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NEWS: Gurren Lagann Staff Streams Kill La Kill Anime's 3-Minute Promo

It sounds good and all to say that all that matters is that you like a show, but unless you are happy with that one random show you like a lot and never seeing any others like it, then its in your best interest for shows you like to sell well.

We won't even have to wait until the discs come out. Just the first few days after its solicited will tell us how much people anticipate it based on its Amazon rankings.

Yes, yes, keep on pretending that an original IP performs exactly the same as an IP based on a successful manga/LN/video game. That's how you figured out Free! would be a failure for KyoAni before it even aired, right?

We'll find out if Japan cares when the discs start coming out, that seems to be one of the best measures of interest for non-daytime anime.

RyanSaotome wrote:

It sounds good and all to say that all that matters is that you like a show, but unless you are happy with that one random show you like a lot and never seeing any others like it, then its in your best interest for shows you like to sell well.

Hmmmmm good points, but I think that even if there's only ever one show like Kill La Kill, I'll still love Kill La Kill and enjoy watching it! Besides, if this little toon sold really well and people started making a ton of copycat series, that could be a problem! I might not have time to watch all of them, and some of them might be really cynical and poorly made, and maybe if the trend went on too long I'd even get bored of it! So because of that I still think it's fine to be excited about Kill La Kill even if it probably won't sell well!

There dosen't need to be any justification for being excited for Kill La Kill. You shouldn't care what some fans in Japan who you don't know think about the show, you should'nt care if it's going to popular, and you shouldn't care what some wanabe otakus think as well.

Rahxephon91 wrote:

There dosen't need to be any justification for being excited for Kill La Kill. You shouldn't care what some fans in Japan who you don't know think about the show, you should'nt care if it's going to popular, and you shouldn't care what some wanabe otakus think as well.

You can like it all you want just don't act like it's relevant or has any kind of huge hype surrounding it unless you can prove it >_> That's kinda the issue people have when it comes to these kinds of projects and you always get those fans who think their opinion = fact and if they like or are hyped for a show that means the market is. Save the actual hype for the top dog shows that deserve to be called hyped up x_x

You can like it all you want just don't act like it's relevant or has any kind of huge hype surrounding it unless you can prove it >_> That's kinda the issue people have when it comes to these kinds of projects and you always get those fans who think their opinion = fact and if they like or are hyped for a show that means the market is. Save the actual hype for the top dog shows that deserve to be called hyped up x_x You thinking it looks better than "everyone else" means squat

You can like it all you want just don't act like it's relevant or has any kind of huge hype surrounding it unless you can prove it >_> That's kinda the issue people have when it comes to these kinds of projects and you always get those fans who think their opinion = fact and if they like or are hyped for a show that means the market is. Save the actual hype for the top dog shows that deserve to be called hyped up x_x You thinking it looks better than "everyone else" means squat

I have no idea what the hype level is in japan but in the west KLK is the 5th most awaited fall show on MAL (and 2nd amongst non sequels) out of about 45 shows , it's one of if not the most talked about upcoming shows in various anime communities such as anime suki's forums , reddit, /a/

So yes, I think I can factually say there's hype surrounding this show in the west.

You mean the US. How well this translates into actual video sales remains to be seen though.

The west includes Europe and Central and S. America. Don't know if the French--a bigger market, at least per capita, than the US--are as hyped about it.

You can like it all you want just don't act like it's relevant or has anykind of huge hype surrounding it unless you can prove it >_>

That's kinda the issue people have when it comes to these kinds of projects and you always get those fans who think their opinion = fact and if they like or are hyped for a show that means the market is.

Crispy45 wrote:

You can like it all you want just don't act like it's relevant or has any kind of huge hype surrounding it unless you can prove it >_> That's kinda the issue people have when it comes to these kinds of projects and you always get those fans who think their opinion = fact and if they like or are hyped for a show that means the market is. Save the actual hype for the top dog shows that deserve to be called hyped up x_x You thinking it looks better than "everyone else" means squat

who gives a damn about the market? why should anyone but the people selling the show care how much it sells? the studio already said they don't. why should the fans?

it may not sell domestically and most likely won't get a sequel, so... what? your tastes are Correct and you are the Winner? everyone agrees to stop caring about or preferring shows that don't chase the otaku market?

Trigger have the right mindset on this. make what you want to make, and the fans can take it or leave it.

But to be fair, in a Japanese self-selected poll of 5,358 votes cast,
animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-09-04/biglobe-poll/most-anticipated-fall-2013-anime
Kill la Kill = 8th place, which is not far from MAL's 5th place.

with (1) Magi S2, (2) Kuroko S2, (3) Valverave S2, (4) Little Busters Refrain (5) Gingitsune taking top spots

I don't see how bringing up sales is relevant now as the show hasn't even aired yet, let alone started selling hard copies.