| @ChocoBar9: Everything you are saying took a huge slap on the face the moment you said 400K copies for a manga is not impressive. I doubt there is any point arguing with you on the topic since you are talking nonsense here. Regardless, no one is saying Darli-fra took the roof off with the numbers. It's still higher than stalkers' earlier predictions and if you think 5.9K isn't pretty good, you are in complete denial. Also, bringing about discussion of a couple of anime originals don't help. We know that there are occasional spikes in 2-3 anime out of say 120+ anime that gets released every year which are usually idol based or marketed towards fujoshi fandom and not necessarily mean they are excellent shows. @RobertBobert: It's nothing new. For the record, it happened only once in the last 5 years (20 seasons) since I started tracking japanese sites (anikore, 2ch etc.) vs. non-japanese/western sites (MAL, animesuki etc.) that the most revered top three new anime of the season (sora yori, violet evergarden, yuru camp) were the same in both places AND backed by sales numbers. It's that rare. |
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| @shanimebib Wow, is this taking into account idols or not? I've heard that such an anime is very popular on the tumbler for "some" reasons.... but I do not know how much these shows are popular in the west in general. |
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RobertBobert said: @shanimebib Wow, is this taking into account idols or not? I've heard that such an anime is very popular on the tumbler for "some" reasons.... but I do not know how much these shows are popular in the west in general. Note that idol anime fans/fujoshi fandom are more active in their own dedicated fansites and they don't usually frequent more prominent sites where they have fans of all sorts of anime. For an example, IDOLiSH7 from last season had 1/20th of followers of Violet Evergarden, the most followed anime from last season in anikore, yet it sold way, way more than VE managed for volume 1. In conclusion, disc sales are not the measure of popularity, nor the quality but one of the many indicators, albeit the main one that conveys the measure of how successful the anime had been from economical standpoint. There could be more people following an anime but they could be more casual followers than hardcore fans who would buy 2-3 copies of each and practically all of them doing the same whereas only a small segment of casual viewers only willing to spend money on anime that they only watch for fun and don't think their life depended on how much it sold in the market. |
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shanimebib said: RobertBobert said: @shanimebib Wow, is this taking into account idols or not? I've heard that such an anime is very popular on the tumbler for "some" reasons.... but I do not know how much these shows are popular in the west in general. Note that idol anime fans/fujoshi fandom are more active in their own dedicated fansites and they don't usually frequent more prominent sites where they have fans of all sorts of anime. For an example, IDOLiSH7 from last season had 1/20th of followers of Violet Evergarden, the most followed anime from last season in anikore, yet it sold way, way more than VE managed for volume 1. In conclusion, disc sales are not the measure of popularity, nor the quality but one of the many indicators, albeit the main one that conveys the measure of how successful the anime had been from economical standpoint. There could be more people following an anime but they could be more casual followers than hardcore fans who would buy 2-3 copies of each and practically all of them doing the same whereas only a small segment of casual viewers only willing to spend money on anime that they only watch for fun and don't think their life depended on how much it sold in the market. Well, in my country idols are no more popular than another popular slice of life with moe girls. At least I often see a yuri fanart with Love Live, than an art with a real yuri, lol. But it was never so popular as any hyped shonen or seinen. So I was pretty surprised when one of the Russian sites reported that the sales of Love Live is higher than any hyped show. |
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ChocoBar9 said: And according to Japanese sales numbers Franxxs sales are nothing to gawk about. I guess the loud and vocal fanbase was just a minority. Nothing to gawk about, sure. But definitely nothing to deride either. I'd say these sales are at least decent. And let's not forget that this is only the first week's worth of sales we're talking about. I prefer not to make any judgements until at least week 2. Full disclosure: I know nothing of Darli-Fra other than some basement dwellers got triggered by a certain episode, and I'd like it to remain that way. |
DoubleMangekyoMay 2, 2018 10:14 AM
Infatuate said: Happy for yorimoi sales, but another season or a movie are almost impossible due to how it ended so yay I guess? That's what I hope, really. I think it ended on a perfect note. We could have some specials, maybe an OVA, but I really don't want a full sequel. Though I trust the team who produced it, especially the writer and the director, I fear another story done wrong could potentially screw up what has become one of my favorite and most inspiring anime. |
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