2012-05-05, 10:56 | Link #621 | |
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50,000+ from one Nisemonogatari volume...wow, those fans are seriously fierce! wait until that toothbrush episode comes out, though.
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2012-05-05, 21:43 | Link #622 | |
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OMG, the leak about AKB being cheap as hell back April 14th was true!!!!!
***,*47位/***,145位 ★ (***,**0 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/06/27 12/04 AKB0048 VOL.1 【初回特典有り】 [Blu-ray] GO AKB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww EDIT: Original leak post Quote:
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2012-05-05, 22:00 | Link #623 |
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I was like WTF when I saw the sales price, roughly the equivalent of two audio CD albums. I mean, it's very outrageous and it takes balls for someone higher up to decide such a price that insanely low.
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2012-05-05, 22:06 | Link #624 |
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I made a post about my theory already at the AKB0048 thread.
They are probably aiming to have as many fans of both demographics to get the release, hence why they had the price be this low. Mind you, going by how cheap it is, I wouldn't be surprised if it does indeed become the best selling Anime of all time before the end of the year lol
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2012-05-05, 22:16 | Link #626 |
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Either that or they are confident enough they will get enough fans from both sides to generate enough profits.
Maybe they are also looking for the ''Best selling anime'' fame to be attached to the show.
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2012-05-05, 22:17 | Link #627 | |
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2012-05-05, 22:17 | Link #628 |
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Historically the girl troupe's marketing staff (and even the top brass who approves them) are known to throw in some marketing gimmicks that allows them to sell more singles, albums and DVDs faster than anyone else in the industry with some extras (i.e. different versions of singles, handshake tickets, senbatsu election voting forms, collectible trading cards, etc.), and I think they're applying the same approach.
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2012-05-05, 22:21 | Link #629 |
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I have no idea, but this is sure super fun to follow!!
From the wording of the placement title, you can see that they'll be having some specials along with the cheap price. People are saying if they throw in like an event/handshake ticket then the line just went from 100k to 300k hahahhahahahahahha. If 100k does happen on volume 1 and then 1k happen in the next 10 volumes then the average is still 10k per volumeeeeeeeeee (yeah I don't even know if this is 1 cour or 2). And speaking of cheap pricing episode 1, look up Nana's sales and you'll be laughing like crazy too. Nana's first volume was 777 yen~~~ Last edited by Kunagisa; 2012-05-05 at 22:23. Reason: I can't think properly ;__; |
2012-05-05, 22:30 | Link #630 |
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Yup, this isn't an uncommon strategy. This is a special promotional price for the first episode only, and we should fully expect the remaining volumes to be priced at more normal levels. I was going to use the Nana 777 yen example too, but Kunagisa beat me to it.
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I do remember something else: as this first volume has yet to be pressed and printed out, it's not yet final (and I think some of you know this already); I'm sure there would be some changes (including the number of discs) until it's done and ready to ship.
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2012-05-07, 19:42 | Link #632 |
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(***,**0 pt) [*,***予約] 12/06/27 12/04 AKB0048 VOL.1 [Blu-ray]
***,*51位/***,*50位 ★ (**1,760 pt) [*,*14予約] 12/06/29 12/04 Hyouka 1 [Blu-ray] ***,*58位/***,*61位 ★ (**5,070 pt) [*,348予約] 12/06/22 12/04 Haiyore! Nyaruko-san1 [Blu-ray] ***,*73位/***,*81位 ★ (**2,187 pt) [*,*42予約] 12/07/25 12/04 Accel World 1 [Blu-ray] ***,*87位/***,*67位 ★ (**2,541 pt) [*,*10予約] 12/06/22 12/04 Eureka Seven AO 1 [Blu-ray] ***,150位/***,121位 ★ (**1,074 pt) [*,*29予約] 12/06/20 12/04 Saki 1 [Blu-ray] ***,198位/***,223位 ◎ (***,*54 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/09/26 12/04 Space Brothers Blu-ray DISC BOX 1(Blu-ray Disc) ***,219位/***,375位 ★ (***,604 pt) [*,*13予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Dusk Maiden of Amnesia 1 [Blu-ray] ***,286位/***,272位 ★ (**1,407 pt) [*,*10予約] 12/05/25 12/04 Kore wa Zombie S2 [Blu-ray] ***,312位/***,253位 ★ (***,379 pt) [*,**4予約] 12/07/27 12/04 Sakamichi no Apollon Blu-ray ***,318位/***,282位 ★ (***,786 pt) [*,*47予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Jormungand 1 [Blu-ray] ***,402位/***,338位 ★ (***,366 pt) [*,**2予約] 12/07/27 12/04 Kuroko no Basket 1 [Blu-ray] ***,428位/***,409位 ★ (***,581 pt) [*,**5予約] 12/06/29 12/04 Sankarea 1 [Blu-ray] ***,433位/***,358位 ★ (**1,151 pt) [*,**8予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Queens Blade Rebellion Vol.1 [Blu-ray] ***,464位/***,439位 ★ (***,382 pt) [*,*29予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Mysterious Girlfriend X 1(Blu-ray Disc) ***,556位/***,651位 ★ (***,390 pt) [*,**4予約] 12/06/06 12/04 Acchi Kochii 1 [Blu-ray] ***,624位/***,925位 ★ (***,179 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/08/24 12/04 Saint Seiya Omega 1 [Blu-ray] ***,657位/***,575位 ◎ (**3,856 pt) [*,101予約] 12/06/22 12/01 Black★Rock Shooter Blu-rayBOX ***,774位/***,706位 ★ (***,358 pt) [*,*20予約] 12/07/27 12/04 Upotte!! Blu-ray 1 **1,226位/***,933位 ★ (***,*83 pt) [*,**1予約] 12/06/06 12/04 Sengoku Collection Vol.01 [Blu-ray] **1,664位/**1,744位 ★ (***,402 pt) [*,**6予約] 12/07/25 12/04 Medaka Box 1 [Blu-ray] **1,678位/**2,794位 ★ (***,284 pt) [*,**3予約] 12/06/22 12/04 Hiiro no Kakera [Blu-ray] **2,104位/**2,379位 ★ (***,442 pt) [*,**4予約] 12/06/22 12/04 「ZETMAN」Vol.1 Blu-ray **3,106位/**4,507位 ★ (***,241 pt) [*,**2予約] 12/07/27 12/04 Shining Hearts [Blu-ray] *14,565位/*12,076位 ★ (***,*79 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/06/22 12/01 Black★Rock Shooter Blu-ray 1 108,362位/108,086位 ★ (***,*14 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Kimi to Boku S2 1 [Blu-ray] 147,789位/147,537位 ★ (***,*10 pt) [*,**0予約] 12/06/27 12/04 Natsuiro Kiseki 1 [Blu-ray] Current discussion on /a/ Archive.
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2012-05-07, 21:19 | Link #633 | |
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Based on the stalker points(and excluding Fate/Zero and AKB0048 which will both do well), it looks like the biggest sellers from the Spring season will be: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Eureka Seven AO, Accel World and Hyouka. I wonder if Nyaruko-san will approach 20k in sales or whether it will just break 10k(although 10k for that would be absolutely wonderful) Interesting also how a lot of the hyped manga adaptations are not doing that well: Medaka Box, Tasogare Otome X Amnesia, Sankarea. And to no one's surprise, it looks like Sengoku Collection is gonna bomb. |
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2012-05-08, 09:26 | Link #636 | |
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It's kind of why I point to the futility of this whole topic because while you get the odd outlier it's usually pretty easy to predict what's going to do well in this category versus what won't based on just a few key factors. The only real surprise is finding out the difference. For this reason while the whole sales chat topic is of mild interest to me I don't take it nearly as seriously as others do as it's no real measure of the quality of a show by any means nor is there terribly much to learn from it all that often. That said I would be hugely curious to see how a show based off a best selling moe light novel directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, written by Gen Urobuchi & Mari Okada, composed by Yuki Kaijura & Yoko Kanno, animated by Kyoto Animation with input from Shaft and which has some sort of tie to Dragon Quest would do in the sales category. Best selling anime for all time? |
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2012-05-08, 09:42 | Link #637 | |
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there will be bets early in the season to see which character gets the ax (literally)...I like it.
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2012-05-08, 12:09 | Link #638 | |
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Course, if I'm reading the numbers right (which I very well might not be since I'm not that familiar with stalker points), they don't suggest a return to K-On!/Lucky Star/Clannad/Haruhi S1 type numbers, just a big rebound from Nichijou level. Seems reasonable to me given how each show stacks up against other moe shows airing at the same time. Nyarlko-san's popularity is the one that actually has me shaking my head.
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2012-05-08, 12:29 | Link #639 | |
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(If the formula's really that simple, you'd think there wouldn't be so many perceived flops. I think it's a lot more complicated and nuanced than that.)
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2012-05-08, 13:52 | Link #640 |
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Hyouka looks to dispel the notion that Kadokawa's pricing strategy killed Nichijou. The 13 volume plan may have been a contributing factor (so those who were on the fence or who were only marginally impressed with the show chose not to buy even a single volume), but we've seen other series succeed despite grumblings about price.
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