Quote:
Originally Posted by TJR
All three were harshly received.
|
And Another has been very well-received from what I can tell. That didn't stop it from bombing.
Quote:
The Umineko game was immensely popular, so I think Mystery/Horror can succeed under the right circumstances.
|
Actually, that just shows how hard this genre has it in the
anime world, as even when a Mystery/Horror anime is based on a very popular source material, it can still bomb and bomb hard.
We're talking about anime sales here, not game sales. Those are two different things. What's popular in one medium isn't necessarily popular in another.
I can't think of a single Mystery/Horror anime since Higurashi that sold well
as an anime (and no, Madoka Magica doesn't count - It has some Mystery and Horror in it, but I wouldn't classify either as its primary genre).
Can you think of one?