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This Week in Anime - Which Recent Anime Announcements Are Most Hype-Worthy?

Hell, its budget is probably one of the biggest reasons Demon Slayer stands out as much

Budget/production are used interchangeable, but also nebulous from the audience point of view, were never really told what they are and production committee have every reason not to reveal those numbers, saying "everything gets about the same budget" is as trustworthy as your boss telling you every employee is paid the same. We don't really know how much money every production does actually get and there's a ton of other factor. I imagine that two production with the same actual budget but very different timeline (ie make this in 3 months or in 1 year) will results in vastly different end quality. But I think the point still stand, demon slayer is extremely average as far as story/writing/premise/concept and only stand out because it looks very good, say its production value (ie condition, staffs and such) were switched around with something like EX-arms and you'd probably have the opposite results in popularity.

Anyway been out of the manga sphere for so long that I don't have any idea what's popular anymore, the only two things I would have liked to be adapted would have been Teppu and knight run and the boat as sailed long ago on those (how did all those terrible webtoon manhwa get picked up a few season ago but not knight run?!). So every new adaptation is like an original IP for me. It does results in weird case where I really don't get the where the hypes come from even after watching. Like chainsaw man was so average/generic that I wasn't sure if the adaption or source material was to blame.

meiam wrote:

Budget/production are used interchangeable, but also nebulous from the audience point of view, were never really told what they are and production committee have every reason not to reveal those numbers, saying "everything gets about the same budget" is as trustworthy as your boss telling you every employee is paid the same. We don't really know how much money every production does actually get and there's a ton of other factor. I imagine that two production with the same actual budget but very different timeline (ie make this in 3 months or in 1 year) will results in vastly different end quality. But I think the point still stand, demon slayer is extremely average as far as story/writing/premise/concept and only stand out because it looks very good, say its production value (ie condition, staffs and such) were switched around with something like EX-arms and you'd probably have the opposite results in popularity. Anyway been out of the manga sphere for so long that I don't have any idea what's popular anymore, the only two things I would have liked to be adapted would have been Teppu and knight run and the boat as sailed long ago on those (how did all those terrible webtoon manhwa get picked up a few season ago but not knight run?!). So every new adaptation is like an original IP for me. It does results in weird case where I really don't get the where the hypes come from even after watching. Like chainsaw man was so average/generic that I wasn't sure if the adaption or source material was to blame.

Generic is the last word I would ever use to describe Chainsaw Man. At best you can just find some common shonen tropes in the main trio, but "average" it sure as hell isn't.

Budget/production are used interchangeable, but also nebulous from the audience point of view, were never really told what they are and production committee have every reason not to reveal those numbers, saying "everything gets about the same budget" is as trustworthy as your boss telling you every employee is paid the same. We don't really know how much money every production does actually get and there's a ton of other factor. I imagine that two production with the same actual budget but very different timeline (ie make this in 3 months or in 1 year) will results in vastly different end quality. But I think the point still stand, demon slayer is extremely average as far as story/writing/premise/concept and only stand out because it looks very good, say its production value (ie condition, staffs and such) were switched around with something like EX-arms and you'd probably have the opposite results in popularity.

Anyway been out of the manga sphere for so long that I don't have any idea what's popular anymore, the only two things I would have liked to be adapted would have been Teppu and knight run and the boat as sailed long ago on those (how did all those terrible webtoon manhwa get picked up a few season ago but not knight run?!). So every new adaptation is like an original IP for me. It does results in weird case where I really don't get the where the hypes come from even after watching. Like chainsaw man was so average/generic that I wasn't sure if the adaption or source material was to blame.

I wouldn't claim that a work sold 6.5 million copies per volume because its animated adaptation - which didn't air until the manga run was nearly over - was done by Ufotable .

meiam wrote:

Budget/production are used interchangeable, but also nebulous from the audience point of view, were never really told what they are and production committee have every reason not to reveal those numbers, saying "everything gets about the same budget" is as trustworthy as your boss telling you every employee is paid the same. We don't really know how much money every production does actually get and there's a ton of other factor. I imagine that two production with the same actual budget but very different timeline (ie make this in 3 months or in 1 year) will results in vastly different end quality. But I think the point still stand, demon slayer is extremely average as far as story/writing/premise/concept and only stand out because it looks very good, say its production value (ie condition, staffs and such) were switched around with something like EX-arms and you'd probably have the opposite results in popularity.

I haven't seen Demon Slayer myself yet but two things I note about the "Demon Slayer only succeeded because of the great animation" types.

First, they tend to be in the "we need more yuri and other female driven shows!" camp. Meaning that they bash pretty much every popular show aimed at male demos regardless of their areas of merit.

Second, they ignore that the manga was a record-setting smash. DS volume 23 outsold Jujutsu Kaisen 14 and 15 combined. It sold 150 million volumes overall, good for #9 all time. The best part? DS is a relatively short runner with only 23 volumes over 4 years! ALL of the 8 ahead of it - as well as everything behind it but Attack on Titan, Astro Boy and Fist of the North Star - has at least double the volumes. Even the ones who had a similar # of volumes were serialized way longer. The only ones with a similar number of volumes and serialization length that had 100 million sales were Slam Dunk and North Star. And none of those had anywhere near DS' over 6.5 million average sales per volume, which is by far a record for long runners! Dragon Ball is #2 at under 6.2 million. Slam Dunk is #3 at under 5.5 million! When confronted with the absolutely historic DS manga sales the response: DS was at best a minor hit until the anime, meaning that the "great visuals" were responsible for not only the historic ratings but also the historic manga sales! Except that this isn't true either, and if it had been, it would have been unprecedented for both the anime and manga industry.

Again, I will likely never watch Demon Slayer because ultraviolent horror is not my thing. Plus from what I know of the main trio (Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke) I would find their personalities irritating. I can take one of the main party (i.e. Sakura in Naruto, Asta in Black Clover, Natsu in Fairy Tail, Bakugo in MHA) being grating but 2 is pushing it and all 3? Forget it. But that's just my personal likes and dislikes. Even if I were in the "we need more yuri and josei" camp, I wouldn't claim that a work sold 6.5 million copies per volume because its animated adaptation - which didn't air until the manga run was nearly over - was done by Ufotable instead of the High Guardian Spice people. (And funny that Ufotable's involvement didn't do squat for Touken Ranbu, God Eater, the Tales series or even their Type Moon stuff. Nope, Ufotable chose DS and DS alone to turn into a historic, industry changing phenomenon despite Type Moon representing lower risk and way more earning potential.) Then again a lot of the DS bashers liked and defended High Guardian Spice so who knows.

Between 100 Girlfriends and The Apothecary Diaries, I can’t believe I’m looking forward this much to TWO harem anime this year.

When confronted with the absolutely historic DS manga sales the response: DS was at best a minor hit until the anime, meaning that the "great visuals" were responsible for not only the historic ratings but also the historic manga sales! Except that this isn't true either, and if it had been, it would have been unprecedented for both the anime and manga industry.

The Apothecary Diaries does primarily take place in an actual, literal harem in its early stages, but it isn't at all a harem series in the anime genre sense; the MC is neither part of the harem nor has a reverse-harem surrounding her.

Generic is the last word I would ever use to describe Chainsaw Man. At best you can just find some common shonen tropes in the main trio, but "average" it sure as hell isn't.

Second, they ignore that the manga was a record-setting smash. DS volume 23 outsold Jujutsu Kaisen 14 and 15 combined. It sold 150 million volumes overall, good for #9 all time. The best part? DS is a relatively short runner with only 23 volumes over 4 years! ALL of the 8 ahead of it - as well as everything behind it but Attack on Titan, Astro Boy and Fist of the North Star - has at least double the volumes. Even the ones who had a similar # of volumes were serialized way longer. The only ones with a similar number of volumes and serialization length that had 100 million sales were Slam Dunk and North Star. And none of those had anywhere near DS' over 6.5 million average sales per volume, which is by far a record for long runners! Dragon Ball is #2 at under 6.2 million. Slam Dunk is #3 at under 5.5 million! When confronted with the absolutely historic DS manga sales the response: DS was at best a minor hit until the anime, meaning that the "great visuals" were responsible for not only the historic ratings but also the historic manga sales! Except that this isn't true either, and if it had been, it would have been unprecedented for both the anime and manga industry.