Forum - View topicThe Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of Sept 9-15
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masajus
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I don't understand why Soma went down in overall pool? This series sunk like the ship all this season, and I don't understand why. For my it is most enjoyable show from all the series this season, i rewached it like 4 times already and planing marathon it one more time and continue with manga(3 times finisher reading it) from anime ending point. So Why?
p.s. sorry for bad writing:) |
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Black Thunder 6
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Does it really matter? The show is a flop and will be forgotten once the season is done |
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Valkyrienight
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I'm questioning exactly what the reviewers are actually looking for in shows. If Charlotte, which has turned into an absolute train wreck, is ranked above a lot of other shows which are actually decent, I'm sorry to say that these rankings are highly suspect.
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killjoy_the
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These are the user's ratings, not the reviewer's. |
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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If you're basing that on Amazon.co.jp preorders, then be aware that that number is fairly deceptive, because Amazon is offering a special Limited Edition for the first Gakkou Gurashi BluRay, so the show's first-day and first-week sales are actually split among multiple Stalker entries. If you combine the ASIN# B01146WATM with the ASIN# B0116GNWUG release, and then combine that with the predictions for the two DVD versions, then we're actually looking at a prediction of about 3000 copies on the first day, of the first volume. It's not exactly a blockbuster, but it's certainly not a "flop" for a late-night series. Shows have sold FAR less and gotten second seasons. |
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Wingbeats
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Snow white ended up being my favorite of the season, followed by Rokka
I've kept watching Charlotte, Food Wars, Gangsta, Rampo Kitan, and Monster Musume, but none of those kept me truly enthralled. Really looking forward to the next season - I feel like I've got some anime blahs over here, haha. |
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Panoptican
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My personal favorite this season is Baby Steps (S2). It may not have a spot here, but damn is it good!
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Black Thunder 6
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I love how you say Amazon numbers are deceptive and yet use them anyways 
All those versions are doing poorly and the show isn't ranking in store front retailers as well, it's a flop. Also rechecked the numbers and its sitting at 2.8k which is not good in any aspects.
You're just delusional also anime with poor sales get second seasons if they're planned in advance before sales get in (splits) or if they're funded by a station (NHK) very rarely if not at all do you see anime with poor sales get second seasons. |
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Aaronrules380
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BodaciousSpacePirate
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I called them "deceptive" because there are multiple versions of both the BluRay and the DVD, and people are only counting one of each when they calculate the projections, which brings the numbers down significantly. Deceptive doesn't mean "incorrect" or "unusable", though. There's no need to throw away something just because it's a bit difficult to analyze (think of what would happen to Ikuhara's career if we did). Also, at no point did I ever suggest Gakkou Gurashi will, or even should, get a second season. The show is heading towards a pretty conclusive finale, and the next arc is so drastically different from the material covered by the anime that it might as well have a different title. The manga, by the way, is doing very well, with a 1000% increase in Volume 1 sales at the beginning of July. It doesn't look like it will end any time soon, either; not as long as Manga Time Kirara continues to sell like hotcakes in Japan. I hope it will do better than 2800 in the first week, because I happen to be a huge fan of the manga, and because it's always a shame when well-received shows have poor sales. I'm sure a lot of people will be happy if the series gets another season, and I'm sure a lot of people could care less. That's just the way anime works, though. |
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Dan42
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I'm finding the comments to be even more interesting than the ranking itself. Such as high-ranked show X "should" be lower, or low-ranked show Y "should" be higher... it's common wisdom that there's no accounting for taste, but the comments here really drive home just how wildly different tastes can be.
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kinghumanity
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Wow look at Charlotte's fall from grace. All it took was a dumb episode 11.
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bastek66
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HOW? They terrible. So boring that barely watchable. GE at least has good animation but Kuusen has nothing. |
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malvarez1
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My favorite this season would be Ushio & Tora, although its partially by default, since nothing else this season really caught my attention (ongoings don't count!)
Charlotte sounds pretty bad, so not surprised it dropped. |
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Agent355
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I don't understand why "ongoings don't count." If a show that started last season and continued to this season turns out to be the best show this season, it should count. That's how I feel about My Love Story--it's been my favorite anime two seasons in a row, and will probably be my favorite of the year.
Every other show I saw this season has been wholly underwhelming, and I'm honestly behind on all of them. Seiyuu's Life deserves more attention, though. Considering how well received Shirobako was, I'm surprised that such a similar show has flown so low under the radar despite being not quite as good. |
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