How well is the HxH adaptation doing in japan

Watashii said:
It had really good ratings until the timeslot change, but really the reason it's been running is to advertise the manga and it's done a really good job at that. They don't care that much about BD and DVD sales.

Watashii said:
It had really good ratings until the timeslot change, but really the reason it's been running is to advertise the manga and it's done a really good job at that. They don't care that much about BD and DVD sales.

IntroverTurtle said:
How has it done a really good job of that? Has a volume even been put out since it started airing?

It probably got the new anime boost in the beginning, but idk how long that lasted.

IntroverTurtle said:
How has it done a really good job of that? Has a volume even been put out since it started airing?

It probably got the new anime boost in the beginning, but idk how long that lasted.

Watashii said:
Three volumes have been released since the launch of the 2011 anime, and during 2013 alone was in the top 10 manga sold in Japan with 4.2 million units. While on hiatus.

IntroverTurtle said:
How were the volumes released latest before the hiatus?

Watashii said:


I don't know what you're asking. The hiatus began in 2012. The anime started in 2011. It sold over 4 million in 2013 while the anime aired and it had no new chapters.

Watashii said:


I don't know what you're asking. The hiatus began in 2012. The anime started in 2011. It sold over 4 million in 2013 while the anime aired and it had no new chapters.

yatabare said:
LOL..
2013 4,231,475 / HUNTER×HUNTER (2012/11/19~2013/11/17)
Then,volume 31&32 released on 2012/12/12.
Therefore,it had two new chapters released.
PS.The purpose of the anime is not to advertise the manga,but to help selling peripheries and increasing the cinema attendance.

Watashii said:


No, it had three volumes released, not two. Only two were released during those time periods (you're ignoring that the 2011 anime started airing in 2011).

They don't sell much merch for HxH. They're not trying to get you to buy figures or posters, just the manga, which the 2011 anime helped with.

yatabare said:

...All the money from selling the manga flowed into JUMP and Togashi,not NTV.
There's no more to say.try to understand by yourself.

HybridMBL said:


Production Committee for Hunter x Hunter

NTV
VAP(NTV subsidiary)
Madhouse(NTV subsidiary)

Shueisha was on the production committee until episode 100 when the anime switched from Sunday mornings to Tuesday late night

Watashii said:


Didn't know they left it. Still doesn't change they were funding it for the majority of the time it was airing and what I was talking about.

HybridMBL said:


No you just don't know what you're talking about when it comes to knowing how the anime is funded
NTV/VAP receives most(now all) of the money the anime was bringing in from tv ratings,disc sales, and merchandise. Shueisha received its share of money from the manga sales of Vol 30,31,32, the compilations they've been releasing, and licensing of the property. Once the tankobons caught up, it made no sense for them to stay on the committee since Togashi wasn't writing anymore chapters at the time


We'll never 100% know unless we see the books but you'd have to be a fool to think Shueisha is putting more money into the anime than NTV/VAP/Madhouse

StefanHere said:

But it used to have a Saturday morning air time but was moved to Wednesday 1:30 am due to complaints from parents so how can madhouse keep it profitable when your target audience is asleep?

DalPuri said:

Maybe a little off topic, but isn't the target audience teenagers and young adults?
I know jump is geared towards kids, but a lot of adults read jump too. HxH has some seriously disturbing moments... I wouldn't be surprised if it was targeting a more mature audience.

GuardianEnzo said:
Also, the timeslot change had nothing to do with "complaints from parents". It was simply too expensive a slot for a series that had no peripherals (new cinema releases, new manga volumes etc) to promote.

H x H has always skewed among the oldest of any WSJ series. That's why is consistently scored low in the weekly rankings while the tankubon were huge sellers. The audience is certainly smaller in a latenight slot than on Sunday mornings, but it's having no problem reaching its target audience.

yatabare said:

It was because of complaints from parents that the timeslot changed.
No peripherals?
Stop lying plz.

GuardianEnzo said:


Listen, you're obviously entitled to believe whatever you want (and to be a douche about it). But frankly, this "theory" reflects a complete lack of understanding about how the anime industry works. This isn't like network TV in the USA - here, anime TV slots are almost like infomericals. The studios pay for the time because they know it will promote their product (which is in turn intended to promote other products, like manga or merchandise). Dinnertime and weekend AM slots are very, very expensive and at the time of the move H x H had absolutely nothing to promote - even the manga was still on hiatus. The move was inevitable.

This whole notion of "parental complaints" is a fantasy created by Westerners on chat boards and forums without a shred of actual evidence to back it up.

GuardianEnzo said:
I'm surprised you didn't claim it was Togashi himself if you were going to go that route.