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[quote=Deciduous]@Hatchet: Anime exist about as much to advertise things as they do to sell overpriced BDs and merch. It's not always about getting more than one season if the anime was only meant to promo the source material. Even the worst Gundam sales mean nothing to Bandai if they can still push the model kits the shows are designed to sell. Chihayafuru was unprofitable as an anime but spiked manga sales enough to warrant a second season. I'm sure you could look at plenty of canned one season adaptations and see growth in source sales, but maybe that boost was enough for them. Anime isn't a cheap (or consistently good) way to go about promoting things anyway.

Like I was aware I'd be pushing buttons here but obviously sales require context before they mean anything and they're still not the final word in plenty of cases.
e: I shoulda just canned the snark in the first place :V That's entirely my bad and I'm sorry.[/quote]

My post was basically saying how Anime sales do have a big impact on the fact of a chance for a second season but there are other factors. I know the case with Chihayafuru, where it sold like 3.5k for both seasons. But honestly to me, I believe it got 2 seasons mostly because of madhouse. Madhouse has always been known for creating shows that flop and even make a second season for it (eg Kaiji, hajime no ippo). I mean this is what I think. It's possible that the manga sales pushed a 2nd season, but with the show "Nisekoi" which is in the top 10 best selling manga this year, only sold 6k~ in anime sales and is highly unlikely of getting a season 2 due to not selling enough (considering their large budget)

But I do agree that shows do exist to promote different forms of entertainment (toys, LN, manga) so don't worry, I understand your point.

@Hatchet: Anime exist about as much to advertise things as they do to sell overpriced BDs and merch. It's not always about getting more than one season if the anime was only meant to promo the source material. Even the worst Gundam sales mean nothing to Bandai if they can still push the model kits the shows are designed to sell. Chihayafuru was unprofitable as an anime but spiked manga sales enough to warrant a second season. I'm sure you could look at plenty of canned one season adaptations and see growth in source sales, but maybe that boost was enough for them. Anime isn't a cheap (or consistently good) way to go about promoting things anyway.

Like I was aware I'd be pushing buttons here but obviously sales require context before they mean anything and they're still not the final word in plenty of cases.
e: I shoulda just canned the snark in the first place :V That's entirely my bad and I'm sorry.

[quote=Hatchet]Yeah but shows that sell well manga wise but poorly in bd is pretty rare. The most recent example I can think of is nisekoi, where it sold 6k which is actually pretty good. I see your point though so don't worry. Also, hanayamata sales are extremely low, so I wouldn't count on a s2. Madhouse almost always flops. Hell, their 4th and 5th best selling shows aired this year (mahouka and NGNL) which "only" sold 9 and 10k, and Madhouse have been creating shows for over 40 years.[/quote]

Yeah it is quite rare, just trying to explain what he means though but 6k nonetheless 9k and 10k are actually really really good. You can expect a sequel with those numbers.

Praying for hanayamata right now

[quote=Novagnome24]Kiseijuu only has 64 chapters, which means that it's short enough that it can be finished in just one season.[/quote]

More like a season and a half. So 32 episode will be enaugh. Hopefully will get that much.

Kiseijuu only has 64 chapters, which means that it's short enough that it can be finished in just one season.

[quote=Irony]what he means is that bd sales are sometimes only half the equation

there have been cases where a show that sells poorly will get a season 2 becuz of a high increase of attention in other areas (a manga adaption leads to a spike in manga sales but does poorly in bd)
or maybe in log horizons case it's a government funded project so sales don't matter

i still think deciduous is wrong for not caring about a shows success even if it adapts everything tho.
personally id still care because id want shows that i like to do well so studios take more of a risk. for example i am hoping hanayamata will do well so madhouse could potentially adapt similar material in the future, and thats not even considering how much i want a season 2. i really really hope it does well like recent girl SoL series like kinmoza and gochiusa which have already gotten confirmed season twos

which is why he means ur only 'half right'[/quote]

Yeah but shows that sell well manga wise but poorly in bd is pretty rare. The most recent example I can think of is nisekoi, where it sold 6k which is actually pretty good. I see your point though so don't worry. Also, hanayamata sales are extremely low, so I wouldn't count on a s2. Madhouse almost always flops. Hell, their 4th and 5th best selling shows aired this year (mahouka and NGNL) which "only" sold 9 and 10k, and Madhouse have been creating shows for over 40 years.

what he means is that bd sales are sometimes only half the equation

there have been cases where a show that sells poorly will get a season 2 becuz of a high increase of attention in other areas (a manga adaption leads to a spike in manga sales but does poorly in bd)
or maybe in log horizons case it's a government funded project so sales don't matter

i still think deciduous is wrong for not caring about a shows success even if it adapts everything tho.
personally id still care because id want shows that i like to do well so studios take more of a risk. for example i am hoping hanayamata will do well so madhouse could potentially adapt similar material in the future, and thats not even considering how much i want a season 2. i really really hope it does well like recent girl SoL series like kinmoza and gochiusa which have already gotten confirmed season twos

which is why he means ur only 'half right'

[quote=Deciduous]@Hatchet: Even if we were talking generally, you'd only be half right. However an already in-production anime shouldn't need to worry about sales when it's short enough to be done in a 2-cour season.[/quote]

How am I half right? I know I sound stubborn but I don't think I am "half right". Yes there are rare cases where shows who sell badly get a second season but more than 80% of the time, where a show sells well it will get a 2nd season or some other type of media (LN, manga, VN). So no, I don't think I'm "half right" I think I am right.

It looks so... Modern...

Either way I'm excited

@Hatchet: Even if we were talking generally, you'd only be half right. However an already in-production anime shouldn't need to worry about sales when it's short enough to be done in a 2-cour season.

[quote=Deciduous]It's already being made so...who gives af about sales?
This is also a tie in with the Parasyte live action movies and probably a reprint of the manga or something, anime isn't the sole success measure.[/quote]

Sales usually determine if an anime gets a s2 or not. Whether you believe it or not, sales does have some importance.

It's already being made so...who gives af about sales?
This is also a tie in with the Parasyte live action movies and probably a reprint of the manga or something, anime isn't the sole success measure.

No, this kind of stuff fails to sell 90% of the time

[quote=Hatchet]confirmed for 300 sales because of madhouse[/quote]

I'm going to cry

Oh yes, oh yes. That preview has soothed every fear I had about the series, but one. The typical bad pacing fear. But everything else looked fabulous. Finally a decent horror series?

confirmed for 300 sales because of madhouse

[quote=Novagnome24][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHXtiIm6ug]Parasyte anime PV[/url]

ayy lmao[/quote]

awww yissss... at least madhouse wont screw it over

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHXtiIm6ug]Parasyte anime PV[/url]

ayy lmao

you're talking about DxD being bad yet you don't mention how the MC was made a pervert at the editor's request and more than two story arcs have boobs in the title? also how the author constantly talks about boos and making his characters erotic?
it's fanservice trash so please don't mention it in the same breath as something good like Parasyte. tbh this is mostly directed at the truly sad post on pg 1 about skipping Parasyte for trash DxD, mediocre space bugs, and Log Horizon

@suhun5:

That is very good news. It really sucks to see a manga you like being butchered in the anime.

[quote=TheMinimalist]Nice! I loved the manga. Really hope they don't rush it or ruin it like Tokyo Ghoul.[/quote]

Tokyo Ghoul is being done by a studio known to rush things, Parasyte is being adapted by Madhouse, the people who are doing HxH! So I expect good things...~

Nice! I loved the manga. Really hope they don't rush it or ruin it like Tokyo Ghoul.

woohoo for madhouse

seems interesting
but waiting on terraformars, log horizon season2, and dxd season3 this year

It's being made by Madhouse, so there's a studio with a lot of good titles under their belts, and it also means that the production values will probably be high. I just wish they'd reveal more staff.

[quote=traderweak]Lol the plot, trying to take over, but failed then 'accidentally' give protagonist the power to fight other parasite.. [/quote]

So idk what this post is getting at but Parasyte is 25 years old and pretty easily trumps any ideas of unoriginality