Just when it seemed only generic moe and giant robot anime had any chance of attaining blockbuster status, the combined sales of the Bakemonogatari Blu-ray and DVD attained a staggering 44,000 in their first week, beating even K-ON!’s 41,000.
Oricon’s figures for 9/28 to 10/4 indicate Bakemonogatari 1 beat all comers and sold 29,000 copies in BD and a further 15,000 in DVD for a total of 44,000.
By comparison, K-ON!’s then record breaking first volume total sales came to 41,000, and those of Macross Frontier to 39,000. Haruhi managed a paltry 29,000, although non-late night anime (invariably involving giant robots) have managed as much as 57,000 in the first week.
Shaft finally appears to have struck gold, and it seems possible its shameless tactics of broadcasting an unfinished anime may not backfire after all…
The Blu-ray edition is on sale now.
Woohoo!! Hitagi-san!
Fan service,blood,gore,loli,tsundera,yandera,neko mimi,school mizugi,pantsy,spatch,megane,imoto,petanko, boobs,ghost,monk,punch line yep bakemonogatari has it all
WOOT!!! I love bakemonogatari. Sucking shitty moe anime.
on one hand, shame on shaft for releasing an only partially completed project.
on the other, i’m glad the DVD release was financially remunerative for them. perhaps this means they can pay animators to finish their next project… or even this one!
^ can’t get that out of my head the day full single released
doko made demo tsudzuku~kono sora no you na~owari no nai eien wo chikatte
So sophistication beats moeblob this time eh. I think it is well deserved. Though i like K-On! pretty much for what it is i’m glad that such shows actually aren’t the only ones producing income.
…what’s sophisticated about this exactly? It’s just a shameless pile of tropes.
Retards finally realize that k-on is absolute shit, and just steals from old series?
Sorry, but give me Azumanga and Osaka before K-on and Yui…
Watch the good shows this stupid new shit rips off before you give 8-10 to everything new, fuckers..
Actually K-ON was fun, Bakemonogatari being better is just natural though.
“Retards finally realize that k-on is absolute shit, and just steals from old series?”
No butthurt anon, they’re just aware that Bakemonogatari is too and light years more awesome.
Bakemonogatari is SZS and XXXholic, sure, but the shit k-on “borrows” from is just ridiculous. It’s not even a show, it’s like a collage of old animes.
Worthless garbage..
Baka mono Guita
I guess I’ll try watching this again. Stopped at 7 because of high levels of meh. Slightly rekindled interest because of perceived fanboying @ episode 12.
Guess I’ll see.
Wow… well, I was surprizingly pleased with Bakemonogatari, but I wasn’t expect it to beat K-On, which I also liked but was way more overhyped on the usual otaku channels.
Also: May I risk saying it’s because of this – http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/09/07/bakemonogatari-gaijin-4koma-loli-stripping-anime/
?
Fuck UNICEF, Equality Now and all other haters… loli wins ALL
Nadeko made the lulz of this anime
Shaft has hit a gold mine lololol
Someone license it now please!!!!
Who doesn’t want some of Araragi’s harem kingdom.
Hey now maybe shaft will have enough money to make dance in the vampire bund look good because i really don’t want that to get ruined.
FUCK YEAH!!!Take that K-on!!!
nice pic
Fuck yeah! An actually good anime.
Hitagi makes me want to spank it till there’s no tomorrow. She can even staple me on the ass while I’m at it. I would come buckets…
Need DVDs ASAP!!
I will say it once and for all:
BAKEMONOGATARI IS A GREAT ANIME
Seriously, it’s so good even the good ol’ haters look dumb badmouthing it.
Nisemonogatari is even better!
Anime fans are retarded and the kind that like Bakemonogatari are the worst kind.
*whistles*
Another(?) whore wants attention..~♬
I’m not surprised the users of Sankaku Complex, sad virgin nerds who have no friends, would like Bakemonogatari, but really, you guys only make everyone else who watches anime look bad.
Which also makes you a sad virgin nerd who has no friends.
Troll fail is fail. Go like Bakemonogatari, at least you’ll feel better than being a sad virgin nerd who has no friends who hates it.
Not that you’re right but so why do you visit this site anyways? it’s like you like ya** and go for a site of it just to troll
Bakemonogatari is a generic moe anime you fool
*whistles*
Someone wants attention..~♪
Just try to prove me wrong. It’s no less generic than K-On
Afterall, Hitagi is the typical tsundere that public wants to see.
oh~~ you got pwn~ nicely said man.
anyway, senjougahara sux…
Okay. Let’s make it easier. Name a character like Senjougahara.
Don’t tell me you think she is a generic tsundere because that tells me you are trolling.
If we get down into the little details, naturally we’re going to find differences between Bakemonogatari and every other anime (just as we would for any other anime), but Bakemonogatari follows very typical archetypes of the anime genre, particularly in its characters (which are the soul of the show). I’m sure you’re smart enough and know enough about anime to figure out what they are.
I guess it comes down to who says “prove me wrong” first?
Name one other anime that is like it.
Shinbo is a hack
well it had to be Bakemonogatari is art, and a great tale, i hope this leads to a 2nd season
there probably wont be any since i dont think the rest of the novel is long enough for a second series…which suck…
Awesome news, this anime is really nice, highly recommended! ^^
“hit or miss”
Miss for me…that crazy “artistic” animation style ruins it all…could have been good, but…they ruined it. And they do it to most anime they make, sad…
SHAFT sells it for me on a lot of things I wouldn’t otherwise watch. Some like Picasso; some like Botticelli.
This is surprising to me, Bakemonogatari was the shittiest anime I’ve seen in awhile. Especially the characters and artwork.
Obvious troll is obvious
I wasn’t trolling, I was serious. The characters all have retarded personalities that are far too typical of this type of shit.
As for the artwork, I see no grace in being inconsistent. So Shaft can’t hire a team that can work together to make things blend in well. Laziness is not quality.
It’s sort of sad too, had it been a series done for comedic or satirical purposes, I could have seen myself enjoying it. “Oh no, a crab stole my weight and I am upset.”
What is wrong with u people? Have you seen some of the anime that came out this year? it was crap! Bakemonogatari has one of the best art work EVERY.
Troll is obvious.
Again you are clearly not watching the same anime. It is very self referential mentioning things like game-gal characters, tsundere archetypes, typical romantic responses.
And what is inconsistent or bad about the art style? Again, episode 1 and 2 on the Blu-ray had a lot of quality scenes and artwork.
If you don’t enjoy the art style then it’s your loss. It was clearly eye candy and I couldn’t think of any series this fall that looked as sharp or different (shading, lightning, character designs).
It is not impossible for the artwork to be “what some would consider.” good. The thing is, if it were consistent then it would have been good, but it wasn’t, so overall the artwork was terrible, and I don’t care how high quality your screen shots are, a bad art style is a bad art style.
Also I would like to note that even if there were comedic moments in the series, (bear in mind something like that is far from unheard of in these types of series.) that doesn’t make it good. What I meant when I said comedic and satirical was a mockery of itself and the way stories like it are told.
Don’t feed the trolls. Those that claim that they aren’t actually trolling are the worst…
The artwork is generally pretty nice. I don’t know what you are talking about. There are probably thousand of screens from episode 1 and 2 of the blu-ray that will prove you wrong.
And the series is comedic and satirical at points. We must be watching different things.
You fail. Bakemonogatari was the sleeper series of the summer. I liek K-ON! as much as the next guy, but QFT and give your SHAFTers their due.
Nice job, SHAFT! (^_^)b
There was a lot of hype around this series months before it aired. If that’s your definition of what a “sleeper hit” is, then i guess you’re right.
really?
2ch posts before it aired were like 1000 (if I remember statistics correctly).
I dont see how this qualifies as hype.
It doesn’t qualify as a “sleeper” if everyone hails it as epic. However, I do agree that SHAFT did an awesome job with this (except that one episode during Nadeko snake where it looked like a literal slide show during most of the episode)
that is because they’re planning on putting the whole scene in the DVD so people will buy it. And people probably will for the extra scene and junk. ( I’ll buy them if i can find them so i’m not saying anything bad…)
Yeah, but will it boost amp sales?
戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ is my WAIFU!
それはちがう。彼女は僕のワイフ！！！
Funny how financial problems have given them a financial reward lol.
I still don’t get what people see in it. I watched the first two episodes and was bored out of my mind. The girl didn’t want to hold responsibility so she lost her weight, then she changes her mind to gains it again. Woah, deep shit right there. Add in some religious references and some abstract visuals and you got the kids gushing about how “philosophical” the series is, when it’s just the same shit regurgitated over and over. I almost expected there to be a “Stupid-Bitch says: don’t play with fire”-lesson at the end. No, no, no. At least K-ON doesn’t insult my intelligence by trying to convince me, that there’s something deep and epic going on.
I’ve never heard anyone say that Bakemonogatari is philosophical or deep and I’ve never felt that it tried to be that way either.
It’s an apple and oranges affair. Really I just think it’s nicely put together (for a supernatural harem animu anyway), not to mention Senjougahara being quite frankly one of the best female characters I’ve seen in a bit. Though I have a hard time categorizing her. She seems tsundere, but there are moments of yandere as well.
Is a tsundere that acknowledges her tsundere-ness truly a tsundere?
I’m pretty sure that Eva included some self-evaluation in the midst of all that psychological mind-fuck.
Well, there isnt a straightforward answer to that. Do you have a complex about something if you know and use this complex? Saa… Who knows…
And this is one of the things that I like about 化物語 - these characteristics that you dont usually see in anime characters. How often do you see someone evaluating himself (and those around him)? I didnt see that in Eva. Not that I managed to finish it, it was too boring. But it wouldnt have been if any of the characters showed any apprehension of what is happening in him and around him of Senjogahara’s level. Cool, Eva is a deep show, it shows deep parts of the human character, but I suppose I am bored of things that show me these parts of the human character. Sane intelligent teenager is much more preferable to me.
tl;dr I havent finished Eva (is what you have to know to read the replies to me)
There’s nothing deep or epic about it. It’s relatively straightforward (if you actually pay attention to the dialogue). The only thing is the animation style and Shaft use of abstract art (which they do for nearly every series they do) that makes it seem deep or epic. I’ve never heard any one who is a fan of series call it “philosophical”.
It’s a hit or miss anime with most people.
People who like it, like it for the characters and their interactions with each other. People who don’t, call it pretentious or boring.
TL:DR – Opinions
Overrated anime is overrated.
[Calling every recent popular anime as overrated] is overrated.
0/10
Try being less obvious next time.
I need to re watch this series. It’s impossible that just me think that bakemonogatari is a huge piece of shit
Anon 2:09 should move away from the mirror. Will make the huge piece of shit you currently see go away, promise.
From time to time there are people who just happen to be incredibly stupid. It’s not impossible.
so, what’s good about bakemonogatari?
“What’s not good about Bakemonogatari?”
Lacking of Shinobu and that Mayoi stopped appearing after ep6.
In other words, needs season 2 now.
Exactly.
I see… nothing…
This.
A better question would be “What’s not good about Bakemonogatari?”.
Hey, does anyone know when the web episodes will start airing? I know there’s supposed to be 3 of them or something.
October 28th I believe is when the online episodes will start airing.
I need to take note one that…what is an web episode anyway? (srry for being a noob >.>)
Hm. A day after Tekkn 6 releases. That’s shaping up to be quite a nice week.
Yes! I’m glad to see Bakemonogatari doing so well, but to beat K-ON! K-ON! was great there’s no doubt about that, but I just expect something new to sell better so soon. Bakemonogatari was my favorite summer anime and one of my top favorite animes period so this is great news to me. With so many new animes from Japan being released so quickly in America, I can hope that this makes the list.
So that it can receive some shitty dub? DO NOT WANT!
No one’s forcing you to watch the dub version though….
Actually that is one reason why the DVD and BD of Bakemonogatari sell so well…”extra dialogues commentary by the characters”. I’ve watched the promo video (kind of) on nico, and basically what happen is that besides the original dialogues in the episodes, there’s a mode of a sort which have the original dialogues faded to the background, and have the characters talking and commentating as if they are watching the anime themselves…and the talks and commentary are very funny and entertaining (thanks to the skill of the seiyuu).
I want the DVD even more now…
DO WANT!!
Ooh, nice to see quality appreciated. Can’t wait for the online episodes (SO hope they’re doing Kizumonogatari!)
Despite being a K-on! addict, I don’t mind at all; this perfect package anime deserves it!! :3
PS; Demands more Hanekawa, Mayoi-chan and Shinobu..
did giant robot animes have many “blockbuster” hits recently? my memory is just a little hazy, or maybe it’s just that none of the newer ones were any good..
It’s still the same blockbuster mecha since late 90s, and people still love it, that’s why it’s still nº1 not even counting the film
Gee, how you can wathc this? I dropped it on the 4-th episode. IT SUCKS, IT”S BORING, IT”S PLAIN SUCKS
well….now you missed the best anime this YEAR! suck for u~
You still have an option to go back and watch your Naruto,kiddo.
STAPLED
You fail.
Your mistake was not watching five.
Yeah! FuwaFuwari FuwaFuwaru! That’s the trigger!!
FuwaFuwaTime?
Excellent, anyone able to get theyr hands on a comparison list with all the added/finished scenes?
Great news that shaft (imho the best studio atm) got this much needed financial injection.
Bakemonogatari is fucking awesome, so of course it beat K-on. Not that K-on wasn’t awesome, but K-on was generic been done before anime, while Bakemonogatari was somehting entirely different from the pack, plus lots of moe and fans ervice and nightmare fuel, lol.
It may of sold “more” but it still sold LESS BDs in comparison.
33,000 ‘K-On’ the the 29,000 of ‘Bake~’. I do find it humorous that Bake~ stomped K-On on the DvDs.
8,000(K) to 15,000(B) which tells me that they did love ‘Bake~’, but didn’t love it enough to spend more yennies for it.
Or maybe that they’ve spent soooo much on the ‘K-Ons’ that they couldn’t cough up more for ‘Bake~’ anymore!
the reason why K-ON BD sales was better than DVD is because it has a special content for only BD ver to boost its sales.
Bakemonogatari doesn’t have differences for both BD and DVD.
And it still kiked k-on’s ass! wooh for bakemonogatari!!!
Except for the fact that Blu-ray release of Bakemonogatari was sold out on the first day.
Sad that k-on lost but bakemonogatari deserves it.
+1
hm… now i know what i´m going to watch after rosario to vampire capu 2….
and its not k-on(wich i also havent seen yet…) 😛
Yeah but just to warn you. Bakemonogatari isn’t your typical style of show so don’t get irritated if things look a little strange and let your self get used to it’s style.
If he like R+V he’ll like anything
^Indeed. Not to mention how they replaced the “Will Tsukune survived in the Oni school?” theme into a “Will we see Moka’s panties again?” one.
Also -1,000,000 points for discarding Ishigami-sensei and Tsukune’s cousin.
LOL it was a bad anime… a lot of fan services, but still a bad anime…the manga is better even though i stopped reading it.
Moe-blob shows like K-ON come and go. In a couple of years, everyone will have moved on to other waifu.
Think about it: How many people are still active fans of shows like Love Hina, Hand Maid May, or Video Girl Ai verses shows like Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, and GitS: SAC? I’m not saying Bakemonogatari is on the level of Evangelion, but it should have more longevity than a generic moe-blob show.
Love Hina needs a proper anime series, the manga was so much better. The way you listed Eva, Bebob, and GitS: SAC makes me fear that Bakemonogatari will be put on adult swim and develop a fanbase of annoying 13-year-olds.
Barring Cowboy Bebop, it helps that the other two have had releases of some sort in recent times too.
LEVEL of Eva? Eva is quality? LULZ
+1
+2 that!
Well, the in thing these days is probably pretentious shit.
It can’t be helped if everyone likes to buy pretentious shit.
Hey everyone in site, please respond to this anon’s comment, he’s lonely and desperately needs attention!! Plus, trolls die when they’re lonely.
Go back to Failuhi, you fail.
They deserve it, nonetheless.
Congratulations. :3
gaijins love nadeko
The people loves Nadeko.
KYOANITROLLS SURE GOT TOLD.
I’m glad that moe-only K-ON! isn’t No. 1 anymore. Bakemonogatari is one of the best anime this year and way better than K-ON!
mm.. definitely well deserved <3 i know im going to try and purchase a copy even if it costs me an arm and a leg =p <3bakemonogatari
I’m so sure that the sales went up because of episode 12.
we just have to wait for the sales figure on the ep 12.
I’m betting the DVD bundle of EP 12 will sell 60,000<
Any other guesses?
Yeah! Demand Moar Bakemonogatari!!
Does the DVD/BR have more complete scene or they are still the same ?
needs moar Sejougahara Hitagi :3
Implying Bakemono is better than K-On
get back to 4chan scumbag
also: kyoani pwned!
Sorry,not anymore..
this
That’s because it is.
+concur
[33333]
I concur
And thus concludes the Endless Fail of Suzumiya Haruhi. Senjougahara is the new thing.
Haruhi is nothing more than an annoying bitch. She doesn’t even deserve to touch a hair from Senjougahara’s head. Mio was better and Senjougahara is of course even better.
By the way, K-ON made 41000 but i wonder how many of those sails were made from brainless girly moe loving otaku that bought a 100 copies of the same DVD.
I really hope you weren’t those fanboys back in 06 that has now recently realized that haruhi sucked from the very beginning.
@MaidNiac
Really?
So we are talking about The Sigh. View this as a complete ark. This is the ark where she realizes how much she is off the ground, that she is being a bitch and so on. After The Sigh we have seen only Live Alive. Another moment of char development for her.
I will not spoil you for the books, but I can tell you she is much less of a bitch after that. At least to the SOS-Dan. And I mean, MUCH. Why do you think we novelfags wanted Snow Mountain Syndrome?
Need to agree with Sylar. In fact I won’t even acknowledge that bitch as “god” nor even as a tsundere. I mean, pretty much most tsunderes tend to show their appealing soft sides when it comes to serious scenes (eg; Senjougahara showed that she cared for Kanbaru despite trying to kill Arararagi, Taiga submitting to her father when Ryuuji mentioned that he lost his father, etc) but look at Haruhi, Kyon in a SERIOUS manner told her to stop bullying Mikuru but all she did was being a hella lot bitchier~
You need sales numbers to determine quality?
No i never was a fan of Haruhi. I wasn’t a hater of the show but not a fan ether. But Haruhi alone as a character always seemed annoying to me.
endless eight shall be remembered as “how to waste valuable money at worthless repeats” but still, Haruhi is god! and Senjougahara shall be Queen of all Tsundere’s
i agree endless eight was shit, but we’ll have to wait for the sales of the dvds to determine that.
i’m a fan of haruhi… not a “fanboy” but still… you got to admit endless eight was shit…
K-on! is the new thing.
fixed
K-On! was a phase while we waited for something better, since Haruhi was dying.
K-ON! is mediocre 😐
Quality prevails?
Behold the power of tsundere!!
Tundra?
Tundra.
And the stars above.
you mean yandere, oh wait…
I DEMAND MORE BAKEMONOGATARI!
Just wait for the TMA porn…. Ugh.
More at the end of the month.
I think it was a good call to cut it short. The ending was satisfying to my taste. Too bad no Nadeko action at the end though. 🙁
They went with 1 season format followed by separate supplemental releases actually; the next is due at the end of the month.
Don’t speak if you don’t know what your talking about
It didn’t end dickwad..
There is still hope in Japan!
Love the show, but you’d at least expect some sort of %off considering there a lot of frames missing from some of the eps.
the ones for sale might be the “completed” version…
very probably
also… much of it was deliberate
only the latter episodes were miussing all that much
WHAT THE FUCK NOT MY K-ON! ARRRGGGHH THAT SHAFT SHIT!! what-da-fuck i can’t believe that stupid shit stain of a show beat k-on!? i mean COME ON!…
Sorry bout you damn luck.
LOL…
Its not very often that one sees a wonderful “Staple” of a girl who “Shafts” a group of girls who drink Tea and play in a band.
Must have Senjoharaha stapler ! ><
You know my dick still hurts from looking at this.
http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/514641/bakemonogatari-blood-foreskin-penis-purple_hair-se
~ Its only – “a temporary pain you feel” – it will go away …(eventually)…
Besides, How can you not be amazed, as you gaze upon the lushness of her eyes, and body of the one giving it to you? ~ that makes it worth all the pain in the world.
unfortunately K-on! still has more income because of their merchandise. ex(guitars,ties, pantsu bowls)
Finally, some fucking anime merch that I can actually use…
Staplers shall be sold by the thousand
speaking of merchandise is there any Senjougahara or Nadeko figs?
I really want a Senjougahara stapler now.
That merchandise isn’t directly related to K-ON!. I doubt KyoAni will see a penny from the guitar sales due to K-ON!.
I’m sure Bakemonogatari will sell just as much with their staplers, stationery-print pantsu, and many more stationery.
sorry buddy, you just got pwned by SHAFT!
Looks like he can’t dig that.
SHAFTED
Don’t you mean he got SHAFTed?
C-c-c-combo breaker-ker..!
Ohh.. Let me join!
-999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
Did I do it right!?
+9999999999999999999999999999999999999999 XD
+9000 XDDD
I see what you did thar.
+2
+1
I lol’d
That’s more than impressive. o_o
Otaku are not so stupid after all >.<
true. I hope Shaft are not stupid, too, and we get a Nisemonogatari next year.
Artefact, this picture of mai waifu… where did you get it?
Such pictures are for mai eyes only! >|
EPIC FUCKING AWESOME
I was worried it’d do badly and be hugely underappreciated, but beating K-On… ~<3
hooray
supercell is probably one of the reasons why it didnt flop.
the ed was legendary, but would still enjoy the anime just as much even without,
supercell rules…
Who the hell is supercell? /troll
I still don’t know who supercell is ._. /troll
Dind’t you see the fucking “/troll” sign cocksucker..
07-10-2009 21:17 # ! anon
noob much?
supercell is the one who made the ed song
“Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari (君の知らない物語)” by supercell; performed by Gazelle
You know, maybe Taro Aso had something going with the anime museum. It’s the only thing keeping the economy alive.
~ OUTSTANDING!!!
woooot!
If Sengoku’s OP could have another title, “Moe Mindfuck” would be pretty suitable. I don’t think I’ll ever be the same after seeing it.
Excellent.
Bakemonogatari… so was it any good?
*sees DAT SLAPPED ASS* HAHA OH WOW
*sees Nadeko OP* *head explodes*
Nadeko-chan!!!
せーの
HA! Take that, KyoAni!
Goddamn trolls…
I don’t even know what this series is, nor do I really care that much; I’m just intrigued by its success. Which will probably make me know what it is and care.
Hanekawa-saaaaaaaaaannnn!!!
SHINOBU-CHAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T~T
Kanbaru-san? No?
SENJOUGAHARAAA
ararararagi-kun
c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breakerrrrrrrrrrr!
… don’t you guys ever want to stop saying “c-c-c-c-combo breaker!”? Seriously, it’s kinda lose its charm when said for the umpteenth time. Time to find a new catchy phrase, boys and girls. And try to actually invent one for a change..
c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-combo breakerr!!!!
rararagi-kun
:3
http://img28.imageshack.us/i/screencap00077.jpg/
aragi-kun
YOU STUTTERED ON PURPOSE?
hitagi > all
4komagaijinpic.jpg
Fuwafuwari, fuwafuwaru~
I can’t wait til the Blu ray hit.Unless a first press release of Renai Circu leaks first.
Kawaii na~
Demo sonna n ja damen
Mou sonna n ja hora
Kokoro wa shinka suru yo motto motto
kami-sama arigatoo~
Kamisama arigatou~
Unmei wo itazura demo~
Meguri aigakotoba~
Shiawase na no~
=D
demo sona ja dame~