Comments on: 2008 Anime DVD Sales Ranking

By: Tsundere Works

Tsundere Works — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:20:03 +0000

Wow, seems like Gonzo's strategy for Strike Bitches came out well.

BTW, the CC pic is hot. Who's the artist?

By: jigokushounen

jigokushounen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:08:27 +0000

no wonder code geass is on top
the best anime ever made
the legend
the only mecha anime i like
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!!!

By: Crys

Crys — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:24:54 +0000

Aria....*sigh* we will miss thee.

By: Cima

Cima — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:34:41 +0000

That Kitarou was the adultish noitamina one, wasn't it?

By: IcyStorm

IcyStorm — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:40:55 +0000

Nice to see Aria the Origination so high up :)

By: Kaioshin Sama

Kaioshin Sama — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:09:46 +0000

LE is that magical label you attach to a DVD to make it sell better.

By: Artefact

Artefact — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:04:23 +0000

Lawful Evil.

By: Artefact

Artefact — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:03:13 +0000

Have you not heard?

By: Tyrenol

Tyrenol — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:51:47 +0000

I went head-to-head with (formerly) Bandai Visual USA over the need for them to sell high-priced, single-languaged animu. People had been complaining about the high prices per episode count. I've been complaining about the fact that the titles were of only one audio language (which already felt cheap despite the high prices). And now a couple of their titles are being sold in boxsets for "reasonable" prices. (While Funimation is kicking their rear ends, btw.) The joke's punchline: Now that's what I call "True Tears." *RIMSHOT*

By: TheAndySan

TheAndySan — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:44:22 +0000

Kanokon is children's anime? Uhh...

Well, it looks like the rom-coms better kick it up a notch to compete with the "serious anime".

TheAndySan
http://www.theandysan.com

By: hh

hh — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:26:16 +0000

waht does LE mean?

By: Artefact

Artefact — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:58:16 +0000

Corrected... Thanks. That one caught me off guard!

By: chronomeister

chronomeister — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:47:54 +0000

4 to last should be Chi's Sweet Home though I wonder what it would be like it was a block of cheese instead of a cat. I still do enjoy telling my friend that Strike Witvhes is quite a hot seller.

By: rargy

rargy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:20:33 +0000

Nice to see Toshokan Sensou up there.

By: Anonymous of Massachusetts

Anonymous of Massachusetts — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:18:23 +0000

I guess the low sales of True Tears, Shigofumi may be why it was so easy for Bandai to license them (and now True Tears is getting an awfully budget R1 release).

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:59:40 +0000

Yes, but looking at the figures from 2003 to now, the sales disparity (original vs licensed property, straight adaptation vs drastically modified formula) has gotten much worse by the year.

By: Artefact

Artefact — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:51:31 +0000

Has it not always been thus?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:47:21 +0000

It's disappointing that quality efforts like True Tears (immensely popular on 2ch too) and Shigofumi don't sell, while the public eats up Kanokon/To Love-Ru/Rosario/Tsukaima. Fan service fluff pays, especially in light of dropping DVD sales across the board.

The trend for upcoming anime should be obvious.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 01:27:35 +0000

Code Geass is overvalued