Forum - View topicEP. REVIEW: UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2
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NapoleonDeCheese
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The big problem here is this strategy fits Light Novels a lot better than it does to manga. Light Novels tend to have release dates that can line up better with short cours of anime released sporadically, but ongoing manga sort of need also ongoing animated adaptations to keep up with them and maintain the interest alive past the initial promo push (a promo push that this anime apparently won't be giving to its manga. The ratings figures are abysmal, from what I've seen elsewhere). Akamatsu's strategy is way too endogamic. Instead of trying to branch out with his merchandise, he keeps on preaching to the already converted. Doing things like charging more to the hardcore fanbase willing to pay outrageous extra sums just so their tankoubon can come with animated adaptations of chapters they already read, while adamantly denying anyone else those adaptations, is just a myopic short term greed move that damages the series' popularity in the long run. You aren't reaching to new readers with a subpar adaptation that leaves most people disappointed and cold and a bunch of other material only aimed to those already with you; you're left to the mercy of a previous fanbase, a large part of which already is drifting away because of your previous bad decisions (like all the other bad adaptations and the end of Negima, mainly). This seems very obvious to me and I really can't understand why he keeps ramming against the same brick wall time and time again. |
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Wrangler
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I hope this effort to advertise the manga with this....effort...doesn't hurt the manga.
I've seen mangas up and disappear in cancellation due to lack of sales from anime promotion. I guess we'll find out, Akamatsu setup for the manga to end if thing went that way or continue on. |
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Showsni
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"You're better off just reading the manga."
That's like the tagline for all the Negima anime... |
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