Forum - View topicNEWS: Akira BD Sells 10K in Japan, 20K in NA & 30K More Projected
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GeneralArrow
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10k sold in japans awful economy? that really isn't that bad considering how expensive blue rays can be.
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GATSU
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And people say that old-school anime is dead to fans here.
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Ktimene's Lover
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That's over 9000!
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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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Glad I got my copy in the mail today.
I heard they had to do a second printing, because of unforeseen sales, so that's when I ordered. |
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Mario1234567
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I wish all American Anime Company's would put out sells data.
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hikaru004
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Congrats to BV for making a killing with Akira.
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samuelp
Industry Insider
Posts: 2251 Location: San Antonio, USA |
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Why, so you could be more depressed? |
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leoncloud
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Honestly im a little surprised that it didn't do as well or
better than state side. Pretty sure too that it is still as much of a cult classic for them as it is for NA. Though i can understand, since they are paying twice as much as we would be paying, even with amazon.jp's discount prices. Even so with hardcore fans it shouldn't be that much of an issue. |
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hikaru004
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Given today's taste in anime, I'd say 10,000 units is a pretty good number in Japan. This is an over 20 yo title we're talking about. |
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Kit-Tsukasa
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Not to mention very few titles can even sell over 10K in DVD format, let alone Blu-Ray. Blu-ray wise, Macross F is probably the only one that could top this at the moment. Eva 1.10 will most likely do the same when it comes out though |
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GATSU
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It probably would do better, if more people owned BD, but no one wants to pony up for it until they know it's actually worth it, which is why Sony's selling the Oshii Sky Crawlers separately.
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Shepperoni
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Congrats to Akira, the quality made it well worth the buy!
 I just hope Funimation releases Eva 1.0 on BD too.
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Mr. sickVisionz
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I hope that this is a sign of the possibilities of anime in the US. Near simultaneous releases rather than one that's like 2 years aftwerwards can get you more than sales abroad than you get at home.
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RedSwirl
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I'm pretty sure that's more than the DVD sold in the US.
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enurtsol
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I think Akira is more of a cult classic in America than Japan. It opened American eyes what Japanese animation is technically capable of.
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