(CR) Sousou no Frieren (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Kanon

DVD/BD sales don't matter anymore. But back when it did, 6000 would have been a great number.

They matter. Not as much as they used to with streaming income (including overseas) being important, but 6000 copies per volume at $100-200 per volume is still a big fish in the small pond of anime production.

[GDB]

Just means they got all the good, normal revenue streams (streaming, merch, etc) and ALSO hit a massive number of physical disc sales. That's phenomenal.

[Mad Pierrot]

I'm not sure how much is an okay number but so far Frieren managed to sell more DVDs than the previous mainstream series like Chainsaw Man, Bleach's final arc, among others. Not sure how much did Bocchi the Rock sell (same director after all right?). Still, I think DVDs of other popular IPs were insane as Gundam SEED, Destiny, 00 and Code Geass reached a really ridiculous number back in the 2000s. Probably the topselling bluray from a Mappa anime has to be Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (though it's common that movies sell more)

[Frailty]

I just did a marathon for this show. Finished it just now
I can easily say that this indeed is one of the best anime in existence.

[Liddo-kun]

the Frieren game is complete, and it's free.

[James Rye]

It was an amazing series to experience, very comfy and entertaining. And that it sold 6k DVDs in its first couple weeks is amazing, wow. Hopefully we can get a 2nd season by next year or so.

[Liddo-kun]

this is so wholesome. Fern taking care of the Frierens, and they take good care of her.

[Barstool74]

Originally Posted by GDB

Just means they got all the good, normal revenue streams (streaming, merch, etc) and ALSO hit a massive number of physical disc sales. That's phenomenal.

I was in Japan back in November, and anywhere anime-related was pushing Frieren. I also read an issue of Newtype that pushed the show, I think the otaku enjoyed it like us.

[Liddo-kun]

[Strahan]

Pretty amazing what AI can do. The Ubel one was pretty good.

Not sure I get the compulsion though for people to make real world versions of anime. It's cool, I guess, but I'd rather just watch the anime heh.

[magnuskn]

Oooof. By this rate in ten years we'll get automatic full conversions of an anime episode into this, or something of the like. I mean, it'd be interesting to see how a full conversion of the battle between Lugner and Linie vs. Fern and Stark would look like "in live", if the speed and viewpoints the anime uses would be preserved.

[Liddo-kun]

I was impressed by the Kanne. She looked like a direct port from anime to real life.

[Jaden]

Kinda like how crustaceans mostly evolve into crab-like forms, TTI undergoes similar convergence. So people end up like glamour models, and mages are from Harry Potter. The resolution and details are pretty amazing though.

[TinyRedLeaf]

'It's what the hero Himmel would've done,' says Taiwanese otaku who stopped knife attack on train

Taipei (June 6, 2024): A Taiwanese man who helped to stop a knife attack on a train in Taichung city cited an anime hero as his inspiration, local media reported.

Hsu Rui-hsian, dubbed Long-Haired Bro by local media, was one of 17 civilians who stopped a knife-wielding man on board a train near Taichung City Hall station in May. "If I had to do it again, I'd make the same choice," said Mr Hsu, a fitness coach and powerlifter. "It's what the hero Himmel would have done."

Mr Hsu showed up at the ceremony clad in a haori, or traditional Japanese jacket, from a line of licensed apparel from popular video game franchise Monster Hunter. Mr Hsu said he wore it to openly represent otaku like himself, reported China Times.

"Otaku are not as bad as everyone thinks," said Mr Hsu, who also donned at the ceremony the same bloodstained shoes he wore on the day of the incident.

THE STRAITS TIMES

Here's the video footage of Hsu grappling with the knifeman. He's the pony-tailed guy wearing a green shirt and bleeding from a gash to his left cheek (and being pummelled rather uselessly by another umbrella-wielding commuter who probably mistook Hsu for being the aggressor).

[Kanon]

Otakus becoming heroes because of Himmel. It's great.

[Wandering Soul]

Based Himmel. It's especially noteworthy considering he isn't even alive during the actual series.

[Frontier]

Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf

'It's what the hero Himmel would've done,' says Taiwanese otaku who stopped knife attack on train


Here's the video footage of Hsu grappling with the knifeman. He's the pony-tailed guy wearing a green shirt and bleeding from a gash to his left cheek (and being pummelled rather uselessly by another umbrella-wielding commuter who probably mistook Hsu for being the aggressor).

That's awesome .

[Greenish Growth]

I never noticed it until now but they actually colored the stars in the sky!

It's a nice touch because in nearly every anime they just use generic white or whitish-blue stars. They actually took the time to color the stars here - bluish, reddish, yellowish. Most of them are more whitish...just like they would look using your naked eye here on Earth.