cutoff at most. This is normal. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
shigeru212 said: I was hoping Kinmoza would get multiple seasons like Hidamari sketch or Yuru Yuri. 3.8k for the first volume is not a comforting number unless it's really boosting the manga/LN. Kinmoza isn't doing to bad in BD rankings While my top 3 (Kinmoza, Ro-Kyu-Bu SS despite the BD rankings, and Symphogear G) aren't doing bad, I'm most worried about Fantasista Doll, since from what I read the mobile game has extra episodes not aired anywhere else, not sure if they are canon either, even worse the extras are giving me no incentive to buy because I have no interest in the game and the character OPs I want are way in the back (Madeleine's is in the very last volume). :( |
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| I'm glad Kiniro mosiac is doing decent, I hope it won't drop and barely make the manabi line like Yuyushiki did. Kinda a shame about KKK though, but the first few eps where really weak. So I can understand it. Its a shame CGDCT doesn't sell that high as some people seem to think they do. I'm also glad none of my top 5 series this season(unlike my top 9 of last season) are not doing horrible in stalker. Although I have no idea how much Gatchaman will sell. |
rederoinAug 6, 2013 8:26 AM
| vitalization sale well and Symphogear chracter song cd sales well, waiting for Maria character song (CV: Youko Hikasa) Black Gungnir Girl battle song like music orchestra |
| Those of you who like WataMote, NHK World is doing a introduction about it for its Imagine-Nation program now (I am watching it as I type - it is from 00:30 to 01:00 Japan time) and it is done all in ENGLISH !! http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/tv/imagine/index.html |
symbvAug 6, 2013 8:37 AM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
bippo said: And lol at railgunS. What happened. Too bad JCstaff is putting their best with the show. that's so sad |
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