| The anime fanbase is like really freaking big and spread all over earth. Since anime is animation from Japan, I would only make sense that a big part of the fanbase is from Japan, right? HOWEVER! When looking through profiles on MAL (which is the biggest anime forum + database there is?), it seems only a small fraction of the users are from Japan. Is it just me, or isn't this kinda wierd? Crunchyroll, MAL, hummingbird, animenewsnetwork and all the other fanbase-related websites I've come accross is targeting english-speaking users? (except figurine manufactures and such..) I've always thought that around 50% of the fanbase were japaneese, but now that I think about it, it's probably a lot less than 50%, right? |
| You do realize these are still English/American Sites and the Average Japanese person wouldn't bother trying to use them right? |
| Because this isn't a site aimed at Japanese anime fans, it's aimed at American and other English speaking country fans. No doubt there's more in Japan but they probably don't use a listing site. It's like do you use one for local tv shows? |
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Zymf said: HOWEVER! When looking through profiles on MAL (which is the biggest anime forum + database there is?), it seems only a small fraction of the users are from Japan. 10/10 Anime is more popular in Japan (obviously), but a lot of people still aren't a fan of it. There's many people that dislike it there too. I don't know about specific numbers though. |
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IntroverTurtle said: Well.. No - But only because there's like 4-5 western tv shows that I like :/Because this isn't a site aimed at Japanese anime fans, it's aimed at American and other English speaking country fans. No doubt there's more in Japan but they probably don't use a listing site. It's like do you use one for local tv shows? Is therea japanese site similar to MAL? |
| Try searching anime websites using Japanese kanji. |
| Same reason that crunchyroll isn't popular in Japan; it's a site aimed towards English speakers |
| This site is aimed at the English speaking demographic. |
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| It makes sense, because most anime fans in Japan spend their time on 2ch, and other anime news/discussion blogs. I guess many don't feel the need to have to use the listing functionality or the forum boards here. However, you do occasionally see some posts/threads from MAL on 2ch, which are perhaps from the Japanese MAL users that you've noticed. Zymf said: IntroverTurtle said: Well.. No - But only because there's like 4-5 western tv shows that I like :/Because this isn't a site aimed at Japanese anime fans, it's aimed at American and other English speaking country fans. No doubt there's more in Japan but they probably don't use a listing site. It's like do you use one for local tv shows? Is therea japanese site similar to MAL? I should probably ask symbv about this. I'm curious if there is such a listing site in Japanese... because i've never found one. |
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| You actually thought 50% of the anime fan base is Japanese? jayss said: Try searching anime websites using Japanese kanji. ^This. 12thKnight said: Same reason that crunchyroll isn't popular in Japan; it's a site aimed towards English speakers and this^ |
| only few are true japanese otaku according to this old news - http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-10-10/1.72-million-otaku-in-japan that maybe why the prices of anime discs (BluRay/DVD) are very expensive because their is just enough buyers for them and as others have mentioned the most popular anime site on japan is 2Chan |
| Bigger than in USA |
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| this site is still English so I don't think it will attract the Japanese user here. |
| Very big so much so that the cities have anime boards everywhere and manga shops on like every corner its nuts wish i was there!! Check out this video it shows how life is like there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpZbu7J7UL4 |
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| Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. |
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| Well, if we were to compare fanbase from anywhere outside Japan and fanbase within Japan, the former would be a much bigger number, I think. |
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YorozuyaGinSan said: How do you know it's sold less than 5 million? That sounds very low.Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. |
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YorozuyaGinSan said: Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. You have any source for that? that's seems highly unlikely. I mean it's has been the top manga in US for years. |
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tsudecimo said: YorozuyaGinSan said: Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. You have any source for that? that's seems highly unlikely. I mean it's has been the top manga in US for years. IntroverTurtle said: It's probably over 6-7 million by now, but Viz used to cite the total sales for the Manga on the back of the volume covers. I don't think they do it with the current reprints and whatnot, but when volume 34 was released, they were at 4.1 million. Last I saw was in volume 45 or so where it was stated to be at 4.8 million.YorozuyaGinSan said: How do you know it's sold less than 5 million? That sounds very low.Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. |
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YorozuyaGinSan said: Ok wow, that is very low. I thought it might be at 25 in America.It's probably over 6-7 million by now, but Viz used to cite the total sales for the Manga on the back of the volume covers. I don't think they do it with the current reprints and whatnot, but when volume 34 was released, they were at 4.1 million. Last I saw was in volume 45 or so where it was stated to be at 4.8 million. |
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IntroverTurtle said: YorozuyaGinSan said: Ok wow, that is very low. I thought it might be at 25 in America.It's probably over 6-7 million by now, but Viz used to cite the total sales for the Manga on the back of the volume covers. I don't think they do it with the current reprints and whatnot, but when volume 34 was released, they were at 4.1 million. Last I saw was in volume 45 or so where it was stated to be at 4.8 million. Attack on titan sold about 660,000 copies. From the last time I check the sales. The sales in the us are not great at all. |
YorozuyaGinSan said: It's probably over 6-7 million by now, but Viz used to cite the total sales for the Manga on the back of the volume covers. I don't think they do it with the current reprints and whatnot, but when volume 34 was released, they were at 4.1 million. Last I saw was in volume 45 or so where it was stated to be at 4.8 million. What about worldwide outside of Japan? you know numbers of that? If I'm not mistaken it has high overall sales in France, which the second biggest manga market. |
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YorozuyaGinSan said: Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. Damn, that just shows how irrelevant sales outside Japan are, unless the US has a thing against manga and the numbers in the rest of the world are much better. |
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geralt said: Manga sales are supposed to be large in France. It's supposed to be the second largest outside of Japan. But Idk about anything after that.YorozuyaGinSan said: Just for refference, Naruto has sold nearly 140 million volumes in japan, it's sold less than 5 million in the US. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume Naruto is the best selling Manga in the US, not even top 5 in Japan. Damn, that just shows how irrelevant sales outside Japan are, unless the US has a thing against manga and the numbers in the rest of the world are much better. |
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| Personally I would say there are more anime fans in China than anywhere else (even in Japan), because China has the most people in the world and a lot of young people are watching anime, but of course this is only a conjecture. (But if we count people who only watch shounen/shoujo/or child anime as anime fans, China definitely has the most fanbase. The uncertainty only occurs when there is a stricter definition for "anime fans".) So yeah, Japanese anime fans probably take up less than 50% of all anime fan base. PS: Please don't use sales data to argue against this conjecture. That doesn't work because you know I know and we all know that Chinese like everything pirated. |
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Pain_is_love said: Personally I would say there are more anime fans in China than anywhere else (even in Japan), because China has the most people in the world and a lot of young people are watching anime, but of course this is only a conjecture. (But if we count people who only watch shounen/shoujo/or child anime as anime fans, China definitely has the most fanbase. The uncertainty only occurs when there is a stricter definition for "anime fans".) So yeah, Japanese anime fans probably take up less than 50% of all anime fan base. Taiwan and Philippines have considerable fanbase too. |
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AirStyles said: I counted Taiwan as part of "Chinese speaking areas", without taking a side in the political argument of course.Pain_is_love said: Personally I would say there are more anime fans in China than anywhere else (even in Japan), because China has the most people in the world and a lot of young people are watching anime, but of course this is only a conjecture. (But if we count people who only watch shounen/shoujo/or child anime as anime fans, China definitely has the most fanbase. The uncertainty only occurs when there is a stricter definition for "anime fans".) So yeah, Japanese anime fans probably take up less than 50% of all anime fan base. Taiwan and Philippines have considerable fanbase too. but yeah, philippines have a large fanbase. I didn't deny that. |
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| If MAL created a Japanese site it would attract a lot more Japanese viewers. |
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jayss said: Try searching anime websites using Japanese kanji. You mean Japanese, period, right? Because you can search websites with Hiragana or Katakana, it doesn't necessarily have to be in Kanji. And by saying Kanji, you're implying that it's Japanese (since Kanji specifically refers to the usage of Chinese characters in the Japanese language). |
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| My gut feeling is Japan comprises a significant percentage of anime fans worldwide, maybe (15 to 30%). My definition of anime fan excludes shows targeted and aired on children channels like Pokemon and Beyblade. |
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Praland said: Bigger than in USA It may look like it, but I don't think there are a lot of anime fans in America than most people would think. Maybe I'm wrong, but it was just a theory. |
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kikohunter said: Rakaxo said: Wait they have Anime in Japan? Laughed for like 30 minutes here. Yes they have anime in Japan, shocking right? Wait, Japan exists? I always thought Japan was just something we'd tell the lonely losers at school so they don't shoot us. |
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