Comments on: Winter 2009 Anime Not Want? Sales Wither…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:02:24 +0000

No, it's just that Winter 2010 not want

By: XA

XA — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:44:09 +0000

i think that too! ^^

By: Stormy001

Stormy001 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:23:21 +0000

It looks like Japanese are not willing to spend $$$. The economy contracted in consecutive 2 months, almost half were gone (41 percent). That has to count for something.

Anime industry is doomed, it is matter of time. I predict 2010 will most drastic drop of anime series count and more studios will be out of business.

Enjoy anime while we can people, for the storm is brewing and bubble is burst.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:47:00 +0000

seconded~

By: SaruDa

SaruDa — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:46:03 +0000

Akikan is a terrible story consisting of a slightly original twist on one of the oldest themes in anime, so-so music, awful animation quality, and creepy characters (The protagonist hits on vending machines and the antagonist is gay and a shota-con).

For all of these reasons, It's probably my number 1 or 2 for this season.

By: Andrew the Deadman

Andrew the Deadman — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:56:46 +0000

Try Kurokami, I watched it and I should say that it's quite good :) Dunno why it gets the worst ranking in the list though. They really should give it a chance.

By: Quen

Quen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:44:40 +0000

This might be a misunderstanding - the numbers represent the overall ranking of the volume's sales on Amazon, i.e., a ranking of "1" would be the best-selling disc on Amazon.

By: Quen

Quen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:42:33 +0000

Yep - it's based off a particularly old, classic visual novel.

I mentioned the year its from in the Winter 2009 Anime Preview Artefact linked to above, I believe.

By: Quen

Quen — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:39:30 +0000

It might be confusing, but that is how TV "seasons" are normally referred to.

The series that have been playing for several months now (including the 1-cour ones finished around 2 weeks ago) started airing in Fall 2008, and would be collectively called "Fall 2008 Anime" here.

By: Gin-sama

Gin-sama — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:36:30 +0000

Regios probably the best animu I've seen so far. Mariaholic is awesome too. But I can't fap to trap. -_-

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:15:24 +0000

Kurogami got a blueray version? Cool!~ Maria-sama doesn't seem like selling well

By: Narcissist

Narcissist — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Agree with cubed2d. I prefer Strawberry Panic tbh, especially with the extremly cute redhead Nagisa.

Maria-holic on the other hand was disgusting. The trap aren't cute at all and I hate those damn sado characters, and I hate even more the characters that are receivers for the sado but don't like it but doesn't dare to do anything about their situation. Pathetic and boring.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:21:49 +0000

Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo is done by Sunrise.......

By: jiant2k

jiant2k — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:42:50 +0000

Looks like Kurokami and Regios will be really interesting. But I never tend to compare between genres. Sora O Kakeru Shoujo looks very gonzo plainlike. No new concept but a vairant of Kiddy Grade. Asu no Yoichi is also funny.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:13:22 +0000

Druaga ftw

By: Aoshi

Aoshi — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:57:30 +0000

Kind of clicked the Del key on Akikan and White Album. Marimite still has the pulling power, for all the "yuri" it seems to have though it's extremely mild.

By: kyonichi

kyonichi — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:06:30 +0000

Eh, shitty economy + shitty season so far. What do you really expect? After one or two episodes, the most I can say for anything this season is that it has potential... or in more cases, "this is generic, but I'm bored and I like the genre anyway..." There's no way in hell I'd pay the asking price of a Japanese anime DVD release based on first episode "potential."

By: Kaioshin Sama

Kaioshin Sama — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:53:55 +0000

Welp, if I'm not mistaken White Album is an adaptation of a reasonably popular Visual Novel and currently those seem to be the top sellers as far as anime DVD's go. What can I say, 2ch really loves their Visual Novel stories.

By: Kaioshin Sama

Kaioshin Sama — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:51:47 +0000

They do.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:00:43 +0000

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By: Onsokumaru

Onsokumaru — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:55:04 +0000

What's wrong with Japan? Chosing White Album over the godly Kurokami?

By: Zanber

Zanber — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:26:20 +0000

Akikan was a let down mostly due to noticeably bad animation quality.

By: ChaoticAnthem

ChaoticAnthem — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:54:34 +0000

Don't worry much on some of those anime, I bet more anime fans will pick up some of them when they realize some of them has a potential of being a good anime (I wouldn't be be surprised on Akikan's low preorder though)

Anime like Chrome Shelled Regios is a bit low since they has just been aired recently, they're most likely going to pick up midway.

By: Jarmel

Jarmel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:39:10 +0000

Kinda sad that Kurokami is so low when it has such great animation(plot changes FTL) as it will look amazing on blu-ray. Who in god's name is preodering Akikan? I guess fanservice shows really sell well as compared to dramas but w/e.