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NEWS: Kyoto Animation Unveils Swimming Team TV Anime Free! for July

You know, I'm not a BL fan and I'm not particularly fond of sports or sports anime, but I hope this swimming show kicks everything else out of the water this summer, just to rub it in: KyoAni can make an anime about cute boys doing cute things and light fangirl hearts on fire the world over! So let's get those fanarts, doujin and AMVs & MADs together and prove it!

It won't be able to touch Monogatari Second Season in sales in its wildest dreams. Thats going to be an easy 50-60k.

It won't be able to touch Monogatari Second Season in sales in its wildest dreams. Thats going to be an easy 50-60k.

RyanSaotome wrote:

It won't be able to touch Monogatari Second Season in sales in its wildest dreams. Thats going to be an easy 50-60k.

Right, and when that happens it will finally be proven that you are superior, your taste in anime is superior, you're the real fan, everyone else is a pretender to the throne and finally that emptiness inside will go away.

I like how you attack me, but when someone attacks people who like otaku anime saying they hope it sells more just to make people mad you ignore it.

RyanSaotome wrote:

I like how you attack me, but when someone attacks people who like otaku anime saying they hope it sells more just to make people mad you ignore it.

Because it's funny. You don't get to play victim when 80% of everything the entire country produces is catering to your every whim and fetish. You already have what you want, why are you bitching about someone else getting what they want, it makes zero sense and I have zero sympathy for you.

Thats because people like me and others with my tastes support the industry. We SHOULD get what we like made, not the people who complain while not actually importing anything or supporting the industry.

RyanSaotome wrote:

Thats because people like me and others with my tastes support the industry. We SHOULD get what we like made, not the people who complain while not actually importing anything or supporting the industry.

And I asked you this as well. Do you import everything you watch? Because I've seen you talk about "importing" before, and frankly, you seem to have no real knowledge of exactly what it costs, leading me to believe you don't import with any regularity at all.

No, I only import the stuff I like the most due to the high prices.

Like my first post in this topic long ago, I said I just hope the people who really wanted this made actually support it. Thats all I care about. If it comes out and then doesn't sell when the people hyping it up didn't buy it, people will inevitably complain about Japan not making what they want in the future even though its their fault for it not doing well.

I have to consider Girls und Panzer to be an outlier, since the Blu-ray percentage is extreme even when compared to series in the same vein. The Blu-ray vs DVD numbers for rest of these titles are pretty typical for series aimed at the "male otaku" demographic. Female otaku may have begun buying Blu-ray releases in greater numbers, but for now the Blu-ray to DVD sales ratio is still a pretty good indicator of who is buying what.

Furudanuki wrote:

I have to consider Girls und Panzer to be an outlier, since the Blu-ray percentage is extreme even when compared to series in the same vein. The Blu-ray vs DVD numbers for rest of these titles are pretty typical for series aimed at the "male otaku" demographic. Female otaku may have begun buying Blu-ray releases in greater numbers, but for now the Blu-ray to DVD sales ratio is still a pretty good indicator of who is buying what.

Thanks for this.

I guess the only question left is are there any titles in the gap? I semi-regularly look at sales figures too so I'm aware of the DVD gap, but this is the first time I'm looking at it closely, and while a lot of shows tend to have those numbers that you posted, after seeing the 50%+ stuff I'm wondering what sort of IP is in the 30-40% range.

Like my first post in this topic long ago, I said I just hope the people who really wanted this made actually support it. Thats all I care about. If it comes out and then doesn't sell when the people hyping it up didn't buy it, people will inevitably complain about Japan not making what they want in the future even though its their fault for it not doing well.

I like how you attack me, but when someone attacks people who like otaku anime saying they hope it sells more just to make people mad you ignore it.

Thats because people like me and others with my tastes support the industry. We SHOULD get what we like made, not the people who complain while not actually importing anything or supporting the industry.

If it comes out and then doesn't sell when the people hyping it up didn't buy it, people will inevitably complain about Japan not making what they want in the future even though its their fault for it not doing well.