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Originally Posted by guest
Wow...that IS low. Thanks. But why? We got the second season. I though it was because the first season got good rating. Why the change?
However, the pace for the second season is significantly slower than the first one.
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Now let's reason with this analytically why even an anime with such a low rating may have a good chance of doing another season:
The supposed census of Japan is 160,000,000 persons.
The supposed viewer rating for "Marimite~Haru~" is 0.3%
Supposed number of viewers for "Marimite~Haru~":
0.3% x 160,000,000 persons = 480,000 persons = A
Using the "it costs a little over 30,000,000 yen per episode to make an anime" rule:
30,000,000 yen x 13 episodes = 390,000,000 yen = B
Now here comes the hard question..."out of the total viewers of this series, how many will actually go out and buy the DVD?"
number of prospective buyers:
100% x A = 480,000
90 % x A = 432,000
80 % x A = 384,000
70 % x A = 336,000
60 % x A = 288,000
50 % x A = 240,000
40 % x A = 192,000
30 % x A = 144,000
20 % x A = 96,000
10 % x A = 48,000
Now use those figures and figure out the prospective sales. I will use 7000 yen per disc for 6 discs each
480,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 20,160,000,000 yen
432,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 18,144,000,000 yen
384,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 16,128,000,000 yen
336,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 14,112,000,000 yen
288,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 12,096,000,000 yen
240,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 10,080,000,000 yen
192,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 8,064,000,000 yen
144,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 6,048,000,000 yen
96,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 4,032,000,000 yen
48,000 x 7000 yen x 6 discs = 2,016,000,000 yen
As you can see, even if 48,000 persons buys the DVDs (10% of 0.3% of the entire Japanese populace), this anime rakes in profit.