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Originally Posted by BaKaBaKaOtaKu
hmm.. i'm seeing a rivalry might happen bet. k-on! and bakemonogatari again with the movies since the latter's prequel, kizu is getting one as well.
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Any rivalry with Bakemono will be ridiculously one-sided.
Consider:
K-ON! S1 sold on average around 43K DVD+BD per volume
K-ON!! S2 currently sells around 38K DVD+BD per volume (But it's OP's and ED have sold better than season 1's though)
Haruhi, original season sold around 41K per volume (2009 season didn't break 20k)
Other anime that sold around the same ballpark (30 - 48K) are Gundam 00, Angel Beats , Code Geass, FMA, and Macross Frontier.
Those are some of the best selling animes ever, when you consider that you just need 3-4K sales to break even.
However, Bakemonogatari puts them all to shame at 78K per volume. This is HUGE. The last anime that sold that much is probably freaking Evangelion. (Although Madoka Magica presales are currently beating those of Bakemono) If K-On is the kind of success that happens only once a year on average, Bakemongatari is that one that happens only once a decade.
TLDR: competing with Bakemono is pretty much impossible unless you're Gundam or Evangelion