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dtm42
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Are you asking me or are you asking Bamboo?
If you're asking me, then my guess would be by the end of the week, since Natsume Yuujinchou Shi and Aquarion Evol are already out and many other shows are coming out over the next five days. http://countdown.mandragon.info/ On another note, I'm still waiting on the Best and Worst of 2011 feature. Sometimes that takes till the eighth before we see it. Probably is being written as we speak. As for Chihayafuru, while the license may be cheaper with lower sales, I do wonder if any company is going to be willing to take punt on something that barely sold well. Especially for a Josei show about a card game centred around Japanese poems. |
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Zac
ANN Executive Editor
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Thursday morning with the first new premiere, Recorder and Randsell. We tend not to launch with sequels, and try to launch on the first "busy" day (meaning the first day that a bunch of new shows come out). So Thursday! Look forward to it. |
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vashfanatic
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I will! And thanks for the prompt reply. 
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vashthekaizoku
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I actually watched all these shows faithfully except Future Diary, which I dropped mid-episode 2. I get squeamish easily, which is why I dropped Deadman Wonderland last year, so that was it for me. I'm glad that everything in this list made it so far! In fact, other than the long running WSJ series like Toriko and One Piece, and the aforementioned Wagnaria and Squid Girl, as well as Shakugan no Shana, this week's column directly corresponded to my weekly viewing list for this season! Good picks!
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gingi789
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I liked Un-Go. Though it wasn't stellar, it had some pretty cool moments.
One of the shows that I thought had no right to be as entertaining as it was was Ben-To. The concept is over the top, but it makes it up by not taking itself too seriously and having pretty well done fight scenes. I do hope they make a second season, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Loved Fate/Zero, even though the first episode was slow. I can't wait to see what happens to Rider. Haven't seen Chihayafuru-but will definately have to give it a try. Oh, and Inga. Definately Inga. 
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Ingraman
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I fell in love with the series with the first episode, and it's only improved from there. I was hoping that it would do well, but I wasn't expecting Madoka/Haruhi/etc. sales numbers. I received the first Chihayafuru Blu-ray last month (and I'll be placing an order for #2 in a week or two). I don't think that I'm the only one who did so. Anyone else here contribute to the low sales numbers of the first disc?? |
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enurtsol
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It need no just ice; just moe more and it sell. 
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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No-one in their right mind was expecting those kinds of sales volumes. But it would have been nice if Chihayafuru made enough to break even. At the moment it has sold less than eighteen hundred units for volume one, which is nowhere near enough. |
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Gina Szanboti
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Yay!! That's wonderful news. I love this series, and was sorry it got booted off the list so fast. Episode 8 was one of the funniest things I've watched in ages. These are characters it would be fun to know in real life, so I'm looking forward to spending more time with them on the screen. |
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050795
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As someone who has played the game I think that they are doing an fairly good job adapting it so far. I agree there are some pacing issues but considering the story and large cast of characters that they have to fit into 25 episodes, it's not as bad as it could be. I don't want to give anything away, but if they keep doing a good job adapting the story the second season will defiantly be worth watching. Although I like the anime I have to say the game is much better, so if you like the anime you should play the game (its one of the best RPGs for a reason). |
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scineram
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Like Nichijou? Tamayura? |
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sainta
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Hunter X Hunter is pretty good, but it's basically the same from the first anime.
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Megiddo
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Well. the cut-off for BD top 50 that week was 2k and the DVD cut-off for the same week was 1280. So if both DVD and BD just barely missed the cut-off, it could easily have 2500 combined copies sold, and that's what I think it did around (and predicted). That said, the execs are mainly looking for the anime to increase the sales of the manga. This isn't an otaku show or even a fujoshi show that can depend on that crowd to buy the BD/DVDs, but is more a show for the general audience. And for that kind of show, as long as the anime increases the sales of the manga by some factor, that's all that matters. The DVD/BD sales would just be a little extra on top. |
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Rednal
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Guilty Crown could be better, I think, but I'm curious as to what kind of ending noitaminA will manage given two seasons to work with, rather than one. I think it might be worth finishing to have as a benchmark to compare their other shows to (if nothing else).
Future Diary, well... y'know, yandere. I enjoyed the manga a lot, so I'm looking forward to Yuno going completely bonkers. 
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Volibear
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OK, now even as one of the people who defended this series early on when people moaned about it i'm willing to say that this is simply not true. it is all dazzle, which is the only reason i'm still watching it. yes there is a story but its poorly executed and the episodic-esque format that GC has followed is probably the worst thing about it. occasionally it does 2 episodes to a particular plotline but mostly it just goes through a plotline in 1 episode and adds a cliffhanger to the next one at the end of it to keep people interested. and then there is the characters. Shu i was hoping and praying would improve as the series progressed but sadly now i just can't stand him. the sorry excuse of a romance plot with Inori as well is just grating whenever it comes up in an episode. all in all, i wish they'd just made GC more grown up instead of going for the younger audiences for the sake of sales and ratings, give the series a more mature approach to things and better story plotting and this would probably be one of my favourite ever series, sadly now though it'll probably be another one and done, forget watching it again, let alone buying it |
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