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Originally Posted by Triple_R

I don't think that a lot of those posters over on MAL fully understand why Nichijou bombing is such a big deal.

Apart from destroying the myth that everything KyoAni touches turns to gold (I'm guessing the industry itself doesn't count Munto) it really hasn't done KyoAni any harm at all. The people who lost the most from Nichijou flopping was Kadokawa who have had a horrible 2011... the last hit they had was Strike Witches 2 from last year.. Aniplex have left them in the dust. Desperate times call for desperate measures... with the budget Kadokawa gave KyoAni for a 4koma adaption they were obviously looking for a hit... will Kadokawa be forced to pull the trigger on a 3rd Haruhi season...

Btw Kadokawa's greed in making this 13 volumes instead of the now industry standard 9 could've been a factor in this series selling as it did. Not a major factor but one regardless.

It's not just that Nichijou bombed, per se, it's also that there's nothing else out there for KyoAni right now. Nothing at all. Most importantly, there's the context that this is all occurring in, given what we've seen in this calender year so far.

Sales for K-ON!! and the Haruhi movie rolled over into 2011, they've also managed to sell a lot of Bluray Box Sets for Lucky Star and Clannad After Story. The K-ON! Movie itself will be huge, not just in ticket sales but in regards to merchandise as well. A lot of studio's would kill to have a year as good as this....

KyoAni needs to do something big and new (so, no, the K-On movie alone isn't enough) soon, or they risk getting completely eclipsed by A-1 and/or other anime studios.

A-1 are going to steam roll everybody when it comes to hits anyway at this point, it's not like KyoAni can keep up with the output A-1 can do anyway.... and A-1 is certainly not beloved like KyoAni and SHAFT are... Like TJR said "Consequently, they're simply an anime factory for Aniplex with no established identity." I agree with that 100% and I'm a fan of A-1.. and have been ever since Kannagi...

A-1 is the fastest rising studio in the industry because their parent company Aniplex is simply put the dominant production company of this time. In the last 4 years A-1 Pictures have made 7 shows that have broken the 10k barrier, in the last eleven Sunrise have done 12... (the most of any studio since 2000) and A-1 have Idolmaster and Working 2 to come... (Though tbf to Sunrise they also have Gundam AGE and Horizon, the latter which is ranking well on Amazon jp atm which is a good sign)

As for KyoAni needing to do something big and new.. yes eventually but you downplay the massive impact the K-ON! Movie will cause with not only ticket sales but cd singles, merchandise, increased manga sales and eventually BD and DVD sales of the movie. Now when it comes to something new it's not like KyoAni didn't turn small time 4komas like Lucky Star & K-ON! into massive hits, just because they failed once with Nichijou doesn't tarnish their record overall. Though if Kadokawa get desperate and insist on another Haruhi (for say Spring or Summer 2012) it's not like we'll see anything new from KyoAni until this time next year anyway at the earliest..... btw as much as some people like to think it, the Haruhi brand has not been tarnished by Endless Eight, the Bluray Box Set collection of Haruhi sold gangbusters (in excess of 30,000) and the movie performed really well. A third series is certainly going to sell closer to the first than the second... especially if the recent light novel sales are any indication....

Will be interesting to see what happens...