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Originally Posted by aohige
I totally disagree.
What DVD sales will give us, is an idea of how popular the anime is within a certain viewer base.
By that, I mean, DVD-buying adults.
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That's true, but that was partially my point as well. And as far as Gundam goes, DVD sales are a handy way of comparing the relative popularity of the TV shows.
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Originally Posted by aohige
These shows main target audiences don't buy DVDs.
DVDs are very expensive in Japan, and kids do not buy them. Period.
We're not like America, where DVDs are freakin 20 bucks a pop.
What you're seeing, my friend, is a very foreign view of anime.
You're basing the market off what's popular from what you can see.
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That's not true at all. You can note that I already pointed out that "sales indicate how many people felt the show was willing to purchase at (originally) around 5000 Yen per disc". I didn't claim that DVD sales was the only (or even the best) way of gauging the popularity of a show. I merely pointed out that it may be a better indicator than overall merchandise sales (to a large degree, it's because there are far more factors that play into merchandise sales).