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Originally Posted by LoweGear
If you only look at the ratings between Gundams, then yes AGE is pretty low. But then if you look at the average and first episode ratings for that timeslot instead of between Gundams:
Gundam AGE has the same first episode rating as Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood, and has even higher first episode ratings than the (then) much-anticipated Code Geass R2.
Funny what a little perspective does. Though I don't trust ratings much anyway, as they have no bearing on the quality of the show itself whatsoever. Ratings simply tell you how many people watched the show (if the count is even accurate), not if the show itself was any good. People forget that First Gundam was considered a ratings failure when it first aired, and yet we still have Gundam 30+ years on.
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1. First Gundam was a ratings failure when it first aired.... the reason it gets compared to Star Trek a lot by western fans is that they both became massively more popular after they aired and when shown by reruns and than got sequels.
2. Gundam AGE did not get a 3.8% rating, 3.8% is the highest rating it can get since the 10th rated program is Beezlebub with 3.9%. More ratings for Oct 3-9th came out and Gundam AGE wasn't listed at all, Hunter X Hunter was @ 3.8% and a lot of other shows were listed.
3. Ratings matter, see Gundam X for a Gundam example and see Ayakashi Ayashi for an example of this timeslot (when it used to be on Saturdays). Went from being a yearly show to being canceled after 2 cours and replaced with Terra E. A good thing since Terra E was a vastly better show and one of the most underrated of 2007, wasn't a good show for the timeslot though....
I remember back in the day a lot of people were saying Sunrise/Bandai weren't happy with the ratings and toy sales SEED had and it only got a sequel due to the fantastic DVD sales...
4. Comparing the premieres of AGE to Code Geass R2 is a bit misleading, while Geass was otaku centric Gundam AGE is certainly not. Also the only show AGE has definitely beat in rankings for first episodes in this time slot is Star Driver's 1.2... and that was low due to some golfing sensation on another channel at the time... Gundam is meant to be different, as you can see by how 00 did... atm AGE has the second or third worst rating episode out of the seven shows from that slot. Early days (and I stress this) yet but maybe it would've been better to put AGE in a morning slot considering its target audience...
It's only the first episode, no need to panic or start a defense up about it. If this trend continued than there's reason to be worried.