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…
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Fuck yeah! An actually good anime.
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.
Need DVDs ASAP!!
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...
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.
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
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.
Yeah, but will it boost amp sales?
This is surprising to me, Bakemonogatari was the shittiest anime I've seen in awhile. Especially the characters and artwork.
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...)
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."
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.
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).
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.
Don't feed the trolls. Those that claim that they aren't actually trolling are the worst...
Troll is obvious.
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.
戦場ヶ原 ひたぎ is my WAIFU!
それはちがう。彼女は僕のワイフ！！！
"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.
Shinbo is a hack
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
Name one other anime that is like it.
I guess it comes down to who says "prove me wrong" first?
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.
Afterall, Hitagi is the typical tsundere that public wants to see.
anyway, senjougahara sux...
oh~~ you got pwn~ nicely said man.
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! ^^
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..
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.
Baka mono Guita
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