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zephmonkey
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 Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:30 am
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I always thought the movie really deserves more credit than given. Here it is! Congrats! 
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The Anagelic One
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:52 pm
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Just wait till the Blu Ray release....
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zephmonkey
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:24 pm
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They'll probably make a lot more money. It must be cool to be them right now! 
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enurtsol
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:58 pm
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I think the Ghibli films already sold more than a million in the US. 
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zephmonkey
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:19 pm
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Well that's more likely. See, more Americans are takin a like to anime as the year goes one.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:30 pm
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| zephmonkey wrote: | | Well that's more likely. See, more Americans are takin a like to anime as the year goes one. |
Americans also buy more DVDs per capita.
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 7:00 pm
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| enurtsol wrote: | I think the Ghibli films already sold more than a million in the US. |
Where are numbers showing that? 500k for an anime DVD released in the US is a feat Totoro accomplished but I never heard anything about 1 million for any anime DVD released in the US.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:40 pm
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| ArsenicSteel wrote: |
| enurtsol wrote: | I think the Ghibli films already sold more than a million in the US. |
Where are numbers showing that? 500k for an anime DVD released in the US is a feat Totoro accomplished but I never heard anything about 1 million for any anime DVD released in the US. |
Nope, not at the top of my head. The latest I recall is Ponyo DVD selling 823,068 units on last count, and that's released just last year. Imagine how many Spirited Away would've sold by now, with the publicity winning all those awards including the Oscars, since 2003.
A Ghibli DVD reaching a million units in America shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Many of these DVDs have been out for years in constant print. And let's not forget that Kiki's Delivery Service already sold more than a million VHS units over a decade ago. So if it can happen with VHS, it can happen with DVDs.
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ArsenicSteel
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:51 pm
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Well what you said was that Ghibli films already sell more than a million units in the US not that their films sell a lot or close to a million or that in the US and Canada sales were high for Kiki's Delivery Service on VHS. What I quoted from you was not whether or not a Ghibli film will pass the 1 million sales mark in the US but a statement from you that Ghibli films already did.
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A Ghibli DVD reaching a million units in America shouldn't be too much of a surprise. |
I won't be surprise but I am still waiting for something stating a million units of any Ghibli film has been sold in the US.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:59 pm
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| ArsenicSteel wrote: | | What I quoted from you was not whether or not a Ghibli film will pass the 1 million sales mark in the US but a statement from you that Ghibli films already did. |
Maybe I'm wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if there already was one.
(BTW, my "statement" began with "I think.")
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A Ghibli DVD reaching a million units in America shouldn't be too much of a surprise. |
I won't be surprise but I am still waiting for something stating a million units of any Ghibli film has been sold in the US. |
I don't follow animation DVD sales as much as I used to, so I'm not familiar of an official statement. I'll ask some friends at Nausicaa.net for some updates.
(Come to think of it, maybe ANN could start a weekly US sales feature too....)
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