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NEWS: Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: August 22-28




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Aara123





PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:19 am Reply with quote
First off, yay for Tiger and Bunny because that show is awesome. Second, how many copies of the dvd/blu-ray does a series need to sell to be considered a success?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:48 am Reply with quote
Glad to see Natsume doing fairly well. 4th season required! Wink
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:50 am Reply with quote
There is a term known as the "Manabi Line" which if I remember is around 2900-3000 copies per volume. I imagine there was an interview or something of the staff of Manabi Straight and they either said it broke even or made a slight profit, cause all of us who study the sales trends of the industry use that term for a show breaking even or making a slight profit. However, that's probably for an average show. If there was serious money put into animation/art (say, like Nichijou) then I imagine that even though it sold above the Manabi Line is did not turn a profit.
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Djisas



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:49 pm Reply with quote
Well, Shaft seriously knows how to make money, with two series making over 50k sells, this allows them to produce other works with high quality...
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PlatinumHawke



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:34 pm Reply with quote
egoist wrote:
Glad to see Natsume doing fairly well. 4th season required! Wink


Didn't the last two seasons sell double those figures though?
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Megiddo



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:52 pm Reply with quote
PlatinumHawke wrote:
egoist wrote:
Glad to see Natsume doing fairly well. 4th season required! Wink


Didn't the last two seasons sell double those figures though?

First two seasons were DVD only I think. Although later they did release a BD box for them I believe.

Combining the DVD and BD sales the 3rd season sold pretty much even with the previous seasons' first week sales.
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toyNN



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:43 pm Reply with quote
Over on the DVD rankings the Bleach movie is doing well but I don't see a BD version ranked - that seems odd. Was it offered in BD but at different time?
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Kippy



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:12 pm Reply with quote
toyNN wrote:
Over on the DVD rankings the Bleach movie is doing well but I don't see a BD version ranked - that seems odd. Was it offered in BD but at different time?

Nope, Bleach is DVD-only.
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