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@Yaboku Fixed the link, thanks.

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Dec 26, 2017 4:23 AM

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Houseki no Kuni earned more than Princess Principal and Made in Abyss? Wow, this was a surprise for me. I wonder if we can call they as the most successful titles this season with the exception of Love Live?

Dec 26, 2017 5:03 AM

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RABU RAIBU IS WAY TOO GOOD

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Dec 26, 2017 5:08 AM

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Houseki doing good. I wonder if it's because the cheaper BD price or audience really love it. Guess it's proof japanese watcher doesn't mind CG? Kemono friends, Frame arm girls, Blame, Godzilla movie, all well accepted by japanese.

Kino is not selling as much as I expected. Imo 2003 ver is indeed better than 2017.

NeoAnkara said:
*9.　*4,774　**4,774　Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou

Even though it sort of remaster version of movie it still doing great. Now just need to wait for Yuusha no Shou.

According to staff interview https://mantan-web.jp/article/20171211dog00m200021000c.html the movie trilogy already sold 7k+ each. Oricon didn't record it because they sold the BDs in the theaters when they screened. 4.7k is a nice addition.

Dec 26, 2017 5:14 AM

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I can't believe that Houseki no Kuni is rated 8.48 in MAL

I'm feeling that I'm not even watching same show as others. THe show feels like anime that deserve 5.x score

Dec 26, 2017 5:36 AM

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Lmao the physical media in japan is dying so fast. I used to think AoT's decline was because of the long delays but after Kekkai Sensen, Osomatsu-san, Durarara and other titles aimed at female otakus, it's becoming much more clear that it wasn't the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Yuri on Ice also had a big drop.

Yaboku said:
What the heck happened to Osomatsu-san though?

Female fans losing interest + this time the first two volumes had no event tickets I believe.

Dec 26, 2017 5:38 AM

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Z4k said:
Lmao the physical media in japan is dying so fast. I used to think AoT's decline was because of the long delays but after Kekkai Sensen, Osomatsu-san, Durarara and other titles aimed at female otakus, it's becoming much more clear that it wasn't the case. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Yuri on Ice also had a big drop.

Yaboku said:
What the heck happened to Osomatsu-san though?

Female fans losing interest + this time time the first two volumes had no event tickets I believe.

That could be the case. Still surprised though, the first season had like.. 20k+ DVD and Blu-ray sales.

Help the industry and buy Blu-rays and DVD's.
Noragami is the best anime ever.

Dec 26, 2017 5:42 AM

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Z4k said:
this time the first two volumes had no event tickets I believe.

There is event tickets. Afternoon part of "FesMatsu-san '18" on August 19, 2018 in vol.1 while evening part of the event will be included in vol.2.
http://osomatsusan.com/news/detail.php?id=1055831&tag=240

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Dec 26, 2017 5:44 AM

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tsubasalover said:

Z4k said:
this time the first two volumes had no event tickets I believe.

There is event tickets. Afternoon part of "FesMatsu-san '18" on August 19, 2018 while evening part of the event will be included in vol.2.
http://osomatsusan.com/news/detail.php?id=1055831&tag=240

Thanks. Was that announced recently? I didn't see it back when they announced the number of volumes.

Dec 26, 2017 5:46 AM

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LL Domination. <3
Chika looks lovely on that cover.

Glad to see Made in Abyss and Princess Principal selling well.

Hope the new Drifters episodes get subbed soon.

Dec 26, 2017 5:54 AM

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@Z4k it was announced at the end of November (and was briefly mentioned after 1st ep. broadcast in October).

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Dec 26, 2017 6:02 AM

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Houseki no Kuni is selling pretty well so that's good.

Holy crap that Osomatsu drop, I remember the first season was easily selling 20K+ per volume.

People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime.

Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait.

MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol.

Dec 26, 2017 6:30 AM

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Happy for Princess Principal, Houseki no Kuni and of course, Made in Abyss.

Btw, what's Fate/Kaleid doing there (with such tiny numbers?) didn't that release like a year ago? Or is this a different edition?

I don't watch as much anime as before...

Dec 26, 2017 7:14 AM

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PriPri and Houseki no Kuni is just well received in Japon, Glad they got decent sales.

Dec 26, 2017 7:22 AM

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*4.　*5,321　**5,321　Houseki no Kuni Vol.1
*8.　**,963　***,963　Houseki no Kuni Vol.1
= 6284

i'm awaiting season 2. please i need one!

*6.　*4,939　**4,939　Made in Abyss Blu-ray BOX Vol.2
1st sold 5,662
= 5300,5 avg.
2nd season was already announced. since it's cygames i'm happy they're getting money for funding good anime.

*8.　*4,869　**4,869　Osomatsu-san 2nd Season Vol.1
*3.　*5,452　**5,452　Osomatsu-san 2nd Season Vol.1
= 10321

ouch! i bet it's because they stopped transforming into idols.

12.　*2,663　**2,663　Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka?? Blu-ray BOX
16.　*1,349　**1,349　Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! & 2wei Herz! Blu-ray BOX
*7.　*4,922　**4,922　Princess Principal Vol.4 Limited Edition
*5.　*5,120　**5,120　Drifters Episode 13-14 Special Limited Edition
*1.　41,768　*41,768　Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season Vol.1 Special Limited Edition

i'm happy with all of these

Dec 26, 2017 7:42 AM

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Glad to see Houseki no Kuni doing well. I'm really hoping it get some sort of new anime in the future (Season 2, OVA, movie, etc). Princess Principal has chance for another season in the future too. I'm hoping they announce something next year.

Love Live Sunshine <3

Dec 26, 2017 8:52 AM

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Two Car, Ousama Game, Sho-bitch :'( and Dies Irae were also released but didn't make the cut.
LL sunshine obviously not on the OG level but still great.

This is better than expected, season 2 maybe.
10.　*2,996　**2,996　Knight's & Magic Vol.2

Dec 26, 2017 9:46 AM

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Happy for Houseki no Kuni. ^^

Made in Abyss doing it well too and I don't want to continue watching the series, I've been in episode 10 for months.

Dec 26, 2017 10:11 AM

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Jesus, i can understand attack on titan since its been 4 years and kekkai in a way because its been 2 years but osomatsu-san ... its only been a year and that fuckin drop.

Dec 26, 2017 10:43 AM

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Is it wrong for me to have the theory that Osomatsu-san had such a big drop because of the Hiroshi Kamiya marriage scandal? I know that Osomatsu-san has a stacked cast but Kamiya is the biggest fish of them all, and my impression is that Osomatsu-san got supported by the fujoshis more as an idol series than anything else.

Dec 26, 2017 10:49 AM

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Pretty good sales all around this time. Rabu Raibu being the top seller...again...

Dec 26, 2017 11:29 AM

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Holy....

I remember the 1st volume Osomatsu-san selling around 70k sales...that's a HUGE drop

Dec 26, 2017 12:10 PM

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I completely agree on the general sales' decline, but I think that shows like SnK don't really need the boost of the physical copies because they always sell insanely well in merchandise.

Dec 26, 2017 4:07 PM

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Well I'm glad Houseki no Kuni and Kino no Tabi are doing nicely, same with YuYuYu.

Dec 26, 2017 8:55 PM

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tsubasalover said:

*1.　41,768　*41,768　Love Live! Sunshine!! 2nd Season Vol.1 Special Limited Edition

Huge drop in comparison to Vol.1 of the 1st season, despite having a much bigger underestimation of 62.7% on Stalker. But it seems disc sales in Japan for "big hit" anime is in decline now.

Biggest earning content in Japan for 2017
Rank / Earnings in Yen / Content name
*1　50,200,000,000　Arashi
*2　46,000,000,000　EXILE
*3　22,800,000,000　Love Live!
*4　19,900,000,000　Final Fantasy Series
*4　19,900,000,000　Nogizaka46
*6　19,800,000,000　Kanjani∞
*7　17,700,000,000　Godzilla Series
*8　16,000,000,000　Hey! Say! JUMP
*9　15,600,000,000　NEWS
10　15,500,000,000　ONE PIECE

Source from Cool Japan magazine:

Love Live! is down from the 42.3 billion yen, earned in 2015.

Source:
http://yusaani.com/l-ra/t-ra/lovelive/2015/09/19/194023/

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Dec 28, 2017 1:59 AM

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Japanese fan explains why Osomatsu-san 2nd season is not as heated up as 1st season. Female fans tends to enjoy things in group (more than solo), so not heated up means they no longer talk about it anymore (the "heated up" season passed).
https://nijimen.net/topics/15217

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Dec 29, 2017 11:15 AM

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Antagonized said:
PriPri and Houseki no Kuni is just well received in Japon, Glad they got decent sales.

On this list, those are the two franchises I care about the most as well.

RobertBobert said:
Houseki no Kuni earned more than Princess Principal and Made in Abyss? Wow, this was a surprise for me. I wonder if we can call they as the most successful titles this season with the exception of Love Live?

Vol. 1 of Houseki no Kuni was competing with "vol. 4 special edition" of PP and "vol. 2 box" of MiA. And they weren't even on TV in the same season; PP and MiA were summer shows. The sales of the HnK volumes that are yet to be released might fluctuate as well. It's not really an apt comparison, is my point. Over 5000 is definitely not a bad start, though.

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Dec 29, 2017 11:19 AM

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LeeTailor said:
Princess Principal and Houseki no Kuni are selling very nicely! I am pleased.

Vol. 1 of Houseki no Kuni was competing with "vol. 4 special edition" of PP and "vol. 2 box" of MiA. And they weren't even on TV in the same season; PP and MiA were summer shows.

So, if I understand correctly, this is the undisputed hit of this season?

Dec 29, 2017 11:22 AM

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Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

Dec 29, 2017 12:32 PM

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Yes, it's probably a hit, but not undisputed just yet (we only know for sure that the manga is very popular). For example, March Comes in like a Lion 2nd Season vol. 1 and Girls Last Tour vol. 1 are releasing in January, and they might sell better. And extrapolating the overall (cumulative) sales from the first volume's sales can produce results that later turn out to be wildly inaccurate.

BluRay sales by themselves aren't conclusive either, as there are other ways anime can make money, e.g. music and merch. There are also more and more shows each year that expect to make their money back through mobile game tie-ins (Princess Principal has an official mobile game "companion", for example), which these BluRay listings don't take into account, same as music and merch sales.

Maellirn said:
Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

One reason why Love Live is successful is that idol fans are more likely to be dedicated to buying merchandise. It's not necessarily indicative of the preferences of "Japanese Weeboos" in general.

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Dec 29, 2017 3:10 PM

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Maellirn said:
Why Japanese Weaboos like Love live so much???

Simple but nice music, cute girls for every taste, yuri-bait and cute moe slice of life.

@LeeTailor So, if I understand you correctly, do the Japanese gradually discover more and more opportunities for getting good commercial returns from successful titles?

Dec 29, 2017 3:38 PM

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RobertBobert said:
So, if I understand you correctly, do the Japanese gradually discover more and more opportunities for getting good commercial returns from successful titles?

A question of such scope is above my paygrade (though I'm a total amateur, so that doesn't say much), thus I can only give my interpretation of what's happening, and you're better off doing research yourself.

The markets are changing worldwide, that is, people may not be willing to pay for certain things anymore, but they may be willing to pay for other things. Some methods have become less viable, but new technology has allowed other methods to take over (like companion mobile games). If my limited information is correct, the anime market is growing (there's more and more money thrown on the pile, as e.g. international streaming services like Netflix and Amazon want a slice of the pie too), but the industry is kind of broken (yay for capitalism and Japanese work culture). For example, there's a serious animator shortage, as the job pays criminally little, so studios are forced to outsource to (usually foreign) subcontractors more and more of the work.

Okay, I got a litle off-topic, but my point is that the idea that the story is more complicated than the Japanese corporations gloriously discovering new ways of making money off anime. On the mobile game thing, this video might explain it better than I did:

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Dec 29, 2017 10:23 PM

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@LeeTailor Oh, thanks for the education and video, I'll look it up.

Dec 30, 2017 1:54 AM

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give me my 2nd season of Houseki.

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Dec 30, 2017 6:29 AM

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tsubasalover said:
Japanese fan explains why Osomatsu-san 2nd season is not as heated up as 1st season. Female fans tends to enjoy things in group (more than solo), so not heated up means they no longer talk about it anymore (the "heated up" season passed).
https://nijimen.net/topics/15217

Can't say it's shocking. The wave of relevance is gonna kill anime that can't make seasons one year after the next and it's a shame.

Dec 30, 2017 8:21 AM

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