Forum - View topicNEWS: Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking, March 31-April 6
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Engineering Nerd
 Posts: 898 Location: Southern California |
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Congrats Madoka on achieving such phenomenal sales! Apparently 100K estimate from the stalker is actually an underestimation rather than overestimation! (I still haven't watch the third movie though, but I guess based on sales, at least for its reception in Japan, it's great)
With that sale, I guess we shouldn't be surprised if a sequel will be announced in the future. Kill la Kill's sales are very consistent too. |
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thekingsdinner
 Posts: 1069 Location: Geertruidenberg, Netherlands |
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Damn, people really like Madoka, huh. I thought it was OK.
Good seeing Kill la Kill and Gundam Build Fighters in there though. |
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SouthPacific
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127K, damn. That's a lot of money.
But that "Limited" complete pressing has me scratching my head. They sold 127K copies of a "Limited" release? Doesn't seem very limited to me if you sell over 100,000 copies, but maybe that's just me. |
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Rederoin
 Posts: 1427 Location: Europa |
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Madoka has a 147k first week, but with a box office of over 2Billion yen, its no surprise it would outsellf K-on! in its first week(140k).
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Kreion
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Marketing is marketing - it likely is limited, but all production is limited in some aspects so it really means nothing. If you wanted to be accurate then you'd call it the madoka + bells and whistles version. Since normally what you pay for is the extra stuff you get on those versions (character commentary, art work etc.) |
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ColonelYao47
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And people used to US pricing wonders why Aniplex USA does what it does... I still haven't ruled out buying a copy for myself. While I didn't like where the franchise headed, Madoka still hits my sweet spot better than just about any other title. |
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Megiddo
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Well, K-ON was just the girls goofing off in England. It wasn't even a sequel, just a midquel. I'd hope that the continuation of a series that sold over twice as much per volume could also sell more of its big theatrical release, albeit it seems just barely for the first week. |
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Rederoin
Posts: 1427 Location: Europa |
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The K-on! movie and the madoka movie are actually rather close as far as box office numbers go(They are at 1# and 2# respectively for movies based on late-nigth tv anime). |
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ColonelYao47
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Much easier to convince people to spend three digits one time than once a month; also, K-ON is three times as long as Madoka so I'm sure there were more people that couldn't splurge for the K-ON singles... |
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v1cious
 Posts: 6202 Location: Houston, TX |
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Jesus, is KNK Kyoani's biggest flop?
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Zhou-BR
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No, that was (undeservedly, in my opinion) Nichijou. |
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xikara
Posts: 24 Location: Switzerland |
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I wasn't expecting much to begin with but I found Rebellion really good. Glad I'm not the only one. Now Shaft, use that money and gimme a sequel.
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Rederoin
Posts: 1427 Location: Europa |
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You're misusing the word 'flop' here. |
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v1cious
Posts: 6202 Location: Houston, TX |
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Why in the world would they make a sequel? I mean spoiler[They literally made Madoka and Homura the avatars of good and evil]. Anything beyond this point would feel forced.
Judging by those numbers, I'm pretty sure I'm not. |
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Angel M Cazares
 Posts: 5424 Location: Iscandar |
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I thought I could not be surprised anymore by the devotion of Japanese otaku, but almost 150k is a lot of Madoka movies sold. I expected 80-90k for the first week, but I am glad I was wrong.
This success makes me wonder if the next Madoka project will also be a movie. I was hoping for another TV series, but I am fine with either direction Aniplex takes, as long as the new material continues to be of high quality. Also, I am happy that Kill la Kill continues to do well. |
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