A short article detailing Naruto’s early success on US TV.
Via Anime Insider: Naruto’s US TV Ratings (November 2005)
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Fun With Numbers: Various US Anime Movie Disk Sales Totals
I recently made a trial account on opusdata to see what I could scrounge up as far as anime data goes. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a ton of data, since the backlog of weekly charts are anything but free. But I did come away with their sales figures for a couple different anime movies, whose sales ranged from over a million to a couple thousand depending on how mainstream the title was:
The One Piece/Fairy Tail movie numbers may or may not be reflective of what the shows regularly put up. I have a couple volumes’ worth of data for each, and plan on estimating what their long-term sales are after I get additional confirmation of the amazon model I’m currently using. It does seem, based on a cursory glance at the current rankings of March/April releases, like US releases have fairly long tails.
Via Anime Insider: US DVD Production and Markets (October 2005)
A pair of articles here. One long one about the process of producing an R1 release, and a short one about the state of the market in 2005.
The second article gives 30,000-50,000 copies as a range for strong R1 titles, with Appleseed and Ghibli titles selling over 100,000.* In contrast, B-list titles seem to rarely break 20,000.
*I can confirm this second claim, as I recently got an opusdata trial account and pulled sales figures for a bunch of anime movies, which I will post sometime soon. Unfortunately, their extended weekly charts, which would be invaluable for US market research, cost something in the range of $1000 (or more if you want the backlog), which I’m not paying.
Via Anime Insider: Mahiro Maeda (October 2005)
Gankutsuou director Mahiro Maeda talks about the details of the adaptation and his favorite parts of the series.
Via Anime Insider: Tetsuya Nomura (October 2005)
FF7 Advent Children Director Testuya Nomura talks about how the project evolved from a 20-minute short to a 97-minute movie.
Via Anime Insider: Shukou Murase on Ergo Proxy (November 2006)
A short but interesting interview with Shukou Murase, the director of Ergo Proxy (interview is only on the last 2 pages). The interviewer did his research and asks a bunch of interesting questions. At the very least, he gets neat answers about some stuff I was not aware of.
Via Anime Insider: Toshimichi Ootsuki (November 2006)
Producer Toshimichi Ootsuki talks about the production of the Negima anime. Couple of interesting tidbits here; Ken Akamatsu was largely hands-off again, the anime had 3 directors at different points (one for the pilot, 2 more for each half of the anime), the swap in directors midway through the show was driven by “differences of opinion with the staff and the director”, and filling the parts of the 31 students involved a 100 voice actress audition.
Via Anime Insider: Tokyopop’s Partial Bookstore Withdrawl (November 2006)
A short article about Tokyopop’s decision to make a number of titles web exclusive.
They give the official reason that shelves are crowded, but the biggest issue is likely that the books just weren’t selling – some of the titles that were pulled never finished getting US releases (including the pictured Dragon Voice, which released 10 volumes out of 11 before they abruptly threw in the towel).
Via Anime Insider: Debra Kennedy on the Funimation Channel (November 2006)
A short interview with Funimation marketing VP Debra Kennedy, talking about the Funimation channel’s inception and availability.
Via Anime Insider: International Collaboration Projects (November 2006)
An article detailing several international collaboration projects, some of which got off the ground and some of which didn’t.
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