Monogatari Series Merchandise (Figurines, Artbooks, DVDs, etc.)
 

Thread dedicated to Bakemonogatari related merchandise - including... art books, figurines, games, manga, CDs, OSTs, DVDs, cloves of garlic etc., or if you know where you can find such items, then please post here.
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For music related items, please check the following sites:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp
http://www.animenation.com
http://www.yesasia.com

If you can read Japanese, then you can also try:

http://www.amazon.co.jp

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Please Note: This thread is for official merchandise only, no bootlegs or cheap illegal imitations!

Ending CD, Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari, went on sale on Aug 12th in Japan

Amazon.co.jp will not be shipping out part of the preorders until the 20th of August :(

Kinokuniya Bookstore in San Jose, CA received a shipment of the ltd edition this morning (Aug 12 PST)...there were 2 copies around 6pm today when I went to pick up my preorder. Probably means the San Francisco and Los Angeles stores received copies as well. I think there are stores in Chicago and NY as well, for those that are interested. LTD edition was $19.xx pre-tax.


imho, easily the best OP/ED of this season...if you're not dead set on getting the sticker with the ltd edition, the normal release (no PV DVD) is a reasonable option. I haven't watched the DVD yet, but I hear the video intself was rather disappointing.

Innit an R2 DVD, though? I mean, I've always been a bit hazy on the details of region locking, but...

It should be an R2 DVD...atleast, there was a warning label on mine stating so. My DVD players are JPN region so can't check for you if it's region free or truly an R2 DVD.

Two days, and I'm still waiting for my Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari shipping… :(

Bakemonogatari will be getting Nendoroid Petit set. First set will be consist of Araragi Koyomi, Senjougahara Hitagi and Hanekawa Tsubasa. No release date specified. Source is today's Comike (via 2ch Nendroid thread).

Nadeko Snake DVD/BRD CM

http://www.bakemonogatari.com/special/dvd04_cm15.html

The Op/image song seems... well, average at best (we'll see on episode 10).

I suppose this can indicate that Bakemonogatari is quite popular right now. :D

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/bestselle...0AD3AG61HTJVBZ

Wow more people pre-ordered this then K-on. I hope it sells better then K-on, then I'll still have some hope for Otaku's tastes. :heh:

That also means there's better hope for them animated Kizumonogatari etc.

Well... you are probably a little bit too optimistic :D ([rant]And Bakemonogatari is probably a too good series to sell that much in this time and age :upset:[/rant]).

I would be pleased with an average of 10k copies on the oricon chart (with this level the adaptation of other Novels would be probably granted) equally divided between DVD and BRD.

I was also thinking along the lines of 10k BD+DVD together, similar to Kannagi sales. Maybe just a little more, but I would love to see this selling better then K-on.

The ending single sold well, shows with good opening/ending sales usually indicate a good DVD sales, as long it's not Mizuki Nana's wotas buying her CDs whatever the anime is. But then Supercell/Ryo is pretty famous for their/his vocaloid songs, so that probally boosted up the CD sales.

I'm expecting over 20k for both formats combined... the books have sold like 60,000 copies since the anime aired, those sales driven by the anime and these books are pricey for light novels.. Cd single sold very well and along with Umineko its the most talked about show from the summer season on 2ch. Generally the most discussed shows on 2ch sell very well... Also aside from Frontier, Geass r2, Gundam 00 and K-on! what anime titles have dominated Amazon pre sales like Bake has?

Either way it's easily going to be the best selling show SHAFT have done and seeing how SHAFT are so sequel happy anyway.. the rest of the light novels being animated is more a question of when not if.

Advertising for the first BD/DVD in Akiba at akibablog (ads may be NSFW).

Looks like Petit Nendroid will have a vol.2 and is going to include Nadeko.
Rough image taken from @otanaka_GS of Good Smile.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8198/puchinadeko.th.jpg

http://node3.img3.akibablog.net/09/s...gatari/108.jpg

There's a sixth DVD?...

I'd like more news regarding that, especially when you see the image for the sixth slot!

It should have six DVD/Blu-ray. There are also six of them in Amazon page. I think the episodes may be distributed like this.

Hitagi x 2, Mayoi x 3, Suruga x 3, Nadeko x 2, Tsubasa x 3 and Tsubasa x 2.

Edit: Wow! :eek: When I write this, all six Blu-ray are in the top ten of Amazon page. Very impressive. :cool:

^ It's also on the Official Website
The distribution is like you said.
The 6th volume limited edition will have a special Soundtrack CD.

:D

BGM music, full OP songs? either way that's awesome!

Is there a way for someone in the US to order the Blu-ray discs from Amazon.jp? Without using a buying proxy type service?

I'm guessing music.
The full OP songs are with each limited DVD/Blu-ray 1-5.

Information regarding the soundtrack release has been posted in the Music thread. :)

Actually I was talking about the 2nd soundtrack which comes with the 6th dvd, sorry for going off-topic was just pointing out what the dvd has.:)

Second soundtrack? That's the first time you've mentioned that in this thread. :p

I don't think even Macross Frontier did that.. and that's the best selling anime tv show from 2008 and up (K-On's opening weeks are better, lacks staying power..) You know I really hope I'm wrong with saying it's going to do 20k, I hope it's a lot higher.

There's a goods page at the official website
http://www.bakemonogatari.com/goods/index.html
Some interesting stuff....

In Blu-ray Vol.1, the second sound channel commentary by Senjogahara and Hanekawa was funny.
It is another dialog play or commentary by the scenario of NISIOISIN.
For example, the scene where Senjogahara and Hanekawa review Araragi who is playing with Hanekawa's breast using the pencil was funny.
In the scene where Senjogahara inserts a stapler in Araragi's mouth, the hand of Senjogahara came out all over with slobber, and she was severe.
It is precious because the conversation of Senjogahara and Hanekawa was not watched until now.

So it's a long dialogue like in the preview and not short skit like Hyakumonogatari?The character commentary sounds really fun, a lot of people in 2ch thread are also praising it that this alone "worth buying Blu-ray for". I wonder how good it is.

On a related note, looks like the BDs and DVDs are getting out of stock everywhere right on the first day. Sales for the first week will probably be a disappointing number due to this.

It's good. 51 minutes of constant dialogue between Tsubasa and Hitagi, discussing things happening on-screen (and off). Mayoi's arc will be done by Tsubasa+Mayoi.

Wait a minute, 51 minutes? Does that means Nisio will wrote the script for all 15 episodes? I initially thought they're going to do only in the first episode of the arc...

I don't know about the next pack, but this one definitely had full commentary for both episodes. 5 minutes spent on talking about lazy/diligent ant ratio. Hitagi asking Tsubasa to marry her. Koyomi's height. Stationery mania. Lots of stuff.

What!? So, she rejected Suruga because Suruga wasn't her type right? :heh:

Well she comments that both Karen and Tsukihi, and basically everyone else, would want her to be their wife too;). She also notes that Koyomi copped a feel when he caught her in ep1:heh:.

She is self-confident as usual. But does it also mean that she is bi like Suruga? :twitch:

I actually meant that Hitagi figures that everyone would want to Hanekawa to be their wife;). It's just a joke about how perfect Hanekawa is.

Anyway, there is a ton of stuff in the commentaries. They also added some scenes that were missing from both episodes.

Thanks for the link... it'll be really interesting to see what happens comparatively with the "unnumbered cuts" and the episode 10 "meltdown".

Bakemonogatari nendoroid
http://blog.hobbystock.jp/report/images/tp0229/001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d71eebf134.jpg

A prototype of Senjougahara Nendo Petit...

Looking at the comparison, I can't help but feel there was more censorship in the DVD version....shouldn't it be the other way around?