The first volume of Bakemonogatari has gone on to sell an astonishing 56,000 copies in two weeks, the lion’s share in Blu-ray format.
The sales of the series have now beaten every other TV anime save various generic giant robot anime, crushing Haruhi and K-ON! completely, and with even more sales likely sales of 60-70,000 seem quite possible.
All this for an anime which was broadcast with whole scenes missing due to the rather extreme production schedule Shaft seems to enjoy…
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Good for Shaft. Bakemonogatari was one of the best, if not the best anime of last season.
More like this please.
and truly deserved!
I hope Haruhi and the other garbage burns in hell!
agreed
+1!!
+9000
+inf
Agreed
*noob* can someone tell me what 'inf' means ? ^^u tried wiki, but it had nothing <.< thank you. *bow*
+ infinity.
^ infinite
he's too lazy to right the whole word due to production schedule...
infinite fail!
It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together and realise what it means.
Hahah. When the guys at KyoAni don't have money to buy food they can eat endless eight DVDs since nobody buys them anyway. LOL
Anon @ 21:54 burned in hell together with hazuki!!
I have a lighter!
a lil' kid, aren't you?
+1
This, also I can't wait for the other episodes.
When do they come out?
January is Tsubasa Cat Vol.2,so not until the start of 2010 people :/ sorry.I was hoping sooner too.
What!? I thought it was on October 28.
Bakemono would wins hands down for best anime last season if it it wasnt for Spice & Wolf.
Still I love both and my pocket are crying. My shelf are fatter tho with 2 new titles.
and every other anime in this season... though ookami to koushinryou was really the best one
S/W season 1 was far superior to season 2 oddly enough. I found the last 6 episodes of season 2 very good though.
But Bakemonogatari does take the cake this year for most interesting display, depiction of story and overall ingenius in its design. Its very different from your cookie cutter anime and thats probably its greatest appeal.
Not to mention the awesomely cute girls and wonderful seiyuu cast.
Definately the best anime of last season, and the most interesting characters in a long long time. I get sick of anime when it's all fan service, tentacle rape, pantsu, harems, and the likes. I like substance, and Bake brought substance. Hell, the greatest joy in the series was self-proclaimed Tsundere's sharp as shit tongue and the abuse she dished up. Though, the loli ghost and the teaser fan service wasn't bad or out of place either. Lol, biting, stapling, gut twirlingly good stuff!
Are you kidding? I could barely get through 10 minutes of that crappy anime before I finally turned it off. I can't believe there's any appeal for that, Haruhi, K-On, or any of the anime that's come out this past year. Nothing's good.
Why are you still watching anime then? Oh wait, let me guess, because of Naruto and generic harems? Well, just continue staying away from quality and depth and everyone will be happy.
lolol. Dont feedz da trollz.
Sales figures are hardly a litmus test for quality. Shaft's works are indeed fantastically campy, though. Cheers for Shaft, and I hope someday they'll finally do something about their plague of still frames.
have you actually SEEN Bakemonogatari???
Sure, there are a lot of still frames, but the picture quality and such is AWESOME!!!
Only the character animations (and these were quite rare) were high quality. The background was a horrific textureless copy pasta. One of the worst anime titles I've watched considering animation quality in general.
I can give it a good rating about character development and originality but other than that it was full inconsistent babbling.
I did enjoyed it but nowhere near the hype it's getting.
lmao at xavi
go enjoy you naruto and bleach man.
go enjoy ur easy uneducated dialogues.
feels bleach man
I might actually have to watch this series, at least the dvd versions of it so i can get the full thing lol
So these DVD actually do contain the scenes missing from the TV broadcast?
Seems like they were part of the show to me.
SHAFT always has these random transitions so I thought they were intended.
EXCEPT for the snake fight. That one was just ridiculous.
Hmm yeah, with this much attention I'll have to give it a look myself
Still waiting for the subbed BD-rips!
yess.of coz its 1 of the best.
SENJOUGAHARA BAKEMONOGATARI FTW
Again. I predict a 60k sales.
Let's hope they can now afford to actually animate their next production.
They always could afford fully animated scenes. They just usaully chose not to do it out of lazyness.
Actually, they're low on staff members atm. They can't get it all done on time.
Indeed.. Really enjoyed the show.:)
KyoAni = Shaft-ed!
Where's yo Moe Moe Kyun now mutha fucker! Here's what's up Bakemonogatari just raped that shit.
unfortunately, moe moe kyun has raped most of ur favorite animes, butthurt boy... now cry moar!
what are you talking about you just got owned...SHAFTED!
moe moe kyun~!
SHAFTED~!
demo sona ja dame.
Finally, a show that truly deserves its sales.
For sure.
as long as it kills Haruhi in every way possible, then it is more than good! it's better! and the series is indeed good anyways.
senjougahara > haruhi
in every aspect.
the sales it deserves indeed.
But then Haruhi fuck herselves out with endless 8. So she only have KyoAni to blame on.
i actually felt compelled to buy the series =3 limited edition blu-ray!
so which giant robot anime are we talking here...
geass, macross and gundam seed
Oh please, Everyone knows it's megaman.
feels mega man
This is awesome. SHAFT needed the support, and now, Bakemonogatari 2 becomes possible. :3
i wish 4 a season 2 of this gr8 anime
Yo KyoAni, I'm really happy for you and Imma let you finish BUT SHAFT had the most anime DVD and Blu-ray sales of ALL TIME! Of ALL TIME!
That was genius.
The hordes are slowly recognizing the superiority of Senjougahara Hitagi.
I demand Season 2 nao!
wtf really, god damn. seriously you people, how do you watch something that mimics the sensation of staring into a strobe light. i litterlly feel sick watching this anime. not for it's content or anything but cause it's always flashing scenes in my face. i litterally feel like i'll seizure
Then just go to hell.
*nadenade
Hope your body possesses a brain in your next endeavour in life.
wtf really, god damn. Seriously fucker, this is one of the best animes out there. A light? At least the episodes don't repeat 8 mother fucking times
I still don't get why Bakemonogatari sells so well, it strikes me as pretty mediocre and only noteworthy compared to the low quality anime of Summer 2009. Does this have something to do with the popularity of the novels?
Ever think that maybe your tastes in anime aren't the same as everyone else's?
Thats mean u r truly not a fan of anime
Fanboyism detected.
Hah, felt a little of this sentiment.
I wonder if this show wouldn't have been as popular if it wasn't for the polarizing effect of endless-hate.
Then again, such conjecture is useless.
that just means you're stupid and ignorant
ignorant people cannot detect good quality in an anime
Seriously
good character designs+good animations+ryo/supercell=fucking WIN!!
[[[[[[[[[[[[ KyoAni got stapled ! ]]]]]]]]]]]
just imagined Haruhi gettin stapled by Senjougahara... :3
I would be happy enough to see Senjougahara silencing her by sticking a stapler and a boxcutter inside her naggy mouth..
mmm that's a sexy picture
+1 almost can't concentrate on the article.
rararagi-san?
You stuttered intentionally there, didn't you?
Total BD&DVD sales of the first volume
Gundam Seed Destiny 80,500
Gundam Seed 71,000
Code Geass 1st season 69,000
Macross F 65,000
Bakemonogatari hasn't yet defeated any of them
...and Evangelion 174,000
My friends, this is just been two week since it release. What do you expect from that period??
I believe Bakemonogatari will surpass all of it..
Yeah whatever bro
SEED Destiny Volume 1 sold over 50,000 copies in it's first week
how is that possible? GSD is crap !!
Because crap anime can have high sales. Just like GSD and Bakemonogatari!
Do you even understand the meaning of "first volume" sale? First volume usually has the highest sale because the series just starts which means it's still not crap at that time! One of the main reasons is that GSD already has fan base from GS.
Sunrise is still king I guess. Too bad they don't put more money into you know, actually producing the works.
I expect Bake to beat maybe Macross but that is still pretty damn impressive.
I think these sales all but guaranteed us a second season though.
Just wait for Bakemonogatari 2 where Senjougahara pilots a Gundam
I would cry tears of otaku joy if that ever happened!
And that would be the only Gundam show I'd actually like.
yeah, whatever GAY troll
I'd rather watch girls than watch a bunch of EMO guys fight each other while crying LOL
Gundam Seed=meh
GSD=bleckhh
Code Geass S1=CLAMP shitting on ya
Macross=still meh
Evangelion's ancient, and it only has 174k.....wow, that's impressive
fap fap fap....
Shit, I couldnt sit through the first 4 episodes. It was Epicly boring. I dont get you ppl....
Because you are boring people and live a boring life and... you are RETARDED!
That's because it's an anime that relies heavily on its witty dialogue and unique SHAFT art style.
Naturally people who may like shit like K-ON and Haruhi will find it hard to keep up.
i smell a smart ass who watches this witty anime for the sake of looking smart
indeed
I didn't even watch K-on...and Haruhi S.1 was ok I guess, I'd give it a 8-8.5
I don't know why this should be a big surprise. QUALITY SELLS!
The publishers of that Haruhi Endless Eight bullshit have learned that the opposite is true.
haha..Bakemonogatari is Definitely one of the best release this Winter..woh..I've already watched the TV episodes, But still I will Watch The DVD release..P.S can't wait for the web broadcast of ep 13-15..
bakemonogatari rocks we all know lolx
I've watched the first five episodes so far (the crab and snail arcs), and I'm really enjoying it. Even so, I'm a little shocked at its blockbuster sales, but pleased. It shows that you can take a chance with something off-beat and still have a success. I don't expect moe shows to suddenly stop airing, but maybe this will convince other studios to be a bit more daring. I'm glad for SHAFT too.
Not sure if I'm the only one but all my 3 browsers failed to load the full sized image of Senjougahara-same up there. Other images have no such problem though.
Artefact, don't torment please.
i´ve just watched the first five episodes in a row, and ive got to say: i frakking love it!
i also really love haruhi, and season 2 wasnt bad at all... well at least it wouldnt be bad if there were only TWO FUCKING EPISODES ENDLESS EIGHT!....
the sould have named it endless two...
anyways... cant wait for a second season, the web episodes and those novels in 2010 ;D
good! this better stops kyo ani from trolling around...
This show was the most win I've seen in a while.
Wow! they profit a lot for showing RED and BLACK a lot!
That's the point; they actually replaced those "Blanks" with finished scenes in the DVD/Blu-ray releases.
Now where the heck is my delicious Hanekawa goodies and Tsubasa Cat arc...? I still need them now to celebrate this..
More pics! :3
It deserved these huge sales. This anime is one of the best i had ever watched ;)
OK good job SHAFT now do something badass with the priest guy next season or I'm gonna flip shit
Well, I think we can count on a second series now. By the way, when are those online episodes airing?
it was simply amazing, this at least gives hope that
people aren't brain dead and due know how to appreciate
a great story, not to mention is also remarkable to see good story this days.
Faith in Humanity + 1 !!!
This shall Fund The Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Movie!!!
I'd rather see the profit spent on a Bakemonogatari movie, or better still a Tsubasa Hanekawa movie.
Yeah because
Popularity=Quality
Amirite?
No, in this case it's Quality=Popularity.
The most refreshing, non cliche anime in awhile.
Music, settings, scenes and attention to detail and characters are brilliant.
It came at just the right time when I thought if I saw another harem anime I was going to blow my brains out.
Thanks for being original.
Yay more money for Shaft~!
Please make more Tsukuyomi :D
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Impressive. I think it deserves it.
I actually think the text flashes etc are one of my favourite things about this anime, they are after all, intentional. But they ran out of man power and time for episode 10, but that was only one episode out of the 12 others (and in a few months, 15) that had amazing animation and art style. I just adore how abstract it is at times, it's amazing!
Here's hoping they animate Kizumonogatari and all the other monogatari light novels.
ah forgot to buy mine!
I didn't like this one a bit. Is totally baka, nonsense and impossible story. They need to put some panties and a lot blood with violence, since it has no story at all.
your 2nd statement made it obvious ur a troll.
Obviously a baka who's a fan of cheap entertainment.
It's just a generic harem anime in a slightly different wrapping but everyone's loving it. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.
I might maybe possibly have liked the anime if it weren't for the incredibly weakly handled individual psychological context of some of the characters as well as the incredibly poorly written and unnatural dialogue.
The psychological environment is way too simplified. Characters that seem promising at first (Senjogahara, Hanekawa) are wasted by making their emotional context way too straightforward and plain. The writing staff seems to assume that there is an absolute "true self" that will be simply momentarily ailed when faced with social and emotional conflicts. At least that's the conclusion that I make from returning everyone back to their "normal self" after getting rid of their oddity. So when did their construction of individual worldview come to a halt,what psychological age are the stuck in? Since nothing seems to be able to make changes to their attitudes or values, they are bound by the writing staff's extremely limited social intelligence.
And the dialogue itself is terribly since it never feels like anyone's talking spontaneously at all, and this is compared to the already weak level of handling this that anime commonly has. Even during scenes of internal monologue it feels like Araragi isn't using his own words. This is partly due to weak voice acting for his role, and partly due to the poor script.
That all demonstrates such awkwardly poor writing that it gives me the feeling that the writing staff hasn't been in social contact with anyone for years or either suffers from some kind of emotional void and lack of compassion.
That is the most striking fault I find with the anime so I settle to only writing about it, but there are many flaws connected to its pacing, overly schematical structure, sometimes unfitting (yet partly great) soundtrack, some really questionable stylistic choices, terribly bland puns, etc.
And despite all that Bakemonogatari was the best anime last Summer in my opinion. It's by no means a masterpiece, but it had some feeling of freshness and a quite well contructed setting and atmosphere.
on the scale of 1-10, it deserves 7 which is good.
Terrible dialogue? I think not. Can't say I've seen anime with better dialogue since Spice and Wolf.
Also, I'm surprised you gave it a 7 if you didn't like the dialogue, considering that was the anime's selling point. Well constructed setting? I didn't really find it so. The plot wasn't that special either.
Agreed with feel of freshness and the good atmosphere
though.
You hit the nail on the head there. he got it totally backwards.
I can't believe someone think that this is a generic harem show and said that its dialogue isn't good. This is nowhere near generic harem. The relationship is supposed to be unnatural. Just look, who is normal in this show? It's the real intention of the show which really works and is very unique.
bakemonogatari is the picasso works of anime!!
so beautiful and deep yet rejected n misunderstood by most who cannot comprehend it.
so sad you shonen action people..
picasso just cried in his grave
so is this licensed yet? this is one series id like on Blu-ray with professional subtitles
No SHAFT anime since Negima has been licensed by a foreign company. Hidamari Sketch, Sayanora Zetsubou Sensei, Ef, Maria Holic, Natsu no Arashi - all not licensed.
Considering the popularity of SZS and ef and still not licensed, bakemonogatari looks grim.
I'm glad to see this is doing well it the best show of the season, no wait, the year!
A rare case of the Japanese liking something I like.