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Originally Posted by kiramuro
Of course animated shows shouldn't cost that much (Simpsons is only around $1 mil nowdays?). I picked $3 mil mark only as an example. I just think with the popularity of the CE gundam it shouldn't be so crippled (relatively speaking) so much in the budget department. How many Seed/Destiny DVDs have been sold far world-wide?
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While Seed and Destiny made both Sunrise and Bandai a lot of money, Japanese companies tend to be very conservative, so they're not so likely to spend that kind of money on anime. At most, you'll see the odd show with double the normal budget (All the way to 2% of your $3 million!), but rarely any more than that. What the Japanese companies do is to bank the money and use it to create more new shows - Gundam 00 is the direct beneficiay of Seed's success.