Deficits of Astarotte no Omocha Anime Disappoint Manga Author

Mogami-kun said:
I think the problem with Lotte is that it should have been targeted either at people with a "special preference" or remove all the sexual parts and make it a family friendly heartwarming comedy. In its current state it cannot please the target audience.

dtshyk said:
Mangaka Haga Yui posted on her twitter that she wanted to pay off the huge debt of Astarotte no Omocha! anime. She regretted that she couldn’t return profits to those who invested in her work. She herself purchased Astarotte no Omocha! Blu-ray and DVDs five copies each. She said she will do her best to promote the anime.

Source: Haga’s twitter

Note: The first volume of Astarotte no Omocha Blu-ray was sold 1,316 copies.

SurferDude said:
1. Make mediocre show.
2. Expect high sales.
LOLJAPAN

jmal said:

Oh how I love the inconsistency.

MAL Poster's Guide to Pissing on Shows:
1) If a show you don't like sells well, say "Of course it sold, Japan has no taste and buys mediocre/shit shows!"
2) If a show you don't like sells poorly, say "Of course it didn't sell, it was mediocre/shit!"
3) If a show you like sells well, say "Oh I guess Japan finally discovered taste!", because clearly your personal preferences are universal truth and everyone was wrong until they started agreeing with you.

Now you have all your bases covered! It may be completely self-contradictory, but this is the internet, that's never stopped anyone!

jmal said:

Oh how I love the inconsistency.

MAL Poster's Guide to Pissing on Shows:
1) If a show you don't like sells well, say "Of course it sold, Japan has no taste and buys mediocre/shit shows!"
2) If a show you don't like sells poorly, say "Of course it didn't sell, it was mediocre/shit!"
3) If a show you like sells well, say "Oh I guess Japan finally discovered taste!", because clearly your personal preferences are universal truth and everyone was wrong until they started agreeing with you.

Now you have all your bases covered! It may be completely self-contradictory, but this is the internet, that's never stopped anyone!

RyanSaotome said:
She should just sell more of her loli hentai art books if shes having money problems. Maybe even draw some non canon manga where Lotte actually does suck dick

Juumonji said:


one can always wait for Comiket(or the next less important doujin event). For sure Lotte's doujins will sell more than its BDs.

RyanSaotome said:
She should just sell more of her loli hentai art books if shes having money problems. Maybe even draw some non canon manga where Lotte actually does suck dick

Leon-Gun said:
I don't think she herself has money issues seeing as she bought five copies of the show. She expressed disatisfaction at the fact the Anime studio and all the investors took a loss on the show. She herself makes her main income on manga anyway.

RyanSaotome said:


Is doujin really the right word when someone is doing a manga of their own IP?

llxwarbirdxll said:
Haga Yui's a woman?

Goosey said:
Otaku watched.
They didnt see loli bjs.
Disappointment.
Low sales.

/thread.

I am planning to watch this very soon though, some of the comments here are convincing me to do so.

Hoppy said:


You'll be surprised at some of these loli anime even Mitsudomoe was created by a woman. There are women who like and write about cute little girls, lolicon is not just a man's fantasy anymore.

mellors said:
Usually I try not to judge shows before I watch them. But I looked at the picture and thought "meh" then I read the synopsis and I think this shit is lucky to exist let alone have any sort of sales. I mean really thats just a whole new level of stupid. This makes The Qwaser of Stigmata sound like a work of art.

AO968 said:
This is one of the few cases where I heard an original creator being so distraught about an anime adaptation on his/her work not selling so well.

BigSimo said:
err they have to drink cum to keep themselves looking good. the simple fact that THIS even exists in the show automatically sets it a cut below everything else. that is, unless the synopsis is lying and this isn't actually a part of the show...?

TJR said:

Success or failure of an anime adaptation can actually determine whether the manga is allowed to continue.

TJR said:
If sales of the original work are marginal, the failure of an anime (i.e. doesn't move many DVDs, doesn't turn the manga into a big hit, doesn't create a merchandising machine) tells the publisher that there's little potential for growth. That's when they consider dropping the series in favor of something new.

jmal said:

...What?

That's... an interesting spin on it. I don't think that superficial similarities make a show a rip-off. I've seen both Lotte and Hayate, and no they really are not terribly similar, let alone one being a ripoff of the other.

Ruledragon said:

In a side note, i really think that their "love" can be turned into "father/daughter" instead of "husband/wife" this is just my idea though, but since in her world age doesnt matter you just have to watch the anime thinking of that rule.

shadowsword said:
Good. This anime was horrible and boring.