[Sad News] CSM anime fails to give the series any significant boost as Vol.13 struggles to reach Vol.11's pre-anime sales
Despite the AotD adaptation from MAPPA, massive marketing on the level almost never seen before for a new anime from both Shueisha and MAPPA, and holiday boost, Vol.13 of Chainsaw Man (which went on sale last week) only sold 284,558 copies in its first 5 days according to Oricon, which was down from Vol.11 which sold 328,038 copies in 4 days back in March 2021.  What went wrong? Isn't CSM supposed to be the next big thing like AoT/KnY/JJK? JJK Vol.15, which came out after the anime ended, sold more than a million copies in its first week despite having worse pre-anime sales than CSM while the latest volume of SxF sold 800k copies in its first week. Even MHA consistently sells 3-400k copies in its first week. Why does MAPPA's incredible revolutionary cinematic anime adaptation with 12 different EDs fail to bring in new readers? And how many people will actually show up at the 8k (x2) capacity theater MAPPA rented for day and night slot for the upcoming CSM anime exhibition? Sales for other series for comparison |
| Yeah you are right, the anime was a failure. It failed to improve the manga sales whatsoever. I think it's primarily because CSM only got a 12 episode season. If it had gotten a 24 episode season than things would have been much different. Another reason I can think of for the low sales is that CSM was on a break for almost 2 years so that might have had an effect on its sales as well. The other mangas were constantly ongoing even before their anime while CSM was just coming out from a huge break. CSM still sells decently though so I am happy Fujimoto is still making money atleast. He definitely deserves it. Edit:- I just learnt that the manga became number 1 in this week's sales with over 640K sales so the anime might not have been a total failure. It did attract new viewers to read the manga. It just failed to attract as many as JJK or Demon Slayers anime did.  |
King_KKJan 14, 2023 10:11 AM
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| Maybe if the anime was actually 24 episodes instead adapting the weakest parts of the manga and stopping at a very weird point............ |
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| it's normal and I'm glad, part 2 is bad and shouldn't sell more than part 1, the fans didn't take the bat fortunately |
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| Its still pretty strong but just not as strong as people hyped it to be. It might not reach the heights of Kny or Jjk or hell even Spy x Family but its still pretty good enough if we don't talk about the hype. Also the reception for 2nd part isn't the best either. |
If you enjoyed the time you wasted, then its not a waste of time.  |
| Well that's what you get when you overhype a 1-cour 12 episode adaptation when all the meat comes afterward. |
| I reckon the 2 year break is a huge reason why the manga doesn't sell as well anymore. Usually when an anime adaptation comes out, people go crazy on all the volumes that are out and there's usually a ton of volumes that succeed the anime. With CSM there wasn't any new volumes aside from volume 12 and 13 that came out recently so I guess most people who wanted to read the manga already bought all the volumes before the anime came out. Kinda sad to see as a big CSM fan but oh well, the sales are still solid enough to not be worried about the series' future. |
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| Personally I think to some degree sales for KnY and JJK were "inflated" by hype... For KnY no one expected this good anime (ep19) + from what I remember series was already ending or was close to ending. End of the series also generate additional hype. So you could say it was "perfect" adaptation made in "perfect" time. Definitely it would be nice if someone who knows statistics could make detailed analysis of those data. For JJK, I don't read it so I can't judge by what is happening there but I can imagine that some JJK fans were also buying volumes to "outsell" KnY... fans can be this petty. For Spy x Family... this series is crazy good recently, not saying that previously was bad just since Loid's flashback we are in how I like to call it "author's villain arc". Yogen-No-Ko said: I reckon the 2 year break is a huge reason why the manga doesn't sell as well anymore. Usually when an anime adaptation comes out, people go crazy on all the volumes that are out and there's usually a ton of volumes that succeed the anime. With CSM there wasn't any new volumes aside from volume 12 and 13 that came out recently so I guess most people who wanted to read the manga already bought all the volumes before the anime came out. Kinda sad to see as a big CSM fan but oh well, the sales are still solid enough to not be worried about the series' future. I agree, also so many "people" are writing things like "(Black)Mid Clover sold so bad" and sh*t like that looking at sales became needless for me. Series sold good? Will not be axed? that's enough for me. |
| Manga recommendation: - Spy x Family (Ch.123/? - biweekly) | Sakamoto Days (Ch.231/? - weekly) - MARRIAGETOXIN (Ch.142/? - weekly) | MAD (Ch.34/? - biweekly) - Make the Exorcist Fall in Love (Ch.101/? - biweekly) - Monochrome Days (Ch.28/? - biweekly) Anime recommendation: - Deca-Dence (Finished) | Wave, Listen to Me! (Finished) - If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die (Finished) - Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (Finished) |
| Is this supposed to be some kind of bait thread? |
| The japanese fans didn't like the anime hence the chart. |
| Turns out, as a shocking surprise, MAPPA didnt create a good anime after all. 12eps was too short, the story barely went into motion. And a 2 year wait will kill hype. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| The anime fucked up because it wasn't 24 eps All the "boosts" happened in the 2nd cour of the season like kny's sun god dance in ep19 or jjk's hollow purple in ep20 But mappa had to rush and stop right at the point where csm started to pick pace |
Za_PandaJun 19, 2023 12:27 AM
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Whayle said: For real, I think that a shadow drop of the whole Season on Netflix may have actually worked better here.Well that's what you get when you overhype a 1-cour 12 episode adaptation when all the meat comes afterward. |
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| Doesn’t really matter, the series is still going to be successful. |
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