[Nightengale]

Originally Posted by Kaioshin_Sama

Oh my gosh Haruhi got freaking owned in the ratings, but not as bad as Utawarerumono. Maybe its not as popular as everybody thought it was. At least in terms of the TV Broadcast. Hell it was even beaten out by Fighting Beauty Wulong routinely and the highest rated episode is equivalent to about the lowest rated Code Geass (It's logical popularity successor on the Internets in my mind). Speaking of which, what is with the psycho sales for Code Geass DVD's 1 and 2 which only contain one episode each. If this rate keeps up the series will sell more episodes than any other series this year combined. WTH?!!!!

@ Nightengale Are you serious about the GSD recaps outselling Haruhi DVD's, I mean if thats true its both hilarious and kind of sad at the same time. What a weird world.

Well, Haruhi having low ratings isn't material in the argument for most cases, since television broadcast are like advertisements for the DVDs and merchandises anyway, in which Haruhi was very strong at, second only to single movies and Seed Destiny.

Spoiler for posted by eggplant in the sales thread:

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu) 40,673 (8, including Episode 00, average including cumulative sales of Limited and Standard Editions)
Release Date Sales Title
2006/06/23 35,176 Episode 00 Limited Edition (One episode)
2006/06/23 *3,926 Episode 00 Standard Edition (One episode)
2006/07/28 36,095 Vol. 1 Limited Edition (Two episodes up to Vol. 6)
2006/08/25 41,856 Vol. 2 Limited Edition
2006/08/25 *1,579 Vol. 2 Standard Edition
2006/09/22 41,260 Vol. 3 Limited Edition
2006/10/27 40,343 Vol. 4 Limited Edition
2006/10/27 *1,633 Vol. 4 Standard Edition
2006/11/22 38,457 Vol. 5 Limited Edition
2006/12/22 40,151 Vol. 6 Limited Edition
2007/01/26 44,899 Vol. 7 Limited Edition (One episode)

And compare it with...

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY (Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED DESTINY) 68,729 (13, not including Special Editions)
Release Date Sales Title
2005/02/24 80,635 Vol. 1 (Four episodes up to Vol. 12)
2005/03/25 73,115 Vol. 2
2005/04/22 69,751 Vol. 3
2005/05/27 68,416 Vol. 4
2005/06/24 65,649 Vol. 5
2005/07/22 66,509 Vol. 6
2005/08/26 60,431 Vol. 7
2005/09/23 62,330 Vol. 8
2005/10/28 58,228 Vol. 9
2005/11/25 61,066 Vol. 10
2005/12/23 67,052 Vol. 11
2006/01/27 64,745 Vol. 12
2006/02/24 95,544 Vol. 13 (Two episodes)
2006/05/26 48,208 Special Edition I
2006/08/25 48,929 Special Edition II
2006/11/24 46,070 Special Edition III
2007/02/23 53,682 Special Edition IV

Even if we ignore the TV series...

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY Special Editions
49,222
Release Date Sales Title
2006/05/26 48,208 Special Edition I
2006/08/25 48,929 Special Edition II
2006/11/24 46,070 Special Edition III
2007/02/23 53,682 Special Edition IV


And the "Gundam Sells" argument has little bearing to arguments by the GSD-fanatic haters, since it's been stated ever since 2002 that almost 60% to 80% of the DVD-purchasers for SEED and Destiny are girls converted into the SEED fandom, not traditional Gundam fans.

Saying nothing beats Gundam is harsh, considering that TURN A (( hailed as a great Gundam series by the Gundam fans in general )) sold 1/10th compared to SEED or GSD.