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Dec 10, 2013 2:30 AM
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Here are the weekly Blu-ray & CD rankings for Dec 2nd - Dec 8th Rank / This week's sales by copies / Cumulative sales / Titles Blu-ray 1. 13,466 13,466 Free! Vol.4 2. 12,397 12,397 Mononoke Hime 3. *8,717 *8,717 Hataraku Maou-sama! Vol.6 4. *6,008 *6,008 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.3 5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box 6. *1,886 38,600 Monogatari Series: Second Season Nekomonogatari (Shiro) Vol.2 Tsubasa Tiger 2 of 2 7. *1,859 *1,859 Neko no Ongaeshi/Ghiblies Ep.2 8. *1,854 16,041 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% Vol.6 9. *1,647 *1,647 Pokemon: The Origin (cut-off 1,647) DVD *1. 8,042 *,**8,042 Free! Vol.4 *2. 2,164 *,**2,164 Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu Dougu Museum *3. 1,801 *,**1,801 One Piece 15th Season Gyojintou-hen Vol.13 *4. 1,691 *,**1,691 One Piece 15th Season Gyojintou-hen Vol.14 *5. 1,673 *,**1,673 Aikatsu! Vol.7 *6. 1,592 *,**1,592 Hataraku Maou-sama! Vol.6 *7. 1,476 *,**5,728 Detective Conan Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea Regular Edition *8. 1,468 1,226,159 Tonari no Totoro *9. 1,455 *,**8,922 Detective Conan Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea Limited Edition 10. 1,420 *,*11,411 Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 2000% Vol.6 11. 1,150 *,**1,150 Toriko Movie: Bishokushin no Special Menu 12. *,901 *,***,901 Naruto: Shippuuden Ninkai Taisen - Kanata kara no Kougekisha Vol.4 13. *,867 *,***,867 Pokemon: The Origin 14. *,723 *,**3,161 One Piece: Episode of Merry - Mou Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari Limited Edition 15. *,660 *,524,103 Majo no Takkyuubin 16. *,625 *,***,625 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.3 17. *,571 *,***,571 YanYan Machiko Vol.3 18. *,566 *,**1,975 Lupin III vs. Detective Conan Movie Premiere Celebration Edition 19. *,547 *,366,652 Mononoke Hime 20. *,543 *,*12,039 Shingeki no Kyojin Vol.5 21. *,502 *,**5,824 Crayon Shin-chan Movie 21: Bakauma! B-Kyuu Gourmet Survival Battle!! (cut-off 502) CD Single *5. 28,290 423,417 Naruto: Shippuuden OP "Tsuki no Ookisa" by Nogizaka 46 *6. 25,813 *25,813 Pokemon XY OP "V (Volt)" by Yusuke *7. 16,074 *16,074 Detective Conan ED “Ima Aitakute…” by DAIGO 24. *3,928 **3,928 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta ED “Tsukiyomi” by phatmans after school 27. *3,685 *40,443 Love Live! School Idol Project Music S.T.A.R.T!! by μ's 29. *3,254 *13,161 Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai ED "Maware! Setsugetsuka" by Hitomi Harada, Ai Kayano, & Yui Ogura 31. *3,113 **3,113 Meganebu! ED “Colorful World” by Tomohisa Sako 42. *1,869 **1,869 Samurai Flamenco ED "Date TIME" by Mineral Miracle Muse 43. *1,808 *10,445 Kuroko no Basket Character Song (Makoto Hanamiya) "Mad Breaker" by Jun Fukuyama 49. *1,649 *10,497 Kuroko no Basket Character Song (Tatsuya Himuro) "Ready Fight!!" by Kishou Taniyama 51. *1,517 *54,824 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari ED "Kimi no Gin no Niwa" by Kalafina 52. *1,507 **9,993 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic ED "Eden" by Aqua Timez 55. *1,409 230,810 Shingeki no Kyojin OP "Jiyuu e no Shingeki (Guren no Yumiya/Jiyuu no Tsubasa)" by Linked Horizon 56. *1,375 113,170 Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season OP "Kakumei Dualism" by Nana Mizuki x T.M.Revolution 57. *1,370 **9,354 Detective Conan OP "Butterfly Core" by VALSHE 59. *1,356 *67,023 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari Theme Song "Colorful" by ClariS 69. *1,142 **4,866 Kyoukai no Kanata ED "Daisy" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION 71. *1,128 **7,931 Strike the Blood ED "Strike my soul" by Yuka Iguchi 72. *1,123 *,*16,306 Kill la Kill OP "Sirius" by Eir Aoi 79. *1,019 *,*19,480 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta OP "Sakura no Ato (all quartets lead to the ?)" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN (cut-off 1,000) CD Album 11. 11,907 11,907 Sazae-san OST 16. *8,769 55,638 Gintama Best 3 26. *5,454 *5,454 New Prince of Tennis Bunta Marui Character Song Album “Bun Bun A La Carte” by Naozumi Takahashi 87. *1,307 27,302 Yukari Tamura "Rasen no Kajitsu" by Yukari Tamura 91. *1,228 19,447 The iDOLM@STER 765Pro AllStars+ Gre@test Best! -Cool & Bitter!- 94. *1,136 *3,999 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta Character Song CD & OST "Sakura Shinbachi no Narashigata." (cut-off 1,025) Source: Oricon Youtaiju |
tsubasaloverDec 18, 2013 12:45 AM
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Dec 10, 2013 2:31 AM
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Dec 10, 2013 2:31 AM
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tsubasalover said: CD Single 24 *3,928 **3,928 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta ED “Tsukiyomi” by phatmans after school 29 *3,254 *13,161 Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai ED "Maware! Setsugetsuka" by Hitomi Harada, Ai Kayano, & Yui Ogura 31 *3,113 **3,113 Meganebu! ED “Colorful World” by Tomohisa Sako 51 *1,517 *54,824 Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari ED "Kimi no Gin no Niwa" by Kalafina 52 *1,507 **9,993 Magi: The Kingdom of Magic ED "Eden" by Aqua Timez 55 *1,409 230,810 Shingeki no Kyojin OP "Jiyuu e no Shingeki (Guren no Yumiya/Jiyuu no Tsubasa)" by Linked Horizon 56 *1,375 113,170 Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season OP "Kakumei Dualism" by Nana Mizuki x T.M.Revolution 57 *1,370 **9,354 Detective Conan OP "Butterfly Core" by VALSHE 79 *1,019 *,*19,480 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta OP "Sakura no Ato (all quartets lead to the ?)" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN CD Album 94 1,136 3,999 Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta Character Song CD & OST "Sakura Shinbachi no Narashigata." <3 I'm glad that Colorful World is there, and Butterfly Core stays! |
tsubasaloverDec 16, 2013 9:05 PM
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
Dec 10, 2013 2:35 AM
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5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box This is best joke this series made so far :D I would never guess those sales months ago, not after quite disastrous individual volume sales. |
Dec 10, 2013 3:04 AM
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Happy for Hataraku Maousama! but... 69. *1,142 **4,866 Kyoukai no Kanata ED "Daisy" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION Man :( |
Dec 10, 2013 3:07 AM
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21k for free ..well that's quite a drop |
Dec 10, 2013 3:23 AM
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Happy for: 27. *3,685 *40,443 Love Live! School Idol Project Music S.T.A.R.T!! by μ's 29. *3,254 *13,161 Machine-Doll wa Kizutsukanai ED "Maware! Setsugetsuka" by Hitomi Harada, Ai Kayano, & Yui Ogura Wish these were doing better: 69. *1,142 **4,866 Kyoukai no Kanata ED "Daisy" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION 71. *1,128 **7,931 Strike the Blood ED "Strike my soul" by Yuka Iguchi Sad for Date Time as I absolutely love this song by Mineral Miracle Muse, the best fake idol group name ever, love it! Only good thing for me personally is it means I was able to get a first press bonus edition when I thought they were sold out which made me very happy until I saw these sales: 42. *1,869 **1,869 Samurai Flamenco ED "Date TIME" by Mineral Miracle Muse Surprised these are still, STILL charting: 55. *1,409 230,810 Shingeki no Kyojin OP "Jiyuu e no Shingeki (Guren no Yumiya/Jiyuu no Tsubasa)" by Linked Horizon 56. *1,375 113,170 Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season OP "Kakumei Dualism" by Nana Mizuki x T.M.Revolution BD 4. *6,008 *6,008 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.3 5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box DVD 16. *,625 *,***,625 Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... Vol.3 Happy that Symphogear v6 is at least maintaining v2 sales for the most part. Episodes 5-6 are super awesome, especially great to see without the dark gore censorship. Hibiki! And Orbital Beats on OST CD3 is awesome too. Kill Me Baby! So funny, Bluray Box sells more than the original discs... could it have a week 2? Go for 5K!!! Season 2! LOL |
Dec 10, 2013 3:24 AM
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One of those Mononoke Hime numbers is my BD purchase :D. Mononoke Hime was absolutely gorgeous in HD, worth every $. Dat Kill Me Baby though... ~^o^~ |
Dec 10, 2013 3:42 AM
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So what did maou's average out to in sales? |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Dec 10, 2013 3:45 AM
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silverwalls said: 21k for free ..well that's quite a drop Volume 1 withot event ticket had 26k sales first week it was volume 1 somit's bound to sell better. Remember that this is only the first week. By the second week it could come to 23-24k. It's only a 5k drop really. A bit more than expected but defintely not a disaster. |
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Dec 10, 2013 3:46 AM
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Ulrihs said: 5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box This is best joke this series made so far :D I would never guess those sales months ago, not after quite disastrous individual volume sales. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Buster). |
Dec 10, 2013 4:07 AM
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JizzyHitler said: So what did maou's average out to in sales? Currently 11,278... but it'll chart again next week. ____________________________________________________________________ Oricon Daily All-Genre Top 30 DVD/Top 20 BD Rankings for Dec 9. DVD **9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 週 **7 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Free!4 *17 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Tonari no Totoro *28 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Detective Conan Movie 17 BD **9 *10 *11 *12 *13 *14 *15 週 **3 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Free!4 **4 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Mononoke Hime **6 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Hataraku Maou-sama!6 **8 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Shingeki 5 *10 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | SymphogearG 3 *12 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | NekoShiro 2 *18 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | UtaPri 2000% 6 *20 *** *** *** *** *** *** | -- | Detective Conan Movie 17 |
EjcDec 10, 2013 4:11 AM
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Dec 10, 2013 4:10 AM
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Ejc said: Thats good to hear, glad the series did that well. Heres hoping they are more inclined to do a 24 episode series for it seeing how the first season only adapted 2 of the 9 novelsJizzyHitler said: So what did maou's average out to in sales? Currently 11,278... but it'll chart again next week. |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
Dec 10, 2013 4:28 AM
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scytheavatar said: If you consider the Little Busters! adaptation a ruined one, then I'm not really sure what to say. Especially considering that the most important part of the anime hasn't even been aired yet. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Busters). But then again, it seems that most of the (almost exclusively VN player) disdain on MAL toward the adaptation isn't necessarily because of what the anime did and how, but rather, how it differed from what people blindly assumed KyoAni would've done. Seriously, I saw someone call Little Busters! the next Tsukihime in terms of "adaptation failure." If people really take it that far, then I don't think even Black Jack could help them. |
AndyRayyDec 10, 2013 4:54 AM
Dec 10, 2013 4:33 AM
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tsubasalover said: Blu-ray 1. 13,466 13,466 Free! Vol.4 3. *8,717 *8,717 Hataraku Maou-sama! Vol.6 SEASON TWO , WE NEED IT. |
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Dec 10, 2013 4:37 AM
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AndyRayy said: It is terrible. I played like an hour of LB! VN and it was infinitely better than what I saw in anime - bland characters, unfunny jokes, rushed, seemingly (seemingly because I'm rather sure it's done properly in VN. Certainly isn't in anime's Komari arc) forced drama, mediocre art...scytheavatar said: If you consider the Little Busters! adaptation a ruined one, then I'm not really sure what to say. Especially considering that the most important part of the anime hasn't even been aired yet. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Busters). But then again, it seems that most of the (almost exclusively VN player) disdain on MAL toward the adaptation isn't necessarily because of what the anime did and how, but rather, how it differed from what people blindly assumed KyoAni would've done. Seriously, I saw someone call Little busters! the next Tsukihime in terms of "adaptation failure." If people really take it that far, then I don't think even Black Jack could help them. |
Dec 10, 2013 4:45 AM
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Progeusz said: Fair enough. AndyRayy said: scytheavatar said: If you consider the Little Busters! adaptation a ruined one, then I'm not really sure what to say. Especially considering that the most important part of the anime hasn't even been aired yet. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Busters). But then again, it seems that most of the (almost exclusively VN player) disdain on MAL toward the adaptation isn't necessarily because of what the anime did and how, but rather, how it differed from what people blindly assumed KyoAni would've done. Seriously, I saw someone call Little busters! the next Tsukihime in terms of "adaptation failure." If people really take it that far, then I don't think even Black Jack could help them. However, I've played the entire visual novel (interestingly, I started and finished it around the midpoint of the first season airing) and let me just be honest here: the hype that the VN players spread about LB! being the next Clannad and whatnot are, in my option, completely unfounded. Especially considering that the positive reception from Little Busters! quite literally comes entirely from its refrain arc, as in, the season currently airing now since it evolves into more than just the whole "kids messing around a cat delivering random messages" kind of story. While I can at least understand why someone would find the art to be "mediocre", the other things you listed are just as prevalent in the VN (except perhaps the rushed bit, but when you have an infamously long VN to animate with as small a budget as they did, things are bound to turn out that way). Other than the main 5, the drama of the girls all felt silly to me reading in the visual novel. The characters only actually started to interest me once the refrain arc started (which is exactly what I'm seeing is the case for a lot of the viewers of the current season) and the girls returned to the real world. I hope people who aren't fully acquainted with the VN aren't letting the unfounded hype convince them that the adaptation is a failed one, since all of the problems that people seem to generally complain about are, at least in my opinion, equally prevalent in the source material. So if people feel so strongly that the anime is bad, then they would probably think the exact same thing if they fully played the original. |
AndyRayyDec 10, 2013 8:19 AM
Dec 10, 2013 4:51 AM
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I loved and bought the first season of Little Busters! I am one of the few it seems who thought it was really well done, really well adapted as an anime, not as an attempt to blindly copy some routes in the game. It isn't over so far but I'm not getting the same feeling in Refrain. I have no plans to buy it at this point. Definitely seems like they haven't taken as much care to make it feel like an anime story rather than just showing some routes from a game. It is a very tough arc to adapt. Refrain is super awesome amazing in the game but I think it works better as VN than anime without more adaptation than they've done. Which would anger the VN fans but IMO if you're making an anime you have to make enough of an adaptation to make sure it is a good anime, not just a decent retelling of a game. |
Dec 10, 2013 4:53 AM
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There's nothing I really care about in this week's sales. Except -monogatari and the Pokemon Origins thing maybe. |
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Dec 10, 2013 5:29 AM
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11. 1,150 *,**1,150 Toriko Movie: Bishokushin no Special Menu 1150 in 2 days is pretty amazing toriko ftw :) i wonder why the blu ray version isnt ranked xd how much dvd/bluray does a movie need to sell in order to break even? |
aboeDec 10, 2013 5:34 AM
Dec 10, 2013 5:50 AM
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aboe said: Certainly much more than two episodes of TV series. Looking at its performance Toriko movie has no chance of breaking even with BDs/DVDs alone. However I'm pretty sure it already broke even with ticket sales, not to mention boosts to manga or merchandise sales.how much dvd/bluray does a movie need to sell in order to break even? |
Dec 10, 2013 5:58 AM
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Progeusz said: aboe said: Certainly much more than two episodes of TV series. Looking at its performance Toriko movie has no chance of breaking even with BDs/DVDs alone. However I'm pretty sure it already broke even with ticket sales, not to mention boosts to manga or merchandise sales.how much dvd/bluray does a movie need to sell in order to break even? do u think the movies boosted or will boost the volume sales? |
Dec 10, 2013 6:17 AM
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silverwalls said: I had to recheck my math when I first did the addition there. I was like "Wait, am I missing something here?" Hopefully residual sales will pick up the slack. Other than that though, I'm not really interested in anything else here. 21k for free ..well that's quite a drop It would have been nice to see a few more sales for Hidamari~ |
Dec 10, 2013 6:42 AM
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Dec 10, 2013 7:08 AM
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Yaaaaay! Free!!! ^3^ best anime ever. |
Dec 10, 2013 8:13 AM
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malvarez1 said: Pokémon: The Origin isn't as high as I was hoping... It isn't surprising that its BD/DVD sales hasn't met your expectations... Most mainstream and kid's anime typically do poorly in BD/DVD sales, with a few exceptions. They rely more on miscellaneous sales such as merchandise, music, etc and also on TV ratings. |
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Dec 10, 2013 8:31 AM
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aboe said: I'm not following sales of Toriko closely but if there was a boost (I believe there was), it happened back when the movie was airing in cinemas. DVD/BD release of anime has no impact on sales of manga.do u think the movies boosted or will boost the volume sales? Ejc said: Are you implying that this year's adaptation of the game from 90's is kids' anime? People who played I Gen when it came out (the anime represents our mindset very accurately - in Origins Red is making the same mistakes and takes the same approach to training as we did when we first played the game years ago) are all over 20 years old now.malvarez1 said: Pokémon: The Origin isn't as high as I was hoping... It isn't surprising that its BD/DVD sales hasn't met your expectations... Most mainstream and kid's anime typically do poorly in BD/DVD sales, with a few exceptions. They rely more on miscellaneous sales such as merchandise, music, etc and also on TV ratings. |
Dec 10, 2013 8:45 AM
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WOW NICE!!Toriko Movie: Bishokushin no Special Menu dvd/blu ray are out of stock on amazon.jp and also out of stock on TOEI's website! that means it must be doing well :D |
Dec 10, 2013 8:46 AM
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scytheavatar said: Ulrihs said: 5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box This is best joke this series made so far :D I would never guess those sales months ago, not after quite disastrous individual volume sales. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Buster). I've read that the Japanese otaku really got into the show halfway through, hence why it's doing better now than it did back then. And that pleases me, because I really liked it and it might revitalize the possibility for more. OT: Machine Doll ED is doing quite well. That makes me happy. |
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Dec 10, 2013 8:56 AM
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KMB was underestimated? Thats good news. Progeusz said: Are you implying that this year's adaptation of the game from 90's is kids' anime? People who played I Gen when it came out (the anime represents our mindset very accurately - in Origins Red is making the same mistakes and takes the same approach to training as we did when we first played the game years ago) are all over 20 years old now. I-it was that long ago..? Damn... |
Dec 10, 2013 9:05 AM
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tsubasalover said: CD Single *5. 28,290 423,417 Naruto: Shippuuden OP "Tsuki no Ookisa" by Nogizaka 46 It surprised me... Why so much? |
Dec 10, 2013 9:08 AM
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-Korban- said: This post ought to clear things up a bit.tsubasalover said: CD Single *5. 28,290 423,417 Naruto: Shippuuden OP "Tsuki no Ookisa" by Nogizaka 46 It surprised me... Why so much? jmal said: That definitely sounds good to me. Even with a bit of a drop, a final average that high is nothing to sneeze at.AndyRayy said: silverwalls said: I had to recheck my math when I first did the addition there. I was like "Wait, am I missing something here?" Hopefully residual sales will pick up the slack.21k for free ..well that's quite a drop It would be a pretty big drop if it were from v1 to v2, but for v1 to v4 (since v2-3 are hard to compare due to ticket) it's a lot less jarring, and compared to other event ticket drops for shows aimed at women, not bad there either. I did think it would do a bit better first week though, maybe around 23-24k. Thursday! It should hit at least 16k on Thursday I'd think, needs less than 700 more BDs to reach that. Ah, I see! That's definitely good news then. This is one show I hope Shaft keeps making more of and more of until people stop buying it; just goes to show that "milking" can most certainly bring out the best of a series. Now just waiting patiently for next season announcement. Thank you for the detailed response. |
AndyRayyDec 10, 2013 9:16 AM
Dec 10, 2013 10:06 AM
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3. *8,717 *8,717 Hataraku Maou-sama! Vol.6 Season 2 when?! I'm also happy to see this: 6. *1,886 38,600 Monogatari Series: Second Season Nekomonogatari (Shiro) Vol.2 Tsubasa Tiger 2 of 2 |
Dec 10, 2013 10:27 AM
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still hoping for that Maou-Sama! season 2 announcement.. |
Dec 10, 2013 11:18 AM
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I'm surprised that Symphogear is selling well as this anime is not very popular in MAL. I Hope that there is 3rd season And also like to see 2nd season for Maou-Sama |
Dec 10, 2013 12:13 PM
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Love Live! motherfuckers goin HAM holy shit I can't compete |
Dec 10, 2013 2:34 PM
#38
So many love for Sazae-san OST. :D |
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Dec 10, 2013 3:48 PM
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Yay for Hataraku~ |
Dec 10, 2013 4:54 PM
#40
MAOU RULES!!! SECOND SEASON PLS!!!! |
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Dec 10, 2013 5:05 PM
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scytheavatar said: Ulrihs said: 5. *4,055 *4,055 Kill Me Baby Blu-ray Box This is best joke this series made so far :D I would never guess those sales months ago, not after quite disastrous individual volume sales. The manga itself is pretty good, and the anime had a lot of potential. Too bad they got a complete idiot and flop as director (the same bastard who ruined Little Buster). I expected a lot from little busters since so man people said that the VN was godly...but I sure hate that anime series |
Dec 10, 2013 5:51 PM
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Always happy to see Free! doing well. :) |
Dec 10, 2013 6:31 PM
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TheNaturalPerm said: I expected a lot from little busters since so man people said that the VN was godly...but I sure hate that anime series Others tried to temper expectations. On the VN, half the writing team was new, and it showed. LB scores so well because most readers like Refrain a lot. Some readers like all of Little Busters. They're the ones hyping the VN to bits. Some enjoy certain routes (Mio and Kurugaya often deemed to be flawed but better), but not the others. Refrain makes up for any doubts. Some are more or less unhappy with all routes except Rin + Refrain. The gist of it is that dissatisfaction is negated by Refrain buzz, so there are lots of happy readers. In the end, the bad parts are validated on the rationale that they prepare us for the main course: Rin and Refrain. Responses to the anime actually parallel game reception. People tend to hate (Komari's arc in particular) and like the corresponding parts, with the current season even winning over several viewers who were disappointed by the first. |
Dec 10, 2013 6:42 PM
#44
The Little Buster Adaptation in a nutshell: The adaptation doesn't even deserve to be called Little Busters. Every bit of comedy is terribly worse than in the anime. The animation is crap and inconsistent, and the directing is laughable. The pacing is awful. Every character is significantly worse and less dynamic than they were in the VN. The foreshadowing is excessive, forced, and unnecessary. Watching Riki in 3rd person help a watered down heroine in a watered down heroine route that is reduced to 25% of the dialogue, FRIENDSHIP via detatchment of the characters, lack of intimacy between the heroine and Riki, and thus the characters and the viewer, and bad pacing overall. The heroine routes are plain boring compared to how they should be. They seem to have no other way to make the how interesting due to their lack of talent and budget. Without going into specific detail, the anime is barely half as good as the VN. I can't blame anyone for liking every other Key adaptation but this, because this doesn't even feel like "Little Busters" for 95% of the show. It feels like some scummy cheap adaptation stealing the name, and some loose idea of how the plot and characters are supposed to be presented. I don't care if you don't even like the characters, because on average, they're 1/10th as great and likable as they are in the VN. They lost their dynamic and developing personalities through the poor series composition and voice directing in the anime. If you did enjoy the adaptation, good for you. I'm glad JCS's interpretation of the events didn't ruin the experience like it did for a lot of people. Little Busters could've been something amazing, mindblowing, and repeatedly heartbreaking if it was done right. So, if you think our ideas are unfounded, cool. There are plenty of people who hate the anime and like the VN. A few people like AndyRayy finding the entire VN to be mediocre up until Refrain doesn't mean that it was. The common routes and heroine routes were much better in the VN. If you can't comprehend the FACT that the common route comedy and heroine routes were better in the VN than the anime, then you have literally no room to talk. The fanbase that enjoyed the source material in its entirety for its execution, and was disappointed by how mediocre it transitioned to anime is who gets the say here. There were, at most, 5 concepts or scenes that even improved in the anime, while hundreds were made worse. The point about the VN art being bad and the anime art being bad is unfounded, because this is a different medium, and reading and listening to endless monologues in an ANIME because there isn't budget for enjoyable animation is a reason to find it less enjoyable. So, please, come at me with any argument you have that the adaptation's poor reception is based on the source material. The fact is that they've made nearly every aspect of the VN worse, and failed to consciously create a more consistently enjoyable series. |
Vladz0rDec 10, 2013 6:46 PM
Dec 10, 2013 6:42 PM
#45
Love Live Longevity Project I personally never got why Key stuff is so hyped up to begin with. When it comes to VN stuff I totally get Type/Moon's popularity and I'm starting to see things from Leaf/Aquaplus and AGE lately (I've always liked Eushully and Alicesoft though) but Key is just kind of like....meh. The shows just seem weirdly juxtaposed with awkward arguably funny comedy segments towards the beginning and extremely emotionally manipulative stuff at the start and I just don't particularly care for their casts much usually. There was usually like one character I really felt even the slightest interest in and any of them and the rest of them just kind of felt too cutesy and childish to really feel any particular way about. I don't know, maybe Key is just not for me. All I remember with Little Busters is the tremendous amount of butthurt that it was J.C Staff and not Kyoto Animation working on the project. It was honestly kind of amusing watching the nuclear meltdown of the fandom from a distance having no particular interest in Key stuff by that point. malvarez1 said: Pokémon: The Origin isn't as high as I was hoping... Kids show. Those make their bones via merchandising and selling games. thepath said: I'm surprised that Symphogear is selling well as this anime is not very popular in MAL. I Hope that there is 3rd season And also like to see 2nd season for Maou-Sama There's no such thing as a correlation between what MAL thinks and what sells in Japan otherwise you'd have things like Love Live bombing hard and Chihayafuru being a mega seller. |
PeacingOutDec 10, 2013 6:52 PM
Dec 10, 2013 7:16 PM
#46
Heh, if there was a correlation with MAL and Japan's taste, shows that get 2 or 3 seasons to sell the source material that are popular over here like TWGOK would just have infinite seasons or full adaptations. |
Dec 10, 2013 7:49 PM
#47
Noooooo, the song is really good! :( |
"Let me keep believing... so that I can keep on living." |
Dec 10, 2013 7:53 PM
#48
I was hesitant to make my initial post about the Little Busters! VN as I was aware of the possibility that it could start to turn this thread into a full blown visual novel vs. anime assault. Vlazd0r: I'll just be honest here: even if I don't feel as amazingly as you do toward the original, I still understand your love and passion for it. Heck, I'm sure that if/when Rewrite gets an adaptation I'll probably be just as active as you are with the Little Busters stuff. As such, I really don't have the motivation to get into a full blown argument-counterargument kind of situation here because, in all honesty, regardless of what I say about how average I found the majority of it to be nor what you say about the merits of the original, it'll still boil down to "I think you're wrong" from both sides. Make no mistake: while I tend to jump to the defense of J.C. Staff and what I see as a perfectly fine adaptation (note that I didn't say amazing, masterpiece, magnificent, or even good), that doesn't mean that I don't have my own gripes with it, nor does it mean that I disagree with the majority of what you have to say. However, my only gripe is this notion that LB! is a failed adaptation. Perhaps this is just me and the particular attention I pay to the connotations attached to certain words, but I don't consider anything average or even slightly sub-par to be a failed adaptation of the original in any sense of the word. It would have to be absolute unwatchable drudgery to earn that kind of title. As I stated before, I watched the entire first half of the first season without having played the VN. So I at least have a good bit of anime-only viewing experience with the show. And while I found lots of parts to be kind of meh, I never once sat there and thought "what the heck is this show trying to do?" or "Man, this is pretty bad." On the contrary, I felt like the show had a good balance of characters to random nonsense to secret of the world stuff. In fact, the only reason I started playing the visual novel was because the series managed to interest me enough in the pasts/problems of each of the heroines that I couldn't wait an entire 13 weeks to find out what happened, which lead to me starting the VN and finishing it a while later. Unfortunately, while reading the VN, I oftentimes found myself sitting there and just thinking "Can we just move on with things?" since I had no care for the particular characters interacting with me nor what was actually happening, which was something that never bothered me while watching the anime adaptation. So I personally find any show able to make me invest as much time as I did to learn about it while working/schooling at least worthy of my respect. So while I could sit here and attack each of your points with my own likewise opinionated ones or I could explain how X being better than Y is inherently subjective since good and bad are only valid in subjective comparison thus rendering any reference of X being better/worse than Y a matter of opinion and not objective fact, I'll just end by saying that, regardless of how many people may agree with you or how few the minority to which I belong may be, condemning Little Busters! as a Chinese knockoff relevant only in name to the original is, at least to me, nothing more than mere hyperbole. Because if anyone really thinks that Little Busters! is the bottom of the barrel, then they either A.) have only seen a few masterpieces and probably don't have a place to be talking about anime as a whole quite yet or B.) somehow indirectly connected to the anime (through source material, etc.) and view any failure of the adaptation to live up to their preconceived notions of how amazing it would have been as being indicative of low quality. Also, the notion that "A few people like AndyRayy finding the entire VN to be mediocre up until Refrain doesn't mean that it was" could just as easily be reversed to say "A lot of people like Vlazd0r finding the entire VN including Refrain to be amazing doesn't mean that it was." Likewise, the notion that I have no room to talk because I disagree with the majority is equally fallible, as I could just as easily reverse that assertion and neither of us would be able to "prove" the other wrong. You're simply using your confidence and thorough knowledge of the source to try and compensate for any negativity stated toward it which, while admirable from a fellow fan, can come across quite negatively, perhaps more so than you realize. And I've said this many times but I'll say it here one last time simply because I'm pretty sure this is the last time I'll ever be writing this much concerning Little Busters! since the show is almost over and future watchers will stop letting their opinions and expectation be tainted by people claiming either that the show is shit or that the original is the incarnation of God's ribcage, but I honestly think that, if people had no idea that this was a Key show and just watched it normally with no expectations form certain people that "this will be the next Clannad" or anything of that nature, it would be much more highly received. To add to that, if KyoAni had animated this show the exact same way except these exact same scenes were animated beautifully in trademark KyoAni style, then this show would easily rank amongst the top on the site because, let's be honest here, people came into this show expecting it to be bad since, for whatever reason, some folks have this vision of J.C. Staff as the "crappy studio" and quite successfully spread that negative preconception around like the darn plague. And while we're on that note, if symbv or jmal may chip in here, wasn't it stated by Visual Arts' own president that KyoAni didn't turn down the offer to animate Little Busters! but rather, Key decided that they couldn't wait for a spot on KyoAni's production queue and decided to try elsewhere? It'd be nice to get a definitive response on the matter. MsChii said: I just noticed that. Noooooo, the song is really good! :( Darn, I really like that song too. Oh well, you win some and you lose some, I suppose. |
AndyRayyDec 10, 2013 8:05 PM
Dec 10, 2013 10:33 PM
#49
Nice response. I'm glad you stayed much more neutral than I expected. I don't consider LB a failed adaptation. It presents what the VN did, but it really just didn't have that same spark that it had. I said I enjoyed the VN in the common route and heroine routes, but I felt the same thing as you, like "Can we just move on with things?" towards the beginning of the routes. I still found them to get a lot better and more engaging by the end, even if they beat around the bush for the first hour, and the common route is incredibly long. I just think they selected segments of the heroine routes and common route pretty quickly, and wrote the script pretty quickly, and it was too fast paced. They removed plenty of the bad parts, but removed dozens of great parts as well, sadly, when a lot of them didn't need to be removed. (I'm referring to things like in Masato's arc with him reaching out to Rin, for example, that aren't related to the romance->friendship change)).The character interactions, the comedy, and the pacing could've been improved easily with more budget and episodes, and maybe a director who was more dedicated to the show, because Yamakawa only directs the climactic episodes in the series, and there are weaker directors working with less budget for the remainder of the episodes, and it definitely shows and makes the experience inconsistent. Refrain aims pretty high with what emotional heartstrings it tried to pull, and in order that the kind of intense drama in some of the LB routes to be good, that extra padding and character attachment through the excessively long common route, good parts and bad, seemed necessary. I don't think it's a failure of an adaptation. I think it's a better adaptation than Fate/Stay Night was, because that felt plain bland to watch after reading the VN. It's certainly no Tsukihime either. It's just decent, and the characters feel more ordinary in the anime and to anime viewers than they felt to me. I just want people to come to know the Little Busters the way I did, and I felt entitled to the level of special treatment and quality presentation from Key's other adaptations. The story and concepts are still there, and if we're going be story rather than the natural experience of watching the show, the LB anime could still equate to something good for a lot of it. Now, about the LB anime thing. http://visualnovelaer.fuwanovel.org/2011/11/vava-answers-why-was-little-busters-never-made-into-an-anime/ They turned down an adaptation by Aniplex that would've been 13 episodes for LB (way too short), and they stopped waiting for KyoAni. It seems like for some reason, they thought LB was fine as a VN only, but after years of not doing much more besides EX, Kud Wafter, Rewrite, and Maeda's anime-original Angel Beats, they finally got a decent offer for Little Busters through Warner Bros. and JC Staff. So yeah, the adaptation isn't terrible. It's average or decent, maybe 60% of where it should be in terms of developing and leading up to the emotions of the VN. |
Dec 10, 2013 10:48 PM
#50
Non Non Biyori flying high on stalker, having been in the top 50 for 32 of the last 33 hours. Even the DVD seems to be getting in on the act. Nice to have my favourite anime of the season actually on the top of the rankings for once. |
There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
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