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Originally Posted by asaqe
Aku no Hana failing is a sad state for animation. Fractale, Shin Sekai Yori and now Aku No Hana. No country for artistic anime.
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Aku no Hana is competing against Raildex and Oreimo 2, and Shin Sekai Yori have had very bad timing because it was against Psycho Pass (riding on the success of Urobuchi's brand),
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (we expected it to do moderately well. But it was doing very well, likely the fans' reaction to an obvious work of love from the director of the anime) and, the least expected, Girls Und Panzer (nobody expected it to do that good, and tbh it's one of the most mindboggling one).
Customers' pockets are not exactly deep, and due to the prices of the BR/DVD they have to make decisions. Fun and entertainment, and possibly rewatch value, are usually one of the criteria that are used when you invest in a DVD/BR collection. Not "artistic value" or "artsyness". Stuff like "Pulp Fiction", Nolan's "Batman" trilogy or "The Hangover" are the kind of DVD that you will most likely in the average Joe's collection, not your european arthouse movie. Just guess which ones between Raildex, Oreimo and Aku no Hana are the most likely to provide "fun" and "entertainment" rather than "artistic merits"?