It’s a fluctuation of about 4.5%. That’s generally well within normal shifts. …

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Comment on Comiket Numbers Plunge – “Comiket is Finished” by Tere:

It’s a fluctuation of about 4.5%. That’s generally well within normal shifts. It seems that the median attendance is around 500,000, if attendance drops below half that, then worrying would be justified.

But this is just typical Chicken-Littling.

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• BlazBlue Gets TV Anime:
  

  I haven’t played it, that’s why I wrote, “The problem with fighting game anime,” and not “with BlazBlue.” In story mode, are any of the character arcs mutually exclusive? That is, if Character A defeats Character B, Character B’s story ends.

• BlazBlue Gets TV Anime:
  

  Serious comment here. The problem with fighting game anime is both pretty simple and almost impossible to overcome. “Who will be the main character?” A coherent story needs a central character around whom events and other characters orbit. He or she will be the primary POV character that brings a sense of continuity to events. No matter who they pick, it’s always going to leave a significant number of characters relegated to the background or minor status. Try to “spread the story”, and it …

• BlazBlue Gets TV Anime:
  

  So what fighting game anime would those be, anyway? Keep in mind that they’ll need more than cool fight scenes.

• Railgun S Shocks Fans:
  

  10,028 more. Plus Last Order, who isn’t technically counted in the “official” numbers. And it’s important because this clone was the first to show a distinctly separate personality from the others. She was sarcastic, argumentative, and had opinions.

• Railgun S Shocks Fans:
  

  The fuck? You haven’t been paying attention, have you. The entire “To Aru” series, both “Index” and “Railgun” are actually rather dark. They just have a facade of lightheartedness. The first season of “Railgun” seemed lighter simply because things didn’t start to snowball until Touma meets Index. Even so, I suggest you think about what happened to those kids in the comas in the first “Railgun” season. That was pretty damn serious and awful. “Not that violent to begin with” my ass.