Anime Sales in Japan - 2011

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Originally Posted by Westlo

Are the second weeks of Stratos 5 and AnoHana 3 up as well?

Yep, though previous volumes are still higher due to bigger first weeks, same as Madoka v5.

AnoHana v3's second week is 2,742 vs 2,660 last time.
IS v5's second week is 2,763 vs 2,237 last time.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by something

Yep, though previous volumes are still higher due to bigger first weeks, same as Madoka v5.

AnoHana v3's second week is 2,742 vs 2,660 last time.
IS v5's second week is 2,763 vs 2,237 last time.

Hmm maybe Comiket 80 did have an effect after all, small one though.

[Fencedude]

Originally Posted by something

Spring update:
KamiNomi II v2 starts at 2,124 BDs. 6.3% drop from v1.

This really is just criminal. And I don't get it. It was a really well done adaption.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by Fencedude

This really is just criminal. And I don't get it. It was a really well done adaption.

The quality of its adaptation isn't really the point though. I think Kaminomi 's problem is it doesn't have a specific demographic. How many non-action, shounen manga adaptations are popular? You get the occasional harem, but that is a declining genre. Kaminomi is basically too mainstream for otaku but has too many otaku tropes for the mainstream. Now, I admit that the plot does start to get very interesting a bit after the anime ended. Problem is you have to get there first.

[Westlo]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Now, I admit that the plot does start to get very interesting a bit after the anime ended. Problem is you have to get there first.

Yep, that's the problem of it being "too good an adaption" (tone aside). They really should've had Haqua in S1 and you know who @ the end of S2. What's the point of being a for the most part faithful adaption if you never get to show off the best of it. Would the series have been hurt of they had done say.. karate chick in a hypothetical season 3 if the show was actually popular? I don't think so... of course there's no guarantee the show would've been more popular if done this way but I think the chances would've been higher...

Take Medaka Box written by Nisio of Bakemonogatari fame for instance.. if it's faithfully adapted by Gainax as rumored and the series is 1 cour.. it's going to suck for the most part. For it to actually be a good anime and heavily feature the character who "saved" the manga (Kumagawa-senpai!) it would have to go through 40 chapters like it was nothing... and than compress another 50 to finish off his arc. (and these chapters are much wordier than a typical WSJ manga)

Basically it would have to be a 4 cour anime for it to actually show off what jas made the manga the success it is and seeing as how Gainax is rumored to be in charge there's fuck all chance of that happening. Not to mention getting people to actually stick with the show for the first 20 episodes...

More than likely will be a commercial for the manga and just be 1 arc, pity it will be horribly misleading.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by Westlo

Yep, that's the problem of it being "too good an adaption" (tone aside). They really should've had Haqua in S1 and you know who @ the end of S2. What's the point of being a for the most part faithful adaption if you never get to show off the best of it.

In this case, I'm rather inclined to agree. Ultimately though, it's really the manga's fault for taking too long to get to the point. That's perfectly fine for a weekly manga (e.g., both Hayate and Negima took a while for the plot to develop). Problem is you can't just skip some of the least interesting arcs because of later events (teacher/dojo girl, for example). Perhaps they could have compressed them into one or two episodes though. But then the show would have felt rushed.

What Kaminomi needed was a year, daytime slot to develop fully. But then we go back to "not-mainstream enough."

Dunno. Maybe the OAD model would work best.

[Suzuku]

Originally Posted by MelancholicMariya

It's very, very possible seeing as this popped up this week.

***,*29位 ★(---,--- pt) [-,---予約] 2011年05月27日 フラクタル第２巻Blu-ray【数量限定生産版】「ねんどろいどぷち フリュネ」付　※更新停止

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Originally Posted by Draneor

Dunno. Maybe the OAD model would work best.

Maybe it'll just regress into a girl or two every year or two like To Heart 2 has. Bleh, I really want another TV series of that. The long but sparse string of OAVs have been fun enough but impossible to really get into.

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http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...1293278942/175

2011 08/22~08/28 DVD >100 list [with estimates in italics]

100 *,855
102 *,*** [*,850] ef - a tale of memories. DVD Box v1
105 *,*** Mardock Scramble v1
107 *,*** Nintama Rantarou 18th Series v4
113 *,*** Towa no Quon v1
125 *,*** [*,730] Nichijou v4
127 *,*** Emotion the Best Ginga Hyouryuu Vifam DVD Box v1
143 *,641
144 *,640
152 *,618
157 *,*** [*,610] Gosick v5
162 *,*** [*,590] Suite Precure v3
164 *,586
167 *,*** Pokemon Diamond Mewtwo no Gyakushuu / Pikachu no Natsuyasumi
171 *,*** Emotion the Best Sengoku Majin Goshogun DVD Box
176 *,534
190 *,*** [*,500] Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai v3
191 *,*** [*,500] Steins;Gate v3
193 *,*** [*,500] Yumekui Merry v6
210 *,*** [*,460] Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu v11
220 *,*** Pokemon Mizu no blahblah i'm not looking this up
231 *,408
233 *,*** Emotion the Best ＥＭＯＴＩＯＮ　ｔｈｅ　Ｂｅｓｔ　Choujuu Kishin Dancouga DVD Box v1
240 *,*** Meitantei Conan Part 19 v8
249 *,*** [*,380] Bakuman v8
270 *,*** Gunparade March ~Arata Naru Kogun Uta
271 *,*** another Pokemon movie
272 *,361
284 *,*** Emotion the Best Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami DVD Box v1
286 *,*** [*,300] Softenni v3
290 *,*** Inazuma Eleven v32
300 *,259
*** *,*** Dororon Enma-kun Meeramera v3
*** *,*** Hourou Musuko v5
*** *,*** Maria † Holic Alive v2
*** *,*** Deadman Wonderland v3
*** *,*** Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream v4
*** *,*** Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream v5
*** *,*** Moshidora v4
*** *,*** Rio -RainbowGate!- v5
*** *,*** Kamen no Maidguy DVD Box v1
*** *,*** Kannazuki no Miko DVD Box
*** *,*** Rideback DVD Box v1
*** *,*** Emotion the Best Kikoushi Enma DVD Box
*** *,*** Emotion the Best CB Chara Nagai Gou World DVD Box

Some of those EtB boxes probably aren't even moving triple digits... #300 was only 259 copies this week.

500 seems a reasonable estimate for Steins;Gate v3 DVD. It's between 543 and 408, a narrow enough range to use. Vol. 2 was between 865 and 388 so probably about the same. That would put its sales at about, ohhh... 96% BD, hah.

Adding to original post in a bit.

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http://www27392u.sakura.ne.jp/show.c...14M&rg=24&li=0

Yuruyuri v1 as an example: Click "Submit Query" and it gives an explanation of how it's calculating the guess. Though it seems to be a somewhat different guess from the points guess (4.8k vs 4.4k) but that's because it's already calculated the 7th, normal view is only up to the 6th. Unfortunately my meager Japanese understanding stops well short of statistical terminology so I don't know what all the variables are or what the formula is. Seems to be more information if you click on the 初動枚数推測ツール(試作品) はこちらから link. See also http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi...66/1252241449/ from post #11 onward.