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NEWS: Wandering Son's Unedited Episodes 10/11 Put on BD/DVD

Shiroi Hane wrote:

Ah, it was just that the Crunchyroll stream was delayed then?

Yes. I don't know what the delay was with CR (though I'm sure it was valid reasons).

I expect it was edited simply because they had to skip a week and couldn't or didn't want to reschedule to fit the missing episode in, but neither episodes could simply be dropped from the broadcast.

mangamuscle wrote:

Quote: We know that a 2 hour movie can fit on one disc, so why do they only put two 25-minute episodes on one? "Greed is good, and now it's legal"

Because we all know that as long as you work in the anime industry you'll be driving a Ferrari to work. Money never sleeps, does it?

vashfanatic wrote:

Shiroi Hane wrote: Ah, it was just that the Crunchyroll stream was delayed then? Yes. I don't know what the delay was with CR (though I'm sure it was valid reasons).

Since their subtitlers are located in Japan, and seems like the greater Tokyo area, seems quote possible they had the broadcast cut in the can, but the rolling blackouts after the earthquake caused a delay somewhere in the pipeline between studio and subtitler and Crunchyroll.

Since their subtitlers are located in Japan, and seems like the greater Tokyo area, seems quote possible they had the broadcast cut in the can, but the rolling blackouts after the earthquake caused a delay somewhere in the pipeline between studio and subtitler and Crunchyroll.

Shiroi Hane wrote:

I expect it was edited simply because they had to skip a week and couldn't or didn't want to reschedule to fit the missing episode in, but neither episodes could simply be dropped from the broadcast.

This is likely it. They wanted to end the TV series in a certain place. Let's call it "episode 12", but noitamina only had 11 time slots because they decided to skip a week in February. Thus they combined two episodes (10 and 11) for the TV airing.

Honestly, with the sales that Noitamina shows have been getting lately (particularly for Kuragehime and Shiki which were two well-done shows), I can't blame them for this. Though Kuragehime and Shiki also have DVD/BD exclusive episodes, so this isn't a new thing. In fact, the studio was nice enough to say "We have to tell the whole story with the TV airing", unlike say, Eden of the East, which forced ya to watch a movie if you wanted any sort of conclusive end.

But yeah, Kuragehime and Shiki sold maybe 400 or so copies per volume. That's just... unsustainable. I fear we may lose Noitamina if those trends continue, which would just be awful as Noitamina is kind of like the pillar for well-done creative anime at the moment.

Megiddo wrote:

But yeah, Kuragehime and Shiki sold maybe 400 or so copies per volume. That's just... unsustainable. I fear we may lose Noitamina if those trends continue, which would just be awful as Noitamina is kind of like the pillar for well-done creative anime at the moment.

whaaaat, are you serious? Those are the actual numbers? That makes me so sad I really hope that both of those shows get region 1 releases because I want to own them both

(and other than Madoka Magica, I can't say the same about any other anime in recent years). It's sad that such great shows are going unseen.

they indicate this is episode 10+11 but the previews list the next episode as #11 (which I'm sure is actually the last episode, they just want the numbering consistent).

Saturn wrote:

Megiddo wrote: But yeah, Kuragehime and Shiki sold maybe 400 or so copies per volume. That's just... unsustainable. I fear we may lose Noitamina if those trends continue, which would just be awful as Noitamina is kind of like the pillar for well-done creative anime at the moment. whaaaat, are you serious? Those are the actual numbers? That makes me so sad I really hope that both of those shows get region 1 releases because I want to own them both

If those only sold 400 in Japan, what distributor would make R1 versions that will sell even less?

Saturn wrote:

(and other than Madoka Magica, I can't say the same about any other anime in recent years). It's sad that such great shows are going unseen.

Ya can't account for taste, even Japanese.

Past wrote:

they indicate this is episode 10+11 but the previews list the next episode as #11 (which I'm sure is actually the last episode, they just want the numbering consistent).

Yeah, I really don't get the numbering. CR called it episode 10 and the bumper calls it episode 10, but the end of the episode calls it 10 and 11, then the preview says the next one is 11. It's more like the DVDs will contain episode 9, 10, 10.5, and 11 with 10 and 10.5 being unedited. Curious what kind of numbers the actual episode will have on it next week.

Emerje

Also those figures aren't accurate or maybe it's changed since then but the avg per volume up to last month:
Kuragihime ~814 dvd + 576 bd = 1,390
Shiki averaged 769 dvd + 606 bd = 1,375

configspace wrote:

Also those figures aren't accurate or maybe it's changed since then but the avg per volume up to last month: Kuragihime ~814 dvd + 576 bd = 1,390 Shiki averaged 769 dvd + 606 bd = 1,375

Where are these numbers from? The Kuragehime and Shiki DVDs have never appeared on the top 100 DVD lists as far as I know, or and only Shiki has popped up in the > 100 lists I've seen. And this post seems to agree with that. Where does the 814 DVDs come into play, and why only 576 BD when we know for a fact that 790 BDs were sold in the first week for volume 1. Those numbers seem really off.

The ~1300 average for Shiki though seems accurate as it agrees with the estimation given here, and the 606 BD seems to line up exactly with what it sold for the first week.

But as you can tell from the links there, both Kuragehime and Shiki were either the worst or second-worst selling series of its season. That was pretty much my point. It won't surprise me one bit to see Wandering Son at the bottom of the winter 2011 list. And Fractale? It's currently #590 in DVD ranking on Amazon.co.jp... in fact, Wandering Son is #424 right now, so it's actually outselling Fractale, hah!

I wonder if Yamakan will own up to his little statement now.

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