Number 10 on our list is Akame Ga KILL, an already popular manga adapted to the screen for your viewing pleasure! Find out why were are hyped to DEATH! (heh)
Unstoppable Hype Machine Summer 2014 #10 – Akame Ga KILL
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Fun With Numbers: Anime as Manga Advertisments in 2010
I’m adding the 2010 manga-adaptation anime into the sample of adaptation effects on their source material. Many, though not all, series show some degree of significant bump. Nitty-gritty data is collected here, and displayed below. An impressive 20 of the 26 series I looked at made the Oricon charts at some point, though one of them (Rainbow) ended before the anime began. One that didn’t, Seikon no Qwaser, is still running at 8 years, 18 volumes (it’s hardly the only series to run that long without charting, I’m just pointing out that manga can run for a long time without seeing the light of day chart-wise).
Note: For High School of the Dead, both volumes 4 and 5 came out well before the anime, and volume 6 came out during its broadcast. The gap in time was so big that they came out before mal tracked numbers for series, only posting top 10 lists. I used the available 2008 manga data to approximate the average value, in volumes, of the #10 slot to get a rough estimate of the threshold. Even holding v4 and v5 to the maximum threshold from those weeks, the 130,000 v6 and 200,000 v7 it puts up post-anime is evidence of a significant bump.
Via Anime Insider: Chrono Crusade Sales Totals (June 2004)
In a very interesting claim, Gonzo Marketing Manager Kanna Tamada-Nielsen mentions that the first volume of the Chrono Crusade anime sold in excess of 20,000 copies (well in excess – her claim was that it reached that figure in preorders a month before the April release of the Japanese v1). This is *way* off from the 4332 volumes the Japanese sales wiki says it sold.
This is perhaps a typo or a mistranslation, but it seems odd that Tamada Nielsen would proudly claim a preorder total of, say, 2000 – that’s not something you boast about, even back then. Something’s list of contrasting claims pegs the biggest Oricon-distributer discrepancies at >45% for known cases. If accurate, this number would represent an Oricon ranking that only covered about ~22% of total sales for that volume at best. That’s a *huge* underestimation.
I’m not sure what to make of this from just the one statement, but I’ll be looking into this some more, and will definitely post if I find anything.
Via Anime Insider: Shoji Murahama on Samurai 7 (June 2004)
Gonzo President Shoji Murahama talks about getting the somewhat clandestine call to anime Samurai 7, other creative decisions regarding the show, and shopping it in the US.
Via Anime Insider: Hideyuki Kurata (April 2004)
Prolific writer Hideyuki Kurata talks about his inspirations for Read or Die, his favorite authors, and his bookworm tendencies.
Via Anime Insider: Duel Masters (April 2004)
An article about WotC IP Duel Masters, whose original manga featured kids playing Magic the Gathering rather than the titular card game. Full disclosure: the magazine in question is published by Wizards of the Coast, and the shilling does bleed through the text quite a bit.
Fun With Numbers: July 2014 US Amazon Data (Initial Numbers)
Another month, another set of anime releases to track on amazon. Of particular note are Hetailia The Beautiful World (~5000th with 4 weeks to release, big US fan presence) and Deadman Wonderland (~3000th with 3 weeks to release). Those two have legitimate shots at the big charts, though any series should have to rank 500th or lower for multiple days to have a realistic chance.
Unstoppable Hype Machine Summer 2014 #11 – Mobile Suit Gundam-San
This one is actually a bit of a bonus, as the information of its airing was only juuuuuuuuuust released a few hours before as of recording time. We at Animetics are thrilled to bring you one of THE fastest turnarounds from news to podcasts in anime ever! (We think.)
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Via Anime Insider: Tokyo Godfathers’ Oscar Candidacy (February 2004)
A short article outlining Tokyo Godfathers’ Oscar hopes, which didn’t pan out.
Via Anime Insider: Masao Maruyama and Satoshi Nishimura (February 2004)
Trigun director Satoshi Nishimura and producer Masao Maruyama talk about getting permission to kill off characters and what they viewed as the over-capacity state of the anime industry.
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