Bakemonogatari Best Selling TV Anime Blu-ray Ever
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Nov 4, 2009 19:41 JST
- Tags: Bakemonogatari, Blu-ray, Comparison, DVD Extras, Oricon, Rankings, Records, Shaft
The Blu-ray edition of Bakemonogatari’s second volume has sold in excess of 39,000 copies, making it the best selling Blu-ray TV anime ever, and the second best selling Blu-ray anime of all time, easily beating K-ON! and only surpassed by Evangelion 1.11.
Including normal DVD sales of 18,731, the volume has managed a staggering 58,000 copies sold. The first volume, which itself managed at least 56,000 copies, seems only to have whetted the appetites of fans…
Shaft, already rather notorious for airing incomplete episodes of the series, has made good its implied promises of a completed DVD release – below you can see a comparison of the two editons, with the BD/DVD version on the left:
Shafted indeed.
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best-selling eh? i probably should of watched this over endless eight.
endless eight = no value
time = very valuable, it's your life
time to watch endless eight = minus value to your life
Two negatives make a positive.
Watch Endless Eight twice, and you'll have a net positive gain to your life.
That's multiplication. Adding two negatives is just a bigger negative.
and basilio just got owned
Watch endless eight eight times
now lets work this out better
endless eight = no value
-value -value
endless eight -value = no
time = very valuable, it's your life
/valuable /valuable
time/valuable = very, it's your life
-very -very
time -very/valuable = it's your life
endless eight time -value/value(cut this) = no it's your life
endless eight time -1 = no it's your life
so in other words, if you choose to watch it be my guest
OWNED!
EPIC PWNAGE!
Endless Eight = epic fail S-class.
Wow, I fail.
Was thinking of "two wrongs make a right" and then got caught up with the wrong wording.
many losers have LOT OF TIME to watch endless eight
Damn right.. Bakemonogataris blu-ray really worthed to be bought.. now, are there any distributor will sell this blu-ray in my country? i only found Code Geass and Macross F vol. 1 in my country..
No, of course not. They're only sold in Japan (and perhaps China and Korea - not sure if they release there as well).
You'd have to import.
it's useless to import it.. the blu-ray region might be different, so i couldn't play it.. but if a distributor sell it in my country, the region must be same as my country..
Even the TV got better quality than some BD version of some other animes.
I mean the story, not image.
But why did they change the date of mothers day from 10 (tv) to 14 (bd).. i checked wikipedia, japan celebrate mothers day in 5/10.. hmmm..
because the anime should be set in 2006, whereis may 10 is wednesday, yet they mistakenly set it in 2009, in which may 10 is sunday. thus they change it to may 14, which is sunday in 2006.
That makes a surprising amount of sense.
is that sarcasm i hear... or your actually being positive...
But still, mothers day May 14th? That still makes no sense.
Also, PTA thing, that was a large amount of fail. They need people that actually speak English to double check some of those things.
its the second sunday of may
.... PTA was fucked up purposefully, and yes, May 14th 2009 is mothers day, i dont know when you celebrate yours, but do your research before commenting
Anything to beat K-On! and I'll be happy. Also, I'm sorry to say, I'm at the same time happy that this is beating Suzumiya-san at the moment...
The woman I believed in got raped and twisted so badly...
such a sad state of affairs =<
She was almost raped, but not raped...
needs moar nadeko.
i agree
+1
thanks to nadeko, I may have gone lolicon...so...
THANKS ALOT, SHAFT!
You just got shafted... for life.
And then there's Mayoi. Most action-packed fight scene between a high schooler and a elementary schoolgirl.
Only show where you will find a high schooler take on a elementary schoolgirl and win, and can be proud of it...
Ararararararagi (sorry I stuttered) is also a lolicon, watch the first three minutes of episode 13...
Araragi is not only a lolicon, he also has a thing for breasts.
This guy has many kinks.
Kamisama arigatou~
fuwa fuwa...
fuwa fuwari
kamisama~ arigato-o~
i also heard that they aren't broadcasting ep 13 ~ 15 on TV, but only streaming is offered on the official website, or else DVD/Blu-Ray, and [gg] has subbed ep 13, i was watching it just an hour ago.
and i watched it a minute ago!
People need to buy the BD version to see all the text clearly :)
+ 9.000
IT'S OVER NINE...oh wait...
No, it's exactly nine.
+1
Now its is OVER nine thousend!!
-2
Where is your god now?
in my basement
idk, but it seems to be about the same to me. what is the significant difference between the shots?
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
what about quality, for instance?
Not to mention the number of SCENE NOT READY or something being replaced by an actual scene!
it is? didn't see any extra scene from the images yet though...
He/She did not say "extra scene." By "scene not ready" they meant that backgrounds have been improved and added where they were previously bland or even vacant.
They changed some of the close-ups and made it far-distance. Not sure of the relevance of such a thing. Not to mention some of the new backgrounds still look cg animated...
Tsundere-channnnNNNNnnNNGGGhhHHGHHHhhHh
* Splurt splurt splorttt *
xDDD
Puto Reboot.
I prefer the way the TV version looks in half the comparisons.
For some of the scenes the TV version is better but overall the BD version wins and yes we need more of Nadeko
Somehow I agree. A number of scenes felt better in their "incomplete" form.
I sure hope this gets licensed, the BD looks really nice. I'd like to have a coppy.
Yes, I definitely approve. Approve, +1, second, third, fourth, whatever. This series deserves it.
I'd say I'll buy both ver. BD has a real good quality and the DVD does too.
My conclusion is that both are worth buying. :3
In many of the cases, the TV comparison on the right simply is false. I have the TV rips and compared, so I don't know what this comparison is up to :S
Isn't written that the TV version is on the left?
Stop trolling you fool!
The TV version is in the middle.
huh?
I have to say, I prefer the tv version in some of the pictures over the dvd version.
The tv scenes look quite flat compared to the dvd/bd editions.
And ep 13 is superb. Now excuse me while I build a shrine to Tsubasa-sama.
Let me be the avid zealous worshiper of that shrine~ :D
The more the merrier.
Fine, I guess I'll watch a couple episodes of this.
Would be nice to see more shows like this one
Bakemonogatari, where Ararararararagi (oops I stuttered) can have his way with an invisible loli...
needs moar senjougahara :3
now shaft dont have an excuse to not animate properly?.. <3bakemonogatari
You know, I'm convinced the japs have lost what good taste means, this is just the same old shit I've suffered coming out of japan for ages now.
The only action bakemonogatari should be getting is off danbooru.
A majority of people say its good, and whilst you are entitled to your own opinion. majority wins. Great show.
majority=fail
Well, for an Anti-popularity fag like you.. of course it is.
hahahaha well said MaidNiac
Hmmm, honestly I don't see why the show's so popular either....but I definitely don't agree with the idiot troll thinking that everyone else has bad taste and only he has good taste, I mean everyone prefers different things right?
I do believe what you're suffering from is called too-serious-fag syndrome, although I personally call it the EVA-Akira brainmush syndrome.
A.K.A. enjoy the fun aspects of life (without getting E8-ed)
people who've watched this show probably knew this was coming. I mean, Bake is awesome
BD/DVD>TV
Someone thought that would be otherwise?
YOU EVAFAGS & K-ONFAGS SURE GOT TOLD.
This isn't a war.
I watched them all and liked them, what is this?
dude. local dvd releases would be an insult if these don't came out as Blue Ray as well in US
this is one of the best anime I ever seen. (the stunning art different style from others) but hey it's artistic in it's own way
the shitty K-ON is finally owned
By the shitty Bakemonogatari. :D
HATER!
heh.Kadokawa use otaku stupidity to rob their money for some worthless shit.
better buy this BD rather than supporting some stupid endless night or predicted shit disappearance of haruhi
Need moar Nadeko. The beginning with Mayoi was awesome. And Karen and Tsukihi's gibberish at the end was full of win as well.
Good anime is getting good sales.
Not all is lost.
Ah, they did fix the typo.
It's nice they fixed the typos and all, but to me, the damage is done.
Soon this will also be a phase just like Haruhi. Next year will also bring another phase that you faggots can fap over. You'll forget Bakemono within a year.
High sales do not equal a good show.
This just shows how the majority of people in Japan have lost their taste to shit, along with you people too.
Yep, you're right. Have fun not enjoying anything ever.
True
Pffft our taste is fine thank you. Bakemonogatari is a perfect example of taking the most generic premise (supernatural cases) and executing perfectly with great characters and development, interesting dialogue and atmospheric art style.
To put it another way, its like baking a cake with generic ingredients, yet baking it into a perfect cake. A cake that tastes great.
Just like K-on!
*insert Portal reference here*
All this translates to hurr durr I'm butthurt over Haruhi falling from her throne.
Why do you imply I am butthurt about Haruhi?
It was also pretentious shit to begin with.
"Oh hi, i'm so fukken cool because i hate anime that the majority of people like, not to mention the fact that i'm too ignorant to see that the Haruhi franchise would actually kept its reign if it was not because of EE."
Indeed high sales does not equal good show.
However, what you personally like doesn't equal good show, either. I am quite certain you like things people would consider shit, also.
You said that the majority of people in Japan have lost their taste to shit, along with us. Yet your avatar is nyan-shit.
Way to prove your statement, fag.
Even with BD quality, it's still pretty much a slideshow. Where's the ANIMATION worthy of HD ?
I hope this gets a US release. I am happy with the recent trend of skipping the english dub. I still am looking for Ef - A tale of memories tho too.
I really don't see how this could be dubbed without ruining the enjoyment of the show. Subbed vs. dub debates aside, this is just one of those anime that doesn't work in any language other than Japanese. Hopefully whoever licenses this anime will be smart and only give it (accurate) subtitles and not waste time and money on a dub. Though chances are that the fansubs will still have better quality than the official subs which will prompt the dubbing company to dub it anyway just to compete with the fansubbers.
I actually thought those real photos and odd blank backgrounds in the TV version were meant to be some artistic touches. Then again, this improvement simply made it worth a lot watching both versions :3
And yay~, they finally fixed inconsistent Hanekawa's face. She's still sweet in both versions though <3
Btw, Mayoi-chan in OP pic looks... DELICIOUSLY EDIBLE..
Bakemonogatari = Sugoigatari
aniki
Should be sugoimonogatari
Bakemonogatari(Ghost's Story)
becomes...
Sugoigatari (Awesome Story)
Indeed, bro.
I would like to watch Tsukihime and Karen's stories too. They are cute imouto, moreover they are twins <3
I heard their stories have more effect to story. Especially, Tsukihime's Phoenix. O__O
I WOULD LOVE THAT! i love the twins (might because i have an imouto fetish...)
Er, no. They're not twins. Karen is older than Tsukihi.
Hopefully Shaft will come up with a second season to cover the other stories.
It would be great to see Meme and Shinobu episode where they fight over donuts. In a mud wrestling ring. With Hitagi officiating, Tsubasa, Saruga and Koyomi commentating and Nadeko and Mayoi cheerleading.
That belongs to the Omake.
And how about one omake episode featuring Senjougahara devouring a crab with a vengeance?
what's left is to buy both versions.. damn you shaft
Best selling.. and no nipples? Unpossible!
Well, it has naked loli plus loli raep plus S&M tsundere among other things... Why WOULDN'T it sell?
They redid whole episodes?
Picture 9 wth 3D fingers?
Of course Bakemonogatari deserves to achieved this record (and I'm damn happy for it) but... seriously, these "Haha! Now take that, *name of anime/characters that scored the 2nd place* !!" kind of comments are really getting old and annoying. It's like a poor homeless hobo going to Donald Trump and tell him that Bill Gates is richer than him.
Agreed, the sales is a おつかれさま to Shaft for a job well done. And Bakemonogatari might have won by default, if it wasn't for E8 it probably wouldn't be selling quite as well.
I'd have to disagree with that. Even without E8 Bakemonogatari is tons better than Haruhi. Bakemonogatari is a show that I end up anticipating each week while Haruhi season 1 is just one of the shows I watched and never really impressed me that much.
That wasn't quite what I meant. Of course Bakemonogatari is so much better than Haruhi its an insult to put them in the same sentence (oops). I was thinking of the sheer fanboy inertia that the Haruhi juggernaut had pre-E8. If Haruhi's second season had been halfway decent Bakemonogatari would have had a fight on its hands for top spot.
The charm of Bakemonogatari really stuck me in ep 3, I've never been so interested in two people sitting in a park talking. In contrast E8 had me writhing in misery by ep 3.
they are wise they knew they could ruin such a great anime so they just played along...
wise indeed i myself wouldn't have touched a thing or else a masterpiece could have been ruined!
I'd like to see Katanagatari.
Lol, "Sword Story"? ;D Sounds interesting.
I wanna be called bad names and punished by Hitagi...
other stuff too...
This anime is entertaining and fun, but god damn the fanbase is retarded.
They're actually pretty smart compared to the K-on fanbase. lol http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/11/02/top-10-eroge-characters-according-to-dengeki/
Bakemonogatari is one of the best animes I've seen this year in terms of being a short story anime. I hope there's a season 2. and I can't find the rest of the episodes, they stop airing them or something?
I already know Im alone in this, but I didnt like this anime at all. Sure it looks great but the dialogue is complex just for the sake of being so. Its ridiculously over the top for no good reason than people being able to feel good about themselves for sitting through highbrow anime dialogue.
I had to call it quits when I watched an episode that comprised of a playground setting and the two main characters talking nonsense nonstop for 30 minutes. Some people may call it witty, enthralling, creative, breathtaking humor, but I call it boring.
Euh? The dialogues are hardly complex or highbrow. They're just long.
The most important part is how they used these long dialogues as banters and conversations. One of the greater joys of this series is how the characters interact with each other.
>Genius
>complex
oh, how irony
Epic anime just got even more epic :3
Worst anime I have seen this year so far. Endless Eight was ultra boring,but this on that other hand could have been good if it wasn't ruined by all that abstract random stuff in it, so it even made me angry. What's up with showing an empty black screen with "Black" written on it or similar stuff like that about 30 times in an episode? And seeing the same director ruined multiple anime the same way, I'd say if you didn't like his previous works, stay away from this as well. It's a lot worse than those were.
(No, I don't like "art" like this. I prefer normal anime, thank you very much. Stop ruining them with this insane style, go and do it on something else. If I want to see art of this kind, I'll go to a modern museum or something, I don't want it in my anime.)
That could work backwards as well. If you liked his previous works then that means this one even BETTER.
Best anime I have seen this year so far. Endless Eight was ultra boring, this on that other hand could have been ruined as well if it wasn't for all that abstract random stuff in it. And seeing the same director made multiple anime better the same way, I'd say if you liked his previous works, watch this as well. It's a lot better than those were.
LOL I SO CLEVER
"What's up with showing an empty black screen with "Black" written on it or similar stuff like that about 30 times in an episode?"
Wait, did you write this comment without even reading the whole article or at least look at the comparison pics? You might also need to be aware about Shaft's problem when they were working for the TV release.
Normal anime?
As in "PANTSUUUUU!!!" ?
EH GROPES DEAD LOLIS
Why do they have to change the visuals eh ?
It's like on a pc game, where colour, background, shading, shadows change o.o
that's wierd, I even see a lack of antialaising on some pics