An article about various US properties that got shows made by Japanese studios.
Via Anime Insider: US Properties Animated in Japan (January 2006)
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Via Anime Insider: Seiji Mizushima (December 2005)
Director Seiji Mizushima talks about the FMA movie and being a freelance director.
Via Anime Insider: Gen Fukunaga (December 2005)
Gen Fukunaga talks about the Funimation channel.
Via Anime Insider: Anime on UMD (December 2005)
A short article talking about R1 UMD anime releases.
Via Anime Insider: Producing IGPX (November 2005)
A fairly detailed look into the interesting way IGPX got funded and produced, with comments from the persons involved.
Via Anime Insider: Samurai Champloo Director’s Commentary (November 2005)
Shinichiro Watanabe offers comments on each episode of Samurai Champloo.
Via Anime Insider: Early-Age Phone Manga (November 2005)
A short article talking about manga available on phones in the pre-smartphone era.
Via Anime Insider: Naruto’s US TV Ratings (November 2005)
A short article detailing Naruto’s early success on US TV.
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.
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