Comments on: Gonzo Plans Ero-Anime to Avert Bankruptcy?

By: tyciol

tyciol — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:56:12 +0000

Not even sure we`ll get it in 2010 blah

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:05:47 +0000

Funimation butchers everything they touch. the last thing anybody needs is for real japanese studios to become more like them.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:10:16 +0000

>Implying Strike Witches isn't good

By: notfair

notfair — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:05:12 +0000

I thought Last Exile was sell quite well, look like i was wrong. Depend on country I guess ;).

By: Shiroi Hane

Shiroi Hane — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:28:19 +0000

If you mean the sequel, then it is animated by asread, not Gonzo and to answer, I have no idea. asread already have another Minami-ke TV series and OVA queued up for 2009 :(

By: HoroTheWise

HoroTheWise — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:49:18 +0000

I really dont think that they will make a Strike Witches ero a second season of the anime would be much more profitable imo. If they end up going ero they will probably make an entire new H-series, not just make ero versions of their current anime lineup

By: DaCloset

DaCloset — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:59:51 +0000

LOL!
Just imagining here...
Poor decent voice actors will have to dub non-decent hentai anime if Strike Witches becomes ero...
Gonzo indeed needs to sort things out properly.
Think logically and positively in any ways.
Can't say anymore but I really wanna have a Strike Witches second season.
And if they should make an ero out of it, make it a separate series to not affect the main plot of the story. But that's just a thought though. *grins*

By: nifty

nifty — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:17:08 +0000

ummmmm... opps. didn't mean to double post this... what have i done!!!

By: nifty

nifty — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:13:48 +0000

2008
* October - Rosario + Vampire Capu2,[3] Linebarrels of Iron
* July - Strike Witches
* April - The Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk, Special A, Blassreiter
* January - Rosario + Vampire[4]

2007
* October - Dragonaut -The Resonance-
* July - The Five Killers[5] (in USA)
* April - Romeo x Juliet, Bokurano, Kaze no Stigma, & Seto no Hanayome (With AIC)
* March - Tenshi Sairin (Burst Angel: Infinity)
* January - Afro Samurai & Getsumen to Heiki Mina

2006
* October - Red Garden & Pumpkin Scissors
* July - Welcome to the N.H.K.
* April - Legend of the Glass Fleet & Witchblade

2005
* October - SoltyRei (With AIC) & Black Cat
* Densha Otoko Opening animation.
* Fall - G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
* July - Transformers: Cybertron
* May - Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
* April - Basilisk, Speed Grapher & Trinity Blood

2004
* October - Desert Punk (Sunabouzu) & Gankutsuou
* June - Samurai 7
* April - Gantz & Burst Angel (Bakuretsu Tenshi)
* January - Gravion Zwei

2003
* November - Chrono Crusade
* October - Peacemaker Kurogane
* April - Kaleido Star, Last Exile & Gad Guard
* February 2003 Digigirl Pop! STRAWBERRY&POP MIX FLAVOR

2002
* October - Kiddy Grade & Gravion
* July - Saikano
* April - Gatekeepers 21
* January - Full Metal Panic!

2001
* October - Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Hellsing (TV series) & Vandread the Second Stage
* July - Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School

2000
* October - Vandread
* April - Gate Keepers

From 2004-2007, not a single title reached 5,000 sales... and almost all of them were licensed overseas.

By: nifty

nifty — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:55:16 +0000

Okay, you just took his post about Gonzo's past business model, and tried to apply it to the anime industry as a whole. And a couple years ago the anime market in america was booming and growing, and projected to grow even bigger, and no company is ever gonna completely ignore a prospective customer. And i don't really think anime, even in japan, is a huge mainstream trend, or at least the titles that relentlessflame mentioned. Ergo Proxy is another anime that was made with an American audience in mind... they even had radiohead as the ending theme. That wasn't Gonzo though. Afro Samurai however, that's an obvious sign of reliance on american markets. Also, learn demographics. The people who were mostly purchasing anime in america during the time it was growing were teenagers and college kids, not "random guy on street." And most non-anime fans would probably say pokemon over Avatar, and wouldn't say they were good. Gonzo and Geneon were probably the only companies i can think of that had a lot invested into the american market potential. But Geneon got out fast when the sales weren't coming in, and Gonzo... is Gonzo.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:25:28 +0000

hmmm ero Strike Witches, something that I wont be watching tbh. They have left an open ending because they knew they were in trouble and wanted to see how DVD sales will prove themselves. And they did prove themselves, pretty good if you ask me.
So i dont see why they just carry on with Strike Witches and drop some of the projects filled with phail like The Tower of Druaga. But thats just me :P

But you never know, GONZO might not survive 2009. I wonder, if they collapse, who will produce my second season of Strike Witches?!!!! T.T

By: kadian1364

kadian1364 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:11:47 +0000

Exactly. If Linebarrels is the best they can come up with in dire economic times, then maybe 4 anime a year is still too much to make.

Make something legit or make porn. Either direction can increase sales.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:05:25 +0000

Part of me is giddy to see that Gonzo finally crashing and burning. Another part wished it had happened sooner when it might have actually mattered.

By: fatcow

fatcow — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:32:23 +0000

serves them right for not making vandread 3. especially after seeing those sales figure, just why did they refuse to finish vandread's story?

By: Fonzer

Fonzer — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:21:47 +0000

seto no hanayome anime should be sold more then that?
Reffering to how awesome and funny it was

By: metatron

metatron — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:41:50 +0000

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

GOOD JOB GONZO!!!

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

By: Dorne

Dorne — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:57:13 +0000

Sex sells. Hopefully...

By: loldongs

loldongs — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:50:29 +0000

And that's what you get for lacking quality in every department: Sales dropping below the floor.

By: Ichigo69

Ichigo69 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:58:18 +0000

--But hold on. Waitaminute. Let’s think here:

--Last I checked, there are still people out there who only download anime and never buy. So that’s still a problem. The people who ran GonzoDH had panicked like headless chicken because of all the downloaders.

Sigh, desu~
When will companies figure out that there are some people who will /NEVER/ buy anything and if it weren't available for download, they just wouldn't get it. It's not /lost income/ it's income they were NEVER GONNA FUCKING GET in the first place...

By: kenjiharima

kenjiharima — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:07:11 +0000

Conspiracy or not one thing is for sure only Strike Witches is Gonzo's salvation. As for the anime titles, I hate to say it, but some are pretty good manga's turned anime which Gonzo deliberately destroyed. Just imagine all those animes turning ero...XD

By: Jagoss

Jagoss — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:22:46 +0000

I'm sorry but I do not think you can take American sales as anything of any worth in a discussion about Japan and anime. For several reasons. American market is very small. So small that it cannot rightly be called a 'Market' We have some consumers here. But the bare fact is, Japanese anime make a bare fraction of any sales. When asking the normal guy on the street about Anime, they will say something like 'Avatar the Last Airbender' is an awesome Anime. But the truth is, it isn't an anime. It is a cartoon made by Nick. Most anime come through companies like Funamation and 4kids being the largest licensees of anime, and if you look at that, it's mostly Shonen. You will not see many Shoujo, Josie, Seinen, anywhere on American TV. You see a bare fraction 'anime' marketed items. Compared to Disney and other American Cartoons. America is not a market for Japanese anime and companies. We do not have even a bare fraction. and as long as we do not have any real market, we will not see anything major coming to America.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:22:29 +0000

I'm thinking the same here

By: Yuun

Yuun — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:03:27 +0000

I only care if Gonzo will survive. Saki is definitely one of my favorite manga, seeing it done by Gonzo, no doubt ecchi level will be boost in the anime. Then again, i have always liked Gonzo production accept for some really shitty series.

Which is to my surprise that Gonzo out of so many other production company is facing bankruptcy... i smell conspiracy...

By: Legacy

Legacy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:31:40 +0000

Has that ever stopped Japan before? Though fully aged stars are more often, there is still a decent number of H-anime out their with underage characters, such as The Story of Little Monica and the Boku no Pico OVA series. If they do release a Strike Witches H-series as some of us are hoping, then wouldn't it simply be released to DVD and not aired on TV? Strike Witches makes Gonzo the most money in DVD sales, and I'm thinking that they would make a fairly large sum of moolah from a Strike Witches H-series.

Though yes, UNICEF may have a field day with it if they did.